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57. The Onion can't compete with this

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 05:19 PM

Nov 13

That headline was the first time I've laughed since the election.

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Trump picks Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 13 OP

God help us all. orange jar Nov 13 #1

Please, no comedy in LBN. Thanks. NT. Wait -- this is for real? mahatmakanejeeves Nov 13 #2

Child molester and drug addict. Irish_Dem Nov 13 #3

Other than that, he's the very model of a modern major criminal. Kid Berwyn Nov 13 #40

He is a good addition to the crime syndicate, the new consligiere. Irish_Dem Nov 13 #43

WTAF??? Deep State Witch Nov 13 #4

I hope this is 'The Onion'? pfitz59 Nov 13 #5

Yes he is a lawyer but i dont think he practiced law. drray23 Nov 13 #10

Its not like thats all he does prodigitalson Nov 13 #38

JFC PunkinPi Nov 13 #6

Today is the 1st time in my 81 years beveeheart Nov 13 #63

They will all be unqualified ass-kissers because that's all the orange furher wants. PunkinPi Nov 14 #93

Oh super... NEOH Nov 13 #7

As a lawyer Gaetz worked briefly in private practice VMA131Marine Nov 13 #8

Gaetz is all set and well qualified,... magicarpet Nov 13 #31

Oh FFS. Maybe that will piss off Ken Paxton enough he'll go after Gaetz. tanyev Nov 13 #9

Not yet... Blue_Roses Nov 14 #86

It will be a recess appointment- he will not be confirmed by the senate. Fiendish Thingy Nov 13 #11

Bingo. MajorPayne Nov 14 #87

This is fucking insane. Vinca Nov 13 #12

He'll use him to go after his enemies flamingdem Nov 13 #13

What do MTG, Boebs and Jimbo Jordan get??? C_U_L8R Nov 13 #14

Oh yeah bdamomma Nov 13 #33

Welp dweller Nov 13 #15

Joke? Right? Escape Nov 13 #16

Maybe an attempt to get him out of the House and then reject him? FBaggins Nov 13 #17

They may try to recess appoint BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #23

Recess appointments require a recess and a stalled nominee FBaggins Nov 13 #29

No BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #32

Not sure why you started that with a "no" FBaggins Nov 13 #36

Because you missed what I wrote in my original post BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #44

I feel like your posts here are contradictory. Obama got knocked down for recess apointments but the GOP can do it now? LymphocyteLover Nov 13 #51

Let's start over BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #59

OK, thanks!! That makes much more sense. LymphocyteLover Nov 13 #72

The talk of "Recess Appointments" is a trial balloon BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #74

I renew my prediction FBaggins Nov 14 #85

It'll be up to Thune & Johnson and what Rules the 119th Congress decides to go with BumRushDaShow Nov 14 #90

The nomination isn't going to survive to the first recess FBaggins Nov 14 #91

The purported reason for resigning (aside from getting a quicker replacement) BumRushDaShow Nov 14 #92

Just please make it stop!!! NEOH Nov 13 #18

Pedos stick together 4catsmom Nov 13 #19

Bingo! n/t Mr.Bill Nov 13 #21

Just what we need! A sex trafficker in the seat! sakabatou Nov 13 #20

Birds of a feather! IzzaNuDay Nov 13 #25

. Mr. Sparkle Nov 13 #22

How will the GOP keep a majority in the house if trump keeps nominating these people LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 #24

Lord help us .... ificandream Nov 13 #26

Shakespeare bmichaelh Nov 13 #27

Will MTG be secretary of agriculture? ificandream Nov 13 #28

And Kevin McCarthy is somewhere in Bakersfield screaming his head off. ificandream Nov 13 #30

an accused pedo as AG. well it does fit with the orange assholes world view. nt Javaman Nov 13 #34

The MAGA clown car is filling up fast. ... aggiesal Nov 13 #35

OMG!! riversedge Nov 13 #37

Im sorry but Im laughing my ass off about this prodigitalson Nov 13 #39

WTF ??? Got to be a joke! liberalla Nov 13 #41

Just because he used the hotel's ATM to get money to pay for drugs and sex from an underaged girl? Botany Nov 14 #88

Holy.Fucking.Shit. Akakoji Nov 13 #42

And all the GOP are on board, right? Not a peep from any of them? IcyPeas Nov 13 #45

Please let there be a hearing. Please. Schlocko Nov 13 #46

LOL, hearings will not matter Skittles Nov 14 #83

All I can do at this point is laugh until I cry, and then I'll never stop crying. AngryOldDem Nov 13 #47

His government lakercub Nov 13 #48

So, does that make Gaetz murielm99 Nov 13 #49

Absolutely! Eugene Nov 13 #70

At least a part of the horse lakercub Nov 13 #71

OMFG Lulu KC Nov 13 #50

this is a giant fuck you to the country and especially to the notion of justice LymphocyteLover Nov 13 #52

AG nominee with a mug shot nominated by a POTUS with a mug shot LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 #53

+1 dalton99a Nov 13 #69

Man, they are really making this a literal clown show Ontheboundry Nov 13 #54

Smoke screen Lovie777 Nov 13 #55

I actually laughed out loud when I heard this news. mwb970 Nov 13 #56

The Onion can't compete with this liberalmediaaddict Nov 13 #57

I actually thought I read ahorny general. Native Nov 13 #58

HenryJ Hudson Chrysler! Like several others... aka-chmeee Nov 13 #60

He may not be confirmed HereForTheParty Nov 13 #61

Can't be smarter than the boss Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 13 #62

Look at it this way, when t-rump fires him in a few months he won't be going back to congress. PortTack Nov 13 #64

Garland bashers are getting everything they wished for. Beastly Boy Nov 13 #65

This isn't a joke? Picaro Nov 13 #66

Not a joke. LisaL Nov 13 #67

Hooo, boy....another "winner". 😑 electric_blue68 Nov 13 #68

Yep, they voted for this.... Dem4life1970 Nov 13 #73

Kak Turbineguy Nov 13 #75

WTF is next? Cheeto Jesus Nov 13 #76

Don't even put that out there Blue_Roses Nov 14 #89

This is actually his same old tactic.... Escape Nov 13 #77

Now I heard he just nominated Kash Patel as head of the FBI Cheeto Jesus Nov 13 #78

And so the inmates continue to run the asylum n/t Stargleamer Nov 13 #79

Trump Gluttonous traitorous imp. guss Nov 13 #80

Holy Hell in a hand basket Historic NY Nov 13 #81

It Also Plays Well To Trump's Brand of Resentment and Ownage of Women TomCADem Nov 13 #82

When will the Republican Blame Game start? Aussie105 Nov 14 #84

John Bolton: "It must be the worst nomination for a cabinet position in America history" muriel_volestrangler Nov 14 #94