Former President Donald Trump has been working the phones, personally pitching right-wing lawmakers on voting to make Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader he has called “My Kevin,” the speaker of the House.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., the most outspoken far-right member of his conference, is publicly vouching for McCarthy. The California Republican has made private entreaties and public promises to win over his critics, including floating the impeachment of a member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet.
And yet, McCarthy, who is toiling to become speaker next year when the GOP assumes the majority, has so far been unable to put down a mini-revolt on the right that threatens to imperil his bid for the top job....
I'm thinking that it's all smoke and mirrors. Who are the right wingnuts going to form a a majority with? What will McCarthy give away in the process?
I'm thinking that it's all smoke and mirrors. Who are the right wingnuts going to form a a majority with? What will McCarthy give away in the process?
They're asking for an arm, a leg and his ball sack. I can't see a scenario where he gives the members the ability to recall him at any time. Who'd want the job, especially with the nutjobs on the Republican side that would throw TrumperTantrums weekly. The next two
years oxygen would be sucked up.
I can see a scenario where the Never Kevin crowd burns down the house and some moderate gets the gig with democratic help. It would be the best for the country from a governing standpoint and set the wingnuts hair on fire like we'd never seen before.
Eamus Catuli~AC 000000000101010202020303010304 020405....Ahhhh, forget it, it's gonna be a while.
I'm thinking that it's all smoke and mirrors. Who are the right wingnuts going to form a a majority with? What will McCarthy give away in the process?
Yeah, I don't see the end game of their "4D Chess" or whatever they think they're playing. Everybody in the House gets to vote for Speaker. The only way the majority party gets their guy in is for everyone to vote for them. I think they're just posturing and trying to get promises of moon-barking action like impeaching Fauci and putting Hunter Biden in public stocks. I think McCarthy should cut his deal with some Dems instead of the loons, who might not vote for him anyway.
Yeah, I don't see the end game of their "4D Chess" or whatever they think they're playing. Everybody in the House gets to vote for Speaker. The only way the majority party gets their guy in is for everyone to vote for them. I think they're just posturing and trying to get promises of moon-barking action like impeaching Fauci and putting Hunter Biden in public stocks. I think McCarthy should cut his deal with some Dems instead of the loons, who might not vote for him anyway.
That's what a statesman would do. I don't think McCarthy has it in him.
Yeah, I don't see the end game of their "4D Chess" or whatever they think they're playing. Everybody in the House gets to vote for Speaker. The only way the majority party gets their guy in is for everyone to vote for them. I think they're just posturing and trying to get promises of moon-barking action like impeaching Fauci and putting Hunter Biden in public stocks. I think McCarthy should cut his deal with some Dems instead of the loons, who might not vote for him anyway.
That's what a statesman would do. I don't think McCarthy has it in him.
No, but think what a great thing to do that would be. Call the bluffs of the moon-barkers, build a cross-aisle coalition - damn, they might even get some useful legislation passed.
That was a certainty regardless of the announcement. Great minds:
Raise your hand if you thought it was announcing his VP selection
$100 each and they aren't even real cards???!!! There are all sorts of "Sweepstakes PRIZES!" many including supposed personal contact with Dolt .45, but I'll bet those are all frauds. https://collecttrumpcards.com/
$99?! If anyone spends money on that thing they can no longer claim they're not in a cult, that's irrefutable evidence
Back in sometime 90's a "fantastic" application was developed by Adobe called "Photoshop". It seemed like magic at the time, but was pretty primitive by today's standards, but went well at a time people were building websites with Microsoft FrontPage. The point of my little nostalgia trip is that I could do better work back then than whoever pasted Trump's head on a video game body.
Back in sometime 90's a "fantastic" application was developed by Adobe called "Photoshop". It seemed like magic at the time, but was pretty primitive by today's standards, but went well at a time people were building websites with Microsoft FrontPage. The point of my little nostalgia trip is that I could do better work back then than whoever pasted Trump's head on a video game body.
Betcha couldn’t get enough of this mug, huh? Only thing is, this photoshop job seems to be very haphazardly edited using images taken directly from the internet....
The images were so lazy that based on reverse image searches they were edited photos scraped off the internet. It’s unclear if they were edited by hand or perhaps crafted using AI image generation, though the one image of Trump in hunter garb bears a very distinct resemblance to waders crafted by Banded, a hunting apparel company....
“These Digital Trading Cards are not political and have nothing to do with any political campaign. NFT INT LLC is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, CIC Digital LLC or any of their respective principals or affiliates. NFT INT LLC uses Donald J. Trump’s name, likeness and image under paid license from CIC Digital LLC, which license may be terminated or revoked according to its terms.”
... So if you’re really into the idea of a Trump NFT, for some reason, just be aware the NFTs are “non-refundable” and “non-returnable.” Of course, you can just do what we did and right click and “save-as,” but that would defeat the purpose of digital scarcity, now wouldn’t it?
What makes this even funnier is these being put up for sale AFTER the big NFT crash was all over the news. It makes it even cringier.
Here's the spin - Trump trolled the media and won, because shortly after the NFT announcement he released another video announcing how he plans to combat election fraud etc. THAT was the real announcement
... Gionet participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and later pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. The charge carries a sentence of up to six months, and Gionet's sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 12....
"America doesn't need a super hero it needs Jesus," he wrote in another tweet.
Gionet rose to prominence as a far-right internet troll and Trump supporter during the 2016 election. He participated in the neo-Nazi "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 and has a long history of sharing antisemitic and white nationalist propaganda.
America needs a white supremacist Jesus?
He was permanently banned from Twitter in 2017 for violating the platform's hateful conduct policy, which prohibits "repeated and/or or non-consensual slurs, epithets, racist and sexist tropes, or other content that degrades someone."
But Twitter, which is now owned by the self-described free speech absolutist Elon Musk, reinstated Gionet's account earlier this week.
There goes the neighborhood.
"... I have to serve the January 6 time. So ah, it sucks! It sucks."
We normal people CAN believe that Anthime Gionet and all other Trumpettes ARE that stupid. We warned them about Former PINO for years.
These ugly by all artistic standards air-cards sold out? Seriously? This nation has serious issues. The silver lining is that Former PINO only duped Trumpettes, again. We normal Americans and our wallets are fine.
I wonder if you can purchase them using BitCoins. There is a certain symmetry of using one asset with no intrinsic value to purchase another asset with even less intrinsic value.