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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?

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MTG, Ya Think?

Recently the firebrand from Georgia has made some out of context comments about her GOP colleagues….but recently she made one that gave me a chuckle.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is publicly clashing with GOP leadership again—this time taking aim at what she calls a pattern of “weak” Republican men in Congress. Greene, who’s lately been sparring with House Speaker Mike Johnson over the handling of the government shutdown, accuses him and other male colleagues of marginalizing the party’s more forceful women, per the Washington Post. She argues that while President Trump has promoted women to top cabinet positions, GOP women in the House are sidelined. Currently only one Republican woman chairs a committee, compared to five Democratic women in top committee positions.

Greene, who won her Georgia district by criticizing Republicans, is no stranger to intra-party fighting. She previously tried and failed to oust Johnson from the speaker’s chair and had a stormy relationship with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy until they reconciled. Her campaign against House leadership has seen her break with Johnson on high-profile issues, including supporting Democratic efforts to extend health care subsidies and pushing for the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Now, she’s arguing Johnson has pushed Republican women to the side, expanding on an argument she made earlier.

House GOP Conference Chair Rep. Lisa McClain pushed back, saying Johnson has treated women fairly and promoted members based on merit. Greene, however, maintains that women like herself and Rep. Elise Stefanik are too often excluded from real influence, chalking it up to intimidation or jealousy. “Weak” Republican men are trying “to marginalize the strong Republican women that actually want to do something,” she says. She also suggests GOP women—like those who’ve signed on to the discharge petition related to the Epstein files—are more willing to sustain pressure from the president or Johnson. Male colleagues “don’t want to get yelled at,” she says.

She has stated the obvious!

Where the Hell has she been?   the GOP has been that way for as long as I can remember.

With all her epiphanies I just wonder where the Hell she has been for all those years?

What will she stumble upon next?

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MTG Rides Again

There are times when MTG speaks and sounds like she has lost her ever-loving mind and then on rare occasions she makes some sense…..believe it or not.

One of her more recent pronouncements makes sense in a weird sort of way….

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revived her calls for a “national divorce” on Monday, ominously warning that the American right and left have “nothing left to talk about.”

Greene sparked controversy in February of 2023, when she wrote on X, “We need a national divorce.”

“We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s [sic] traitorous America Last policies, we are done,” Greene added.

Greene was quickly denounced at the time. Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) slammed Greene’s call to split the country as “evil,” and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) added that “Secession is unconstitutional. No member of Congress should advocate secession, Marjorie.”

Greene’s post on Monday included much of the same sentiment as her previous comment, although this time she clarified she wants the dissolution of the union to be “peaceful.”

“There is nothing left to talk about with the left. They hate us,” Greene wrote on X, adding:

“What will come from Charlie Kirk being martyred is already happening. It is a spiritual revival building the kingdom for Christ. But it will happen on the outside, not within the halls of our government. Democrats are hardened in their beliefs and will flip the switch back as soon as they have power,” she added in her lengthy post.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls For United States to Be Split Up, Declares Country ‘No Longer Safe’ For Anyone

Her original thought was interestinmg and then she had to go off into Looney Tunes town…

All this red meat bullshit is doing nothing to further this country into that ‘greatness’ that all talk about but somehow cannot find a way to do so…..besides I would say this country is already divided and that will take decades to repair if ever.

So is she stating the obvious?

Any thoughts for the readers….all will be considered and appreciated…..

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What Does ‘Avoidance’ Look Like?

Yes Irene the Epstein files has the whole political universe on the edge of their chair….but the answers will have to wait until September for any sort of conclusion.

The Speaker of the House did whatever all speakers have done….instead of working through some sort of problem/situation he called for a recess.  Avoidance is what they do best.

The House is putting the Jeffrey Epstein controversy on the back burner until at least September. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that the chamber will begin its summer recess earlier than expected, on Wednesday, to avoid “political games,” reports the New York Times. And don’t expect any votes on releasing the Epstein files to sneak in before then—Republicans on the House Rules Committee are preventing virtually all votes from reaching the House floor because they fear Democrats will tack on Epstein-related amendments, per the Washington Post.

Democrats, meanwhile, have been happy to make their GOP colleagues go on the record as opposing the records’ release. “We certainly won’t refrain from pointing that out as long as they continue to perform this self-own time and time again,” said Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride, per Axios. To which House Majority Leader Steve Scalise responded: “Where were these ‘interested’ Democrats for four years when they could have released all of it? They have no credibility because they had no desire to release it when they were in control.”

Of course, it’s not only Democrats pushing for the release of the records. GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has repeatedly pressed for a vote. “Let me just say about Thomas Massie, could you just accept my Southern, ‘bless his heart.’ I don’t know what else to say about it,” said Johnson, per the Post. Meanwhile, GOP Rep. Tim Burchett introduced a motion to subpoena longtime Epstein companion Ghislaine Maxwell. Separately, a top Justice Department official plans to speak with the imprisoned Maxwell in the coming days.

Typical move for cowards……they want some time to try and calm things down so any decision will not have the same effect….the Dems will just use it to try and stoke the fires burning in the voters.

This action for me proves my point of just how cowardly these politicians are that seemingly small incidents are used as political fodder instead of doing the heard work to set this country on a course for progress not regression.

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BURDEN Act

Another excellent idea from the Dems…..but will this fly?

For decades I have been criticizing the government on their double standards toward healthcare….you see the elected people get full coverage health plan and yet they do not want the rest of us to have such a luxury…..why?

The recent bill that Donny has signed into law did a lot of cutting of different benefits and the eyes of conservs is on Medicare….but now the House Dems have put forth what I think is an excellent ideas…..

In response to Republicans’ new law giving tax breaks to the rich while gutting the social safety net, U.S. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Thursday introduced legislation that would force members of Congress “to personally comply with the same burdensome work requirement paperwork they imposed on low-income Americans.”

Under the Illinois Democrat’s Bringing Unfair Reporting Duties to Electeds Now (BURDEN) Act, federal lawmakers “would be barred from enrolling in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program unless they submit monthly proof of ‘community engagement,’ the same bureaucratic reporting required of Medicaid recipients,” his office said.

Krishnamoorthi’s two-page bill would also force members of Congress to file the same paperwork as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to verify eligibility, employment, and income. The proposal comes less than two weeks after President Donald Trump signed congressional Republicans’ budget reconciliation package.

The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act is expected to leave 17 million Americans without health insurance, and, according to an Urban Institute analysis, an estimated 22.3 million families are projected to lose some or all of their SNAP benefits.

“President Trump’s reckless ‘Large Lousy Law’ forces millions of vulnerable Americans to jump through hoops just to keep food on the table or get the medical care they need,” Krishnamoorthi said in a statement. “If congressional Republicans think these burdens are appropriate for struggling families, then members of Congress should shoulder them too. The BURDEN Act simply says, if you want taxpayer-funded health coverage, prove you meet the same standards you’re imposing on the American people.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/big-beautiful-bill-medicaid

I would have like to see a bill that would make the officials responsible for their own health plan…..that is until the rest of the country gets their consideration from these lay-abouts.

AS long as this has come up…..what about making a case for single payer plan?

Privatization of publicly funded Medicare and Medicaid, managed care, and “value-based payment”1 have failed to reduce cost or improve population health despite over 30 years of trying, and a new paradigm for health policy is needed. This article summarizes key health policy concepts and the implications of different payment systems and offers recommendations for design of an optimally cost-effective system enabling universal high-quality care at lowest cost.

Key Concepts

1. Should Health Care be Financed as a Public Good or with Market Competition?

Public funding is appropriate for essential public services necessary for everyone—funded by taxes and paid for with budgets based on cost of operations, with no opportunity for profit or loss. Examples include police and fire departments, public schools, the military, roads and bridges, and government services. Health care should be added to this list. Other industrialized countries with far more cost-effective universal systems treat health care as a public good, not a commodity.

Marketplace financing uses competition, market forces, private enterprise, and opportunity for profit and risk of loss. This works well for consumer goods, industry and manufacturing, hotels and restaurants, fuel and food production, and housing (except for those in poverty). These are appropriately subject to market forces, but health care is not.

2. Ethics: Professional vs Commercial Ethics

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https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/22/365176/

Single payer or Medicare For All, gets my vote then the health table will be equal for all Americans….sad that some do not want that to ever happen.

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