Discussion: After 2016 Dem Sit-In, House Will Now Issue Fines For Taking Photos On Floor

The message has to be: “The GOP is trying to screw you, and they want to do it in secret.”

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I’ve got a fiver here that says that the first one to break the rule is a Gooper.

Any takers??

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Government transparency, brought to you by the good people of ACME Lead Shielding.

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"The rules also ban “disorderly or disruptive conduct”

…Which is practically a working definition of the republican thugs…

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This comes a day after they were just chastised for not doing serious business. President Tweet is going to have his hands full.

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I can’t bear to put president in front of his name, so I may just go with P. Tweet. Thanks for the tip.

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PaSs laWs NOW to criminalize LibTards in aLL branches of government.

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Just call him Chris Matthews, as the name “Tweety” is not available.

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I’ll eventually settle on something but the word that begins with P in front of the name that begins with T, well, I just can’t go there.

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Trumps am tweet storm continues to focus on Russian hacking, and the unfair media.

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Just started a Go-Fund-Me page to encourage lawmakers (on either side) of working for US. Let us know what’s going on and, if you’re fined, we’re hoping we’ll have the money to pay that fine for you. Please support this and share it.

Go-Fund-Me: Go Ahead - Fine Me

https://www.gofundme.com/go-ahead-fine-me

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I’m going to re-post this to my blog.

Clearly the Republicans in Congress have never heard of the Streisand Effect…

Come on, internet… Do something good for a change.

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I prefer “Comrade TrumPutin.”

Subtle and nuanced as a brick to the forehead.

Put a pebble into the shoe of every Republican you can find.

Perhaps we should have a contest for the best Trump nickname. That would be fun, and would save blog posters four years of awkwardness deciding what to call our future “President Who is Not to be Named”.

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I have a question on this. Assume that a fine is issued. The rep says “im not paying.” He then sues the speaker/house of representatives under the speech and debate clause, which immunizes members for “speech” on the house floor. If the recording of police conduct is “speech”, then is the use of a recorder on the floor also “speech?” And if so, why isn’t the member immune from prosecution?

I’ve been using l’arancia lately, it’s Italian for the orange, may stick to that. Or the “tangerine buffon” which a local newspaper columnist used. But something with color, that’s fer sure.

@thunderclapnewman

How about oranghevyy kukol’nyy= orange puppet in Russian but without the Cyrillic lettering.

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…who won’t be fined for it.