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#OTD (June 17) in 1957, Frank #Scalise, #Mafia lieutenant to Albert #Anastasia, is murdered at a produce shop in the #BronxNY.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/06/fruits-vegetables-may-be-hazardous-to.html

#NewYork #MafiaHistory #History #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Dec 18) in 1920, New York crime figure Frank #Scalise is arrested at #NewRochelleNY for burglary.

#MafiaHistory
#Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Dec 15) in 1923, #NewYork crime figure Frank #Scalise is arrested in #Manhattan for burglary.

#MafiaHistory
#Histodons @mafiahistory

🚨 MAKE SURE YOU'RE CALLING ABOUT #KOSA THIS WEEK‼️
Call your #senators and #representatives and House Leadership:

Steve #Scalise: (202) 225-3015
Mike #Johnson: (202) 225-2777

#CALL #SCRIPT:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IyBUe6frFGF44rJQU3TahZ5zyG3tC7jai_hPneAKlnM/mobilebasic

#SteveScalise Knows Exactly What Led to the #BourbonStreet Attack: #DEI Initiatives
#Scalise claimed diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives bore part of the blame for #lawenforcement’s failure to disrupt attack that left 15 people dead and dozens more injured.
“Some of these agencies have gotten so wrapped up in the DEI movement — call it #wokeness, call it whatever you want — where their main focus is on diversity and inclusion as opposed to security,” https://theintercept.com/2025/01/02/steve-scalise-bourbon-street-new-orleans-attack/
#NewOrleans

Republicans appear to have completely forgone the “unity convention” theme this week in favor of a much more divisive brand:
a total call to arms.

In a prerecorded message to the convention Tuesday night, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald #Trump insisted that Democrats are
“destroying our country,”
and once again claimed that the 2020 election was #stolen from him, urging supporters not to let “what happened” that year happen again.

“We must use every appropriate tool to beat the Democrats,” Trump said.
“These people want to cheat, and they do cheat, and frankly it’s the only thing they do well.”

In a post on Truth Social, Trump twisted an old lie into something new,
trying to convince his base that Democrats are “attempting to interfere” in the 2024 presidential election.

But Trump wasn’t the only Republican stoking the flames.
In his own speech, Louisiana Representative Steve #Scalise nodded toward a white supremacist, alt-right #conspiracy known as the
“great replacement theory”
while baselessly advancing the idea that
“Biden and Harris want illegals to vote.”

House Speaker Mike #Johnson shared a similar idea, telling the conference that Republicans
“cannot allow the many millions of illegal aliens [the Democrats] allowed to cross our borders, to harm our citizens, raid our resources, or disrupt our elections.”

Of course, undocumented immigrants (and any other noncitizens) cannot vote in U.S. elections.
But that didn’t stop Texas Senator Ted #Cruz
—whose state overwhelmingly identifies as Hispanic
—from mindlessly hopping on the bandwagon.
“[Illegal immigration] happened because Democrats cynically decided they wanted votes from illegals more than they wanted to protect our children,” Cruz saidTuesday.

Senate candidate Kari #Lake, who’s running to represent 2.3 million Latino voters in Arizona,
also advanced the bold-faced lie that Democrats “voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.”

But few summed up the aggressive mood of the convention better than West Virginia Governor Jim #Justice,
who told conference-goers on Tuesday that the “bottom line” for Republicans is this:
“We become totally #unhinged if Donald Trump is not elected in November.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/183953/trump-dangerous-call-arms-rnc-election-integrity

The U.S. #House will make a change in its schedule to consider legislation that supports #Israel and holds #Iran accountable, House Majority Leader Steve #Scalise said.

It was unclear whether Scalise was referring to a stand-alone bill to aid Israel, or the $95 billion supplemental spending bill that includes $14 billion for Israel, in addition to $60 billion for #Ukraine, support for #Taiwan and billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-consider-pro-israel-bill-next-week-lawmaker-says-after-iran-attack-2024-04-13/

#Russia #GOP #US #MAGA

There was the 2017 shooting of US Rep Steve #Scalise & colleagues by a #Trump detractor. There was the hammer attack on US Rep Nancy #Pelosi’s husband by a #RightWing #conspiracy theorist who sought the then House speaker in her home. Then there were #threats by #RepublicanExtremists against #Republican members of Congress for refusing to support their preferred candidate for speaker. These acts grabbed headlines & spurred increases in #security for federal ofcls.

#PublicService #democracy

White House hits back at Scalise over refusal to say 2020 election wasn’t stolen

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4294665-white-house-hits-back-at-scalise-over-refusal-to-say-2020-election-wasnt-stolen/

#WhiteHouse #Scalise #2020Election #Stolen #Refusal #HitsBack #Politics #News

So a lot of people, self included, had fun watching the #HouseGOP turn into the Kilkenny Cats the last 3+ weeks. Funny, right?

Except not. Because now it's clear who owns the GOP. It was his gang that got #McCarthy booted out, and then made it clear #Scalise would not be it, and that put forward #JimJordan and then sank #TomEmmer in hours. And it was his gang that got his fervent ally, Mike Johnson, through UNANIMOUSLY.

#DonaldTrump IS the #Republican Party, and vice-versa. God help us all.

#USA #House
Risultati del primo scrutinio:

Presenti: 432

Hakeem #Jeffries (#D|Centro-sinistra): 212 voti
Jim #Jordan (#R|ECR): 200
Steve #Scalise (R): 7
Kevin #McCarthy (R): 6
Lee #Zeldin (R): 3
Mike #Garcia (R): 1
Tom #Emmer (R): 1
Thomas #Massie (R): 1
Tom #Cole (R): 1

Quorum: 217

❌Necessaria una seconda votazione❌

@OsservatorioEsteri

House Republicans collapse into anarchy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/13/scalise-jordan-house-gop-speaker-chaos/

#WashingtonPost #HouseRepublicans #Anarchy #Scalise #Jordan #SpeakerChaos #Politics #News

As #Scalise’s #speaker #bid #collapses, #Republicans float working with #Democrats.

“I don’t think there has been legitimate #outreach,” from #Republicans, a senior #Democratic #staffer told #Semafor. “Sure, those #Republican #members talk to the #press, but not to #MinorityLeader #HakeemJeffries or the #leadership.”

https://www.semafor.com/article/10/12/2023/scalise-drops-out-bipartisan-deal

U.S. "House Republicans are leaderless and rudderless as they go back to the drawing board to sketch a path out of the mess they’ve gotten themselves into."

The Hill reports on the fallout after Majority Leader Steve Scalise dropped out of the Speaker's race: https://flip.it/5OqX7B

#House #Congress #Republicans #McCarthy #Scalise #USPolitics #Politics

@PDFlynn
I'm rarely surprised by the #RepublicanParty , but #Scalise dropping out of the Speakers race did.

#Republicans are famous for being anti-gov obstructionists, but also for slavishly uniting behind the goals of their billionaire backers.

So, what does all this turmoil tell us?
A) the billionaires are at odds
B) the MAGA crazies have enough power to block the billionaires
C) something else?

It's unclear who benefits from this power struggle .

Yhdysvaltain politiikkaa on ulkopuolisen vaikea ymmärtää… Maassa on kaksi valtapuoluetta, joissa kummassakin olisi riittävästi maltillisia edustajia valitsemaan joku kaikkia tyydyttävä kompromissiehdokas. Mutta ei. Annetaan republikaanien pienen #Trumbollah-sirpaleryhmän pitää edustajainhuonetta ja sitä kautta koko Yhdysvaltain hallintoa panttivankinaan. #politiikka #Yhdysvallat #edustajainhuone #Scalise
https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000009920060.html

What a fricking circus.

#Scalise Bows Out of #Speaker Race, Slams Reps. With ‘Own Agendas’

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/steve-scalise-withdraws-house-speaker-1234853247/

"#Republican Steve #Scalise drops out of U.S. #Speaker race, leaving House in deeper chaos"

Hahahahaha
Haha
Hahaha

Ha

looks at the clock ticking to the November shutdown

fuck

#ThisIsFine #StupisRightWingNutJobTricks

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/scalise-house-speaker-drops-out-1.6994761?cmp=rss

Scalise zieht Kandidatur für Vorsitz im US-Repräsentantenhaus zurück

Der Republikaner Scalise wollte Sprecher des US-Repräsentantenhauses werden, doch jetzt zieht er sich zurück. Der Grund: Bei einer Abstimmung hätte er nicht die nötige Mehrheit erhalten. Das Chaos im Kongress geht damit weiter.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/scalise-us-repraesentantenhaus-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Scalise #USRepräsentantenhaus

#HouseRepublicans aren’t talking in the halls outside the room in the basement of the Capitol where they’re meeting, for the most part. But they are clashing on #X, aka #Twitter.

After Rep Steve #Scalise withdrew, Rep Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) suggested 4 alternatives, including #GymJordan.

#Republicans #GOP #House #Speaker #Congress #dysfunction #PublicDisservice

“Nobody’s going to use me as an excuse to hold back our ability to get the #House opened again,” #Scalise said.

Asked whether he’d endorsed #JimJordan for #speaker, Scalise said he had “cut no deals w/ anybody.”

“I am sure there will be a lot of people that look at [running], but it’s got to be people that aren’t doing it for themselves & their own personal interests,” he said.
(good luck finding that in your conference)

#Republicans #HouseRepublicans #Congress #dysfunction #PublicDisservice

#Scalise said he loves the job he has & didn’t come to #Congress for the title.
“I’ve been tested in ways that really put perspectives on life,” he said. “The 2017 shooting, when I didn’t know if I was going to make it out alive, taught me what’s important in my life.”
He added that he still wants to “get our conference fixed again.”

(sure, whatever dude.)
#Republicans #HouseRepublicans #Congress #Speaker #dysfunction #PublicDisservice

“There’s still work to be done,” Rep. Steve #Scalise said Thurs after announcing he had withdrawn from the #speaker’s race. “Our conference still has to come together & it is not there. There are still some people that have their own agendas.”
Scalise said he urged his #GOP colleagues to “put their agendas on the side.”
“This country is counting on us to come back together. This #House of Representatives needs a speaker & we need to open up…again. But clearly, …schisms… have to get resolved.”
🤦🏼‍♀️

Oh FFS, #HouseRepublicans #dysfunction continues…

#House #speakership stalled as Steve #Scalise announces he’s withdrawing from the race

The Louisiana #Republican, who serves as the House majority leader, announced at a conference meeting Thurs evening that he was pulling out of the battle to become #speaker.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/12/house-speaker-vote/