Hakeem Jeffries (House Minority Leader) has been speaking for 8 hours to deny Trump a July 3 passage of Big Shitty Bill

Fucking moron.

Performative bullshit.

It's an impotent gesture from someone who doesn't have any other options.

I'm embarrassed for him.

He began speaking at 4:53am and is still at it, apparently.

Of course it's performative. We all understand this, R1. But it's something, and it helps show the public that there is vigorous opposition to the bill.

Thank you, r1, for providing the stupid on this eve of our nation's independence.

Related -- polling shows that the public does not approve of the bill, and most do not even understand what's in it. Those who do are more strongly against it.

Good, more of this. Take a stand

can you say Depends?💩

J.D Vance wrote, “GOP Congressman just texted me: ‘I was undecided on the bill but then I watched Hakeem Jeffries performance and now I’m a firm yes.'”

Go get ‘em Hakeem!

Nobody who has the number to text Vance was ever undecided.

I am glad he is finally doing something, even if it doesn't change the result.

And agreed that JD Vance is lying through his yellow teeth.

Glad to see this. I want to see more Dems resist the march of fascism.

Yeah, R9, that all lie as easily as the breath. Can they even breath without lying?

No, I'm with R1 - I don't see the point of this at all. He's just copying Cory Booker and if that's the only arrow he has in his quiver I can see why the Democrats are flailing.

Time for another fumigation, Muriel.

Oh well. Jeffries stopped and Johnson is about to call the vote.

Oh dear, R12. Oh, dear.

Oh yes, I totally believe Vance

R7 - Vance spends his entire life talking out of his arse and making up lies. Nobody cares what he claims.

It passed ☹️

[QUOTE] I don't see the point of this at all. He's just copying Cory Booker and if that's the only arrow he has in his quiver I can see why the Democrats are flailing.

What do you want him to do, R13? Detonate his suicide vest on the House floor? The American people made the mistake of putting congress in Republicans hands and all he can do is deal with it as best he can.

Fuck America. The GOP clap and chant “USA” when their constituents grew poorer and sicker.

Jesus Christ these assholes. Will the constituents who are going to be damaged AFTER the midterms (when medical benefits will be cut - have the brain cells to react?

I heard today that the medicaid cuts won't go into effect until 2027. By then, knowing the short attention span of the average person, everybody will forget that the reason that they're losing their insurance is because of this stupid bill that was passed in 2025.

Speeches on the House floor are useless. He ought to be recording videos for TikTok and YouTube. Most Americans are still unaware of what's in the bill and the floor of the House is an alien environment to voters.

We need an army of Luigis right now to take care of business.

[QUOTE] I heard today that the medicaid cuts won't go into effect until 2027. By then, knowing the short attention span of the average person, everybody will forget that the reason that they're losing their insurance is because of this stupid bill that was passed in 2025.

But at the same time, R23, it presents an opportunity for Democrats to run on repealing those cuts before they can take effect.

[QUOTE] Speeches on the House floor are useless. He ought to be recording videos for TikTok and YouTube.

It’s congress, not Love Island. You fight battles on the House floor. You don’t just let the GOP have whatever they want nice and easy and then post some TikTok videos.

Those looming 2027 Medicare cuts will definitely be a 2026 midterms campaign issue. If the GOP doesn’t backtrack sooner on that piece of today’s legislation and try to pass a correction.

Fuck the GOP. Can’t wait to vote against these motherfuckers.

What battle? When he started talking the outcome of the vote was a foregone conclusion.

[quote] Good, more of this. Take a stand

Yeah. Good for NOTHING.

These speeches do nothing.

It's all for show, for his constituents.

But we all know it doesn't do a goddamned thing for regular people.

Time to replace Hakeem Jeffries withDavid Hogg.

David is a REAL fighter, and not just for show, like FAKEkeem.

Who is the gay guy who spoke directly after Jeffries finished and just before Johnson took the podium? I don't care for him or the multitude of purses spilling from his mouth.

And what would David Hogg have done if he was the House Minority Leader right now, R31?

[quote]oker and if that's the only arrow he has in his quiver I can see why the Democrats are flailing.

are you suggesting to plant a bomb? what the fuck? grandstanding is the only option left, asshole!

[quote]David is a REAL fighter, and not just for show, like FAKEkeem.

and in this VERY SPOT, what would Hogg have done? what? WHAT? the democrats are simply outnumbered.

Well, this did a lot of good.

Hopefully in 16 months the Dems will take back the House. Trump and the GOP are giving them a lot to campaign on. Until then, well, this is how it works. GOP candidates won more seats. Their side is in charge.

I still appreciate Jeffries holding it up for hours and garnering a bit of media attention. He and everybody knew it was going to pass.

Up your meds, R31.

Even the doctors on Sirius Radio's "Doctor Radio" show this morning were talking about this bill, worrying how it'll affect the hospitals and medical care.

[quote]Hopefully in 16 months the Dems will take back the House.

I'm convinced they know this and will find a way to prevent it from happening.

[quote]And what would David Hogg have done if he was the House Minority Leader right now, [R31]?

I have mixed feelings about David Hogg, especially after he backed out of even running for reelection, but the problem isn't that what Hakeem did was performative; the problem is that he's basically been mostly asleep for the past few months. David Hogg would likely have been loud and annoying this entire time, and that's exactly what we need (though perhaps less annoying and more present).

I was thinking the other day how much I miss Nancy Pelosi, just in general. You can bet your ass she would have been doing every single interview she could book, talking daily about everything the Republicans have done over the past few months. Letting people know you're still there, and you are listening when you have no real power is exactly what Hakeem hasn't been doing.

Hopefully at least some of the GOP missed their flights home for the 4th of July. And some got Trump signed MAGA hats in exchange for their votes. Who cares who dies, amirite?

Dumb cunts who vote rethug won't give a shit. They never do.

Turtle is right, damn him. The maggots WILL "get over it".

Let's hope most of them die off sooner rather than later so we can take back the Senate majority and the House majority.

G Elliott Morris (a useful source of polling results) says Democrats are very likely to win back the House next year because of Democratic enthusiasm and the fact that Trump won't be on the ballot.

🤡 💩 🍄

Somebody hook up this clueless wind bag to an EV charger, will ya?!

Does Johnson have any facial hair? He looks like he had electrolysis.

I'm unimpressed.

I'm currently composing a sternly-worded letter..

Now he can get back to the far more important job of suppressing and attacking the left on behalf of the donors.

R43 Trump just got a bigger budget than the USMC for his Gestapo. There will not be elections and democrats will not be allowed to “win” the house. If midterms are even held, we will see voter intimidation and suppression on an unprecedented scale, and then JD Vance will simply refuse to certify winners if it’s necessary to maintain a majority. I think they’ll either cancel the elections or rig them outright - immediately resulting in a large enough Republican majority to call a constitutional convention. Then they’ll finalize the unitary theory and make Trump the president for life.

Better still, he should have presented to the public what a sensible alternative budget might look like.

BBB isn’t the appropriation/budget bill.

R50 GTFOH. There will indeed be midterm elections, and Republican control of congress is coming to an end.

Thank you, R53.

R50 is clearly off her meds.