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One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

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Technically true, but collectively nonsense

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Today in our ongoing national embarrassment…

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Outside reactions, maybe not all the Freedumb Caucus had hoped…


Even the ever-GOP ‘conservative’ Weekly Standard!

The snark got personal…

BUT WAIT THERE’S A SURPRISE TWIST!… Mark Meadows is the ‘natural’ inheritor of the GOP speakership once Paul Ryan flees town, but Jordan is an ambitious fella:

 
Later that day…

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  3. 3.

    Anne Laurie

    @oatler.: If I hadn’t been going for the ‘As the World Turns’ soap-opera allusion, I’d have used ‘sharts‘.

  5. 5.

    lamh36

    Open Thread…ok…how bout some non-political happiness…

    Welp…you had me at Goldblum Nat Geo…you had me at Goldblum!

    @TheAVClub
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    Nat Geo hires Jeff Goldblum to walk around, being professionally fascinated by things trib.al/Wc3IRih

  6. 6.

    Jeffro

    Meadows, Jordan, Gaetz, and Nunes: who will eventually be found mostest guilty of working with Russia/accepting NRA-Russia money ?

    And why isn’t our National Media beating the drum demanding to know which GOP congressman asked for, and got, Russian assistance back in 2016?!?! Didn’t Mueller note that in his charges from a week or two ago?

    THE (RUSSIAN) MOLE(S) IS INSIDE THE HOUSE! No , literally: inside the House

  9. 9.

    Platonailedit

    Methinks this ratfucking stupid move (it’s not gonna pass) from the racist caucus is more about providing cover for the traitorous thug to fire rosentein. The congress didn’t have the guts to do it, so I did it, kinda dipshit move by the thug.

  12. 12.

    dmsilev

    Is being a former wrestling coach with …exposure to molestation of said wrestlers a prerequisite for being a candidate for GOP Speaker? Or is it just a bonus?

  14. 14.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @debbie: I often wonder if that’s the old horse of Media Whores Online, if you remember that blog

  15. 15.

    piratedan

    @Jeffro: well, I think there are three types of GOP house members:

    a) those incredibly stupid ones who rarely have a modest grasp of civics
    b) those that are on the take and are grifters at heart who enjoy the power that they enjoy to punish people unlike themselves
    c) members that are both a and b

  16. 16.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Jeffro: They’ve already reported it. It is most likely Congressman Brian Mast, but Congressman DeSantis is also a likely recipient too.

  17. 17.

    Millard Filmore

    “As the Stomach Churns” I think that was a recurring skit put on by Ed Walker and Willard Scott in their daily WRC radio show. “Brought to you by Scuff-No-More, the miracle space age plastic coating you spray on your kids to protect them from fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, chiggers, and prickly heat.”

    “We are the joy boys of radio! Chasing electrons to and fro.”

  19. 19.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Platonailedit: It’s already been quashed by Ryan. He wanted no part of this. It also didn’t help that Jordan and Meadows, or whomever on their staffs they dictated the articles of impeachment to, misspelled Rosenstein’s name, so they were trying to impeach someone who doesn’t exist. Also, three of the five charges took place before Rosenstein was the Deputy AG. The fourth accuses him of not recusing himself from an investigation that doesn’t exist because AG Sessions refused to appoint a second special counsel. I don’t remember what the fifth one was, but it was equally non-sensical.

  24. 24.

    Ohio Mom

    “Gym Jordan.” Heh. Good one, Howard.

    @Adam L Silverman: I’m finding this akin to a movie or book that needs editing because it’s starting to drag. There’s not a lot of suspense — we know what happened — and the characters aren’t sympathetic, can’t we just wrap it up already?

  25. 25.

    Mai Naem mobile

    Part of me wants it just go through the House and see the Senate Republicans fight over it.

  26. 26.

    Mike in NC

    What powers, if any, does the Speaker actually have? Could he force the Freedumb Caucus to disband themselves? John Boehner sure couldn’t do much to control them.

  27. 27.

    Adam L Silverman

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: This was specifically about a Florida GOP congressperson receiving this info. Everyone is pretty sure it’s Mast. There is speculation that other Florida Republican congresspeople may have also used it in 2016 and the name that usually is brought up for that is DeSantis.

  32. 32.

    Ken

    @r€nato:

    I am very much ready for the final episode.

    I’m worried it’ll be a cliffhanger, like “Who killed Peter Campbell” or “Who shot JR”.

  34. 34.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Mike in NC: He can’t do that. He does control the calendar and what is brought to the floor. He controls committee assignments, as well as office assignments and who gets how much staff. A decent Speaker, not Boehner and not Ryan, would’ve had his or her lieutenants bring him Jordan’s and Meadow’s kneecaps seven years ago.

  37. 37.

    Zelma

    Did anyone read Josh Marshall’s piece on the context of the Republican leaders discussion of who was being paid by Russia? It discusses the context of the snippet that was broadcast which was all about the warning that the President of Ukraine had shared with Ryan and McCarthy that day about what Russia was up to in Europe and how dangerous it was. Apparently he was particularly worried about the hire of Manafort. This was the day after the news of the hack of the DNC. Ryan, McCarthy and Rogers seemed genuinely concerned about what Putin was up to. And their suspicions of Trump. Which makes their subsequent behavior all the more disgusting, especially McCarthy who went full bore in his support of Trump. Despicable people all around.

  39. 39.

    SFAW

    @Adam L Silverman:

    The Butler did it.

    Not in this year’s Super Bowl, he didn’t.

    But apparently Belichick doesn’t like to be questioned about shipping him to Sibirsk.

  40. 40.

    Yarrow

    @Jeffro:

    Meadows, Jordan, Gaetz, and Nunes: who will eventually be found mostest guilty of working with Russia/accepting NRA-Russia money ?

    You forgot Rohrabacher. Traitor Dana has a sad. And the answer is all of them, Katie.

  42. 42.

    dmsilev

    @Adam L Silverman: Reassigning Jordan etc. to offices in the sub subbasement, next to the steam boilers and just down the hall from the garbage chutes, would seem to be an obvious course of action for any Speaker.

  43. 43.

    SFAW

    @Adam L Silverman:

    I contain multitudes. It’s very cramped in here.

    The only multitudes I contain are the voices inside my head. Fortunately, there’s plenty of empty space in there, so none of them complains too much about the crowding.

  44. 44.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Zelma: I’ve read it. Here’s the thing he missed: as constitutional officers, specifically constitutional officer serving in leadership positions, they had an obligation to notify the National Security Division at the FBI, not try to laugh it off as a joke and state that it had to be kept in the family and no one was to leak it.

  45. 45.

    Yarrow

    @Ohio Mom:

    “Gym Jordan.” Heh. Good one, Howard.

    I think he stole it from Rick Wilson. It’s absolutely perfect, isn’t it?

  46. 46.

    Adam L Silverman

    @SFAW: I don’t watch football, so I have no idea what you’re talking about other than I know what the Super Bowl is and who Bill Belicheck is.

  51. 51.

    Platonailedit

    The Trump Tower meeting was set up by Trump Jr. to get dirt on Hillary from a foreign power. Now it appears @realDonaldTrump knew about this meeting in advance, and then lied about it. As evidence accumulates, it becomes harder to believe Trump had no idea what was happening.

    t.co/3ZL17lcdxj— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 27, 2018

    Courtesy cohen’s pandora phone.

  53. 53.

    SFAW

    @Adam L Silverman:

    I don’t watch football, so I have no idea what you’re talking about other than I know what the Super Bowl is and who Bill Bellicheck is.

    Are you sure you’re American?

    Malcolm Butler was a cornerback for the Patriots. He gained fame in Super Bowl XLIX (Feb 2015), when he intercepted a Seattle pass in the end zone, guaranteeing the Patriots’ win. In Super Bowl LII, he was conspicuously absent, apparently benched by Belichick for the entire game, who has never deigned to explain his decision. There are some who believe that, were Butler on the field, the Pats might have beaten the Eagles. Not an unreasonable sentiment.

    Although I’ve been a Jets fan for over 50 years, and have no love (to put it mildly) for the Pats, I think Belichick has been one of the all-time great coaches. But he’s also an arrogant prick (in my perhaps unedumacated opiniion), and hell will freeze over before he tells anyone why he benched Butler.

    OK, now that I’ve explained something that you probably wish I hadn’t, it’s time for you to toddle off and watch Gladiator, you goddam commie.

  55. 55.

    SFAW

    Goddammit!!! Trump lying about the Russkie meeting, his new EPA destroyer having a possible ethics investigation, Gym Jordan filing a ridiculous impeachment resolution — and it’s too fucking late to go out to Market Basket to buy a shit-tonne of popcorn! Goddammit!!!

  59. 59.

    Adam L Silverman

    @SFAW: I stopped watching back in the mid 90s. After living in Scotland and watching rugby, after coming home to the US, I found the game very slow and boring. So I stopped watching it. Given all the NFL’s other problems that have subsequently come to light, I don’t regret the decision in the least.

    As for watching Gladiator, I’m not a big Russell Crowe fan, so no thank you.

  63. 63.

    efgoldman

    @Adam L Silverman:

    A decent Speaker, not Boehner and not Ryan, would’ve had his or her lieutenants bring him Jordan’s and Meadow’s kneecaps

    I’m old enough to remember when speak4rs and senior committee chairs had real power, which they did not always use judiciously.
    Find a biography of Sam Rayburn, or a history of the house during his time.

  65. 65.

    jonas

    @Jeffro:

    And why isn’t our National Media beating the drum demanding to know which GOP congressman asked for, and got, Russian assistance back in 2016?!?!

    Republican corruption? ZZZzzzzzz! If the FTFNYT spent 5% of the resources covering this that they spent on the buttery mails, they’d be running 10 extra editions a day. But Jake, it’s MSM-town. Whaddya gonna do?

  67. 67.

    Steeplejack

    @Adam L Silverman:

    My experience at Beyer Kia has been good. I bought my car from CarMax but take it to Beyer for pretty much everything. Service staff is competent, they keep to a good schedule, and they have a good waiting room with Keurig coffee, fast wi-fi and non-Fox TV (soothing HGTV).

  69. 69.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Steeplejack: Apparently you’ve lucked out, as that doesn’t seem to be the norm:
    jalopnik.com/kia-will-have-a-hard-time-selling-the-stinger-gt-unless-1790975835

    That said, the Lexus dealer down here, on the sales side, is like a we’ll finance anyone used car place. The service side is very good if you need something that only the dealership can do, and fortunately my Lexus has been virtually trouble free, but I far preferred the dealership in Camp Hill, PA. The entire experience from sales to service was excellent.

  70. 70.

    California Stars

    More importantly, can we talk about Jim Jordan’s hair? Something is not right up there. Are those implants?

    That Weekly Standard philippic is worth a look-see.

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