[kaczordon]

Far right is a pretty loaded term.

I’m actually really happy that they extracted terms from McCarthy. Everyone who spent time slamming these 20 Republicans should publicly apologize and write them a thank you card because they got more victories for their constituents than most politicians ever do. Here’s what they got:

- Jeffersonian Motion to vacate the chair. This allows a single person to make the motion to remove the speaker if he goes back on his word or policy agenda.

- A "Church" style committee: this allows us to look into the weaponization of orgs like the FBI against the American people.

- Term Limit Vote

- Single Subject Bills(that can't be loaded with irrelevant nonsense

- Texas Border Plan

- A budget that stops an increase in the debt ceiling and holds senate accountable.

- Ending emergency funding and all COVID mandates and funding.

- 72 Hours to read a bill.

These all sound like objectively good things regardless of your political orientation.

[cactacea]

> - A "Church" style committee: this allows us to look into the weaponization of orgs like the FBI against the American people.

The purpose of that committee is to be a factory for clips to show on Fox News and Newsmax. I appreciate your optimism but it's unwarranted.

[factsarelolz]

> The purpose of that committee is to be a factory for clips to show on Fox News and Newsmax. I appreciate your optimism but it's unwarranted.

The democrats got their clips for CNN, MSNBC, WP, etc with their sham of an investigation complete with a Hollywood director.

Now that there's over 14,000 hours of footage being released we'll have even more clips.

[skinnymuch]

Democrats and Republicans can both suck. Pointing to Dems when Repubs are assholes doesn’t make Repubs any better. Being partisan doesn’t always mean a good thing.

[factsarelolz]

I'm not arguing one is better than another. Just pointing out that there has been an ongoing investigation that was publicized and directed by a Hollywood director to drum up clips, news stories and support from their supporters and to pain their enemies in bad light.

Now that the pendulum has swing the other way the other side will get their chance to blow through millions and create their own circus for their supporters.

It's kinda amazing how they don't realize that the power they seize can and will be wielded by their enemy with absolutely no remorse.

[cactacea]

This is false equivalence and irrelevant bothsideism.

[factsarelolz]

Whataboutism, bothsideism. Same thing?

[amluto]

> Texas Border Plan

This thing?

https://arrington.house.gov/uploadedfiles/1.pdf

This is an “objectively good thing” the way the War on Drugs was an “objectively good thing”. I think most people can agree that drug use and illegal border crossing ought to be reduced. But this plan is all about enforcement and ignores the demand side.

Where’s the portion of the policy making it possible for would-be employers of migrant labor to economically and legally match up with those who want to provide that labor? Where’s the portion recognizing that migrants and their children are human beings and deserve to be treated with a degree of dignity even if the US doesn’t want them right now?

> Ending … COVID … funding

I would love to see funding for a better COVID vaccine (and flu vaccine and RSV vaccine, etc).

[kaczordon]

Crazy that you don’t realize how bad the border problem is. First we need to secure the border that should be priority number one bar none. Then maybe we can talk about how to reform immigration policy.