2015 American Politics Thread: The 114th Congress Is in the House!

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/06/doctors-without-borders-airstrike-afghanistan-us-account-changes-again

WASHINGTON — Representative Jason Chaffetz of Utah admits he is not the best candidate to become speaker of the House. He fully expects to lose when his Republican colleagues pick their nominee on Thursday. But opportunity for Mr. Chaffetz is like the scent of an airport Cinnabon, and he has a habit of racing to its smell.

lol what

hahahahahaha

that is awesome

look, he travels a lot okay, don't judge

i can almost hear the hunger pangs of the NYT reporter writing that

http://jpupdates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ap_jason_chaffetz_jef_150116_16x9_992-400x324.jpg

http://images2.dallasobserver.com/imager/u/original/7044482/cinnabon.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDxuaOgtaUA

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2085378.1421780860!/img/httpImage/animation-48.gif

loving Eric Cantor's expression: "Alright, asshole, whatcha got?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8NI1pcIeYI

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/matt-drudge-interview-obama-isis-issa

Matt Drudge, founder of the Drudge Report, joined radio host Alex Jones for a rare interview on Tuesday during which he spoke about his latest conspiracy theory.

He said that the Obama administration began referring to the Islamic State as "ISIS" so that the group would be confused with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the former chairman of the House Oversight Committee.

"We never heard of ISIS until recently," Drudge told Jones. "Do you know it was designed to be confused with Darrell Issa?"

According to Drudge, President Obama decided to do that "because Darrell Issa was the enemy at the time of this administration." He noted that Obama could have been impeached over the IRS scandal, which Issa investigated as chairman.

"They came up with the name ISIS to be confused with Darrell Issa. I’m really being honest with you," Drudge said.

Drudge did not appear in the video of Jones' interview with him, and Jones said that Drudge stood in the dark in the studio with a handheld microphone.

whoa dude

tinfoil is in aisle six

http://i.imgur.com/l9F1XNE.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/S41vAv2.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/l9F1XNE.gif

interesting how obama still calls them 'ISIL'

wait, you don't know why he does that, do you?

let's just say i hope you don't any stock in Lysol

he's tired of being ISILated by Congress

surprised that drudge didn't arrive at that conclusion via a detour through egyptian mythology

https://talesfromahungrylife.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/isis-show.jpg

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/world/middleeast/russia-syria-conflict.html

At certain points in Wednesday’s fighting, rebels fired advanced TOW antitank missiles, supplied covertly by the C.I.A., at Syria’s Russian-made tanks, leaving the impression of a proxy war between Russia and the United States. Videos posted by rebel groups, including the American-backed Division 17 and Suqour al-Ghab, showed the guided missiles sailing toward approaching tanks and destroying them.

probably the wrong thread for that but idk shit seems crazy

We are this close to that scene in Iron Man where Tony Stark sees a bomb about to blow up and it has his name on it.

, leaving the impression of a proxy war between Russia and the United States.

"the impression"

is there no thread on Syria? besides MENA? russia is supporting assad, who the U.S. opposes. russia is bombing some but not all of the rebel groups. U.S. is supporting some but not all of those rebel groups. everyone hates ISIS. things are getting even more messed up, somehow.

oh btw happy birthday Putin. what a marvelous gift to yourself

back in american politics, it looks like the freedom caucus (god i hate typing that) isn't going to vote for mccarthy:

...Just as I was getting ready to push publish on this post, we got word that the 'Freedom Caucus' has chosen to vote for Daniel Webster, a far right member of the House who among other things is closely tied to the now-disgraced, cult leader beloved and followed by the Duggar family.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/if-only-they-had-boehner

looool

While it's unlikely that the 40-or-so member caucus will be enough to thwart McCarthy's selection in the closed-door GOP conference Thursday, their refusal to support him spells trouble for when the issue comes to the full House, where 218 votes will be required to elect the next speaker.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) suggested Tuesday that Democrats will vote for Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), meaning if enough Republicans continue to resist McCarthy as speaker, it could set the stage for a protracted floor fight.

well this should be fun

these idiots can't seem to accomplish anything without it becoming a fucking fiasco

Don't the parties always vote for their own anyway?

I mean, I've mentioned this before, but in our state assembly a few years ago, the Democratic minority sided with a a minority of Republicans to elevate a moderate GOP candidate to Speaker over the more extreme GOP candidate the majority of Republicans favored.

Now, that's not how it works on the federal level - each party nominates a candidate and then they take a vote. So who gives a fuck what Steny Hoyer has to say?

Pelosi's been saying that for years.

they are inspired in their ability to continue to distract everyone from their refusal to do anything but what needs to be done -- raise taxes on ultra rich assholes

or something like that

is there no thread on Syria? besides MENA? russia is supporting assad, who the U.S. opposes. russia is bombing some but not all of the rebel groups. U.S. is supporting some but not all of those rebel groups. everyone hates ISIS. things are getting even more messed up, somehow.

― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, October 7, 2015 5:10 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thanks. keep us posted.

could you get posted, gabb? i mean "crucified".

keep benbbag (flag) posted

could you get posted, gabb? i mean "crucified".

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, October 7, 2015 9:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that some kind of watersports thing?

would have offered a drink after La noire de last night, but decided i was more interested in a run than standing by for post-colonialism

Reports: McCarthy Drops Out Of Speaker Race

welp, you guys ready for a credit default?

fuckin a can these assholes even do anything

you just bumped off your own speaker (has that ever happened btw?) so now what geniuses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#Resignation

Speaker Gohmert ftw!

https://twitter.com/cam_joseph/status/652161052340162560

FL Rep Rooney: GOP members "shocked," "crying" after McCarthy announced he's dropping speaker bid. Says Boehner may have to stay.

what a fucking farrago. i hate these people so much. ungovernable.

this is just delightful. what's the over/under on how long it takes to find a candidate suitably multi-faced to satisfy such a diverse caucus of nuts?

i might literally die from laughter if boehner has to return

please let cruz become speaker please please please