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In a stunning reversal, the House Ethics Committee has voted to release its damning report on Matt Gaetz. He just wants to make a few "minor" edits first. www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-ga... #mattgaetz #ethics #HEC #HouseEthicsCommittee #gaetz #ethicsreport #trump #maga #congress #uspoli #GOP #AG
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#Trump's daily #chaos #circus is already back in full force. Yesterday's flood of #scandal was a reminder of the past — and a preview of our future. #politics #maga #congress #GOP #ethics #qualifications #FBI #background check #vetting #integrity #character #politics #government #Gaetz #PeteHegseth #defense #security #SexualAbuse #rape #DOJ #justice https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-gaetz-hegseth-chaos-factory #nationalsecurity
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Proximity to sexual abuse and scandal increasingly looks like a prerequisite for joining Trump’s upcoming Cabinet.
President-elect Donald Trump made yet another surprising pick on Tuesday,
naming former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO #Linda #McMahon as his intended nominee for education secretary.McMahon, along with her husband, #Vince #McMahon, helped turn the WWE into the pervasive entertainment product that has become intertwined with modern North American culture.
Trump was a good friend to the McMahons during this time, even getting in the ring for the “Battle of the Billionaires” in 2007.Linda McMahon stepped down from WWE in 2009 and launched herself in conservative politics,
serving on the Connecticut State Board of Education and running two unsuccessful campaigns for Senate in 2010 and 2012.
She then became a Republican megadonor, and was rewarded with an administrator position at the Small Business Administration in Trump’s first-term Cabinet.
On Tuesday, she was rewarded once again.
“Linda will use her decades of Leadership experience, and deep understanding of both Education and Business, to empower the next Generation of American Students and Workers, and make America Number One in Education in the World,” Trump wrote in a statement.
“We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort.”But much like Trump Cabinet picks #Pete #Hegseth and #Matt #Gaetz, McMahon has troubling skeletons in her closet.
The WWE has long been known for its highly questionable, borderline abusive work environment.
Linda McMahon and Vince McMahon
—from whom she is now reportedly separated
—are being sued by five anonymous plaintiffs who served as “ring boys,” essentially teenage stagehands.
The ring boys allege that they were being sexually abused by WWE wrestlers Pat Patterson and Terry Garvin.
The suit states that both Linda and Vince knew exactly what was happening to the ring boys but did little, if anything, to stop it.
Vince faces even more damaging allegations of sexual assault, trafficking, and more.
And although these are separate from Linda, almost all of these accusations date from when Linda was leading the WWE.
Trump has yet to comment on the allegations.
Linda McMahon also falsely claimed in 2009 on a candidate questionnaire for the Connecticut Board of Education that she had a bachelor’s degree in education,
-- when she only has a certificate.
Per The Washington Post’s recap of the incident, she resigned from the board as soon as she heard that local journalists intended to make her error public,
but claimed the timing of her resignation was merely coincidental.If confirmed as education secretary, McMahon will be charged with carrying out Trump’s plan for the Department of Education:
specifically, to kill it completely.https://newrepublic.com/post/188630/linda-mcmahon-trump-cabinet-sexual-abuse-scandal
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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray
asking for
“the complete evidentiary file” from the agency’s investigation
into allegations of sex trafficking of minors against former Rep. #Matt #Gaetz (R-Fla.),
whom President-elected Trump has tapped to become the next attorney general.The Democratic senators, led by Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (Ill.),
say the allegations against Gaetz are “significant” in light of his associate,
#Joe #Greenberg, having pleaded guilty to the sex trafficking charge for which the Florida Republican was also investigated -
Today's best news: in a secret ballot GOP snubs MAGA faction. More of this, please. https://archive.fo/jZdYa #kakistocracy #thune #gaetz #trump #tuckercarlson #musk #maga #fafo -
Republican voters knew #Mark #Robinson was a bad man when they chose him.
Now they know he is a very bad man.
Yet North Carolina Republicans are doubling down.Robinson has denied that the newly surfaced posts are his
— but without addressing any of the evidence showing that the postings match screen names he’s used, match his email address and match key biographical details.⭐️To the G.O.P., the real problem was the report, not the facts.
The party issued a statement saying that “the Left can try to smear” Robinson “all they want” and “demonize him via personal attacks.”What makes the situation all the more grievous is that Robinson is running as an outspoken evangelical.
One of his spokesmen, Mike Lonergan, has described him as “very bold and outspoken about his Christian faith.”Both parties are vulnerable to nominating or electing the occasional crank,
but ♦️Donald Trump’s ascendance meant that a crank leads the party,
and the best way to join with him is to imitate him.That’s how you get a Mark #Robinson, or a Marjorie Taylor #Greene, or a Lauren #Boebert, or a Matt #Gaetz.
The list goes on.That’s how leaders change institutions.
They make them into images of themselves.In this case, Trump has done so explicitly.
💥Almost all the worst figures in the Republican Party have ridden Trump endorsements to the top of their local pyramids.Robinson received Trump’s endorsement and swamped his primary opposition.
Trump even called him “Martin Luther King on steroids.”The lesson is simple:
🔸If you want more Mark Robinsons, vote for Donald Trump.🔥It’s possible that the Republican Party is simply too far gone, at least for now.
A primary electorate that chooses Robinson over more reasonable candidates by 45 points
— and a party that blames “the left” for revealing that he’s even worse than anyone knew
— does not seem ready to change.🆘 But unless and until the Republican Party reverses course
and purges MAGA from the party every bit as thoroughly as it has purged Reaganism,
American politics will remain unstable.A coalition of decency
(who could ever imagine Nancy Pelosi and Dick Cheney voting for the same candidate?)
will have to continue to set aside profound differences for a larger purpose:
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This marks the 1st time that sworn #testimony has been referenced in public court filings alleging that the #congress member attended one of the long-rumored parties tied to an alleged #underage #SexScandal. Previous reports have revealed details of ex-politician & #MattGaetz friend Joel Greenberg’s confession letter that was never made public, which described how #Gaetz would allegedly pay him to arrange several sexual encounters w/young women—incl a 17-yr-old girl.
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Former speaker McCarthy has spent much of his time, energy and money since leaving Congress in a bid to defeat the Republicans who cost him his gavel — and his political career
During the awkward interludeafter he was ousted from the speakership but before he resigned from Congress, #Kevin #McCarthy found himself standing on the House floor one afternoon next to Representative #Bob #Good of Virginia, ◻️one of the eight Republicans who had voted to remove him from power.◻️
🔶“I just traveled to your district,” Mr. McCarthy, still raw over his political downfall, said in what was interpreted as a vaguely threatening tone. “It’s a really nice district.”
🔷“Why don’t you come down and spend money there?” Mr. Good, the chairman of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, taunted Mr. McCarthy in response.
🔶“Oh, I’m going to,” Mr. McCarthy shot back. “I might spend $5 million there, too.”
In this instance, Mr. McCarthy was as good as his word.🔴In the months that followed, he helped direct more than $6 million into the race to defeat Mr. Good,
who is now fighting to hang on to his seat after coming up 375 votes short in his recent primary against a Trump-backed challenger, John J. #McGuire.
(Mr. Good’s campaign is paying for a recount, and he is claiming there was “inappropriate activity” at ballot drop boxes in Lynchburg, the district’s biggest city.)Mr. McCarthy’s campaign to bring down Mr. Good was just one part of an ⭐️elaborate and expensive campaign of revenge ⭐️he has mounted since leaving Congress, one designed to ruin the Republicans he holds responsible for his demise.
“Bob Good was defeated, but the loser just can’t accept it yet,” said Brian O. #Walsh, a top McCarthy ally who is coordinating the former speaker’s efforts to unseat the so-called “Crazy Eight” Republicans who crossed him.
Mr. McCarthy spent more than $4 million in an unsuccessful bid to defeat Representative Nancy #Mace of South Carolina in her primary last month, and his allies are now promoting ethics allegations against her in hopes of making her unelectable in the future.
He and his allies are backing a challenger to Representative Eli #Crane of Arizona, the sole first-term Republican who voted to remove Mr. McCarthy, who faces a primary in August.
And Mr. McCarthy is going after Representative Matt #Gaetz of Florida, his chief tormentor and the ringleader of the push to depose him, pushing accusations that Mr. Gaetz had sex with an underage girl.
Representative Matt #Rosendale of Montana, another of the Republicans who voted to oust the former speaker, abruptly dropped his re-election bid in March after rampant rumors circulated that he had an affair with a staff member.
Mr. Walsh declined to comment on whether Mr. McCarthy and those in his orbit had anything to do with that decision. But Mr. Rosendale’s decision saved them millions of dollars.
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#GeorgeSantos , #MattGaetz and #AndyOgles were the Three Deplorable Amigos in the #DoNothing House of Representatives.
#Santos was expelled from #Congress and #Gaetz is the target of a new #Ethics probe.
And now #Ogles has a firebrand challenger from #Nashville gunning for him because he has done nothing. ✅ #USpol #CourtneyJohnston #Tennessee #TN5
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Matt Gaetz’s #CauseChaos Agenda 😶
““He’s the most #unpopular member of #Congress, with the possible exception of #MarjorieTaylorGreene, and he doesn’t care,” a fellow-congressman told me. With a combination of #charisma and #gleefulshamelessness, #Gaetz had come to embody the new #Republicancreed of doing whatever it took, and laying waste to #whatever it takes, to insure that Donald #Trump would #survive and #succeed.”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/26/matt-gaetz-profile
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Pugilism is in; Civility is out with our #Republican legislators!
“It's no wonder that Americans gave #Congress an approval rating of 13% last month — its lowest mark since 2017.”
#McCarthy ‘elbows' Burchett
#Gaetz files ‘ethics' complaint against McCarthy
Sen #Mullin challenges witness to a fight
#MarjorieTaylorGreen calls Rep #Issa a ‘pu**y’
Rep #Comer explodes at Rep #MoskowitzAnd remember when Rep #Rogers had to be restrained after lunging at Rep Gaetz!
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…Since the spring of 2021, #Gaetz has been under investigation over allegations he engaged in #SexualMisconduct & #IllicitDrug use, shared #inappropriate images or videos on the #House floor, misused state identification records, converted #CampaignFunds to #personal use & accepted impermissible #gifts under #HouseRules, among other allegations.
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#Gaetz’s Ouster of #McCarthy Draws Attention to His #Ethics Issues
Rep #MattGaetz is facing a #House Cmte inquiry into allegations of #SexualMisconduct & #MisuseOfFunds. Rep #KevinMcCarthy has argued Gaetz’s move against his #speakership is #payback.
#HouseRepublicans are a #mess
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/us/politics/gaetz-ethics-committee-house.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
It “was personal,” #KevinMcCarthy said of Rep Matt #Gaetz’s move to remove him from the #speakership.
“It had nothing to do about #spending,” he said.“It all was about getting #attention…. I mean, we’re getting email #fundraisers from him.”
That, he said, “is not #governing. That’s not becoming of a member of #Congress.”
“And regardless of what you think, I’ve seen the texts,” McCarthy said. “It was all about his ethics.”
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In a fiery (#performative) floor speech yesterday, #Gaetz vowed that if House *Speaker* #KevinMcCarthy seeks to pass government #funding #legislation w/o including any #concessions to the #FreedomCaucus, he will trigger a vote to #depose #McCarthy.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement
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Matt #Gaetz to #FBI Director Christopher #Wray:
"Did you beat your wife on Tuesday, or on Wednesday?"
Christopher Wray: "..."
Gaetz: "WhY WoN't YoU AnSwEr ThE QuEsTiOn??? ThIs iS ProOf yOu'Re LyInG tO tHe AmErIcAn pEoPlE!!!"
This is, apparently, what passes for legitimate #oversight among #Republicans.🙄
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I could care less about Representative #Gaetz's legal sexual habits. If he wants to bang men while he's married that is between him and his wife.
What I do care about is that he's a #seditious fascist who tried to overthrow the lawful government of the USA and install DJT as #dictator.
And I think that means he should not be seated, nor should he be a free man.
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As Kevin McCarthy ceded his power to the crazies, I couldn't help considering the parallels to a more famous McCarthy: Charlie.
#kevinMcCarthy #speakerVote #politics #composite #photoshop #originalJoke #meme #gaetz #bobert #AltText
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History likes to repeat itself.
#USPOL #McCarthy #Boebert #Gaetz #TaylorGreen #Gosar #Biggs #Jordan #SpeakerOfTheHouse #Republicans #Fascism
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There's nothing to fear
except (of course) fear itself...
plus lunatic pols.#Haiku #Senryu #Politics #USPolitics #House #Speaker #McCarthy #Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Biggs #Boebert #Gaetz #Gosar #MTG
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The #GOP fighting for the American people. Just kidding y’all, this is about personal power and escaping accountability. #Speaker #McCarthy #Gaetz #mikerogers
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#Vote gaveled closed! 11:32pm
McCarthy 216
Jeffries 212 💜💜💜
Biggs 2
Jordan 2
"Present" 2 😂 Bobert & GaetzVote to adjourn House till noon Monday. Looks like the #Nay (Dems mostly) vote has it but it was close. #AllNighter
Count went to adjourn with 5 seconds on the clock! Then #KevinMcCarthy got #Gaetz to change his vote to nay.....
Lol! Going to #Ballot15
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Republicans are too full of shit to even govern their own party. They should never be anywhere near power of any kind.
What a bunch of absolute morons.
And this was AFTER McCarthy made a concession to allow either one, or a mere handful of House members to challenge and remove him as speaker anytime.
He handed MAGA his balls and still couldn't get it done.
So now we have the People's House entirely being held hostage by the tiniest sliver of the UltraMAGA insurrection caucus.
Basically nothing will get done without #gaetz #greene #boebert #gosar #biggs and #jordan
Gonna be a nasty two years in the 118th Congress.
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OK, it’s good that Joel Greenberg got 11 years, but the extent of his crimes justified much more.
Also, the part where the #Gaetz probe is “stalled” is bullshit generated by Gaetz pal neo-Nazi #Chuck Johnson who works for Peter Thiel. #PFT
https://abcnews.go.com/US/gaetz-associate-sentenced-11-years-sources-probe-florida/story?id=94225875
