Decline of the GOP episode XV

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI informant accused of falsely claiming that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepted bribes has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, according to court papers filed Thursday.

As part of the plea deal with Justice Department special counsel David Weiss, Alexander Smirnov will admit he fabricated that the story that became central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.
Ex-FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens agrees to plead guilty to federal charges
 
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Note: color me cynical, though.

Someone sees an upside for himself or herself and is willing to throw in with the Dems to get it.
 

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Gaetz ethics report says his drug use, sex with a minor violated state laws

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who briefly stood to become President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, was found by congressional ethics investigators to have paid numerous women — including a 17-year-old girl — for sex, and to have purchased and used illegal drugs, including from his Capitol Hill office, according to a final draft of a comprehensive investigative report obtained by CBS News.
"The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress," the 37-page report concludes.

Among the report's most lurid findings were the allegations of sex- and drug-fueled parties and travel, including a 2018 trip to the Bahamas where witnesses say he took ecstasy and had sex with four women.

"From 2017 to 2020, Representative Gaetz made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to women that the Committee determined were likely in connection with sexual activity and/or drug use," noted the report, which lists payments totaling more than $90,000 to 12 different women.
 

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A good number of Republicans broke with Trump and Musk on the spending bill.

Regardless of where you stand on the bill, it was good to see that Congressional Republicans might just be able to think for themselves on many issues.

This fear of being primaried ought to be addressed by the GOP caucus. A party that lives in fear of its leader will never be able to govern efficiently.
 
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A good number of Republicans broke with Trump and Musk on the spending bill.

Regardless of where you stand on the bill, it was good to see that Congressional Republicans might just be able to think for themselves on many issues.

This fear of being primaried ought to be addressed by the GOP caucus. A party that lives in fear of its leader will never be able to govern efficiently.
The Senate also has been rolling out grenades from time to time to let Trump know his Cabinet nominees won't get a free pass.

A Senate Majority Leader with LBJ-type political skills would be in that office on January 21 to hold him up for blackmail: "Look, Don, you're safe from prison. But every Democrat wants you gone, and I've got enough votes to impeach and remove you and remove that protection. So.....this is what's going to happen and what you're going to do. And if you don't, your fat behind is going to the slammer. And if you think we won't do it, J.D. Vance offers us a much better future than do you."
 
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