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Katie Porter Swats Down Lauren Boebert During Hearing On Federal Workers: VIDEO

Bless her moronic little heart, Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert simply cannot understand the easiest of topics, so it should come as no surprise she wound up monumetally confused during a hearing on federal workers today in the House of Representatives

During a House Oversight hearing, Boebert claimed that 20 to 30% of federal workers didn’t log into work “on any given day” between March and December of 2020. According to Boebert, her “facts” came from a leaked memo. She then suggested that federal employees no longer have to report vacations as time off from work and could conceivably claim to be working remotely from home “while at a swim-up bar in Cabo.”

Kiran Ahuja, Director of the Office of Personnel Management, was the witness appearing before the committee, and she made it clear the agency hasn’t made any changes that would allow employees to not report their work vs. vacation time.

Despite that assurance, Boebert angrily insisted that she had evidence proving 25% of federal workers never log into their worksite:  “It’s in this leaked document!”

Once more, Director Ahuja denied such a thing was true:

“You’re citing what was happening in the last administration, and I can’t speak to that particular incident.”

Boebert inquired, “Do you not oversee those agencies?”

The director explained that the Office of Personnel Management oversees “personnel policies” and isn’t aware of what takes place inside individual agencies.

Finally, mercifully, Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) joined the conversation and tried to enlighten the perpetually confused Ms. Boebert.

“I just want to flag for everyone here, that VPN (virtual private network) and using VPN login as a way to measure employee engagement and productivity is notoriously inaccurate and misleading. It does not necessarily reflect an employee’s access to their email internet, they can be working on Microsoft Word, drafting a document, they can be in Excel putting in data without being connected to the internet at all.”

Did Boebert understand that explanation? Probably not, which proves yet again that idiots and morons should never ever be elected to public office, and if they are, should never ever be allowed to serve on any committee.

Here’s the video of Boebert proving her stupidity for all the world to see:

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Twitter Erupts With Disgust After Kevin McCarthy Names Marjorie Taylor Greene Speaker Pro Tempore

In what may well be the surest sign yet that the Biblical apocalypse isn’t far off, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) named Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Speaker Pro Tempore.

Greene called the House of Representatives to order Wednesday morning and a clerk then read the following proclamation from McCarthy:

“I hereby appoint the Honorable Marjorie Taylor Greene to act as Speaker Pro Tempore on this day. Signed, Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House of Representatives.”

A video clip of Greene presiding over the House quickly went viral on Twitter, garnering over 1.1 million views.

But it was reaction to Greene temporarily serving as Speaker that set off anger, disgust, and mockery on social media.

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GOP Congresswoman: Matt Gaetz Wanted To Be Here Tonight ‘But He Couldn’t Find A Babysitter – To Be His Date’

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) was in rare form Wednesday evening at the annual Washington Press Club Foundation Congressional Dinner, making brutal jokes about Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, disgraced former president Donald Trump, and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who has been accused of sexually trafficking an underage girl.

Mace began by poking fun at McCarthy and Trump, making reference to all of the compromises and other concessions the Speaker had to make just to win his job.

“I haven’t seen someone assume that many positions to appease the crazy Republicans since Stormy Daniels.”

But it was what Mace said about Gaetz that drew the most laughter.

“Well, let’s be honest. We all knew that Matt Gaetz would never let the (Speaker’s) vote get to 18.
“I do have a message from Matt this evening. He really, really wanted to be here tonight, but he couldn’t find a babysitter to be his date.”

The South Carolina Republican even managed to joke about her party’s participation in the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection, telling those gathered at the dinner:

“In closing, with all the media in the room tonight, I want you to know I take nothing you write about me seriously or personally. I used to work at a Waffle House, and whatever you dish out, I’ve dished out far, far worse. And I know everyone thinks Republicans aren’t funny, but if you get a bunch of us together, we can be a real riot.”

This isn’t the first time Mace has laid a burn on Gaetz. Just last month, she had to say:

“Matt Gaetz is a fraud. Every time he voted against Kevin McCarthy last week he sent out a fundraising email. What you saw last week was a constitutional process diminished by those kinds of political actions. I don’t support that kind of behavior.”

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WATCH: Democratic Congressman Proves Trump NOT Biden Tried To Censor Tweets

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee got their narrative flipped back on them and could only watch as a Democrat on the panel proved that it was former president Donald Trump and not President Joe Biden who tried to have Twitter censor certain tweets.

The Daily Beast reports:

Instead, former Twitter officials revealed on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump not only received preferential treatment for years, but he also directly requested the site remove tweets that he didn’t like. At the same time, they also noted that President Joe Biden hadn’t contacted Twitter to take down any tweets or censor content.

Here’s a tweet Trump was especially eager to have taken down by Twitter because it contained a line calling him a “pussy ass bitch.”

Four former Twitter executives testified on Wednesday, and they all said President Biden has never been the problem for them. Instead, they noted, it was Trump who wanted to see censorship take place on the digital platform.

While GOP committee members used much of their time to air personal grievances and smear the ex-Twitter employees, Democrats largely focused on highlighting how Twitter had bent over backward to accommodate Trump and his conservative allies.

Navaroli, for instance, noted how she recommended Twitter take action against a 2019 Trump tweet that told four liberal congresswomen of color to “go back” to “crime infested places from which they came.” Although that tweet was in clear violation of the company’s policy against abusing immigrants, Navaroli testified Wednesday that her recommendation was overridden and the policy was changed.

All of this led Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to humiliate chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH):

Connolly, dripping with sarcasm, remarked that he “thought that was inappropriate action by a government official,” adding that it “wasn’t Joe Biden about his son’s laptop” but rather “Trump because he didn’t like what Chrissy Teigen has to say about him.”

“My, my, my—what happens when you hold a hearing, and you can’t prove your point?”

When video of the exchange began making the rounds on cable news, Fox anchor Harris Faulkner was livid that Democrats had just turned the tables on Jordan and his GOP associates and were now dictating the narrative coming from the committee.

“Do they not see the complicit nature that Republicans are trying to show the public?! I wanted you to see the Democrats go after Trump at a hearing that is literally all about getting to the bottom of what was going on with a president who may have been exposed through business dealings either through his son, Hunter, or complicit on his own right, Joe Biden.”

Yes, Faulkner and Republicans wanted you to see their smoke and mirror presentation of complete bullshit intertwined with lies and innuendo. But the truth got in the way and messed up their big plans. How inconvenient!

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Boo-Hoo! Marjorie Taylor Greene Whines That Being In Congress ‘Has Made My Life Miserable’

GOP Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene wants us all to feel sorry for her because serving in Congress has made her life “miserable.”

On her podcast this week, Greene, who is best known for suggesting that “Jewish space lasers” might be responsible for causing forest fires in California, was in full whine mode, telling viewers:

“The nature of this job – it keeps members of congress and senators in Washington so much of the time, too much of the time to be honest with you, that we don’t get to go home and spend more time with our families, our friends, you know, all in our district, or maybe just be regular people because this job is so demanding, and it’s turned into practically year-round. And for those of us in the House of Representatives, we have to run for Congress every two years. So you’re practically campaigning nearly the entire time that you’re here serving as a representative. So that’s just a couple of examples that I can give you that I believe is a recipe for disaster, and that’s how people just fall into this social club. I would call it a social club here in Washington, DC.”

If it’s so damn terrible, why in the world did Greene run for reelection last year? If she’s so eager to stay home with her family and friends, she could have done so by refusing to seek a second term in office.

The perpetually angry Greene then had this to say:

“Now, for me, I have no interest in that. I really don’t. And I’ll tell you why. Becoming a member of Congress has made my life miserable. I made a lot more money before I got here. I’ve lost money since I’ve gotten here. I have people come up to me and say crazy things to me out of the blue in public places that they believe because they read it on the Internet or saw it on some news show about me. So it’s not a life that I think is, like, something that I enjoy because I don’t enjoy it. But I’m committed to this job because I believe in it.”

Bullshit! She’s “committed” to the job for the purposes of acquiring more power and influence and so she can enrich herself since she’s never been very successful in the private sector.

Here’s a suggestion, Marge: Resign and go back to Georgia. No one would miss you in the least.