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Pistol Pete Survives!

Actually never thought he would have any problem beating the charges against him.

Recently Massie brought 8 points of impeachment against Pistol Pete and brought them before the House for a vote….

The resolution accuses the defense secretary of waging war in Iran without congressional approval, ignoring laws about minimizing civilian casualties and directing the Defense Department to carry out extrajudicial killings.

It describes US actions in Iran, Venezuela, Yemen and its strikes on ships in the Western Hemisphere thought to be carrying narcotics. At least 80 vessels have been destroyed and 243 people have been killed in those operations since they began last year, with the Pentagon not providing public evidence for its claims against the people it killed.

In Iran, the articles accuse Hegseth of directing the US armed forces to enter into hostilities absent a declaration of war, other statutory authorization or a national emergency.

The articles state that Hegseth “abused the powers of his high office” by “executing an unlawful order to commence hostilities despite the absence of a declaration of war, specific statutory authorization, or a national emergency created by an attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its Armed Forces.”

https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/09/politics/pete-hegseth-impeachment-congress

Then it went before the House for a vote….

he House on Tuesday turned aside a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, halting an effort to remove the Pentagon chief for his conduct in office and his handling of the war in Iran. The House voted to effectively kill the impeachment motion by sending it to committee, the New York Times reports. The vote was 211 to 204, with seven Republicans and 11 Democrats not voting. Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie, who introduced the articles of impeachment on Tuesday, was the only Republican to vote with Democrats to keep the motion alive. If they had succeeded, there would have been a final vote on impeachment on Wednesday.

The vote came as Republicans grapple with the fallout from sweeping midterm losses that some in the party have blamed on the war in Iran and the resulting surge in gas prices. But after President Trump signaled strong support for Hegseth, GOP lawmakers largely stood by the secretary on Tuesday, the AP reports. The vote may only delay an impeachment push against Hegseth, with Democrats set to take control of the House and Senate in January.

The vote failed thanks to Dems….who thought this would not happen?

Now we get the excuses for the missed vote….

A Capitol traffic snarl may have helped stall the impeachment push against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Four of 11 Democrats who missed Tuesday’s vote on a Republican motion that effectively sidelined articles of impeachment say a traffic jam near the Capitol complex kept from away until moments after the vote closed. Reps. Melanie Stansbury, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Gillen, and Marilyn Strickland all said they would have voted no on the motion if not for the traffic incident, reportedly involving a police-escorted bus, per Al Jazeera and the Hill. Stansbury later filed a statement recording her intended “no,” saying “Pete Hegseth must be impeached now.”

The House voted 211–204 to send the impeachment articles, introduced by GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, to the Judiciary Committee, a move expected to bury them for this Congress. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among Democrats to express frustration over the vote, which she tied to attendance issues, per the Independent. While some lawmakers were reportedly caught in traffic while returning from an Elect Democratic Women event about 1.5 miles from the Capitol, Rep. Nancy Pelosi was in California accepting a Lifetime Advocate for Veterans Award, Rep. Lou Correa was undergoing a medical procedure, and Rep. Steven Horsford’s office said he had a personal emergency. Rep. Brittany Pettersen simply said she was “denied the ability to vote.”

Does anyone believe these excuses?

I want to know how many of the 11 get their cash from the Defense industry.

Pelosi?  I always knew she was worthless.

To be fair I will give Pistol Pete’s defense….

Pete Hegseth is digging in. In a Tuesday morning news conference, the Pentagon chief pushed back against a newly launched push in the House to impeach him. “In the 250 years of our American republic, no secretary of war or secretary of defense has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations,” Hegseth declared, reports the AP. By contrast, the congressman who introduced the articles of impeachment, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, contends that recent military actions in Iran, Venezuela, and elsewhere were not lawful. Hegseth, though, called the Iran war the “tough, right thing” and noted there was no impeachment vote against defense chief Lloyd Austin during the chaotic pullout from Afghanistan in 2021, per the Washington Post.

Hegseth made the case that impeachment is an over-the-top response to disagreements over policy. “The proper remedy for a policy disagreement: It’s legislation. It’s debate. It’s the next presidential election,” Hegseth said. “It’s not handing the House and Senate floor to the Democrats so that they can run a show trial against the president and the secretary of war while Republicans still control Congress.” Hegseth continues to have the support of President Trump, who wrote on Truth Social that “Hegseth gets an ‘A’ PLUS, PLUS, PLUS for his defense against a disgruntled, angry, defeated, former Congressman, Thomas Massie, a TOTAL LOSER!”

I would expect nothing less than his bullshit insults.

The Defense Industry wins again…..their bribe money was well spent on this day.

Thoughts?

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Meet The Minority Leaders

I have offered up my assessment of the two presumptive leaders of the Dems in the next Congress now it is time to meet what the MAGA-ites are putting forward as leadership.

The GOP Senators have chosen a figure that has always shown his true colors and now he pretends he wants to work with the other side….

Senate Republicans opted for continuity on Tuesday, keeping John Thune in charge as their conference heads into the minority next year. The South Dakota senator was reelected by acclamation in a closed-door meeting after conservatives failed in a push to delay the leadership vote in the hopes another candidate would emerge, Politico reports. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said he wanted to know the plan for the months ahead, reports the Hill. “We have 55 days until the Democrats take over,” he said, “so I want to know what we’re going to do between now and then to get stuff done.”

The Senate majority leader, who was running unopposed, was widely expected to prevail in the secret ballot, but senators including Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia expressed misgivings during meetings Tuesday, noting that the party lost at least seven seats in the midterms, the AP reports. There is a “legitimate argument that, good gracious, if we lost as badly as we lost, why would we continue on with the same leadership?” he said, though he added that GOP leadership “didn’t cause this problem to happen.”

Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who had backed the delay, said Thune delivered a “heartfelt” address and argued he had been unfairly targeted by some in the party’s base. Before the vote, he noted there was nobody else on the ballot and said, “that’s part of our problem, who would want the job?” In a statement, Thune said he “appreciated the opportunity to have an open, honest, and transparent conversation with my colleagues” and he is “honored to have their continued trust and support to lead the Senate Republican Conference in the 120th Congress.”

This is the leader that rubber stamped Donny’s policies like they were gospel….he is not a leader I would have chosen…..but then there are not many in the GOP I would have chosen.

Now on to the House minority leadership….and this shows that the moral standards are pretty low for the GOP….

Jim Jordan finally landed the leadership post he’s chased for years. House Republicans on Tuesday picked the Ohio congressman to head their shrunken conference in the next Congress, choosing him over Majority Leader Steve Scalise in a 106-73 secret ballot, Politico reports. A founder of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus and a key ally of President Trump, Jordan framed himself as the party’s chief brawler against an incoming Democratic majority, pointing to his record atop the Judiciary and Oversight committees.

“I am battle-tested on the oversight front and I know the Democrats’ playbook,” he reportedly wrote to his colleagues. His win follows steep GOP losses that prompted Speaker Mike Johnson to step aside from leadership. The AP notes Jordan will inherit a historically small House Republican conference; the Democrats’ roughly 260 seats give them the largest majority they have had in 35 years, reports NBC News.

I am sure anybody watching politics will remember that he was involved in the sex scandal at Penn State….plus he was a Tea Party favorite that did little but bitch and moan his whole time in Congress…..he is not a fighter….he is a theatrical nightmare for the House procedures.

Of the two new leaders Thune may be the closest to a rational person in charge…..but in the House they have elected a person that will be disruptive and powerless.

My thoughts….add anything you may think of to help the understanding.

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Take Us To Our Leaders

I will attempt to explain my reasoning for my dislike of the main contenders.

After a very successful election the Dems have won both Houses of Congress and now is the time to start looking for the new leaders of those Houses.

We have the minority leaders of Jeffries and Schumer as the presumptive new majority leaders….but would that be a wise decision?

My personal thought is no it would not be in the best interests of the people of this country.

These new leaders have a challenge to do what is best for the people….not the corporations….

Now that the Democratic Party has some power, we’re all waiting to see how they use it. Can the leaders meet the moment?

Hakeem Jeffries is the presumptive speaker of the House. There is a lot of opposition to Jeffries in the party base. There is a petition at Change.org with over a million signatures to “Oppose Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House.”

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That brings us the presumptive majority leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer. I would prefer to see him replaced right away. Chief Deputy Whip Brian Schatz is waiting in the wings. If Schumer stays as leader for the entire 120th Congress, the base will be constantly upset by his mealy-mouth presentation, tendency to cave to corporate interests, and unwavering support of the Israeli military’s attacks on its neighbors.

Keeping the coalition together is more important than letting Schumer keep his job. Standing up to the Trump administration, the oligarchs, and corporate special interests is what is required at the moment.

Jeffries and Schumer Need to Step Up or Get Out of the Way

But let’s look at those men that could be the future of the Democratic Party….at least for the next 2 years.

Let’s begin with the People’s House and the person that could become the first black speaker in all of history…..Jeffries….

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is on the cusp of making history as the nation’s first Black speaker of the House, a generational shift in U.S. politics after Democrats trounced Republicans to win majority control of the chamber in the midterm elections.

Jeffries faces a vote of his colleagues when the new Congress convenes Jan. 3. If nominated and elected, as expected, it would be the first time a Black lawmaker has grasped the powerful House speaker’s gavel, a job second in line to the president and the only leadership position in Congress mandated by the U.S. Constitution.

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They are bracing to confront not only Trump, but also a fresh group of Democrats elected to office, including a handful backed by the Democratic Socialists of America pushing the party leftward, though the largest caucus in the House is expected to remain the more moderate New Democrat Coalition.

Jeffries has promised a robust 100-day agenda to lower the costs of living and launch oversight and investigations to hold the Trump administration accountable. Impeachment is an option.

Promising to show voters that Democrats can govern, Jeffries and the leadership team hope to hold their new majority together and avoid the chaotic disruptions and dysfunction that often left Johnson unable to control the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House.

https://apnews.com/article/hakeem-jeffries-election-house-democrats-017ab70f264d4abe90da0325c1f03350

That was a glowing article on the presumptive Speaker-to-be…..

There is reasons why Jeffries is not the best person for the job….

Now that Democrats have swept the House, a key question is: Who should lead it?

Hakeem Jeffries is in line to become the first Black Speaker of the House, which would be a historic milestone. But members of Congress must examine Jeffries’ record, his priorities, and the kind of leadership he would bring to this moment.

Here are ten reasons why Jeffries should not be Speaker.

1. He has abandoned Medicare for All

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10-reasons-hakeem-jeffries-should-not-be-the-next-speaker-of-the-house/

There is too much of a corporate Dem in his life for him to be the best choice for Speaker….that is just my thought.

This brings us to Schumer….there has bee a wealth of reason why he should not be the Leader of the Senate….corporate money, Israel support, Pentagon support, high dollar donors, etc.

Democratic voters have indicated they want newer and younger leadership in the party. Over the last two years, progressive Democrats have scored major victories in local and state elections.

It’s led some lawmakers to push for similar changes in decade-old leadership. Schumer, 75, has served as the Democrats’ leader in the Senate since 2017.

But Schumer did not appear worried about his bid for Senate majority leader, telling reporters on Wednesday: “I’ll be re-elected as majority leader.”

Schumer likely has enough votes within his party to become the next majority leader. He’s also running uncontested as of Friday afternoon – no other Senate Democrat has officially thrown their hat into the ring.

There are few few reasons why I do not think he would be the best leader….

Generational Change: Critics—including the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Senator Elissa Slotkin, and various incoming lawmakers—argue that the party needs a new generation of leadership, fresh energy, and new ideas rather than recycling the same establishment figures.

  • Perceived Disconnect with Voters: Progressive and labor critics state that Schumer represents an older, top-down style of politics that fails to listen to working-class voters or address core issues like economic affordability and corporate influence effectively.

  • Past Strategy and Primary Choices: Detractors point to past primary endorsements and campaign strategies—such as backing specific primary opponents or miscalculating suburban voter shifts—as evidence of flawed decision-making.

  • Handling of Legislative Fights and Confirmations: Some party members have criticized Schumer for past compromises, such as backing a Republican bill to reopen federal agencies during a government shutdown without securing key Democratic priorities like healthcare subsidies, or not doing enough to block certain cabinet confirmations.

  • Foreign Policy and Cultural Divisions: Schumer has faced criticism from progressive wings of the party over his strong stance on aid and support for Israel, as well as internal debates on foreign policy and domestic agendas.
  • Low Approval Ratings: Public polling, including data cited from Siena University and RealClearPolitics, has historically shown low favorability ratings for Schumer among both general voters and members of his own party.

He has proven to me that he cares more about his high dollar donors than the people that put him in his position of power.

The people voted for change and if these two are elected to the leadership it will be a betrayal of that vote….

Defeating Donald Trump at the ballot box will mean little if Democrats preserve the corporate rule that helped bring him to power. The ballots have been counted. The danger now is that Democrats will mistake a repudiation of Donald Trump for permission to keep serving the billionaires who own American politics. On The Chris Hedges Report, Ralph Nader warns that an electoral landslide can become another exercise in betrayal if voters allow the party’s corporate leadership to turn public anger into empty promises, toothless investigations and business as usual.

Chris Hedges Report: Will Democrats Betray Voters Again?

We deserve better than these two corporate stooges.

You thoughts will be appreciated.

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“I Got Your Back”

Pistol Pete has lots to answer for and an impeachment process began but was abruptly stop by that Speaker of the House to save Petey until after the election….the House gets adjourned.

Lawmakers in the House are cutting out early for campaign season—and leaving a politically awkward impeachment vote behind. GOP leaders scrapped Thursday’s voting schedule, sending members home Wednesday night for the final stretch before the November midterms and pushing action on Republican Rep. Thomas Massie’s bid to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth until after Election Day, NBC News reports

Massie had forced the issue by filing his impeachment resolution as “privileged,” which would have required a vote this week. Instead, Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed the move as “a publicity stunt by someone who wants attention,” vowed it would be quickly killed when the House returns Nov. 9, and defended Hegseth’s handling of the six-month war with Iran. Massie, a frequent antagonist of GOP leaders and President Trump on Iran policy, accuses Hegseth of being a continuing “threat to the Constitution” and unfit for office. “And there it is. Just as I predicted. They’re canceling Congress tomorrow to avoid the vote on IMPEACHING” Hegseth, Massie said on X.

Johnson, under pressure to protect a narrow majority, said it was time for Republicans to hit the campaign trail. “The House has done its work,” he said, per the Hill. “It’s time for our members to go home to their districts and make their case to the American people, to go and explain all of the great things we’ve done.” The Senate, meanwhile, will remain in session for the next three weeks, reports NBC.

7 weeks?

So nothing will get done until after the election….with so many problems facing this country the House takes a powder so the members can go home and collect their bribes….my bad….donations from their wealthy handlers.

Johnson is doing this to protect another of the so-called christian members of the admin from having to answer for all their unwise decisions and antics that have nothing to do with the security of this country.

These are the people’s representatives and the saddest bunch of clowns on the planet.

The sad part is most of these corrupt tools will be re-elected.

This is an interview that Rep. Massie gave to Responsible Statecraft….

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/massie-impeachment-hegseth/

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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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