>>>> | "There was an outcry from rank-and-file that want a
>>>> | [continuing resolution]. We're tired of fucking around with
>>>> | these whack jobs. They voted against it yesterday, so let's
>>>> | just put up a clean CR," said Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.),
>>>> | among those who had repeatedly pushed for the speaker to
>>>> | ignore his right flank.

|
| Newt Gingrich: Republicans must expel Matt Gaetz
| ...
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/03/newt-gingrich-matt-gaetz-remove/>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>>>> | "There was an outcry from rank-and-file that want a
>>>>> | [continuing resolution]. We're tired of fucking around with
>>>>> | these whack jobs. They voted against it yesterday, so let's
>>>>> | just put up a clean CR," said Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.),
>>>>> | among those who had repeatedly pushed for the speaker to
>>>>> | ignore his right flank.
>
> |
> | Newt Gingrich: Republicans must expel Matt Gaetz
> | ...
> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/03/newt-gingrich-matt-gaetz-remove/>
>
> --bks
>

Matt Gaetz delenda est.

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Gingrich does not like Republicans who are like him:
|
| Gingrich: They are traitors, all eight of them should be primaried
|
| [42-second Fox News video at URL]
|
<https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1709377244383051915>

Bonus: Whackadoodle Trump think his trial for civil fraud is
"the start of Communism right here in America!":
<https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111177079076123934>

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> | Gingrich: They are traitors, all eight of them should be primaried

Congressman Garret Graves [R-LA] interviewed on CNN by Jake Tapper:
| ...
| Tapper: "Do you agree with Congressman McHenry's
| decision... to put a pause to let tensions settle?" the
| host asked.
|
| Graves: "Jake, I'll be really candid," Graves responded. "I
| think if we had stayed together in the meeting last night,
| I think that you would've seen fists thrown. And I'm not
| being dramatic when I say that. There is a lot of raw
| emotions right now."
| ...
<https://www.mediaite.com/politics/you-wouldve-seen-fists-thrown-house-republican-glad-gop-meeting-after-mccarthy-ouster-didnt-last-any-longer/>

--bks

|
| Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO] on MSNBC on why Jordan and Scalise won't
| affirm that the 2020 election wasn't stolen: "There's a
| large group of Trump followers in this country that would
| disagree with that and there would be a political penalty
| for saying such a thing."
|
| [19-second video at URL]
|
<https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1712187496879071564>

--bks

On 10/11/2023 1:16 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> |
> | Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO] on MSNBC on why Jordan and Scalise won't
> | affirm that the 2020 election wasn't stolen: "There's a
> | large group of Trump followers in this country that would
> | disagree with that and there would be a political penalty
> | for saying such a thing."
> |
> | [19-second video at URL]
> |
> <https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1712187496879071564>

I have said for several years now that Republiscums/QAnon blabber about "stolen
election" *not* because they believe it, but only to prove their right-wingnut
Republiscum/QAnon bona fides. They *have* to say it; they're politically dead if
they don't. But they don't believe it. Even Hartung doesn't believe it.

|
| The House GOP sinks deeper into chaos
| ...
<https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/10/13/the-house-gop-sinks-deeper-into-chaos-00121390>

|
| Troy Nehls R-Texas walked out of the GOP conference meeting
| saying there has been no progress on naming a speaker.
|
| "We are a broken conference."
| ...
<https://twitter.com/ArthurDelaneyHP/status/1712536192615670148>

|
| Mike Kelly R-Pa likened the situation to a football team
| calling a play in the huddle, lining up in formation, and
| then never snapping the ball because nobody listened to the
| QB.
|
| "This is the worst team I've ever been on," he said.
|
<https://twitter.com/ArthurDelaneyHP/status/1712545588787687710>

|
| Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) says "our adversaries are
| watching" as the GOP struggles to elect a new Speaker:
|
| "I see a lot of threats out there, but one of the biggest
| threats I see is in that room because we can't unify as a
| conference and put a Speaker in the chair to govern."
|
| [68-second video at URL]
|
<https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1712534921569255904>

--bks

> | The House GOP sinks deeper into chaos

|
| Rep. Mike Lawler [R-NY] on the status of the GOP conference
| as they emerged from their closed door meeting with no path
| in sight to pick a leader:
|
| "The French have a word for it.. clusterfuck".
|
<https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1712855956332093925>

|
| 1) "It's a shit show in there."
|
| Those were the words of one exasperated House Republican
| leaving this morning's conclave of the House Republican
| Conference. Lawmakers are still struggling to elect a
| Speaker.
|
<https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1712865454304244235>

--bks

>>> | The House GOP sinks deeper into chaos

> | "The French have a word for it.. clusterfuck".

> | 1) "It's a shit show in there."

Election-denier and whackjob Jim Jordan (R-OH) won the most recent
Republican Conference nomination for Speaker by a vote of 124-81.
Austin Scott (R-GA) got the 81 votes, even though he was not running
and said he did not want the job.

--bks

>>>> | The House GOP sinks deeper into chaos

>> | "The French have a word for it.. clusterfuck".

>> | 1) "It's a shit show in there."

>Election-denier and whackjob Jim Jordan (R-OH), won the most recent
>Republican Conference nomination for Speaker by a vote of 124-81.
>Austin Scott (R-GA) got the 81 votes, even though he was not running
>and said he did not want the job.

|
| Senators return to Washington this week feeling completely
| flummoxed by the turmoil in the House and with no clear
| idea of whether House Republicans will elect a Speaker
| anytime soon.
|
| Republican senators have called on their House colleagues
| to unify behind a Speaker as quickly as possible, but that
| plea has fallen flat.
| ...
<https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4255368-senators-flummoxed-horrified-by-house-leadership-vacuum/>

--bks

Today's GOP clown-nominee for Speaker of the House is Jim
Jordan (R-OH).

Jordan has been in Congress for 14 years and has sponsored
and passed 0 bills: zero, none, nada, zilch.

He has, however, collected over $2,000,000 in pay from the
U.S. Treasury.

--bks

| ...
| As I watch all of this Republican infighting, I wonder, as
| I often do, about GOP voters. What is it that they think
| will happen if Jim Jordan becomes speaker? Jordan has been
| in Congress for 16 years, and he has almost nothing to show
| for it. He's never originated any successful legislation,
| never whipped votes, never accomplished anything except for
| appearing on Fox and serving up rancid red meat to his Ohio
| constituents and MAGA allies.
|
| And therefore, as speaker, he would ... what? Order up more
| impeachments, perhaps of Biden-administration officials?
| Shut down the government? Pound the gavel and prattle on
| for hours in his never-take-a-breath style? (Jordan's the
| kind of guy who probably would have interrupted the Sermon
| on the Mount.) Perhaps from a position of greater power, he
| could more effectively assist Donald Trump in undermining
| yet another election in 2024.
|
| Maybe that's why Trump endorsed him for speaker.
|
| Is that what Republican voters really want?
| ...
<https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/10/house-jordan-gop-voters/675688/>

--bks

|
| Jordan Loses Secret Ballot to Remain G.O.P. Nominee for
| Speaker
|
| The House plunged further into chaos after Republicans
| voted to drop Representative Jim Jordan as their nominee
| for the speakership. Jordan on Friday was unable once again
| to win over opponents who have denied him this week.
| ...
<https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/20/us/house-speaker-vote-jim-jordan>

--bks

On 10/20/2023 11:43 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> |
> | Jordan Loses Secret Ballot to Remain G.O.P. Nominee for
> | Speaker
> |
> | The House plunged further into chaos after Republicans
> | voted to drop Representative Jim Jordan as their nominee
> | for the speakership. Jordan on Friday was unable once again
> | to win over opponents who have denied him this week.

Over and over again, the Republiscums/QAnon prove they are not only unfit to
govern, but unfit to be in government *at all*.

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> |
> | Jordan Loses Secret Ballot to Remain G.O.P. Nominee for
> | Speaker
> |
> | The House plunged further into chaos after Republicans
> | voted to drop Representative Jim Jordan as their nominee
> | for the speakership. Jordan on Friday was unable once again
> | to win over opponents who have denied him this week.
> | ...
> <https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/20/us/house-speaker-vote-jim-jordan>
>
> --bks
>

How long are democrats going to be allowed to do this?

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Only some?
|
| As Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) waged his battle to become
| House speaker, some House Republicans were uncomfortable
| with the possibility of having an election denier occupying
| the most powerful legislative seat in the U.S. government
| heading into a presidential election year.
| ...
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/20/jim-jordan-2020-election-denier-house-speaker/>

--bks

|
| Matt Gaetz [R-FL] Tore the House GOP Apart. He Isn't Sorry.
| ...
<https://www.wsj.com/politics/matt-gaetz-tore-the-house-gop-apart-he-isnt-sorry-c7a7646d>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> |
> | Matt Gaetz [R-FL] Tore the House GOP Apart. He Isn't Sorry.
> | ...
> <https://www.wsj.com/politics/matt-gaetz-tore-the-house-gop-apart-he-isnt-sorry-c7a7646d>
>
> --bks
>

Magoos can't run the House the same reason they still deny the
election result. They're political nihilists who cannot understand
people disagree with them. They're whining little brats in grownup
bodies. Severe failure to launch.

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>> | Matt Gaetz [R-FL] Tore the House GOP Apart. He Isn't Sorry.

>> | "It's a dumpster fire, frankly," said Rep. Bill
>> | Huizenga (R-MI) as he left the GOP speaker vote.

> | BREAKING -- TOM EMMER has dropped out of the race for
> | speaker.

Here comes the new boss, same as the old boss:
| ...
| Amid the impasse, McCarthy is floating a plan that would
| reinstall him as speaker and make Jordan, a conservative
| Trump ally, the assistant speaker, according to three
| sources familiar with McCarthy's pitch.
|
| Asked why the idea -- which lacks key details, like how it
| would be enacted and whether it could even gain enough
| traction to happen -- was being floated now, a GOP lawmaker
| replied: "We're desperate."
| ...
<https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/house-republicans-choose-new-speaker-nominee-live-updates-rcna121674#rcrd22879>

--bks

New Speaker of the House, whackadoodle extreme theocrat Mike Johnson,
has scrubbed his website:
<https://www.mikeandkellyjohnson.com/>

But his anti-American lunacy lives on:
<https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-be-told-with-mike-kelly-johnson/id1613637836>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> New Speaker of the House, whackadoodle extreme theocrat Mike Johnson,
> has scrubbed his website:
> <https://www.mikeandkellyjohnson.com/>
>
> But his anti-American lunacy lives on:
> <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-be-told-with-mike-kelly-johnson/id1613637836>
>
> --bks
>

https://web.archive.org/web/20231025234408/https://www.mikeandkellyjohnson.com/

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On 10/29/2023 8:12 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> New Speaker of the House, whackadoodle extreme theocrat Mike Johnson,
> has scrubbed his website:
> <https://www.mikeandkellyjohnson.com/>

I never saw it previously. What did he scrub from it?

>
> But his anti-American lunacy lives on:
> <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-be-told-with-mike-kelly-johnson/id1613637836>

I see at that page that Johnson claims to be a "constitutional law" expert.
Well, so does the indicted John Eastman, and the *confessed* felon Jenna Ellis.

Phil Omdahl wrote:
> On 10/29/2023 8:12 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>> New Speaker of the House, whackadoodle extreme theocrat Mike
>> Johnson,
>> has scrubbed his website:
>>     <https://www.mikeandkellyjohnson.com/>
>
> I never saw it previously. What did he scrub from it?

I never saw it before, but when I tried, it was vapourised. Then I
found it with the Wayback Machine. Don't tell the idiot
politicians about internet archives. They'll outlaw them.

>> But his anti-American lunacy lives on:
>> <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-be-told-with-mike-kelly-johnson/id1613637836>
>>
>
> I see at that page that Johnson claims to be a "constitutional
> law" expert. Well, so does the indicted John Eastman, and the
> *confessed* felon Jenna Ellis
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| ...
| "If Donald Trump can summon the balls to show up to the
| debate, I'll wear a boot on my head," DeSantis told
| Newsmax's Eric Bolling after weeks of speculation that he
| wears lifts in his boots to appear taller.
| ...
<https://news.yahoo.com/ron-desantis-goes-balls-against-031610027.html>

--bks

|
| Lauren Boebert Wants 'Mercy.' Some Republicans Want an
| Alternative.
|
| The "Beetlejuice" incident continues to haunt the
| once-unrepentant congresswoman from Colorado. The state's
| old guard is lining up behind a primary challenger.
| ...
| The episode has proved surprisingly sticky for Ms. Boebert,
| a politician who more than almost any other has embodied
| the gleefully provocative, no-apologies politics of the
| party's right wing in the Biden era.
| ...
<https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/04/us/politics/lauren-boebert-republican-colorado-primary.html>

--bks