Less than two minutes in, they said they only need 2 more Rs to sign the discharge petition.
If the Rs were smart (we know they aren’t!) they would ALL agree to sign and then T couldn’t punish all of them!
Just 2 are needed. Let’s do this!
These women are brave enough to stand up there and announce that they will be creating and publishing their own lists. The least EACH OF US can do is make a few phone calls.
Let this from Nukular Biskits be your inspiration. If we all do this, we might just end up with 2 more Rs signing. Even one more R would perhaps encourage another one!
Called my 2 US Senators and US Representative (all Republicans). Results are as follows:
US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith: No answer, went to voice mail. I can’t tell you the last time a live person answered the phone in her DC office. I have to wonder if she’s instructed her staffers to screen calls.
US Senator Roger Wicker: Asked what position/statement the senator had on Donald Trump ordering the US military to engage in hostilities against a civilian vessel in international waters. Was told the senator had provided no statement on that issue. I reminded staffer that this was a serious issue, Wicker knew these questions were coming and that he was doing his staffers a grave disservice by failing to provide them with at least an anodyne statement.
US Representative Mike Ezell: Asked if the representative was going to sign on to Discharge Petition 9 (Rep. Thomas Massie’s forcing the House to vote on release of the Epstein documents). Was told the representative had provided no statement on that issue. As with the staffer for Sen. Wicker, reminded staffer that this was a serious issue, Ezell knew these questions were coming and that he was doing his staffers a grave disservice by failing to provide them with an answer for constituents.
Open thread.
Chief Oshkosh
If your Congressperson is a Republican, you have my sympathies, but do call! Trump said he would release ALL of the Epstein files – why won’t he? Why is he protecting pedophiles? Is HE a pedophile?
TONYG
@Chief Oshkosh: In 2025, the likelihood that any Republican politician is a decent human being is close to zero, but I’d be happy to be proven wrong.
Chief Oshkosh
@TONYG: That’s not what calling them is about. When a topic causes the phones to ring off the hook, staff take notice. They certainly tell their bosses, which, as you intimate, won’t affect most of them. But, the staff do react in other ways, like tracking how Mace, Massie, Boebert, and the other one fare from this and whether outcomes over the rest of the week suggest that their boss should quietly stop returning calls vs taking calls from them, and vice versa for the cohort that continues to protect pedophiles. Think of it as a form of soft power.
MattF
Congressional Republicans should certainly be reminded as often as possible about Trump’s dishonesty— but I have no idea how to convince one of anything. MAGAworld runs on different rules.
WaterGirl
@TONYG: If only the people who agree with Rs call the Rs, then they think everything is hunky dory. (sp?)
Joy in FL
I called my MAGA rep this morning, and after reading this post, I called again just now.
I pointed out to the staffer that the prez* had said he would release the files, and that he should do what he said he would do.
I also said that the prez* is calling this a “democrat hoax,” and that it is manifestly not a hoax.
As Chief Oshkosh in comment 3 pointed out, the R reps need to get calls, even if they are never going to do the right thing. And that’s what made me call again just now.
Geminid
Capitol Hill reporter Jaime Dupree is tracking the discharge petition. He said that as of 3 p.m. 205 House members had signed it. So about a dozen Dems hadn’t yet.
Also, in what Dupree described as an “embarrassing” vote for Republican leadership, a motion to table a bill censuring Democrat Monica McIver )NJ) passed 215-210. The censure bill would also have kicked Rep. McIver off the Homeland Security Committee. Five Republicans voted to table the measure while two voted “Present.” Now I want to find out who the Republican defectors were.
jonas
As we say around here, shamelessness is their superpower.
Nukular Biskits
y’all, forgive my lack of capitalization (the caps function on my laptop suffers from a disfunctional keyboard so i normally use a bluetooth keyboard … which ran out of charge so is now charging) but don’t let me be an inspiration … do better than me
Baud
@Geminid:
Wow on the McIver vote.
kindness
I’m surprised Republicans are signing this discharge petition at all considering the hard press Trump2.0 has thrown down on this issue. Really what this signals (loudly) is that Trump is all over the Epstein files and there are many details of him with underage girls. I’m also wondering, when that finally comes out (as it will), will MAGA folk care? I suspect a few might, but my bet is on most of ’em making some bullshit excuse and try to sweep it under the rug.
frosty
I called my R representative this morning after reading Nukular Biskit’s comment. It went thusly:
Me. Please tell the Congressman to sign on to the Epstein files discharge petition.
Staff. I’ll pass that along. Is there anything else the Congressman can help you with?
Me, politely. No
Me, in an alternate time line. Really? Really? You want to know what he can help me with??? How much time you got?
(This is probably the least important thing I’ve called about all year.)
Joy in FL
@kindness: According to the Clerk of the House, 4 Republicans have signed: Massie, Mace, Boebert, Greene.
clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025090209
la_caterina
Running list of signatories. clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025090209
ETA sorry it’s a naked link
Belafon
@kindness: It also makes me think that there are no prominent Democrats, because, if there were, Fox would be going on and on about them, ignoring Trump, and saying Democrats don’t want them prosecuted after each Democrat that shows up on the channel says to prosecute them.
persistentillusion
Just called my R rep. Staff at his local office didn’t know what a discharge petition was, so I enlightened her. She sounded slightly alarmed by the end of the conversation.
H.E.Wolf
@Joy in FL:
@la_caterina:
Many thanks to the two of you, for posting the link.
The columns are clickable – so they can be sorted (backward or forward) by state, party, or first name.
H.E.Wolf
@H.E.Wolf:
Oh, aha – searchable, too, not just sort-able!
Joy in FL
@H.E.Wolf: Jackals love reliable, first hand information, don’t we ?
Baud
Harvard has won its lawsuit against Trump. Appeals to follow.
dc
All four NC Democratic Reps have signed, including mine (Foushee), no surprise. Not one of the ten NC Repubs has signed, also no surprise.
NotMax
@Nukular Biskits
Have experienced impressive performance from this budget-priced Seenda foldable bluetooth keyboard with trackpad (Amazon link). Unfolded, not all that much smaller than a standard ten keyless keyboard.
H.E.Wolf
Roger THAT. :)
H.E.Wolf
@persistentillusion: Well-played in your phone conversation!
Your call report put a big grin on my face.
Andrew Abshier
My ‘Critter (Greg Steube,FL-17) is so much a bootlicking toady to 47 that he’s on a first-name basis with Miss Lindsey inside his ass. I doubt a call will do much, but I can try.
Belafon
@NotMax: I got my wife one with a tenkey pad rather than the touchpad for her tablet.
laura
well, well, well, since this is an open thread I’ve been informed (via Ragnorak Lobster’s bluesky) that the guy from Maine who’s gonna “take back the party” and run as an embarassed independant but willing to use the democratic party funding and infrastructure to run against Susan Collins Used to work for Blackwater a company now named costellis. Swear to Dawg, if you can’t run in a democratic primary as a proud democratic party member, you should really consider fucking off instead. Oyster farmer Dan Platner is a bad man. Very Bad Man.
Trollhattan
@Baud: If only there were a pack of Harvard-educated lawyers to get on this.
WaterGirl
@persistentillusion: Wow, a staffer that doesn’t know what a discharge petition is. Just wow.
WaterGirl
@Joy in FL: We like to do our own research? (ducks)
laura
@laura: linky: bsky.app/profile/eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social/post/3lxx7bwnoqc2b
WaterGirl
@laura:
I admit that I was kind of disappointed that this didn’t include:
laura
@WaterGirl: my yeeting failed to meet the moment. Next time for sure!
Nukular Biskits
@NotMax:
I have a ProtoArc keyboard. I’ve been using it several days (more so than usual) and forgot to charge it last night.
It’s usually good for about a week.
Definitely look at what you rec’d, though.
Omnes Omnibus
@Andrew Abshier: Miss Lindsey? I thought we were past that.
lowtechcyclist
@la_caterina:
Thanks! Looks like all the Maryland Dems have signed.
zhena gogolia
@laura: His texts have told me he’s a bad man.
I don’t live in Maine, so not much I can do about it.
zhena gogolia
Hmmm . . . looks like Jim Himes of CT hasn’t signed. He’s not my rep.
He was a big Biden backstabber.
japa21
@Omnes Omnibus:
Probably 95% are past it.
Professor Bigfoot
@japa21: That’s pretty good, really.
Outside of this joint, I’d say more like 60%.
persistentillusion
@H.E.Wolf: I live to serve. After I explained to that very young sounding woman that tRump had run on releasing all the files, her voice sounded small.
ETA: And his staff reflects the fact that it’s his seat for as long as he wants it. Feckless, uneducated and/or stupid staff comes with the territory.
Jackie
I called Dan Newhouse’s DC office and a staffer answered right away. I said Newhouse is on public record for wanting transparency and releasing the Epstein files, so why hasn’t he signed the discharge position? Staffer stammered and stuttered before saying he wasn’t allowed to speak for Newhouse. I reiterated that if Newhouse truly wanted full disclosure, he would sign the petition. And since the staffer couldn’t give an official statement on Newhouse’s behalf, could I please speak to Congressman Newhouse directly? The staffer DID take my name, address (proof of constituency) and phone number. I won’t hold my breath!
persistentillusion
@WaterGirl: My rep is newly elected to the 5th most republicqan seat in the House. He’s an ass, and to my personal knowledge, has been an ass since at least 2006 (when he first ran for the seat.
japa21
@Professor Bigfoot:
In general, jackals have an emotional age approximately 20 years higher than the main population.
Jackie
@laura: I posted this multiple threads ago, but you have a new “real” democratic choice, who just announced this morning? His video’s pretty good.
Baud
Where does Blackwater rank on the McKinsey index?
Baud
@Jackie:
I think both candidates have highlighted abortion rights, which is nice to see since it seems to have fallen off as an important issue.
Nelle
Open thread, right? I’m fielding comments from my daughter about her inlaws wanting to come visit the baby, who was a six week premie. He’s a healthy three months now, but they are anti-vax and don’t want to vaccinate before coming up. How firm a boundary can she hold? (They sure don’t want drug companies to profit. But he’s a retired doc and his wife (stepmom) is a retired nurse. They sure made a pile of money from his practice. Full on MAGA.)
Sigh. Why are people so weird?
Kirk
Looks like 9 of 12 Texas Dems have signed. The holdouts are Henry Cuellar (28th Loredo/E San Antonio), Vincente Gonzales (34th aka Padre Island), and Lloyd Doggett (37th aka West Austin).
Baud
@Nelle:
As firm as she wants.
zhena gogolia
@Nelle: Firm, firm, firm.
bjacques
@Nelle: like vampires, don’t let them in the door. My sis-in-law demanded me and the missus get TDAP shots before being allowed to see my newborn (now eldest) niece, and rightly so.
They can come back when the kid’s acquired an immune system. Maybe.
Jackie
House republicans follow through with their attempts to rewrite history:
coin operated
@Nelle: Hold firm…no vax = no visits.
WFT is wrong with people nowadays…
WaterGirl
@Nelle: I think she should stand firm. Imagine if they come and the baby gets Covid. She would never forgive herself, I’m guessing.
Jackie
@Nelle: I say NO. Premies, even after they’ve “caught up” are way more susceptible to catching whatever. My youngest grandson spent two months in the NIC unit and is a strapping 14 yr old now, but his lungs are always susceptible to colds, flu, RSV… And he’s fully up to date with vaccinations.
What does baby’s daddy think? Hopefully he’s fully supportive of his baby son’s health and wellbeing.
Geminid
Veteran Capitol Hill reporter Jaime Dupree posted this at 4:19 pm:
I expect 8 of these Democrats will sign but haven’t gotten around to it.
Reps. Gonzalez and Cuellar might not; both represent districts that voted for Trump last year, and Cuellar is under federal indictment for bribery. His trial is scheduled for February of next year.
Ed. Jamie Dupree is a good follow for people using Twitter. He posts on BlueSky but only sporadically. Dupree also publishes on SubStack under “Regular Order.” He’s in his 39th year covering Congress.
laura
@Nelle: if that wee’un were my family’s treasure, I wouldn’t let any unvaxed person near him. No compromise, no conceding, no abandoning job one- protect the baby from all enemies foreign and domestic. Cave on this power play, then there is no backstop ever.
Professor Bigfoot
Seems like that would be a reason to vote for the discharge petition… first, it’s the right thing to do, and second, a lot of those Trump voters are also QAnon-curious, at least.
Geminid
@Professor Bigfoot: I’m just speculating. Both Gonzalex and Cuellar might sign the petition tomorrow. But Cuellar msy have a conflict of interest due to his bribery prosecution.
If the new map drawn by Teclxas Tepublicans stands up to court challenge, both Congressmen have little chance for reelection. That litigation is likely to run into next year.
JaySinWa
@Nelle: Are they full on anti-vax or just anti COVID vax? Here’s what healthline.com/health/new-baby-vaccination-guide/top-vaccines-all-grandparents-need#pneumonia has to say about the wide range of vaccines grandparents should have. I would say stand firm, but I don’t have kids, this is not my child, and these are not my in-laws.
If she can’t prevail, she can try mitigating by insisting on COVID testing or better yet one that tests for COVID , Flu, and RSV. Provide them herself if necessary.
coin operated
@Nelle:
Good catch by @laura:
comrade scotts agenda of rage
What am I missing here? Mace, Boebert and MTG have signed the discharge petition. What’s their political calculation in doing this? Okay, they’re all white women GOPers with a national reputation for batshit, insaneness and full-on Trump supporters on most days of the year so at first glance, you’d not think they’d go out on a limb on this.
I then saw this:
yahoo.com/news/articles/three-republicans-defy-trump-back-140907988.html?guccounter=1
that has statements from Mace and MTG and holy shit, they have a moral compass on this. Nothing else mind you but those statements sound like they come from normal people, not, well, them.
Would be interesting to know what their constituent input (calls and emails) has been.
Jackie
@Professor Bigfoot:
ALSO, A LOT – if not MOST – voted for FFOTUS partly on his promise to release the Files.
Nelle
I suspect that they are vaccinated for pertussis and measles from a while ago. But they won’t say. I’m busy being her Amen Corner. Her FIL and his wife make choices and if their “stance” is more important than their grandson, so be it. It’s a long history of family dysfunction to sort through and my SIL keeps trying to make it work. But yes, his son is job one.
Redshift
Not sure if it’s been posted already, but you can check who’s signed as tallied by the Clerk of the House here.
Geminid
@Geminid: Getting a little Aztec-y with my spelling.
WaterGirl
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: I had assumed that all three were pissed at T because he failed them in some way, didn’t value them, didn’t hold up his end of some bargain or another.
But of course I have no idea.
FelonyGovt
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: MTG recently commented that Republican men seem to have a problem with women (or words to that effect). Maybe she is belatedly discovering something we all knew.
Baud
H.E.Wolf
Completely appropriate for a charter member of the Xochitl fan club!
Redshift
@MattF:
We’re all clever and passionate, and hope we can figure out how to be convincing, but that’s not what calling Congresscritters is about. No matter what, they’re never going to hear your compelling individual argument, they’re going to get a tally of how many people called about the issue and which side they were on.
So don’t overthink it, just call and tell them that. As you say, there is no convincing argument, there is only contributing to there being enough calls that voters seem like more of a threat to their continued well-compensated seat-filling than whatever wackadoodle primary challenger Trump might cough up.
They Call Me Noni
@Nelle: She can hold any boundary she is comfortable with! Mom rules all.
MattF
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: My guess is that they have direct experience of rape or abuse.
Geminid
@WaterGirl: Mace is running for Governor so she is risking Trump.supporting an opponent. I’m not sure Mace is a rational actor though.
Greene is a rational actor in my opinion. Her biggest danger is a primary from the right. Greene’s decision to sign might reflect her appraisal of Trump’s clout in her Northwest Georgia district.
And Boebert’s dumb as a post, so who knows why she signed
Ed. But another commenter may have it right when they said all three women likely have experience with sexual assault. A lot of women do, and that could be why the Epstein story won’t die.
They Call Me Noni
Zohran Mamdani is a guest on Chris Hayes tonight.
Shalimar
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: Don’t know about the other 2, but Mace has made a big public deal about having been raped in the last few years (by specific people who have sued her for libel), and the general reaction i have seen is that she isn’t believed. So this is doubling down on that for her, a “yes, I am telling the truth.”
HeleninEire
@WaterGirl: I think they are such true believers that they genuinely don’t think Trump did anything wrong, so the release of the files won’t hurt him.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@MattF:
Mace is a massive bundle of contradictions:
yahoo.com/news/articles/nancy-mace-turns-back-epstein-211240568.html
Earlier this year she claimed being the victim of sexual abuse and used that in the statement to sign the discharge petition.
But then read the link and try to make sense of anything.
Shalimar
@Geminid: Mace is a performance artist masquerading as a human. Very clearly narcissistic. God only knows what is real with her.
WaterGirl
@HeleninEire: That could be!
Release the hounds!Release the files!
Baud
@Geminid:
Trump’s own sexual assault didn’t hurt him politically.
Mai Naem mobile
My Rep Greg Stanton a Dem is one of the Dems who hasn’t signed it. I’m assuming it’s some kind of logistical issue. I can’t believe he wouldn’t sign it but I did call his office just to let him know that people are paying attention.
Geminid
@Shalimar: I think Nancy Mace has real psychological problems and needs to be out of public office before she can begin to solve them. Losing South Carolina’s primary for governor might be a blessing for her.
Jackie
This is… intriguing, shall I say?
I doubt any of us subscribe to the Daily Mail, so we’ll have to wait for further leaks elsewhere? We know Lewandowski is no Boy Scout, but since he and Noem have a very unsecret secret relationship, I wonder if something new has come to light.
Kristine
Amazing featured photo—what a sunset!
Mai Naem mobile
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: Greene is from a very very red distict . I can totally see her constituents being 4 chan Alex Jones Magats wanting the files released.
Jackie
@Baud:
Corrected for accuracy.
Dan B
@Baud: Yay Washington and the entire left coast!
Geminid
@Mai Naem mobile: According to Jamie Dupree, Rep. Stanton has signed the petition. At least, Dupree did not list Stanton among the ten Democrats who had not signed as of 4 p.m. today.
stacib
@Nelle: I sure hope she protects her baby regardless of how those other two “feel”. ‘I’m sorry’ from the grandparents is a poor substitute when you’re nursing a sick baby while trying to assuage your own feelings for going against your instinct.
stacib
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XeckyGilchrist
@Baud: Hooray! Got my own flu and ‘vid jabs lined up for Saturday, and the pharmacy claims to have the newest versions of each.
We need to figure out some way to smuggle medicine into Red states for those who need it. Maybe in boxes labeled “Ivermectin.”
JoyceH
Quick question – what is the Bluesky equivalent of a “tweet”? Is there a recognized term for it?
stinger
@Geminid:
I thought that too! LOL
Scout211
@Jackie: here’s a web archive version for you:
Cover-up right under the president’s nose
Some excerpts:
Some of his crimes and charges have already been reported, but the buried memo is a new one, I think. And the article lists some charges and crimes I haven’t read about before.
The article also has screen shots of the security memo.
Who would leak this memo? Hmmm.
Baud
@JoyceH:
I just use post.
There’s some other stupid term that people use. Can’t recall it.
Jackie
I’m getting confused. OR is MAGA psychotic? Or have split personalities? (I know these things are redundant, but…)
Does MAGA/Qanon support having the Epstein files released or not? Why are “they” going after MTG for wanting the files released? Why is Loomer suddenly targeting MTG? I thought Loomer also wanted the files released? Why isn’t MAGA and Loomer going after Mace and Boebert for signing the petition? I can’t keep up with the nuances of what the rules are regarding the Epstein files with these lunatics.
WaterGirl
@JoyceH : There is, but I think it’s stupid, so I still use tweet. Plus, I assume that pisses off the oligarch, so that’s a bonus.
catfishncod
@laura: I burned more than one (distant) family relationship permanently on precisely this issue. My advice? If they’re not vaccinated at all, ask for a history for each person in the household of how and when each person has had COVID. Whether they tote it up and realize it’s a lot, or say “dunno, we don’t pay attention”, or tell you to eff off, any response will be instructive (to you and hopefully to someone in their household).
Scout211
Here’s Newsom’s social media team announcing the west coast health alliance for vaccines:
Click over to see the brain worm.
Jackie
@Scout211: Thanks Scout211! You always come through with the goods! 😊
Eta this was also mentioned:
mrmoshpotato
Targeting Mexican Independence Day celebrations? Do they know how Mexican Independence Day is celebrated in Chicago? Mostly with car caravans downtown that jam up the streets. Your move, Texas National Guard.
Chuck Sudo on Bluesky
mrmoshpotato
Does Bluesky have an embed feature?
MagdaInBlack
@mrmoshpotato: HA! Hadn’t thought of that and so true. =-)
( putting on “Low Rider” cause I’ve been in one of those car caravans)
Melancholy Jaques
@Redshift:
I once worked as a staffer in the state legislature and this is exactly what we did. Tally, gauge intensity, and try to discern if some organization was behind it.
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: Yes. Front-pagers can embed here with images etc, but commenters can embed as you do with twitter – text and links but no images.
Look for the little little arrow thing on BlueSky. On twitter, that gives you the URL, I believe, but on BlueSky that gives you the embed.
Miss Bianca
@Geminid: which Dems haven’t signed yet? (wondering if I need to make any phone calls).
Pretty sure my rep Brittany Pettersen would have, tho.
Another Scott
@laura: Interesting. Thanks for the report.
Yeah, it’s kinda funny that folks who are so “independent” and hate the “establishment” and the Democratic Party don’t ever seem to want to try to take over the GQP – the organization that has decades of experience in hating Democrats.
Why do you want to hang out with people you hate so much???
Maybe they don’t really want to join us, but instead want to break us??
Your club sucks. Let me take it over and run it.
Does anyone in any membership organization actually find that appealing??! I mean, outside MAGAland. (sigh)
Grr…
Thanks again.
Best wishes,
Scott.
Betty
@Joy in FL: I thought Anna Paulina Luna was speaking out about this yesterday. I wonder why she hasn’t signed.
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl: Arrow pointing up with a trough under it?
Betty
@Jackie: Nice ad. He cones across as a good man.
Another Scott
@Nelle: Agreed with the others above, they need to get their shots.
In the meantime, there’s FaceTime and Google Meet and Zoom and the like.
Good luck!
Best wishes,
Scott.
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato:
the 4th symbol, one from the right.
WaterGirl
@Another Scott: That’s what I think, too. If not getting vaccinated is more important to them than meeting their grandchild in person, then they have just told you what is most important to them.
To the mom, your baby’s well-being is the most important thing.
Betty
@FelonyGovt: Wasn’t MTG at least Q-ANON adjacent? They certainly care about releasing the files.
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl: Yes. That gives me ‘copy link to post’.
Gives me just the URL unlike Twitter’s embed.
Anyway, I can live with it. (Nothing you can do about it anyway 😁)
Thanks.
Gin & Tonic
@Betty: Because she is insane?
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl:
The COVID stupidity lives on!
mrmoshpotato
@Nelle: So glad the little dude is doing well!
I would set my foot down if I was her.
And the fact that they’re retired healthcare professionals just makes me angrier.
FelonyGovt
@Betty: Good point. And maybe cracks between the Q anon folks and Trump really are beginning to form over the Epstein situation.
Betty
@Jackie: Loomer and MTG have been engaging in warfare for a while. It’s not about the files per se.
persistentillusion
@Miss Bianca: She has, I checked. As a fellow Coloradan.
bluefoot
@Nelle: anyone who is near a newborn should be up to date minimally with the whooping cough vaccine.
Joy in FL
@Betty: I’m in the district north of hers, so I wasn’t aware of anything she said. (re: comment 110)
Joy in FL
@Miss Bianca: She did. She is the 145th person. I searched here: clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025090209 (re: comment #108)
Captain C
@kindness:
A nontrivial number will quietly be jealous of all the underage rape. I wish I was kidding.
Geminid
@Jackie: I think Laura Loomer and Marjorie Taylor Greene have a longstanding personal feud going. But maybe Loomer will get around to slagging Mace snd Boebert too. I might check out Loomer’s Twitter feed. It actually can be interesting in a weird way.
And if I had more high-speed data I could watch the next episode of her podcast, “Loomer Unleashed.” But I wouldn’t.
2liberal
@JaySinWa:
anti-vaxxers are not to be trusted with just their word
Jackie
@Betty:
That, I get.
It’s the MAGA/Qanon as a whole targeting MTG for going against her for supporting releasing the Files, but not Mace or Boebert for supporting the Files being released.
And I thought they ALL supported the Files being released?
Geminid
@Miss Bianca: Jaime Dupree reported the ten Democrats who hadn’t signed as of 4 p.m. I reposted his list at #57, which you may have seen by now.
Ella in New Mexico
Hate to rain on your parade but there is only ONE phone call that matters to these people and the fucking little bitch has been on the phone all day calling each and every Republican to threaten them if they sign on.
All we have is the hope that at least two more of them are sick enough after hearing these women’s stories to do the right thing.
Jackie
@Geminid:
Better you than lots of us! You have a cast -iron brain immune to that kind of torture. And I mean that as a compliment! 😊
Jager
@laura: My niece is a Neo-Natal doc, Jodie says, keep the morons behind the glass. If the new mom is handling the baby, she should stay away from them as well.
Jackie
@Ella in New Mexico:
??????? Who are you referring to in that comment? I assume you’re referring to a female?
JoeyJoeJoe
@Jackie: I assume it’s the Oval Office felon
Jackie
@JoeyJoeJoe: That’s insulting to bitches, then.
2liberal
@Geminid:
He’s on the list
clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025090209
Uncle Cosmo
And I’m guessing you’re wrong. My conjecture is that she would come up with any and every possible reason it might be someone else’s fault, no matter how unlikely or illogical – including the child’s own parents.
MAGAt Thuglicans’ R-words are Resentment, Rage, and Retribution (and the most important of them is the last). There’s no place in their lexicon for ones like Remorse, Regret, or Responsibility.
mvr
@mrmoshpotato:
Though many of the carriers did not.
Mel
@Nelle: That baby’s life and future are worth so much more than the inlaws’ delicate fee-fees.
She should hold her ground and keep herself and the baby safe.
Also, baby’s Dad should be standing with her and holding the line. If the in-laws really love their grandchild and truly want to see the baby, they will do the right thing. If not, well, screw them. It really is a matter of life and death.
My niece and nephew refused to let my father hold their newborn, because he was being a Trumpy idiot and refusing to wash or sanitize his hands. My niece basically said, “I love you, but iI love my baby more, and it’s my job to keep her safe. Behave reasonably, or don’t come near her.”