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[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 149 points 9 months ago

The only thing this is going to accomplish is putting the January 6 insurrection terrorist attack back in the news, and it’s gonna further implicate the Republicans. The FBI already has these tapes, and now people are going to be demanding that the FBI release its version of the footage which is the unedited version. This is why you don’t put a no-name back-bencher like Mike Johnson as speaker of the house

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 153 points 9 months ago

He may or may not have the votes, but he certainly doesn't have the evidence. However, that no longer seems relevant for Republicans.

They believe in the rule of law, just like they believe in Jesus. More of a mascot than a coach.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 156 points 11 months ago

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”

  • Plato

I guess things haven't changed that much.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 191 points 11 months ago

"We cannot have an alleged foreign agent in the United States Senate."

Wouldn't they have to expel quite a few Republicans?

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 435 points 11 months ago

Well I guess Gaetz finally screwed someone over 18.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 202 points 11 months ago

18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(1) makes it a federal crime to sell a firearm to a person who is under felony indictment.

And 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) makes it a federal crime for a person under indictment to ship or transport a firearm.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 161 points 11 months ago

Those "20%" raises are spread over 4 years which averages to ~5%/year, barely keeping ahead of inflation. The media throwing that out without quantifying it is a blatant attempt by the corporate press to breed animosity towards the unions and paint them as greedy.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 142 points 1 year ago

John Fetterman has to be the first sitting US Senator to publicly use the term "circle jerk".

On the 6th...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says Republicans will pay a price in the next elections if they try to impeach President Biden, the HuffPost reports.

Said Fetterman: “Go ahead. Do it, I dare you. If you can find the votes, go ahead, because you’re going to lose. It’s a loser.”

He added: “It would just be like a big circle jerk on the fringe right. Sometimes you just gotta call their bullshit. If they’re going to threaten, then let’s see it.”

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 232 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't encouraging cession mean MTG is now encouraging active rebellion against the United States? And wouldn't that make her ineligible to hold office under the 14th amendment?

Let's get that lawsuit roll'in.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 187 points 1 year ago

Now let's get back to net neutrality and rules on social media.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 149 points 1 year ago

What a smug ass. A true representation of his constitutes.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 188 points 1 year ago

Those grand jurors almost certainly knew this would happen, and they voted to indict anyway. That kind of courage to defend the rule of law is the best of America.

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