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Speaker McCarthy fulfilled one of his promises and he united Republicans in the process. He ousted the bigot Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Relations committee. A fter a raucous debate, t he Republican-led House voted yesterday to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar from the chamber’s Foreign Affairs Committee, citing her hate filled anti-Israel comments. It was all part of the new standard set by Nancy Pelosi, which now lets the majority keep rogue minority members off committees. Unlike what Pelosi did to Republicans, Omar can sit on other committees, just not the Foreign Relations Committee. The House saw the worst people in America go berserk. It was a complete meltdown by the squad:
I am so proud of Speaker McCarthy. Omar is a bigot and so is the squad. It should also be noted that leaker & liar Adam Schiff and traitor Eric Swalwell were also barred from the House Intelligence Committee.
The 218-211 vote, along party lines.
The Week:
Hunting Season: Evidently, Hunter Biden's lawyers have decided to adopt an offensive strategy. They intend to go after people who first reported the existence of the laptop as well as the damaging items on it. Obviously, it is designed to intimidate people in the coming presidential campaign. If they were serious about suing these people, they would have to go to court and Hunter would have to become a witness and nobody, including Joe, Hunter or the woman who gave Hunter life would ever want hunter on the witness stand.
Chinese Spy Balloon: There is an enormous spy balloon hovering over Montana. It's been there for days and supposedly the US military considered shooting it down, but were concerned about falling debris (over Montana.)
"The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is flying over the continental United States right now," Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary told reporters. The North American Aerospace Defense Command continues to track and monitor it closely, Ryder said. The balloon is designed for surveillance, the official said. However, it likely is unable to collect more information than is available to spy satellites."
Chinese spy balloon spotted in American skies, Pentagon says. US weighed shooting it down (msn.com)
Coming together: " Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday left a meeting with President Biden signaling optimism about the chances of an agreement between the White House and Congress to avoid a government default, though neither side made any commitments." “I don’t want to put any words in his mouth. We had an hour of conversation about this that I thought was a very good discussion, and we walked out saying we would continue the discussion,” McCarthy told reporters at the White House. “And I think there is an opportunity here to come to an agreement on both sides.”
McCarthy leaves Biden meeting optimistic about debt talks | The Hill
A second request for information: "The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee demanded "immediate compliance" with repeated requests for a briefing on the contents of classified documents found at the residences of former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, according to a letter obtained by CBS News that was sent to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday. The lawmakers also expanded their request to include documents found in the possession of former Vice President Mike Pence. "Without access to the relevant classified documents we cannot effectively oversee the efforts of the Intelligence Community to address potential risks to national security arising from the mishandling of this classified information," the letter from committee chairman Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, and vice chairman Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, said. "We urge your immediate compliance with our previous requests, which we now extend to those classified materials subsequently discovered at President Biden's home and the home of former Vice President Pence."
Senate Intel Committee leaders urge "immediate compliance" with Biden, Trump documents briefing request - CBS News
What Have We Learned?
The entitled lefties don't like it when they gety a good dose of their own medicine. They control the greatest levers of influence and power: the media, education, entertainment, and most of the federal government. Yesterday we saw what happens when their power is threatened. Taking an anti-Semite off the Foreign Relations Committee or even questioning the woke status quo and you get charged with racism. They have totally dilluted that word to the point that it no longer means anything. They can't even defend their intolerant, Marxist ideology. All they can do is to try and smear or attempt to intimidate their opponents. Ilhan Omar's words speak for themslves.
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"China has announced its government is looking into reports that a suspected Chinese spy balloon was discovered flying in U.S. airspace over Montana.
"China is a responsible country and has always strictly abided by international laws, and China has no intention to violate the territory and airspace of any sovereign countries," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning during a daily briefing on Friday."
Anybody else remember Steve King?
King would never sit on a committee these days.
Both Marjorie Greene and Paul Gosar gave speeches at a white nationalist rally a couple years ago. It is on video. Why are they on any committees?
Because they aren't racists.
You are so deep in denial its pointless to talk to you.
Have a good day.
A couple years ago when Pelosi was in charge of the house? they were still on committees because democrats like Pelosi share whit supremist beliefs.
Democrats seem to forget how House members talked about Trump and his followers.
Funny how Pelosi and Democrats removed Greene and other Republicans from all committees. While allowing human shit stains like the anti-Semite Omar and the Squad to serve.
Democrats don't want to live under the rules they created. Tough shit.
It's all true Ronin about whatshisname and his followers.
whathisname by the way is one of the biggest shitstains there are!
You forgot 2.2, 4.2 and 4.2.11
To be fair, Hank Johnson also thinks Guam is going to capsize if we land too many planes on it. True story.
Steve King had been making racist comments for YEARS before the Republicans removed him from his committees after he went too far, lol. (He was always too far).
The idea that McCarthy and the Republicans have done some noble thing by removing Omar is ludicrous. McCarthy doesnt care what representatives do or say, he cares about keeping his far right base happy.
I disagree.
When we find real racists like Omar or King we don't want them on committees, especially a Foreign Relations Committee.
Who removed king? Who removed Omar?
So....Omar's bigoted anti-Semitism is fine with you?
Strong whataboutism on display here. Pathetic.
Why is the Biden administration so resistant to bipartisan oversight?
Too much liability
And it was done using the very rules Democrats developed and used. I think that is what has them pissed. Their own tactics used against them - for the better of committee and country.
And despite what the loudmouth from New York tries to make everybody believe, it's not about Omar being a woman or about her race. It's about her repeated anti-Semitic remarks.
The thing with the crackheads computer is that if there really wasn't anything on it, they would not be going all out like this to keep it secret.
It's funny that when it comes to the previous POTUS these requests were fulfilled quickly. Not so much for the current POTUS. Hiding something? What happened to the transparency that the current POTUS promised? Oh wait...
They've all been a part of hiding it haven't they?
What happened to the transparency that the current POTUS promised?
A question that a free press should be asking.
Jeremy, I'll ask you since Vic has no answers.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar both spoke at a white nationalist rally run by the racist and anti-semite Nick Fuentes. Why are they on committees appointed by Kevin McCarthy? Its a simple question.
Have to have the context of the speeches. Otherwise, they spoke because $$$$$
See post 2.1.6 and then get back to us why hypocritical Pelosi and Democrats allowed their members to serve on committees while removing Republican members.
Party in power makes the rules. Republicans are holding Democrats to the same standards they were held to. At least McCarthy hasn't banned the three from serving on other committees- unlike Pelosi and the shit stain Democrats when removing Republicans. Democrats can fuck off if they don't like living under the rules they created and enforced so gleefully.
Hey, GREAT post--------IF THE TOPIC WAS WHAT YOU WANT TO YAK ABOUT.
But--and correct me if I am wrong------the article was NOT about all that shit now was it?
Your clear implication is that Greene would speak at a racist rally if she was paid enough.
That is also a good reason to keep her off committees.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Spoke at a White Supremacist Event
Web “As Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rep.Paul Gosar speak at this white supremacist, antisemitic, pro-Putin event, silence by Republican party leaders is deafening and …
Obviously not my implication but rather, your assumption.
From your link...........
Oh and you conveniently forgot the rest of the fucking headline...................
Still in full deflection and hypocrite mode I see.
You could at least try to keep on topic.
So you are saying she is a moron who didnt know where she was.
Even I give her a little more credit than that.
Do you REALLY think that she sets up her own schedule? I say bullshit. She has staff that schedules her time and appearances just like any other politician and only knows where she is supposed to be and when and they tell her what to speak about and a lot of times, speech writers do the work and they just read.
So if AOC's staff set up an appearance for her to give a speech at a communist party convention, she would go give the speech because it was on her schedule?
Your argument is silly , at best.
Using your moronic example:
AOC and other lawmakers paid thousands in campaign cash to Chinese-backed entity
It's stupid John, moronic.
Yeah, she wasn't aware that it was a white supremacist event but she had all the projection, deflection, denial down pat and all those racist and anti-semetic comments she made, and she wasn't aware that's what it was???????????????????????????
She just did what was on her schedule?????????????????
So who is her speech writer - Stephen Miller? #45's advisor? Satan's asshole?
What comments would those be that she made at that venue? One would have to read the context of the speech to think that is what she spoke about. Do you have a copy of or link to the speech she gave to share with membership? Or...... perhaps you were in [attendance............Deleted]
[And it's anti-semitic...........]
See comment 4.2.13
Seems to be far less than our current, incompetent WH Liar/Blunderer-in-Chief who (short list):
Yeppers! Amtrak Conductor (with keys!) Joey is a hellova great POTUS!
Occam's Razor being what it is......
Only when you find it convenient.
PD&D, all you have Jasper
A left wingers desperate attempt to deflect from the racists comments by pointing at republicans is hilarious to watch, Democrats are the party of the Klan and always will be.
Whataboutism is the defense of the only one with the guts to show up.
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Yes, we've proven that, haven't we? / S
No, whataboutism plus projection, deflection, and denial is the only defense on the 'right'/RWNJs.
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And another fine wrap up of the week that was.
LOL!
Morning Jim'
You've developed a taste for hogwash? It was hogwash when Jody Iowa did this and it's hogwash when someone else does it.
Opinions do vary.......................Are you denying these things happened? And were news?
However, you are consciously or not imitating Feisty in her praise of Jody's partisan tripe.
Let hilarity ensue -
2020 elections
House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos
The candidate, Marjorie Taylor Greene, finished first in last week’s primary for an open, safe GOP seat in Georgia but still faces an August runoff.
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ional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested that Muslims do not belong in government and thinks black people “are held slaves to the Democratic Party.”
By Ally Mutnick and Melanie Zanona
06/17/2020 12:48 PM EDT
Updated: 06/18/2020 04:24 PM EDT
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The House’s highest-ranking Republicans are racing to distance themselves from a leading GOP congressional candidate in Georgia after POLITICO uncovered hours of Facebook videos in which she expresses racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic views.
The candidate, Marjorie Taylor Greene, suggested that Muslims do not belong in government; thinks black people “are held slaves to the Democratic Party”; called George Soros, a Jewish Democratic megadonor, a Nazi; and said she would feel “proud” to see a Confederate monument if she were black because it symbolizes progress made since the Civil War.
Greene finished first in a primary for a deep-red, northwest Georgia seat last week by a nearly 2-to-1 margin over the second-place candidate. She is entering an August runoff as the favorite to secure the Republican nomination for a district where that is tantamount to winning the general election in November. Her initial victory — which has sparked panic in GOP circles — comes as Republicans are grappling with a national reckoning over racial injustice and police brutality after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last month.
Republicans had just felt relief after they finally ousted Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), a controversial member with a long history of making racist remarks, in a primary earlier this month.
Now GOP lawmakers, aides and operatives fear Greene — a wealthy businesswoman who has already drawn national attention because of her belief in a trove of QAnon ” conspiracy theories — could create an even bigger black eye for the party if she wins the nomination. Greene will face neurosurgeon John Cowan in the Aug. 11 primary runoff.
“These comments are appalling, and Leader McCarthy has no tolerance for them,” said Drew Florio, a spokesman for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) went further, throwing his weight behind Greene’s opponent.
“The comments made by Ms. Greene are disgusting and don’t reflect the values of equality and decency that make our country great,” Scalise said in a statement. “I will be supporting Dr. Cowan.”
In recordings obtained by POLITICO, Greene described Islamic nations under Sharia law as places where men have sex with “little boys, little girls, multiple women” and “marry their sisters” and “their cousins.” She suggested the 2018 midterms — which ushered in the most diverse class of House freshmen — was part of “an Islamic invasion of our government” and that “anyone that is a Muslim that believes in Sharia law does not belong in our government.”
Sounds like lots of projection from MTG.
Yet she and the squad still served on committees under Pelosi's rule. McCarthy should have removed all of the squad from committee assignments- and barred them from serving on any other committees. That would be using the Pelosi standard!
Beijing confirms balloon is Chinese, says entry into US airspace was unintended
Then they should have informed the US government about it in advance- so it could have been taken down before entering US air space.
Excellent point!
They say it was an accident. I'm sure they are weighing the US response to that.....should the US ever respond.
What I want to know is how something as big as "three buses" was ever allowed to get near US air space. Much the less so deep within the country before being detected?
I remember when an airliner made it's way deep into Russian territory after it veered off course. The Russians were PO'd a the US and accused us of having cameras and spy technology on the plane. They were embarrassed as hell that anything made it that far into their territory. I am sure multiple military heads rolled over that gaff.
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I can't imagine our military standards have slackened so much that there won't be a full investigation into why the balloon wasn't detected.
Do you you recall what happened when the world's foremost superpower flew spy missions over rogue states?
"An international diplomatic crisis erupted in May 1960 when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) shot down an American U-2 spy plane in Soviet air space and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers (1929-77). Confronted with the evidence of his nation’s espionage, President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) was forced to admit to the Soviets that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had been flying spy missions over the USSR for several years. The Soviets convicted Powers on espionage charges and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. However, after serving less than two years, he was released in exchange for a captured Soviet agent in the first-ever U.S.-USSR “spy swap.” The U-2 spy plane incident raised tensions between the U.S. and the Soviets during the Cold War (1945-91), the largely political clash between the two superpowers and their allies that emerged following World War II."
Look at us now!
I know we have our own share of warts when it comes to spying on other countries.
But no country as advanced as Russia or the US should ever allow anything into their air space undetected.
I couldn't agree more. Right now we have a president who had a son who took millions from the CCP. That meant something.
The fear of what the US might do ended with the 2020 election.
Unintended, my ass.
How did that huge balloon travel thousands of miles across the Pacific, enter northwestern Canadian airspace (near southeastern AK) and then make a loop to travel south to specifically hover over Montana's military locations?????
It not only begs the question on Chinese intentions, but why the US military let it glide along into our airspace, which is a violation of our sovereignty & international law. It could be argued that it is clearly an act of war. Presidential candidate Nikki Haley recently said that it should have been shot down. There is no doubt in my mind that the CCP would not have pulled this stunt when Trump was President.
I cannot disagree with anything in your comment, especially your last sentence.
From China expert, Gordon Chang this morning ... MT isn't the only state ... (see map in article)
And, Catherine Herridge just said that the CCP balloon was gathering Intel over MISSOURI.
you do know the Japanese did the same thing back in the early 1940s right? (41-45)
Gordon Chang IMO is our leading expert on China. I like where he points out that the CCP places political will over weapons.
They were after raw materials. China has a stockpile already.
"Gordon Chang, author of "The Coming Collapse of China," famously predicted in 2001 that the Communist Party would fall from power in a decade.
When 2011 came with the party still firmly in the saddle, he confessed his mistake and said: "I admit it: my prediction that the Communist Party would fall by 2011 was wrong. Still, I'm only off by a year."
"Instead of 2011," he wrote in Foreign Policy magazine on Dec. 29, 2011, "the mighty Communist Party of China will fall in 2012. Bet on it."
As a result, he made Foreign Policy's "10 worst predictions of the year" twice in a row."
For Robert E Lee it was Gettysburg. For Napoleon it was Waterloo. For the Coca Cola company it was "New Coke."
They all make mistakes.
Correction. Jennifer Griffin, not Catherine Herridge.
I remember several liberals claiming the earth will end in 12 years because of climate change.......30 years ago.
The Chinese are not spying on us with a hot air balloon.
They have TikTok for that.
Then the US military is wrong?
Warner, Rubio call for "immediate compliance" with request for Trump, Biden classified documents
#45 never complied.
Have you noticed how I, as the author, have allowed everything to be part of the topic?
So?
Manchin and Cruz team up on bill to protect gas stoves
So as usual, Manchin and Cruz do NOTHING.
Protect gas stoves from what?
Proposed regulations to make them 3.4% more efficient.
Proposed regulation to make sure all new gas stove installations have a working hood that vents to the outside of the home.
As opposed to the 20 states that allow counties and municipalities to ban all new construction with natural gas heat, water heaters or ranges.
This isn't a new idea but it is gaining speed nationwide to replace gas appliances with electric ones.
Except in the 21 red states whose legislatures have already banned bans on gas ranges.
Democrats are going to be pushing whatabout narratives focused on 'white supremacists' to defend Ilhan Omar. But those comparisons only serve to show who and what Ilhan Omar really is. Democrats are casting Omar as a bigot among bigots. That alone demonstrates what Democrats identity politics is really about.
How does the military know the balloon floating over Montana is a Chinese surveillance balloon? Just because a big brassed general say it doesn't make it so. There are other possible explanations that have been reported recently.
I wondering how a balloon can apparently just "float" over Montana. It seems like the upper winds would have carried it away by now.
I was wondering the same thing so I looked up the jet stream altitude. They did say that it was floating above commercial aircraft altitudes which would be around 36,000 feet. No one has said how high it was but what I did find was there it a jetstream at up to 52,000 feet. Not sure but did see in another report from the Chinese that it does have "limited navigation capabilities".
New article has this..............
dammit , they are looking for my antelope, deer and elk hunting spots ......
I notice there’s no attempt to justify keeping the anti American racist Omar on the committee, just whataboutism and deflection.
I guess we all agree omar is not fit to serve.
and I notice there IS an attempt to justify keeping the bigots Greene and Gosar on the committee.
So put you down as supporting the removal of Omar. Got it.
Greene and Gosar were removed by Pelosi and the Democrats- from all committees.
Seems that Pelosi and Democrats didn't have the same stomach to take care of their own garbage.
Republicans are in charge now; so Democrat garbage is being removed and Republican garbage to stay.
You have a problem with that take it up with Queen Bitch Nancy Pelosi; since she is the one that made the rule to begin with.
McCarthy should have banned Omar from serving in any committee like the Queen Bitch did to Greene and Gosar; but seems McCarthy hasn't gotten the hang of retaliation quite yet. I am sure if the Democrats keep yapping their hypocritical gums constantly he will come around and move all bans to full ones.
The ageing Pelosi was afraid of how vocal and potentially powerful the Marxist Squad had become. The only way for her to keep her gavel was to allow them to say whatever they wanted.
Reminder - "The Squad" now includes men.
There are 9 of them now as well. All with the same antiSemitic, anti-American, Marxist stupidity of the original 4.
Wonder how long it will take for more of them to get removed from committee assignments?
That selective memory allows for unfounded fake ass outrage that we are seeing.
Of course they aren't going to clean up their trash. Remember this is the same party that allowed a person with no security clearance and another who consistently lied during an investigation on the Intelligence Committee.
House GOP investigating John Kerry's secret China negotiations
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/house-gop-investigating-john-kerrys-secret-china-negotiations?utm_source=sf&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twjs
It's the Benjamin's, baby. Forever and for always, it's about the money.
That is exactly what Ilhan Omar said that got her branded antisemitic. She is not...
The little terrorist is absolutely an antisemite, Is she still sleeping with her brother? and what's with democrat politicians and their incest?
Is it your belief that not supporting every decision by a nation makes one a racist? Your 2 subsequent questions are at best ludicrous.
Can you point out the word racist in my comment, if not, then feel free to fuck off until you can.
Yes, that is clearly anti-Semitic and that's the point our friend John misses. Omar is only banned from the Foreign Relations Committee because of her stated positions on Israel. Pelosi banned MTG from all Committee's because of an eccentricity.
You should have been a mother pleading for her son: "Yes your Honor, I know my boy killed 11 people but 23 of them deserved it."
I thought you'd know the difference between eccentricity and racism.
I do, both of us are eccentric, neither of us are racists.
Very good.
Oh goody, do I get a C+ ... @!@
All his questions are at best ludicrous. Also is obsessed with incest and fucking off.
Eccentricity???????????????????
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Is that what they're calling hate and racism and arrogance/ignorance these days?
I apologize in advance, but every time I see Kerry, even when he was a lot younger, he reminds me of "death warmed over".
I once had a friend who used to call him "old horse face."
Mother Nature didn't smile upon his face, that's for sure.
Mother Nature can be fickle, but she got it right with him.
"John Kerry and a horse walk into a bar. Bartender asks "Why the long faces fellas?""
My Favorite John Kerry joke,
"You see the pictures in the paper today of John Kerry windsurfing? He's at his home in Nantucket this week, doing his favorite thing, windsurfing. Even his hobby depends on which way the wind blows."
Jay Leno.
you knew my father ?
Did he grow up in Somerville?
he has went way past that into crypt keeper territory ......
almost bella abzug range ......
Framingham, but worked most places in eastern Ma., family stomping grounds so to speak .
Framingham is now regarded as the capitol of Brazil.
Eh, i DO remember thats where Obamas Kenyan uncle was arrested for DUI, i even use to frequent the bar he was coming from .
I remember that too and although I didn't know it at the time, (I doubt anyone knew) when Barack Obama was going to Harvard University he lived in/near Davis Square. You might also be interested in knowing that when they were young Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg worked at a Somerville car wash.