Remember the #DOJ isn’t acting alone by a long shot
The entire #WhiteHouse is with them
As are every member of #HouseGOP & #SenateGOP
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#HouseGOP
@chrisdmowrey.bsky.social breaks down the SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY surrounding the impending release of the #Epsteinfiles. Reports indicate the #DOJ is "RACING" to #redact information, while #HouseGOP leadership ABRUPTLY cancelled votes and sent members home early before the vote
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BREAKING: Trump COVER UP BLOWN...
@QasimRashid #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #HouseGOP #GOPSenate and every other motherfucking piece of shit aligned with all of them equate to #Cancer of #ModernCivilization. Wanting to rid the world of #Cancer is a noble pursuit. #TheOnlyGoodNaziIsADeadNazi
“Let this be a clear warning to those who would enable an assault on 250 years of American liberty. You will not reign forever. Your Dear Leader will be dead sooner than you imagine, given his failing health and corroded mind.”
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-retribution-2674169005-2674169005
“Let this be a clear warning to those who would enable an assault on 250 years of American liberty. You will not reign forever. Your Dear Leader will be dead sooner than you imagine, given his failing health and corroded mind.”
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-retribution-2674169005-2674169005
Can a new Congresswoman break the shutdown deadlock? Kent Nishimura and Daniella Diaz report that despite GOP Speaker Mike Johnson's initial openness, Adelita Grijalva won't be sworn in until the government reopens, stalling her plan to push a bipartisan Epstein DOJ document petition. Learn how this standoff reflects deep partisan divides on ACA tax credits and government reopening. Read more: https://www.alternet.org/house-gop-epstein-vote/ #MikeJohnson #AdelitaGrijalva #governmentshutdown #Congress #EpsteinPetition #ACA #healthcare #bipartisanship #HouseGOP
Could hidden Epstein secrets reshape justice? Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris & Manu Raju report GOP leaders, backed by Trump, resist the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act aimed at revealing DOJ evidence from two federal Epstein probes. Lawmakers push for a rare discharge petition to force a vote, challenging Speaker Johnson’s privacy concerns. Details reveal tens of thousands of sealed docs hinting at undisclosed associates. Learn more: https://www.alternet.org/white-house-gop-epstein/ #Trump #Epstein #Congress #Transparency #DOJ #HouseGOP #Bipartisan #Legislation
House Democratic leaders hold a press conference in Washington, D.C.
#housegop #housedemocrats #usa #news #live
https://www.youtube.com/live/WmluH1tVGsg?si=RXB4scnxXXzQvOms
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan for a clean continuing resolution (CR) faces GOP splits. Benoit Tessier reports Rep. Thomas Massie demands spending cuts, opposing the CR; Rep. Victoria Spartz also rejects it, suspecting a tactic to force an omnibus bill. Trump urges unity, but GOP unity is fragile. Details: https://www.alternet.org/gop-stopgap-massie/ #MikeJohnson #HouseGOP #GovernmentFunding #VictoriaSpartz #ThomasMassie #DonaldTrump #Congress #CR #Politics
no 💩?
I'll take the win. Now let's do the #HouseGOP #Insurrection enablers & their Dear Leader
JFC 🤦🏻♀️
“Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Dept If War” #DJT
Are you kidding me? 🤬
THIS is wht #RepublicanParty agreed to? Stands for?
Wht is WRONG w you? Every mmbr of #SenateGOP #HouseGOP is fu&$ing insane
Every #GOP voter asked for this
#NeverForget
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House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing a controversial mid-decade redistricting plan fueled by Trump to secure GOP seats amid fierce blue-state pushback, raising fears of a “redistricting war.” Could this risky gamble fracture the fragile GOP majority heading into 2026? Details from Jonathan Ernst at Reuters. Read more: https://www.alternet.org/trump-gerrymandering-blue-state-republicans/ #MikeJohnson #HouseGOP #Gerrymandering #WashingtonPost #Redistricting #BlueStateRepublicans #Trump #KevinKiley #California #2026Midterms
🚨 Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) has resigned amid scandal. ▪️ Accused of an extramarital affair ▪️ STOCK Act violation ▪️ Ethics complaints over proxy voting abuse His exit drops the GOP House majority to 219–212 — and exposes the rot behind the “family values” mask. #HouseGOP #Resignation #EthicsScandal
Does the #HouseGOP Have Something Against #Farmers?
#Communities impacted by #PFAS deserve protection, not a #political gag order
https://barnraisingmedia.com/house-gop-farmers-pfas-sewage-sludge-epa-risk-assessment/
Rescission bill passed
Congress filled with sycophants
Bootlicker brigade
#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Summer #July #USAID #PBS #NPR #CPB #NoNews47 #Congress #HouseGOP #SenateGOP
July 18, 2025
Erin Doherty highlights the tumultuous path House Speaker Mike Johnson faces as he attempts to pass Trump's crucial domestic policy bill. Divided opinions within the House GOP could spell trouble; losing just three votes poses risks, with more than a dozen Republicans opposed. Severe storms adding travel woes may worsen the situation. With the deadline closing in, the White House is working to quell dissent. Read more about this unfolding political drama: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/trump-bill-house-republicans.html #TrumpBill #HouseGOP #MikeJohnson #Legislation #Politics #GOPDivisions
I am thrilled that #MikeJohnson is having to contend with fractious #GOP congress critters... until I realize that it's because the #SenateGOP wants more massive and destructive cuts than even the #HouseGOP settled on.
Just #evil.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/25/mike-johnson-senate-changes-megabill-00369210
The Devastating Harms of House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill by State and Congressional District – Center for American Progress
May 21, 2025
The Devastating Harms of House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill by State and Congressional DistrictEstimates for the increase in number of uninsured people by 2034; how many people could lose some or all SNAP benefits; and the number of jobs at risk due to elimination of clean energy tax credits under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) arrives to a House Rules Committee meeting on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol, May 2025. (Getty / Kevin Dietsch)Authors Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, Lily Roberts, and +3 More
Last week, House Republicans released long-awaited tax and budget proposals that would provide the top 5 percent of taxpayers with about $1.5 trillion in tax breaks. This windfall for the ultrawealthy would be paid for by gutting programs that create American jobs and help Americans afford the cost of basic needs, such as health care and groceries. If enacted, the bill would amount to the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in history; kill jobs; and jack up the cost of living in every region of the country. It’s no wonder a new analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that the bill reduces resources for the poorest households while increasing them for the highest earners.
Read more: The Devastating Harms of House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill by State and Congressional District – Center for American ProgressSource Links: The Devastating Harms of House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill by State and Congressional District – Center for American Progress
#CenterForAmericanProgress #Harm #HarmByCongressionalDistrict #HarmByState #HouseGOP #HouseRepublicans #MikeJohnson #MillionsHarmed #Trump
"House #GOP propose more modest #Medicaid cuts than #conservatives wanted"
Or, as an alternative headline, "House GOP propose just curb-stomping poor people who need medical care, rather than shooting them in the head."
The #HouseGOP here are not good guys. They are just slightly less bad guys.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/12/medicaid-republican-spending-bill/
Look, at some point Very Serious PeopleTM in the media and the political class are going to have to accept reality; the fascist GOP is actively and knowingly working to make Trump a literal dictator and they're prepared to deploy any nonsensical lie, rhetorical argument, and instrument of state power to do so. On Wednesday, the House passed a bill that would make it functionally impossible for a single lawsuit to stop even the Trump regime's most blatantly unconstitutional activities, by drastically curtailing the judiciary's power to issue nationwide restraining orders; under the nonsensical argument that ruling against Trump's orders is part of some vast left wing conspiracy to stymie the President's lawful right to um, make America conform to his unhinged authoritarian nonsense, apparently.
House Passes Bill Limiting Judges’ Ability to Place Injunctions on Trump Orders
"Trump has had the most nationwide injunctions placed against him due to his presidential decrees oftentimes flatly violating the law or U.S. Constitution — for example, three federal judges this year alone have placed injunctions on his ability to enforce an executive order to redefine the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment.
While blatantly improper orders like those have been blocked, Trump loyalists have errantly claimed that so-called “activist judges” on the left have chosen to stymie the president’s agenda for political reasons — ignoring the fact that right-wing judges (including some Trump himself picked) have also issued injunctions against the president.
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa (California) authored a bill entitled the “No Rogue Rulings Act,” which would restrict judges’ rulings to only apply to the litigants directly included in the lawsuit — under the bill’s terms, only a plaintiff could receive relief from a judgment against a presidential administration, even if the underlying reason for that judgment is that the law or order at issue is unconstitutional and shouldn’t be enforced on anyone."
Okay, let's start with the good news; although the bill passed on a party lines vote in the House, it still has to make its way through the Senate and unless Chuck Schumer has another brain tumor for breakfast, that seems highly unlikely to happen. Given the level of collaboration Democrat Senators have already engaged in while (not really) opposing the Trump regime, I can't guarantee anything, but here's to hoping the opposition party realizes what a monumentally bad idea it would be to upend "hundreds of years of judicial case law and precedent" and allow Trump to essentially force everyone victimized by even his most unconstitutional orders, to seek remedy separately in the courts. If you want to understand just how bad this would be for our civil rights, consider the three current injunctions preventing Downmarket Mussolini from ending birthright citizenship and how folks whose only "crime" is being born in the US to parents who aren't citizens, would have to seek legal remedy under these new rules; not only are all of them unlikely to be able to bring a suit in federal court, but just processing all of those cases would take decades, and in the meantime Trump would be free to treat those victimized by his executive order as if his word was law.
Even if the bill doesn't pass the Senate however, I think it's pretty instructional to look at the overarching theme of the fascist GOP's arguments for running it through the House. To justify the bill, House Republicans have constructed a vast conspiracy theory, whereby even conservative judges who disagree with Trump are working with an undefined "radical left" to undermine the country; this is "if you're not with us, you're against" us logic and as author Jason Stanley noted in his excellent book, How Fascism Works, fascism functions by transforming everything into the politics of "us versus them." And what pray tell is their evidence for this conspiracy theory? The fact that Trump, who is actively trying to transform the United States into an autocratic fascist dictatorship, has seen his orders subject to a record number of injunctions and court orders preventing him from, um, breaking the law and violating the constitution? As at least one House Dem noted, it probably makes sense that Trump's agenda has been targeted by the most nationwide court orders because Trump has tried to violate the constitution more than probably any other president in American history.
“If it seems like an incredible number of cases to lose in less than 100 days, recall that Trump is engaged in a record number of illegal actions at a breathtaking velocity never seen before in U.S. history,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) said."
My friends, it's fascism, and the fascist GOP party is willingly installing a fascist dictator; there's nothing accidental or "misguided" about it.
#Fascism #Trump #GOP #Courts #HouseGOP #Authoritarianism #FascistLaws #Judges
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