Week of January 16

[byjove]

Good morning! I hope everyone had a nice MLK Jr holiday.

On that note, I have a book rec. The Weight of Blood by Tiffany Jackson. It's young adult novel and centered around race and also the history of resistance, and considered a horror novel if you will, but honestly it just seems like our current period in time is what is classified as horror.

[ldubhawksfan]

I was working yesterday and it was so quiet here, podcasts, etc. I could not find distractions!!

[orangebird2020]

Yesterday they arrested the person responsible for the shootings at NM democrats homes. It is chilling to see this happening by one of the formers supporters. No one was injured luckily.

[elle]

That's awful orangebird2020, but sadly not surprising.

[byjove]

The three stooges.

[newspapers]

Did you all see this? Auburn University banned TikTok.
www.nytimes.com/2023/01/15/business/auburn-tiktok-ban-students.html

[clucky]

Cool

www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-paul-gosar-committee-assignments/index.html

www.politico.com/news/2023/01/17/white-house-to-mccarthy-come-clean-on-your-backroom-speaker-deals-00078105

[starbuck]

OH MY GOD TO GIVING MTG ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED DOCS AND HOMESEC MATERIALS WTAF

[dc2london]

Jan 17, 2023 11:30:57 GMT -6 byjove said:

The three stooges.

Why does she always look so thirsty

[dc2london]

Yikes

[starbuck]

Jewish Space Lasers is exactly who I'd choose for homeland security. Makes perfect sense.

I really can't even deal with the fact that the ghoul got his seat back either.

[nelzie]

So many people on my Facebook are now freaking out about Kim Reynolds's school voucher plan, and I'm obviously extremely opposed to it, but I guarantee a good portion of these people voted straight republican. They voted for this. What did they think would happen? 🤦🏻‍♀️

[ldubhawksfan]

Jan 17, 2023 16:16:10 GMT -6 nelzie said:

So many people on my Facebook are now freaking out about Kim Reynolds's school voucher plan, and I'm obviously extremely opposed to it, but I guarantee a good portion of these people voted straight republican. They voted for this. What did they think would happen? 🤦🏻‍♀️

I’ve seen many ppl in Iowa on my feed saying it’s a bad idea. Like yeah, we’ve been saying that for years. 😡

[enchanted]

Jan 17, 2023 16:16:10 GMT -6 nelzie said:

So many people on my Facebook are now freaking out about Kim Reynolds's school voucher plan, and I'm obviously extremely opposed to it, but I guarantee a good portion of these people voted straight republican. They voted for this. What did they think would happen? 🤦🏻‍♀️

I'm not sorry for the people who voted for them getting bitten in the ass.

I am sorry for everyone else it will affect, though, especially the kids, including the kids of the people who voted for the GQP.

[elle]

😑

[elle]

Update:

[elle]

I feel like a one note poster today but omfg this guy.

[dc2london]

Really sad for the people of NY that this male Anna Delvy wannabe was elected as their representative

Eta: that sounded sarcastic and it wasn't meant to be. I genuinely hate it for these people that they got swindled.

[clucky]

elle this TTer has done some complications of that guy. There are a lot.

www.tiktok.com/@theprogressiveparamedic

[elle]

CW (antisemitism)

[mrsweasley]

Scott Kelly trolling Santos 🤪

[AmyG]

Can't those million people recall Santos?

[trueblue]

Jan 18, 2023 0:43:05 GMT -6 AmyG said:

Can't those million people recall Santos?

No. Fun fact there is no mechanism for recall in the constitution for the house or senate. The only way expulsion can occur is with a motion by a member of the house and a 2/ 3rds majority vote. KM won’t do it because the seat would likely flip D in a special election.

[blurnette989]

Jan 18, 2023 0:43:05 GMT -6 AmyG said:

Can't those million people recall Santos?

there is no recall process for federal seats.

[byjove]

Jan 18, 2023 4:46:15 GMT -6 trueblue said:

Jan 18, 2023 0:43:05 GMT -6 AmyG said:

Can't those million people recall Santos?

No. Fun fact there is no mechanism for recall in the constitution for the house or senate. The only way expulsion can occur is with a motion by a member of the house and a 2/ 3rds majority vote. KM won’t do it because the seat would likely flip D in a special election.

They'd need 78 Rs I read to vote for it.

[treeofheaven]

Jan 18, 2023 4:46:23 GMT -6 blurnette989 said:

Jan 18, 2023 0:43:05 GMT -6 AmyG said:

Can't those million people recall Santos?

there is no recall process for federal seats.

That is wild.

[treeofheaven]

I just saw a DeSantis 2024 bumper sticker. The amount of dread that sunk into my belly...

[trueblue]

Jan 18, 2023 7:38:55 GMT -6 byjove said:

Jan 18, 2023 4:46:15 GMT -6 trueblue said:

No. Fun fact there is no mechanism for recall in the constitution for the house or senate. The only way expulsion can occur is with a motion by a member of the house and a 2/ 3rds majority vote. KM won’t do it because the seat would likely flip D in a special election.

They'd need 78 Rs I read to vote for it.

KM won’t allow the motion to come up for a vote and no R would vote for something the D’s made a motion for. I am so tired of this political timeline.

[byjove]

Jan 18, 2023 9:13:06 GMT -6 trueblue said:

Jan 18, 2023 7:38:55 GMT -6 byjove said:

They'd need 78 Rs I read to vote for it.

KM won’t allow the motion to come up for a vote and no R would vote for something the D’s made a motion for. I am so tired of this political timeline.

I agree with you. 78 seems like an unsurmountable number as well.

[byjove]

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