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  1. 1.

    MisterForkbeard

    Astounding how much the Republicans have just given up on actually doing their jobs. Dems always need to step in and actually do the work.

    ETA: FRIST!

  2. 2.

    Nix Besser

    Who gives a shit whether Johnson is even weaker than Qevin? The House has settled into the reality that nothing gets done without Dems’ say-so. Even the maniacs seem to see it.

    ETA: Damn! I was just about to FRIST! this worthless comment.

  4. 4.

    Old School

    WASHINGTON — The Secret Service has placed an agent on administrative leave over allegations the employee sexually assaulted an aide to Vice President Kamala Harris during a recent trip.

    The incident, which the Secret Service confirmed it is investigating, allegedly occurred last week in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The visit was to provide advance security and planning for a Harris campaign stop that did not end up taking place, according to Real Clear Politics, which first reported on the allegations.

  8. 8.

    Eolirin

    There does not seem to have been an extension to the authorization to spend the military funding to Ukraine though. So unless the White House can figure out a work around, about 6 billion dollars worth of aid will be allowed to lapse in about four days. And there’s nothing in the CR for additional funding going forward, I don’t think.

    The House is out of session for a while now too. So where this leaves Ukraine is to be seen.

  10. 10.

    Mousebumples

    I have such a wish list if we can give President Harris a legislative majority.

    Passing a law that gets rid of the debt ceiling and funds the government in accordance with passed legislation is on the list.

    Why do we let the GOP do this? Sigh.

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    @geg6: Good thing they just funded the Secret Service with millions more dollars.

    *I know, it’s not related, but the Secret Service is appalling.

    A secret service guy sexually assaulting an aide to the Vice President.  Scream or throw up?  Hard to choose.

    The entire leadership of the Secret Service needs to resign.

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    @Eolirin: President Biden should just do something extraordinary to not let that aid lapse – since he has immunity for any official act.

    Let’s test the limits of their bullshit SC ruling.

    Besides, what are they gonna do if the aid is already in the hands of Ukraine?

  14. 14.

    Mousebumples

    I hear Mayor Adams in NYC is the first sitting NYC mayor to be indicted. FTFNYT has it

    ETA – sealed indictment from what I’m reading in headlines, but I’m not clicking thru.

  15. 15.

    Chet Murthy

    @WaterGirl: Just to make us all feel worse: I’m sure that this isn’t the worst.  I mean, these are the ones -vetted- so they can protect Biden&Harris.  Imagine the ones on TCFG’s detail.   Just …. imagine.

  19. 19.

    Another Scott

    @Eolirin: Reuters says that the Biden admin has ways to get the money spent for Ukraine.  We’ll see the details tomorrow, apparently.

    On Thursday, U.S. officials said, the White House intends to notify Congress it will move forward with the announcement of a $5.6 billion drawdown from U.S. weapons stocks. The contents of that package are still in flux, the officials said.

    Reuters reported this month that the Biden administration was considering a backup plan under which it would announce plans for shipments for Ukraine, but with an extended delivery timeline for the weapons and equipment, allowing for a more gradual transfer of resources to Ukraine without missing the Sept. 30 deadline.

    A second announcement slated for Thursday will be for $2.4 billion worth of aid under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative program, which allows the administration to buy weapons for Ukraine from companies rather than pull them from U.S. stocks.

    That aid will include munitions, weapons to combat drones and material to support munitions production in Ukraine, one of the U.S. officials said.

    Biden and his people know how this stuff works. They were not surprised by the CR antics and knew the deadlines in the Ukraine aid legislation.

    They’ve got this.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  23. 23.

    Jackie

    @Eolirin:

    The House is out of session for a while now too. So where this leaves Ukraine is to be seen.

    I’m really curious how the lame duck House will deal with Ukraine funding in Dec IF a lot of GQPers lost their elections AND their majority. AND TCFG lost. Will they double down in defiance and petulant anger? Or just don’t GAF and go out with a whimper?

  26. 26.

    Chet Murthy

    @WaterGirl: Remember when an SS detail went to Colombia in 2012 (for Obama) and ….. well, 20 prostitutes and a big-ass scandal later ….. And that was under Obama.  Under TCFG remember how the detail protecting Jarvanka (who couldn’t use a toilet at Jarvanka’s house b/c reasons, and were given access to one at the Obamas’ house, b/c they’re decent and kind people) left an upper-decker at the Obamas’ house ?

  28. 28.

    dmsilev

    Of note, Trump apparently was lobbying GOP members as late as this morning to include an election “security” (read “suppression”) bill of some sort, any sort, in the CR. Even a fig leaf that he could demagogue over. He got nothing, and well over half of the GOP caucus voted for “he got nothing”. Given how vindictive and favor-oriented he is, that’s not exactly a vote of confidence in him from what should be his strongest supporters….

  29. 29.

    Anoniminous

    Helene is expected to be a Cat 4 at landfall.  Given how warm the Gulf is Cat 5 cannot be ruled out.  Just for shits-n-giggles a 20 foot storm surge is also predicted simultaneously at the same time along with the standard flooding, wind damage, and tornadoes.

  31. 31.

    HumboldtBlue

    🚨BREAKING

    NYC Mayor Eric Adams was indicted following a federal corruption investigation.

    The indictment remained sealed on Wednesday night, and it was unclear what charge or charges Mr. Adams will face, the NYT reports

  38. 38.

    Eolirin

    @Mousebumples: This wasn’t the debt ceiling. This is the Republicans not being able to pass a budget on time. September is the end of the fiscal year. The budget for 2025 was due. They punted on it.

  41. 41.

    Ken

    @SpaceUnit: So to summarize, Trump demanded the SAVE act with no continuing resolution, and the opposite happened. The kind of leadership we’ve all come to expect from him.

  44. 44.

    wjca

    @geg6: Jesus Christ, what the hell has happened to the Secret Service?  It seems to be a total shitshow.

    Every thing Trump touches dies.  ‘Nuff said

  46. 46.

    wjca

    @Chet Murthy:   Imagine the ones on TCFG’s detail.   Just …. imagine.

    No need to imagine.  Only ask what accusations TCFG’s campaign has made that have not yet been revealed to have been perpetrated by them.

  47. 47.

    Carlo Graziani

    @Princess: It’s a case of faute de mieux. Government shutdowns are perpetual Republican own-goals—everytime their conservative-reptilian rear brains cause them to trigger one, they lose popularity and votes. The very idea of triggering a shutdown with 6 weeks to go before the entire caucus up fo re-election is enough to overload the Congressional laundry with beshitted underwear.

    Trump may be God, but his demands constitute a threat to job security for the majority of Republican House members. They voted for survival. They can kiss and make up with their deity in December.

  50. 50.

    Another Scott

    @Eolirin:

    Also too, horse’s mouth – Whitehouse.gov:

    September 25, 2024

    Readout of President Biden’s Pull Aside with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine

    President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met today with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. President Biden informed President Zelenskyy that he has directed a surge in U.S. security assistance to Ukraine, which will be announced publicly tomorrow, and which will help Ukraine win. President Zelenskyy previewed for President Biden his plan for victory. The two leaders will discuss this plan further during their upcoming bilateral meeting at the White House.

    Following their meeting in New York, President Biden convened a historic event in support of Ukraine at which the leaders of more than 30 countries agreed to sign a Joint Declaration of Support for the Recovery and Reconstruction of Ukraine.

    ###

    Slava Ukraini!!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  51. 51.

    Jackie

    Per the NYT, NC’s Lt Gov Robinson’s top staff in his office are planning to step down, ie quit.

    Don’t subscribe, so no link, just posting the headline.

  52. 52.

    Kayla Rudbek

    @geg6: I’ve been told by other federal law enforcement that the Secret Service tends to hire a lot of ex-football players who they think can take a bullet. So toxic masculinity and/or CTE?

  53. 53.

    Jay

    @Jackie:

    Top staffers resign from North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s office amid scandal
    Resignations follow campaign staff departures

    wbtv.com/2024/09/25/top-staffers-resign-north-carolina-lt-gov-mark-robinsons-office-amid-scandal/

    By Cassidy Johncox and Nick Ochsner
    Published: Sep. 25, 2024 at 3:27 PM PDT|Updated: 4 hours ago
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Several high-ranking members of Mark Robinson’s office have resigned amid a scandal involving the North Carolina lieutenant governor, WBTV confirmed Wednesday.

    Now-former chief of staff Brian LiVecchi confirmed to WBTV on Wednesday, Sept. 25, that he and the lt. governor’s communications director John Wesley Waugh, policy director Jonathan Harris, and director of government affairs Nathan Lewis all resigned from their positions. The resignation of the four top staffers comes just after four campaign officials resigned from Robinson’s 2024 campaign for North Carolina governor.

    The chaos surrounding the Republican governor candidate spawned from a CNN article that brought disturbing allegations against Robinson. It’s alleged that Robinson made several “inflammatory comments” on a pornography website between 2008 and 2012, years before he took office.

    Robinson reportedly called himself a “black NAZI” and made inappropriate statements like “slavery is not bad.” The CNN article includes several comments reportedly made by Robinson related to him peeping on others, transgender porn, and more.

  54. 54.

    Scout211

    @Jackie: I saw that. Here is a local news story:

    Brian LiVecchi, a top adviser to North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, is resigning from his post as chief of staff and general counsel in the office of the lieutenant governor — the biggest move in a new wave of coming departures following allegations that Robinson made racist and lewd comments on a pornographic website more than a decade ago.

    In addition to LiVecchi, Director of Communications John Wesley Waugh, Policy Director Jonathan Harris, and Director of Government Affairs Nathan Lewis have stated their intention to resign, people familiar with the matter told WRAL. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared professional retribution.

    The resignations — which represent half of the office’s staff — are expected to become effective in the coming days, WRAL learned Wednesday.

    Waugh, who serves as the office’s spokesman, didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment.

    Until now, fallout from the allegations, made in a CNN investigation last week, has centered on Robinson’s campaign for governor. A number of fellow Republicans have questioned whether the Republican nominee should drop out of the race in the wake of the scandal and as he trails Democrat Josh Stein by double digits in recent polls.

    At least eight members of Robinson’s campaign staff — including his campaign manager, finance director and a senior adviser — have resigned, current and former campaign staff members said Sunday.

    The latest resignations show that the situation is spreading into state government.

    ETA: and Jay beat me to it.

  55. 55.

    Jackie

    @Jay: Thanks, Jay😊

    Robinson is truly on an island alone!

    Haven’t seen any reports that his wife and family are standing by their man in support, either.

  57. 57.

    Geminid

    @TBone: I think Eric Adams will be indicted for taking bribes from the Turkish interests. They wanted to fast-track permitting for Turkiye House, their new shiny new diplomatic building over near the U.N.

    At least, that’s what the rumors have been. There were multiple permits involved, so several of Adams’ agency heads were also in on it. But I gotta think Adams and the rest didn’t take money for just one building.

  58. 58.

    way2blue

    Sigh.  House Republicans kicked the budget fight down the road because they figured out if they shut down the government now if might affect their reelection prospects.  They will tee up another poison pill in late December—just before the new House is swore in.  (Hopefully run by Democrats.)

  59. 59.

    Geminid

    @way2blue: House Republicans can try to tee up a poison pill in the Lame Duck session; I don’t think they’ll be successful though.

    But the dynamics of the uocoming Lame Duck session have yet to be determined. If Trump loses, Johnson won’t have very much leverage at all.

  60. 60.

    Carlo Graziani

    @Geminid: I agree. The “Trump loses” future (the most likely one, IMO) features a radical perspective shift in the GOP, wherein the near-certainty of Trump’s eventual penal servitude, and the two-year respite until the next election cycle, lances the boil of Trump’s control over the party and authorizes a period of more normal (at least, less psychopathological) corporate GOP decisionmaking.

    It’s not that they like him—nearly every Republican officeholder loathes him and wishes him dead. But if he loses, then they can believe that they don’t need him anymore. For most of them, “he loses, I survive” is actually the best-case scenario.

  61. 61.

    Misterpuff

    @geg6: Jesus Christ, what the hell has happened to the Secret Service?  It seems to be a total shitshow.

     

    ETTD, even Secret Service.

  63. 63.

    Jay

    @Carlo Graziani:

    It’s not that they like him—nearly every Republican officeholder loathes him and wishes him dead. But if he loses, then they can believe that they don’t need him anymore. For most of them, “he loses, I survive” is actually the best-case scenario.

    I think that for the next few election cycles you are going to see a ReThug party with 50% more nuts.

    nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/clay-higgins-rips-haitian-immigrants-rcna172738

    “Lol. These Haitians are wild. Eating pets, vudu, nastiest country in the western hemisphere, cults, slapstick gangsters… but damned if they don’t feel all sophisticated now, filing charges against our President and VP,” he said, referring to Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees Trump and Vance, respectively.

    “All these thugs better get their mind right and their ass out of our country before January 20th,” the post concluded. That would be the day Trump and Vance would be sworn into office if they win November’s election.

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