Politics-What's on your mind?

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Originally Posted by nhplowboi

I am starting to think Marjorie Taylor Greene might be Rand Paul's illegitimate daughter. According to Google......they only live 318 miles apart by car. Just saying.

From thehill.com article "GOP Has Growing Marjorie Taylor Greene Problem":

"Greene penned a 2018 Facebook post espousing a wild and false conspiracy theory that California’s deadliest wildfires at the time had been caused by a laser from space."

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That is, by no means, the wackiest or most harmful of her beliefs.


It seems that Congress could reprimand her in a couple of ways, both of which have been proposed by her colleagues. They can have her removed from Congress, which will take a two-thirds majority vote, or they can strip her of her committee assignments, which apparently the House Minority Whip can do on his own. Her current committee assignment is to the Education Committee - which is ludicrous, because one of Ms. Greene's favorite conspiracy theories is that the school shootings at Sandy Hook and Parkland were hoaxes.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

From thehill.com article "GOP Has Growing Marjorie Taylor Greene Problem":

"Greene penned a 2018 Facebook post espousing a wild and false conspiracy theory that California’s deadliest wildfires at the time had been caused by a laser from space."

* * *
That is, by no means, the wackiest or most harmful of her beliefs.


It seems that Congress could reprimand her in a couple of ways, both of which have been proposed by her colleagues. They can have her removed from Congress, which will take a two-thirds majority vote, or they can strip her of her committee assignments, which apparently the House Minority Whip can do on his own. Her current committee assignment is to the Education Committee - which is ludicrous, because one of Ms. Greene's favorite conspiracy theories is that the school shootings at Sandy Hook and Parkland were hoaxes.

I guess that brain trust Kevin McCarthy was too busy yesterday begging for Trumps help to conduct his "talk" with this crackpot nutjob! He did say it was on his "to-do" list tho!

[homoe]

SARAH SANDERS RUNNING FOR GOV OF ARKANSAS: WHAT TO KNOW

"As governor, I will defend your right to be free of socialism and tyranny," Sanders said in her nearly eight-minute launch video. "Our state needs a leader with the courage to do what's right, not what's politically correct or convenient." "With your support, I hope to be the first woman to lead our state as governor," she continued.

Her former boss jumped in to endorse her campaign the day she announced.

"Sarah is strong on Borders, tough on Crime, and fully supports the Second Amendment and our great law enforcement officers," President Trump said in a statement.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders raises $1 million in four days after announcing run for Arkansas governor.

Only time will tell if the voters of Arkansas want a bold face liar as their next Governor!

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sar...ansas-governor

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Pressure mounts on Trump as former lawyers for the Trump Organization will have to surrender documents to the New York attorney general investigating him.

Let's hope....

New York Attorney General Letitia James can do what we know the senate or fellow republicans won't! Bring Trump down and give him a criminal record which prevents him from running for president again.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pressure-...133453096.html

[homoe]

Tim O'Donnell
Sun, January 31, 2021, 5:07 AM

Five attorneys who were prepared to defend former President Donald Trump in his upcoming Senate impeachment trial have departed his legal team, people familiar with the situation confirmed to CNN and The New York Times. Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, who were expected to be two of the lead attorneys, are out, as are Josh Howard, Johnny Gasser, and Greg Harris. No other attorneys have announced they were involved with the case, so it appears that, for now, Trump is defenseless.

The lawyers reportedly left because of a disagreement over legal strategy. Trump reportedly wanted them to push his unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud in last year's presidential election rather than focus on whether convicting a former president after he's out of office is constitutional, an argument that appears to be the consensus among Republicans and the reason he'll likely be acquitted. Bowers, a source said, lacked chemistry with Trump and the decision to leave was reportedly mutual.

It's unclear where Trump will go from here - his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani reportedly wants to take the case, but he's a potential witness in the trial because he spoke at the rally preceding the deadly Capitol riot Trump is accused of inciting, and the Times notes "almost all" of Trump's advisers blame Giuliani for the impeachment in the first place.

Considering GOP senators have signaled they won't vote to convict, some are wondering why Trump would even bother spending money on attorneys at all at this point.

Stephen Bannon, Trump's former chief strategist, thinks the former president should go the Senate himself because "he's the only one who can sell it." Trump seems open to the idea, but aides are reportedly against it.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-im...130751966.html

[GeorgiaMa'am]

The "Proud Boys", self-described "Western Chauvinists" who were part of the insurrection movement that stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, have been named by Canada as a terrorist organization. Canada is the first country to do so.

Why hasn't the United States done so? They attacked our capitol, after all! You would think we would get in there first!

[homoe]

Marjorie Taylor Greene tells lawmakers she regrets being 'allowed to believe things that weren't true'.

My ass, I'm sure she ONLY regrets her posts on social media came back to bite her in the ass!

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Marjorie Taylor Greene is fast becoming a rash on my butt.

She has now co-sponsored a bill that would prevent all U.S. embassies from flying the LGBTQ Pride flag.

We are a symbol of hope for LGBTQ people around the world. I'm sure all the queers in Russia are more hopeful for their own country when they see our colors proudly being flown at the U.S. embassy.



LGBTQ Pride Flag, U.S. Embassy, Moscow, June 25, 2020
- MSNBC

[Femmewench]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

The "Proud Boys", self-described "Western Chauvinists" who were part of the insurrection movement that stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, have been named by Canada as a terrorist organization. Canada is the first country to do so.

Why hasn't the United States done so? They attacked our capitol, after all! You would think we would get in there first!

Law enforcement officials have very carefully been calling them "extremists." The media was calling them terrorists on January 6th and 7th. I haven't heard that lately. Ain't it great to be a white terrorist in the US?

[homoe]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

The "Proud Boys", self-described "Western Chauvinists" who were part of the insurrection movement that stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, have been named by Canada as a terrorist organization. Canada is the first country to do so.

Why hasn't the United States done so? They attacked our capitol, after all! You would think we would get in there first!

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

It seems that Congress could reprimand her [Marjorie Taylor Greene] in a couple of ways, both of which have been proposed by her colleagues. They can have her removed from Congress, which will take a two-thirds majority vote, or they can strip her of her committee assignments, which apparently the House Minority Whip can do on his own. Her current committee assignment is to the Education Committee - which is ludicrous, because one of Ms. Greene's favorite conspiracy theories is that the school shootings at Sandy Hook and Parkland were hoaxes.

The House of Representatives has voted to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments. This will limit her influence in Congress. The vote was 230 to 199, with 11 Republicans siding with the Democrats.

Yay!