Echinocentric @Echinocentric@social.cleverlibre.org

Matt Gaetz: “If Democrats join up to elect a moderate Republican, I will resign from the House of Representatives.“

In other news:

ALERT: Federal court strikes down South Carolina's 1st Congressional District after finding that it is racially gerrymandered in violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments. The court ordered South Carolina lawmakers to draw a new map by March 31, 2023.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-court-strikes-down-south-carolina-congressional-district/

To the friend
who asked me
if all these words
are meant
as a view
from nowhere.

No, they are not meant
as a view
from nowhere
they are meant
as a view
from the plague times.

@GottaLaff Damn, Gaetz won't vote for anyone who doesn't have a sexual abuse scandal, will he?

Kevin McCarthy's deal with his defectors reportedly gives them the opportunity to force the U.S. to default on its debt and crash the global economy.

They plan to use the threat of default to force massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

Seems weird Americans can't find a speaker. I've never met an American who ever stops speaking.

Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man who moves furniture into the Speaker's office before he's got the votes.

Two years ago, Trump incited a deadly mob and left everyone at the Capitol for dead, including members of his own party who continue to repeat his election lies.

The former president and his co-conspirators must be held accountable. My full statement as we remember January 6:

2 years ago Capitol was attacked. Man who incited it is now running unopposed for Republican nomination for President. His co-conspirators in Congress are now deciding on next Speaker and on what terms. None have been prosecuted.

Something that I think can be lost in more shallow critiques of NYT and NYT opinion is that there's a divide between the reactionary writers and everyone else.

The reactionaries are LAZY. Pamela Paul gets a column out of "What ever happened to Free to be You and Me?"

But progressive writers like Polgreen (or Jamelle Bouie, others) often do real reporting or in depth analysis to complement their opinion writing. They work harder, for less credit. Important to remember them in our critiques.

McCarthy has now lost 10 Speaker votes, and there's no sign of anything changing.

But here's the part that really gets me.

Republicans—who won 2 presidencies with fewer votes, filibustered dozens of popular bills while representing 20M fewer Americans, and appointed 3 SCOTUS justices contrary to the will of the majority of Americans—are upset that 20 ultra-MAGAs are holding 200 MAGAs hostage.

I guess they don't like the FO stage of FA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If #GeorgeSantos were to claim to have the same chance of becoming #Speaker as Kevin #McCarthy, he would be telling the truth.

When you say “And another thing,” you insinuate I was listening when you said the first thing. I resent that.

On this anniversary of one of the darkest days in our country’s history, let’s remember that all but two of the GOP members responsible for this protracted fight for Speaker are election deniers. I wonder what their actual agenda is here?

Because of the date

Crap, MSNBC put Trump’s face on the ballot tally side panel of their news shows.

I really don’t want to have to look at that scumbag’s face.

When we pass each other
in the dairy aisle
the masked stranger and I
exchange wordless nods
as if we are both wearing
attire for the same sports team
and I suppose
that in some ways we are.

Tonight in 1973 — Aunt Esther made her debut on #SanfordAndSon.

#LaWandaPage had never been on TV before — and she became a star at 53!

#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #1970s #1970sTV #Nostalgia #ReddFoxx

"Your enemy is not the refugee,
It is the one who made him a refugee."
Willie Nelson

It’s all fun and games now but there is a non-zero chance that these dysfunctional House Republicans cause the US to default on its debt and spur a global economic collapse