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Speaker Paul Ryan Will Not Seek Re-election in November

 Speaker Paul D. Ryan will tell House Republican colleagues on Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in November, ending a brief stint atop the House and signaling the peril that the Republican majority faces in the midterm elections.

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CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TV FOOL TO START MAKING POLICY

Larry Kudlow may have been more wrong about the economy than anyone alive

Trump has just put the country’s economic fate in the hands of the man who has arguably been more publicly and consistently wrong about the economy than any person alive.

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HEY BETSY DE VOS, EDUCATION SECRETARY! WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION?

 

I hesitate to talk about all schools in general because schools are made up of individual students attending them.

-BDV

Thanks for nothing, charter school pimp

THEY KNOW NOTHING!

REACTION FORMATION

Mike Pence lashes out at gay Olympic figure skater

Mike Pence has lashed out at a gay figure skater who criticized his anti-LGBT record.

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AND I HAVE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT REP. SCOTT PERRY (R) HAS ROCKS IN HIS HEAD

GOP congressman claims ISIS is responsible for Vegas shooting — and they infiltrated ‘through the southern border’

In a Thursday night interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania claimed he has “evidence” that suggests the Islamic State is responsible for the deadly shooting in Las Vegas last October.

“I smell a rat like a lot of Americans do,” Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) told Carlson.

“Recently, I have been made aware of what I believe to be credible evidence, credible information regarding potential terrorist infiltration through the southern border regarding this incident,” the congressman told the Fox News host. 

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FUNNY MAN

President’s lawyer jumps into racial controversy by forwarding inflammatory email

 

President Trump’s lawyer on Wednesday fanned an already-incendiary racial debate by forwarding an email advocating protection of some Confederate monuments and claiming that the protest group Black Lives Matter had been infiltrated by terrorists.

THE FUNNY STUFF:

Trump’s lawyer John Dowd told The Washington Post he “shares a lot of things with people” and said it was unfair to equate forwarding an email with espousing its contents.

Dowd stressed he was a history buff who has studied Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, whose role in the Civil War is memorialized by statues around the nation.

YES, WE KNOW. THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

Pence: 'The president has been clear' on the Charlottesville 'tragedy'

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WELL, IN THAT CASE

POLITICAL ANALYST CARRIE SHEFFIELD IS ASKED IF ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI SHOULD BE FIRED FOR HIS VULGAR OUTBURST

 No I don't think he should be fired. Anthony is actually a friend of mine. I've known him for several years up here in Manhattan.

-On MSNBC Live this morning

THEY ASKED HIM IF HE HAD SIR WALTER RALEIGH IN A CAN AND IF HIS REFRIGERATOR WAS RUNNING

U.S. Energy Secretary Duped Into Fake Interview With Russian Comedians

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry optimistically discussed expanding American coal exports to Ukraine and other energy matters during a lengthy phone call this month with a Russian prankster who Perry thought was Ukraine’s prime minister.

Perry actually was talking with comedians known in Russia for targeting celebrities and politicians with audacious stunts, Energy Department spokeswoman Shaylyn Hynes said in a written statement.

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AL GORE, CLUELESS AS EVER

I went to Trump Tower after the election. I thought that there was a chance he would come to his senses. But I was wrong.

-AG

THAT SECOND PART IS TRUE. ANYONE WITH ANY SENSE CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH HIM.

My son is a high-quality person and I applaud his transparency.

-DT

RICK PERRY, DIMWITTED BONEHEAD, HAS A PLAN TO SAVE THE COAL INDUSTRY

Here’s a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow.

-RP

 

 

HEY BRANDY JENSEN! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IVANKA TRUMP'S BOOK?

HARD AT WORK

Women Who Work," is predictably boring, dishonest, and really bad. The book is a boring, dishonest, derivative pile of shit....

-BJ

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PRIVILEGED PECKERHEAD PENCE

It is the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president. The president is keeping his word to the American people.

-MP

OTHER GREAT MOMENTS IN THIS PECKERHEAD'S CAREER:

During Pence's term in office, the Republican-controlled Indiana General Assembly "repeatedly tried to roll back renewable energy standards and successfully ended Indiana's energy efficiency efforts.

In 2014, over the opposition of Indiana school organizations, Pence signed a bill which allows firearms to be kept in vehicles on school property.

Beginning in December 2014, there was an HIV outbreak in Southern Indiana. In 2011, Planned Parenthood ran five rural clinics in Indiana. They tested for HIV and offered prevention, intervention and counseling for better health. The one in Scott County performed no abortions. The Republican-controlled legislature and Pence defunded Planned Parenthood.

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As governor, Pence routinely used a personal AOL email account to conduct official business, according to public records. In 2016, Hackers compromised the account and used it to send fraudulent emails in an attempt to obtain money from Pence's contacts. Cybersecurity experts and government transparency advocates were surprised by Pence's use of a personal email account to conduct public business, given Pence's past attacks on Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while U.S. secretary of state.

Pence has said that homosexuals should not serve in the military, saying, "Homosexuality is incompatible with military service because the presence of homosexuals in the ranks weakens unit cohesion."

Pence "does not accept the scientific consensus that human activity is the primary driver of climate change." In 2001, Pence wrote in an op-ed that "global warming is a myth," saying that "the earth is actually cooler today than it was about 50 years ago.

During 2014, Pence sent a letter to United States Attorney General Eric Holder, saying that Indiana would not comply with federal prison rape elimination standards because they were "too expensive."

REINCE PRIEBUS, CHIEF OF LICKSPITTLE

On behalf of the entire senior staff around you, Mr. President, we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that you've given us to serve your agenda and the American people.

-RP

BLOCKHEAD CONGRESSMAN IN FOR A SURPRISE

CNN Anchor Completely Dumbfounded When Republican Congressman Tries to Make Comey Testimony About Hillary

 

BLOCKHEAD:

 

CNN host Alisyn Camerota found herself utterly baffled on Wednesday when Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) told her that the real story about former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony involved former Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Despite the fact that Comey is widely expected to testify on Thursday about his interactions with President Donald Trump, Rooney insisted that the big news coming out of Comey’s big day on Capitol Hill will revolve around Lynch’s meeting with former President Bill Clinton last summer while his wife was still under investigation by the FBI for using a private email server during her time as secretary of state.

“I hope they get into Hillary Clinton and the whole thing about Loretta Lynch meeting on the airplane, and all that,” he said. “That’s the big story here.”

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KAREN HANDEL, GEORGIA CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE, SAYS "FUCK YOU" TO THE WORKING POOR

 

FAT FACED FREAK DOESN'T CARE IF OTHERS CAN'T AFFORD FOOD:

I do not support a livable wage.

-KH