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It boggles the mind how a person like this gets elected to Congress. To paraphrase Clarence Darrow, "I was told when I was a little boy that in this country anyone can grow up to be a member of Congress... I am beginning to believe they were right."

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We all know how much time was lost and lives by waiting for Mr. Johnson. And also, we all know how it really works. The 32 Abrams tanks that were promised in 2022 have been delivered only in 2024. So we can apply simple algebra here: from singed something to really delivering in 24 months. So Mr. Johnson did what he wanted. Delay is [ 'time of postpon of voiting' +'24 months+/- of delivering' = somewhere in 2027 if a recipient still exists on this Earth].

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I think that is a bit unfair to Mr. Johnson. The politics of supporting additional aid to Ukraine has been very complicated in the House where a good portion of Republicans are populist and increasingly isolationist. It is also highly likely that after this aid package finally passes, Johnson will then have a huge struggle to save his job. I am not saying that there are severe consequences on the ground due to this delay - there are. But Johnson's job getting this through has been difficult. He could use some support right now.

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Job vs millions of lives."

Sorry, but from my point (geographically point), losing the job is the least that could happen at any moment.

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Being outside and inside the "safe world" forms your values. Also, it doesn't matter for the dead person who is a populist, who is isolationist or "Greene" because the finish of the life is non-return.

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Is the MTG bill to employ "space lasers" at the border real? It reads like a Babylon Bee post. But sure enough, I found her tweet/X from last night. https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-demands-space-lasers-migrant-crisis-border-israel-1891563

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Simply ask what is her bill for performance.

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