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-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@flexghost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>flexghost</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@msbw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>msbw</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xhitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xhitter</span></a> has always been about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LookAtMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LookAtMe</span></a> culture. It's always been about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Narcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Narcissism</span></a>. It's the equivalent of a 3 year old putting their underpants on their head in a living room and screaming for attention <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LookAtMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LookAtMe</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DrunkMommy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrunkMommy</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DrunkDaddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrunkDaddy</span></a>: lots of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> to go around from the parents as well as the kids.</p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>Excellent (long) piece!</p><p>“Apocalypse From Within: How American Imperial Decay Fuels Nuclear Risk: Why US Dysfunction is the Greatest Nuclear Threat”</p><p>by Raja Sohail Bashir in The Geopolitical Compass on Substack </p><p>“High-profile warnings from figures like Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, suggesting a declining America is uniquely prone to nuclear first-use, underscore a visceral fear demanding rigorous analysis”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/apocalypse-from-within-how-american?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p</span><span class="invisible">/apocalypse-from-within-how-american?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FirstUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstUse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Risk</span></a></p>
MaksiSanctum he/him<p>Interesting that it is less prevalent among the young and the old but a notable prevalence among adults aged 30-60 years</p><p>Post-COVID Cough Linked to Neurological Dysfunction</p><p>Coughing appears to be more closely linked to neurological dysfunction than to classic respiratory involvement. </p><p><a href="https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/post-covid-cough-linked-neurological-dysfunction-2025a10003mq?ecd=mkm_ret_250214_mscpmrk_wildfire_etid7229056&amp;uac=319490FK&amp;impID=7229056" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">medscape.com/viewarticle/post-</span><span class="invisible">covid-cough-linked-neurological-dysfunction-2025a10003mq?ecd=mkm_ret_250214_mscpmrk_wildfire_etid7229056&amp;uac=319490FK&amp;impID=7229056</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Cough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cough</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/neurological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurological</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/GetVaccinated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GetVaccinated</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p><p>Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> healthcare profiteering announced</p><p>Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples</p><p>The 2024 “winners” of the annual <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shkreli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shkreli</span></a> awards, given each year to perpetrators of the most egregious examples of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> within the healthcare industry, have been released from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LownInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LownInstitute</span></a>, an independent healthcare <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinktank</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">an/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1712534/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1712534/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The holiday season lends itself to wishful thinking <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bipartisanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bipartisanship</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holidays</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p>The continued <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> paired with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ruthlessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ruthlessness</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpublicanParty</span></a> will continue to drag the US down. Unfortunately for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asymmetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asymmetry</span></a> is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeathSpiral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathSpiral</span></a> <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/aoc-loses-house-oversight-committee-vote-gerry-connolly-rcna184581" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/aoc-loses-house-oversight-committee-vote-gerry-connolly-rcna184581</span></a></p>
considerate<p>Seems like we're reaching a point where people are willing to put up with their own family dysfunctions less and less. This is likely why estrangement, for some, is a far more viable option than it ever used to be. The results of the recent presidential election aren't slowing this down either. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p>Media is useless. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheFourthEstateIsDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheFourthEstateIsDead</span></a>, and acts just like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a>, as if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> are acting in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoodFaith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodFaith</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poynter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poynter</span></a> behaves similarly. The point of Trump's picks are to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DAMAGE_GOVERNMENT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DAMAGE_GOVERNMENT</span></a> and create <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a>-A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DecapitationStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DecapitationStrike</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HistoPol</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>energisch_</span></a></span> We can hope there will be a fight. The whole point of this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DecapitationStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DecapitationStrike</span></a> is to actively cause <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a>. To damage government in a way people will buy the rhetoric from the right: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GovernmentIsBroken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentIsBroken</span></a></p>
Evan Light<p>As an engineer AND ESPECIALLY AS A MANAGER, I've encountered this so often.</p><p>Be wary. There's often **political** reasons for entrenched patterns like this, particularly when they are dysfunctional. You are likely to piss off someone who has motivated self-interest in keeping things this way.</p><p>Attempting to modify these sorts of behaviors risks activating an organization's immune system.</p><p>Ask me how I know... 🤦🏻‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/changemanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>changemanagement</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organizations</span></a><br><a href="https://botsin.space/@picardtips/113080945461155083" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">botsin.space/@picardtips/11308</span><span class="invisible">0945461155083</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> means whatever the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> court says it means, even when that meaning conflicts w/the basic principles of American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>.</p><p>It is against this backdrop of institutional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> arrogance that President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, fresh from his decision to leave the campaign trail in favor of his vice president, introduced his three-point package of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> reforms.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExtremistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorruptCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtReform</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarjorieTaylorGreene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarjorieTaylorGreene</span></a> on Wednesday officially triggered a vote on her motion to remove House <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Speaker</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a>.</p><p>There were audible boos from lawmakers in the chamber as Greene spoke at length about her grievances with Johnson on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> floor.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChaosCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheDysfunctionIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheDysfunctionIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-triggers-vote-motion-oust-speaker/story?id=110043228" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/marjor</span><span class="invisible">ie-taylor-greene-triggers-vote-motion-oust-speaker/story?id=110043228</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> conference was rivaled only by that of its counterpart in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> this week killed a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> bill that a… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bipartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bipartisan</span></a> group of senators spent months negotiating after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> telegraphed that their conference — &amp; by extension, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> base led by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> — would not support the bill.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlueForAFunctioningGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlueForAFunctioningGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/opportunism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> served as a member of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> defense team during both the 2019 &amp; 2020 impeachments.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Johnson</span></a> signed, along w/126 other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>, an amicus brief in support of the BS <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KenPaxton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KenPaxton</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> case Texas v. Pennsylvania challenging President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s victory (the Supreme Court declined to even hear the case).</p><p>Johnson opposes the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a> v. Hodges decision that legalized <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speaker</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChaosCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosCaucus</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>here’s their 4th choice:</p><p>Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> (R-LA) was “elected” the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speaker</span></a> nominee Tues in an internal vote by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> conference.</p><p>Johnson is an attorney &amp; former talk radio host who has served in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> since 2017 &amp; is the vice chair of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublican</span></a> conference.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicDisservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDisservice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChaosCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrollCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrollCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/24/house-speaker-vote/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/10/24/house-speaker-vote/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>This is the only appropriate reaction to the above news re the latest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Speaker</span></a> plan of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KevinMcCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KevinMcCarthy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimJordan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/speakership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speakership</span></a>.</p><p>❤️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@joyannreid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>joyannreid</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JoyReid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoyReid</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheReidOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheReidOut</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@MSNBC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MSNBC</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicDisservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDisservice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GymJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GymJordan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChaosCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrollCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrollCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/anarchists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchists</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimJordan</span></a> won’t seek third <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speaker</span></a> vote, allowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> to empower <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/interimSpeaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interimSpeaker</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GymJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GymJordan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChaosCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/19/house-speaker-vote-live/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/10/19/house-speaker-vote-live/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> is expected to vote Tues afternoon on whether to make Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimJordan</span></a> its next speaker. Jordan, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> conservative agitator, who spews <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>, is allied w/ Trump. He was chosen by fellow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> on Fri to lead the House but must win a majority in the full chamber to take the gavel.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GymJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GymJordan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/anarchist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grievance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grievance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChaosCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicDisservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDisservice</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/17/house-speaker-vote/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/10/17/house-speaker-vote/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>“With a war in Europe and a war in the Middle East and government funding running out on November 17, not to mention all the other work that falls to Congress, the House did not hold a single floor vote this week. </p><p>Essentially, the Republican extremists have paralyzed the government in the midst of an unusually dangerous time.”</p><p>~ Heather Cox Richardson </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/october-13-2023" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/heatherc</span><span class="invisible">oxrichardson/p/october-13-2023</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Nobody’s going to use me as an excuse to hold back our ability to get the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> opened again,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Scalise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scalise</span></a> said.
<br>Asked whether he’d endorsed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimJordan</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speaker</span></a>, Scalise said he had “cut no deals w/ anybody.”</p><p>“I am sure there will be a lot of people that look at [running], but it’s got to be people that aren’t doing it for themselves &amp; their own personal interests,” he said.<br>(good luck finding that in your conference)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicDisservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDisservice</span></a></p>