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Cheney is on the committee, per Pelosi this morning

Will be chaired by Bennie Thompson.  Also includes Adam Schiff, Jamie Raskin, Elaine Lauria, Pete Aguilar, Stephanie Murphy and Zoe Lofgren

McCarthy still gets 5 picks but Pelosi can veto them.  Cheney was one of Pelosi's 8 picks. 

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2 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

Well, there's a pretty decent chance that if the committee does their work, he will, so there's that. And don't think Liz Cheney et al. isn't/aren't calculating those odds.

1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

McCarthy is obstructing because he will be subpoenaed. 

This is why you don’t let people investigate themselves. Cops, Congress, Government, they all do it and they all get away with murder. Literally 

You would think McCarthy would want people on the committee so they can obstruct.  Some will scoff and say nothing will happen, but McCarthy is clearly afraid there will be plenty of stuff uncovered that will make for some awesome campaign ads for Democrats next year.

And I'm guessing that McCarthy thinks that any Republicans on the committee will be able to use whatever is found to unseat him.

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LOL at Kinzinger.  Put that man on the committee.

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Reacting to the news of McCarthy's threat, Kinzinger, who said he didn't hear it directly from McCarthy, told reporters, "Who gives a sh*t?"

"When you've got people that say crazy stuff and you're not gonna make that threat, to make the threat the truth tellers, you've lost, you know any credibility and then so that's all I'm gonna say on it."

 

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5 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

What the hell is he still doing with an R next to his name?  Not saying he needs to be a Democrat, but he is in no way a 2021 Republican.

He won't be one after 2022, he either loses a primary or gets drawn out and quits. 

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1 minute ago, Neonmoon said:

Sad Porter wasn’t chosen 

Her bread and butter is going after Wall Street and consumer issues.

I'm fine with who has been chosen:

  • Schiff - Chair of House Intelligence
  • Raskin - Vice Chair of the House Administration committee and on the Oversight committee
  • Luria - Armed Services and Homeland Security
  • Aguilar - House Administration
  • Lofgren - Chair of House Administration
  • Thompson - Chair of Homeland Security
  • Cheney - Armed Services
  • Murphy - Armed Services

A good mix of intelligence, armed services, homeland security and House Administration (operations and security of the House) 

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8 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Projected Kevin McCarthy selections:

Louie Gohmert, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene

Then Nancy vetoes all of them and the only Republican on the panel is non traitor Cheney and Nancy probably sticks kinzinger on there as well. 
 

It’s time to stop giving one single fuck about what traitor republicans think or want. 

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8 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Projected Kevin McCarthy selections:

Louie Gohmert, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene

Switch out Jordan for Gosar and we have the ingredients for a recipe that leads to utter collapse of the Trump moment in our nation's history. 

I am not a Schiff hater, but he has been overused (as has Jim Jordan on the other side). Fresher voices are needed.

Porter (numbers person) would have been refreshing for those weary of Schiff. 

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3 hours ago, Js1 said:

Kinzinger and Cheney are going to call McCarthy's bluff on the committee assignments. 

That's all these bozos have is bluff.  They have no viable plan for anything to point back to and take credit.  It's all read and react, and stymy.  Play for time and hope the anger subsides as the next news cycle comes up.  

But the thing is is that climate change is about to take center stage, and it's just going to be heaped onto this bonfire of grift.  With or without Dem incompetence running the show, there will be enough come out to push these trolls back under their bridge.  But it will take finding another Walter Cronkite or Edward Morrow to get the info out and believed.

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5 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

McCarthy is obstructing because he will be subpoenaed. 

This is why you don’t let people investigate themselves. Cops, Congress, Government, they all do it and they all get away with murder. Literally 

The first thing they should do is play the recording of McCarthy telling Paul Ryan and other GOP cohorts that he thinks Trump and Rohrabacher are being paid by the Russians. 

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11 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Would love to see AOC on the committee while the Georgia peach pit stews.  

The 7 Dems + Cheney have already been chosen.  A lot of really good picks of those on various intelligence, armed services, homeland security and oversight/House admin (ops and security) experience. 

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Why won’t the media ask McCarthy why he gave up subpoena and veto power in a proposed external investigation in favor of a Select Committee composition that puts him and his party at a distinct disadvantage?

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On 6/30/2021 at 3:13 PM, Js1 said:

Commission passed 222-190.  19 Republicans didn't vote.  Kinzinger and Cheney were the only yes votes.  Both will likely be 2 of the 5 GOP picks by Pelosi. 

Sad that only 2 of 213 Rs care about how history will view them. 

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3 minutes ago, Hookah Horns said:

Sad that only 2 of 213 Rs care about how history will view them. 

They figure they will win and rewrite history to suit their purposes.  The way of the white European male.   And some Khans,  I am sure.

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Moscow Mitch may be a completely corrupt piece of shit who doesn’t care if he wrecks the country to advance his interests and his corrupt political party, but he’s not a great tactician.  He totally blew this one and left a steaming pile of shit in the house republicans lap and I couldn’t be happier about it. Nancy played Moscow Mitch like a fiddle here. 

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1 hour ago, bluto said:

Re Babbitt shooting. The nyt video does a great job piecing the background together on that moment and what was going on. No shit alert, but she had it coming.

That was a good shooting. If he loses that door, the protective unit loses members of Congress to a mob threatening to kill elected members of government. Poor job transitioning by the Capitol Police. They were switching out officers without riot gear for those with riot gear at that door and - she pounced in that frenzied moment. The person behind the door performed his duty. 

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3 hours ago, Js1 said:

The 7 Dems + Cheney have already been chosen

Did any one of you ever think the Democrats would be celebrating a Cheney as a white knight?  

  • There can always be changes if the work proves too difficult or time-consuming for some. 
  • This cannot be an redux of impeachments 1 and 2. 
  • A fresh, independent and trusted perspective will increase odds of success and impact. 

Other than that - which is correctable - I want to see legislative changes with real impact. The Supreme Court is toothless when Congress acts. Congress has been asleep at the wheel. We need fresh blood in those roles.

TLDR:

Spoiler

This lineup is so yesterday. 

 

with all due respect and humor, as intended, of course.

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Moscow Mitch may be a completely corrupt piece of shit who doesn’t care if he wrecks the country to advance his interests and his corrupt political party, but he’s not a great tactician.  He totally blew this one and left a steaming pile of shit in the house republicans lap and I couldn’t be happier about it. Nancy played Moscow Mitch like a fiddle here. 
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They’re trying to inject legitimacy into her actions. All they need is a crack. Same with just needing one state to overturn. They just need a crack to inject doubt. 

If they name the officer, they can try and wiggle some reasons as to why he did it, other than doing his job because a traitor was attacking the capital.  Trump lies constantly, about everything, anything, all to distract, distort, bully, cajole, and control the narrative. The only way to stop a compulsive liar is to stop listening.

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3 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

They’re trying to inject legitimacy into her actions. All they need is a crack. Same with just needing one state to overturn. They just need a crack to inject doubt. 

If they name the officer, they can try and wiggle some reasons as to why he did it, other than doing his job because a traitor was attacking the capital.  Trump lies constantly, about everything, anything, all to distract, distort, bully, cajole, and control the narrative. The only way to stop a compulsive liar is to stop listening.

Trump knows the name of the officer. Why won’t he tell them?

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