Examples of GOP Leadership

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[cannabineer]

Make’m stand up and be counted. Put R congresspersons on record in Kitara’s corner.

Democrats launch effort to expel Santos from Congress

Editor’s note: Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) is a member of the Congressional Equality Caucus. An earlier version of this story contained incorrect information. A group of House Democrats unve…

thehill.com

 

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“We’re going to send the clear message that if [Speaker] Kevin McCarthy [R-Calif.] refuses to hold George Santos accountable, we will,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) said.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/ken-paxton-texas-settlement/index.html

Texas Attorney General Paxton agrees to $3.3 million settlement with whistleblowers who accused him of abuse of office and bribery

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has agreed to a $3.3 million settlement and an apology as part of a tentative settlement with four whistleblowers who publicly accused Paxton of abuse of office, bribery and other criminal offenses in 2020.

The former high-level aides – who also reported their allegations to the FBI – were fired within a month of their denouncement of Paxton, a Republican. They filed a lawsuit seeking reinstatement to their former positions or equivalent positions, as well as reinstatement of lost fringe benefits and seniority rights.

In a filing on Friday, both parties asked the Texas Supreme Court to defer consideration on the case to allow the parties to finalize and fund a settlement agreement.

The filing included the mediated agreement which says that Paxton’s office will pay $3.3 million and that the final settlement will say Paxton accepts that the former aides were acting in a manner they thought was right and apologizes for referring to them as “rogue employees.

Paxton also agreed to remove the 2020 press release from his office’s website in which he described his aides as “rogue.” The press release has already been removed, and the filing says the settlement is contingent on all necessary approvals for funding.

Despite the apology, the formal settlement agreement does not contain an admission of liability or fault by any party.

In a statement on Friday, Paxton acknowledged the settlement, explaining why he agreed to “put this issue to rest” but did not mention the apology portion of the agreement.

“After over two years of litigating with four ex-staffers who accused me in October 2020 of ‘potential’ wrongdoing, I have reached a settlement agreement to put this issue to rest. I have chosen this path to save taxpayer dollars and ensure my third term as Attorney General is unburdened by unnecessary distractions. This settlement achieves these goals. I look forward to serving the People of Texas for the next four years free from this unfortunate sideshow.”

Lawyers for three of the plaintiffs also issued a statement to CNN, saying: “Our clients have spent more than two years fighting for what is right. We believe the terms of the settlement speak for themselves.”

Former Texas deputy attorneys general James Blake Brickman, Mark Penley, and Ryan Vassar – along with former director of law enforcement David Maxwell – were the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

CNN has previously reported that Paxton is facing an FBI investigation for abuse of office. He is also under indictment for securities fraud in a separate, unrelated case. Paxton has denied all charges and allegations.

The former senior staff members largely stayed out of the limelight after filing the suit, but they broke their silence early last year ahead of the GOP primary, when Paxton was seeking the Republican nomination to be reelected as attorney general. They issued a statement responding to public comments that Paxton had made about the lawsuit during his reelection campaign.

Paxton was reelected as attorney general in November.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-gov-greg-abbott-calls-diversity-efforts-illegal/story?id=97003219

I don't even know what to say...just jump up on a big box and scream " I'M A RACIST, MISOGYNIST, HOMOPHOBIC PIECE OF SHIT!" at the top of your lungs...

 

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-gov-greg-abbott-calls-diversity-efforts-illegal/story?id=97003219

I don't even know what to say...just jump up on a big box and scream " I'M A RACIST, MISOGYNIST, HOMOPHOBIC PIECE OF SHIT!" at the top of your lungs...

Look at Paxton and the shit he was in before the election and they still elected the crook anyway. No morals, no standards, just blind panic and rage shutting down brains while the con artists they elect make them live like shit and serve the rich and themselves.

A lot of these red state assholes have nearly voted themselves into Russia FFS and it is only the US constitution that is saving them from completely fucking themselves with stupidity. The constitution not only protects minorities and guarantees rights, it saves idiots from their own folly too!

Deep in the ass of Texas, clop clop clop ...

 

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They wanted to foist civil war on America for power, well they have their civil war, but it is among themselves. May the best snake win...

Chris Hayes: The real reason behind the Republican Party infighting

16,645 views Feb 10, 2023 #msnbc #republicans #trump
Trump and DeSantis, and the House Republican caucus, and now Scott and McConnell—they’re all fighting each other. The core conflict here is that they don't know what they stand for, says Chris Hayes.

 

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Brilliant.
Batboy wants to pay for SS by stripmining the IRS, which is already in critical condition. All because the party has stapled itself to a policy of nontaxation. What a harmful policy.

Scott announces new Social Security, Medicare bill amid Biden feud

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill on Friday to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare and institute a higher standard for making cuts to the entitlement programs, following P…

thehill.com

 

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Brilliant.
Batboy wants to pay for SS by stripmining the IRS, which is already in critical condition. All because the party has stapled itself to a policy of nontaxation. What a harmful policy.

Scott announces new Social Security, Medicare bill amid Biden feud

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill on Friday to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare and institute a higher standard for making cuts to the entitlement programs, following P…

thehill.com

Rick ain't normal, just look at him FFS and when you listen to him that impression is confirmed. Mitch and Joe are tag teaming him.

 

[topcat]

Brilliant.
Batboy wants to pay for SS by stripmining the IRS, which is already in critical condition. All because the party has stapled itself to a policy of nontaxation. What a harmful policy.

Scott announces new Social Security, Medicare bill amid Biden feud

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill on Friday to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare and institute a higher standard for making cuts to the entitlement programs, following P…

thehill.com

He has a mean case of pencil-neck. Pencil-neck geek.- Freddie Blassie

 

[Budzbuddha]

Kari go away you fuckin loser …. More mad hatter thinking from the red bitch.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1624138487468331010

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/us-child-labor-laws-violations

So far, the republicans have fucked up our educational system, villified trans kids and their parents, tried to pass common law marriage laws that don't specify a minimum age, helped pass gun laws that get kids killed in school, stopped any law that is meant to prevent kids getting shot in school, declared war on Disney world, and now they want to repeal child labor laws.
And they have the nerve to call themselves pro life. Pro life until they're born, then the indoctrination begins...
They should call themselves the pedophilia party...fucking perverts.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

https://sports.yahoo.com/hillcrest-high-students-were-told-223357479.html

why is this being covered by yahoo sports?
this needs to be on front pages.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Kari go away you fuckin loser …. More mad hatter thinking from the red bitch.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1624138487468331010

Why do you suppose she believes that?
She has to be either stupid, or a liar.
Either case should disqualify her from holding office.
...I did over look the third option, that she is stupid, AND a liar. Still not looking good for her political future.

 

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Why do you suppose she believes that?
She has to be either stupid, or a liar.
Either case should disqualify her from holding office.
...I did over look the third option, that she is stupid, AND a liar. Still not looking good for her political future.

or she’s lapping at the residue of that tasty orange base.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

or she’s lapping at the residue of that tasty orange base.

that is easily encompassed in either of the first two options...in fact it's almost mandatory.

 

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that is easily encompassed in either of the first two options...in fact it's almost mandatory.

Unlike the coarse classifications, it speaks to motive. It suggests the additional category of “scheming”.

 

[doublejj]

Florida lawmakers vote to give GOP-appointed state prosecutor jurisdiction over election and voting matters
The move would allow the DeSantis administration to steer prosecution of cases identified by the Office of Elections Crimes and Security to a prosecutor appointed by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, a Republican, and not leave it up to local elected district attorneys, who could be Democrats.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/election-crimes-florida-lawmakers-desantis

 

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https://sports.yahoo.com/hillcrest-high-students-were-told-223357479.html

why is this being covered by yahoo sports?
this needs to be on front pages.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Unlike the coarse classifications, it speaks to motive. It suggests the additional category of “scheming”.

well we are talking about a republican...scheming is de rigueur. or at least i assumed it was so.