House speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein votes
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I don’t understand the premise of frequent recesses, anymore. They seemed reasonable when people were traveling by horse and buggy and required 2-4 weeks to get back to their district, but now? In the era of phones and planes, why do they still deserve to get half the year off?
Because it’s a club and we’re not in it.
Well, it shouldn't quite be half the year, but it makes sense to plan some official time to be back in your district. Your constituents shouldn't have to travel to DC to see you in person.
But they’re mostly just dicking around elsewhere with the free time. The time isn’t bound to any structure. I wouldn’t doubt that we get less time with our representatives today than at the founding of the country, when dying of dysentery was a plausible end for a casual walk.
Also with telecommunications, we should reasonably be able to access our representatives wherever they are at all times. It's not like we don't live in a videoconference connected world, we absolutely do. We have phones, email, videoconferencing, and all manner of being able to directly contact our representatives without having to travel to Washington DC.
The MAGA Nazis are avoiding meeting their constituents at all costs. It's just a vacation for them.
Probably not. Appeasing their corporate overlords takes a lot of work.
The real constituents.
I believe they call it a "Klavern"
Since DC can get very hot and humid in the summers, I can see why you'd want to get the heck out of there in the days before AC.
They still need all that time off to suck up to the donor class, though, don't they? Because fuck you, is why.
Because you allow it.
“Christian” Mike Johnson doing his best to give cover to pedophiles. Wonder if him and his son discuss these sins at bedtime together while going over their porn monitoring.
Mike Letmeseeyourkids Johnson.
Mickey (‘Mike’) Johnson, Squeaker of the House!
So Christian he's practically Catholic.
Protestants have plenty of child rape as well. For instance, maga mikey's church...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_cases_in_Southern_Baptist_churches
Fair enough.
No rule against pedophilia in the Ten Commandments.
It really seems like most of Christianity's leadership fucks kids pr enables others to do so. Its disgusting.
Don't lump chickens in with them. This isn't cowardice, it's complicity.
A lot of the people in charge of the country are child rapists.
Chickens are also capable of intelligence, compassion, and bravery protecting their flock. So unfair comparison, really.
It is a Tuesday. 🌮
Huh, what a coincidence, Epstein always looked forward to recess too.
Hey man
Hey.
Oh so he's on the list, got it
Maybe but more likely they bought time for spoliation. By the time they're like fine ok here you go it'll all be gone and the effort will be sorta worthless.
Hold up, last I checked its still July...I think you have another week there Mr speaker
Imagine if we could dock a weeks pay for them going home...
Why do they get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars while at the same time skipping entire months worth of work?
Because Americans let them. That’s why they get away with anything: they have nothing to fear.
They go back to their districts and work there for most of it. Supposed to keep them informed about the will of the people.
I’m sure most just vacation the whole time but some might still give a shit, I dunno
Most of them spend a huge amount of their time fundraising whether congress is in session or not.
Jn whatever country replaces the US, we need to have publicly funded elections. We have to get the money out of politics. Eliminate PACs while we're at it.
Doesn’t matter if you don’t completely decouple and depoliticise the judiciary. Otherwise, over time, you’ll be back here again.
I'd like to see them have a similar health care system as the rest of us, for starters.
Hard to see what isn't there.
Because they decide their own wages and their job is not representing the population, but the ownership class.
Right? I wish I could tell my boss I'm taking an extra week of vacation and the company will not only not punish me but will pay me for the time I'm not working.
Here is an amazing write up on all of trump's connections to epstein.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49344563
Thanks. I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought the 2003 birthday letter was a meme, until right now.
Like the text was real, but somebody superimposed it onto a lurid drawing, adding T's signature for extra disgust.
Turns out it was Trump himself who did all that. And thanks to the WSJ for holding up to at least some journalistic integrity, sticking to the truth.
Well, this will put those conspiracy allegations to bed.
It's not going away Mikey.
Trumps on the list. Trumps on the list. Trumps on the list. The GOP is trying to hide it. Trumps a child fucker. Trumps a child fucker. Trumps a child fucker. The GOP is trying to hide it.
That pretty much confirms it
This is the DEMOCRATS Fault that the Republican led House is Protecting Infamous CHILD SEX TRAFFICKER Jeffrey Epstein and his Best Friend Republican President DONALD J TRUMP!
Will somebody think of the children?
These republicans are always thinking about children.
Republicans do think of the children because they’re pedophiles.
It's time to start reminding people of this stuff.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-rape-accuser-lawsuits-230647
[LOS ANGELES — A woman has filed federal lawsuits accusing Donald Trump of raping her two decades ago, when she was 13...“I loudly pleaded with Defendant Trump to stop, but he did not,” Jane Doe wrote in a formal declaration accompanying her recent suits. “Defendant Trump responded to my pleas by violently striking me in the face with his open hand and screaming that he would do whatever he wanted. ... Immediately following this rape, Defendant Trump threatened me that, were I ever to reveal any of the details of Defendant Trump’s sexual and physical abuse of me, my family and I would be physically harmed if not killed.”]
Fucking cowards. Stop protecting pedophiles.
Unfortunately- in this case- self-preservation is usually a very strong drive in human nature.
A whole week early? Unacceptable. I don’t get an extended vacation when I feel like it. Why should they?
Because you allow it.
Buying time to scrub records?
I reckon a good number of them won't be returning from recess. They'll start sounding up the neurodivergents for the "wellness camps" during the August recess and also use the opportunity to murder or jail their opponents probably using ICE operatives. Dark times ahead.
Very Christian of you, Mikey, to protect your false idol's pedophilic actions.
America must keep Dear Leader in power. They haven’t even got around to the portraits in every home yet. Probably won’t need to, it’s happening naturally.
Your deification of your elected leader is apparently so strong now that mere humans are abusable, at least non-cis-white-male-conservative-natural-Americans.
Needs to be asked: "What did the
presidentspeaker know and when did he know it"I'd also accept the Watergate quote of "I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow"
I’m not enjoying the mental boner that was supposed to encourage such tattling on a grandiose scale. Frankly, I am let down and hurt. I need more. C’mon, ya’ll are better than this.
Squeaker of the House, Mike (‘Mickey’) Johnson…