The Official 118th Congress 2023-24 Thread

[Voldemort86 2259]

On 3/26/2024 at 7:38 PM, SydneyCarton said:

The shitbag cop who was fired for repeatedly tampering with evidence did something criminal with money? No wai!

He’s also one of the idiots who was yelling at the GOP for getting rid of George santos. He acts As if we should all just encourage people to lie on their resumes and reward them for it by not firing them when caught.

[Macanudo 12929]

He was also at the door of the House yelling at Ashlee Babbit to stand down when she was shot but is still a huge January 6th denier  He's a an All-Star GQP Choad.

[WithoutAClue 15241]

[Sawbonz 27445]

On 3/26/2024 at 5:12 PM, The Dog said:

 

[Smax 3800]

Jim Jordan demands advertisers explain why they won't advertise on Trump's Truth Social

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/05/jim-jordan-demands-major-ad-companies-explain-why-they-wont-advertise-on-truth-social/

Spoiler

im Jordan, who heads the House Judiciary Committee and its subcommittee on “the weaponization of the federal government,” continues to use “weaponize the power of the federal government” to punish his enemies and support his friends. He’s done this before. Many times before.

The latest seems particularly pathetic. You would have to be particularly wedded to weaponizing your power to think that a congressional committee has any role in figuring out why companies don’t want to advertise on Truth Social or ExTwitter. But apparently, Jim Jordan has decided to be just that pathetic.

In the wake of Donald Trump’s Truth Social going public and revealing that it’s only earning around $1 million/quarter (i.e., a few hundred thousand dollars per month) because no one but scammers want to advertise on a small platform full of very clueless people, Jordan is pretending that it violates the law for big ad firms to not buy ads on sites dominated by conspiracy theorists and grifters.

He sent out letters to some of the largest advertisers, accusing them of antitrust violations for merely pointing out that for the sake of brand safety, companies should think carefully before putting their ads on sites frequented by conspiracy theory nutjobs.

Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to the Chief Executive Officers of Diageo, GroupM, Mars, Incorporated, The Procter & Gamble Company, and Unilever, all members of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media’s (GARM) Steer Team, requesting documents and communications as the Committee continues its oversight of the adequacy and enforcement of U.S. antitrust laws. The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) through its GARM initiative may be acting inconsistent with U.S. antitrust laws and congressional intent by coordinating GARM members’ efforts to demonetize and eliminate disfavored content online. 

Evidence obtained by the Committee suggests that GARM members, led by Steer Team members, are colluding to demonetize conservative platforms and voices. This coordination does not always revolve around “brand safety” and “harmful” content as GARM publicly claims, but instead the desire to censor conservative and other views that GARM members disfavor. Communications reviewed by the Committee directly connects the major corporations with these efforts.

So, first of all: bullshit. None of the companies want to “censor conservative” views. It’s just that, in the current moment, more conservatives believe in nonsense and conspiracy theories, in part due to efforts by nonsense peddlers like Jim Jordan. That’s not to say there isn’t some level of nonsense and conspiracy thinking at the other end of the spectrum, because there is. But it’s become mainstream thinking in the modern GOP, with the help of people like Jordan.

And company ad strategy is never driven by ideology. It’s always driven by what is best for the company’s bottom line. Companies would happily advertise to conspiracy theorist nutjobs, of the like Jordan likes to cultivate, if it helps their bottom line. It’s just that the companies have realized that most people are actually turned off by conspiracy theory nutjobs and get a negative impression of advertisers who cater to them.

Hence the “brand safety.”

The demands from Jordan are pretty silly.

Procter & Gamble’s position on GARM’s Steer Team places Procter & Gamble at the center of many of the concerning actions GARM and its members coordinated. Evidence the Committee has obtained suggests that GARM members, led by Steer Team members, are colluding to demonetize conservative platforms and voices. Further, this coordination does not always revolve around “brand safety” and “harmful” content as GARM publicly claims, but instead the desire to censor conservative and other views that GARM members disfavor. Communications the Committee has reviewed directly connects Procter & Gamble with these efforts.

Under the Sherman Act, these types of agreements may be illegal, and they require considering the adequacy of current law. The actions are concerning and warrant oversight because the harm that GARM causes to consumers is severe. For example, content creators lose revenue as “advertising investment is steered away from” content that GARM disfavors. Less content is then available as platforms remove disfavored material, and as creators and publishers lose income.

Advertising companies speaking up and suggesting “hey, maybe we shouldn’t help fund websites pushing fascist ideology, or pushing the drinking of bleach as a healthcare solution” are not engaging in antitrust activity. They’re just responding with common sense to the kind of nonsense coming out of the House these days.

 

This fucking guy ...

 

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[Satchel 6908]

Watching the Mayorkas impeachment is fascinating. Republicans have reduced it to gumming up their own show with a bunch of procedural votes in hopes of delaying the inevitable. They acting like children.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33850]

fascinating or sad? 

[atomheartbevo 89465]

1 minute ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

fascinating or sad? 

 

Watching the Republican Party reduce its self to doing political theater for the dumbest fucking people in the country is interesting as well.  It’s like if TexAgs somehow elected dozens of its users to the House of Representatives.

[The Dog 43836]

 

[Horn Dog 9676]

I have not watched any of it but I did hear Moscow Mitch’s comments on NPR on the way him.  A few thoughts:

1. He sounds absolutely horrible and will likely be dead in a few months.  This does not upset me even though he will be replaced by something even worse.

2. Mitch is IMPLORING his colleagues to not ignore their constitutional duty to take up this matter referred from the house and to have a full hearing because not taking this up and giving it full consideration would set a terrible precedent!!   Lol.   FUCK YOU MITCH!

[Gatorubet 30134]

12 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

Just released footage of United States Senate dealing with Mike Johnson impeachment referral.

[SydneyCarton 47926]

16 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

Watching the Republican Party reduce its self to doing political theater for the dumbest fucking people in the country is interesting as well.  It’s like if TexAgs somehow elected dozens of its users to the House of Representatives.

Clearly you’re not familiar with the Texas state senate, or house. 

[atomheartbevo 89465]

21 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:

1. He sounds absolutely horrible and will likely be dead in a few months.  This does not upset me even though he will be replaced by something even worse.

But he won’t be replaced by somebody as competent as him.

 

Edited April 17 by atomheartbevo

[Blotto 23434]

27 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

 

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[WithoutAClue 15241]

[C-Man 27071]

Rep Leger Fernandez with receipts:

https://www.threads.net/@bidenharrishq/post/C6ZRvHIhBOn/?xmt=AQGznhaPYxZTpgPtGURwhsnZrOLyiwSRqSaA3_h1oI7aJw

[HendersonHorns 85]

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4636945-antisemitism-bill-campus-protests/
 

I haven’t seen this on this board  

Am I wrong to think this bill is terrifying?  
 

they passed this yesterday late afternoon with 300+ votes. 

[WhatTheBuck 28718]

55 minutes ago, HendersonHorns said:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4636945-antisemitism-bill-campus-protests/
 

I haven’t seen this on this board  

Am I wrong to think this bill is terrifying?  
 

they passed this yesterday late afternoon with 300+ votes. 

Let the drag shows commence, wait for the Neo-Nazi protestors to show up.

Remove statues of Confederate generals from all the campuses and wait for same.

[WithoutAClue 15241]

i can't find a better thread to post this in...

 

[The Dog 43836]

 

[Bullneck 19018]

 

 

[atomheartbevo 89465]

On 6/14/2024 at 7:50 PM, Bullneck said:

 

 

I know grandparents like to dote on their grandkids, but he shouldn’t be hauling his grandson around Congress during official business.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33850]

12 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I know grandparents like to dote on their grandkids, but he shouldn’t be hauling his grandson around Congress during official business.

pretty sure that's his kid - to a woman he groomed until she was old enough to marry. 

[Js1 85141]

Just now, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

pretty sure that's his kid - to a woman he groomed until she was old enough to marry. 

[TheStoicPaisano 9904]

I expect nothing to be done to Ronny. Dunno what rookie Hunt has done, but he seems safe in his district.

[Redneck Mutha 7935]

*Johnson

[Js1 85141]

5 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

I expect nothing to be done to Ronny. Dunno what rookie Hunt has done, but he seems safe in his district.

Hunt committed a cardinal sin - congressing while black 

[TheStoicPaisano 9904]

 

[TheStoicPaisano 9904]

 

[Js1 85141]

LOL they're gonna cave

 

 

[Js1 85141]

They caved - no shutdown, clean CR with no SAVE Act, pre-Christmas fight for the lame duck session