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FYI:  The chair of the committee is a Republican, but the committee is bipartisan.  

 

https://themessenger.com/politics/democratic-rep-jamaal-bowman-will-not-face-house-ethics-committee-investigation

Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman Will Not Face House Ethics Committee Investigation

The committee declined to pursue an investigation following Bowman's guilty plea in the case brought against him for pulling a fire alarm during a congressional vote

 

The House Ethics Committee has voted not to pursue an investigation into Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., over pulling a fire alarm during a House vote, according to a new report.

Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reported the vote Wednesday, noting that Bowman had already pleaded guilty to his actions.

Bowman was caught on video pulling a fire alarm during appropriations voting in September. He was charged with the misdemeanor of willfully and knowingly pulling a fire alarm, and in October agreed to a plea deal that would see all charges dropped after three months if Bowman pays a $1,000 fine and apologizes to the Capitol Police.

 

Republicans criticized the deal, suggesting that Bowman should face charges of interrupting an official proceeding, similar to rioters who stormed the Capitol while Congress was certifying the 2020 election results on Jan. 6, 2021.

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45 minutes ago, RupertKBD said:

I saw an article about it....the joke was a bit over the line, but IMO, not a reason for a big pile on.

 

Anthony Jeselnik's entire act would be banned if we used that standard......

 

The joke was mild and fairly tame like most of his special.  He wasn't bad, but he wasn't very good either.  A 5 minute skit on ghosts and monsters isn't going to illicit a belly laugh from me.

 

He's obviously fairly smart and clever, but he needs to write better material before he's worthy of a national special.  I guess with their belt tightening, Netflix is trying to catch an up&comer while he's still inexpensive.

 

Jeselnik and his stance/politics about this over sensitivity on stand-up comedy.  Hidden for the more sensitive among us so nobody can claim they were unaware.  Don't anybody click if you are sensitive.

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

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3 minutes ago, the destroyer of worlds said:

FYI:  The chair of the committee is a Republican, but the committee is bipartisan.  

 

https://themessenger.com/politics/democratic-rep-jamaal-bowman-will-not-face-house-ethics-committee-investigation

Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman Will Not Face House Ethics Committee Investigation

The committee declined to pursue an investigation following Bowman's guilty plea in the case brought against him for pulling a fire alarm during a congressional vote

 

The House Ethics Committee has voted not to pursue an investigation into Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., over pulling a fire alarm during a House vote, according to a new report.

Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reported the vote Wednesday, noting that Bowman had already pleaded guilty to his actions.

Bowman was caught on video pulling a fire alarm during appropriations voting in September. He was charged with the misdemeanor of willfully and knowingly pulling a fire alarm, and in October agreed to a plea deal that would see all charges dropped after three months if Bowman pays a $1,000 fine and apologizes to the Capitol Police.

 

Republicans criticized the deal, suggesting that Bowman should face charges of interrupting an official proceeding, similar to rioters who stormed the Capitol while Congress was certifying the 2020 election results on Jan. 6, 2021.

 

 

The US Congress is a shell of it's former self.  Add to that, he'll likely get voted back into office instead of the voters demanding a new party candidate and the problems just exacerbate over time.

 

As a citizen, it's embarrassing watching these clowns.

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7 minutes ago, Sabrefan1 said:

 

 

The US Congress is a shell of it's former self.  Add to that, he'll likely get voted back into office instead of the voters demanding a new party candidate and the problems just exacerbate over time.

 

As a citizen, it's embarrassing watching these clowns.

yup.  IT must be pretty depressing when you see high 90's in terms of incumbent reelection rates.  Some states, its 100%.

 

EDIT:  in my neck of the woods, we have this as well.  I think only 3 times has a mayor lost reelection.  

 

https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2022:_Incumbent_win_rates_by_state

  • The incumbent win rate remained at or above 90% in all but nine states—Alaska, California, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.
  • The lowest overall incumbent win rate was in Virginia with 77%. Delaware and Mississippi were the only states to see a 100% incumbent win rate.
  • Congressional incumbents had a 98% win rate. Forty-one states had a 100% win rate in congressional races.
  • State-level incumbents had a 96% win rate. Four states had a 100% win rate in state-level races.
  • State legislative incumbents had a 96% average win rate.
  • Local-level incumbents had an 89% average win rate. Twelve states had a 100% win rate in local-level races.
  • Local legislative incumbents saw an average incumbent win rate of 83%.
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18 hours ago, Cerridwen said:

 Rob.... ya know I love ya, dude...we share much in common in other discussions and music sharings but I I has ta jump in here...
Elon DID NOT kick all the pedophiles off Twitter. There are still a goodly number there.

He fired employees that were checks and balances on the content etc that was/is shared which resulted in Twitter becoming the shit hole it is right now. I'm there, one of the witnesses who has watched it all happen. I vehemently disagree with you.... we're STILL seeing pedos and inappropriate crap on Twitter...so please, reign it in a little on the "Great Elon" who STILL doesn't have a clue what he's doing there.

 

Twitter was a leftist progressive agenda pushing mob before Elon. It was a slanted shithole before ..just a different shithole now. 

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56 minutes ago, Gnarcore said:

Twitter was a leftist progressive agenda pushing mob before Elon. It was a slanted shithole before ..just a different shithole now. 

 

It's the size of the shithole that's the operative thing, IMO....

 

It used to be a small to medium sized shithole before Elon took over.....say a Fox shithole. Now it's a much bigger shithole....like an Elephant shithole.....

 

(2 example animals taken totally at random.....no hidden meaning at all.....honest....)

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Just Before Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Company Hit With Civil Rights Complaint From Conservative Legal Group

https://www.mediaite.com/news/just-before-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-company-hit-with-civil-rights-complaint-from-conservative-legal-group/

 

A conservative legal group ran by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller filed a complaint against Macy’s just before the Thanksgiving Day parade, claiming the company is hiring employees based on a race and sex.

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2 hours ago, The Arrogant Worms said:
 

Just Before Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Company Hit With Civil Rights Complaint From Conservative Legal Group

https://www.mediaite.com/news/just-before-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-company-hit-with-civil-rights-complaint-from-conservative-legal-group/

 

A conservative legal group ran by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller filed a complaint against Macy’s just before the Thanksgiving Day parade, claiming the company is hiring employees based on a race and sex.

Being Stephen MIller I am guessing they are not hiring enough white males? 

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Just now, The Arrogant Worms said:

Judge on Trump NY Fraud Case Receives ‘Serious and Credible’ Death Threats From MAGA

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/judge-trump-ny-fraud-case-212521090.html

Trump is such a piece of craperolla. He should have the courage to tell his crazy MAGA followers to be lawful. He won’t though because he’s a slime. 

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For the state that ranks in the bottom 5 for a bunch of categories, Sarah sure is having a good ole time spending taxpayer money for parties and such.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/sarah-huckabee-sanders-arkansas/

 

Sarah Sanders billed taxpayers $13K for college football kickoff party: records

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Trump is getting more unhinged every day.

 

‘Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!’ Trump Fires Off a Wild 2 AM Holiday Greeting to ‘Racist’ AG, ‘Psycho’ Judge and ‘Corrupt’ Clerk

https://www.mediaite.com/news/happy-thanksgiving-to-all-trump-fires-off-a-wild-2-am-holiday-greeting-to-racist-ag-psycho-judge-and-corrupt-clerk/

 

 

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24 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

Trump is getting more unhinged every day.

‘Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!’ Trump Fires Off a Wild 2 AM Holiday Greeting to ‘Racist’ AG, ‘Psycho’ Judge and ‘Corrupt’ Clerk

https://www.mediaite.com/news/happy-thanksgiving-to-all-trump-fires-off-a-wild-2-am-holiday-greeting-to-racist-ag-psycho-judge-and-corrupt-clerk/

 

Yeah, nothing to see here....just Trump being Trump....

 

Besides, Biden is "just as bad", amirite?

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