They just get worse and worse

[Aribeth Zelin]

"We cannot allow Critical Race Theory to invade the naming of our courthouses!" ~Some Florida Republican, probably

Except apparently it was a Georgian.

 

[Soen Eber]

Selected bits & pieces: My apologies for length, there was just too much useful content.

WASHINGTON — In a bitterly divided Congress, it was a rare measure that had been expected to sail through without a fight.
A bill to name a federal courthouse in Tallahassee after Justice Joseph W. Hatchett, the first Black man to serve on the Florida Supreme Court — sponsored by the state’s two Republican senators and backed unanimously by its 27 House members — was set to pass the House last month and become law with broad bipartisan support.

But in a last-minute flurry, Republicans abruptly pulled their backing with no explanation and ultimately killed the measure, leaving its fate unclear, many of its champions livid and some of its newfound opponents professing ignorance about what had happened.

Asked what made him vote against a measure that he had co-sponsored, Representative Vern Buchanan, Republican of Florida, was brief and blunt: “I don’t know,” he said.

With little notice and nothing more than a 23-year-old news clipping, a right-wing, first-term congressman mounted an 11th-hour effort on the House floor to persuade his colleagues that Judge Hatchett, a trailblazing judge who broke barriers as the first Black State Supreme Court justice south of the Mason-Dixon line, was undeserving of being honored.

The objector was Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia. Shortly before the House vote, he began circulating an Associated Press article from 1999 about an appeals court decision that Judge Hatchett wrote that year that struck down a public school policy allowing student-approved prayers at graduation ceremonies in Florida. The decision, which overruled a lower court, held that the policy violated constitutional protections of freedom of religion ... Clyde has drawn attention for comparing the deadly Capitol attack to a “normal tourist visit” and voting against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who responded that day. He also opposed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act ... also voted against recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday.

But Mr. Clyde’s late objection turned the routine ritual into a conservative litmus test for Republicans, who quickly joined him in turning against Judge Hatchett.
The bill failed on a vote of 238 to 187, with 89 percent of Republicans opposed.

A legal legend in his state, Justice Hatchett could not stay in the hotel where the Florida bar exam was being administered when he took it in 1959 ... Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida and one of the bill’s sponsors, said the judge, an Army veteran who died last year at 88, had “lived an inspiring life of service.”

But Mr. Clyde found the school prayer ruling disqualifying, and the vast majority of House Republicans — including many who had initially co-sponsored the legislation — were quick to join him.

Other supporters of the bill who ultimately voted against it said they were confused about what was happening on the House floor. Staff members for Representative Kat Cammack, Republican of Florida, were scrambling to figure out why the vote had started to go south, calling other offices to determine what was happening.

Democrats said the fact that Mr. Clyde, one of the most junior Republicans in the House, was able to derail an uncontroversial bill that had already passed the Senate was the latest evidence that Mr. McCarthy could not control the most conservative and fringe elements of his conference.

“The inmates are running the asylum, and the minority leader is terrified to do anything but cast his lot with the most extreme and unhinged elements in his party,” said Drew Hammill, a deputy chief of staff to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

A spokesman for Mr. McCarthy declined to comment.

 

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Except apparently it was a Georgian.

That doesn't keep it from being a Floridian Republican that said it!

 

[WolfEyes]

Now may I wipe them all off the face of the planet? PLEASE!! I promise I won't nuke them from orbit. I'll use the laser for pinpoint accuracy.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

That doesn't keep it from being a Floridian Republican that said it!

Clyde isn't a florida republican, he's a georgia one.

 

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Clyde isn't a florida republican, he's a georgia one.

And I am not referring to Clyde, I am referring to Florida Republicans, who are likely among those who would react to the renaming of a Florida courthouse.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

These same donkeys want their statues of treasonous confederates to remain.

 

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MTG has another opinion...

Marjorie Taylor Greene says joining military is ‘throwing your life away’

“I know a lot of young people don’t want to have anything to do with that. It’s like throwing your life away,” Greene said.

nypost.com

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said joining the military is like “throwing your life away” as a result of President Biden’s foreign policies.

The Georgia Republican congresswoman listed the reasons why people should not join the military while speaking to former Fox News host Lou Dobbs.

I think Dobbs wanted her to bark on Biden's Dep. of Defense staffing, but with Droolin' Lou who knows. Maybe he's anti-military, just like Greene apparently is.

 

[WolfEyes]

They're anti anything that doesn't give them control of the world.

 

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[Lexxi]

hmms
F USA Flag K Biden.
So, they are either saying:

Fuck USA, K Biden, or

FUSAK
Biden

And why are Republicans so precious about Fuck? For fuck sake. Say fuck already. Republicans have no balls.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Well, you see, he’s a star, so you need to let him.

Leopard would like some ketchup on your face.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

MTG has another opinion...

Marjorie Taylor Greene says joining military is ‘throwing your life away’

“I know a lot of young people don’t want to have anything to do with that. It’s like throwing your life away,” Greene said.

nypost.com

I think Dobbs wanted her to bark on Biden's Dep. of Defense staffing, but with Droolin' Lou who knows. Maybe he's anti-military, just like Greene apparently is.

Not killing enough brown people to be worth it?

 

[WolfEyes]

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoes 26 Democratic bills (msn.com)

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed 26 bills — including some that passed with broad bipartisan support — as he took action on more than 800 bills the divided legislature sent him during its regular session.

None of the vetoed bills were sponsored by Republicans, a point Democrats quickly seized on, criticizing the first-term governor as excessively partisan.

“It’s not clear to me why the governor thinks that he’s got the monopoly of what’s right for Virginia when these bills have already been vetted by bipartisan majorities,” said Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell, who sponsored two bills Youngkin vetoed.

Youngkin’s veto total was higher than any other governor in his first year in office since Republican Jim Gilmore, who had 37 in 1998, according to an accounting by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who preceded Youngkin, was close with 20.

Democratic Sen. Adam Ebbin, who sponsored nine of the vetoed bills, said he sees those vetoes as retaliation against him for leading a Democratic charge to block the nomination of former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler to be Youngkin’s secretary of natural and historic resources.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Khamon]

Seven other states share a border with Mexico, three by land, four on the Gulf Coast. It’s okay with the rest of us if Texas wants to let all that trade shift away from their economy. They’re welcome to foolishly give it away.

 

[WolfEyes]

Marjorie Taylor Greene Reports Her First Fundraising Loss (msn.com)

The campaign committee for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) reported its first-ever net loss on Friday, posting a $314,000 deficit over the first three months of 2022 while additionally revising previous contribution totals down by more than $100,000.

About half of that loss is represented in fees to Donald Trump’s top Jan. 6 attorney and a security detail that protected Kyle Rittenhouse during his trial last year.

While Greene has always traded steep fees for slightly higher returns, she’s always managed to come out on top—until now.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

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