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“Let The Chips Fall”

The Dems in Congress, a group that I have no confidence in, are already preparing if they take the House back….and the Minority leader, Jeffries, has made his desire known….and that desire is impeachment process.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is refusing to rule out a third impeachment of President Donald Trump if Democrats retake control of the House in the November midterm elections.

Asked whether Democrats would pursue impeachment if they win the majority, Jeffries said they have “not ruled anything in, and we haven’t ruled anything out,” regarding impeachment.

Jeffries said House Democrats would be guided by the facts, the law, and the Constitution, with Judiciary Committee Democrats led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Oversight Committee Democrats led by Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., taking leading roles in potential investigations.

“We’ve got to follow the facts, apply the law, be guided by the United States Constitution, and then let the chips fall where they may,” Jeffries said.

The comments leave open the possibility that Democrats could pursue impeachment after taking control of the House, even as party leaders have sought to emphasize investigations and congressional oversight as their initial priorities.

Jeffries’ position also revives the prospect of another impeachment fight involving Trump after Democrats twice impeached him during his first presidency.

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Democrats have nevertheless been preparing for an aggressive oversight agenda should they win the House, with investigations potentially involving Trump’s administration, immigration policies, business interests and other areas.

Within the party, there are differing views about whether impeachment should be pursued.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/hakeem-jeffries-third-donald-trump/2026/09/14/id/1269408/

All this is a waste of valuable time….yes they impeached Donny three times, I believe, and yet he still remained…..what did they actually accomplish with those extensive investigations?

Does anyone think there will be cooperation from DOJ or the AG office?  And damn sure that the GOP will be a major pain in the ass.

Will this time be any different?

I think not.

The country is struggling under the boot heal of Donny and instead of tackling more important issues the Dems will resort to what they did before….and that effort accomplished nothing with the exception of maybe some footnote in a history book somewhere.

How will this address high prices, lack of benefits, attacks on healthcare, and the Gestapo-esques tactics of ICE….just to mention a few of the problems facing this country.

So will this the best use of valuable and possibly limited time for Congress to go off half-cocked?

Am I looking at this wrongly?

Please input will be appreciated.

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More Fruit And Vegetables

The price of all food has skyrocketed into the stratosphere and the government is doing nothing about the drain on the wealth of the public.

But there is a Rep that is at least trying to bang some help through the House but she must contend with the pseudo-human Johnson.

Rep. Jayapal is using a Seattle program as a guide….

As Americans face rising grocery prices under President Donald Trump and rally behind progressive policies and primary candidates, US Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Thursday introduced a bill that shows what kind of proposals could become reality with more Democrats like her in Congress.

Inspired by a program in her own district in Washington state, the chair emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus introduced the Fresh Bucks for Fresh Produce Act, which would create a pilot program at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) that gives households earning 80% or less of their area’s median income $60 per month to buy fruits and vegetables.

The USDA pilot would be modeled on Seattle’s Fresh Bucks initiative, in which enrolled households “experience a 31% higher rate of food security and consume at least three daily servings of fruits and vegetables 37% more often than those assigned to a program waitlist,” according to University of Washington (UW) research published last August.

“I would classify both of those numbers as pretty large,” study co-author Jessica Jones-Smith a professor at UW and University of California, Irvine, said at the time. “We don’t routinely see interventions that work that well. It’s a pretty big impact on diet in terms of what we can do from a policy perspective and expect to make a difference in food insecurity.”

In Seattle—generally ranked as an expensive but livable metropolis—a single person living within city limits on a monthly income of $7,070, or $84,850 a year, can apply for the program. For a family of four, it’s $10,095 per month, or $121,150 annually. In January, the city the welcomed over 4,500 more local households off its waitlist and increased monthly benefits from $40 to $60.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-food-assistance

A good program but will probably go nowhere as long as the MAGA morons run the House….that could change come 2027….we can only hope that there will be some help for the people of this nation coming with the next election.

God knows we are not getting much from the slugs in power now.

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Just Another Pervert In The House

WE have another GOP pervert in the House of Representatives and this one is another one from Ohio….

The first pervert was Jim Jordan…..

Jordan was an assistant coach with Ohio State University’s wrestling program from 1987 to 1995.

Richard Strauss was the wrestling team physician during Jordan’s tenure. Strauss died by suicide in 2005.  In April 2018, Ohio State University began an independent investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Strauss.  The report concluded that Strauss had committed sexual abuse against 177 student-patients.  The majority of abuse (143 victims) was categorized as genital fondling associated with medically unnecessary genital or rectal examinations. Of the 177, 153 were student-athletes, of which a plurality (48) were members of the men’s wrestling team.

Several involved persons have stated that Jordan surely knew of Strauss’s criminal misconduct but did not report it.  While at least one victim has named Jordan as knowledgeable of accusations against Strauss, Head Coach Russ Hellickson said he may not have known about the abuse.  A spokesperson for Jordan denied the allegation, saying that Jordan “never saw or heard of any abuse, and if he had, he would have dealt with it”. No wrestlers have accused Jordan himself of sexual misconduct, but four former wrestlers named him as a defendant in a lawsuit against the university.  Jordan has denied any wrongdoing and has described his accusers as “pawns in a political plot”.

Let’s be honest if the accusations had been made against a Dem all Hell would have been brought against him….and yet Jordan is still acting like a human in the House.

Ohio has a new pervert in the news….

In mid-March, two detectives, an Ohio county Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) caseworker, and a Cleveland Clinic physician met on Zoom to discuss how the 2-year-old daughter of a congressman and granddaughter of a US senator wound up with a broken collarbone.

“The bruising surrounding the clavicle fracture made the injury suspicious,” wrote one of the detectives who summarized the Zoom meeting. Further, someone on the call “advised the injury would have required a high degree of impact to occur.”

Neither the child’s father, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), nor mother, conservative policy adviser Emily Moreno, admitted to knowing what caused their daughter’s injury or that it occurred while their daughter was under their care. Miller’s primary theory was that the bruising resembled marks from a seat belt. Moreno, who discovered the bruises and took the child to an emergency room, suggested the cause may have been something more sinister. Records of the investigation into potential child abuse show that Moreno told detectives that Miller had previously thrown hot water at her, shoved her, and held a gun to her head; therefore, she couldn’t rule out that Miller caused their daughter’s fracture. Moreover, a child protection specialist reviewing the incident had characterized the bruising near the fracture as resembling a “handprint.”

Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats: Records Detail New Allegations Against Rep. Max Miller

Just another Repub pervert in the Congress…..no big deal, right?

He should have been gone after the hint of scandal….kick his ass to the curb.

What say you?

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Could This End Donny’s Iran Adventure?

The House has finally voted on the resolution to end this war with Iran….4 Repubs jumped political lines and sided with the Dems….

The House approved a war powers resolution Wednesday that would halt the US military action against Iran, defying President Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long war that has reordered politics at home and abroad. House Speaker Mike Johnson had tried to prevent an outcome that would show the mounting opposition to the war, abruptly shutting down floor action two weeks ago when the war powers resolution was on the verge of approval. But displeasure has only grown as the conflict drags on. The roll call Wednesday was 215-208. Cheers then erupted in the House chamber, the AP reports.

Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, Tom Barrett, Warren Davidson, and Brian Fitzpatrick voted with Democrats to approve the resolution, the Washington Post reports.

  • “This reckless and costly war of choice needs to end today,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said earlier in the week. “All we need are a handful of Republicans to join us and we can end this reckless and costly war of choice.” During debate on the House floor, Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “We are trapped in a war that won’t end because an incompetent president launched it thinking of only his own ego while failing to prepare for the consequences. Diplomacy is the only exit from this, not more bombing, not more bluster.”
  • It was the fourth time the House tried to curb the US war against Iran, and the first time the measure passed. The House deadlocked 212-212 in a vote last month.
  • The war powers resolution from the House would not immediately stop the war, but it would provide a symbolic if not legal step against further military action. It now goes to the Senate, where four Republican members last month joined Democrats in advancing a similar measure to curtail the war. The Senate has yet to take a final vote to approve or reject its own war powers resolution.
  • If the resolution made it as far as Trump’s desk, he would be certain to veto it, a move that would take a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate to override, the Post reports.
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Wednesday, testifying at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, that the Iranians would think that the administration’s “hands are going to be tied” if Congress approved a war powers resolution. He said they would think “we won’t be able to do anything to them, so why make a deal?”

Does anyone really think this will end the conflict with Iran?

Donny will find a way to keep this war going if only to fund Israel and keep them crawling to the US for their help.

Do you think think will help end this conflict?

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MTG: The Game Is Afoot

This stuff is just fun.

I have been fascinating at the complete reversal of her firebrand over the last few months….and now she goes even further and is busting on GOP men…..

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene delivered a fiery and expletive-laden rant on social media Wednesday, targeting Republican men while defending her decision to resign from Congress. The Georgia Republican’s outburst came after her Tuesday post, describing X as a “toxic, hateful, and divisive” space, received a one-sentence response from right-wing internet figure Mike Cernovich: “You need to serve out your full term.” Greene, who has spoke of facing threats and personal attacks, shot back, “Do I have to stay until I’m assassinated like our friend Charlie Kirk. Will that be good enough for you then?”

Greene said she’d suffered enough fighting her fair share of political battles and accused Cernovich of armchair criticism, per the Independent. “S— posting on the internet all day isn’t fighting. Get off YOUR a– and run for Congress,” she wrote. “Put down your little pebbles and put your money where your mouth is.” Greene escalated her criticism an hour later, posting a screenshot of her earlier post and accusing “Republican men” of sexism and complacency.

“Typical of Republican men telling a woman to ‘shut up get back in the kitchen and fix me something to eat.’ F— you in the sweetest most southern drawl I can enunciate,” she wrote. “Get off your a– and fix your own damn food and clean up the kitchen when you’re done.” She then blasted the way men “continue in the two party toxic political system that acts like college football playoffs yet is burying you and your children and their children and their children in a pine box in a shallow grave.”

Is she being dramatic of an alarmist?

I will say that her turn around has taken most of us politician watcher off balance…..so far her change has caught most of us off balance and we are still trying to wrap our head around the directional change.

Even some of my readers have offered up an opinion….this one is from a loyal visitor Calico Jack…..

Comment on This: Mad Dog Greene is pulling a Palin

Would anyone like to comment on this continuing saga?

This story just keeps getting better and better…..at least for me.

What is her game?

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The Continuing Saga Of MTG

I have been watching and writing about the 180 turn by conservative firebrand, Georgia’s MTG….and new over the weekend has come with a bit of surprise.

MTG and Uncle Don have been sniping at each other for about a month and now he, Donny, may soon be rid of the thorn in his butt.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Trump who has become a critic, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January. Greene, in a more than 10-minute video posted online, explained her decision and said she’s “always been despised in Washington, D.C., and just never fit in.” Greene’s resignation followed a public fallout with Trump in recent months, reports the AP, as the congresswoman criticized him for his stance on files related to Jeffrey Epstein, along with foreign policy and health care.
Trump branded her a “traitor” and “wacky” and said he would endorse a challenger against her when she ran for reelection next year.

Greene said her last day would be Jan. 5, 2026. The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment Friday night. Greene had been closely tied to the Republican president since she launched her political career in 2020. In her video, she underscored her longtime loyalty to Trump except on a few issues, and said it was “unfair and wrong” that he attacked her for disagreeing. “Loyalty should be a two-way street and we should be able to vote our conscience and represent our district’s interest, because our job title is literally ‘representative,'” she said.

Greene swept to office at the forefront of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement and swiftly became a lightning rod on Capitol Hill for her often beyond-mainstream views. As she embraced the QAnon conspiracy theory and appeared with white supremacists, Greene was opposed by party leaders but welcomed by Trump. He called her “a real WINNER!” Yet over time she proved a deft legislator, having aligned herself with then-GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, who would go on to become House speaker. She was a trusted voice on the right flank, until McCarthy was ousted in 2023.

More news on this front….https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qx1lenvjo

I will be sorry to see her go for she was the only thing in the GOP that was interesting.

I seldom agreed with her on much but at least she took a stand and it has cost her.

She could have been the voice of reason (I know it is hard to say that) maybe even led the anti-Trump movement….

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Trump acolyte-turned-nemesis who bested him over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, stunned the political establishment again. In what should have been her hour of triumph, the Maga star abruptly announced that she was quitting the House of Representatives.

Everyone seemed surprised but one man was very happy. “I think it’s great news for the country,” Trump told ABC News. “It’s great.”

It was also great news for a president having the worst month of his second term. Trump’s approval rating is in freefall. Democrats romped to victory in elections. Unthinkably, even the Republican party is finding a spine, defying him on the Epstein files, Senate filibuster and congressional redistricting in Indiana.

They know that every day takes Trump a little further away from his epic comeback victory in 2024 and a little closer to the status of a lame duck. Watching the limelight and cameras shift from the Oval Office to his would-be successors may be too much for him to bear.

But Greene’s departure shows all that may be wishful thinking for now. In one timeline, she could have used the Epstein win as the foundation of an anti-Trump resistance in the Republican ranks. The party has spent the past decade demonstrating that cowardice is contagious; perhaps the courage to reassert congressional autonomy would be too.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/22/marjorie-taylor-greene-anti-trump-republican-analysis

After her ‘come to Jesus’ moment and decided that Donny was not all that she decided to resign…..but why?

Greene resigned for various reasons, but in her lengthy statement, she cited Trump’s recent attacks against her, the recent 43-day government shutdown and the failure of both parties to lower the rising costs of living in America behind her decision to step down.

“I have too much self-respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms,” Greene wrote, in part. “And in turn, be expected to defend the president against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me.”

She continued, “No matter which way the political pendulum swings, Republican or Democrat, nothing ever gets better for the common American man or woman. The debt goes higher. Corporate and global interests remain Washington’s sweethearts. American jobs continue to be replaced, whether it’s by illegal labor or legal labor by visas or just shipped overseas. Small businesses continue to be swallowed by big corporations. Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars always fund foreign wars, foreign aid, and foreign interests.”

Forgive me but I am not buying this excuse….there is something more to this situation than we know….but what is it?

I am not saying I disagree with her statement….just why did it take so long to come to that decision?

There is something more afoot with this….could it be a presidential aspiration?

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s surprise decision to leave Congress in January has prompted an obvious question: So what’s next? In her announcement video, the Georgia congresswoman insisted her decision is all about her disillusionment with politics and is not a “4-D chess game,” per the Georgia Recorder. Not everybody is so sure.

  • Time, quoting five sources, reports Greene has told allies she is considering a presidential run in 2028. Two of the unnamed sources say Greene has spoken to them directly about it.
  • It’s way too early to suss out her prospects, but the story suggests she could follow the model of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the last campaign: “a candidate capable of siphoning off votes from the GOP nominee, positioning her to leverage that political capital into a possible role within a future Republican administration.”
  • Greene’s move comes after her very public rift with President Trump, whom she has accused of betraying his base on a range of issues. Though the president publicly disowned Greene and called her “wacky,” he sounded a somewhat different note on Saturday. Trump told NBC News he would “love” to see Greene revive her political career after January, though he added that “it’s not going to be easy for her.” In the meantime, he said, “she’s got to take a little rest.”
  • Some Democrats see a 2028 Greene run as a realistic possibility as a post-Trump Republican party begins to take shape. “If you’d asked me three months ago, I would have said JD Vance is going to be the nominee of the Republican Party, and now, I think, it could be Marjorie Taylor Greene and it could be Marco Rubio and it could be someone we aren’t even talking about,” Rep. Ro Khanna tells the New York Times. “They have gone from a consolidation around Trump to a serious consideration of a post-Trump future.”
  • Vanity Fair was wondering about Greene’s future days before her resignation announcement. Greene was asked directly three times in the interview whether she was planning a 2028 candidacy. She provided indirect answers the first two times, including, “I have never said I was running for president.” Asked the third time, she responded, “Uh, I am not considering running for president. I’m literally trying with every soul in my body to just do this current job.” That will no longer be a concern in two months.

MTG has generated more press  lately than she has over her tenure of hateful politics…..

I still think there is more shoes to fall.

Thoughts?

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The Continuing Saga Of MTG

This situation is like a train wreck….I just cannot look away….

For several months this batcrap crazy has been bad mouthing the GOP and even Donny and he has been uncharacteristically silent on her statements…..but that changed over the weekend….

President Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, calling Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene “Wacky Marjorie” and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in next year’s midterms “if the right person runs,” per the AP. Accusing the Georgia Republican of going “Far Left,” Trump wrote Friday on Truth Social that all Greene had done in recent months is “COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!” As for Greene’s purported irritation that he doesn’t return her phone calls: “I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day.”

The dismissal of Greene—once the epitome of “Make America Great Again,” sporting the signature red cap for President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address and acting as a go-between for Trump and other Capitol Hill Republicans—appeared to be the final break in a dispute simmering for months, as Greene has seemingly moderated her political profile. The three-term US House member has increasingly dissented from Republican leaders, attacking them during the just-ended federal government shutdown and saying they need a plan to help people who are losing subsidies to afford health insurance policies.

In a response to Trump on X, Greene wrote that Trump had “attacked me and lied about me.” She added a screenshot of texts she said she’d sent the president earlier in the day about releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, which she said “is what sent him over the edge.” Greene called it “astonishing really how hard he’s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level,” referencing next week’s US House vote over releasing the Epstein files. Writing that she’d supported Trump “with too much of my precious time, too much of my own money, and fought harder for him even when almost all other Republicans turned their back and denounced him,” Greene added, “I don’t worship or serve Donald Trump.” More on their spat here.

Now everything is back to normal…..she rages and Donny retaliates…..

How will this yanked support effect her chances of re-election next year?

Will she bring her back to her batcrap crazy ways of the past?

Will she continue to be a small voice of some sort of sanity in the GOP?

Watch this blog…..for I am sure there is more to come.

Now MTG is getting hate mail and threats from the MAGA faithful…..

Marjorie Taylor Greene says her escalating feud with President Trump is putting her in physical danger, reports Mediaite:

  • “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world,” she tweeted Saturday. “The man I supported and helped get elected.”
  • “As a Republican, who overwhelmingly votes for President Trump’s bills and agenda, his aggression against me which also fuels the venomous nature of his radical internet trolls (many of whom are paid), this is completely shocking to everyone,” wrote Greene. “I now have a small understanding of the fear and pressure the women, who are victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his cabal, must feel.”
  • As NBC News reports, Greene has broken publicly with Trump on a number of issues of late, including the release of the Epstein files and a foreign policy she says betrays his “America First” promises. Trump responded in force Friday and Saturday, denouncing Greene on this Truth Social platform as “wacky,” calling her a “disgrace” to the Republican party, and withdrawing his previous support of her. Meanwhile, some Democrats were reveling in the feud, notes Politico. “I’m here for you girl,” tweeted Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who has publicly sparred with Greene. “I told you not to trust him… all he cares about is HIMself.”

AS I was putting this post together more news broke……

Famously divisive GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday announced a striking shift in her political approach, vowing to abandon the “toxic” rhetoric that has long defined her public persona. The Georgia Republican’s pledge, made during an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, comes amid a public feud with President Trump, who recently labeled her a “traitor”—a characterization Greene said could endanger her safety. “The most hurtful thing [Trump] said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me a traitor, and that is so extremely wrong,” Greene told Bash. “And those are the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger.”

Even so, her comments included what the New York Times refers to as an “olive branch” extended to Trump as she made clear she still supports him and his administration—though she did complain, per NPR, that Trump’s foreign policies are “not America first positions.” Greene acknowledged the criticism that she’s only objecting to Trump’s harsh rhetoric now that it’s been directed at her, calling that observation “fair.” She offered a public apology, saying, “Humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics; it’s very bad for our country.” Greene cited the recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a catalyst for her reflection, admitting that she has contributed to a political climate that breeds threats and division.

Greene’s history is marked by inflammatory remarks, including support for violent Facebook posts about Democrats, offensive comments about the Holocaust, and personal attacks on colleagues. These incidents led to her removal from House committees in 2021 and her ejection from the House Freedom Caucus in 2023. Despite her past, Greene now says she wants to “put down the knives in politics” and is calling for greater kindness and unity: “I’m leading the way with my own example, and I hope that President Trump can do the same.” Of the root of their disagreement, she said, “Unfortunately, it has all come down to the Epstein files, and that is shocking.”

This back and forth crap is so much more entertaining than Dancing With The Stars…..

I continue to ask….WTF?

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Come One, Come All….We Are Open For ……

Finally those toadies in DC have a deal and it has been signed (with a Magic Sharpie no doubt) …..now we await the next piece of crap with the next shutdown looming on the horizon.

The just-returned House passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, sending the measure to President Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse that saw federal workers go without multiple paychecks, travelers stranded at airports, and people lining up at food banks to get a meal for their families. Republicans used their slight majority to get the bill over the finish line by a House vote of 222-209; the Senate had already passed the measure, the AP reports. Trump, who planned to host Wall Street CEOs for dinner, per the Hill, scheduled a signing ceremony for 9:45pm at the White House.

Six House Democrats voted for the bill, while two Republicans—Thomas Massie and Greg Steube—voted against it, per the New York Times. Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced tax credit expiring at the end of the year that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act marketplaces, and they refused to go along with a short-term spending bill that did not include that priority. But Republicans said that was a separate policy fight to be held at another time. The GOP eventually prevailed, but only after the shutdown took an increasing toll on the country.

“History reminds us that shutdowns never change the outcome, only the cost paid by the American people,” Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Wednesday. It was the first House session in 54 days. An administration official said paychecks will be issued starting Saturday, per the Washington Post.

WE can all issue a sigh of relief (for now)….

Donny makes an appearance….

President Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports, and generated long lines at some food banks, the AP reports. The shutdown magnified partisan divisions in Washington as Trump took unprecedented unilateral actions—including canceling projects and trying to fire federal workers—to pressure Democrats into relenting on their demands. The Republican president blamed the situation on Democrats and suggested voters shouldn’t reward the party during next year’s midterm elections.

So I just want to tell the American people, you should not forget this,” Trump said. “When we come up to midterms and other things, don’t forget what they’ve done to our country.” The signing ceremony came just hours after the House passed the measure on a mostly party-line vote of 222-209. The Senate had already passed the measure Monday. Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced tax credit expiring at the end of the year that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Without it, premiums on average will more than double for millions of Americans, and more than 2 million people are projected to lose coverage altogether. Democats refused to go along with a short-term spending bill that did not include that priority. But Republicans said that was a separate policy fight to be held at another time.

“We told you 43 days ago from bitter experience that government shutdowns don’t work,” said Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. “They never achieve the objective that you announce. And guess what? You haven’t achieved that objective yet, and you’re not going to.” Democrats said Republicans raced to pass tax breaks earlier this year that they say mostly will benefit the wealthy. But the bill before the House Wednesday “leaves families twisting in the wind with zero guarantee there will ever, ever be a vote to extend tax credits to help everyday people pay for their health care,” said Rep. Jim McGovern.

Now that it is over what did all this drama actually do?

Just wondering.

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MTG: What Is Happening?

She is at it again!

I am amazed at the 180 done by the GOP Congresswoman that was a thorn in the side of the Speaker for several years…..she made a spectacle of herself at almost every turn….and now something has happened.

When Pelosi announced that she was retiring from the House I would have expected some off the cuff comment from her…..but instead….

“I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career for her party. I served under her speakership in my first term of Congress and I’m very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party like Nancy Pelosi was able to deliver for her party,” she said. “So, um, I wish her well in her retirement, but I would like to see people exit Washington a lot sooner rather than wait until they’re 80.”

That is so out of character from her earlier rhetoric….what is happening?

She has gone after the MAGA people hard and she even basically called Donny a liar with all his BS about lower grocery prices….

President Trump is pushing to reclaim affordability as a Republican issue, but he’s getting pushback from a big name within his own party. Marjorie Taylor Greene once again broke ranks with the president, this time in a CNN interview, reports the Hill. Asked whether she agreed with Trump’s assertion that prices were falling under his administration, the Georgia congresswoman replied:

  • “No. I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high. My electricity bills are higher here in Washington, DC, at my apartment and they’re also higher at my house in Rome, Georgia—higher than they were a year ago. So, affordability is a problem.”

  • After the GOP election losses on Tuesday, Trump argued that Republicans missed the boat on messaging, not policy. “We are the ones that have done a great job on affordability, not the Democrats,” he told reporters, per the AP. “We just lost an election, they said, based on affordability. It’s a con job by the Democrats.” On social media, he also declared the affordability issue “dead” for Democrats after citing a report that a typical Thanksgiving meal at Walmart was cheaper this year.

    The Walmart comparison has some problems that have been widely pointed out, but Greene isn’t buying it, either way. She suggested that presidents often operate in “a cone of information” shaped by their staff, per Newsweek. “That could be the case here.” Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows grocery prices are up nearly 3% from a year ago.

After each of these recent statements I have continually asked…..what is her deal?  This is so out of character that is is mind blowing after her past interactions.

Even Donny has tried to explain her change in attitude…..(we knew he would hjave to slip in his two cents eventually)

Things have gone sideways between President Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene following Greene’s ongoing criticism of the POTUS. Trump on Monday distanced himself from the Georgia Republican, who had long been one of of his staunchest supporters, USA Today reports. “I don’t know what happened to Marjorie,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “She’s a nice woman, but I don’t know what happened. She’s lost her way, I think.” MTG quickly responded with a statement: “I haven’t lost my way. I’m 100% America first and only!”

Lost her way?  Good one, Donny.

Recently read an explanation….(possible)….

A smooth operator, MTG was ridiculed in glossy liberal pubs as the first “QAnon candidate” to win a seat in Congress. But she was never a joke. Though Joe Biden won the 2020 election, Tr*mp actually received more votes than in 2016, and Republicans gained seats in Congress.

MTG’s success embodied the far-right’s rising momentum, even in the wake of Tr*mp’s 2020 defeat. Immediately, she positioned herself as an election denier and anti-vaxxer, once suggesting mask mandates were equivalent to the Holocaust. When her old Facebook posts musing about the hanging of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and antisemitic conspiracies were uncovered, it only helped her popularity.

Within months, she became one of Congress’ top fundraisers.

Eventually, MTG turned her megaphone against other Republicans, and only saw her fundraising hauls skyrocket. She forged a strategic partnership with deposed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and called for Mike Johnson’s replacement.

At the time, other Republicans questioned her motives. “It is an opportunity for her to raise a lot of money very quickly,” a GOP strategist told the New Yorker.

https://www.queerty.com/the-real-reason-marjorie-taylor-greene-has-gone-from-maga-nutjob-to-a-voice-of-reason-20251106/

This makes since…..money is a prime motivator in politics.

But is it the only thing driving her right now?

Share any thoughts you may have.

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MTG: What’s Her Game?

I have written several times about the Georgia Rep that badmouths her party, colleagues and now the Leader himself….and she still has not received the ire of any of them.

She recently called the America First thing the America Last…..

MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has gone scorched-earth on her own party again, lambasting the GOP for falling short of its “America First” motto.

The Georgia Republican is known as one of President Donald Trump’s most visible MAGA allies, but she has been left suddenly questioning whether the movement is faltering.

In an interview with Axios published Friday, Greene went as far as calling the party’s concerns “America Last.”

“It’s a revolving door at the White House of foreign leaders when Americans are, you know, screaming from their lungs,” Greene said. “If me saying those things are considered breaking with my party, then what is the Republican Party? I thought we were America First?”

Greene insisted she still supports Trump—saying he’s done “a great job in a lot of places”—but said his administration’s renewed focus on global conflicts has irked her.

Inflation and rising health-care costs, she warned, are hammering voters while Republicans ignore domestic priorities.

“Inflation skyrocketed under the Biden administration. But it’s like, okay, well, now we’re in charge, and when are we working on this?” she said.

Greene has also clashed with GOP leadership on health care, siding with Democrats in calling for action on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.

“Republicans have no plan,” she said. “[House Speaker] Mike Johnson has not had a single conference meeting about any sort of plan to deal with the ACA tax credits expiring.”

That comment comes after she lashed out at the House speaker for dodging questions about a Republican lawmaker accused of harassing his former girlfriend, in an Axios article published Thursday. Earlier this week, in an interview with The Washington Post, Greene raged against “weak Republican men” in Congress.

The congresswoman also slammed the administration’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina as “America Last,” arguing it puts U.S. farmers “on the verge of bankruptcy.” She also criticized erratic tariff policies, saying producers “don’t know if the tariff policy is going to change with a Truth Social post.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-rips-trumps-america-last-moves/

What is her game?

After burnt earth rhetoric about the party and her colleagues why has Speaker not gone after her and punished her?

Just what is her game?

What does she hope to accomplish by her attacks?

Why are fellow Morons not gone after her with the hatred they go after anyone else that is so vocal?

Where is the condemnation from the MAGA supporters on social media?

What the Hell is going on?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”