Republicans: continued

[Tero]

The GOP now looks much like a battered wife who would LOVE to quit Trump, but who also knows their financial security, personal comfort, and social status would collapse if they ran away. And they fear they won’t get much sympathy or support from the people who tried to warn them not to marry the dude—a serial, liar, cheater, thief, sadist, and a generally Bad Person.
Many of the GOP politicians today are busily masking their own abuse from the general public; at some point, however, as they watch their power continue to erode, their reputations get smashed, and themselves get blamed for the extensive abuse they now suffer, something’s gonna give.
I don’t know what it is, but every bone in my body FEELS an energetic convergence heading toward a massive, MASSIVE explosion—coming soon.

Author ~ Eilene Workman

[Tero]

I was at a gas station in Missouri a few years back when I caught a conversation between two MAGA dudes. Some foreigner had been beat up and it was hilarious to them. All foreigners seemed to be illegal to them. Shockingly I gathered that neither one of them quite understood there is a thing called visa.

"A lawful permanent resident, or green-card holder, is protected by the Constitution, which includes First Amendment free-speech rights and Fifth Amendment due-process rights. The Trump administration’s attempt to expel Mr. Khalil under that statutory provision is likely to face a constitutional challenge, several legal experts said."

NY Times

[Sean Hayden]

The GOP now looks much like a battered wife who would LOVE to quit Trump, but who also knows their financial security, personal comfort, and social status would collapse if they ran away. And they fear they won’t get much sympathy or support from the people who tried to warn them not to marry the dude—a serial, liar, cheater, thief, sadist, and a generally Bad Person.
Many of the GOP politicians today are busily masking their own abuse from the general public; at some point, however, as they watch their power continue to erode, their reputations get smashed, and themselves get blamed for the extensive abuse they now suffer, something’s gonna give.
I don’t know what it is, but every bone in my body FEELS an energetic convergence heading toward a massive, MASSIVE explosion—coming soon.

Author ~ Eilene Workman

I’ll believe it when I see it.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Same. I think she's severely underestimating their capacity for bootlicking.

[Tero]

I guess at least someone is in the gov't office to send me my SS check. Until Musk converts it into Trump Coin

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday to
avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, providing critical momentum as the measure now moves to the Senate, where bipartisan support will be needed to get it over the finish line.

Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass the funding measure, and they got it in the 217-213 House vote. Just one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, voted against the measure. And just one Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, voted for it.

AP News

[Tero]

www.rawstory.com has a story on MAGA. Could not open it. Nice pic, though.

[Woodbutcher]

I guess at least someone is in the gov't office to send me my SS check. Until Musk converts it into Trump Coin

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday to
avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, providing critical momentum as the measure now moves to the Senate, where bipartisan support will be needed to get it over the finish line.

Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass the funding measure, and they got it in the 217-213 House vote. Just one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, voted against the measure. And just one Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, voted for it.

AP News

SS check. Are you a nazi?

[Tero]

Mike Johnson went to a campus. There were protestors. He said they were terrorists.

[pErvinalia]

I guess at least someone is in the gov't office to send me my SS check. Until Musk converts it into Trump Coin

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday to
avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, providing critical momentum as the measure now moves to the Senate, where bipartisan support will be needed to get it over the finish line.

Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass the funding measure, and they got it in the 217-213 House vote. Just one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, voted against the measure. And just one Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, voted for it.

AP News

SS check. Are you a nazi?

[Tero]

The Trump purge of the GOP is complete. Elsewhere:

Mostly, tho, I cannot imagine how EVERY SINGLE R in Congress is going along with this. It boggles my mind that they are so willing to bend a knee to Trump, casting away Congress’ traditional authority, and supporting downright ugly and irrational policies. A good many C-critters are quite wealthy, and well past retirement age. NOT ONE of these fuckers is willing to say, “This is not the way I want to go out!” There is not one Cheney or Kinzinger willing to retire or be primaried to stand up for what is right (or against what is so clearly wrong)? Unbelievable!

[Sean Hayden]

Gee, it’s like they don’t share your opinion on the state of things.

[Brian Peacock]

lol

[Tero]

Junior poltician to seniors:
Seniors came to JD Vance's event to demand the Trump Administration stop cutting Social Security.
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
https://www.threads.net/@social_securit ... _IQoC2bWMg
No, we are retired.

[Tero]

the senate thing...republicans have control
elsewhere:

So of course enough Democrats capitulated to pass a continuing resolution because they don’t seem to understand that what they most fear has already come to pass, and being ‘blamed’ for a government shutdown is the least of their (or the general public’s) worries at this point.

It’s not a mouse infestation. The house is already on fire.

So of course enough Democrats capitulated to pass a continuing resolution because they don’t seem to understand that what they most fear has already come to pass, and being ‘blamed’ for a government shutdown is the least of their (or the general public’s) worries at this point.

[L'Emmerdeur]

The party of free speech.

'Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying "Everyone is welcome here"'

An Idaho teacher is in a standoff with her own school district after officials ordered her to remove classroom signs, including one that reads, “Everyone is welcome here.”

Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history teacher at Lewis and Clark Middle School in Meridian, Idaho, says she won’t comply with the order, arguing that the message is a fundamental part to ensuring a positive learning environment for her students.

Inama, who has taught at the school for five years, says her commitment to inclusivity isn’t about politics. It’s about her passion for education and students.

“I love the area that I teach,” she says in an interview with TODAY.com. “It’s really a valuable thing for people to know our human history, things that humans have accomplished, our time on this earth, things that they’ve overcome, patterns that exist.”

Five years ago, when she first put up the two signs, it was to make sure students knew they were in an open and welcoming space. Now, she says she is risking her job in the name of those values.

...

Inama says the principal cited district policy that classrooms must respect the rights of people to express differing opinions and that decorations are to be “content-neutral.”

“There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here or not everyone is welcome here,” she says. “Since the sign is emphasizing that everyone, in regards to race or skin tone, is welcome here no matter what, immediately, I was like, the only other view of this is racist. And I said, ‘That sounds like racism to me.’”

...

Inama says the conversation escalated when Myers attempted to justify the request to remove her posters saying that “the political environment ebbs and flows, and what might be controversial now might not have been controversial three, six, nine months ago, and we have to follow that.”

The more the discussion continued, Inama says she became increasingly convinced that what the district was asking her to do was wrong.

...

The district underlined that its policies are not intended to limit free speech but to ensure fairness in classroom materials.

“While we respect individuals’ rights to express their perspectives, it is important to reaffirm that this situation is not about limiting speech or expression but about ensuring consistency in our classrooms and maintaining a learning environment free from distraction,” the statement said.

'[W]hat might be controversial now might not have been controversial three, six, nine months ago, and we have to follow that' is pretty clear. To say that everyone is welcome in the classroom is controversial now because that might offend the child of a bigot. Now that a bigoted wannabe fascist is in charge, 'we have to follow that' and to hell with free speech.