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Wait he said rainbow bridge? πŸ˜‚

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A lot of white power types are into Norse Mythology, as I'm sure you're aware. It's unfortunate, especially for non-fascist fans of mythology.

At least, that was my first thought.

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Oh but rainbow bridge is about dogs and cats dying and crossing the rainbow bridge. I mean Gaetz could have been going for that? But I don’t think he reads. πŸ˜‚

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I’m 100% sure he meant it the white power Norse way.

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Jesus. Whelp. I got nothing πŸ˜‚

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I'm with you. I burst out laughing because Gaetz is definitely stupid enough not to realize the rainbow bridge is for animals. I'd be surprised if he meant it in the Thor/Norse gods kinda way because, well, he's stupid.

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I don't know...white supremacists are incredibly stupid on multiple levels, but somehow they seem to have a savant-like knowledge of every racist slur, dog whistle, etc. that ever existed.

I remember Tr*mp referring to "Sleepy-Eyed Chuck Todd" and thinking what a weird random insult that was, only to learn that it was a centuries-old anti-Semitic slur. Because of course it was. He doesn't know not to stare into the sun during an eclipse but he for damn sure has an encyclopedic knowledge of every possible word and phrase that enables his bigotry.

I believe that Ga*tz is stupid enough not to know that rainbow bridge currently refers to pets passing on, but I also believe he's racist enough to know the entire Norse mythology as long as there's at least a curd of white supremacy in it that he gets to shout out.

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Guess he finally got tired of his face getting eaten. Has no one to blame but himself for the collapse of his congressional career but also lacks the self-awareness to recognize that. This is the end result of hitching your wagon to Trump - it happens to all of his sycophants and yet they never learn. He thought that by pandering to the MAGA faction he could control them, but fails to realize that chaos is the point. At any point these guys could've slowed down if not stopped the MAGA train, but instead leaned into cynical opportunism in the naked pursuit of power and its biting them all in the ass

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Bring on House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries already and lets see some shit get done. The GOP majority hasn't produced even one piece of meaningful legislation.

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Well they are hanging their hat on impeachment but even the press is sick of them.

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Good riddance to fucking garbage people.

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Yeah, that's a huge fuck you to all of them. I honestly didn't think he had the balls (or actually had any balls) to do it.

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Oh yeah I don’t blame him. He was like kiss my ass. He was Trump’s fluffer and they pulled this mess on him. It has to be embarrassing for him.

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I understand his quitting, but I very much BLAME him, since he enabled this nonsense by being so craven to get the gavel that he gave away all the power of the office. And I laugh at yet another Trump/MAGA sycophant learning the hard way what happens when you give up your dignity to suck at his teet because you want "power". Don't look so powerful now, do you Kev?

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Right? a 100% whiny baby eff you at that. He literally got what he agreed to and is all in his feelings because...he got what he agreed to. Somthin,' somethin' next phase. Fox news commentator? I almost, just almost feel second hand embarrassment for him. The schadenfreude won out though.

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"Republican congressional majority shrinking. Why this is bad news for Biden" ~NYT, probably

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BIDEN BARELY WALKING AFTER NEAR-MISS SLIP ON GOP TEARS

"Humanity on brink of collapse as Democrats refuse to fear Grim Reapers or f*** Grand Wizards"

- WaPo

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β€œGOP Congressmen are dropping out- why this is all the fault of liberal women who don’t want to date them.” - Washington Post Editorial Board

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I mean, you know it's coming.

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I love it all. Eat your own tails, fuckwits.

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Dipshits in Disarray!

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I'm sure Gaetz is very concerned about people being ousted from Congress before a conviction because one of these days someone is going to remember about that pesky child-trafficking investigation he's embroiled in...

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While I do appreciate the pettiness of this move I really can’t muster up much more than β€œWell… bye.”

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It takes a special kind of asshole to be loathed as a lying snake by both your own party and the opposition party. Incredible how bad this dude was at politics.

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I honestly didn't expect McCarthy to have enough self-awareness or self-respect to finally leave an institution where he is clearly not wanted.

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They are all a bunch of thin-skinned children - not even children. Imagine - you have been elected by your neighbors to do a job and, sure, your colleagues are literally the worst and they hate you, but this is how you act?

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Brian Higgins of NY is also leaving sometime in February. So Santos, Higgins. Johnson and now McCarthy are 4 special elections they need to win in first few months of the year.

That means that for those first few months and depending on results of those elections (although they are all moderate to conservative districts), their lead is going to be a mere 2-3 votes. So even less getting done more than usual.

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Dec 6, 2023Β·edited Dec 6, 2023

Does Newsom get to appoint someone until the special election gets held? Because that would be awesome.

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No he has to do the election.

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Dammit!

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Couldn’t be happening to a bigger, floppier, more smelly, prolapsed asshole. But it’s nice to see these Republicans be undone by the exact same idiots they used to encourage. Kevin fucked up and didn’t realize how far gone the MAGA cult has gone. They are the true believers and they’ll turn on every single establishment Republican. Serves him right.

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