#Madison Cawthorn

[porterdavis]

Boggles the imagination

[bostonchris22]

[mysharona1987]

Re: Matt Gaetz. I think he has a plan, but it is not a particularly good one.

Does he not understand how much blackmail material shit the GOP has on him?

Bro, you understand you got more skeletons in your closets than a Spirit Halloween store.

Ask Madison Cawthorn how this will end for you.

[makingdonalddrumpfagain]

[nodynasty4us]

From the November 27, 2023 article:

In March of 2022, U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), amid mounting scandals, lashed out on a podcast, denouncing what he claimed was the “sexual perversion that goes on in Washington,” and alleged some of his colleagues he grew up looking up to, had used cocaine at “orgies.”

In a similar vein, Rep. Santos on Friday in that audio forum, “said he does not want to continue working with ‘a bunch of hypocrites’ in Congress, whom he accused of committing infractions more severe than his, including being ‘more worried about getting drunk every night’ with lobbyists,” The Washington Post reported. “Santos, without providing evidence, also accused his colleagues of trying to ‘sell off the American people’ and of voting while hung over.”

[meandmybigmouth]

You set timelines for exiting members to have certain criteria that needs to be done prior to them leaving!. to expect these lying, corrupt, sore losing fucks to do anything close to their responsibility's on exit when they didn’t do it while actually serving in office is ludicrous!

[thehalfwaypost]

[thirst2]

I was going to reblog some further news I’d seen a few days ago regarding yet another anti-Trans bill being passed but I can’t find it; probably for the best: I don’t think anyone I follow is unaware or is remotely unsympathetic to what’s going on, right now.

But one of the thoughts that’s kept running through my head (other than the utter…disappointment I’ve been feeling for our own community turning on our own) is that, just a decade or two ago, we wouldn’t have been so defensive as it’s seemed we’ve been, thus far.

Maybe that’s a bit of a simplification; it took many years to get to that point (probably, at least, 3 decades) and we didn’t have to do it with the specter of full-blown fascism possibly arising in the process.

But I remember, in the late 90s (I think) and the 2000s, us outting closetted Republicans who passed anti-Queer legislation (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/mike-rogers-outed-gay-republicans-108368/ is from 2014 but it covers some of what went on).

And – again, granted – that was a controversial decision within the community then, as well (even though it was as restrained as could be: the individual had to be actively foisting or helping pass anti-Queer legislation, etc.; if they were voting Republican but weren’t facilitating our destruction directly, they weren’t outted; but, again, I think the cravenness of today’s Republicans calls for more proactive measures).

It’s not like they’re acting smartly; they’re sloppy and the success of this trajectory is tenacious, at best.

We should be fucking burying them; Madison Cawthorn is example enough of how easy that should be.

Sure, I doubt many of them have done many of the social-conservative–transgressions that Cawthorn had but it’s not like they’re being any less hypocritical than when “Family Values” was their main cry.

We should be tarring them with every unsavory legal fight they have going on at any given moment; we should be (surreptitiously) invading their radio networks and pumping every “news” source they use with every passing rumor and image, the stuff we wouldn’t even begin to roll our eyes at but they rely on denouncing to keep up the charade of their political “platform”.

We should be keeping them in a state of disarray even further than they, already, naturally inflict upon themselves if for no other damn reason than they went after our own. I think it should be exactly the same tit-for-tat that outting was 2 decades ago – want to sponsor or cheer on a bill that bans hormone therapy? We make sure every OAN and Newsmax and smaller organization know about every story that ever made it to the light of day that would cut down any notion that you are what you say you are.

Ruin them; make them fucking terrified that, should they even start to talk about sticking their grubby hands into Trans issues, they can expect their past to get poured over and their currency amongst their base stamped the fuck out.

I know I don’t remotely have the spoons to begin figuring out where to start with something like this but, c’mon, it’s so obvious that the ground they stand on is shifting sand; they need a wedge issue to scapegoat because they have no idea how to govern or excite people; their base is getting smaller each year and they barely know how to keep captive their current one; and the majority of people just don’t care (which, admittedly, is a problem on its own) about whatever the Hell they’re blabberring on about.

And it was us who did it, 2 decades ago; not any kind of formal institution. Granted, it was in part because we were able to know who these people were because they wanted to have sex with us and then go write up bills that hunted us down; we don’t have that, right now.

But I don’t see us fighting back, in the same way; obviously, there’s groups working to get resources to those who need it (as usual) but that’s defensive, not offensive.

I feel like I definitely have more Queer friends and people around me, now, than I did in high school and I can still just be totally out of the loop but I don’t feel the same level of (informal) leadership we had back then. We have people out there providing insight and education (which is important!) but we don’t have…teeth.

I dunno; this is mostly just a train of thought, if anything; I wish I had something more substantial; but we need to do something different, soon.

[tomorrowusa]

Being a dumb shit with neo-fascist sympathies seems to be a requirement for getting more than 5% in polls for the Republican presidential nomination.

Vivek Ramaswamy is the youngest candidate for the GOP nomination and Donald Trump is the oldest one. There are no significant differences in their positions on policy; age apparently has little bearing on how one would govern.

Ramaswamy and Trump both sound like they learned history from Madison Cawthorn.

[worldofwardcraft]

Suspicious riches.

December 5, 2022

It's not unheard-of for someone like a president's son to lean on his famous name and connections in order to get ahead. Yet Republicans remain obsessed with Hunter Biden's business dealings and income, despite there being no evidence of any illegalities or the president's involvement. Meanwhile, these same Republicans are perfectly content to ignore the pecuniary irregularities of the grifters in their own ranks.

Consider, for example, 27-year-old GOP congressman Madison Cawthorn (pictured above with his new digs), who lost his bid for reelection in the North Carolina Republican primary. Cawthorn recently bought a palatial three-bedroom home in Cape Coral, Florida for $1.12 million that measures a spacious 2,281 square feet and includes a pool and spa.

As a congressman for two years, he was paid $174,000 per. And he's never held any other high-paying job. Cawthorn has apparently owned a real estate investment company called SPQR Holdings since 2019, of which he is the only employee. But the company has no reported income, and its only recorded transaction was purchasing a six-acre property in Georgia for $20,000 in a foreclosure auction. So where did he get the scratch to buy that costly crib?

Or, take his fellow first-termer, recently reelected (just barely) Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert. This high school dropout went from being up to her ears in debt to being worth a reported $41 million in just two years. Her financial disclosure statement says her husband earned $1 million from his energy consulting firm, but that her own restaurant, Shooters Grill, is now closed. Her campaign finance committee has only $300,000 cash on hand, according to FEC data. Plus, her congressional salary is (like Cawthorn's) $174,000 a year. Where did the other $40 million come from?

Then there are the Trumps. When Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington examined the financial disclosures of Ivanka and Jared Kushner covering when they "worked" in the Trump maladministration, CREW found the couple took in between $172 million and $640 million in outside income (the exact amount remains shadowy).

Included in their haul were the millions Ivanka made when the Chinese government granted her dozens of product patents on everything from wedding dresses to voting machines — without any explanation why. Then, after leaving the White House, Jared received a whopping $2 billion from the Saudi Arabian government for his newly established private equity firm to invest. Since when did Jared become a financial genius?

However, after the GOP takes over the House, don't expect them to investigate any of these monetary mysteries. No, siree. Instead, it'll be all Hunter all the time.

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

[bostonchris22]

[chaddavisphotography]

Madison Cawthorn seen at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

[makingdonalddrumpfagain]

[onenakedfarmer]

Taking out the trash, one dumpster at a time.

Looks like it's time to call Ted.

Or maybe Madison Cawthorn can get you a job at Chick-fil-A.

[theperplexedpoet]

the fourteen days of Elections (the twelve days of Christmas parody)

on day one of elections the just courts gave to us faith restored to the public trust on day two of elections the just courts gave to us no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day three of elections the just courts gave to us 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day four of elections the just courts gave to us four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day five of elections the just courts gave to us fifth grand jury, four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day six of elections the just courts gave to us six no longer sitting fifth grand jury, four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day seven of elections the just courts gave to us seventy plus convictions, six no longer sitting fifth grand jury, four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day eight of elections the just courts gave to us 80 felony charges, seventy plus convictions, six no longer sitting, fifth grand jury, four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day nine of elections the just courts gave to us nine more 6'ers sentenced 80 felony charges, seventy plus convictions, six no longer sitting, fifth grand jury, four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day ten of elections the just courts gave to us tense lobbyist lockouts, nine more 6'ers sentenced, 80 felony charges, seventy plus convictions, six no longer sitting, fifth grand jury, four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day eleven of elections the just courts gave to us eleven swing state pickups, tense lobbyist lockouts, nine more 6'ers sentenced, 80 felony charges, seventy plus convictions, six no longer sitting, fifth grand jury, four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day twelve of elections the just courts gave to us twelve cronies cryin', eleven swing state pickups, tense lobbyist lockouts, nine more 6'ers sentenced, 80 felony charges, seventy plus convictions, six no longer sitting, fifth grand jury, four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day thirteen of elections the just courts gave to us thirteen-cast ranked choice voting, twelve cronies cryin', eleven swing state pickups, tense lobbyist lockouts, nine more 6'ers sentenced, 80 felony charges, seventy plus convictions, six no longer sitting, fifth grand jury, four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust on day fourteen of elections the just courts gave to us 14th ballot removal, thirteen-cast ranked-choice voting, twelve cronies cryin', eleven swing state pickups, tense lobbyist lockouts, nine more 6'ers sentenced, 80 felony charges, seventy plus convictions, six no longer sitting, fifth grand jury, four indictments more, 3rd party picks, no evil choice and faith restored to the public trust (12/9/23)