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October 28, 2023

Speaking at the RJC in Vegas, former VP Pence says he is suspending his presidential campaign. After saying he won't le





Speaking at the RJC in Vegas, former VP Pence says he is suspending his presidential campaign.

After saying he won’t leave the fight for conservatism, he gets applause from audience.


https://x.com/aaronlarnavarro/status/1718331729880977648?s=20
October 27, 2023

Guys. Um. Ever wonder which hostile Intel services were backing those treasonous fake churches? Wonder no longer. 👇



Guys. Um. Ever wonder which hostile Intel services were backing those treasonous fake churches? Wonder no longer. 👇
https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1717921845251383579?s=20


October 26, 2023

House Democrat moves to force vote on censuring Marjorie Taylor Greene

Source: the hill


by Emily Brooks - 10/26/23 6:34 PM ET


First-term Democratic Rep. Becca Balint (Vt.) made a move to force a vote on her resolution to censure Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) over the firebrand Georgia congresswoman’s many controversial comments — and in part as a response to Greene’s move to force a vote to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).

Balint’s move Thursday on the privileged resolution gives the House two legislative days to consider the measure on the House floor. The chamber returns Wednesday.


The resolution, first introduced in July, is a laundry list of around 40 points of grievance against Greene, many of which list her specific comments and the dates on which she said them — with Greene’s showing images of Hunter Biden in a House hearing being the most recent.

After making the move on the House floor Thursday, an impassioned Balint railed against newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Greene, who earlier in the day also brought up a privileged motion to force a vote on censuring Tlaib over accusations of “antisemitic activity” and “sympathizing with terrorist organizations.”...........


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4278491-house-democrat-moves-to-force-vote-on-censuring-marjorie-taylor-greene/



Well, next Wednesday will be interesting in the House to say the least.



Edit to add:

https://twitter.com/moonbreeze2/status/1717682941189329333?s=20
October 26, 2023

New speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex

Source: cnn


Published 2:20 PM EDT, Wed October 25, 2023


Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s.

In editorials that ran in his local Shreveport, Louisiana, paper, The Times, Johnson called homosexuality a “inherently unnatural” and “dangerous lifestyle” that would lead to legalized pedophilia and possibly even destroy “the entire democratic system.”

And, in another editorial, he wrote, “Your race, creed, and sex are what you are, while homosexuality and cross-dressing are things you do,” he wrote. “This is a free country, but we don’t give special protections for every person’s bizarre choices.”


At the time, Johnson was an attorney and spokesman for Alliance Defense Fund, known today as Alliance Defending Freedom, where he also authored his opposition to the Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas – which overturned state laws that criminalized homosexual activity between consenting adults.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/25/politics/mike-johnson-gay-sex-criminalization-kfile/index.html







https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1717300806553084225?s=20

Rep. Mike Johnson speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on October 24, in Washington, DC.
October 26, 2023

22 Dead in Maine shooting. 50-60 injured. nbc news Reported just now on msnbc.

whow. i made a big mistake. sorry if I scared some.

October 25, 2023

New York Republicans to push ahead with resolution to expel George Santos from House

Source: CBS news





Scott MacFarlane October 25, 2023 / 6:25 PM
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Santos' New York House colleagues announced a measure last week to boot him from Congress, after federal prosecutors added new charges and allegations to a federal indictment that accuses Santos of committing fraud and conspiracy.

The New York Republicans said they expect to move ahead with the measure as early as this week.

Santos faces an arraignment court proceeding on the newest charges Friday morning at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York.

The expulsion resolution was announced last week by two of Santos' fellow Long Island Republicans, Reps. Anthony D'Esposito and Nick Lalota. D'Esposito said he expected the measure would catch on "like wildfire" among fellow House members, in light of the newest allegations.

On Oct. 10, the Justice Department announced the new federal charges against the congressman. Prosecutors said Santos is being charged with identity theft, making charges on his own donors' credit cards without their authorization, "lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign." Santos allegedly "falsely inflated the campaign's reported receipts with nonexistent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen," prosecutors said..............................................................

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-santos-expel-from-house/



The video is from about two weeks ago. It was posted on DU at that time.


https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1717311388157088093?s=20
October 25, 2023

Rep. Mike Johnson "if only women were compelled to bring more "able-bodied workers" into the world,

appalling!!




During a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Mike Johnson attacks Roe v. Wade, insisting that if only women were compelled to bring more "able-bodied workers" into the world, Republicans wouldn’t need to slash Social Security and Medicare.


https://x.com/HouseJudiciary/status/1717183190463336780?s=20

October 25, 2023

Mike Johnson checks off all the Maga requirements; believes abortions are performed after birth

He is not a friend to women and their families!



Mike Johnson checks off all the Maga requirements;
~ he’s an election denier
~ 1/6 was a peaceful protest
~ anti vaxx, Covid hoax
~ wants to cut SS and Medicare
~ anti abortion, believes abortions
are performed after birth

~ tRump won 2020
https://x.com/marlene4719/status/1717192455051780242?s=20


Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) hits Rep. Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) efforts to overturn 2020 election.

“House Republicans have put their names behind someone who’s been called ‘the most important architect of the Electoral College objections.’”

“Damn right!” one Republican shouts back.


https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1717226959598432392?s=20


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