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Aaron Fritschner

8 months

I wrote this thread a year ago, six weeks out from a midterm in which Republicans were supposed to win 30+ seats, and it has aged... quite well

Aaron Fritschner

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2 years

A thing I think about is the hypothetical of a very small R majority. If every House candidate currently favored on 538 won, R's would hold a 5-seat majority next year. We have D+5 now and have done a lot, but R+5 would be completely insane and little has been written about that

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Aaron Fritschner

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2 years

Hugh Grant tweeted a request at activists protesting outside Westminster to play the Benny Hill theme on their loudspeakers; when they did it became the soundtrack for street interviews with leading Tories trying explain the situation to the British people

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4 years

Incredibly depressing and super important

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Jim Jordan has been in Congress for 16 years and the number of bills he has sponsored which became law is zero. The number of bills he has sponsored which passed the House is also zero. He had one resolution pass, to create the "Deep State" subcommittee. In 16 years...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, presiding over the House as Scalise attempts to speak: "the Members are reminded to abide by decorum of the House" Democrats in the chamber responded by breaking out in deafening laughter

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2 years

I follow complete lists of House and Senate Republicans on here and they have basically gone dark

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3 years

Kevin McCarthy just claimed that the Dems are passing the American Rescue Act, an overwhelmingly popular piece of legislation, "in the dead of night" because we want to hide it. It's passing late at night because his members drew out the Rules hearing until late in the evening

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1 year

The Babylon Bee guy is taking it well

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3 years

Who did this

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1 year

Four US Capitol Police officers just entered George Santos’ office…

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11 months

Pelosi to Republicans just now: "You look miserable. You look miserable."

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7 months

Pretty evident people don't understand a key piece of House Dems' thinking on McCarthy and governance of the House. The idea that we acted out of schadenfreude or pique with no thought to the legislative outlook is, of course, silly nonsense. Here's what the takes are missing-

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1 year

The reasons:

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1 year

reminder that Democrats could've pushed to raise the debt ceiling when they still controlled both chambers during the lame duck, averting possible catastrophe later this year, but elected not to for reasons that were never really explained. baffling

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3 years

We don't talk enough about how LBJ grew his hair out after leaving office

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Aaron Fritschner

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2 years

The Governor of Virginia is now directly attacking high school students who criticize him

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1 year

If you aren't watching House Republicans' hearing on the District of Columbia you are missing sober consideration of weighty matters of state

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10 months

A major admission just now from the Republicans' IRS witness, Gary Shapley in the Hunter Biden hearing: "I have never claimed to have evidence that Attorney General Garland knowingly lied to Congress."

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2 years

Seeing the very bad take that Manchin didn’t have input, was ignored in drafting this bill or not listened to on top provisions etc. Guys, we drafted a very different bill in Ways and Means. It was entirely rewritten to meet his demands. This is his bill more than anyone else’s.

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7 months

Jim Jordan and the OSU abuse scandal: - 177+ students abused over 20 years (Jordan was there for 7) - 6+ alleged Jordan knew about it - Their accusations are direct ("I told him") and under oath - Jordan refused to cooperate with investigators - Jordan is named in the lawsuit

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1 month

WOW! Like Buck, Mike Gallagher carefully timed his departure. Under Wisconsin law, congressional vacancies occurring "prior to the 2nd Tuesday in April" in an election year get filled on a faster timeline. An April 19th resignation will keep Gallagher's seat vacant until November

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3 years

Ivanka Trump just deleted this tweet referring to the violent anarchists attempting to overthrow America's elected government as "patriots"

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Aaron Fritschner

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2 months

President Biden stopped to talk and take pictures with everyone last night, not just members. Here he is after 11 pm spending time with staffers from Speaker Johnson's team, who greeted him warmly, got a minute with him, and thanked him at the end:

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Aaron Fritschner

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3 months

The exact point I’ve been making all night. Biden addressed their concern, gave the access they wanted, patiently waited through wildly screamed questions, and gave a long substantive answer that marked a shift in US foreign policy on a major conflict. They’re fixating on a slip.

Jake Sherman

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3 months

Biden just referred to Sisi as the president of Mexico, not the president of Egypt.

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7 months

You have to watch over a minute of the video to get to the point where James Comer admits that he knows the check is a personal loan repayment from his brother James, which they've made every attempt to trick people into believing is a foreign bribe because they are lying liars

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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 We have found a $200,000 DIRECT payment to Joe Biden. @RepJamesComer lays out the money trail. 👇

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3 years

Three weeks ago, a group of Republicans voted against expanding and speeding up the evacuation of Afghans who supported the U.S. military and their families. You might think they'd be keeping their heads down right now, but... 1/?

Craig Caplan

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3 years

16 House Republicans voted No against the US Visas for Afghans bill: Biggs-AZ Boebert-CO Brooks-AL DesJarlais-TN Duncan-SC Good-VA Gosar-AZ Greene-GA Hern-OK Hice-GA Massie-KY Moore-AL Perry-PA Posey-FL Rosendale-MT Roy-TX

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3 years

A group of unmasked Republican staffers are playing beer pong (but with cups of water) in the halls of Rayburn House Office Building. Presumably their need to demonstrate the exercise of "freedoms" is stronger than their sense of responsibility to justify taxpayer-funded salaries

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8 months

I would just like to send a special, personalized “fuck you” to the soulless ghouls at the New York Post who thought this banner headline leading their home page right now was OK to do. It is not OK and you should be ashamed

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3 years

At Macon County GOP event yesterday, Madison Cawthorn called January 6 rioters “political hostages,” and spoke of trying to “bust them out.” Then- Attendee: “When are you gonna call us to Washington again?" Cawthorn: “We are actively working on that one.”

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10 months

I double checked and there isn't an age screen on her eNewsletter subscription page. So a distinct possibility that Marjorie Taylor Greene just emailed links to video containing nude images of Hunter Biden to minors using taxpayer-funded resources

Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

10 months

Marjorie Taylor Greene just sent this email to her constituents (yes this using official, taxpayer-funded resources). I clicked the link so you don't have to, it is exactly what you think

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4 years

For when Trump inevitably tries to say he hasn't met Robert F. Hyde

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2 years

I know this all sounds unlikely but it's really true

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3 years

Last year Madison Cawthorn said Dems who used pandemic proxy voting were "cowards for hiding and not showing up to work." He just filed with the House Clerk to proxy vote as the relief bill comes up "due to the ongoing public health emergency." He's in Orlando speaking at CPAC

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2 years

Sarah Bloom Raskin already served on the Fed for three and a half years, her Senate confirmation in 2010 was unanimous. She was confirmed by the Senate to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in 2014 and that vote was unanimous too. Joe Manchin was in the Senate at the time.

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5 months

A thing you want in a press conference is a good visual backdrop and this garbage truck behind George Santos is one of the best I've seen

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Q: "If it's really truly a distraction from the institution, why not just resign?" Rep. George Santos (R-NY): "Because if I leave, they win...This is bullying."

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3 years

Another thing about Offc. Fanone from our meeting- the guy is blunt. He directly told my boss, a Dem who represents him, that he was a Republican. The people who dismiss him as a lefty activist are dead wrong. He's a conservative who feels a deep sense of betrayal about January 6

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4 years

I mean what can you do, it's important to hear both sides

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2 months

Ken Buck represents CO-4; Lauren Boebert, who represents CO-3, is running to replace him. If Boebert wins a special election to replace Buck she'll have to resign CO-3, creating a new vacancy. But if she doesn't run in the special she risks losing her chance to remain in Congress

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5 years

The White House just sent this to Congressional offices, I assume under the mistaken impression that we are incapable of rational thought

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Aaron Fritschner

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7 months

A speakership founded upon Democrats' trust that McCarthy will lie to his own guys and not to us is not rational, folks! It isn't sustainable or reasonable and it's no way to run the House. We needed him to give us any reason to help him and he very intentionally did not do so.

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Aaron Fritschner

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7 months

One thing Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan have in common— both had calls with Donald Trump during the most violent moments of the January 6th attack, and both refused to tell the American people or investigators what Trump said on those calls to the point of defying subpoenas

Benjy Sarlin

@BenjySarlin

7 months

🟡SCOOP: Kevin McCarthy staff are making calls on behalf of Jim Jordan's speaker run, @kadiagoba reports. Still unclear if McCarthy has sanctioned the effort.

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Mike Johnson: No Ukraine $ without border security Johnson also: No Ukraine $ with border security Mike Johnson: Congress doesn't have to address border Johnson also: Congress must address border Mike Johnson: The Senate must act Johnson also: I don't care what the Senate does

Acyn

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3 months

Reporter: You yourself were part of killing the senate compromise bill. You say there need to be solutions, what are house Republicans doing to get to a solution on the border and on Ukraine? Or are you going to actually do nothing?

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3 months

Saw a lot of "why DeSantis bombed" pieces but none that were "Why DeSantis lost in one picture" so here is that take and here is that picture

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7 months

Democrats saved Fat Bear Week for the American people

ABC News Politics

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7 months

During a shutdown, many agencies such as the National Park Service are also not permitted to update websites and social media pages. That means the viral park service social media promotions of Fat Bear Week would halt.

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2 years

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) just emailed his constituents touting an infrastructure project in his district he was “instrumental in getting” funded. The project is in fact funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which he opposed in vitriolic terms and voted against.

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7 months

Even after all that happened - January 6th, the debt limit crisis, his vengeance against our members, breaking his word to the President, impeachment, empowering the right wing - there were Democrats who were imho willing to help McCarthy if he had given them a reason. He didn't.

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8 months

I'm shocked, horrified, and outraged. Mitt Romney has done a truly awful thing

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6 months

This is not an “offset” and the use of that word in this context is not appropriate. Every relevant authority from CBO on down has said that cutting IRS funding this way would *increase* deficits. This isn’t an offset, it’s exploiting a war to pass a tax cut for the rich

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NEWS w @bresreports -- HOUSE REPUBLICANS' Israel aid bill is out. It offsets $14.3 billion in Israel aid with $14.3 bllion in cuts to IRS from the Inflation Reduction Act. This offset will NEVER, EVER fly. Dems will reject it out of hand. Here's the bill:…

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4 years

Lindsey Graham has made it pretty clear in the last few hours that he has absolutely no idea how unemployment insurance works.

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11 months

Oh nooooooo the Republicans were laughing too! Look on the right side

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Wow Democrats just laughed at Marjorie Taylor Greene when she asked them to abide by decorum of the House

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8 months

Mitch McConnell wearing the same tie today that he wore for his first post-August floor speech last year, but his appearance is otherwise pretty different

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Incredible. Kasie Hunt: You said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK Jr.: I never said that Hunt: here is video of you literally saying that

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7 months

People want us to give the guy credit for stopping a shutdown but it is still not clear to me right now sitting here writing this that he *intended* to do that. This really matters and not just on an emotional level- the resolution set up not one but two new legislative problems

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And there it is: Ken Buck added his name to the House discharge petition for the Senate national security funding bill, the 188th signature and the first Republican to sign it. The signature will remain valid and count towards the 218 threshold even after his resignation

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2 years

That is Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the Parkland shooting

Jeff Mason

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2 years

A man who got up during ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ remarks on gun control is escorted out of the White House event.

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3 years

What a time for American journalism to memory hole George W. Bush, who clearly bears the most responsibility for all of this. I'd have thought you couldn't just erase a recent eight-year presidency from our national story, but I was wrong! A truly impressive accomplishment.

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Finally read the Uri Berliner piece on NPR biasand I'm baffled by how little the enormous media controversy it spawned has resulted in scrutiny of its claims for factual accuracy. There are significant problems with the piece including obvious, verifiable falsehoods

ErikWemple

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With his much-read essay on NPR, Uri Berliner has added to the episodic data on partisan leanings of mainstream U.S. newsrooms. In NPR's D.C. HQ a few years ago, he found 87 Dem journos and 0 Republican journos.

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1 year

honestly how did a person this gullible not lose all of his money to the first wave of nigerian prince emails

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Aaron Fritschner

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7 months

This came down to trust, and that's the word I saw and heard from House Democrats more than any other word. We did not trust Kevin McCarthy and he gave us no reason to. He could have done so (and I suspect saved his gavel) through fairly simple actions. He chose not to do that.

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3 years

I guess we are Feeling Good about Lamar Alexander's speech with its nods to the good old days of bipartisan camaraderie, but to me he'll always be an A1 example of someone who knew how bad the last four years were, and just went along with it. I don't find what he did admirable.

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This is a good bit

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2 months

Vitriolic partisan campaign commentary from Biden that caused Johnson to shake his head and/or refuse to applaud- - I will not bow to Putin - January 6th was bad - We should support America's veterans - Lets cure cancer - Literally quoting Ronald Reagan

Cristina Corujo

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2 months

Speaker Mike Johnson reacts to President Biden’s State of the Union address calling it a “campaign speech and a pretty vitriolic one.” “People are saying that I made money facial expressions, I tried to keep a poker face, but it was very difficult,” Speaker Johnson added.

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People ask “did @RepDonBeyer get tested for COVID-19?” No he did not. We tried to get a test for him, not bc he is special, but bc of who he interacts with. Thought it important to know ASAP. But there aren’t enough tests, he didn’t meet the risk threshold. Member of Congress.

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7 months

And what signals is McCarthy sending us? Dems: "We would like to read the $200 billion, 71-page bill we've never seen. You promised 72 hours but we'll settle for 90 minutes." McCarthy: GFY

Aaron Fritschner

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7 months

I did not know this and it is infuriating. House Rs patted themselves on the back so much for rules changes on "transparency," esp. the 72-hour rule. On Saturday we had a mad dash to review a 71-page, $200 billion bill because Kevin McCarthy wouldn't give us 90 minutes to read it

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5 years

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How to interpret this? McCarthy has resisted doing this all along, the wingnuts threatened to kick him out if he did it and he was running every play at their call. My immediate read was he wanted and expected us to vote against the suspension so we would be blamed for a shutdown

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2 years

Rudy Giuliani just deleted these tweets

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3 months

Just screaming into the void here at this point but this sentence from the Associated Press and nearly everyone else repeating it is not true as written

Seung Min Kim

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3 months

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel says Biden came across to investigators as 'well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.'

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Dems: well we are going to take that time, but we are satisfied, we'll pass your bill to help you get out of the jam you created for yourself McCarthy: the Democrats wanted to shut down the government and f*ck the troops

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Would just like to note that if you think of me as a godless communist orc you should think of me as a member of the Fighting Uruk-hai

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On Saturday morning we had no idea what was happening. Scalise told the GOP they were moving bills that signaled imminent shutdown. This is what we expected. Then McCarthy suddenly and unexpectedly did an about face and announced a vote on a CR. We didn't know what to make of it

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24 hours ago a man drove his pickup truck onto the sidewalk between the Library of Congress and the United States Capitol, announced he had enough explosives to destroy "two and a half city blocks", which could have killed thousands, and demanded the President's resignation

POLITICO Playbook

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3 years

The bashing of former President BARACK OBAMA'S birthday bash is having a chilling effect on the D.C. party scene as (especially Democratic) pols and their staffers scramble to figure out when and where — or even if — they can party again. More in Playbook:

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Whoa— Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), speaking after Sinema: "Today the House showed where it stands. We won't shrink from protecting our democracy and the voting rights of all Americans. It's past time for the U.S. Senate and Senator Sinema to do the same”

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Tommy Tuberville moved out of Alabama, to Florida, and no longer owns a home in the state he represents in the U.S. Senate:

Analysis | Tommy Tuberville: Florida’s third senator?

The senator no longer owns any property in Alabama but has a huge house and a condo in Florida.

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Now we have to pass an omnibus or face a shutdown again by Thanksgiving AND we have to fund military assistance to Ukraine pretty soon. But we are told McCarthy is going to help us there, he has made an agreement to help Ukraine. And what does McCarthy say about that? This:

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4 years

This Buzzfeed headline is 100% accurate and I give props to @pdmcleod and his editing team for telling their readers the plain truth on a very important story without equivocating

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Rep. Anna Luna (R-FL), the only Republican in either chamber of Congress cosponsoring legislation to codify protections for IVF access nationwide, just withdrew her cosponsorship of the bill:

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7 months

On his third ballot Jim Jordan received 194 votes, tying the lowest number a majority party nominee has received since the Apportionment Act of 1911 caused the House to grow to its current size of 435 members.

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The supposed "institutional interest" would have us not only put out Republicans' many fires for them, it would have us do so based on our specific belief and trust that *McCarthy is lying*. Like, his lying is supposed to be a good thing, and what sells the arrangement for us.

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If Biden said this the national press would cover it as a proof point that he is too old. They just would, I think there’s no question about it.

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Trump: I was very honored, there’s a man, Viktor Orbán. He’s the leader of Turkey

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With respect to spectacular past failures of Messrs. McCarthy and Scalise, that was the most embarrassing defeat I can remember on the House floor in over a decade working here. How do you put an **impeachment** on the floor without having the votes locked up? INCREDIBLE

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3 years

If you're watching CSPAN you're seeing Kevin McCarthy reverse his position back and forth repeatedly on Afghanistan every few minutes, it's incredible

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7 months

And what is McCarthy signaling to us on funding? He's going to steer us directly back into the crazy cuts and abortion restrictions, the Freedom Caucus setting the agenda, breaking his deal with Biden, and driving us towards a shutdown in November

Olivia Beavers

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7 months

The new schedule being shown to GOP members, per photo I obtained

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True story: when we moved in next door six years ago this office, 1117, was occupied by Congressman Chris Collins, a New York Republican who was subsequently indicted, arrested, and convicted of fraud and lying to the FBI

Aaron Fritschner

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1 year

You know, I came into today expecting the unexpected… but I was not even slightly prepared to learn who our new neighbor is

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Total turnover during the 117th Congress (the current session) in the US House of Representatives was 16 members: — 1 died before taking office — 5 died in office — 1 indicted, resigned — 3 left for Administration — 1 appointed Lt. Gov. of NY — 5 resigned for private sector jobs

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Aaron Fritschner

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3 years

I do not work in a fraternity house. I don't know why these people felt the need to do this here, but it is terrible and horrifying that displays of decadent apathy are all these people can summon at a time when people are getting sick and dying.

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Aaron Fritschner

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6 months

Nothing says “small government conservative” like unconstitutional punitive taxes on private entities that don’t issue public statements demanded by politicians

Tom Cotton

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A 6% tax on the endowments of America’s “top” 10 universities—many of which are failing to condemn antisemitism—would raise $15.4 billion. More than enough to pay for our aid to Israel.

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

3 years

Andy Biggs voted against helping evacuate our Afghan allies

Rep Andy Biggs

@RepAndyBiggsAZ

3 years

Every passing day, Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal gets worse and brings with it national shame not seen since Vietnam.

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

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I said this the (see below). And our members believed it, in fact without naming names I can say I heard it from multiple members yesterday as they were weighing how to vote, and that was with hindsight about what happened. So in this moment, you look to McCarthy for signals—

Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

7 months

The only way that I can make this idea make sense from their point of view is if they think Democrats in either the House or Senate would prevent it from passing. It doesn’t work as a good faith move but you could see logic to it as a bad faith one, to shift blame

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

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People say "he couldn't make a deal it would compromise his power" and they're just wrong, that was a solvable problem. He could've publicly or privately given us a sense the CR was good faith and we were going to get through the omnibus, stave off a shutdown, and help Ukraine.

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

7 months

Ok we are reasonable people, maybe he's just telling them what they have to hear and he'll screw them at the last minute. So what's he saying to us privately? What reason is he giving us to think any of this is going to turn out well if we help him? None.

Jake Sherman

@JakeSherman

7 months

NEWS in @PunchbowlNews AM — MCCARTHY called JEFFRIES last night as he faces a massive threat to his speakership. Mccarthys allies say they will NOT negotiate with democrats. Even as some house Dems privately say they want to help the California Republican. RIGHT NOW — vast…

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

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Marjorie Taylor Greene offers an amendment to make funds from the Israel funding bill available “for the development of space laser technology on the southwest border.” This is real, not made up— it’s amendment 11 here H/T @juliegraceb

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

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Congresswoman Marie Newman spoke about how anti-trans discrimination affects transgender Americans like her daughter and Marjorie Taylor Greene replied to Newman calling her daughter “your biological son.”

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

3 years

Virginia Dem turnout is now over 90% of its insanely high 2017 number and still coming in. You can put those "questions about Dem enthusiasm" takes to bed.

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

3 years

Lauren Boebert voted against helping evacuate our Afghan allies

Lauren Boebert

@laurenboebert

3 years

At least they won’t have to read “mean tweets”…

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

2 months

John Thune, ladies and gentlemen

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

2 years

I've given many many tours over the years, these are the biggest flags to me: 1) You don't take them all over the office buildings, you take them to the Capitol. 2) No one takes pictures of the security checkpoints. 3) The Republicans clearly and obviously lied about this.

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

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This is the guy Republicans nominated last night to replace Ken Buck in the CO-04 special election

Kyle Clark

@KyleClark

2 years

NEW: GOP gubernatorial candidate @LopezforCO says he would sign an abortion ban in Colorado. I asked him to square his pro-life without exceptions stance with his 1993 arrest for assaulting his pregnant wife. #copolitics

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

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Amid discussion of whether/when Speaker Mike Johnson will bring a Ukraine funding bill to the floor, the GOP majority just noticed that the Rules Committee will meet Monday to prepare the bills below for floor consideration in the House next week. Sadly, this is not a joke.

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

3 years

Kevin McCarthy now owning the libs by selling shirts which label the wearer a "moron"

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

4 months

The guy in the mask is Troy Nehls, the Republican congressman who kept pushing for Trump to be elected Speaker of the House in October. The other is Markwayne “stand your butt up” Mullin. Both voted to overturn the election a few hours after this exchange

Ryan J. Reilly

@ryanjreilly

4 months

NEW: Dramatic new Jan. 6 video shows two GOP representatives speaking with Capitol rioters through the broken windows of the House chamber doors as officers point weapons at the mob attempting to breach the floor. This evidence was released in response to a request by @NBCNews .

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Aaron Fritschner

@Fritschner

3 years

We represent Officer Fanone and have met with him, and I just want to emphasize something that isn't widely appreciated from the story he is telling now, that I asked him about directly: Officer Fanone was *off duty* on the morning of January 6. Bear that in mind as you listen.

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