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Dude, don’t insult Waffle House service like that.  Those people work basically every holiday and deal with all sorts of unstable clientele and yet they always run like a well-oiled machine.
We usually try to drop into a Waffle House on late Christmas morning to order coffee and leave a big tip for the people working that holiday.  The last time we did, they had even organized a toy drive for small children and were handing out impeccably wrapped gifts to any children in the restaurant.  We were adamant that our sons had received many gifts earlier that morning and that we really just needed some coffee and they wouldn’t hear of it.
TLDR: McCarthy couldn’t manage a Waffle House without an unacceptable decrease in the quality of service based on my limited experience.
This will probably go down as the 118th Congress' most successful day. >

Definitely one of the Congresses of all time. >

It is not, in fact, legislatin’ time >

is it infrastructure week?? >

Hey we finally got Trump’s tax returns, so who knows? >

longest "two weeks folks" ever >

Not a great start for the new House majority.
Who knew? >

Literally 100 years since this last happened. >

The amount of things that happened 100 years ago that we’ve repeated in the last three years is incredible. >

this once in a lifetime schtick is getting kinda old, not gonna lie. If i got 60 more years of this shit, take the shot plz kthxbai. >

We’re about 10 years away from being 100 years from Hitler’s election, so you might want to check out a bit sooner. >

we've already had a few upstart totalitarian wanna-bes try. They just lack the charisma, failing economy, and scapegoat to truly become the next hitler. >

We’re in the roaring twenties again, remember how “Great” the 1930’s were?:) >

Cries in great gatsby >

I just read an article about topsoil loss in the midwest, and how we might have another “Dust Bowl” like event like in the 1930’s too! which would obviously mess up farming, food, the economy etc. 
So we might have another Great Depression along with a dustbowl and other extreme fires and weather. Probably some water wars too.. 
I’m not sure if states like Nevada, California and Arizona will eventually fight politically or physically over water when there’s not enough to go around, but there’s almost certainly going to be some central Asian and African water wars in the late 20’s or 30’s. Mostly because countries are going to continue to build dams and cut off their neighbors. There’s already tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over a dam that got built there and water is becoming the new gold or oil. So yeah I’m super optimistic about the 2030’s lol. >

Yeah, we're going to have to protect the great lakes.  They're like 20% of the world's fresh water.  F U Nestle!  Michigan wants its cash money for all that water you're using for free. >

I think the GOP should spend the next two years holding three failed speaker votes a day. That's probably more productive than whatever they actually want to do in Congress. >

They can’t do anything until a speaker is picked. They don’t get paid until one gets picked either. >

Imagine that is what gets Jeffries elected Speaker?  
"I JUST WANNA GET FUCKIN' PAID MAN!" - the 6 GOP Reps. who vote for him, probably. >

Lol.
GOP congressmen have lots of other sources of money besides paychecks. >

But they can't vote on bills and form committees to get the info they need for insider trading without the Speaker. >

Which isn’t really a problem when the corporations paying them want to prevent bills from being passed. 
Now they don’t even have to publicly vote against providing healthcare, gun control, taxing the rich, or stopping climate change. 
Not having a functioning government is a good thing for people who want to stop the government from doing things. >

Just like republicans to literally repeat history 100 years later. 1920 headline reads “Radicals thwart nomination for Speaker” >

1923 >

You are correct, don’t always type what my brain says ! >

Do nothing party does nothing >

McCarthy will endorse Trump as their Presidential candidate for 2024, then the MAGA faction will vote for McCarthy.
Republicans have lost to MAGA party already.
I'm betting that's how it will pan out. >

For Boebert etc it's personal, they just hate Kevin.  There is nothing he can do to win them over, they don't trust anything he says.
Kevin's gonna have to move his shit back out of the Speaker's office. >

That’s a funny jab at McCarthy though. >

Absolutely. The infighting is edging closer and closer to "Lord of the Flies" level...
George Santos better watch out when they start looking for a pig's head for the stick.
Edit: a word >

Not just a loser. A triple loser. >

Like trump. >

He loses bigly. >

Lots of people are saying it. >

Lots of very smart people...some of the smartest really >

A man came up to me, a construction worker, a big man, a strong man he was crying, and he told me what people are saying and i said "ok" >

And he said, “Sir…” >

Believe me >


“We never had this kind of chaos when I was speaker.”- George Santos >

“I didn’t say I was the speaker. I said that when I talk, I’m a speaker.” - George Santos, 6 days later >

"Also I didn't mean that I was a literal speaker, but when I play back my spoken words on my phone, in speaker mode, I'm Speaker-ish." >

"Some of my best friends are speakers." >

“Did I say friends? I meant people I know from work.  They are technically the closest to me and would be my versions of best friends” >

"You misunderstood me. By work, I was referring to the place closest to me where people work. My best friends are attendants at Super America." >

Strike 4, coming up. >

2 more outs and 8 more innings and he’s in trouble >

So, like, what happens if they never vote in a speaker? >

Endless votes for a speaker until a new House. >

Sounds very American. >

They voted 133 times over two months once back in 1855. >

I feel like we shouldn't really be comparing our current selves to our 1800's selves >

Why not? The basic systems haven't changed, now we just let women vote. >

And non-white people >

Sometimes >

And often throw those votes away in states like Texas or Georgia,through the schetchiest of means. >

They had 2 months to get this shit together, and they couldn't do it.
They've been expecting to have to have their shit together for this for over a year and they still couldn't do it.
The first time in 100 years people didn't have this shit settled prior to the start of the new congress >

And the fact that it's even worse than anyone legitimately expected lmao >

Kevin is like the dumbass who keep applying for the same job he’s not qualified for not understanding why he’s not qualified lol 
“I earned it” made me laugh lol >

That was the most entitled thing I’ve ever heard.  And I remember some conservatives going off in 2016 about Hillary expecting to be coronated. >

They hate everyone cause they think everyone is just like them. >

Remember when the GOP pushed Boehner out and McCarthy wanted to be speaker but didn’t have the votes so they recruited Paul Ryan? This clown show has been going on for a long time. >

That went over so well that Ryan literally retired at the end of his term. >

No leaks!!! >

It will be interesting to see how much the votes change when they vote again. Or who the clowns nominate. >

Pundits say opportunist Elise Stefanik got a chance. She’s one of Trump’s trumpiest. >

Stefanik was moderate Republican but the moment, democrats got house in 18. She basically became the most trumpest Republican >

That seems pretty unstable.  I don't know how you can go from "moderate" to "insurrectionist" like that.  I am guessing she was already a nut to begin with or just an opportunist always on the lookout for the next opportunity. >

The largest majority of Republicans in congress aren't true believers and are just opportunists. They'll be as trumpy, xenophobic, and reactionary as their base wants them to be and the second the tide turns in the other direction they'll talk about decorum and pretend they were never one of those republicans. 
The exception is folks like MTG who are true believers and completely off their goddamn rocker. >

If they are supporting the idiocy, it doesn't matter.  They are True Believers.  Never forget.  Never forgive.  Fuck these traitors. 
Something something a table of 11 Nazis. >

Oh I absolutely agree, believer or not they're awful people capitalizing on the destruction of their nation. They can all rot. >

I'm delighting in McCarthy's inability to become speaker. He debased himself for years thinking that he'd be rewarded with the Speakership. And this is his reward for being utter trash. This is wonderful. >

I'd sooner elect him manager for a Waffle House than any house leadership position. McCarthy's decade of waffling and trying to have it both ways within his own party is coming home to roost. 
Good. Fuck 'em; couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. It's politicians like McCarthy who are the worst for the country. Only in it for themselves and not for the good of the American people - not that it wasn't obvious by his party affiliation these days, but McCarthy was an especially brash and open example of hypocrisy and saying / taking any position to be in power.