Posted on 01/01/2023 12:00:54 AM PST by weston
Nice!
Good one!
That ought to do it.
I do think that being trans is just the new fad for teens and for some very woke parents of kids.
It is going to have catastrophic consequences later.
Thank goodness he’s okay.
Thank you for the ping.
Hey there, pax!
How many chapters did you write today?
This will prove to be an excellent resource of information.
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Link to a capsule summary and the Twitter threads of the 12 Twitter files dropped so far:
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/capsule-summaries-of-all-twitter
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Emerald Robinson ✝️
@EmeraldRobinson
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4m
The Twitter Files show that the FBI and DHS and CIA are not protecting us from Chinese communist tyranny — these agencies are copying China to make a surveillance state in America.
norsky, I can’t decide whether to laugh or cry...
👀🤣🤣
Micki Witthoeft, the mother of Ashli Babbitt, has been released and charged with two violations of Capitol Traffic Regulations - §16.3.20 Obey An Order and §16.3.40 Blocking And Obstructing Roadways https://t.co/99IjjhxZRx— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2023
Thank you, exit.
Don’t know how I’d keep up lately without our Trump Train.
I’ll pay you with bacon.
:-)
Chad Pergram
@ChadPergram
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11m
1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to What’s Going to Go Down Tonight With the Speaker’s Election
We expect the House to elect Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House Speaker either late tonight or in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
2) We don’t know if McCarthy will win on a potential 14th ballot right after the House returns at 10 pm et. But Fox is told the GOP brass does expect McCarthy to prevail tonight.
We do not know the exact “magic number” for McCarthy to win.
3) However, if all 434 members are present, the number is 218. Reps.-elect Wesley Hunt (R-TX) and Ken Buck (R-CO) were absent earlier. Fox is told both will be back tonight. Both are McCarthy supporters.
4) It is possible that other members-elect could be absent – from other side of the aisle. That would lower the threshold for McCarthy and could potentially help him win the Speakership – depending on WHO is absent.
5) Moreover, Democrats could be absent. Or, if McCarthy fails to flip the six holdouts, they could vote “present.” A “present” vote does not count against the overall tally.
6) Three former Speakers, Newt Gingrich (R-GA), John Boehner (R-OH) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) all won various Speaker’s elections with fewer than 218 votes.
7) The total needed to win the Speakership IS ALWAYS IN MOTION. That’s because it depends on how many members actually cast ballots. The math is tricky.
8) Here’s how I expect things to go down.
McCarthy is elected Speaker – on whichever ballot that may be. Keep in mind that nothing is final until House Clerk Cheryl Johnson announces the totals.
9) There is always a lull of about 15 minutes between when the last ballot is cast when the tellers tabulate the votes.
Then, the House will appoint an “escort committee” to bring the Speaker into the chamber. This will involve another lull.
10) The House will present the Speaker. It is likely that incoming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) will present the gavel to McCarthy.
11) The Dean of the House – the most senior member of either party – then swears-in the Speaker. In this case, it’s Rep.-elect Hal Rogers (R-KY). Rogers was elected in 1980.
The Speaker will then swear-in the members and give a speech from the dais.
12) Fox is told the House expects to approve the “rules package” for the 118th Congress at some point afterwards.
The rules package will be an important component to the “deal” which McCarthy cut with holdouts in order to secure their votes.
13) The rules package is a crucial and often controversial component to House operations. For instance, the Senate has 44 “standing rules” which carry over from one Congress to another. However, the House rules do not carry over.
14) Thus, the House must adopt the rules package to govern how the House will operate
Two major ironies here:
McCarthy and others have made a major point about giving members a full “72 hours” to “read the bills” before the House votes on them. The rules package is NOT a bill.
15) There is often wiggle room on enforcing any modicum of a “72 hour rule” for “bills.” That’s because much of the House’s legislative traffic involves resolutions, reports, “substitute” amendments (say from the Senate), et al. Not just “bills.”
16) This is “rules package” is a “resolution.” However, the full text of this measure has not been out for 72 hours. So, it will be ironic if the House votes on this overnight.
17) Moreover, Republicans were often apoplectic about Democrats passing big bills “in the dark of night,” et al.
18) It appears that the new House GOP majority will likely elect its Speaker and approve its rules package for the 118th Congress late on a Friday night if not the wee hours of Saturday morning.
Well, enjoy your down time, will catch you on the 120th vote.
Lol!
Not sure “enjoy” is the word I’d choose...
:-)
Thanks for that, just beautiful.
Corrected second to last line: https://t.co/kkaooSC9tJ pic.twitter.com/QWu5ybeQ1R— Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) January 7, 2023
Thanks for the update.
Marjorie Taylor Greene
@mtgreenee
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28m
MAGA has been demanding a head on a platter, but it shouldn’t be McCarthy, it should be McConnell.
McConnell did more than anyone to deliver Biden’s agenda.
Not McCarthy, he tried to stop it.
The next RNC chair should do the bidding of the base and hold McConnell accountable.
thebradfordfile
@thebradfordfile
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1m
It’s wild the greatest superpower in human history was nearly lost from an “insurrection” without any guns.
Mark R. Levin
@marklevinshow
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4h
Does anyone know why the 6 members are holding out even now that the other 15 have changed their speaker votes?
Amy Kremer
@AmyKremer
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14m
Replying to
@marklevinshow
Because they are not for sale.
The entire conference has to vote on the rules pkg. They will never get the votes because the cartel hates conservatives.
Once the rules pkg is voted down, they have no leverage because mccarthy will already be speaker.
They are being played.
How is Lauren?
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