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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Hey look! It's the Gingrich Administration Redux!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago

New Moses is a liar, and he's repeating the mistakes of Old Moses by leading his people around in circles.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

He broke the law like jaywalking is breaking the law.

But actually less dangerous than jaywalking.

If Biden is such a lawless motherfucker, the #GOP damn well better hope that SCotUS doesn't give him free reign to exile them from the country or just straight up zero them w/ this upcoming immunity decision.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

This is a distraction from the Intelligence committee's news.

I bet they found a backchannel between Johnson & the Kremlin.

[–] [email protected] 118 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ironically all perfectly legal and above-board, because there's no law against US branches of foreign companies covering the legitimate expenses of a House Speaker's campaign, like that app that tells your son if you're jerking it.

While American Ethane was run in 2018 by American John Houghtaling, 88 percent of the firm was owned by three Russian nationals—Konstantin Nikolaev, Mikhail Yuriev, and Andrey Kunatbaev.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Nikolaev

Konstantin Yuryevich Nikolaev (also transliterated as Nikolayev) (Russian: Константин Юрьевич Николаев; born March 5, 1971, in Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine SSR) is a Russian billionaire and businessman who is a financial supporter of Maria Butina, a co-owner of the Tula Cartridge Plant that supplies very large amounts of ammunition to Russian forces during Russia-Ukraine War

According to Ilya Yashin (Russian: Илья Яшин), who is an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin and is incarcerated in Russia for his violations of laws in support of Russia during the Russia-Ukraine War, the family of Konstantin Nikolaev, defense plants in Russia, the NRA, Donald Trump, Trump's gun lobby, Steven Seagal, Maria Butina and others are supporting and financing Russia during its war in Ukraine and have effectively blocked more appropriate sanctions.

Lolz. Damn. That shit's crazy.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can we scream this from the hill tops and cite our sources? Literally just call Rubepublicans Russians.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Rolls off the tongue

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They are the Party of Putin now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

The mascot isn't an elephant, it's a goatse.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For Mike "Tuggin-Ma" Johnson to accuse Biden of breaking the law must make his anus twitch around Trump's little dick in pleasure.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Jesus these visuals are getting out of hand, I don't want to picture that

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't have an army, billions of dollars, or a Supreme Court in my pocket. I can only fight evil with mockery.

To you, I apologize for spattering your imagination. To the GOP? I'll leave that to your imagination.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I’ll leave that to your imagination.

You better not do that. You might spatter his/her imagination a second time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

The only ones I purposely wish to offend (in this context) are the traitorous fucks of the GOP - not well meaning folks, and I'm not skilled enough to always avoid them.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

To be fair, Mike Johnson is on Putin’s payroll

[–] [email protected] 56 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's a logical move to lie. He knows his base can't read enough to find out the truth.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

They'll believe the lie even if they know it's a lie.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

His base won't read enough...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Wait, his base can read at all?!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

They'll refuse to read enough...

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