#FAAFO

[nevver]

"You maniacs, you blew it up!"

[alinahdee]

[odinsblog]

HOW IT STARTED

HOW IT’S GOING

Tennessee Republicans are the latest losers on this episode of “Fucked around and found out”

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

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TRUMP CRASHES THE CLOWN CAR

TCinLA

Dec 18, 2024

From Punchbowl News:

News: President-elect Donald Trump cannonballed into the government funding battle at the 11th hour, trashing Speaker Mike Johnson’s 1,547-page CR and calling on Congress to raise the debt limit just days before the federal government is slated to shut down.

In a long statement on X, Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance called on Congress to pass a debt-limit bill on “Biden’s watch.” Republican leadership on Capitol Hill hadn’t considered including the debt limit in any recent negotiations, although Trump has been griping about having to deal with the borrowing cap for weeks.

Federal agencies shut down Friday at midnight if Congress doesn’t act. The House announced that there are no more votes this evening.

Trump’s statement was the final blow to a CR package that was already a hugely embarrassing setback for Johnson. The House Freedom Caucus had been bitterly opposed to the bipartisan package, which includes $100 billion in disaster aid, $30 billion in support for farmers, health care and trade provisions and even a pay raise for lawmakers, a controversial move.

It’s an inauspicious start to Trump’s relationship with Johnson who, theoretically, is his governing partner. Trump privately trashed Johnson to senators, saying the speaker “mishandled” the situation, according to GOP sources.

“Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 2025,” Trump and Vance said. “The only way to do that is with a temporary funding bill WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS combined with an increase in the debt ceiling. Anything else is a betrayal of our country.”

The stopgap funding bill, which congressional leaders released Tuesday night, was indeed a monstrosity. It was an 84-day spending bill that included dozens of provisions completely unrelated to general government operations. As we noted this morning, the legislation was far too broad and sweeping for a short-term spending bill.

Yet Johnson felt he had to give into Democratic demands on a host of provisions because the speaker insisted on the inclusion of economic aid for farmers. Democrats took advantage of Johnson’s position and scored a number of key wins.

What’s next? As of right now, there’s no clear path forward on how Congress plans to avoid a shutdown in just two days.

House GOP leaders have been weighing a Plan B – a clean CR – but House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries signaled Democrats aren’t inclined to bail Republicans out after Johnson backed out of their bipartisan funding deal.

“You break the bipartisan agreement, you own the consequences that follow,” Jeffries said on X.

One Democratic lawmaker said if Nancy Pelosi were the party’s leader, she’d make Republicans pass the bill on their own.

Whatever Republicans decide, they need to move quickly – and with Trump’s blessing. The House and Senate both have to pass a bill in two days in order to avoid even a technical shutdown.

And what about Johnson? A face plant of this nature could imperil Johnson’s political future. The anger – and the anger in the ranks is very real right now – could blow over. We get it. But the speaker election is Jan. 3. That’s just 16 days away.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) already said he wouldn’t back Johnson for speaker. Massie had been leaning that way but said this latest CR debacle was a “tipping point.”

And we hear from multiple sources there are more Republicans – at least two – who are in Massie’s camp. Some Johnson critics are already privately floating names behind the scenes of alternatives they’d prefer for speaker, such as House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan or House Majority Whip Tom Emmer. Jordan and Emmer both ran for speaker after the conference ousted Kevin McCarthy. They both lost. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise could also be in the mix.

Arizona GOP Rep. Eli Crane told us he was “undecided” about voting for Johnson and confirmed there’s talk behind the scenes about a potential alternative. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) is leaning “no,” we’re told. Reps. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) and Cory Mills (R-Fla.) have been non-committal. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) is always a wild card.

Johnson can only afford to lose three Republicans on the floor, given former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) resignation and assuming all Democrats are present.

And how about Musk? Elon Musk, Trump’s buddy and the mega-billionaire, posted early and often on his platform X today about the bill.

Musk said that any “member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!” Remember that Musk spent hundreds of millions of dollars electing Trump. He can spend several millions of dollars and have outsized impact in House primaries.

We also heard he’s been in direct contact with several members regarding the CR throughout the last 24 hours.

Johnson and the GOP leadership in D.C. elevated Musk as the leading figure on cutting government waste. And now that is coming back to bite them.

Welcome to Trump’s Washington.

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My analysis: This is an excellent example of the way things are going to be for the next two years. Trump hasn’t got the brains to swat flies, and his acts are all against any form of intelligence. Even when they get back their three votes, The Gang That Can’t Work And Play Well With Others will continue to shoot themselves in the foot.

My prediction: the government will shut down at midnight Friday, and these clowns will be stuck all through Christmas week with nothing to distract the news from watching them careen from fuckup to fuckup. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving collection of scum and villainy.

They can’t find their collective ass with both hands on a clear day with a two hour advance notice. This is going to be the case with all the bullshit and buffoonery they say they want to inflict on us.

My holiday message to the Trumpscum: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, you collection of worthless motherfuckers. May you continue to trip over the shoelaces you don’t know how to tie.

[ms-boogie-man]

Ahem…

🦇🙃s (bat smiles)

[zhalfirin-binds]

I had the awesome idea of making gold foiled endbands!

So I cut off the tail end of a 'hide' of eel leather, which is very thin. I picked a red one since red is traditionally the colour to go with gilding (at least for gilded edges a red base coat is used to give the gold a warmer sheen). I taped the leather to some board and foiled it. The foiling, even if a bit patchy, worked nicely and gave a pretty sheen. I needed only a little so there was plenty of foiled leather that was good to use even with the few patches. When I glued it up to work around some thread all the gold flaked off though and left me with almost solid red endbands again.

In the end I just painted the whole thing over with some acrylic gold paint, which worked perfectly and was way faster than the foiling XD

[kiingkiismet]

happy 1 year anniversary to Montgomery Brawl :)

[twofeetonthedashboard]

[someprettyboat]

[seanisnothing]

Tis the season of fuck around and find out 🤣

[artof-aristocracy]

I Fuck Around a lot but am always surprised when i Find Out

[cozy-goth-blog]

Finished!! Pattern by Geeky Stitches

Why can’t my phone pick up purples accurately 🥲

[alinahdee]

The white NDN when the racist homophobe starts shit in front of you because they thought you were one of them

[sturdy-nerdy-stitchery]

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭! 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩

Or, as Captain Picard says "You may test that assumption at your own convenience"

SO! Tumblerites! You get to see this pattern a DAY earlier than instagram (which by the way, GO FOLLOW PLZKTHNX). So, please. I URGE YOU! If you yourself, or any of your followers, are lactose intolerant, SHARE THIS FAR AND WIDE!

 If you are lactose intolerant. Don't act all tough. You don't fuck around with milk. Or you're going to find out. At 3am. With pain and regret on the toilet.

  You can find the pattern at the link below! You better hurry and get it. Sometimes those dairy shits hit FAST!

Or, bring your phone. Get the etsy app. Buy it while you are having pain and regret. So that you can stitch it, and hang it in your home to remind yourself, that you NEVER stand up to milk and fuck around. Or you WILL find out. The hard-err. The loose way.

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[ms-boogie-man]

Ahem…

Angie/Maddie🦇❥✝︎🇺🇸