Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have been raring to go since January 16, antsy to start launching probes into President Donald Trump’s contacts with Russia.
However, their eagerness is being stymied by sluggish Republicans who have still not named members except one—Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) as ranking member—to the committee, according to a Saturday Daily Beast report.
No committee business can commence until the members are all selected. Democrats are reportedly hopeful that Republicans will announce their roster next week.
It’s almost as if the Guardians Of Plutocrats are continuing to run its bald-faced protection racket. Almost.
Oh dear , the Repukes are doing a Doofus - running away .
If Republicans were a crime novel, you would read the first two paragraphs, figure the whole thing out, and go straight to the last page to confirm it.
It’s co-authored by Ginni Thomas and Gooey Lohmert.
I would add that the Republicans are not manning the newly reconstituted Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (Republicans dissolved its predecessor in 2011).
This is also sort of relevant in the carbon-footprint department: the Guardian headline from Davos.
Record private jet flights into Davos as leaders arrive for climate talks
I’m sending copies of these 2 articles to the committee. They describe Nunes’s family’s employment of undocumented immigrants to run their inhumane factory dairy farms in Iowa. Nunes is another GOP professional liar and hypocrite:
https://www.salon.com/2018/10/01/devin-nunes-family-farm-may-use-undocumented-immigrant-labor/#close.
https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/52594-devin-nuness-family-farm-is-hiding-a-politically-explosive-secret.