ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Would you hire someone with those allegations to work for your organization? To babysit your kids? Would you like the United States Congress to make sure you had access to that information before making a hiring decision? According to Speaker Johnson, your questions are moot.

Matt Gaetz was under ethics investigation for sexual misconduct, sharing sexually explicit images and sex with a minor. All charges that have precedent for continued investigation and public release. He was also under investigation for illicit drug use.

In 1990, Rep Don Lukens (R-OH) resigned while under ethics investigation for sexual misconduct, sex with a minor and making sexual advances to an employee. The report was subsequently released. It was not “moot”. https://ethics.house.gov/committee-reports/matter-representative-donald-e-lukens

In 1987, Rep Bill Boner (D-TN) resigned while under ethics investigation for misuse of campaign funds, improper gifts, failure to reveal business interests on his FD and acceptance of a bribe. The report was subsequently released. It was not “moot”.
https://ethics.house.gov/committee-reports/staff-report-matter-representative-william-h-boner

In 1987, 1990, 2006 and 2011 members under investigation by House Ethics resigned and the committee not only continued their work but (in all but 2011) released the report. Johnson's lack of respect for the institution is the real story here.

@cobalt I hope people figure out that school vouchers are a right wing project to destroy public schools because public schools are integrated and don't indoctrinate children into christianity. I don't want my taxes used for some wing nut's private school!

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Salt And Pepper (1968)

right now the only recognition you get for hacking a nintendo console is a CCC talk and a lawsuit, which is bullshit.

you should get a big trophy and a bunch of money, and any legal fees to tell Nintendo to piss off should also be paid.

fun fact: double-sided laserdisc players have a single ribbon cable that is used to let the read head flip upside down to read the top as well as the bottom.

the routing of that flex cable is fucking CRUCIAL

With this programs installation, the thread of prophecy is severed. Uninstall it now to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.

cat

Dobson fly don't make me cry
you can't hang around by the porch light
there are hellgramite girls who will rock your world
in the black and deep of the dark night

Dobson fly don't ask me why
summer weeks can't last forever
find your bitey bride
with wings so wide
and lay your eggs in the singing river.

#Poetry #song #writing

I am trying to teach my cat that the word for "turn the heater on" is for her to go to her bed that is in front of the heater and meow at me, but she is convinced that the word is "latch into me with all her front claws and try to pull me towards the heater"

The fight for abortion care and the fight for trans rights are the same fight. It is the fight for bodily autonomy. If you do not have control over your own body, you do not have control over anything.

CEO "Was No Angel", Neighbors Say

🤦🏻‍♀️“#Trump said he wants Billy Long, a former congressman from Missouri, to be the next commissioner of the IRS. Long was a professional auctioneer and a real estate agent for three decades before joining Congress in 2011, serving six terms until 2023. In September 2018,

Long showed off his auctioneer skills during a House committee hearing to drown out a far-right heckler among the audience, Laura Loomer”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/04/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

why isn’t the dishwasher safe? what’s happening in there. what don’t they want us to know

We spent months diving into Instagram's AI influencer problem, where accounts get hundreds of thousands of followers by deepfaking the face of their AI influencer onto the bodies of real women. Meta as you'd expect is doing v little about this ...

https://www.404media.co/inside-the-booming-ai-pimping-industry-3/