The House speaker doesn’t want Republicans to be around when the deadline comes.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is conveniently sending Congress home the day before the Justice Department is supposed to release the Epstein files in full. The announcement came Wednesday night.
This looks like yet another instance of Johnson doing every little thing he can either to delay the release of the files or to make it so that his fellow GOPers don't have to be in town to answer to their complicity in this monthslong campaign to avoid their release---as he did by egregiously delaying the swearing-in of Democratic Representative Adelita Grijalva for weeks.
"Like I said: view all political developments for the rest of the week in light of the fact that the Epstein Files are supposed to be released on Friday," Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote Wednesday evening on X. "House Republicans just suddenly canceled Congressional session Friday and are sending everyone home Thursday evening."
92 Comments
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 241 pts · 241d
This guy is a one-trick pony.
Have to oath in a Democrat who will trigger a vote his master doesn't like? Send everyone home!
Files that incriminates his master are being released? Send everyone home!
This tactic is getting old already.
lectricleopard@lemmy.world · 107 pts · 241d
I see it as them showing their hand. They know they cant take the heat, so they run. Pussies.
pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 93 pts · 241d
Hey now, pussies can take a pounding and keep on coming.
Manjushri@piefed.social · 68 pts · 241d
They also have depth and warmth that most if not all republicans lack.
pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 241d
🧑🍳 🤌
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 241d
When does the coming happen? Asking for a friend. A highly unsatisfied friend.
Edit: i just noticed how this joke might be taken. Before the unsolicited offers and pictures come rolling in, thought I should make clear that A) this was entirely a joke, a complete fabrication, and B) that I'm a dude. Please don't send me pictures of your unimpressive dicks. I'll post them online.
PostProcess@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 241d
What about impressive ones? /s
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 241d
ಠ‿↼
lectricleopard@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 241d
Fair, but they dont knwo that, lol. They're obsessed with shining light on their balls and brain worms, or something.
flying_sheep@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 240d
Yeah, unlike ballsacks. If any sex-related human part has to be a metaphor for weakness, it should be that one.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 240d
That's why in some languages, they use "ballsack" as a term of abuse. For example, "klootzak" in Dutch or "bawbag" in Scots.
dhork@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 241d
Republicans complain that government is ineffective and corrupt, then they get elected and prove it.
tburkhol@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 241d
Members of your own party trying to force a vote to extend Obamacare subsidies? Send 'em home!
stupe@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 241d
The files probably incriminate him too.
hardcoreufo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 241d
He admitted he needs his teenage son to monitor his porn habits. Imagine what he doesn't admit to.
Draces@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 241d
You forgot about his other trick: I haven't heard about that or I haven't had time to read that.
oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 241d
That's not his trick. That's a GOP trick.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 240d
What does Mike Johnson know how to do besides not doing things?
Red_October@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 240d
Well the GOP loves to say that government doesn't work, and surprise surprise when they're in charge it's the one thing they're right about.
BranBucket@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 240d
It's more than that even, they're usually the reason why the government doesn't work.
Social security would work great if funded properly, so what do they do? Screw with the funding. The ACA would work if properly funded, so what do they do? Let the subsidies expire. Medicare for all would work if properly funded. The education system would work if properly funded. The VA works when properly funded. And so on, and so on, and so on. In most cases, all it takes is the money and resources that they'd rather steal or give to their donors and like magic, we'd have a functioning government again.
They constantly sabotage programs that benefit tax payers while spinning the lie that government run programs can't and don't work. And after decades of dealing with underfunded programs run with minimal staffing and a maximum of red tape, of course people believe them.
Red_October@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 239d
That's my point though. If someone's stated position is that a thing doesn't work, putting them in charge of the thing is pretty much assured to make that thing not work.
ceenote@lemmy.world · 118 pts · 241d
I wish I got so many days off...
TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip · 62 pts · 241d
No shit! Same… add to that the best healthcare, transportation, and a personal assistant.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 241d
Pension too if you can last long enough
Madison420@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 241d
Pension for them is like 5 years or something absurd like that.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 241d
That's actually a pretty standard public service pension schedule.
Mine had me vesting in 5 years, but the contributions at that point aren't high enough to mean much. It just means that if if I didn't make it 5 years the city wouldn't contribute to my retirement ( I put in 7 and the coty double-matches, so I get 21%). When I hit 5 years, I retroactively got the 14% from the city for my previous 5 years added to my pension. If I had quit before the 5 years, I'd have been given my 7% back as a cash payment after 5 years away from public service.
But I can't collect until I reach retirement age or have 20 years of service.
Madison420@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 241d
For Congress it means good insurance for life.
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 241d
It’s easy when special interests are paying you for NOT working. Sweet gig.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 241d
Dems should release more pics right when they come back.
finley@lemmy.zip · 31 pts · 241d
Are you a wizard?
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/epstein-files-photos-house-democrats-estate/
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 241d
lol. I love it. Keep a reserve of photos and keep trickling them out when the new cycle dies down.
oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 241d
Wait, there's a person named Noam Chomsky?
I've heard the name said on the news before but was never listening.
Isn't that the name of the gnome in the carnival campaign of Left 4 Dead 2?
rigatti@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 241d
Yes, the person was named after the gnome.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 241d
Common misconception, the person was named after Nim Chimpsky, the famous chimpanzee from the Columbia a University ASL study.
regedit@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 240d
Wrong, the name was from a popular cat story about Nom Chompsky.
the_q@lemmy.zip · 49 pts · 241d
JayleneSlide@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 241d
Kinda, although I fully agree with everything else you said. Collective action is really difficult even when the government isn't running COINTELPRO-like operations on anyone who tries to organize anything like a mass protest. For an example of the challenge of collective action, think about how hard it is to get your group of close friends to agree on which restaurant to go to and when. And that's when everyone wants to hang out together, with nobody intentionally mucking up the works.
If we can overcome the "internal" hurdles to collective action, we can take back the country.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 241d
Pretty sure there’s at least a couple other steps involved, though
the_q@lemmy.zip · -3 pts · 241d
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 241d
Okay, so . . . now!
. . . Wait, where tf were y’all?
regedit@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 240d
Sorry, I was waiting for a count to three.
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 240d
On three or 3 then go?
regedit@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 240d
Yes!
I_Jedi@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 241d
If you don't pay tribute, the Boss will send some muscle to make you hand over the protection money.
MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 241d
A lot of the shit people complain about that they use as an excuse to not get involved could be solved if they got involved.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · -3 pts · 241d
I personally don't get why people pay for music. You can just listen to Taylor Swift's albums on YouTube
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 241d
You know some people don’t mind supporting creators of things they enjoy. People also don’t mind spending a small sum of money to enjoy things without getting an ad every 30 seconds.
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 241d
I can do that for free too. I can also pay for music that isn't shitty after listening to it to support actually good musicians, coincidentally none of them being billionaires.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 240d
Someone’s financial status has no bearing on whether they make good music or not. Are you really gonna tell someone else what they can and can’t do in their free time? What are you a Trump supporter?
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 240d
since when does not being a billionaire apologist-bootlicker make you a trump supporter?
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 240d
You Trump supporters like telling people what they can and can’t do with their own bodies. It doesn’t surprise me you want to control people’s free time too.
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 240d
dude I still don't know where you are getting that from. I never said anything remotely about controlling anything or anyone. and I'm no trump supporter. I'd kill him and all his dipshit cronies with a rusty spoon if I could get away with it.
Since we are making assumptions, are you a rabid swiftie that got mad that I implied her music was shit? I stand by that. She has like one non irritating song and its decent at best. If only that whole thing about swifties getting mad at trump and voting him out went anywhere I'd have stopped talking shit a long time ago but apparently even her fans suck.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 241d
He has to be a pedo.
myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 240d
The guy that shares details around jerking off with his son. Totally normal.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 240d
I hadn't heard that one but its not surprising he is a freak and not in a good way.
aceshigh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 240d
It’s mind boggling that he thought it was appropriate to share this with the public…. It’s insane that a grown man does this.
whitecollarcry@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 240d
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 240d
You're saying it's a compulsion? Possibly so. Or maybe he's just a knowingly evil child rapist.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 34 pts · 241d
The epstein files are inevitable at this point and republicans are already getting marching orders for how to do damage control.
Mad props to AOC and I get why she wants to keep that in the cultural zeitgeist ahead of... tomorrow. But this is very much about house republicans breaking with johnson/doing token "See, I am one of the good ones" votes to override him on obamacare extensions and preventing trump from bombing Venezuela to distract from the epstein files.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 241d
Are we gonna see the naughty list soon?
khannie@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 241d
He's making his list, redacting it twice, you'll never find out who's naughty or nice.
theparadox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 240d
Unless they are political enemies.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 241d
They're checking it twice.
aarch0x40@piefed.social · 28 pts · 241d
It may also effectively kill the discharge petition for the 3-year extension of ACA subsidies vote.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 27 pts · 240d
I guess it's the land of the free after all if you can fuck a bunch of children and still be president
sfgifz@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 240d
Beacon of conservative Christian values
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 240d
the white bigots love to talk about how bad was Muhammad because of his bride yet have absolutely have no problem with a pedo being their Messiah
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 240d
Every accusation they make is a confession.
zebidiah@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 240d
ain't nothing more free than committing crimes and getting away with it.....
danc4498@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 241d
Is the idea that he knows the justice dept is going to delay, and if the house isn’t in session, they can’t do anything?
I wonder if the Republican voters recognize this is literally protecting pedophiles. There’s no way around it.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 241d
Yeah, this has got to be for a reason other than no soundbites, right?
Lucky_777@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 241d
He sent everyone home because of the discharge petition for ACA. Epstein was coming anyway, this is about ripping healthcare away from millions. Which in Mike's own words....."It's only 7% of the country"
bampop@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 240d
Wow, I don't know about you guys, but I've come to the end of my attention span. I guess there was never anything to see there after all, right?
Feedback17@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 240d
Are there any conservatives out there that can tell us why you worship a pedophile?
BarbedDentalFloss@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 241d
I think this is so there can be no council sessions that might be discussing the obviously over-censored and incomplete dataset released tomorrow before the GOP can sit their butts on billionaire owned media networks (hint: all of them are billionaire owned now) and give the idiots who listen to them their opinions.
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 240d
Nothing spells guilt like..
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 241d
These files must still have some juicy bits after redaction to pull this.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 239d
I was promised all the epstein files today. Who do I call and complain to?
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 239d
We got them, hundreds of pages blacked out completely redacted. It is absolutely ridiculous
Edit: for those who are curious.
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%203/EFTA00005586.pdf
orgrinrt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 239d
This has to be a joke, right? But the .gov domains are reserved in us for actual government agencies, right? So what the fuck
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 239d
I am sure they have some good "rationale" for redacting what looks to be a significant portion of grand jury testimony. Of course the administration did say they would release them, but probably back tracked or they are "protecting" the victims.
I personally think it is bullshit. They are handling it like top secret stuff. The President clearly has the authority to release this considering his current MO. It is a giant middle finger to the public.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 238d
Yeah, sure, that's likely, that they suddenly care about them now after all these years.
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 241d
I'm sure he's going to run home to Louisiana and explain why he's blocking ACA subsidies
Shave_MyBeever@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 241d
Grindr use is going to spike.
ericatty@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 241d
When he sends everyone home, they just aren't doing committees and votes?
Can't they stay and still do things that help their districts or prep for when they are back in session? They can still work. They are still getting paid.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 241d
Like rats abandoning a sinking ship.
Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 240d
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 241d
Hey, he’s gotta go murder a few more twinks. That basement’s not gonna fill itself up, ya know.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 240d
This is fascism. They'll always win.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 240d
Fascism wins until good men go to war. Then they fold
hogmomma@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 240d
If by "fold" you mean "beaten into submission," then, yeah, I'd have to agree with you.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 240d
Tomato tamahto, potato patahto
sturmblast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 240d
This is illegal.
DylanMc6@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 240d
at this point, we need to form an alternative socialist government of the united states as a micronation. seriously!
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 240d
Yeah, looks like they're up to something.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 238d
That means he knew in advance that the fix was in.