The latest horserace report from Politico says that Jim Jordan allies’ attempts to strong-arm colleagues into falling in line has backfired and “could soon doom his speakership push outright.” The Jordon skeptics seem especially irate about Sean Hannity publishing the 20 GOP defectors’ names and phone numbers to activate the Fox News army of angry …
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A Series of Ridiculous Events (Open Thread)
I’m not sure House Repubs will inevitably make Jim Jordan speaker, completing their surrender to the same brand of minoritarian rule by radicals they’ve foisted off on the rest of us. The radicals have been running the place since January anyway, but of the many ambulatory poop factories in the House GOP conference, Jordan is …
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‘Poop in a Pile’ (Open Thread)
To paraphrase an old proverb, if you lie down with a pack of mangy, snarling, rabies-addled hyenas, you get up unable to stumble forward because of all the mangy, snarling, rabies-addled hyenas with their teeth clamped firmly onto your ass. I refer, of course, to the ongoing House GOP leadership fight. Here’s a quick status …
The Repub Who Cried SQUIRREL! (Open Thread)
Republicans suck at every level of government. Whether a minority of U.S. citizens elect one as president, as happened in 2016, or whether a majority of the citizens of Florida’s 32nd most populous county elect Repubs as county commissioners, as happens in every local election where I live, GOP politicians at all levels spend their …
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‘Well, Actually’ — Musk Shifts Blame
Government contract oligarch Elon Musk came up with a new story yesterday on why he left Ukrainians high and dry in the middle of a covert operation against legitimate military targets in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory. It’s Biden’s fault. (Daily Beast) Speaking at the All-In Summit on Tuesday, Musk said he would have needed direct approval …
Knife’s Edge (Open Thread)
I try not to pay too much attention to polling, but it drives me nuts that President Biden and his likely opponent — the disgraced, twice-impeached, coup-plotting conman with 91 criminal indictments — are polling evenly. (Current RCP polling average: Biden +0.7) The country is as polarized as it has ever been in my lifetime, …
‘Moms’ Gone Wild (Open Thread)
An essay in Slate by education professor Adam Laats briefly examines the history of conservative “mom” activists in public schools and points out some parallels between today’s Moms for Liberty extremists and their ideological foremothers. It’s eye-opening, but one comforting takeaway is that it usually doesn’t end well for the organizations founded by political operatives …