January 6, 2023

Above, Groucho Marx perform The Laws of My Administration, featuring the immoral lyric, "If you think things are bad right now just wait till I get through with it." Why yes, we are talking about the Speaker of the House vote!

The Rectification of Names sees Ron DeSantis in all the nonsense going on in the house.

Zandar versus the Stupid says it is last call for the circus of the damned.

Strangely Blogged points out the obvious: K-Mac doesn't have votes. He will never have the votes.

Gregfallis says that assuming someone becomes speaker, it is going to be a long two years. It's a big assumption.

Bonus Track: a lot of people have been asking how it is that the representatives who have NOT been sworn in yet are voting. PwnAllTheThings does a thorough deep dive and answers the question.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Twitters, and on the Fediverse too. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

Can you help us out?

For nearly 20 years we have been exposing Washington lies and untangling media deceit, but now Facebook is drowning us in an ocean of right wing lies. Please give a one-time or recurring donation, or buy a year's subscription for an ad-free experience. Thank you.

Explore more

Discussion

We welcome relevant, respectful comments. Any comments that are sexist or in any other way deemed hateful by our staff will be deleted and constitute grounds for a ban from posting on the site. Please refer to our Terms of Service for information on our posting policy.
Mastodon