This is not just political, it’s racist. MAGA Mike is a white christian nationalist. She is a female hispanic. That’s three strikes as far as Johnson is concerned. A female, hispanic democrat.
Just a reminder, GOP Gov. Greg Abbott refused to call a special election when Rep. Sylvester Turner (TX-18) died in March. That district has been without representation for nine months, and the Congress might have already had that extra one vote!
That election will be November 4th, 2025. A Democrat is expected to win. Also on Dec2, there will be a special election in TN, where a MAGA is expected to win. I think Johnson will wait till after the TN election to do anything.
And if Christian Menefee doesn’t get over 50% in November it will go to a runoff in December and what do you bet Johnson refuses to seat the winner of that one as well!
I'm pretty sure the reason why Mike Johnson isn't calling the House back to session,is not only dose this Not swear in Adelita Griujalva, but it also means there's absolutely No Oversight for the Administration branch of government. Not to mention, these Republicans have basically given up their leadership and power to one man,trump🤬 Terrific piece today, Dean, Thank you and will reStack ASAP 🙏
If the 800,000 voters in her district have no representation, Johnson has no authority over them or over her. Can she get a federal judge to swear her in according to the dictates of the constitution?
Thank you Dean for calling out the MAGA GOP’s true intentions. They are showing us with their refusal to swear in Rep Grijalva what their plans are for upcoming elections. This should be called out by all the Democratic leaders.
Lifelong Californian here, and the problem with succession goes far beyond just failing the wishes of Abe Lincoln, and ignoring his advice. I worry about currency and defense. It’s a lovely dream to be free of cruel misruling Republicans, though
DEAN - OUR ELECTIONS ARE IN PERIL. PLEASE LOOK AT ELECTION TRUTH ALLIANCE DOT ORG, AND VIEW THEIR YOUTUBE, SUBSTACK AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THEIR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF SEVERAL STATES THAT TABULATION WAS MANIPULATED. PLEASE CONNECT WITH THEM AS OTHER INDEPENDENT MEDIA SOURCES HAVE DONE. MAINSTREAM MEDIA - AND ELECTION OFFICIALS THEY HAVE CONTACTED IN SEVERAL STATES REGARDING THEIR FINDINGS - ARE IGNORING THEIR REQUESTS FOR PAPER AUDITS AND INVESTIGATIONS. WE NEED TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS!
Russia, if you're listening and want to try out some of your ultra groovy weaponry, I know the perfect spot... a big part of it has already been demolished so no one will notice. Make our day bro ~
You are absolutely correct Dean! The Republican Party has only one vestige that connects it to its past and going back to its pre-civil War origins that included Abraham Lincoln, and that’s its name. That’s it. Other than its name the Republican Party we once knew is gone. Vanished. As much as it pains me (and it pains me s lot as a one time Republican who comes from a family steeped in that party), the sooner we recognize and accept the death of the Republican Party and its transformation into a party of authoritarianism, the sooner we can move to formulate effective strategies to counter their undemocratic actions and words.
Tell it like it is. Biden's words rang just as true 3 years ago as they do today. The difference is everyone was too dumb to listen. They had to see it with their own eyes instead of not wanting to repeat history. It was so obvious, just as obvious as it is today. You know for a bunch of people who don't need to see it to believe it, like God for instance, they surely believed the maggots over God when they were lying about what the Bible says. The proof of the lies was right there and still is.
Far more illiberal than other conservative parties. I hope that I got that right. Does that seem like an understatement ? I think that the GOP wants to be like North Korea !
Republicans can’t win in a real democracy. People want to be Free. People don’t want to be told how to live, what to think, who to love, what religion they have to believe in. People want Justice and fairness and decency and respect and integrity and humility.
Adelita Grijalva is my new Congresswoman. Her/my district has been without representation since March. The constituents have been without services this whole time. This is an important district. It stretches almost the whole length of Arizona’s border with Mexico. Obviously immigration is important here, but also mining, ranching, and issues with the several Indian Reservations here. Mike Johnson is committing an act of aggression. This is truly taxation without representation. At first I thought she wasn’t being sworn in because Adelita would be the 218th vote needed to release the Epstein files. And I thought the GOP was practicing not swearing in someone to see how the public reacted when during the midterms Johnson refused to swear in representatives. However I now am seeing a new direction that this is taking. I don’t believe Congress will be called back. This seems more than a shutdown. This feels like a takeover.
I TOTALLY agree on that. As long as they're out, tRump is just continuing to rip our Constitution to shreds and does whatever he wants. He listens to no one. That was an ongoing complaint his own mother had about him. Everything has always been his way or the highway.
Like you say Dean. The voting will be overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party but the GOP will be "fixing" it better this time. I can only hope that the laws and the lawyers hold their ground and prosecute anybody caught trying to threaten at the polls or trying to alter the vote. Swift punishment should be the order of the day. Slow courts trials are a thing of the past. As not being the party in power their hands are tied in some respects but the Power of The People cannot be underestimated. Keep pushing back at the tide of misinformation as independent journalists as you're all that's left of a fair and just society I'm afraid.
I appreciate the comparison of the Republicans party to the systems I. Hungary and Turkey. While the Trump administration borrows much from the Nazi's, these are more apt comparisons, as these are contemporaries from whom Trump et al, derive many of their ideas to suppress demo ratio ideals.
I think that they want to emulate North Korea - the people with wealth & power are in Pyongyang, the working class are mindless drones because to question the government is to face death or else life in a labor camp, etc.
This is not just political, it’s racist. MAGA Mike is a white christian nationalist. She is a female hispanic. That’s three strikes as far as Johnson is concerned. A female, hispanic democrat.
Just a reminder, GOP Gov. Greg Abbott refused to call a special election when Rep. Sylvester Turner (TX-18) died in March. That district has been without representation for nine months, and the Congress might have already had that extra one vote!
I'd almost forgotten about Rep Turner!
That election will be November 4th, 2025. A Democrat is expected to win. Also on Dec2, there will be a special election in TN, where a MAGA is expected to win. I think Johnson will wait till after the TN election to do anything.
Abbott is threatening to redistribute TX-18 to bring in a GOP Representative
Oh, why am I not surprised. That disgusting twit, Abbott. Those people will do anything in attempts to keep their numbers up. Cheat, cheat, cheat.
And if Christian Menefee doesn’t get over 50% in November it will go to a runoff in December and what do you bet Johnson refuses to seat the winner of that one as well!
I'm pretty sure the reason why Mike Johnson isn't calling the House back to session,is not only dose this Not swear in Adelita Griujalva, but it also means there's absolutely No Oversight for the Administration branch of government. Not to mention, these Republicans have basically given up their leadership and power to one man,trump🤬 Terrific piece today, Dean, Thank you and will reStack ASAP 🙏
If the 800,000 voters in her district have no representation, Johnson has no authority over them or over her. Can she get a federal judge to swear her in according to the dictates of the constitution?
From what I just read only another member of the House can swear her in. They need to take a vote to have somebody else do it.
Thank you Dean for calling out the MAGA GOP’s true intentions. They are showing us with their refusal to swear in Rep Grijalva what their plans are for upcoming elections. This should be called out by all the Democratic leaders.
Thanks Anna!
We need a revolution to get rid of trump and republicans who refuse to talk with Democrats and to stop the current government shutdown.
This may come to a civil war. I DON'T like the idea but it may come to that.
A civil war is a possibility. WE MUST REBEL NOW! Why not secede... I live in CA.
Lifelong Californian here, and the problem with succession goes far beyond just failing the wishes of Abe Lincoln, and ignoring his advice. I worry about currency and defense. It’s a lovely dream to be free of cruel misruling Republicans, though
California would be as big a stretch for some of us as CANADA would be for some of us. Pulling up roots here, finding new jobs out there......
There is a non zero chance of it.
Conversely, all sensible people should come to California and we'll secede. (This is only partly tongue in cheek.)
Blue states unite.
DEAN - OUR ELECTIONS ARE IN PERIL. PLEASE LOOK AT ELECTION TRUTH ALLIANCE DOT ORG, AND VIEW THEIR YOUTUBE, SUBSTACK AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THEIR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF SEVERAL STATES THAT TABULATION WAS MANIPULATED. PLEASE CONNECT WITH THEM AS OTHER INDEPENDENT MEDIA SOURCES HAVE DONE. MAINSTREAM MEDIA - AND ELECTION OFFICIALS THEY HAVE CONTACTED IN SEVERAL STATES REGARDING THEIR FINDINGS - ARE IGNORING THEIR REQUESTS FOR PAPER AUDITS AND INVESTIGATIONS. WE NEED TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS!
Russia, if you're listening and want to try out some of your ultra groovy weaponry, I know the perfect spot... a big part of it has already been demolished so no one will notice. Make our day bro ~
You are absolutely correct Dean! The Republican Party has only one vestige that connects it to its past and going back to its pre-civil War origins that included Abraham Lincoln, and that’s its name. That’s it. Other than its name the Republican Party we once knew is gone. Vanished. As much as it pains me (and it pains me s lot as a one time Republican who comes from a family steeped in that party), the sooner we recognize and accept the death of the Republican Party and its transformation into a party of authoritarianism, the sooner we can move to formulate effective strategies to counter their undemocratic actions and words.
Tell it like it is. Biden's words rang just as true 3 years ago as they do today. The difference is everyone was too dumb to listen. They had to see it with their own eyes instead of not wanting to repeat history. It was so obvious, just as obvious as it is today. You know for a bunch of people who don't need to see it to believe it, like God for instance, they surely believed the maggots over God when they were lying about what the Bible says. The proof of the lies was right there and still is.
Far more illiberal than other conservative parties. I hope that I got that right. Does that seem like an understatement ? I think that the GOP wants to be like North Korea !
Republicans can’t win in a real democracy. People want to be Free. People don’t want to be told how to live, what to think, who to love, what religion they have to believe in. People want Justice and fairness and decency and respect and integrity and humility.
I think that’s called the Constitution!
Adelita Grijalva is my new Congresswoman. Her/my district has been without representation since March. The constituents have been without services this whole time. This is an important district. It stretches almost the whole length of Arizona’s border with Mexico. Obviously immigration is important here, but also mining, ranching, and issues with the several Indian Reservations here. Mike Johnson is committing an act of aggression. This is truly taxation without representation. At first I thought she wasn’t being sworn in because Adelita would be the 218th vote needed to release the Epstein files. And I thought the GOP was practicing not swearing in someone to see how the public reacted when during the midterms Johnson refused to swear in representatives. However I now am seeing a new direction that this is taking. I don’t believe Congress will be called back. This seems more than a shutdown. This feels like a takeover.
I agree! This is no different than Jan 6 in their goals!
I TOTALLY agree on that. As long as they're out, tRump is just continuing to rip our Constitution to shreds and does whatever he wants. He listens to no one. That was an ongoing complaint his own mother had about him. Everything has always been his way or the highway.
The importance of voting
Like you say Dean. The voting will be overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party but the GOP will be "fixing" it better this time. I can only hope that the laws and the lawyers hold their ground and prosecute anybody caught trying to threaten at the polls or trying to alter the vote. Swift punishment should be the order of the day. Slow courts trials are a thing of the past. As not being the party in power their hands are tied in some respects but the Power of The People cannot be underestimated. Keep pushing back at the tide of misinformation as independent journalists as you're all that's left of a fair and just society I'm afraid.
I appreciate the comparison of the Republicans party to the systems I. Hungary and Turkey. While the Trump administration borrows much from the Nazi's, these are more apt comparisons, as these are contemporaries from whom Trump et al, derive many of their ideas to suppress demo ratio ideals.
I think that they want to emulate North Korea - the people with wealth & power are in Pyongyang, the working class are mindless drones because to question the government is to face death or else life in a labor camp, etc.
Sorry about the typos.