Thank you, Jack. My dream is that a few more Rs quit now (a la Marge Greene) and Holy Mike is stripped of his majority and his speaker’s gavel. Voila, Hakeem becomes speaker! 🤞🏼🤞🏽🤞🏾
Agree, AL, but methinks replacing Hakeem as speaker halfway through the term would create a media circus and weaken the Dem caucus. Plus, Hakeem might really surprise us and I’d like to give him the chance at the gavel. Once Dems sweep the midterms, a new House term starts and a new speaker can be elected. There are so many good choices. AOC and Jamie Raskin come to mind.
Yes! Nancy is his mentor, after all. Many commenters here on Substack criticize Hakeem for being weak, but he hasn’t yet had the chance to prove his mettle as speaker. I would like to see him in action. So, I am crossing fingers that the balance of power in the House flips soon. Holy Mike just lost two more members of his R caucus, Marge Greene and Doug LaMalfa, leaving him with just a two-seat majority. Also, Indiana Rep. Jim Baird and his wife were sadly hospitalized after a recent car accident. He is expected to make a full recovery, but he may be out for a while.
The focus on whether Hakeem or Mike is 'strong' enough misses the bigger catastrophe. We are watching the House dissolve into a war of attrition. If the balance flips because of these vacancies, and we just install a new partisan Speaker, we’ve solved nothing. We’ve just reset the timer for the next power-monger to be even more ruthless.
Whoever takes the gavel next should immediately pass a Nonpartisan Leadership Rule (Rule XXV).
The Strategy:
Require the Speaker and Chairs to resign their party affiliations and register as Independents.
Establish an Independent Oversight Committee (IOC) to ensure they run the House fairly, not as a party 'war room.'
Make the rule 'inviolable'. It can’t be suspended by a floor vote.
This isn't 'weakening' the party; it’s a strategic masterstroke. The first party to voluntarily disarm their partisan advantage to save the institution would gain a mountain of respect and votes from the middle. More importantly, a nonpartisan House is the only way we ever pass real structural reforms like National Codetermination (worker seats on boards).
Until we change the rules, we’re just swapping one driver for another while the engine is on fire.
The debate over whether Hakeem Jeffries or Mike Johnson is "stronger" is a trap. It's just status quo thinking. Replacing one partisan Speaker with another doesn't stop the "power-monger" cycle; it just changes the jersey.
The Real Opportunity: With the GOP majority collapsing (MTG resigning, LaMalfa's passing, vacancies), the House is in chaos. If Democrats take over now, they shouldn't just "try out the gavel." They should immediately pass Rule XXV (Nonpartisan Leadership).
Why? Because the party that voluntarily gives up their "partisan hammer" to create a neutral House, monitored by an Independent Oversight Committee, would win a mountain of respect and votes from the exhausted middle. It turns a temporary power grab into a permanent reformation.
We have to do today what prevents tomorrow’s catastrophe. If we don’t fix the rules now, the next person to hold the gavel might be even more "ruthless" than what we've seen.
I’m so disgusted as to how many people in this country still like this idiot con man. I cannot believe just how low a human can go to vote for this low life pedophile. Let’s not lose focus on the Epstein files. Is mental decline is more prevalent now than ever before. He makes no sense when speaking and has to read notes written for him and still he’s unable to understand or speak intelligently. He keeps going over the same remarks. His speeches are about praising himself and calling people names. We all should be embarrassed by this guy. Why is this country putting up with this old man?. Biden wasn’t half as bad and his party asked him to step down and he did so graciously. The only people that love Trump are the corporations, billionaires and the extreme racists. Trump himself stated that intelligent people do not like him. That was the only time he told the truth. By him stating that he insulted the MAGA cult and they never even realized it. 😁 If there is truly a God then Trump and his pedophile friends won’t be around much longer.🙏
Prison will not be on the table for him. But, impeachment will have to be. Unless, Schumer writes another strongly worded letter and mucks it all up. God, help us get to that sliver of light at the end of these labyrinth of corruption and incompetence
The walls should have closed entirely after January 6th but here we are. The Dems have done nothing but write strongly worded articles. Excuse my pessimism but I’m gonna wait for it. I’m so mentally tired and I know I’m not the only one.
“All we need to do is win the next elections.” Yeah? Fuck no.
Once we win —if we win meaning if fucking lazy ass protest non voters can pull their moron heads out—we need to ACT. Immediately. Do shit. Impeach. Block legislation. Not back off and Not Stand down.
Thank you Jack. I hope when this administration is purged and we look to have equitable journalists to continue informing the American people and supporting our country, you and your fellow journalists are the leaders in that change for truth.
Thank you, again, with all my heart and support, for keeping true reporting alive.
What are your thoughts on creating ways in Congress to prevent this from happening again? With the absence of ethics or morality, it feels like our system is irrevocably broken.
The Republicans are losing members and the gavel is slipping. If Democrats take the House back before the midterms, they have a once-in-a-century chance to actually fix the system instead of just occupying it.
The Move: Pass a "Nonpartisan Leadership Rule" (Rule XXV) on day one.
The Strategy:
1. Force Neutrality: The Speaker and all Committee Chairs must drop their party registration and vow an oath to run the House without bias.
2. Independent Oversight: Create a committee (IOC) with a 2/3 majority requirement for removal, making it impossible for one party to bully the Speaker.
3. The Lockbox: Make the rule "inviolable", no floor suspensions or waivers.
Why it wins: People are sick of the "power monger" cycle. Any party that voluntarily disarms their own partisan advantage to save the institution would rake in mountains of respect and votes from the middle. It’s the ultimate "checkmate" against future extremists. We must do today what prevents tomorrow's catastrophe.
"We gotta win the midterms! Not because we have the country's best interests at heart or so we can help the country, but so I can stay dictator and continue to make lots of money on bribes and so I don't get sent to prison!"
I have a dream. I dream of the day I will wake up and this monster will not be at the White House, but in prison, where he belongs.
I have a dream that we see all of the maga republicans get their karma that's due. I want to see it when it hits them.
Yeah, like Steven Miller, Cash Patel, Kristy “Bobble Head” Knome and the one whom I truly dislike and can’t stand to set eyes on, Pam Bondi.
I think he’ll probably flee the country.
He’s a coward. Maybe Putin will take him in.
Qatar or Saudi Arabia is more likely
Yes! I heard Qatar is where he wants to build another golf course. Puts himself first.
I have that same dream!😴
Thank you, Jack. My dream is that a few more Rs quit now (a la Marge Greene) and Holy Mike is stripped of his majority and his speaker’s gavel. Voila, Hakeem becomes speaker! 🤞🏼🤞🏽🤞🏾
Not sure we’re in great shape w Hakeem
Agree, AL, but methinks replacing Hakeem as speaker halfway through the term would create a media circus and weaken the Dem caucus. Plus, Hakeem might really surprise us and I’d like to give him the chance at the gavel. Once Dems sweep the midterms, a new House term starts and a new speaker can be elected. There are so many good choices. AOC and Jamie Raskin come to mind.
I’m not arguing for replacement of Hakeem—just more pressure on him. Maybe Nancy can show him how it’s done.
Yes! Nancy is his mentor, after all. Many commenters here on Substack criticize Hakeem for being weak, but he hasn’t yet had the chance to prove his mettle as speaker. I would like to see him in action. So, I am crossing fingers that the balance of power in the House flips soon. Holy Mike just lost two more members of his R caucus, Marge Greene and Doug LaMalfa, leaving him with just a two-seat majority. Also, Indiana Rep. Jim Baird and his wife were sadly hospitalized after a recent car accident. He is expected to make a full recovery, but he may be out for a while.
My problem with Jeffries is he takes AIPAC money from the same people Republicans get theirs from
The focus on whether Hakeem or Mike is 'strong' enough misses the bigger catastrophe. We are watching the House dissolve into a war of attrition. If the balance flips because of these vacancies, and we just install a new partisan Speaker, we’ve solved nothing. We’ve just reset the timer for the next power-monger to be even more ruthless.
Whoever takes the gavel next should immediately pass a Nonpartisan Leadership Rule (Rule XXV).
The Strategy:
Require the Speaker and Chairs to resign their party affiliations and register as Independents.
Establish an Independent Oversight Committee (IOC) to ensure they run the House fairly, not as a party 'war room.'
Make the rule 'inviolable'. It can’t be suspended by a floor vote.
This isn't 'weakening' the party; it’s a strategic masterstroke. The first party to voluntarily disarm their partisan advantage to save the institution would gain a mountain of respect and votes from the middle. More importantly, a nonpartisan House is the only way we ever pass real structural reforms like National Codetermination (worker seats on boards).
Until we change the rules, we’re just swapping one driver for another while the engine is on fire.
The debate over whether Hakeem Jeffries or Mike Johnson is "stronger" is a trap. It's just status quo thinking. Replacing one partisan Speaker with another doesn't stop the "power-monger" cycle; it just changes the jersey.
The Real Opportunity: With the GOP majority collapsing (MTG resigning, LaMalfa's passing, vacancies), the House is in chaos. If Democrats take over now, they shouldn't just "try out the gavel." They should immediately pass Rule XXV (Nonpartisan Leadership).
Why? Because the party that voluntarily gives up their "partisan hammer" to create a neutral House, monitored by an Independent Oversight Committee, would win a mountain of respect and votes from the exhausted middle. It turns a temporary power grab into a permanent reformation.
We have to do today what prevents tomorrow’s catastrophe. If we don’t fix the rules now, the next person to hold the gavel might be even more "ruthless" than what we've seen.
I wish that the evil GRINDER Midget Mike would be fired ..
I’m so disgusted as to how many people in this country still like this idiot con man. I cannot believe just how low a human can go to vote for this low life pedophile. Let’s not lose focus on the Epstein files. Is mental decline is more prevalent now than ever before. He makes no sense when speaking and has to read notes written for him and still he’s unable to understand or speak intelligently. He keeps going over the same remarks. His speeches are about praising himself and calling people names. We all should be embarrassed by this guy. Why is this country putting up with this old man?. Biden wasn’t half as bad and his party asked him to step down and he did so graciously. The only people that love Trump are the corporations, billionaires and the extreme racists. Trump himself stated that intelligent people do not like him. That was the only time he told the truth. By him stating that he insulted the MAGA cult and they never even realized it. 😁 If there is truly a God then Trump and his pedophile friends won’t be around much longer.🙏
Pretty clear at this point there isn’t.
God has nothing to do with it. We do.
Not one speck of empathy, ever from this narcissist
He should be impeached anyway now.For treason , and everything else he's done to our country
Mitch McConnell next please!
Prison will not be on the table for him. But, impeachment will have to be. Unless, Schumer writes another strongly worded letter and mucks it all up. God, help us get to that sliver of light at the end of these labyrinth of corruption and incompetence
please for the fucking love of God stop with the “strongly worded letter” cliche it’s old and boring come up with something else please god.
We are supposed to be the original ones.
It's a way to point out how useless Schumer's old ways are.
Thank you
The walls should have closed entirely after January 6th but here we are. The Dems have done nothing but write strongly worded articles. Excuse my pessimism but I’m gonna wait for it. I’m so mentally tired and I know I’m not the only one.
Here we go again with the “Strongly worded” shit brain cliche phrase STOP!
We’ve had 2 major protests. The Democrats run NOTHING. There’s NOTHING they Can do. Grow up.
“All we need to do is win the next elections.” Yeah? Fuck no.
Once we win —if we win meaning if fucking lazy ass protest non voters can pull their moron heads out—we need to ACT. Immediately. Do shit. Impeach. Block legislation. Not back off and Not Stand down.
Thank you Jack. I hope when this administration is purged and we look to have equitable journalists to continue informing the American people and supporting our country, you and your fellow journalists are the leaders in that change for truth.
Thank you, again, with all my heart and support, for keeping true reporting alive.
What are your thoughts on creating ways in Congress to prevent this from happening again? With the absence of ethics or morality, it feels like our system is irrevocably broken.
The Republicans are losing members and the gavel is slipping. If Democrats take the House back before the midterms, they have a once-in-a-century chance to actually fix the system instead of just occupying it.
The Move: Pass a "Nonpartisan Leadership Rule" (Rule XXV) on day one.
The Strategy:
1. Force Neutrality: The Speaker and all Committee Chairs must drop their party registration and vow an oath to run the House without bias.
2. Independent Oversight: Create a committee (IOC) with a 2/3 majority requirement for removal, making it impossible for one party to bully the Speaker.
3. The Lockbox: Make the rule "inviolable", no floor suspensions or waivers.
Why it wins: People are sick of the "power monger" cycle. Any party that voluntarily disarms their own partisan advantage to save the institution would rake in mountains of respect and votes from the middle. It’s the ultimate "checkmate" against future extremists. We must do today what prevents tomorrow's catastrophe.
We need people to watch the voting carefully IF the creep even allows it because he and the Republicans and perhaps Musk will try to rig the election.
"We gotta win the midterms! Not because we have the country's best interests at heart or so we can help the country, but so I can stay dictator and continue to make lots of money on bribes and so I don't get sent to prison!"
It sounds to intelligent for him, when he speaks all I hear is nonsense
T.I.P. California Republican & "Screw DT in 2026
I wish I could send the Orange Clown on one of his Ketamine buddy satellite to never come back or simply drops dead...