Six weeks ago, I was elected to Congress. I’m still waiting to be sworn in.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s recess of the U.S. House of Representatives during a time of grave national crises is shockingly irresponsible. House Republicans have been on vacation for six weeks while our economy crumbles, federal workers go without paychecks, health care premiums skyrocket and funding for food stamps dwindles. This is negligent and cruel.

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    3 days ago

    Mike Johnson is the guy that jacks off with his son, right?

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    im thinking they are just stalling til her 2 year term expires, or nearly expires. this shutdown wont end in anytime soon as long as epstein files reveals trump as the most frequent sex pest of his.

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    Vote! Vote! Get out and vote!

    The people voted. Nothing is moving. What options are left?

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      The uncomfortable option(s), are what’s left. Those option(s) will get drastically more uncomfortable with each day passing. Good luck, US.

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      The next three boxes are jury, soap, and ammo. I suspect it will come to the last one

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      I am usually not a fan of witholding taxes (I do think we should invest more taxes into social services and less in defense and none in company subsidies or bailouts), but Arizona really should consider witholding federal taxes until they have representation. Money talks.

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        That’s unfortunately not how that works, federal taxes are not held by the state but paid directly to the country, there’s no way for the state to withhold it.

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          Guess who’s the biggest employer in the state and also pays a shitton of federal employer payroll taxes.

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          The state can withhold the taxes from employees if the state though. Wouldn’t be insignificant

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      A legal challenge that forces his hand. Plus, some Republicans actually want to know the the truth about the Epstein thing.

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    DEPUTIZE American Patriots . We will be your armed escorts to and from the House Floor. This shit needs to end and the only way it ends is with a huge show of FORCE. Force little Mike to swear her in.

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    I would say judges should be the ones to swear in all elected officials in the federal government as in theory they are meant to be nonpartisan and unaffiliated but we all know that isn’t the reality of the situation. No party should be able to directly stop the action of any elected official based purely on their party affiliation or political platform. Even better still, elected individuals should be sworn in before the election results roll in and should take office the same day the election results are finalized.

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    That shitty rule needs to be changed. One wins the election and the Speaker of the House should be available for the swearing in process.