https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-primary-elections/georgia-president-results
Scoop: GOP smokes Johnson over loss of Capitol cigar space(Are you kidding me?)
Rep. Tom Cole's shift to House Appropriations chair has created a quintessentially Capitol Hill problem:
It's left House Republicans without a private spot to enjoy cigars close to the floor, and lawmakers are calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to find a solution.
Why it matters: GOP lawmakers stressed to Axios the need for quiet places to gather off the House floor to bond, saying the loss of Cole's "hideaway" — as such areas are known — has left a void Johnson should address.
Given stark divisions and constant infighting in the House GOP conference, there's an argument for any arrangement that could help this crop of lawmakers build relationships.
Catch up quick: When Cole (R-Okla.) chaired the powerful Rules Committee, his Capitol hideaway was a place for lawmakers to huddle and talk policy over cigars.
But after he became Appropriations chair, he opted to let former chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) — who stepped down from the position earlier this year — retain her hideaway. He did so even as he surrendered the Rules Committee chair's office to that panel's new leader, Michael Burgess (R-Texas).
That's left Cole without a hideaway of his own and cigar aficionados without a lair, as Burgess, a physician, has not continued the tradition.
What he's saying: "We desperately need a place to smoke cigars. and I do not have and should not have the chairman's office right now … because Kay Granger needs that and that's the appropriate thing to do," Cole told Axios.
Cole noted that members used to be able to smoke in the Speaker's Lobby, a tradition Nancy Pelosi did away with in 2007 when she became speaker. "We're trying to work on finding the place — the Rules office was a great place, but I'm not Rules chairman anymore," Cole added. A person familiar with the situation said Cole was offered a Capitol office when he became Appropriations chair, but he declined.
The intrigue: Some members suggested Johnson could cede the ceremonial balcony off the House floor back to broader member use as a "smoking porch." They note that the speaker has his own large balcony elsewhere in the Capitol.
"It's a very important issue for members and — you know — we value traditions in this institution, and that tradition of that balcony belonging to Appropriations was discarded," one Republican member said.
Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), joked that "Plan D or E " might be to "smoke in Mike Johnson's office," adding that he'd supply the cigars "and others will supply the alcohol, and we're just going to sit in his office, light up, and not leave until Tom Cole gets a hideaway."
The big picture: Those demanding Johnson find a new space have pointed to Cole's former hideaway as a place for members — male and female, but especially younger members — to be mentored by more senior colleagues.
"It's more than just cigars, it's a place for new members to get to know and be mentored by a member like Tom Cole," one GOP lawmaker said.
"There's no better time to build a relationship than over a cigar because you're with somebody for 45 minutes to an hour," Reschenthaler told Axios. "You can actually have a long conversation with somebody, and it really leads to building bridges — within the conference, but also bipartisan bridges."
"It's actually a big deal," another GOP member said, adding that the Rules hideaway under Cole "was a great location to take a break, and it is interesting how many freshmen found it helpful."
What's next: Cole said members are still welcome at his personal office in the Rayburn Building for cigar smoking while a solution is pending.
"We're gonna keep pushing to the speaker's capable hands, but with all due respect to the speaker, he wouldn't know which end of the cigar to light," Cole joked.
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/16/speaker-johnson-tom-cole-capitol-cigars
Secret Service tried to shut down War Room live broadcast in Detroit before Kane’s segment.
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Secret Service kicked out five thousand people, and forced everyone to be rescreened early saturday morning in Detroit.
I watched it happen live. They originally told Bannon, me and Posobiec that we would have to shut down the War Room broadcast
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1803216887204937767
why?
Trans-Identified Male Who Exposed His Breasts At The White House Now Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Another Transgender Person
ByShay Woulahan June 17, 2024
The trans activist who received criticism for exposing his augmented breasts at the White House during a Pride event last June has now been accused of sexual assault. The alleged victim is a biological female who identifies as a “man.” Rose Montoya, 28, was subsequently banned from attending any future events at the White House after a video went viral showing him groping his fake breasts while topless on the South Lawn. Montoya shared the video to his own TikTok account, and it quickly gathered attention.
After a groundswell of outrage, Montoya was condemned by White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre.“The behavior was simply unacceptable,” Jean-Pierre said at a press briefing. “It was unfair to the hundreds of attendees who were there to celebrate their families.” Montoya later uploaded a video to TikTok defending his actions. In the video, captioned “free the nipple,” he said, “I was simply living my joy and my truth and existing in my body.”
However, he ended up backtracking and released an apology video after other trans activists began criticizing his actions, accusing him of “embarrassing the trans community” and “setting the community back” during an important event. “I alongside other powerful voices in the queer and trans communities were invited to be represented, seen and heard in a unique and very special way,” Montoya said. “In a quick moment of fleeting and overwhelming trans joy, I decided to do something unbecoming of a guest of the president.”
He then went on to apologize to the LGBTQ community for his actions, particularly to Black transgender people who are “disproportionately impacted by the actions of others”, and his own friends and family members.Just one year after the backlash, Montoya has now been accused of sexual assault by his ex-girlfriend, Jesse Diamond, a female who identifies as a “transgender man” and uses the name “transmusclebear” on social media.
On June 13, Diamond posted a thread to X accusing Montoya of sexually assaulting her while she was recovering from “phallo surgeries,” the surgeries that attempts to make female genitalia resemble male genitalia.“I attempted to end my life on more than one occasion due to how depressed I was from the trauma,” Diamond explaines in the thread. Diamond goes on to directly name Montoya as the abuser in question.
In a video posted to TikTok, Diamond provides screenshots purported to be from Montoya admitting to the sexual assault.The email, which was sent from rosalynnemontoya@gmail.com, reads: “I’m really sorry I broke your trust and violated you.” The email author then goes on to describe how being sexually rejected made them feel “dysphoric.”
“I genuinely thought for a while that you were triggered by me simply having a phallus. I thought maybe you’d like me more or want to be intimate with me if I had a vagina. This caused me so much pain and dysphoria,” the email continues. “I’m sorry I forced myself on you.”While Reduxx was unable to confirm the authenticity of the email, the email address listed in the screenshots made public by Diamond matches an email on Montoya’s personal website.
Diamond has also revealed that Montoya accused her of domestic violence in response to the accusations. She also claimed that she was not the only female who identifies as a “man” that Montoya has abused or assaulted.“Elijah, the other known victims, and I just want the cycle of abuse to stop,” Diamond wrote on X at the end of her thread.
Like Montoya, Diamond is a well-known trans activist on social media, and has shared her experience with genital surgery where she admitted that there were complications with the attempt to create a “penis” for her.“It is technically broken but I believe there’s a 98% chance its still functional,” Diamond shared on TikTok in a video that was later reposted by Libs Of TikTok. Diamond explained on her TikTok that the method of phalloplasty she received was the “semi-ridged rod” which is “broken at the base.” She also described the recovery process as “hell” and stated she was bed ridden and had to learn how to walk again….
(do these people even have a job?)
https://reduxx.info/trans-identified-male-who-exposed-his-breasts-at-the-white-house-now-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-another-transgender-person/
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The Biden Robot malfunctions during Amnesty speech
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(The people in back of him looks just as bad, like really weird.)
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The Biden Robot malfunctions during Amnesty speech
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4:11 PM · Jun 18, 2024
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https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1803158676997546273
(The people in back of him looks just as bad, like really weird.)
>>21047843 Can anons understand what he said in that loop at the end, the faces of everyone in the back started freaking out