BUCKNACKT'S SORDID TAWDRY BLOG
We should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive & well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate, bier or wein in hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WHOO-HOO, WHAT A RIDE!!!!!!"
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Verse of the day
Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing. - 1 Peter 3:9
Voice of the day
We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. / We seek harm to none and harmony for all. - Amanda Gorman, “The Hill We Climb”
Prayer of the day
God, release us from the impulse to react with gestures that induce harm. Let us cling to your grace instead.
Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad talks about her life in Gaza after the events of October 7, what we don’t see on TV, and solidarity with Palestinians.
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The effort was part of a GOP campaign to punish individuals Republicans accuse of posthumously smearing Kirk.
The resolution was introduced under special rules by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) on Monday, fast-tracking it to a floor vote. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Massachusetts) introduced a motion to table — essentially, to dismiss — the resolution Wednesday.
The motion to table succeeded by a vote of 214-213, with four Republicans — Reps. Mike Flood (Nebraska), Jeff Hurd (Colorado), Tom McClintock (California) and Cory Mills (Florida) — voting with Democrats.
“This is a First Amendment issue,” Mills said. “We may not like or agree with what someone says, but that does not mean we should deny their First Amendment right.”
The vote followed bitter exchanges between Omar and Mace over social media.
President Donald Trump expressed dissatisfaction with Omar on Thursday.
“I think she’s terrible,” Trump told reporters as he traveled to Washington from his state visit to the United Kingdom, after being asked about the censure vote. “She should be impeached, and it should happen fast.” Congressional lawmakers are widely seen as immune from impeachment under the Constitution but are eligible for expulsion.
Had the resolution succeeded, it would have removed Omar from her congressional committees for comments she made about Kirk during an interview with liberal commentator Mehdi Hasan. The resolution also criticized Omar for reposting a video to X from an anonymous user who called Kirk a “reprehensible human being” who was “spewing racist dog whistles” in his “last, dying words.”
During the interview with Hasan, Omar expressed “empathy” for Kirk’s wife and children but also chastised those who “completely pretend” that the conservative influencer just wanted a “civil debate,” pointing to his views on guns, slavery and George Floyd.
In the wake of his death, congressional Republicans launched an aggressive campaign to punish individuals they accuse of posthumously smearing Kirk, threatening to bring them before lawmakers, defund entities that protect them and oust them from positions of power.
The resolution to censure Omar was the first legislative effort to punish someone perceived as a Kirk critic to come to a vote. Though it has failed, the others remain in motion, including a second resolution attempting to censure Omar, from Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Georgia), that seeks to remove Omar from the House Budget Committee and Education Committee.
Besides the censure efforts, one lawmaker from Wisconsin introduced legislation this week threatening to block federal funds to entities that employ people “who condone and celebrate political violence,” and three dozen GOP lawmakers are demanding the formation of a House committee to investigate the “radical left’s assault on America and the rule of law.”
The aggressive rhetoric from House Republicans echoes the tone from the White House, where Trump, Vice President JD Vance and senior adviser Stephen Miller have vowed to undertake a broad campaign against left-wing groups they say have engaged in violence. And it’s a stark departure for the Republican Party, which has historically championed free speech and decried the “cancel culture” of the left for punishing those whose viewpoints it deems offensive.
I recently asked how you all were finding joy in these times, and the responses have been so lovely to read. Genuinely. Some of you are hosting rollicking "House Concerts" and monthly dinners packed with "artists, therapists, writers, librarians, gardeners, poets, cowboys, many rabid Cribbage players." (Samin would be so proud!) Others are appreciating the more mundane aspects of life, with walking and simply taking in nature. But my personal favorite?
"I'll go out to stock up on whatever snacks and drinks needed in preparation for my ritual weekend romp with my BFF w benefits."
Hell yes, sir. Mother Jones readers, I hope this brings you the same smile it did for me. And on that note, I leave you with an invigorating collection of late-night hosts mocking Donald Trump for cracking down on mean TV comedians.
—Inae Oh
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An "ego driven, petty" attack targets attorneys who fought a transgender care ban in Alabama.
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