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All it takes is one no, Mosesboy, and you're done. MMm, MTG hasn't had her moment inthe spotlight yet...

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Here's the beauty part: Johson must stay Speaker and suffer the abuse of colleagues who dare not oust him so soon after the last defenestration. Appearances, you understand.

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"You don’t just stomp your feet and shut the government down to get your way"

But that's what the GoP has been doing fora decade or more now, it's practically tradition for them by this point.

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Jan 18·edited Jan 18

These people are so damned dumb they can’t do basic math and come up with the answer, which is “we need Democrats to help us get shit done”. “We don’t have any viable plans, no policies aside from owning the libs, no ability to govern, no control of the lunatics in our party, and we’re now shit out of time, workable ideas, luck and, pretty soon, money.”

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Bold of you to assume they WANT to get shit done.

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When they're actively tearing shit down.

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Yes, that was my mistake. They hate the nanny state but want to get paid for doing fuck-all.

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Ta, Stephen. I have HAD it with these disgusting motherfuckers holding up aid for Ukraine. Just how far can they carry Putin's water?

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Aw, shucks.

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something something made bed something something lie in it

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Maybe he'll leave to "spend more time with his family", if you know what I mean, and I think you do.

*wanking motion*

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😅😅

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"Because the completion deadlines are upon us,” Johnson said in a statement, “a short continuing resolution is required to complete what House Republicans are working hard to achieve: "

Returning the United States to what it once was? An artic hellscape covered in ice?

h/t Steve Martin. https://youtu.be/_pYClFY2WqM?si=h5nw6PlSZnsRx-dg&t=111

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OMG that was so funny!! Thanks for that clip link

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That GIF...Jim Varney, right?

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I'm thinking five to six...more speakers before election.

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Aw, too bad. Anyway...

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worlds-tiniest-violin.gif

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MAGA Mike’s decision to take immigration and border security off the table until after the election is a genius move. It shows everyone just how not serious republicans are about governing.

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"This is what surrender looks like.”

Yup. Assume the position.

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Lots of visitors to MAL assume that position.

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I always thought that as people in my age group moved into positions of power we would see improvement and progress on so much. Turns out the kind of assholes that pursue power and chase fame are the same no matter what generation they come from, and frankly I feel like gen x isn't sending to Congress our most chill and level-headed members.

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We used to think that back in the sixties. At least weed is kind of legal now.

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THIS.

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