DL Open Thread Monday November 22nd

Rob Portman, (LAME DUCK-Ohio), and Chris Coons, (D?-Delaware), introduced bipartisan legislation to combat international wildlife trafficking. Maybe it's a decent bill, maybe not.  Knowing Coons, however, I'm going to go…

It is not ok to be nice to Republicans.

The Republican party is filled with psychotic racists who hate America and they need to be crushed at every election down to dog catcher. They need to be social pariahs who relearn how to stay in hiding. When Coons continually attempts to rehabilitate the reputation of the Grand Old Party, even as their atrocities are unfolding, he isn't trying to be a good guy. He is propping up psychotic racists for some psychotic reason only he really knows.

Rep. Paul Gosar isn’t really a member of Congress, so Congressional Punishments don’t really matter

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a resolution that censures Rep. Paul Gosar for posting a photoshopped anime video showing him murder Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The censure strips him of his two committee assignments. Gosar's response was more or less - "Big Whoop. I'm just here to fuck around and shit post anyway." CNN and others call the more "a major rebuke" but let's face it - Gosar is right abut his tenure. He is a hype-man. He can put his clown show on just as easily without committee assignments. I liked AOC's response: