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Congress is in Recess? How can you tell?!

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Mike Johnson is committed to the goals of Project 2025. His motive seems to be his cult-like adherence to a sect that rewrites the Bible and Christian principles to suit their biases and proclivities. He strongly believes every citizen needs to be forced to follow his beliefs.

Mike Johnson is part of a Trump MAGA Cult soon to be replaced with new politicians that hold country over party; that doesn’t create conspiracy theories or intimidate votes and respects the rights for women to care for their bodies!

Can't wait to say and wear this "Bye Don: Good riddance" t-shirt 👇 🤣

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November 6, 2024: Everybody dancing on the streets celebrating Madam President Kamala Harris!

Can't wait!

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Well stated Heather, fingers crossed on the cultist demise, but this country is littered with unctuous derps in search of any kind of acceptance!

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I did not realize until recently, how much!! Thank you sir for your post.

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“littered with unctuous derps in search of any kind of acceptance”…

Isn’t that the truth. It appears they are trying to outdo each other, day after day.

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Wow Patrick ! What a splendid description.

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I absolutely agree!! Thank you for your post and the information, Ms. Heather.B, thank you so much to you and to Ms. Mary L. Trump.

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Pah.. you say the right stuff but I know you’re just pushing your T-shirts

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That is why I say, 'Deeds-Not-Words-Matter'... Character Is Destiny...

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Oh look! Now your name is Heather. Still the same old spammer posting on progressive sites trying to sell shitty overpriced tee shirts.

People should boycott Libtees. This person is taking advantage of us, shamelessly.

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Yes. Well said, Heather. Only problem is, Trump will cheat. Most of the Republican Party will pander to him. Some states will accommodate him. He will scream bloody murder if he doesn’t get his way. They will rewrite laws if they have to. In short, he will change times and laws.

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I sure hope you are right! I will be dancing with everyone!

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Because the chaos and crazy dissipate when they aren't in DC doing "work."

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I get what you're saying, but… I'm still seeing the crazy all over the place. Recess doesn't shut them up, they just aren't being awful in the halls of congress.

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Isn't recess for returning to their states and districts to help their constituents and not running off to other states to interfere in their election process, Mr. Lindsey Graham?

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Help their constituents? Are you kidding?? Our representative in the house does that all the time, but she's a democrat. Have we ever known Ted Cruz to visit El Paso? I just googled it and he is apparently meeting with county business leaders and discussing border security. BUT -IMO- it's because he's getting desperate, because Colin Allred has a good chance of ousting him from the senate. Even though he is of hispanic heritage, he care nothing for the vast majority of our population, plus I'm sure he is in favor of Greg Abbott's razor wire in the Rio Grande. Lindsay Graham is something else again, too.

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And expenses to do that paid but the tax payer!

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Woke work? 😛

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Very interesting, huh? Sort of a part-time position?

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I just counted they only work 101 days this whole year! ( And so many are Absent when it comes time to vote for a bill?? !!)

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For a 6 figure paycheck and benefits most of us only dream of. What's worse is their term is 2 years so they probably spend more time campaigning than they do legislating.

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I have to agree with you ! And it makes my stomach churn at that. We are/were in the wrong damn profession all along—Eh? 🤔😳

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Wow, I would have liked to have a job like that where I only work 101 days a year, get excellent health care for free (I think), all the other perks that come with the office and for the repubs, do nothing but bitch and complain about the Democrats.

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Yep— not only free healthcare but the Best there is! 🤬

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Thanks for the link, Caroline.

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Only because there isn't as much vitriolic bile flowing in the DC sewers.

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Good laugh, Pam - thanks

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Less hot air co contributing to climate change change

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I was thinking that too, Pam.

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Well said

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💯 evil, vile, racist, liar, wallowing in white privilege. This is so wrong and painful knowing these lies and threats bring more harm to all Black people. 🙏🏾😢🙏🏾

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They are creating hatred against Haitians., who are here legally, and possibly more threats against people that came here for a better life. I have heard people say that they are great workers. They needed them and they came. Hatred should have no place in America, but it is being promoted by trump and vance. Vote blue for a more peaceful America!

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You said it exactly right. How dare they throw racial slurs around at people at any time? If they were at a job and did that they would get FIRED….. and they expect to run a country?? I don’t think so!! STOP 🛑 Racism from Trump and JD #VoteBlue

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They're a danger to society. Causing chaos and hatred on social media. And spewing lies.

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I totally agree! It is frightening. Thank you so much for your post.

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💙🇺🇸🌊💙🇺🇸🌊#notgoingback

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Makes one wonder where these people were educated...or IF they were educated at all...and how in the heck they were even elected. Terrifying , really. VOTE BLUE!!

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Trump has represented racism and hatred since he first ran for president. I can't believe he won once, but if he were to win again, America will be a mess.

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In truth, he has represented racism and hatred for his whole life.

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Very true, but I didn't pay any attention to him until he ran for president the first time! The sad part is, he hates his supporters too! They are not rich so they are not important to him. We cannot let him win this time!

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Jan, I didn't pay attention to him earlier, either. I've just learned who he's always been. I can't fathom hating one's supporters, but I get that that is who he is. I wish his supporters would get it and abandon him. That's an idea that makes me smile.

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With all due respect, I disagree with your comment about 45 ever winning the first time. I remember how vile, and nasty he was during the campaign against Hillary Clinton. I was outraged at the hostility, and total disrespect. Knowing what I know about 45, he cheated, and stole the election.

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Yes he has from refusing to rent to African Americans to tossing them out of his apartments even when they had no place to go ( brings to mind the 90-something very sick woman with no family and he didn’t care) .

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Mickey, I just ate breakfast (which was wonderful) but trump and who he is just make me feel sick to my stomach. The one thing I know is that when people don't care about you when you're young, you don't learn to care about others. Fortunately, some of us who endured that have been able to grow past that. It is possible to learn to care. My experience is that it takes a lot of work, but trump has never even considered doing anything to change himself. He's always gone for the easy way out.

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Yes he has.

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America will collapse under 45!. It is desintegrating every day.

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I'm so looking forward to his jail time. He can talk and talk all day, and no one will listen. I hope he goes away for the rest of his life, and the Republican Party can pick up the pieces and start over again.

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Since before he ran for President. I live in NYC and he makes me sick. Always had (always will).

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Gerrymandering and Electoral College allowed him the presidency not the popular vote. I fear it could happen again and that’s why we must be majority in both houses.

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Especially in the Senate - think Supreme Court appointments. Harris must have the Senate to get any of her policies through.

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Trump has represented racism and hatred since he was thrown out of NYC public schools for being a bigoted, misbehavin' brat.

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True! I have read Mary's latest 3 books as well as Fred, Jr's book....Donald has always been a "bigoted, misbehavin' brat" and always got away with it.

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Universities like Oral Roberts and Liberty that teach them the world is 4,000 years old.

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Never mind the human fossils that are several hudred thousand years old…

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Nonono. 6,000 years old.

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DonOld also said if he loses, it will be the Jews fault. Putting another target on a group of people who have suffered enough as well. I literally cannot stand the thought of how we fell asleep as a nation for decades while the cancer of the republican party ate away the fabric of our nation. And here we are, deep in the hellscape of their "values".

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So why would any self-respecting Jewish person vote for him! I'm not Jewish but I will NEVER vote for trump for anything except jail! Vote blue down the ballot and lets get our country back on track!

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Ikr why would any women especially vote for him. He wants to set us back so far. We would be like Stepford wives. It's a movie in case you don't recognize the reference. We have to vote 💙 for our country and our Freedom Democracy 🙏🇺🇸🌊

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We’ll said, Lisa! I hope voters will be more vigilant after 9 years of t-rump in our heads. We almost had a maga rep in a nearby district until he was called out publicly before the primary. He ran as a Democrat!

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He is always blaming someone else. That's is what Narcissists do the best. 🌊🇺🇸💙

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Not for long! 🤞🏼

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Don't tell Trump this or he will use it to show his support to DEI initiatives. Equal Opportunity Hater and Liar.

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And the Latinos. I live in a border city that is 80% Hispanic, and I know that the xenophobes hate them just as much.

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The brains of more than half of Donald Trump's followers aren't big enough to hold a principle. Unless hating everyone who doesn't bow down to Trump qualifies as a principle.

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When your are in a cult you look like Mike Johnson in this picture: Asleep

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I thought that was the face he makes when he receives a revelation from God.

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Thank you Margaret MacKenzie, Your comment rinsed a black cloud out of my sky mind, and brought me a big smile & laughter.

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We need to find small pockets of humor whenever we can.

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I wonder if Clay also gets a copy if Mijey's internet history like his son

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He looks like he is thinking about stealing pets.

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Because being awake is too woke for him.

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His only answer, “The Bible made me do it.” He will never, ever grow a pair.

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They forgive each other for the normalized hatred, racism, misogyny, and ugliness they exhibit everyday. They break the first Commandment by placing themselves in God’s place. I’m not sure a God who calls us to love one another would be quite as forgiving without repentance and revision of behavior.

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They are hypocrites of the first order. Historically individuals like this have always existed, and many of us are aware of this, but possessing this knowledge doesn’t make their existence any easier. It is nice to know that they always fail, and good always prevails. For me my political awareness came to be after Bush #1 & #2, speaking to others (Americans and knowledgable citizens of other countries) while traveling outside of the US, researching the unbelievable, and experiencing the Real Estate Crash from 2008 - 2011. The daily exhibition of the GOP, the emergence of IQ 45 and his cult, all of the public mendacity, constant racism, continuous willful ignorance and their presence in the daily news cycle - is exhausting.

They call themselves Christians, yet their every word and action is antithetical to their claim. Hearing, watching and seeing their antics is exhausting, but not enough so that I will not continue to fight them with every fiber of my being-with a few days off to recharge my “batteries”.

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Saundra, I’m totally with you. Exhausted but determined. And gotta tell you-first time I heard “IQ 45”-I literally laughed out loud!! I’m in sw Florida and Hurricane Helene is taking a swipe at us (after Ian nearly destroyed us two years ago). I needed a good laugh and you gave me that, my friend. Thank you!!! We are in this together! Yes, we KAM!!! 🌊🌊💙💙💙

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Stay safe my dear and thank you for your uplifting post 🇺🇸👍👏🙋‍♀️💙🇺🇸

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Well said, I feel .... and it is so sad and upsetting to observe. Thank you for your post.

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None of these so-called Christian republicans really, truly believe in God. If they did they’d be quivering in their boots, thinking about facing Him come Judgment Day. It’s not just the racism, misogyny et al, it’s the sadism. They enjoy harming others; actually get off on it.

No, God and the Bible are just weapons they use to place judgment and shame other people, and beat them over the head with. But that never applies to them, of course.

I knew a man from a previous church, he stated at a Bible study that it is his “divine right to judge others, because God called him as a Christian to make sure others live according to the Commandments.”

I guess all the porn in his ‘vehicle’ that my husband worked on, didn’t count against him since he has such a close, supervisory position with God. He must get special permissions and all.

That’s prolly why Holy Mike Johnson is allowed to be such a skeevy, sleazy, lyin’ hypocritical bag of shit.

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Amen

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Read Revelations, Jesus/god isn't so nice anymore.

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They claim to be "Christ'ans" but are pure old testament. They think Jesus is too "woke" a word none ever define and when they try not one amongst them defines it the same way. Read John Wayne and Jesus. Somewhere many villages are missing their idiots.

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That is a really good book. It was the first one I read when I was trying to learn about these Christian Nationalists, Dominionists, & Opus Dei nut jobs.

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My guess is that we read the book of Revelation differently. For me and my biblical tradition, it is a book of hope and promise for people who are oppressed. That’s my tradition. But to each their own. Peace be yours.

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Can't wait till the Democrats win in November. We need to move past this inept Congress.

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Joe, calling them inept is being too kind, I think. It seems to imply that they have good intentions but somehow couldn’t do the job.

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You and I both, sir. We surely do!!! Cannot wait until November either, voting Blue all the way!!

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It is a disgrace what has happened to the Republican Party, thanks to Donald Trump. Respect, kindness, decency have all gone out the window.

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Trump is only the symptom. They were heading downhill before Trump. Remember the area party in 2010? Mad that healthcare was cheaper and more readily available? How dare Obama try to help oeople

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There is NO Republican or GOP party! There is only the MAGA party! There is no similarity!

Trump was a Democrat for years, too. Our country’s uneducated were welcomed in as the entertainer arrived in town! Two choices: 1). Put up with them or 2). VOTE them out with a Blue candidate!

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I totally agree. It is horrible. Thank you for your post.

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They are so evil and cruel. They want to push the Project 2025 with the so called replacement conspiracy that was championed by Hitler and Mussolini many years ago. Many of our relatives fought in World War II to end Facism. Now it is raising its ugly head in the form of the cultist Republican party.

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I agree, Paula. In April, on a trip to France, I walked along the beaches of Normandy and thought about the young men who died there to save us from fascism. A vote for Trump / Vance dishonors their sacrifice. Shame on the Republican voters who are either too ignorant or too morally depraved to reject this evil.

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Preach, Mary! These creatures are an abomination. And I'm old enough to remember Strom Thurmond, George Wallace, and Lester Maddox.

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Wow Mary, you pull no punches in today's article. Kudos to you. You're getting really good at this, and as always, your writing is excellent. Racism and hate of the other must be called out and condemned always.

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It's not hyperbole to say that our nation is hanging by a thread and that you are one of only a few dozen people with the right blend of influence to prevent that thread from snapping.

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Nothing screams principled man like a disgusting racist like Higgins. Nothing screams self-righteous Christian heretic like Mike Johnson. His elevation of racists like Higgins and Trump is an idolatry that makes the Golden Calf look trivial by comparison.

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With all of the dumbf*ckery going on in Washington, D.C., the fact that in certain states felons do not have the right to vote BUT we have a convicted felon running for the highest office of our land, that says it all.

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I agree with that\\\ I also am starting to think that the people who vote for someone who has no character or morals might be the same. They do not bother to research the person they vote for. Sad, sad, but I hope those voters will think good and not vote for who some ministers rave about from the pulpit. Thank you Mary for all you do.

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Good point. I hadn’t thought about it in those terms.

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"He said he went to the back and he prayed (MY eyes rolling here) about it and he regretted it, and he pulled the post down." Oh okay, well if he prayed ...

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If he were truly a Christian, those words would not have come close to a thought. Mike Johnson said, “I believe people are inherently bad”. With friend like his, what else could he believe.

Find an island and drop all MAGA politicians on it for the good of all of us.

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Right? He prayed about it but somehow his attitude hasn’t changed a bit. Either whoever he’s praying to isn’t listening or he’s not listening when his higher power tells him to stop being a disgusting, lying, racist hypocrite.

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I don't think I've ever seen a creepier hypocrite than Mike Johnson, a twitchy little bundle of hate and repression. One can only imagine how his children suffer at the hands of this 16th Century moralist.

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Thanks, Mary. I wouldn’t have known about this without you. I wish msm would write about this and other important things for us to know.

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GOP the lowest of the low!

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Mike Johnson is about as religious as Genghis Khan. Yep, that he is second in line for the presidency is horrific!

On a good note: starting with the New York Times this morning, it appears the media may just be starting to stop writing about a "horse race" and start writing about the very serious threat to democracy represented by their MAGA leader, Donald Trump, his minions and especially his many corrupt elected Congressional officials.

As a footnote: in my opinion, it should be noted by all that, in addition to his being a malignant narcissist, Trump has two major, basic problems: 1.) he is ignorant, which is curable, and 2.) he is stupid, which isn't curable and seriously works against number one, his colossal ignorance.

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