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  She's a national treasure. Keep on, keeping on Miss Porter!
context: “On Friday, the California lawmaker was pictured in the lower chamber reading the book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** by Mark Manson.” >
  
  I liked that book. His writing style is entertaining, but also a bit “blunt and smart guy giving his ‘bro’ advice in a bar.” If that doesn’t put you off, there’s some good stuff in there. >
  
  One time I was lamenting to a friend about how single I was and how my life was going. She told me 1: go to a library, 2: read these four books, 3: shut up.
  I took her advice, and it changed my life. Two of the books were Mark Manson's. >
  
  I must ask, what were the four books? >
  
  The Subtle At of Not Giving a Fuck
  Models: Attract Women Through Honesty
  You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
  I don't remember the fourth so let's pretend it is
  The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
  Of them, I'd probably recommend Models the most for a struggling male youth. The advice can really be summed up easily: be who you want to be, as true to your ideal vision of yourself as possible, don't worry about meeting people because it'll happen naturally as you actualize the version of you that you want to be. >
  
  None of those four books taught you about commas, eh?
  (I’m sorry, I’m sorry! The remark was right there! I’m glad those books helped you and am grateful you listed them out for us!) >
  
  The book “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” is good for that >
  
  Ah, the original “let’s eat grandma” ? >
  
  Yup! And of “Go get him, doctors!” >
  
  Hah I hadn’t heard that one! I like it! >
  
  I mean,  now we have a new speaker… and we’ll move right into zero business that’s considered important.
  Nothing is as important as Hunter Biden’s laptop, defund the FBI, IRS, arrest of Fauci, impeachment of Biden.
  Everyone else takes a backseat for the next 10 years. >
  
  Arrest Fauci!! >
  
  Arrest all Drs. Medical scientists and medical providers!
  Down with health science!
  Medical science is oppression against Christianity. Only God can cure me.
  /s >
  
  I was being facetious 🤣 >
  
  I added the /s incase people can’t tell.
  After all, flat earth, vaccine causes autism and now birds ain’t real all began as a stupid ass joke that became a real thing. >
  
  Noted >
  
  Band kid moment >
  
  She knew what she was doing. >
  
  Of course. She probably would have preferred to bring a whiteboard and some graphs with her to explain things to the Republicans. >
  
  That would be a lost cause to the last cause crowd. >
  
  Well, you have to admit that they would like the "white" part of whiteboard. >
  
  Fox News watchers right now: the left has no respect for our democracy!
  Also Fox News watchers: Jan 6 was a peaceful protest >
  
  I sent her a DM on Twitter once and she replied! That was a great day. >
  
  Shes the real deal >
  
  I love her. I wish she’d consider a run in 2024. >
  
  Supposedly she's interested in Feinstien's Senate seat. That would be a good stepping stone towards the big chair if she wants it. >
  
  I mean honestly at this point we could just stick Diane in a fancy library and she wouldn’t know the difference.  
  We could probably put her in a KFC and get away with it. She’s old as fuck and needs to step down. Government needs a fucking age limit. >
  
  If I were to stan anyone, it'd be this woman. She's like that awesome teacher in school who gives no fucks and comes for all the students when they piss her off. >
  
  She actually was a Law professor before getting into politics. >
  
  She was a school teacher at my school before she was a law professor. I sadly was not in her class but we were all rooting for her when she first ran for office.
  She hasn't disappointed. >
  
  Katie Porter is awesome and I can’t wait until she is my senator. >
  
  Hello from Santa Monica! I was really dismayed that she won by such a small margin. People have got to start voting.
  
  I can’t wait until she is my senator.
  
  Is this a thing that's being talked about for Feinstein?? Please don't break my heart! My Rep is Ted Lieu who is also great but not as exciting to watch as Katie Porter (for certain nerdy definitions of 'exciting'. 😅) >
  
  I’ve heard that she’s exploring a run, but a lot depends on Feinstein’s decision. >
  
  Is Diane even capable of cogent decision-making these days? >
  
  That book sucks for what it’s worth. It’s like frat bro’s version of stoicism. >
  
  That's apparently exactly what it is. Ripping off the ancients to sell seminars. >
  
  I made the mistake of listening to the audio book years ago. The douchiness was palpable. I actually finished it hoping it would get better but it was garbage all the way through. >
  
  My therapist recommended it to me.  It was a contributing factor in me finding a new therapist. >
  
  Subtle >
  
  The subtle art of not being subtle >
  
  Please make this women your next senator California . >
  
  Please make her run stranger. >
  
  She's very funny.  One time she brilliantly insulted Bill Maher and I seem to remember he had a hard time recovering from it. >
  
  Maher is an absolute jackass >
  
  Not only him but his audience.  It's so predictable when they're going to cheer or clap.  And his mansplaining New Rules is cringey even when I agree with him.  He gives me a Jordan Peterson vibe. >
  
  I’ve never liked him and I’ve been a liberal for awhile.  He’s always been a smug jackass >
  
  I don't get the impression he is all that liberal, more neo-liberal/centrist, or atleast he has trended that way over time. I do agree though, he comes across as a guy without much conviction who spends his day huffing his own farts. >
  
  He used to be a big icon of liberals.  Now he’s almost conservative >
  
  “What’s that thing Katie Porter is holding with all that paper inside?” -Most Republicans on the Floor >
  
  This has the same energy as my great grandmother stopping the school bus on the side of the road to crochet when the kids were too rowdy. >
  
  I wish that book was as good as the hype for it. >
  
  Newsweek feels describing Twitter posts in 250 words is journalism. >
  
  Lol. Yep.  Saw the photo and wanted to get it on this sub.  Newsweek was a iota better when it was print >
  
  The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** by Mark Manson
  Don't reward them for clickbait >
  
  I totally love her. >
  
  She should have brought in a book with a mocked-up big yellow book cover that said HOW TO TALK TO DUMMIES >
  
  The Idiot's Guide to Idiots >
  
  “I Really Don't Care, Do You?” But classier. >
  
  And at an appropriate time. >
  
  Katie Porter for President!!! >
  
  Enough with fucking Newsweek. It’s a clickbait tabloid, not a news source. >
  
  That’s my rep, and I’m here for it. >
  
  Hahaha very appropriate book for the shitshow that get putting up by GQP >
  
  Omg she is my favorite rep of all time. She cracks me up weekly. This folks, is how you do it💕 >
  
  Lib moment >
  
  can she run for president? >
  
  Good choice >
  
  Read that a few years ago…Great book. >
  
  Be the president, Katie. >
  
  Great... 46th place hold at my library >
  
  Hey Katie, please come move to Minnesota! >
  
  That's the appropriate level of "I'm done with this stupid display" when the Republicans are taking their time electing as Speaker someone who couldn't even get the votes together ahead of time to be elected Speaker - thereby demonstrating that he's not competent to hold the office and they're only electing him because he can be pushed around. >
  
  It's enjoyable watching the Both Siders pretend that this is some kind of stunt on par with the Republican who lunged at the other Republican as some kind of faux-macho display of simian rage.
  She's reading a book after having done her job.  Meanwhile, the other side is literally taking phone calls on the House floor from their Orange Führer. >
  
  This is not news >
  
  Saw lots of pearl clutching and "both sides"-ing going on earlier today on another sub (one where folks discuss politics from a "moderate" tone) regarding Porter's selection of this book. It was kind of hilarious, though eye-roll inducing. >
  
  It was probably just the dust jacket on another book too. Which would make it even more funny to me. >
  
  Oh that is beautiful. >
  
  We need some comedic relief, thank you Katie :) >
  
  I love she is color coded >
  
  I hate all these stupid clickbaitey book titles nowadays, it’s all meant to get a rise out of you. >
  
  Feels like a stunt, but I really don't mind.
  I've read (well, listened) to that book.  Wasn't a fan.  Too nihilistic for me. >
  
  That’s kinda Manson’s point. Not nihilism, but reality—not having to pretend everything is rainbows and unicorns, or insisting that it be so. There’s an objective reality out there, and we don’t all have to get along and play nicey-nice to  lay purchase on it. Katie is a no-bullshit woman. I think the book fits her purpose perfectly. >
  
  I’ve read that book. While it’s a great photo op, the book blows. Love Rep Porter though. >
  
  This is why I'm bothered by the uh "stunt". Much like the cheap showiness of the book title, I can't help but think that she brought this book into the chamber with the hopes of being photographed with it. Generally, I like Katie Porter but this one is just kind of cringe is all. >
  
  I mean, to be fair, most political stunts by politicians are pretty cringe. When a Republican does something stupid, the internet laughs their ass off. Porter does these all the time and she sometimes misses pretty badly but most people don't call them out on Reddit or more progressive spaces because she is on their side. Hell, even her "own" about stock buybacks and r&d costs when she was grilling that big pharma dude about a year was just plain fucking wrong but people jerked themselves off over it. I think she's one of the best people to push CA even further left but I have come to accept that all politicians will be dumb as fuck form time to time. >
  
  Left, right, and center it is just a terrible practice and it usually serves no one. Those enormous poster print-outs with oversimplified messaging come to mind and I often have to ask: who is the audience for this? They convey such unsubtle points seemingly designed for the lowest common denominator viewer who probably isn't watching CSPAN anyway. No meaningful political points scored and plenty of secondhand embarrassment to go around. >
  
  That was one thing I noticed about 4 days of the House. Politicians sitting around not doing much. I didn’t see anyone reading a book or tablet. Just checking their phones. I thought this was fake the first time I saw it. I didn’t see her in any of the vids but I wasn’t actively watching. >
  
  They can't do anything productive until the speaker is sworn in. >
  
  r/cringe >
  
  I love this woman. 
  She does not have time for shenanigans. 
  I’d say she used her time efficiently in this situation. >
  
  Bringing in comedy props to her very important position in government is the absolute definition of “time for shenanigans”. >
  
  And what else does one do when toddlers are fighting? Toddlers that you have no personal responsibility for? >
  
  Katie Porter speaks truth about many things. >
  
  This is actually one of my favorite books lol >
  
  I fucking love Katie Porter! >
  
  If you thought are system was a joke before, it’s an even bigger joke now. >
  
  Cringe >
  
  I get what she’s trying to do but this is cringe as fuck >
  
  Not just any book.   Read the title. >
  
  That is so 2019, she is ultra late. >
  
  It’d be quirky and fun if it were at some pta meeting but I want adults in the room for federal government (I know this is basically not feasible). We need higher standards regardless of which side we vote. Tired of these children >
  
  I say this as someone who is firmly on the left by American standards: I find Katie Porter and everything she does absolutely insufferable. I’m glad y’all enjoy her, but absolutely do not see the appeal. >
  
  Why? >
  
  I just kind of find her juvenile and ungenuine. Every time she does something like this or tells of some CEO off while scribbling on a whiteboard it feels like she’s just trying to make content for another viral NowThis video. >
  
  Seems a very small thing to find someone “insufferable” for. She plays the same game republicans do and calls them out on their bullshit imo >
  
  There’s nothing small about it. She has an important job. Can you imagine if a judge were to show up to their job with a novelty gavel that squeaks and trying out their amateur comedy by zinging one-liners around every time they thought someone was behaving stupidly in their court? >
  
  But she isn’t doing that? If you notice, when she does these one liners, she is using them to specifically call people out on their bull shit. It’s called sarcasm. >
  
  This picture is literally her bringing in comedy props. Give me a fucking break. If it’s called anything, it’s unprofessional and cringe. >
  
  Performative bullshit. >
  
  Fucking beautiful 🤩! >
  
  This photo is fabulous! And color coordinating with the book jacket chefs kiss >
  
  Love her >
  
  Keep in mind:
  There’s been some early chatter on Twitter from former staff about her just being truly horrible to her employees. It hasn’t gone widespread yet, but was disappointing enough to really sour my image of her and I used to be a huge Katie Porter fan. (She apparently fired a staffer who came down with Covid because she didn’t want to get sick herself.) and she wants to run for senate next year, so she wants to build any positive press she can for herself. >
  
  Oh yes, Twitter, the source for factual information. Specially when it doesn't show any named sources..  it's as meaningful as the shit you find on Facebook. >
  
  This is Republican levels of grandstanding bull shit. I’m not really a fan of either of those things. >
  
  As a liberal in California who will be potentially voting for her on a Senate Ballot in the near future, I can’t stand all of her stunts. >
  
  To be clear: I am not American and don't care which 'side' she is on.
  However, I do think that we live in a weird age where politicians are somewhat rewarded/ celebrated for stunts like this. 
  You're all adults, trying to govern a country, to the best of your ability. 
  "Giving a f*ck" about what's going on in the most important (or 2nd most important?) governmental building in your country is literally your job.
  We have it here too (UK) - it's cheap point-scoring imo.
  Be adults, talk, repay the faith placed in you by the voting populace, and do the job to the best of your ability. >
  
  
  Be adults, talk, repay the faith placed in you by the voting populace, and do the job to the best of your ability. [...]
  
  You live somewhere where fights notoriously break out in the House of Commons that are so uncivilized that they go viral. 
  You know what else goes viral? Videos of Katie Porter holding up her white board and explaining how the people are getting fucked by corporations, politicians, and bad-faith legislation. A cheap stunt would be reading Green Eggs and Ham. This book is simply a proxy for the white board. I think it's actually very funny because if you know Katie Porter she is very serious and quite wonky in a great way so it's really quite a statement.
  And I love that, while one GOP Rep. actually had to be physically restrained from attacking Matt Gaetz, Katie Porter was just sitting there, reading. >
  
  
  You live somewhere where fights notoriously break out in the House of Commons that are so uncivilized that they go viral. 
  
  Eh? It's extremely rare for fights to break out in the British House of Commons. >
  
  Scuffles as UK House of Commons Speaker tries to suspend Parliament
  Calling for order during shouting matches in parliament over Brexit
  British Parliament fight is full of 'dodgy' language
  Chaos in the Commons as parliament is suspended to chants of 'shame on you'
  Yes, much better than 'reading a book with a naughty title' breaking out on the House floor. >
  
  I guess I was assuming two things:
  
  
  I was using the British sense of "fight", which is a physical altercation, rather than the American sense of "fight", which can be physical or verbal. So from my perspective, some of your links are not fights.
  
  
  That the recent physical altercations — which are a very unusual anomaly — have not been numerous enough to create "notoriety".