ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!

AZ State Rep who works for Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA drops out of his race for Congress today after allegations surfaced that he forged signatures on petitions to get on the ballot. Story …https://t.co/iakGUulMma

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 18, 2024

It’s a representative government (something I remind myself in Texas every day):

It’s amazing how irresponsible you are able to be when you represent R+36 (Gaetz) and R+32 (Greene) districts. You can be wholly out of touch with most of America and nothing you do matters. https://t.co/n1NBiHft6b

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 18, 2024

A reminder:

They include a lawyer, a hedge funder, an investment banker, a woman in publishing, a teacher turned stay-at-home mom, and a retired college administrator. And according to @nytimes, these are not the jurors Trump’s looking for.https://t.co/hUvOC7PmRt

— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) April 18, 2024

Trump has only 10 peremptory challenges, and he’s used some (I don’t know how many). He can move the judge to dismiss “for cause,” so long as the judge agrees. At some point, probably soon, the jury will be seated. Trump can’t do very much about that.

I still won’t be surprised if they have a jury by Friday.

Marge Gone Wild: “I don’t care if the Speaker’s office becomes a revolving door … The days are over of the old Republican Party that wants to fund foreign wars and murder people while they stab the American people in their face!” pic.twitter.com/yUrQ814Nwp

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 18, 2024

I’ve been told this is not the same thing as pre-Pearl Harbor isolationism, but I don’t think that leopard has really changed its spots. 

And I’m still wondering if Marge can count. It would only take a few Republicans saying “Fuck this noise,” and a smart Democratic play to get a few concessions, to ruin her bluster.

I also don’t think her sentiments are all that popular:

MCCONNELL: "Here's the political reality: if you think the fall of Afghanistan was bad, the fall of a European capital like Kyiv to Russian troops will be unimaginably worse, and if stalled American assistance makes that outcome possible, there's no question...where the blame…

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) April 18, 2024

I’m guessing she also voted against the infrastructure bill:

So far, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has delivered $8.7 billion to WA with 670+ specific projects identified for funding statewide.

Every day is infrastructure day. https://t.co/W1fnItyhzl

— Rep. Rick Larsen (@RepRickLarsen) April 18, 2024

Today, Belgium announced two things.

- Discovered a network of Putin's goons bribing EU politicians

- Rushing F-16's to Ukraine in the next 40 days instead of in 2025.

Probably unrelated. pic.twitter.com/wDRtUDtDqd

— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) April 18, 2024

I’m sure we could find the same corruption of officeholders in America. But I’m guessing it will be h, since they don’t tend to announce the bribes at press conferences or in the steps of the Capitol.

At this political moment: Here’s what happens when Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at Capitol pic.twitter.com/ifdoGdL6bK

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) April 18, 2024