I don’t understand the premise of frequent recesses, anymore. They seemed reasonable when people were traveling by horse and buggy and required 2-4 weeks to get back to their district, but now? In the era of phones and planes, why do they still deserve to get half the year off?
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Well, it shouldn't quite be half the year, but it makes sense to plan some official time to be back in your district. Your constituents shouldn't have to travel to DC to see you in person.
But they’re mostly just dicking around elsewhere with the free time. The time isn’t bound to any structure. I wouldn’t doubt that we get less time with our representatives today than at the founding of the country, when dying of dysentery was a plausible end for a casual walk.
Also with telecommunications, we should reasonably be able to access our representatives wherever they are at all times. It's not like we don't live in a videoconference connected world, we absolutely do. We have phones, email, videoconferencing, and all manner of being able to directly contact our representatives without having to travel to Washington DC.
The MAGA Nazis are avoiding meeting their constituents at all costs. It's just a vacation for them.
Probably not. Appeasing their corporate overlords takes a lot of work.
The real constituents.
I believe they call it a "Klavern"
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They still need all that time off to suck up to the donor class, though, don't they? Because fuck you, is why.
Because you allow it.
“Christian” Mike Johnson doing his best to give cover to pedophiles. Wonder if him and his son discuss these sins at bedtime together while going over their porn monitoring.
So Christian he's practically Catholic.
Protestants have plenty of child rape as well. For instance, maga mikey's church...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_cases_in_Southern_Baptist_churches
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No rule against pedophilia in the Ten Commandments.
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Don't lump chickens in with them. This isn't cowardice, it's complicity.
A lot of the people in charge of the country are child rapists.
Chickens are also capable of intelligence, compassion, and bravery protecting their flock. So unfair comparison, really.
It is a Tuesday. 🌮
Huh, what a coincidence, Epstein always looked forward to recess too.
Oh so he's on the list, got it
Maybe but more likely they bought time for spoliation. By the time they're like fine ok here you go it'll all be gone and the effort will be sorta worthless.
Hold up, last I checked its still July...I think you have another week there Mr speaker
Imagine if we could dock a weeks pay for them going home...
The mass majority of their “pay” comes from grifts, donors, and other corruption outside of their official salary from the Congress.
Why do they get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars while at the same time skipping entire months worth of work?
Because Americans let them. That’s why they get away with anything: they have nothing to fear.
They go back to their districts and work there for most of it. Supposed to keep them informed about the will of the people.
I’m sure most just vacation the whole time but some might still give a shit, I dunno
Most of them spend a huge amount of their time fundraising whether congress is in session or not.
Jn whatever country replaces the US, we need to have publicly funded elections. We have to get the money out of politics. Eliminate PACs while we're at it.
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Here is an amazing write up on all of trump's connections to epstein.
Thanks. I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought the 2003 birthday letter was a meme, until right now.
Like the text was real, but somebody superimposed it onto a lurid drawing, adding T's signature for extra disgust.
Turns out it was Trump himself who did all that. And thanks to the WSJ for holding up to at least some journalistic integrity, sticking to the truth.
It's not going away Mikey.
Well, this will put those conspiracy allegations to bed.
That pretty much confirms it
Oh, you still had any doubt whatsoever? How cute.
Trumps on the list. Trumps on the list. Trumps on the list. The GOP is trying to hide it. Trumps a child fucker. Trumps a child fucker. Trumps a child fucker. The GOP is trying to hide it.
This is the DEMOCRATS Fault that the Republican led House is Protecting Infamous CHILD SEX TRAFFICKER Jeffrey Epstein and his Best Friend Republican President DONALD J TRUMP!
Will somebody think of the children?
These republicans are always thinking about children.
A whole week early? Unacceptable. I don’t get an extended vacation when I feel like it. Why should they?
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Buying time to scrub records?
I reckon a good number of them won't be returning from recess. They'll start sounding up the neurodivergents for the "wellness camps" during the August recess and also use the opportunity to murder or jail their opponents probably using ICE operatives. Dark times ahead.
Very Christian of you, Mikey, to protect your false idol's pedophilic actions.
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