For everyone who thinks Trump's sentence starting with "In a time when there is a powerful Communist Movement..." and ends with "...SAVE OUR COUNTRY." is coherent should read it again. When that sentence makes you think that guy doesn't know how to use a comma then you're sane-washing. We should all stop trying to sane-wash it into a coherent statement, he is unhinged and he lost track of his own thoughts halfway through that trainwreck of a sentence. Stop giving the orange shitgibbon the benefit of the doubt!
On this topic, we celebrated 250 years by going to Mount Vernon. It's run by a non profit, separate from the government, so the current admin hasn't gotten their grubby mitts on it yet.
"...a bill that Trump had loudly announced he would not sign until everyone agrees that all our elections are rigged against everyone’s favorite president, Donald Trump."
Hey, Stinky, you won two out of three elections (with a handy from the Electoral College on the first) and you think they were rigged?!? You are a seriously demented old man and the whole fucking world is counting the days.
You can do voting. It works with paper which has as benefit that it can't be hacked. Talk to any computer guy about security in networked devices.
The reason ATMs are safe enough to work with is not because they can't be hacked but that the hack can be traced and the perpetrators will be hunted down by the government's armed branches. You can't do the same thing for elections because the positions you are electing for are the positions that control the armed branches. This pretty much guarantees corruption if you allow the armed branches to hunt down hackers, because they will also hunt down "hackers."
The first voting machines my state got weren't able to produce receipts for the voters.
The company also made gaming machines. I wonder about the looks on the casino owners' faces when the company told them the electronic slots couldn't produce receipts.
It took years to build out that ATM infrastructure. And the accuracy was very much below 99.999% when they first started appearing. But, not a terrible view of a potential solution.
The billion dollar election industry probably would hate it though.
Right wing millionaires own most or all of the vote tabulating equipment and the backup power equipment which has it's own software that nobody scrutinizes.
I think this is the beginning of the 2025-era making their play for the country.
Right now Vance is in place. Think about all the remarks he’s made bout Nixon, etc.
Johnson seems to be playing right to them. Placate the American People by passing the Bi-Partisan Housing Act which will make things seem as they should…..
The 2025-ers must make their play sometime. Better if it happens before the midterms. Then it may be bound to skew the votes
They got into position. The election couldn’t have been won without Trump (unbelievably!), and they placed Vance in trumps orbit. I believe it has been their plan from the beginning to cast him aside so Vance could step in.
I'd change your first statement to say that the election couldn't have been won without tRump and Musk, because I believe he put his thumb on the scale.
As for casting tRump aside, I expected that to happen by last fall, at the latest. I'm genuinely surprised he's been allowed to stay in place so long.
Can the fanta menace still physically sign a bill, one has to wonder if his dementia has removed that ability. I mean he has had so few to sign that he may have forgotten his name and how to write his signature. Wait! He could use an autopen......
Is it at all clear that the citizenship requirement wouldn't backfire? All my lib friends have passports. The yokels in the back woods (Trump people) not so much.
Mike Johnson showing even a partial vertebra is apparently enough to summon the scientists, clergy, and several confused paleontologists. The bar is now so low that sending a housing bill to the president, which is literally part of the job, counts as a constitutional awakening. Still, watching Trump threaten affordable housing because Congress won’t validate his imaginary voter-fraud goblin is clarifying. The man doesn’t govern. He takes hostages and calls the ransom note leadership.
Silly me! I always thought that if a bill passed both houses, it was automatically sent to the President for signature. As in, no delay, no questions asked. Obviously, I was wrong. I'd been thinking that in less than a week, the housing bill would become law without Rump's signature, because 10 days would have elapsed. But no---the clock hasn't even started yet. Damn!
"he’s sending Donald Trump [sic] a bill that Trump [sic] had loudly announced he would not sign until everyone agrees that all our elections are rigged against everyone’s favorite president, Donald Trump [sic]"
MAGA Mike has had so many private conversations with the Fulvous Fuckwad that this must have been scripted out. The only real chances the RINOs have of holding the House (and possibly the Senate, too) are raw political theater and copious amounts of bovine scat. Mikey sends the bill to Mad King Donnie I knowing full well he won't sign it (or will veto) it. This allows the RINOs to say, "See? We are trying to confront the affordability problem!" Except:
> "America’s housing affordability map looks very different than it did a decade ago.
* Montana has an 8.7 cost To buy a home to income ratio (the highest)
* Connecticut is at 5.4 (midpoint)
* Iowa is lowest at a 3.7 ratio (ibid)
IDK but it appears these figures are with no other financial considerations like food and transportation.
What about just renting?
> "◾ The average U.S. renter now needs nearly $70,000 a year to afford a modest two-bedroom rental while spending no more than 30% of income on housing.
◾ In California and Hawaii, renters need more than $100,000 annually to meet that affordability benchmark.
He'll put the House on recess on the 8rh or 9th day so it hits a pocket veto. Basically Johnson unilaterally allowing the veto without anyone getting a vote.
Be prepared: make sure your driver's license is up to date, apply for a passport, renew if necessary, locate your birth certificate and marriage license and store them safely NOW. County registrars are going to be overwhelmed on requests for copies. Make sure your voter registration is good NOW, and if the Shred America act passes, check again. And again, perhaps monthly, and 2 weeks before the election.
I'm thinking we should require the Dept of State to clearly affirm your registration.
I would not say that Speaker Johnson has developed a spine.
I would say that he has developed bilateral symmetry. Just enough for him to be two-faced.
For everyone who thinks Trump's sentence starting with "In a time when there is a powerful Communist Movement..." and ends with "...SAVE OUR COUNTRY." is coherent should read it again. When that sentence makes you think that guy doesn't know how to use a comma then you're sane-washing. We should all stop trying to sane-wash it into a coherent statement, he is unhinged and he lost track of his own thoughts halfway through that trainwreck of a sentence. Stop giving the orange shitgibbon the benefit of the doubt!
A bucket of warm shit actually has value. You can grow potatoes in it.
On this topic, we celebrated 250 years by going to Mount Vernon. It's run by a non profit, separate from the government, so the current admin hasn't gotten their grubby mitts on it yet.
Doubtless an optical illusion.
High temps produce heat mirages.
"...a bill that Trump had loudly announced he would not sign until everyone agrees that all our elections are rigged against everyone’s favorite president, Donald Trump."
Hey, Stinky, you won two out of three elections (with a handy from the Electoral College on the first) and you think they were rigged?!? You are a seriously demented old man and the whole fucking world is counting the days.
Re-post:
Still breaks my brain that the Speaker of The House is an 11 year old kid on a bible retreat
I looked exactly like Speaker Johnson in ninth grade. Same hair. Same glasses.
It wasn't helpful.
Wearing big boy pants and a blazer and everything.
Good one.
I was thinking.
We have ATMs that handle (I looked it up) 370 million transactions a day.
135 billion transactions a year globally,
across the approximately 2.9 million ATMs currently in operation.
They work for first-time walkup customers, are clear to operate,
and provide several functions, including a receipt.
They even work in the rain.
Accuracy is somewhere around %99.99999.
.
And we can't do voting?
It's just addition. It's not that hard.
We could accurately vote -every day- if they wanted.
You can do voting. It works with paper which has as benefit that it can't be hacked. Talk to any computer guy about security in networked devices.
The reason ATMs are safe enough to work with is not because they can't be hacked but that the hack can be traced and the perpetrators will be hunted down by the government's armed branches. You can't do the same thing for elections because the positions you are electing for are the positions that control the armed branches. This pretty much guarantees corruption if you allow the armed branches to hunt down hackers, because they will also hunt down "hackers."
The first voting machines my state got weren't able to produce receipts for the voters.
The company also made gaming machines. I wonder about the looks on the casino owners' faces when the company told them the electronic slots couldn't produce receipts.
It took years to build out that ATM infrastructure. And the accuracy was very much below 99.999% when they first started appearing. But, not a terrible view of a potential solution.
The billion dollar election industry probably would hate it though.
Right wing millionaires own most or all of the vote tabulating equipment and the backup power equipment which has it's own software that nobody scrutinizes.
I think this is the beginning of the 2025-era making their play for the country.
Right now Vance is in place. Think about all the remarks he’s made bout Nixon, etc.
Johnson seems to be playing right to them. Placate the American People by passing the Bi-Partisan Housing Act which will make things seem as they should…..
The 2025-ers must make their play sometime. Better if it happens before the midterms. Then it may be bound to skew the votes
I thought the 2025-ers began their play on 1/20/25.
They got into position. The election couldn’t have been won without Trump (unbelievably!), and they placed Vance in trumps orbit. I believe it has been their plan from the beginning to cast him aside so Vance could step in.
I'd change your first statement to say that the election couldn't have been won without tRump and Musk, because I believe he put his thumb on the scale.
As for casting tRump aside, I expected that to happen by last fall, at the latest. I'm genuinely surprised he's been allowed to stay in place so long.
That's right, you can only count the votes that are cast BEFORE election day, not the ones that are there AFTER.
Remember, vote early and often.
Can the fanta menace still physically sign a bill, one has to wonder if his dementia has removed that ability. I mean he has had so few to sign that he may have forgotten his name and how to write his signature. Wait! He could use an autopen......
Is it at all clear that the citizenship requirement wouldn't backfire? All my lib friends have passports. The yokels in the back woods (Trump people) not so much.
the yokels also rely on mail-in ballots more than Shitler realizes
All the wives who have changed their names, also, too.
a lot more Republican women change their names when they get married than Democratic women.
Yup
Mike Johnson showing even a partial vertebra is apparently enough to summon the scientists, clergy, and several confused paleontologists. The bar is now so low that sending a housing bill to the president, which is literally part of the job, counts as a constitutional awakening. Still, watching Trump threaten affordable housing because Congress won’t validate his imaginary voter-fraud goblin is clarifying. The man doesn’t govern. He takes hostages and calls the ransom note leadership.
Silly me! I always thought that if a bill passed both houses, it was automatically sent to the President for signature. As in, no delay, no questions asked. Obviously, I was wrong. I'd been thinking that in less than a week, the housing bill would become law without Rump's signature, because 10 days would have elapsed. But no---the clock hasn't even started yet. Damn!
"he’s sending Donald Trump [sic] a bill that Trump [sic] had loudly announced he would not sign until everyone agrees that all our elections are rigged against everyone’s favorite president, Donald Trump [sic]"
MAGA Mike has had so many private conversations with the Fulvous Fuckwad that this must have been scripted out. The only real chances the RINOs have of holding the House (and possibly the Senate, too) are raw political theater and copious amounts of bovine scat. Mikey sends the bill to Mad King Donnie I knowing full well he won't sign it (or will veto) it. This allows the RINOs to say, "See? We are trying to confront the affordability problem!" Except:
> "America’s housing affordability map looks very different than it did a decade ago.
Several states that drew new residents with relatively low home prices now rank among the country’s least affordable markets relative to local incomes." https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-years-of-income-needed-to-buy-a-home-by-state/
* Montana has an 8.7 cost To buy a home to income ratio (the highest)
* Connecticut is at 5.4 (midpoint)
* Iowa is lowest at a 3.7 ratio (ibid)
IDK but it appears these figures are with no other financial considerations like food and transportation.
What about just renting?
> "◾ The average U.S. renter now needs nearly $70,000 a year to afford a modest two-bedroom rental while spending no more than 30% of income on housing.
◾ In California and Hawaii, renters need more than $100,000 annually to meet that affordability benchmark.
◾ More than half of U.S. renter households are now cost-burdened, spending over 30% of their income on housing." https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-salary-needed-to-afford-rent-in-every-state/
* California: $103.2K (highest wages needed, $49.61 per hour required to not be cost-burdened) [average hourly pay: May 2026: 42.35 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SMU06000000500000003
* Maine $59.1K (#26, $28.42 hourly pay) [average hourly pay: $28.92. Close but wage still below a living wage. https://www.workstream.us/wage-index/maine]
* U.S. Average $69.9K ($33.63/hour)
* West Virginia $39.4K ($18.94/hour lowest) [average hourly: $16.11 https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Hourly-Rate-Salary--in-West-Virginia#Hourly]
I fully expect the Corrupt Corpulence to veto it.
fnord
Possible mechanism for Mike Johnson's unusual 'thinking' – an algae virus that slows brain activity in humans https://www.science.org/content/article/algal-virus-found-humans-slows-brain-activity
That was a fascinating read. The effect isn't strong enough to explain the brain fog so many people have, but it can be a part of it.
He'll put the House on recess on the 8rh or 9th day so it hits a pocket veto. Basically Johnson unilaterally allowing the veto without anyone getting a vote.
Be prepared: make sure your driver's license is up to date, apply for a passport, renew if necessary, locate your birth certificate and marriage license and store them safely NOW. County registrars are going to be overwhelmed on requests for copies. Make sure your voter registration is good NOW, and if the Shred America act passes, check again. And again, perhaps monthly, and 2 weeks before the election.
I'm thinking we should require the Dept of State to clearly affirm your registration.
In writing.
On department letterhead.
Signed.
Witnessed and signed by a notary public.