Joe Biden is now POTUS

[BKF]

"At the Rules Committee hearing, ranking Republican Tom Cole of Oklahoma said he was concerned that allowing the Democrats to take unilateral action against a lawmaker in another party would set a dangerous precedent.

Committee Chair Jim McGovern, D-Mass. said he was fine setting a precedent if a member advocates violence against their colleagues. “If that’s not the bottom, I don’t know what the hell is,” McGovern said.

Koch said that, “if Republicans would rather side with someone who thinks the Parkland shooting was a hoax or that Jewish space lasers start forest fires that’s their own decision.

The vote will force Republicans to go on the record as to whether Greene should be rebuked for her past comments."

 

[Maxxam]

Cacs are gone

 

[4 Dimensional]

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Nice!

 

[zod16]

I have her blocked on Twitter for a reason. She is really trying hard to be controversial now.

She is going to have to get increasingly crazy to stay relevant. She didn't do all this cooning and wenching to end up on CNN with horse hair like Ludmya...

 

[pimp1101]

 

[HeathCliff]

 

[rude_dog]

The united daughters of the confederacy is probably responsible for more confederate statues than anybody else. Theyre keepers of the lost cause myth.

 

[Camille]

 

[Nzinga]

Joe Biden Sued by Trump Appointee Roger Severino, Asked to Resign Before End of 3-Year Term
Jeffery Martin 3 hrs ago

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Joe Biden Sued by Trump Appointee Roger Severino, Asked to Resign Before End of 3-Year Term
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Roger Severino, who was appointed to the Council of the Administration Conference of the United States by former President Donald Trump in January 2021, filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden on Wednesday after being informed he was being fired.
© Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Roger Severino, who served in the administration of former President Donald Trump. filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden on Wednesday after being asked to resign from a position Trump had appointed him to in January.



Biden's administration has relieved some Trump appointees of their positions. On Wednesday, Biden asked 10 Trump appointees to the Federal Services Impasse Panel to resign.

Severino said Wednesday that although he had been asked to vacate his three-year-long term on the Council by White House Presidential Personnel Office Deputy Director Gautam Raghavan by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, he would refuse to resign.

"President Biden's attempt to remove me contrary to law exposes his lofty promises of healing and uniting all Americans as nothing more than cynical manipulation," Severino said in a Wednesday email to Newsweek.

"Because I am not one to be bullied, not even by the President himself, I will not resign my duly commissioned post and look forward to seeing how President Biden tries to justify his vindictive actions in court," Severino added.
Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment.

According to a copy of the complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia sent to Newsweek, Raghavan asked Severino to resign "on behalf of President Biden."

Severino responded asking Raghavan for the reason behind his request.
"Neither Mr. Raghavan nor any else from the White House has responded to Mr. Severino's email," the court documents state.
Severino alleged that Biden has no authority to end Severino's term on the Council which, according to the lawsuit, "does not wield any executive power."

According to its website, the ACUS provides "nonpartisan expert advice and recommendations for federal agency procedures." Severino's litigation says that "on information and belief," 3 other members of the ACUS were asked to resign by Raghavan.
"President Biden's threatened termination of Mr. Severino and his fellow members is therefore unlawful and should be promptly enjoined," the lawsuit read.

Along with Biden and Raghavan, White House Presidential Personnel Office Director Catherine M. Russell was named as a defendant in Severino's case.

Severino served as the director of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights during the Trump administration. During Severino's tenure, the HHS changed a rule in the Affordable Care Act that was designed to protect people, including transgender individuals, from sexual discrimination. According to a June 2020 release from the HHS, the rule marked a return to the "government's interpretation of sex discrimination according to the plain meaning of the word 'sex' as male or female and as determined by biology."
Biden's removal of the members of the Federal Services Impasse Panel was lauded by the president of the American Federation of Government Employees Everett Kelley. In a Tuesday statement, Kelley described the former members of the panel as being "stacked with transparently biased union-busters" who were "notorious for ignoring the law to gut workplace rights and further an extreme political agenda."

 

[carsun1000]

Not gonna lie, I like that the Republican party is tearing itself apart from within. If the Democrats are watching with keen eye, they should capitalize on this in 2022. A few more Dems seats won't hurt the cause of righting a lot of Trump's wrongs and put better policies forward

 

[carsun1000]

I hope they succeed at this. Clipping Trump's wings one way or another is good for the future..

 

[darth frosty]

Donald Trump has left the White House. Many of us are understandably eager to move on. Yet it would be wrong to assume that the ex-president’s destructive influence on American democracy is over.

The Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol could have been much worse. Yet our relative success in thwarting an even greater catastrophe should not blind us to the continuing threat. Never before in modern U.S. history has a president condoned and abetted right-wing violence on such a scale. The conspiracy theories and grievances boosted by Trump have created the potential for enduring instability.

This week, the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin warning that domestic violent extremists might be “emboldened” by the Capitol assault “to target elected officials and government facilities.” DHS is right to be worried. As an expert in counterinsurgency, I believe we need to take seriously the possibility that Trump’s most zealous supporters are now creating the conditions for long-term conflict — extending, at its worst, to persistent terrorist or paramilitary violence.

The 2014 U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual defines insurgency as “organized use of subversion and violence to seize, nullify, or challenge political control of a region.” The insurgent’s goal is to make existing governments seem powerless, feckless and incapable of protecting the common citizen — and then exploiting that vacuum to seize political power. The self-styled militia members, conspiracy theorists and Trump zealots who stormed the Capitol demonstrated their aspiration to thwart the workings of American democracy. How far are they willing to go?

Achieving Trump’s disruptive goals on a national scale might be simpler than we want to admit. An NBC poll reveals Trump commands the loyalty of 87 percent of Republicans — even after the Jan. 6 assault. And his followers have successfully employed a cultural tool so powerful many deny it even exists: White privilege.

During the assault on the Capitol, the deference encountered by some violent insurrectionists — in stark contrast to the massive preemptive deployments of force experienced by Black Lives Matter activists in similar situations — could only have served to confirm their assumption that they were protected by their Whiteness. Despite dire intelligence warnings that seizing the Capitol was the goal of the protest, the sergeants-at-arms for both the Senate and the House viewed it as bad “optics” to have National Guard troops present. The massive surge of insurrectionists, shielded by their inherent White privilege, were able to overpower the police, murder a policeman and freely hunt for elected representatives, including Vice President Mike Pence.

So long as these insurrectionists believe they are thus shielded, any act of defiance is within the realm of possibility. Subversion, sabotage, and attacks using snipers or explosives could be utilized to plague urban areas, damaging water- and power-supply systems or computer networks. Even spectacular deadly terrorist attacks, akin to Timothy McVeigh’s 1995 truck bombing in Oklahoma City, are not out of the question.

Trump’s fledgling insurgents are embracing the narrative that they are a modern-day, hyper-patriotic version of the “Sons of Liberty” or the defenders at Lexington or Concord. For them, this faith in their own purity is a force multiplier, but it is also a major vulnerability. We must attack this belief head-on.

We can do this by making use of two important items in the counterinsurgency tool box: shame and doubt.

Opprobrium, focused on those insurrectionists caught in the act of violence, can help to peel away public approval for Trump’s more militant supporters. Society must make it socially distasteful to the prospective insurgent to believe the nation will ever stand with them.

When President Biden correctly referred to the rioters as “domestic terrorists,” they were driven to near-madness. Using accurate counterterrorism terminology for those arrested as “insurrectionists,” “insurgents” or “seditionists” aids the effort to sow doubt. The shame of having their criminal actions (such as the killing of a Capitol Police officer) equated to those of Islamist extremists such as members of the Islamic State and al-Qaeda will undercut their heroic self-image.

News of rioters turned in by family members being considered for inclusion on the no-fly list can sow doubt about the righteousness of their cause. When federal agents recently arrested then-West Virginia State Del. Derrick Evans at his home, his grandmother placed the blame squarely on Trump: “Thank you, Mr. Trump, for inviting a riot….” It is safe to say she will likely not support further violent actions that could again bring the FBI to her doorstep.

We should take care to distinguish the actions of these extremists from those of mainstream Trump voters who do not condone violence. Creating fissures between loyal opposition and violent insurgents is a vital means of injecting doubt into the narrative that anti-government rebellion is a legitimate form of protest.

Most Trump voters believe themselves good citizens and cherish America’s core values. We must build on this to erode their support for any agitation by Trump or his followers for an insurgency. Let us help them to understand that condoning violence against our democracy is not only unconstitutional, but also decidedly un-American.

 

[dbluesun]

Joe Biden Sued by Trump Appointee Roger Severino, Asked to Resign Before End of 3-Year Term
Jeffery Martin 3 hrs ago

http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB1dn6En?ocid=sf
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...-student-athletes/vi-BB1dmq75?ocid=entnewsntp
Joe Biden Sued by Trump Appointee Roger Severino, Asked to Resign Before End of 3-Year Term
http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB1dn6En?ocid=sf

Roger Severino, who was appointed to the Council of the Administration Conference of the United States by former President Donald Trump in January 2021, filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden on Wednesday after being informed he was being fired.
© Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Roger Severino, who served in the administration of former President Donald Trump. filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden on Wednesday after being asked to resign from a position Trump had appointed him to in January.



Biden's administration has relieved some Trump appointees of their positions. On Wednesday, Biden asked 10 Trump appointees to the Federal Services Impasse Panel to resign.

Severino said Wednesday that although he had been asked to vacate his three-year-long term on the Council by White House Presidential Personnel Office Deputy Director Gautam Raghavan by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, he would refuse to resign.

"President Biden's attempt to remove me contrary to law exposes his lofty promises of healing and uniting all Americans as nothing more than cynical manipulation," Severino said in a Wednesday email to Newsweek.

"Because I am not one to be bullied, not even by the President himself, I will not resign my duly commissioned post and look forward to seeing how President Biden tries to justify his vindictive actions in court," Severino added.
Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment.

According to a copy of the complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia sent to Newsweek, Raghavan asked Severino to resign "on behalf of President Biden."

Severino responded asking Raghavan for the reason behind his request.
"Neither Mr. Raghavan nor any else from the White House has responded to Mr. Severino's email," the court documents state.
Severino alleged that Biden has no authority to end Severino's term on the Council which, according to the lawsuit, "does not wield any executive power."

According to its website, the ACUS provides "nonpartisan expert advice and recommendations for federal agency procedures." Severino's litigation says that "on information and belief," 3 other members of the ACUS were asked to resign by Raghavan.
"President Biden's threatened termination of Mr. Severino and his fellow members is therefore unlawful and should be promptly enjoined," the lawsuit read.

Along with Biden and Raghavan, White House Presidential Personnel Office Director Catherine M. Russell was named as a defendant in Severino's case.

Severino served as the director of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights during the Trump administration. During Severino's tenure, the HHS changed a rule in the Affordable Care Act that was designed to protect people, including transgender individuals, from sexual discrimination. According to a June 2020 release from the HHS, the rule marked a return to the "government's interpretation of sex discrimination according to the plain meaning of the word 'sex' as male or female and as determined by biology."
Biden's removal of the members of the Federal Services Impasse Panel was lauded by the president of the American Federation of Government Employees Everett Kelley. In a Tuesday statement, Kelley described the former members of the panel as being "stacked with transparently biased union-busters" who were "notorious for ignoring the law to gut workplace rights and further an extreme political agenda."

this is why we need bullets

 

[BDR]

this is why we need bullets

He can sue all he wants he works at the pleasure of the potus

 

[easy_b]

I don’t know what’s going to happen in a few years but Trump really fucked up the republican party

 

[playahaitian]

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[playahaitian]

I don’t know what’s going to happen in a few years but Trump really fucked up the republican party

the question is do the REPUBLICANS realize this?

 

[easy_b]

the question is do the REPUBLICANS realize this?

The ones like Liz Cheney realize this but the other ones are just crazy as a bedbug right now.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

the question is do the REPUBLICANS realize this?

You are looking at the world through your eyes wondering about the thoughts and actions of someone else. You should look at it though their eyes.

How can you askconservatives to give up on racism? How can you ask them to give up on treachery? How can you ask the political party that created a million school districts because they didn’t want negros in their schools?

Let say the Republican Party dumps the “fringe elements” who’s going to be left and can those people win a general election? You should be concerned that the little snakes that left the Republican Party and snuck into the Democratic Party ie James Comey. Stupid, lousy people in high positions. They stupid but they’re aren’t dumb. And can the democrats win elections without them? Because it looks like they can’t. Which leads me to my pain point: why are you worried about the republicans when the democrats aren’t in a better position.

 

[DC_Dude]

 

[praetor]

 

[ugk]

This country is fucked man.

Absolutely fucking wild this behavior is being normalized. I'm actually terrified that the stock market bubble is gonna pop soon then shit will get really scary.

 

["THE MAN"]

This country is fucked man.

Absolutely fucking wild this behavior is being normalized. I'm actually terrified that the stock market bubble is gonna pop soon then shit will get really scary.

People keep coddling this opposing views shit. Folks have to say no you are just fuckin wrong and not listen. The media has to grow some fucking balls and stop treating it like a reality show and looking for drama.

 

[Multi - Personality]

 

[Spectrum]

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

People keep coddling this opposing views shit. Folks have to say no you are just fuckin wrong and not listen. The media has to grow some fucking balls and stop treating it like a reality show and looking for drama.

The media are corporations helmed by white men.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

This country is fucked man.

Absolutely fucking wild this behavior is being normalized. I'm actually terrified that the stock market bubble is gonna pop soon then shit will get really scary.

This is what happens when you coddle traitors. This is what happens when traitors are not only to wave their awful flag they are allowed to write stories and forced to read.

 

[DC_Dude]

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Why? He’s not going to vote for it because that’s not what we are voting for.

Do y’all mothafuckas not remember Tim Scott’s Walter Floyd nonsense? Have you learned nothing about Rand Paul’s nonsense?

 

[SVT]

Why? He’s not going to vote for it because that’s not what we are voting for.

Do y’all mothafuckas not remember Tim Scott’s Walter Floyd nonsense? Have you learned nothing about Rand Paul’s nonsense?

Jcoonville

 

[DC_Dude]

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Bemoaning that a party built on treason and fortified with awful tales of trickle down economics isn’t interesting.

 

[darth frosty]

He can sue all he wants he works at the pleasure of the potus

At least that was all we heard for the last 4 years.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

I see they’re running the Covid playbook. I don’t expect them to do shit on student loans now. If it hurts blacks do it. If it helps blacks definitely don’t do it.

I hope they toss $619 unto every student loan by black people.

 

[DC_Dude]