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Aaron Fritschner
@Fritschner
House guy. DCoS/CD | along the way | he/him | Hendersonville, NC native | SciFi + RocknRoll | Tweets mine/dumb
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Hugh Grant tweeted a request at activists protesting outside Westminster to play the Benny Hill theme on their loudspeakers; when they did it became the soundtrack for street interviews with leading Tories trying explain the situation to the British people
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, presiding over the House as Scalise attempts to speak: "the Members are reminded to abide by decorum of the House" Democrats in the chamber responded by breaking out in deafening laughter
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Kevin McCarthy just claimed that the Dems are passing the American Rescue Act, an overwhelmingly popular piece of legislation, "in the dead of night" because we want to hide it. It's passing late at night because his members drew out the Rules hearing until late in the evening
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reminder that Democrats could've pushed to raise the debt ceiling when they still controlled both chambers during the lame duck, averting possible catastrophe later this year, but elected not to for reasons that were never really explained. baffling
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Seeing the very bad take that Manchin didn’t have input, was ignored in drafting this bill or not listened to on top provisions etc. Guys, we drafted a very different bill in Ways and Means. It was entirely rewritten to meet his demands. This is his bill more than anyone else’s.
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A major admission just now from the Republicans' IRS witness, Gary Shapley in the Hunter Biden hearing: "I have never claimed to have evidence that Attorney General Garland knowingly lied to Congress."
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Ivanka Trump just deleted this tweet referring to the violent anarchists attempting to overthrow America's elected government as "patriots"
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Three weeks ago, a group of Republicans voted against expanding and speeding up the evacuation of Afghans who supported the U.S. military and their families. You might think they'd be keeping their heads down right now, but... 1/?
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16 House Republicans voted No against the US Visas for Afghans bill: clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021218? Biggs-AZ Boebert-CO Brooks-AL DesJarlais-TN Duncan-SC Good-VA Gosar-AZ Greene-GA Hern-OK Hice-GA Massie-KY Moore-AL Perry-PA Posey-FL Rosendale-MT Roy-TX
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A group of unmasked Republican staffers are playing beer pong (but with cups of water) in the halls of Rayburn House Office Building. Presumably their need to demonstrate the exercise of "freedoms" is stronger than their sense of responsibility to justify taxpayer-funded salaries
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At Macon County GOP event yesterday, Madison Cawthorn called January 6 rioters “political hostages,” and spoke of trying to “bust them out.” Then- Attendee: “When are you gonna call us to Washington again?" Cawthorn: “We are actively working on that one.”
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Last year Madison Cawthorn said Dems who used pandemic proxy voting were "cowards for hiding and not showing up to work." He just filed with the House Clerk to proxy vote as the relief bill comes up "due to the ongoing public health emergency." He's in Orlando speaking at CPAC
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Sarah Bloom Raskin already served on the Fed for three and a half years, her Senate confirmation in 2010 was unanimous. She was confirmed by the Senate to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in 2014 and that vote was unanimous too. Joe Manchin was in the Senate at the time.
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I double checked and there isn't an age screen on her eNewsletter subscription page. So a distinct possibility that Marjorie Taylor Greene just emailed links to video containing nude images of Hunter Biden to minors using taxpayer-funded resources
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Marjorie Taylor Greene just sent this email to her constituents (yes this using official, taxpayer-funded resources). I clicked the link so you don't have to, it is exactly what you think
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Another thing about Offc. Fanone from our meeting- the guy is blunt. He directly told my boss, a Dem who represents him, that he was a Republican. The people who dismiss him as a lefty activist are dead wrong. He's a conservative who feels a deep sense of betrayal about January 6
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Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) just emailed his constituents touting an infrastructure project in his district he was “instrumental in getting” funded. The project is in fact funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which he opposed in vitriolic terms and voted against.
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I guess we are Feeling Good about Lamar Alexander's speech with its nods to the good old days of bipartisan camaraderie, but to me he'll always be an A1 example of someone who knew how bad the last four years were, and just went along with it. I don't find what he did admirable.
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What a time for American journalism to memory hole George W. Bush, who clearly bears the most responsibility for all of this. I'd have thought you couldn't just erase a recent eight-year presidency from our national story, but I was wrong! A truly impressive accomplishment.
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Mitch McConnell wearing the same tie today that he wore for his first post-August floor speech last year, but his appearance is otherwise pretty different
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People ask “did get tested for COVID-19?” No he did not. We tried to get a test for him, not bc he is special, but bc of who he interacts with. Thought it important to know ASAP. But there aren’t enough tests, he didn’t meet the risk threshold. Member of Congress.
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24 hours ago a man drove his pickup truck onto the sidewalk between the Library of Congress and the United States Capitol, announced he had enough explosives to destroy "two and a half city blocks", which could have killed thousands, and demanded the President's resignation
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The bashing of former President BARACK OBAMA'S birthday bash is having a chilling effect on the D.C. party scene as (especially Democratic) pols and their staffers scramble to figure out when and where — or even if — they can party again. More in Playbook: politico.com/newsletters/pl
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Whoa— Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), speaking after Sinema: "Today the House showed where it stands. We won't shrink from protecting our democracy and the voting rights of all Americans. It's past time for the U.S. Senate and Senator Sinema to do the same”
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If you're watching CSPAN you're seeing Kevin McCarthy reverse his position back and forth repeatedly on Afghanistan every few minutes, it's incredible
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I do not work in a fraternity house. I don't know why these people felt the need to do this here, but it is terrible and horrifying that displays of decadent apathy are all these people can summon at a time when people are getting sick and dying.
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Total turnover during the 117th Congress (the current session) in the US House of Representatives was 16 members: — 1 died before taking office — 5 died in office — 1 indicted, resigned — 3 left for Administration — 1 appointed Lt. Gov. of NY — 5 resigned for private sector jobs
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True story: when we moved in next door six years ago this office, 1117, was occupied by Congressman Chris Collins, a New York Republican who was subsequently indicted, arrested, and convicted of fraud and lying to the FBI
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You know, I came into today expecting the unexpected… but I was not even slightly prepared to learn who our new neighbor is
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Congresswoman Marie Newman spoke about how anti-trans discrimination affects transgender Americans like her daughter and Marjorie Taylor Greene replied to Newman calling her daughter “your biological son.”
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Virginia Dem turnout is now over 90% of its insanely high 2017 number and still coming in. You can put those "questions about Dem enthusiasm" takes to bed.
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I've given many many tours over the years, these are the biggest flags to me: 1) You don't take them all over the office buildings, you take them to the Capitol. 2) No one takes pictures of the security checkpoints. 3) The Republicans clearly and obviously lied about this.
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We represent Officer Fanone and have met with him, and I just want to emphasize something that isn't widely appreciated from the story he is telling now, that I asked him about directly: Officer Fanone was *off duty* on the morning of January 6. Bear that in mind as you listen.
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1) QAnon GOP Rep Lauren Boebert films ad strutting around DC with glock to protect her from scary Washingtonians twitter.com/laurenboebert/ 2) WaPo asks DC Police if that's legal 3) Police Chief: Nope 4) Boebert's office: she wasn't really carrying a glock washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is
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Let me tell you why I WILL carry my Glock to Congress. Government does NOT get to tell me or my constituents how we are allowed to keep our families safe. I promise to always stand strong for our 2nd Amendment rights. secure.winred.com/lauren-boebert
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New White House SAP just issued on the For the People Act: "Democracy is in peril, here, in America. The right to vote - a sacred right in this country - is under assault with an intensity and aggressiveness we have not seen in a long time."
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It's really cool that you guys think this is funny because staffers were scared and I heard the US Capitol Police, whose time you wasted, say "do not touch a package like that, call us first." Maybe you forgot but some of our Members were mailed pipe bombs last year.
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We know Democrats love investigations but why are they looking a gift horse in the mouth? These boxes will be useful next November! twitter.com/MEPFuller/stat…
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Can't imagine why Washingtonians would want to govern themselves when they have the option to be governed by people like this
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Come for Lauren Boebert asking if the revised criminal code is now law and being told "you overturned it" Stay for her lengthy inquiry attempting to produce a gotcha moment on the important topic of public urination which ends in resounding failure and awkward silence twitter.com/Fritschner/sta…
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The son was so scarred by the experience of having to read Toni Morrison that he grew up to be a lawyer at the NRCC “Mr. [Blake] Murphy, now 27 and the associate general counsel for the National Republican Congressional Committee in Washington…” nytimes.com/2020/12/18/sty
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What's it like to have Terry McAuliffe block you from having a say in your child's education? This mom knows – she lived through it. Watch her powerful story. #VAgov
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H.Res. 590 (116th) condemns an impeachment inquiry without a House vote as an "abuse of power" that "brings discredit to the House" and "undermines the voting privileges afforded to each Member and the constituents they represent" congress.gov/bill/116th-con Kevin McCarthy wrote it.
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I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Over the past several months, House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct—a culture of corruption. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1
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Just now in the Ways and Means hearing with US Trade Rep. Katherine Tai, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) told Amb. Tai she's "too nice" to do her job well and he "feels sorry for her." Stay to the end [sound on, edited down to make it fit]. Ambassador Tai shut him all the way down.
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Really awesome that you are taking a poll on whether to give this platform back to someone who was suspended for trying to get a bunch of people where I work killed. You’re a great guy Elon
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Herschel Walker just now: "I've been telling this little story about this bull out in the field with six cows, and three of them are pregnant... so you know he's got something going on"
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Hard to show the full scope because it’s a tight space and there are a bunch of people, but it’s about a hundred staff crammed together in a narrow hallway on second floor of Rayburn, almost all unmasked. They’re playing water pong, they have corn hole, I even smelled a cigar.
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The tour route sticks out to me. I've given many tours, and I don't understand why he showed them both the Rayburn and Cannon Tunnels. Separate routes from different places into the Capitol, which is where your tour group always wants to get. Why did Loudermilk take them to both?
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I am immediately convinced that this is reconnaissance. He's taking pictures of the entry points around the security checkpoint to the Cannon Tunnel, which connects the House Office Buildings to the U.S. Capitol
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So then, Tennessee Republicans... - Failed to permanently expel anyone - Put a national spotlight on their own extremism - Made Jones and Pearson national figures - Galvanized gun violence protesters - Face calls for gun reform from the (R) Governor Truly ingenious strategy
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“We have breaking news out of Memphis. That is the inside of the room where county commissioners have just voted to reinstate Justin J Pearson to send him back to the state house”
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Come for Lauren Boebert asking if the revised criminal code is now law and being told "you overturned it" Stay for her lengthy inquiry attempting to produce a gotcha moment on the important topic of public urination which ends in resounding failure and awkward silence
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If you aren't watching House Republicans' hearing on the District of Columbia you are missing sober consideration of weighty matters of state
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40ish minutes since the Post story broke and the only tweets are what look to my trained eye like schedule content on inflation/the Inflation Reduction Act, with two unfortunate exceptions
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. to Secretary Yellen: "During Women's History Month it's disappointing to see some of my colleagues talk down to you, use profanity, and not allow you to finish your answers here at this hearing. And I think it's important to call out that kind of behavior."
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Jeff Duncan voted against helping evacuate our Afghan allies
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“Where is the president?” Even MSM condemns @POTUS reckless withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan as a "fiasco" and "debacle," calling the accelerating crisis and the Taliban’s takeover as “Biden’s Saigon." The world is watching as the horror unfolds. This is on you, @POTUS twitter.com/townhallcom/st…
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She voted for both bills! I remember Republicans who tried to pull this kind of shtick off in 2017-18 where they did cable hits to try to separate their brand while voting with the party down the line. The voters weren’t into it, and those members aren’t here anymore
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"This is probably not the way to start off the week" -- Nancy Mace on MSNBC criticizes the House GOP push for legislation to further restrict abortion rights
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The creepy ex-husband using revenge porn and a combination of bigotry and titillation from right wing sites about his ex-wife’s sexuality to ruin her career at 32 is a key part of the story here and leaving that part out is an intentional choice nobody should make.
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Nobody made you drive with a revoked license twice. Nobody made you call President Zelensky a thug. Nobody made you say your colleagues were using cocaine and having orgies. A more mature person would take responsibility for their actions. You did those things yourself, my man.
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The subject of the gentlelady from Colorado's questioning reminded me of this scene, I never noticed before how similar it is to the tone and style of a hearing exchange. "The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from California, Mr. Lebowski"
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New Mexico Republican Yvette Herrell tries to take credit for “working across the aisle” to get disaster relief funding for the largest fire on record in New Mexico… then says she is voting against it
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