Unrelated:
This website drives me crazy. If I open links in reader mode, they always show me a completely random article.
TNR is a shadow of its former self. Chewed up and spit out by one private interest after another going back to the Andrew Sullivan Era. Now it’s barely more than clickbait.
Let’s game this out. Assume what he was saying is true. Prices went up because Democrats have environmental regulations. Ok, cool. So the Democrats are protecting the environment? What an excellent endorsement.
When did prices shoot up? Just this year, right? Did the Democrats add these regulations this year then? Even though the House, Senate, and White House are controlled by Maga, somehow the party controlling all branches of the federal government was sidelined and wasn’t able to stop it. Is he saying the Maga party, and by extension the President, is weak and feckless? Bold of him to say.
However, Occam’s Razor tends to indicate he is full of crap, and that disel prices went up due to fallout from an unwinnable war, initiated by a feckless President, as a distraction from the allegations that he raped children.
Either way, good on the Democrats for protecting the environment, I suppose.
Prices went up because Democrats have environmental regulations. Ok, cool.
Conservatives (regressives) refuse to accept higher prices for anything, including a higher quality of life. This, of course, only holds true until someone they elected skyrockets their cost of living and then the excuses come pouring in. The problem is they keep electing failures that skyrocket their cost of living without offering them anything in return.
Sometimes you have to pay more for nicer things. Here’s a good example. I’ve spent my entire life in The Valley in California. When I was a kid I’d come down out of the Sierras on the freeway in the summer and you could literally see a thick layer of smog covering the valley with the tops of the skyscrapers peaking out above that layer. Then CA got serious about fuel refinement standards and SMOG laws and now that layer is all but gone. So I pay more TO BREATHE CLEANER AIR. And there’s way more people/cars in this valley than there used to be, so these regulations REALLY worked.
And like you mentioned, the cost of living skyrocketing is so clearly and obviously tied to this admin’s awful policies that there’s no argument in reality against it. The problem is we’re all trying to point this out to actual, literal cult members.
Andy Harris should be arrested for being an insufferable and dangerous piece of sxxt. This is the man who tried to bring a handgun into the House chamber right after January 6th. He is by far the worst part of living in the state of Maryland, and I say this as someone who believes many of our democratic governor - Wes Moore’s - policies are an EXTREMELY distant second for that title.
piece of sxxt
Friend… You can say shit. It’s a safe space for swearing. <3
Whine and threaten, the conservative (regressive) way.
Can’t govern while you’re whining and threatening.
Wish I could vote for the prick running against this prick… if only!
They literally believe the first amendment is there to protect their feelings.
From the article:
“This is the problem,” Harris complained to the crowd. “You all say you believe there’s a First Amendment, but only if you agree with you. You should let me finish the sentence, ma’am. You are rude!”
Quite literally thinks it’s his first amendment right not to get shouted at when complete horse shit comes from his mouth.
A day never passes without a Republican confirming that they are delicate snowflakes.
Hey if you do your best to seriously fuck over anybody that you disagree with, you’re a loyalist trooper and a good person, right?
I’m surprised they didn’t actually arrest the journalist tbh
Fd up country 😂
So stupid they can never win an intelligent argument, they regress to violence every time. They epitomize those bumper stickers that say, “My kid beat up your honor roll student.”
I saw the clips of that on Internet Today last night. Jesus Christ what an embarrassment to the species. I’ve seen 5 year olds with better reasoning skills.
Was it the guy who thought being embarrassed was an infringement on his constitutional rights?
Sounds like he had pre written talking points about fuel prices before the iran war started, and he was like fuck it I’m not going to change them!
I’m not a lawyer, but typically if there is no expectation of privacy then he can go fuck himself and she can record whatever she likes
Hey asshole Republican, read the First Amendment please. Here I’ll help you: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The people laughing at you aren’t the government. They didn’t even stop you physically from trying to utter your garbage. They just laughed at you. You stopped talking yourself. The First Amendment doesn’t mean people have to listen to you, and it certianly doesn’t shield you from being laughed at when you say stupid shit.
Mr. Republican, the fact that you don’t know how the First Amendment to the US Constitution works should disqualify you from holding the office where your oath includes: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;”
How can you swear to support and defend the Constitution when you haven’t even read the thing?
Just wait. They’re going to do away with the rule of law, sooner rather than later. Then we’ll all be on the menu.
Shortly after the debate, Harris, a staunch MAGA Republican who has avoided in-person town halls since 2023, tried to get a reporter arrested for recording his speech to a group of journalists.
Nothing in the article or subsequent links indicate that he actually managed this. The Twitter-link just has him making idle threats about referring a random person with a cell phone camera to a prosecutor. There was no follow-up to determine if a complaint was filed or a prosecutor contacted.
I do think it’s glaring to see a sitting Congressman outright admit intent to conspire with state prosecutors for a malicious misuse of power. But unless he followed through… No different than a guy standing in front of an ATM while announcing, “You owe me money and I’m going to break you open to get it”.
Threats are still threats.
Don’t like the blowback, maybe don’t threaten people all the time.
Who says there would be a record for you to check? You think he’s filing a police report? The reporter would just be arrested later on some made up unrelated bullshit, their house will be ransacked, dogs shot, car impounded. Of course the charges will be dropped but he point is the same: This is what happens if you fuck with me.
Why the fuck would you say those threats are idle?
