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FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CongressionalDemocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CongressionalDemocrats</span></a> *really* need to take a deep, cleansing breath and get over this ludicrous "Comity with our Colleagues Across the Aisle" schtick</p><p>They've been played for fools for well over a decade, to the point where the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> just spit in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>' faces as the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> ignores them completely</p><p>“Sir, this lacks decency,” ...his voice raised &amp; visibly agitated... “It lacks decorum. It shows that you do not want to simply hear from your colleagues. This is absolutely wrong!”</p><p>I'm sure <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Grassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grassley</span></a> was quaking in his boots at <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoryBooker</span></a>'s harsh rebuke</p>
Georgiann Baldino<p>"Asked if the Justice Department needs to provide more information about <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a>-related documents, [Sen.] <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Grassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grassley</span></a> said: “I think I’ve said all I should say.”</p><p> The Hill <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-senators-want-nothing-trump-100000911.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/gop-senators-wa</span><span class="invisible">nt-nothing-trump-100000911.html</span></a> <br> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> states have been put in a particularly tough position by the tariffs. “We all know <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agricultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agricultural</span></a> is usually the first place of retaliation,” Grassley says.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grassley</span></a> says he has taken a vocal “wait &amp; see” approach 🙄 to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> because he believes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; Greer are using them as a tool to get fairer trade (nope). “If that’s not the case, level with me.”</p><p><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/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutivePower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutivePower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a></p>
Georgiann Baldino<p>"HAMPTON, Iowa — Republican Sen. Chuck <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Grassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grassley</span></a> fielded questions from a packed room of heated Iowans on Friday who urged him to 'stand up for what's right' in the face of the Trump administration's massive federal downsizing.<br>“My question, which I think is on our minds here, is where is <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>?” asked one audience member, which was met with cheers from the audience at the Franklin County Courthouse in central Iowa." USA Today <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/where-congress-sen-chuck-grassley-193007091.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/where-congress-</span><span class="invisible">sen-chuck-grassley-193007091.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> #<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel.bsky.social</span></a></span> <br>Anyone visiting Chuck <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grassley</span></a>'s office should bring this along and ask him if he still stands by these statements:</p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> <br>Far Right <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hypocrite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrite</span></a> Chuck <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grassley</span></a> IS ON OUR SIDE! 🤔 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPHypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPHypocrisy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PresidentsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentsDay</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RWNJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RWNJ</span></a> outrage changes depending upon who's in office.</p><p>Bill Clinton's past cheating begat "Family Values" as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> mantra.</p><p>34 investigations of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Benghazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Benghazi</span></a>™ b/c Hillary supposedly failed to stop an angry mob from attacking a gov't building.</p><p>When <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> was in office, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> Chuck <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grassley</span></a> was OUTRAGED over his use of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExecutiveOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrders</span></a>:</p><p>“[W]hile the President has a pen and a phone, we have a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> that places limits on his use of them to issue Executive Orders.”</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>“DOJ must investigate whether and when <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Grassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grassley</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Comer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comer</span></a> or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Jordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jordan</span></a> knew that Smirnov was spreading <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a>,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) warned...</p><p>He underscored, “It is one thing to lead an investigation where you fail to find evidence to support unfounded conclusions. It is altogether something else when you are acting as an agent of Vladimir <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>.”<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/25/smirnov-arrest-republicans-impeachment-biden/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">24/02/25/smirnov-arrest-republicans-impeachment-biden/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/impeachment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impeachment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“…what neither Mr. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grassley</span></a> nor any of the other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> who amplified the claims said in their breathless statements was that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> officials had warned them repeatedly to be cautious about the accusation, because it was <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/uncorroborated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uncorroborated</span></a> &amp; its credibility unknown.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Impeachment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Impeachment</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/RussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAsset</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/ChaosCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosCaucus</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/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CultOfPersonality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultOfPersonality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaslighting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a></p>