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GOP Accuses Democrats Of ‘Stealing Another Seat’ As Their House Majority Shrinks Even Further

Since it’s the largest state in the continental United States, California is just now finishing up counting all the ballots that were cast on Election Day three weeks ago, and the result of a House race in the Golden State is enraging many in the GOP.

On Tuesday, Democrat Adam Gray overtook Rep. John Durate (R-CA) in a key race in the House of Representatives by a slim 100-vote margin.

If Gray holds on and wins the seat, Republicans would only have a razor-thin majority in the House of just a few seats, and that could prove disastrous for them as they seek to pass legislation.

As you’d expect, Republicans immediately began suggesting that the House was being “stolen” by Democrats.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested that Democrats were “stealing another seat.”

Other MAGA morons also cried foul, but they failed to produce a shred of evidence to support such a claim. Take a look:

However, one person explained why some votes are still being tabulated in California:

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Eric Swalwell Puts ‘Weasel’ Trump On Notice With A Powerful Warning

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is making it clear that if Donald Trump thinks he can run the country without any pushback from Democrats, he’s sadly mistaken.

Swalwell was a guest on MSNBC, and he told host Ana Cabrera that Democrats are willing to work with Trump on some of his proposals, but they certainly don’t see him as trustworthy.

Cabrera asked Swalwell, “Did voters hand Trump and the Republican party a sweeping mandate?”

“Well, I respect the will of the people certainly,” the congressman replied. “I’m not going to respect the will of a weasel in Donald Trump; somebody who doesn’t understand these same voters don’t want government-mandated abortions. They don’t want a sweep-up and round-up of anyone who looks like an immigrant in this country. They don’t want us to walk away from our obligation to defend Ukraine.”

“There’s a lot we can work on together on if he wants to be serious, if he wants to have security at the border and address the workforce crisis,” he added. “With immigration, you’ll find more Democrats than not who want to be there with him.”

Swawell then issued a very clear warning to Trump and his GOP allies.

“If he wants to carry out grievances against his political enemies, he’s looking at the tallest fence in the post right now as to the effort that will fence in any of his corruption or political grievance campaigns.”

Congressional Democrats can serve as a serious check on the incoming Trump administration. They have oversight committees that can look into any questionable actions. And they also have access to all sorts of information they can make public if they suspect illegal activity. They are on the front lines of the resistance, and it’s time they do whatever must be done to expose the horrors Trump has planned for this country.

 

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Matt Gaetz Hit With Disturbing New Drug-Fueled Teen Sex Allegations

A late-night court filing made Thursday in Florida alleges that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) attended a “drug-fueled sex party” in 2017 with a 17-year-old girl who is part of a sex trafficking investigation, according to Jose Pagliery of NOTUS.

“The minor, who was a junior in high school at the time, arrived in her mother’s car for a July 15, 2017, party at the Florida home of Chris Dorworth, a lobbyist and friend of Gaetz’s, according to a court filing written by defense attorneys who interviewed witnesses as part of an ongoing civil lawsuit Dorworth brought in 2023.”

Gaetz allegedly engaged in the use of illegal drugs and sex with a minor, both of which are felonies in Florida.

“The discovery taken in this case to date reflects that on Saturday, July 15, 2017 … Dorworth, hosted a party at his residence … with the following guests present: (1) A.B.; (2) K.M.; (3) B.G.; (4) Matt Gaetz,” lawyers wrote in the filing, also listing several others. The defense lawyers filed testimonies from those three women — who the attorneys say placed Gaetz at Dorworth’s house that night — under seal pending a judge’s approval to make the records public.

Gaetz has repeatedly denied engaging in any illegal behavior, telling former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in 2021, “The person doesn’t exist. I have not had a relationship with a 17-year-old. That is totally false.”

However, this latest testimony suggests that Gaetz has been lying all along, with phone records undercutting his claims of innocence, Pagliery notes.

The defense lawyers also relied on Dorworth’s geolocated cell phone records, which showed that he communicated constantly with the congressman that day.The defense’s court filings show a hired digital forensic examiner identified Gaetz’s number, which has a Florida panhandle 850 area code and texted back and forth 30 times that day and then called Dorworth twice in the hours before the evening revelry. “B.G., another attendee at that party, confirmed A.B.’s testimony under penalty of perjury,” defense lawyers wrote.

Rather than comment on the latest allegations against him, Gaetz has been railing on podcasts and social media about what he calls “five assassination teams targeting Trump.” However, he has yet to provide a shred of evidence to bolster those claims.

Sounds like it’s about time for the Department of Justice to open a new criminal investigation of Matt Gaetz. He needs to be held accountable if he played any role in these parties.

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Congressman Calls J.D. Vance The ‘Hatched’ Child Of Trump And Marjorie Taylor Greene

Sen J.D. Vance (R-OH) could soon be a heartbeat away from the Oval Office, and that’s a terrifying prospect, according to Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), who called Vance “the baby of MAGA and QAnon” during an appearance on MSNBC.

Speaking with host Nicolle Wallace, Goldman noted that just minutes after failed former president Donald Trump was shot in Pennsylvania, Vance was on social media blaming President Joe Biden and Democrats for what the FBI is calling a failed assassination attempt.

“I mean, it’s so extreme, you know, it’s like if Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump got together and hatched something, and that’s J.D. Vance,” Goldman explained. “It’s insane — some of his views. His extremism on abortion — no exception for rape or incest. He has said he would not have certified the last election and will not guarantee that he will certify this election. He has overtly supported Vladimir Putin and Russia in his effort to take over the democratic country of Ukraine.”

The New York Democrat added that Vance is a “neophyte and a novice who has flip-flopped over the last several years after being a NeverTrumper and calling him the potential next American Hitler to now selling his soul so that he can rise the ranks, and Donald Trump loves that.”

J.D. Vance is indeed a member of the extreme right wing of the Republican Party. He has suggested that women should stay in abusive marriages for the sake of their children and made it clear that he thinks all abortions should be banned in the United States, even if a pregnancy was the result of rape or incest.

In other words, Vance is the perfect running mate for Donald Trump because both of them are direct threats to the American republic.

 

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Humiliating American History Fail Gets Her Schooled On Social Media

Proving yet again that she’s unquestionably the dumbest member of Congress, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) posted something on Twitter so historically inaccurate that many people wondered if it was a joke.

But the joke was none other than Greene herself.

In the midst of the July 4th holiday weekend, Greene proudly declared that many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were under 35, which some took as a jibe at President Joe Biden, who is 81.

As the Reader’s Context note states, six of the men listed by Greene didn’t sign the Declaration of Independence, a fact that she could have easily discovered if she’d bothered to take 10 seconds and do a quick Google search for “Signers of the Declaration of Independence.”

In other words, Greene got six of the eight names she listed wrong, which resulted in her getting called out on Twitter for her moronic fake history lesson.