• mechoman444@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Has anyone ever noticed that mtg looks like a wax life sized figure of a cave woman in the natural history display at the local museum?

    Someone needs to give her a basket so she can gather some berries!

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      Just watched the new docu on Netflix about Neanderthals. Wow, you nailed it. She must have been frozen in a sheet of ice for a long time like Encino Man. Oh hell, now I’ve dated myself. For the young, it’s a stupid movie from a long time ago. I think Sam (of Frodo fame) was in it. And another dude who you’d recognize. And a third dude who was popular for about ten seconds.

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      Hey, don’t be rude. Cave women were far more civilized and intelligent. They don’t deserve being compared to MTG!

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        I feel like these ad homien attacks are what allow people like Marjorie to thrive. If all you can do is put someone down for how they look then I really don’t need to listen to what you have to say.

        It’s unfortunate because there are way worse things about Marjorie than her looks.

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          I’m not saying ad hom is good, I’m saying she factually looks like a Neanderthal. If it’s insulting to anyone, it’s Neanderthals.

          On the other hand, ridicule is the only way you can actually engage with someone like marge because you can’t actually engage in good faith.

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      I’ve heard that she is actually Dog the Bounty Hunter in drag. I mean, it is possible… has anyone seen the two of them in the same place at the same time. And the resemblance is uncanny!

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    In another thread, someone referred to her as Perjury Traitor Greed, and I’m just here to make that more popular.

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      No sooner than Greene triggered the vote on her motion to vacate the speaker from his office, the Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise countered by calling first for a vote to table it.

      An overwhelming majority, 359-43, kept Johnson in his job, for now.

      The House voted nearly immediately to resolve something. How often does that happen? That is a resounding rejection.

      There are mechanisms for Congress to expell members, but that’s unlikely to come up Santos for her.

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        The House voted nearly immediately to resolve something. How often does that happen? That is a resounding rejection.

        Everyone is just sick if her bullshit it seems. Except her constituents, they love that shit.

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    Cuntery Taitor Bullshit’s game is played out, and nobody will put up with her shit anymore.

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    This is great news since it officially establishes that Johnson has a dependency on Democrats now. Which gives Dems more leverage because if Johnson refuses to cooperate on something in the future than Dems could bring a motion to vacate the chair.

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      It also shows how toothless the extreme MAGA side is. Democrats and moderate Republicans made bipartisan deals to get aid passed and this troglodyte can’t abide compromise. She genuinely thinks compromise is evil.

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          Correct. She must be fuming because she thought she had that kind of power - and she doesn’t.

          I have a small sliver of suspicion that many Democrats voted to help Johnson in order to put her in her place.

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            I know as a rule of thumb anything Marjorie is for I am most likely against.

            Broken clocks, aside.

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      Yeah, I was frustrated with Greene saying “Democrats saved him,” because with the infinitesimal majority they have, it would be the Democrats who ousted him if they voted the other way. Republicans basically have no agency in their choice of Speaker anymore, thanks largely to the chaos and dysfunction caused by her faction.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stunned colleagues Wednesday calling for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but lawmakers quickly rejected it.

    One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, Greene stood on the House floor and read a long list of “transgressions” she said Johnson had committed as speaker.

    It was the second time in a matter of months that Republicans have tried to oust their own speaker, an unheard-of level of party turmoil with a move rarely seen in U.S. history.

    Johnson of Louisiana marched on, saying he had been willing to take the risk, believing it was important for the U.S. to back Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and explaining he wanted to be on the “right side of history.”

    In a highly unusual move, the speaker received a boost from Democrats led by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, whose leadership team had said it was time to “turn the page” on the GOP turmoil and vote to table Greene’s resolution — almost ensuring Johnson’s job is saved, for now.

    Trump also weighed in after Johnson trekked to Mar-a-Lago for a visit, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee giving the speaker his nod of approval.


    The original article contains 441 words, the summary contains 200 words. Saved 55%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

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    We didn’t need proof that they’re all the same but here we can see Democrats voting to keep a christofascist in power so Israel can continue a genocide. America, your vote really does not matter but maybe you feel good “participating” in this reality show? We all deserve a little something to make us feel good every few years.

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          What’s the matter, English not your first language? They miss that particular idiom in your training?

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            Jesus Christ… What an absolute godforsaken NSA cesspool Lemmy is. The frustration of not being able to talk to real people who don’t assume you yourself are not a genuine actor. This is the darkest forest.

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              Imagine making a statement like this while also calling us ”state department“ and “nsa”.

              Take your lies and hypocrisy elsewhere.

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                Down here, at the bottom of this thread, it’s just us. One of us farted and I know it wasn’t me. Who you going to convince? It’s just us here. You gonna call me a fake person when it’s just us? I get you can’t rationally disagree with my position and be consistent with you purported values. That’s a tough spot. But trying to convince me that I’m not real when it’s just between us? That’s a lost cause. As big a waste as sharing a dissenting opinion here. So let’s shake hands on the fact we both wasted our time.

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    This Thread is kind of depressing, liberals and leftist celebrating having a Christian dominionist in the speakership. This ain’t a victory

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      It is a safe bet that if MTG is for it, it’s bad for the country.

      She is clearly looking to punish him for the Ukraine aid vote. Her losing that battle is a good thing. Winning the house in November so that we don’t have to deal with this as much going forward would be even better than that.

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      “If it’s not perfect it’s garbage”

      “Playing with broken toys is so cringey”

      … talk about depressing, imagine hating reality and being obsessed with a utopia you will never see

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        Right? Can you imagine? Someone working towards something good for humanity and the world that they will never see themselves?

        Losers right? Planting trees that they can’t even enjoy the shade of themselves.

        Don’t they know about “I got mine fuck you”?

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          Way to stretch what the original commenter was saying… lmao.

          They’re shitting on people for making do with what they have for the purposes of the present people that need help.

          Seems to me that if we can focus on improving the present, the future would naturally be improved. That means taking the lemons life has given, and turning them into lemonade. Not bitching and moaning about how you don’t have any strawberry lemonade mojitos.

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      If it stops the legislature from being paralyzed and gives Democrats leverage, it’s certainly better than the alternative. But no…it’s not ideal.

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    Oh, Margie! Not again! I want you to be a success! I want you to carry the biggest guns and drown your enemies in the swamp! Can you please be a little bit crazier but in ways that don’t get you snubbed by your party? OH MARGIE!

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    Maybe even the Republicants are accepting that Margarine Failure Gangrene is a full blown Russian shill.

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    I intentionally take in news from different political views and the only people talking about MTG are generally Democrats. She’s an annoying nobody to the right. I’m not at all surprised her power play fizzled.