House Dem-Elect Who Said Party Leaders Told Him His Life Would Be a ‘Living H***’ Details ‘Stark Consequences’ of Defying Jeffries

Rep.-elect Don Leonard (D-OH) detailed the “stark consequences” he was warned he could face if he refuses to support Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for House Speaker, including losing committee assignments and being denied support for his reelection campaign.

Leonard told TMZ DC’s Jacob Wasserman on Wednesday that senior House Democrats had warned him about the potential fallout from withholding support for Jeffries unless two conditions were met: a vote on a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and an end to U.S. support for the war in Iran.

In a video posted Tuesday by Drop Site News’ Ryan Grim, Leonard claimed the lawmakers warned him that refusing to back Jeffries would mean “both making my life a living h*** for the next two years here in Washington as well as being sure to lose my election in two years.”

Leonard described the encounter as “stuff you see in the movies,” though he insisted the lawmakers “actually care” about him and were “cheering” for him.

A HISTORICAL REFRESHER FROM GOOGLE AI:

The Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court case (558 U.S. 310) is a landmark 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause prohibits the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations, labor unions, and other organizations.

The Ruling

• Date Decided: January 21, 2010
• Vote: 5–4 majority (authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy)
• Core Holding: The court struck down Section 203 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), as well as prior precedents like Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, determining that spending money on independent political speech is a form of constitutionally protected free speech.
• What Remained Illegal: The ruling did not lift the ban on direct corporate and union contributions to candidate campaigns, nor did it invalidate statutory reporting and public disclosure requirements for independent expenditures.

Key Impacts

• Rise of Super PACs: The decision paved the way for Super PACs and outside spending groups, which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money (including from corporations and billionaires) to advocate for or against candidates, provided they operate independently and do not formally coordinate with a candidate’s campaign.
• Explosion in Campaign Spending: Total outside and independent political spending in U.S. federal elections surged from roughly $500 million before the ruling to multi-billion-dollar cycles in subsequent years.
• Dark Money and Transparency Debates: While the Supreme Court upheld disclosure rules in theory, critics and reform groups like the Campaign Legal Center argue that the decision has enabled vast amounts of “dark money” to flow through non-profit channels, masking the identities of wealthy donors influencing elections.

Perspectives

• Supporters argue that corporations and unions are associations of individuals whose right to free speech cannot be suppressed simply because of their corporate identity or accumulated wealth.
• Critics argue that the decision gives ultra-wealthy donors and corporations a disproportionate megaphone, drowning out the voices of everyday citizens and undermining democratic integrity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_8th_congressional_district

It’s mainly outer Brooklyn.

My estimate is that an Iranian H-bomb would only take out 20% of it.

[Prime target list for 11 Iranian bombs]

Tel Aviv

metro DC:

Rosslyn (upscale DC & Pentagon),
Bethesda (MD suburbs),
Tyson’s Corner (VA suburbs)

metro NY:

Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Lower Manhattan, Midtown Manhattan, upscale Brooklyn & western Queens, tall buildings of the Upper East Side & Upper West Side)

....

Tell me, IRCG General, are these missile tunnels invulnerable?

Against the wavering fools of the West they surely are.

Will you be rebuilding your enrichment capability?

Most assuredly.

Any plans to attack Israel unless it gives up its occupation of Muslim land?

Why, yes!

What if Israel or the US under Trump attacks first?

We’ll pray that the contentious Jews and the American Congress don’t take us seriously. Trump is a cowardly blowhard.

What about Israeli and US retaliation?

We’ll be safe, along with our loved ones in these tunnels.

What about civilians?

We’ll round up 72 choice young females for each man of the IRGC for safekeeping in the tunnels, tell the other civilians to flee the cities and pray for all Muslims.

Will you be insisting on virgins?

I trust Allah will provide wisdom in the selection of the females and all necessary cowardly stupidity to the infidels.

What about the nuclear people?

We’ll let each one of them pick their own 72 females after the IRGC team makes their selections.

Congre$$ at its finest. Maybe we should impose term limits on them ... that probably wouldn’t work because they would probably just sell out faster to the lobbyists. How about a new law that says members of Congress can only have Congressional pay while serving or be tried on charges of political corruption ... 10 years at hard labor ... which they used to impose on prisoners until layers got their sentences changed from hard labor to body building exercises, internet surfing and constant appeal of sentenances to new lawyers paid for by taxpayers.

The answer to campaign contributions is simple. Full and immediate transparency to every contribution on a data website fully accessible and easily searchable. Each contribution must be posted the moment it is received. Full amount received and name of the donor.

As to non-profit organizations, any non-profit organization giving to any political campaign (candidates, PAC’s, etc) or activity must provide full and immediate transparency to every donation to the non-profit organization via an easily searchable website. These contributions must be maintained in perpetuity and searchable by year and date, name of donor, amount donated. This includes expenses incurred lobbying governments and bureaucrats as well as engaging in political activities such as “voter education” and voter registration.

Ideally no non-profit receiving any government funding should be allowed to contribute to political campaigns.

Personally I would eliminate the concept of non-profit from the tax code and tax all of today’s non-profit organizations, including religious groups, universities, hospital groups and large charitable foundations.

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