Speaker of the house position up for grabs.

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It's obvious he won't bend at all.
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This guy is getting weirder and weirder. He also probably a cybersecurity risk.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/p ... 234870634/
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Okay, what the fuck.
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He'd seem like an over-the-top parody of the religious right if he was fictional. What a creepy little weirdo.
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hammerofglass wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:38 pm He'd seem like an over-the-top parody of the religious right if he was fictional. What a creepy little weirdo.
THIS is apparently the best the Modern GOP can come up with.
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ProfessorDetective wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 5:39 pm This guy is getting weirder and weirder. He also probably a cybersecurity risk.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/p ... 234870634/
I think I need a stronger word than weird and creepy to describe that.
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News like this makes me feel sorry for the reporters at the Onion.
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m4a2000 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:58 am News like this makes me feel sorry for the reporters at the Onion.
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CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:40 am
m4a2000 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:58 am News like this makes me feel sorry for the reporters at the Onion.
William Gibson said that cyberpunk died as a genre because the crazy shit they used to parody is just reality now.
I think media digest in general became too polarized for the brevity of the paper as a light satire.

… but you’re probably right.
..What mirror universe?
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BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 2:16 am
CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:40 am
m4a2000 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:58 am News like this makes me feel sorry for the reporters at the Onion.
William Gibson said that cyberpunk died as a genre because the crazy shit they used to parody is just reality now.
I think media digest in general became too polarized for the brevity of the paper as a light satire.

… but you’re probably right.
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