Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

We're witnessing a rapid and entirely predictable expansion of the definition of "supporting terrorism," which now includes calling for de-escalation in #Gaza or deploring the deaths of thousands of Palestinian civilians.

Justice Thomas’s R.V. Loan Was Forgiven, Senate Inquiry Finds

The justice failed to repay much, perhaps all, of the $267,230 loan. His benefactor wiped the slate clean, with ethical and potential tax consequences.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/clarence-thomas-rv-loan-senate-inquiry.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Via Jeff Timmer:

This is how democracy dies. It is not a sign that it is working. Emmer could not be more wrong.

Aaron Rupar:

Tom Emmer claims the last few weeks were "one of the greatest experiences in the recent history of our republic" and "a true display of what democracy looks like in action"

🚨BREAKING: "In 2020, he led the House’s effort to overturn the election and now he leads the House as speaker — a reminder of how Trump and his election denying allies have become mainstream in the Republican Party."
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/election-denier-rep-mike-johnson-wins-house-speakership-after-weeks-of-dysfunction/

GOP speaker nominee Mike Johnson played a key role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mike-johnson-january-6-house-speaker-nominee-rcna122081

#MikeJohnson #GOPSpeakerNominee #2020Election #OverturnEfforts #HouseSpeaker #January #Politics #News

“Novelist, poet, and educator Heba Abu Nada, a beloved figure in the Palestinian literary community and the author of Oxygen is Not for the Dead, was killed in her home south of Gaza City by an Israeli airstrike on Friday. She was thirty-two years old.” https://lithub.com/read-the-last-words-of-writer-heba-abu-nada-who-was-killed-last-week-by-an-israeli-airstrike/

On Tuesday, Oregon State University's Corvallis campus warned students not to open food delivery robots due to a bomb threat. https://www.pcmag.com/news/one-person-arrested-for-food-delivery-robot-bomb-threat-at-osu

The new House speaker is by far the most radical right-wing extremist in the modern age.

But hey, says Big Journalism, this horse race has been a ton of fun to cover!

🚨🚨🚨 House Republicans just made an seditionist & abortion banner extremist no one has ever heard of 2nd in line to the Presidency. Help ensure his reign is as short as possible by helping flip the House blue next year: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/houseblue24

'Bad for consumers [and] bad for the planet,' PIRG says of Microsoft's decision to end support for Windows 10 in 2025, even though an estimated 1 billion PCs can't upgrade to Windows 11. https://www.pcmag.com/news/petition-calls-on-microsoft-to-extend-windows-10-support

With Mike Johnson elected House Speaker, our long national nightmare is over and a new one is just beginning.

At this point any Republican would be awful for the speakership.

No meaningful legislation will get passed. A new budget probably won't even get passed. The few Republicans that are left that would want to pass a budget to help Americans will get ousted by MAGA.
Most of the Republicans in the House do not want to pass a budget, they just want to tank the economy so they can blame it all on Biden and the Dems.

Rep. Mike Johnson, is the latest speaker contender:
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/24/1208372102/house-enters-22nd-day-without-a-speaker-with-a-new-nominee-for-the-job

Mark Meadows just flipped.

Ex-Chief of staff Mark Meadows just flipped.

Ex-Chief of staff Mark Meadows who exchanged texts with 34 members of congress to overthrow the government then later burned piles of evidence just flipped.

Newsgasm.

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I just noticed a new McMansion being built on the hill behind Grand Marais. It's the beginning of the end of the illusion that Grand Marais was surrounded by untouched wilderness. Where there's one new McMansion, there will be more, like a blight upon the landscape.

#Minnesota

Congressman Tom Emmer

* voted against a J6 commission
* supported Texas v Pennsylvania challenging election results
* supported Trump’s Muslim ban
* voted to repeal the ACA
* opposes same sex marriage
* wants to eliminate contraception availability
* voted with Trump over 90% of the time

Maga through-and-through

So what’s Trump do when Tom’s the GOP nominee for speaker?

Attack him on truth social and try to tank his chances

That’s your boy, GOP. Leopards, meet face.

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We have someone who wants the job - Hakeem Jeffries

What are the odds that the Republicans don't elect a Speaker by the time government funding ends, and they cause a shutdown due to their ineptitude?