Leaving today’s classified briefing on the Chinese spy balloon, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) told CNN’s Manu Raju that he thinks the U.S. “made the right decision to wait and shoot down the suspected spy balloon.” “I believe that the administration, the president, our military and intelligence agencies, acted skillfully and with care. At the same time, their capabilities are extraordinarily impressive,” Romney said.
And Dan Goldman - the best new thing to happen to Congress, who sits on all three of these bullshit "committees" managed to own every one of the dumbass Republican witnesses, as well as leave Jungle Gym Jordan sputtering about what he was doing with the "whistleblower" witnesses..
To the retired FBI agent who wrote a book: "Is it your testimony that what you just read as your statement is the same as the introduction to your book?"
"Well, they are similar."
"Next time you're here, let us know and we'll set up a table over in the corner where you can hold a book signing."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz's takedown of the moron Jonathan Turley was beautiful, only bettered by Gerry Connolly zinging him that his experience working for government was as an intern.
'Greene insisted, “You violated my First Amendment rights,” and Boebert yelled, “Who the hell do you think you are?”' My God. Of course, it's all about themselves. So embarrassing that these spoiled kindergarten brats are defiling the Chamber.
Thank you for the roundup of today’s news. It seems predictable that instead of governing, the repub committees are “working” on re-electing their guy and payback time for legitimate Dem investigations. Your letter: quoting Raskin: “It's all about restoring Donald Trump, the twice impeached former president to the office he lost by seven million votes in 2020 and tried to steal back in a political coup and violent insurrection against our constitutional order." TFG Playbook is open to the “waste your time page.” And that warning by Hillary Clinton’s Democratic nomination acceptance speech, referencing Donald Trump’s speech the previous week, she said: "He's taken the Republican Party a long way from 'Morning in America' to 'Midnight in America.' He wants us to fear the future and fear each other.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_in_America
"But we put together a Benghazi Special Committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping.”
And what did they find? And who paid for it (in more ways than one)?
" Journalists and Democratic lawmakers are already calling out Republican hypocrisy and putting on the record that Republicans are wasting time and taxpayers’ money to grandstand. "
Yes, yes , yes.
It's Joe McCarthy's playbook. I thought we were done with that.
So I showing my ignorance, but what evidence is there one way or another that Hunter Biden's laptop really was Hunter Biden's laptop? Not that Hunter Biden has much to do with the price of rice. Hunter and Joe Biden are not the same person.
With Plaskett and Raskin on the Select Committee the Republicans will be eviscerated. But Fox and other right wing media will just push the myriad Republican conspiracy sound bites. Democrats are going to have to put out a lot of campaign ads with the best clips of Republican crazy and ignorance because that will be the only way they will be heard. And that will take a lot of money...
What we need is a lot of real truth (I realized I needed the adjective because of the possible confusion with Truths from Truth Social) weaponized against the Republican weaponizer conspiracists.
Boy, ol' Jimbo Jordan's gonna have his hands full with that Raskin rascal. Look for some contrived attempt to have Raskin removed (it will fail) from the committee soon. Boebie and Marjie entertain me to be honest--but at least Marjie's savvy in her own sort of 5th grade, playground survival sort of way. She's notably avoided fights when she knows she's overmatched. Boebie? I don't think so much--she'll walk into a PR buzzsaw one of these days, and I can't wait.
Wait, you mean that at some point, things like facts, expertise, and gosh darn-it actually DOING something matter? Oh yes indeed GOP, sorry to slap that reality on you.
On March 11, 2020 at 10 A.M., my friend and I were walking our dogs, and I mentioned that the covid situation was going to be a gigantic stress test on all our institutions and ways of living day-to-day, that the effects would carry far into our futures and that the reach would more likely be global than not. I am old enough that I will not outlive the repair process. But now I realize that the global stress test began in earnest with the 2016 presidential election results. I will not characterize my thoughts with nastiness; instead my hyperactive brain has been "watching" a scenario of a childrens' flag football game when suddenly an adult-sized person runs onto the field, (no assumption of maturity here) grabs the football, and begins maniacally running in loops around the field knocking young obstacles out of the way, stepping on supine referees, in and out at top speed similar to a huge balloon let go, all the while complaining about rules, yelling "I Win I Win!!" while cops and assorted parents are trying to corral him with a tennis net from the court nearby. I will go back to sleep now to the music of 50-plus mph winds. Thank you for reading this far. Try not to think about the image of my lightweight portrayal.
Wonderful piece. Now that the Republicans, especially the extreme loonies, have an expanded platform, we have a perfect demonstration of the wisdom of the old adage "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt." The world is watching. Let's hope all U.S. voters are.
Sorry, folks: I put Senator Chuck Grassley in Ohio rather than Iowa in the letter I sent out. Correcting it now on the webpage.
And Dan Goldman - the best new thing to happen to Congress, who sits on all three of these bullshit "committees" managed to own every one of the dumbass Republican witnesses, as well as leave Jungle Gym Jordan sputtering about what he was doing with the "whistleblower" witnesses..
To the retired FBI agent who wrote a book: "Is it your testimony that what you just read as your statement is the same as the introduction to your book?"
"Well, they are similar."
"Next time you're here, let us know and we'll set up a table over in the corner where you can hold a book signing."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz's takedown of the moron Jonathan Turley was beautiful, only bettered by Gerry Connolly zinging him that his experience working for government was as an intern.
Talk about shooting fish in a barrel.
'Greene insisted, “You violated my First Amendment rights,” and Boebert yelled, “Who the hell do you think you are?”' My God. Of course, it's all about themselves. So embarrassing that these spoiled kindergarten brats are defiling the Chamber.
Thank you for the roundup of today’s news. It seems predictable that instead of governing, the repub committees are “working” on re-electing their guy and payback time for legitimate Dem investigations. Your letter: quoting Raskin: “It's all about restoring Donald Trump, the twice impeached former president to the office he lost by seven million votes in 2020 and tried to steal back in a political coup and violent insurrection against our constitutional order." TFG Playbook is open to the “waste your time page.” And that warning by Hillary Clinton’s Democratic nomination acceptance speech, referencing Donald Trump’s speech the previous week, she said: "He's taken the Republican Party a long way from 'Morning in America' to 'Midnight in America.' He wants us to fear the future and fear each other.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_in_America
I suppose we're intended to view these hearings as 'Our Government at Work'. Instead it is Bring in the Clowns Act 2.
"But we put together a Benghazi Special Committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping.”
And what did they find? And who paid for it (in more ways than one)?
" Journalists and Democratic lawmakers are already calling out Republican hypocrisy and putting on the record that Republicans are wasting time and taxpayers’ money to grandstand. "
Yes, yes , yes.
It's Joe McCarthy's playbook. I thought we were done with that.
In the midst of all the chaos, your voice acts like a lighthouse, signalling the way home. Thank you
So I showing my ignorance, but what evidence is there one way or another that Hunter Biden's laptop really was Hunter Biden's laptop? Not that Hunter Biden has much to do with the price of rice. Hunter and Joe Biden are not the same person.
Raskin is a national hero.
With Plaskett and Raskin on the Select Committee the Republicans will be eviscerated. But Fox and other right wing media will just push the myriad Republican conspiracy sound bites. Democrats are going to have to put out a lot of campaign ads with the best clips of Republican crazy and ignorance because that will be the only way they will be heard. And that will take a lot of money...
What we need is a lot of real truth (I realized I needed the adjective because of the possible confusion with Truths from Truth Social) weaponized against the Republican weaponizer conspiracists.
The lesson being that if you don't like something, or don't understand it, success is shooting it down, literally or figuratively.
🙄 &^%$#!!!
Boy, ol' Jimbo Jordan's gonna have his hands full with that Raskin rascal. Look for some contrived attempt to have Raskin removed (it will fail) from the committee soon. Boebie and Marjie entertain me to be honest--but at least Marjie's savvy in her own sort of 5th grade, playground survival sort of way. She's notably avoided fights when she knows she's overmatched. Boebie? I don't think so much--she'll walk into a PR buzzsaw one of these days, and I can't wait.
Wait, you mean that at some point, things like facts, expertise, and gosh darn-it actually DOING something matter? Oh yes indeed GOP, sorry to slap that reality on you.
On March 11, 2020 at 10 A.M., my friend and I were walking our dogs, and I mentioned that the covid situation was going to be a gigantic stress test on all our institutions and ways of living day-to-day, that the effects would carry far into our futures and that the reach would more likely be global than not. I am old enough that I will not outlive the repair process. But now I realize that the global stress test began in earnest with the 2016 presidential election results. I will not characterize my thoughts with nastiness; instead my hyperactive brain has been "watching" a scenario of a childrens' flag football game when suddenly an adult-sized person runs onto the field, (no assumption of maturity here) grabs the football, and begins maniacally running in loops around the field knocking young obstacles out of the way, stepping on supine referees, in and out at top speed similar to a huge balloon let go, all the while complaining about rules, yelling "I Win I Win!!" while cops and assorted parents are trying to corral him with a tennis net from the court nearby. I will go back to sleep now to the music of 50-plus mph winds. Thank you for reading this far. Try not to think about the image of my lightweight portrayal.
What a waste of time trying to conjure up wrongdoing when there was/is none. I am so disgusted.
Wonderful piece. Now that the Republicans, especially the extreme loonies, have an expanded platform, we have a perfect demonstration of the wisdom of the old adage "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt." The world is watching. Let's hope all U.S. voters are.
Jaime Raskin didn't pull any punches, and why would he? Good on him.