As Republicans backslap and celebrate finally electing a Speaker of the House on the 15th round of voting, the rest of us are left to contemplate the damage they’ve done to our nation. Today, Joe Biden, speaking about the January 6 anniversary, recounted his experience at the G7 summit last March when he told his fellow leaders, “America is back,” and one of them responded, “For how long?”
Watching mccarthy pick up the Speaker's gavel, and listening to his first words, I had that sudden, chilling realization: "They got in, after all!" The insurrectionists who invaded the People's House two years ago, have now taken over the House. The coup happened. In the exact same place where they forced a delay in the vote of the Electoral College, the Capitol building; on the exact same date, January 7th; and at the exact same time, the wee hours of the morning -- here we are precisely two years later with 150 repugnicant election-deniers sitting in our House, and cheering for the corrupt mr. mccarthy. I am sick at heart.
Hakeem Jeffries is a true leader. He has gumption and leadership qualities much needed going forward. I shall remain hopeful that 20 Republicans or more will do the right thing when they realize the necessity. Peace, Joyce.
It’s certainly very unsettling. Thank you Joyce for articulating so well what is happening. I just feel like the inmates are now running Congress and it scares the crap out of me, but I am comforted to know we are in this together.
While the sabers were rattling about a potential, deliberate default on the horizon thanks to extremist reps bent on destruction (some of whom on Putin’s dark $ payroll) and we had no functioning legislature, the stock market was up 700 points--yes, the jobs numbers. And would much prefer it be up than down for sure. Yet, have to wonder that what’s described herein --the uncertainty/instability which is the #1 thing the market hates--was seemingly unreflected— as if it’s not possible or believable. Are enough backstops there to not hold SS& Medicare hostage? Not bring the world economy to its knees? The instability, insanity, uncertainty and sh*tshow ahead was won by voter suppression and gerrymandering. Operative tactics. The unaccountable to date, insurrectionist plotters made a coup of the House using the vote for speaker. They are focused on screwing up the FBI while it’s investigating Trump stolen top secret docs & if sold to adversaries of democracy + J6. Trump is running for POTUS and remains on the loose—let’s get back to the top secret, stolenvdocs case—whose hands did they end up in? They are hellbent on hamstringing the DOJ investigators —gee, wonder why? We’re helping Ukraine hold its own but we are under attack here by the same adversary still using their dirty, secret $. Thanks Citizens United & SCOTUS.
Where oh where are those FEMA camps the conservative entertainment complex is always going on about, when we have a crying need for the incarceration of 222 seditious conspirators and their enablers?
It's very telling that this debacle reached its climax on January 6, two years after a coup attempt and insurrection.
The trump agenda will be continued by the extreme right wing Republican cabal in the House, and I wonder if American Constitutional Government is any safer after today than we were two years ago.
All of us need to work very hard every single day to get out the vote in every election up and down the ballot. We need to find ways to get young voters registered to vote as soon as they turn 18. That’s what groups such as “Voters of Tomorrow” are doing. Please follow @marcelias and @democracydocket on Post.News or Twitter and subscribe to his daily newsletter updates. Go to:
ballotpedia.org to learn more about local and special elections in your state and community. There is an election in Virginia for a vacant House seat: The election is February 21. The Democratic candidate is Jennifer McClellan. She needs our support!
It is truly frightening to see these people in action and their agenda. I already know that the Republicans cannot govern, at least nothing that I consider governing appropriately. The way that they all seem to be stuck in junior high, a period in life where one is not comfortable in ones own skin and you do not hear people talking to you, blow upsets out of proportion and get into petty fights, fractionalize, bump into people without noticing because you do not have control of your body as it grows and changes. The mean girls, and bully boys come out of the closets. These are not sophisticated people experientially. Their world view is truncated by lack of experiences. The constituency that the right wing contingent of the party--the MAGA Republicans are trying to appeal to--are those with a White Nationalist agenda. They want to blow up our government and nation so that they can violently take over the hoped for chaotic disarray and create a White Nationalist State. They do not represent the majority of the USA, what they represent is their ability to get in their gerrymandering and numerous anti election laws before the Democrats got to protect these rights. Kevin McCarthy is low down scum. He is the bully boy who is bullied too. He has given away his power for the role of being the Speaker. I hope he is not third in line for the presidency because he is a terrible leader. We are going to have to count on the Democratic faction to hold out on votes. As I understand it the House of Representatives needs a simple majority of 218 votes to pass a bill, but then it moves to the Senate who has to approve it too. The Senate is going to have to save us from the craziness of the House. The President can also veto the bills. It is time for all of us to work on the Moderates in the Republican party and suggest that they become Independents in action if not in name.
Joyce, thank you. Although the information of late is not what I’ve been hoping for the clarity you provide us with is more in the positive and gives me hope regarding the understanding we can see more clearly. That is a place to connect with and find ways to benefit from the knowledge and move in the direction of lifting ourselves toward positive growth.Those who work against the principles are against the majority as they are afraid of losing either their wealth or the possibility of wealth yet to come. To them so as not to be forced to turn it over to all and to care for what we need as people working together. They fear that.
‘This is a body where James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and Thaddeus Stevens once served. I don’t buy the GOP’s whole attack on science, but this week definitely casts doubt on the theory of evolution.’
Thanks Joyce, January 6th both 2021 and 2023 continue to be dark days for democracy but they are also wake up calls that despite their actions the country is pushing back. Yes it’s a war but it’s our time to stand up. Thanks for your continual insights and leadership!
Senate Majority Leader Schumer summed it up “nicely” in his statement. The silver lining is that perhaps not too much damage will be done by GOP dysfunction and it will help to seal the deal for Dems in 2024.
P.S. I have not played Hearts in many years. Once upon a time it was one of favorite card games.
The reason not to be completely depressed about tonight’s “election” is that ol’ Kevin and the rest of the Republicans are so damn incompetent. As odious as Trumps four years in office were, I am still shocked they weren’t worse. And the reason they weren’t was due to the Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight’s basic stupidity and incompetence.
I really hope Kevin doesn’t look too closely at his big “victory” tonight.
I’m glad this community exists. I have a feeling we’re gonna need each other a ton for the next little while. I’m glad to be here with y’all.
"THEY GOT IN, AFTER ALL."
Watching mccarthy pick up the Speaker's gavel, and listening to his first words, I had that sudden, chilling realization: "They got in, after all!" The insurrectionists who invaded the People's House two years ago, have now taken over the House. The coup happened. In the exact same place where they forced a delay in the vote of the Electoral College, the Capitol building; on the exact same date, January 7th; and at the exact same time, the wee hours of the morning -- here we are precisely two years later with 150 repugnicant election-deniers sitting in our House, and cheering for the corrupt mr. mccarthy. I am sick at heart.
Hakeem Jeffries is a true leader. He has gumption and leadership qualities much needed going forward. I shall remain hopeful that 20 Republicans or more will do the right thing when they realize the necessity. Peace, Joyce.
It’s certainly very unsettling. Thank you Joyce for articulating so well what is happening. I just feel like the inmates are now running Congress and it scares the crap out of me, but I am comforted to know we are in this together.
While the sabers were rattling about a potential, deliberate default on the horizon thanks to extremist reps bent on destruction (some of whom on Putin’s dark $ payroll) and we had no functioning legislature, the stock market was up 700 points--yes, the jobs numbers. And would much prefer it be up than down for sure. Yet, have to wonder that what’s described herein --the uncertainty/instability which is the #1 thing the market hates--was seemingly unreflected— as if it’s not possible or believable. Are enough backstops there to not hold SS& Medicare hostage? Not bring the world economy to its knees? The instability, insanity, uncertainty and sh*tshow ahead was won by voter suppression and gerrymandering. Operative tactics. The unaccountable to date, insurrectionist plotters made a coup of the House using the vote for speaker. They are focused on screwing up the FBI while it’s investigating Trump stolen top secret docs & if sold to adversaries of democracy + J6. Trump is running for POTUS and remains on the loose—let’s get back to the top secret, stolenvdocs case—whose hands did they end up in? They are hellbent on hamstringing the DOJ investigators —gee, wonder why? We’re helping Ukraine hold its own but we are under attack here by the same adversary still using their dirty, secret $. Thanks Citizens United & SCOTUS.
Where oh where are those FEMA camps the conservative entertainment complex is always going on about, when we have a crying need for the incarceration of 222 seditious conspirators and their enablers?
It's very telling that this debacle reached its climax on January 6, two years after a coup attempt and insurrection.
The trump agenda will be continued by the extreme right wing Republican cabal in the House, and I wonder if American Constitutional Government is any safer after today than we were two years ago.
All of us need to work very hard every single day to get out the vote in every election up and down the ballot. We need to find ways to get young voters registered to vote as soon as they turn 18. That’s what groups such as “Voters of Tomorrow” are doing. Please follow @marcelias and @democracydocket on Post.News or Twitter and subscribe to his daily newsletter updates. Go to:
ballotpedia.org to learn more about local and special elections in your state and community. There is an election in Virginia for a vacant House seat: The election is February 21. The Democratic candidate is Jennifer McClellan. She needs our support!
We know the names of the 20 who
held our country hostage this past
week. These are congress people.
They serve for 2 years. A few of them were involved with Trump's
fake electors scheme. Some of
them will be up for re-election
within the next 2 years. We, the
people, need to clean our House.
We need to stay the course and
do whatever we can and must do,
to get rid of these malignant
people. We are in this together!
It is truly frightening to see these people in action and their agenda. I already know that the Republicans cannot govern, at least nothing that I consider governing appropriately. The way that they all seem to be stuck in junior high, a period in life where one is not comfortable in ones own skin and you do not hear people talking to you, blow upsets out of proportion and get into petty fights, fractionalize, bump into people without noticing because you do not have control of your body as it grows and changes. The mean girls, and bully boys come out of the closets. These are not sophisticated people experientially. Their world view is truncated by lack of experiences. The constituency that the right wing contingent of the party--the MAGA Republicans are trying to appeal to--are those with a White Nationalist agenda. They want to blow up our government and nation so that they can violently take over the hoped for chaotic disarray and create a White Nationalist State. They do not represent the majority of the USA, what they represent is their ability to get in their gerrymandering and numerous anti election laws before the Democrats got to protect these rights. Kevin McCarthy is low down scum. He is the bully boy who is bullied too. He has given away his power for the role of being the Speaker. I hope he is not third in line for the presidency because he is a terrible leader. We are going to have to count on the Democratic faction to hold out on votes. As I understand it the House of Representatives needs a simple majority of 218 votes to pass a bill, but then it moves to the Senate who has to approve it too. The Senate is going to have to save us from the craziness of the House. The President can also veto the bills. It is time for all of us to work on the Moderates in the Republican party and suggest that they become Independents in action if not in name.
Joyce, thank you. Although the information of late is not what I’ve been hoping for the clarity you provide us with is more in the positive and gives me hope regarding the understanding we can see more clearly. That is a place to connect with and find ways to benefit from the knowledge and move in the direction of lifting ourselves toward positive growth.Those who work against the principles are against the majority as they are afraid of losing either their wealth or the possibility of wealth yet to come. To them so as not to be forced to turn it over to all and to care for what we need as people working together. They fear that.
Jamie Raskin captured it well:
‘This is a body where James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and Thaddeus Stevens once served. I don’t buy the GOP’s whole attack on science, but this week definitely casts doubt on the theory of evolution.’
Unfortunately I’m too stunned to comment. Thank God we’re in this together.
Thanks Joyce, January 6th both 2021 and 2023 continue to be dark days for democracy but they are also wake up calls that despite their actions the country is pushing back. Yes it’s a war but it’s our time to stand up. Thanks for your continual insights and leadership!
Senate Majority Leader Schumer summed it up “nicely” in his statement. The silver lining is that perhaps not too much damage will be done by GOP dysfunction and it will help to seal the deal for Dems in 2024.
P.S. I have not played Hearts in many years. Once upon a time it was one of favorite card games.
The reason not to be completely depressed about tonight’s “election” is that ol’ Kevin and the rest of the Republicans are so damn incompetent. As odious as Trumps four years in office were, I am still shocked they weren’t worse. And the reason they weren’t was due to the Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight’s basic stupidity and incompetence.
I really hope Kevin doesn’t look too closely at his big “victory” tonight.