2026-11-11 17:00 UTC
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@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social 2026-11-11 17:02
Mike Johnson chose to call the vote when he did because *they* already gave him the opportunity. That could have been anticipated, just like we protestors constantly anticipate fuckery from MAGAs and ICE. I was just on a planning call last night. And I didn't swear an oath to defend the Constitution. Ordinary people get fired when they fail their duty like this.
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@kevinrns@mstdn.social 2026-11-11 21:47
@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social It was arranged to drop Wednesday, even I saw the news that it would drop Wednesday, the GOP Squeaker of the House dropped rhe Republican bill, early for the headlines it could write.
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@quixote@mastodon.nz 2026-11-12 01:27
@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social The voting efforts by the pro-democracy people has been wonderful. Similar stories from Brazil, where Lula even thanked the elderly for getting to the polls, no matter what. (And when you're elderly, there can be a lot of 'what'.) (The business about gormless Dems being unpresent apparently needs footnotes. https://emptywheel.net/2026/11/11/impeachment-maths/ 1) Mike Johnson let everyone know when the vote would be just a few hours before. 2) He'd scheduled it to conflict with some Dem to-do(s) where Congresscritters would be letting people down who'd planned for weeks if they suddenly raced back to the Hill. 3) The Repubs carefully kept pace with Dem votes so if there'd been a sudden insurge of ten Dem votes, they had people in reserve. Almost like they planned it.... 4) Mike Johnson kept the vote open until he was sure he had the Dems cornered and then closed it. One of the handy benefits of being Speaker is you get to decide where the finish line is in the races. So, yes, it's annoying, but we don't have the Dem majority yet. That starts in January. Until then, Johnson and his fellow orcs can keep doing what they've been doing for years.)