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.”
Because he’s a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch.
I’m sure he’s going to run home to Louisiana and explain why he’s blocking ACA subsidies
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”
Hey, he’s gotta go murder a few more twinks. That basement’s not gonna fill itself up, ya know.
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.
It may also effectively kill the discharge petition for the 3-year extension of ACA subsidies vote.
Grindr use is going to spike.
He has to be a pedo.
The guy that shares details around jerking off with his son. Totally normal.
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.
I hadn’t heard that one but its not surprising he is a freak and not in a good way.
take that leap of faith and use the is word
You’re saying it’s a compulsion? Possibly so. Or maybe he’s just a knowingly evil child rapist.
I guess it’s the land of the free after all if you can fuck a bunch of children and still be president
ain’t nothing more free than committing crimes and getting away with it…
Beacon of conservative Christian values
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
Every accusation they make is a confession.
Nothing spells guilt like…
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.
Yeah, this has got to be for a reason other than no soundbites, right?
Are there any conservatives out there that can tell us why you worship a pedophile?
I wish I got so many days off…
It’s easy when special interests are paying you for NOT working. Sweet gig.
No shit! Same… add to that the best healthcare, transportation, and a personal assistant.
Pension too if you can last long enough
Pension for them is like 5 years or something absurd like that.
A pension is available to members 62 years of age with 5 years of service; 50 years or older with 20 years of service; or 25 years of service at any age. A reduced pension is available depending upon which of several different age/service options is chosen. If Members leave Congress before reaching retirement age, they may leave their contributions behind and receive a deferred pension later.[1]
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.
For Congress it means good insurance for life.
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?
This is fascism. They’ll always win.
Fascism wins until good men go to war. Then they fold
If by “fold” you mean “beaten into submission,” then, yeah, I’d have to agree with you.
Tomato tamahto, potato patahto
