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What a chilling smile that odious little man wears. Almost as though it were a mustache.

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A ‘fake’ mustache!

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Clever and amusing Tom. Good un. Sometimes, one must chuckle to keep from sobbing.

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OH NO you must mean the "TOAD" THAT WAS ELECTED SPEAKER of the HOUSE--------------we'll see how long this will last---NOT LONG AT ALL I think.

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That "TOAD" is in the road and HEAVY traffic is on the way! Oh no!

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I would really like information on Mike Johnson and his support for Project 2025, the conservative road map of action should Republicans win the presidency. I actually think all media should start daylighting Project 2025 and every single GOP politician should be asked about it. Thank you, Judd. You do tremendous work.

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Heritage Foundation supports

Mike Johnson. 2025 Project is their baby.

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You know he approves. Most all of the conservatives do.

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You are the best in the business, Judd. This is journalism.

Ending Citizens United can’t happen soon enough!

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Thank you for this excellent reporting, Judd. Johnson is absolutely insane. Why he and his gop pathological ilk so obsessed with other people's sexual activity is beyond me. But his outright diminishment of women just really pisses me off. (Frankly, I think he is bitterly closeted).

We women make up over half of the worlds population and we are being pushed back into puppy-mill status by these Taliban neanderthals.

It is time for women to stand up for ourselves and the women who forcibly cannot. Vote Blue.

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Did you read about the Black 14 year old that Mike “adopted” (without going through any official channels) when he was 25 or 26 & just married? Maybe I have a dirty mind, but my first thought was that the Johnson was abusing the poor kid.

https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/mike-johnsons-black-son/?ref=unprecedented-newsletter

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Just another of the countless "wide stance" cases in which a conservative "lady doth protest too much, methinks."

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GOLLY would little" Mikey" do THAT ? he writes all about that" stuff"-- wow I never thought this is what he would do?? OH well all he can do is screw our lives up, that must be enough for him-- and he carries a Bible around--- HE MUST BE----"GAY---" and to think he's the House Speaker------but for how long? --that's the question-----for how long? good question don't you think. and for all the book burners you MUST start with the Bible----as it has more SEX and BEATINGS and more stone-ings than all others, a good place to START don't you think?

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A more quiet version of Jim Jordan who WILL wear a suit coat/jacket. No wonder the corporations quietly back him. Thanks for this piece.

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SEE SEE SEE SEE THE "TOAD" RUN-----TO BAD IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH OR ----NOT! Gosh it might be ---little Mikey Johnson and I was hoping for a race------guess not.

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See how Mike Johnson is copying White Christian Extremist tactics straight from the Handmaid's Tale with this StoryMap. https://thedemlabs.org/2023/10/29/mike-johnson-handmaids-tale-abortion-ban/

And how Russian oligarchs have helped support his campaign with this Follow-The-Money map https://thedemlabs.org/2023/10/28/mike-johnson-russian-money-connections/

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Mike Johnson promotes a shallow interpretation of life and its meaning--all physical with no spiritual--all form with no substance. When looked at more closely, we learn that he sees life and the Bible literally--he doesn't understand the metaphoric and esoteric framework of the Bible. For example, he's one of those who believes that males and females have existed on planet earth for only 5,000 years! He's apparently afraid to look at the unknown, and therefore he gravitates to the simplistic Donald Trump and goes to extremes to support him (that Amicus brief). Let's look at the possibility that now that these extreme views are being shown and examined that our nation can take a deeper look at what is now truly threatening the brilliant work of the Founding Fathers.

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Johnson is an embodiment of two anodyne faces that give cover to the worst forms of MAGA extremism: theocratic zealotry and lawyerly precision.

Another fascist friendly MAGA authoritarian…Gym Jordan in a jacket with a smile. Stop authoritarians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOTZgugbHAo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_biDBHmyog

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/why-donald-trump-loves-mike-johnson.html

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The incoming Speaker’s website notes that he is a “leading defender” of the 2nd. Amendment. He has been endorsed consistently by the NRA Political Victory Fund since he was first elected to Congress and the PVF noted in 2018 that

“Mike Johnson has a proven pro-Second Amendment record and is committed to protecting our right to self defense.”

www.americas1stfreedom.org

Johnson has said “I will always fight back against any effort to unlawfully restrict our constitutional rights”.

Amounts donated to Michael Johnson can easily be googled for verification of dollar amounts.

He opposes abortion at any stage while supporting the guns that are the leading cause of death in children. That seems convenient for a two faced Christian Nationalist. Win at any price paid by any PAC that will provide the means to power in our governance. He is a hypocrite.

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Thank you for the article. A seemingly endless stream of lies, corruption and creepy weirdos.

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Every time I read more about yhis nut job I feel like I need a shower.

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Or a trip through the autoclave.

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Be like a Hanna-Barbara cartoon screams and all!

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YOU DO NEED A SHOWER !!!! after all the hanging around you do with the d. j. "trump" the HUMP! & the RAPETHEPUBLICANS Greedy OLD Pricks & MAGA crowd ETC. YES YOU NEED A SHOWER and how!

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To top it all off, Johnson ran unopposed in 2022. But somehow, these hypocritical corporations just had to send him money.

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THIS YOU MUST EXPECT-------they have to spend spend spend as that's all they are good for (if spending is good?) and why not spend it on "MAGA" Mikey that they will get their MONEYS worth, you should remember they are CHEAP !!! CHEAP!!! CHEAP and that's the way he (MAGA MIKEY) COMES he might come in another way but that is- GAY- TOUGH SHIT and he will have to write about that--------well tough SHIT -and that's ALL.

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The fact that so many corporations will back ANY Repub shows we are truly in an oligarchy heading for full on authoritarianism. The big money elites in 1930’s Germany also backed the Nazi’s and look where that went! We need to overturn Citizens United NOW.

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WE MUST OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED right NOW and you should VOTE BLUE all the way down the ticket--that is how we can STOP the RAPE of our Country. and halt the Republicans on slot, this Country is not for the taking, get the message? it did not work for the NAZIS ' and see how that turned out----we the people can do the same here--- NOW GET TO WORK !!!!!

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Doing my best. I always vote blue, down the line. I preach to my friends, but they already do too.

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How someone can grin so wide while being so evil is a mystery to me. Far-right religious zealots are evil people. He wants to foist his beliefs on everyone else. The exact opposite of what America stands for. Republicans can't govern.

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Religious fanatics usually can’t abide any viewpoint other than their own. He’s smiling because he believes his God is triumphing over Satan’s socialists.

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Yup. Plus the voice in his head tells him that he is an AUTHORITY for HIS LORD and he has the HOKIEST of permissions to BEAT IT INTO YOU!!!

But, only if he has to. You can always succumb to his holy authority on your own.

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I would like to see the entire document “Project 2025.” What does the GOP have in store for the coming election?

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It's available on the internet.

Heritage Foundation is proud to produce all 990 pgs of it in

pdf format if you choose it.

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Thank you! 990 pages? Set aside a day quickly and absorb!

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Nothing nice.

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Thank you for your great work. I was happy to renew my subscription. I wish you would consider doing more shows so more people can get exposed to your information. We shareholders in public corporations can exert greater influence if Proxy Voting is used to demand greater accountability by executives. Any help you can offer is appreciated.

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