Talking Points Memo releases Mark Meadows' text messages
December 13, 2022 10:15 AM   Subscribe

TPM has received copies of Mark Meadows texts related to Jan 6. In a series of articles, TPM is releasing text messages that were turned over to the House committee investigating Jan 6. All told, he was in contact with 34 members of Congress.

There will be multiple articles released this week. Start here: A Plot To Overturn An American Election

A full list of the related articles is here: Meadows Texts

The text messages released so far range from the absurd: "Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law!!" - Ralph Norman (R) South Carolina

To the chilling: "On January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence, as President of the Senate, should call out all electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all" - Jim Jordan (R) Ohio
posted by Eddie Mars (71 comments total) 24 users marked this as a favorite
 
I don’t want to paraphrase a very tired expression, and all the tit-for-tat bs that goes with it, but it seems like he should, in fact, be locked up.
posted by heyitsgogi at 10:19 AM on December 13, 2022 [32 favorites]


Honestly Marshall Law kind of dips on quality after Super Babylon and the various crossovers are a pretty desperate attempt to keep it going. Up to Kingdom of the Blind it’s great but anything past there is deeply inessential.
posted by Artw at 10:22 AM on December 13, 2022 [15 favorites]


Marshall Law omg

to paraphrase heyitsgogi, luck them all up!
posted by supermedusa at 10:22 AM on December 13, 2022 [1 favorite]


Some secondary reporting from other sources (that have nice quick summaries): Rolling Stone, MSNBC. I imagine more is coming.
posted by Nelson at 10:24 AM on December 13, 2022 [1 favorite]


If Marshall Law involves airdrops of needed supplies and funding for reconstruction of devastated areas, I'm not totally against it.
posted by LionIndex at 10:26 AM on December 13, 2022 [5 favorites]


TPM has received copies of Mark Meadows related to Jan 6.

Gah, one was already too many.
posted by star gentle uterus at 10:38 AM on December 13, 2022 [30 favorites]


Mark, This is Rep Andrew Clyde GA-09. I would like to pass to POTUS that we are still with him, I believe in him and I want to encourage him. I will do my best to continue to fight for election integrity too. Jody Hice suggested this was a good way to reach President Trump with encouragement. I truly hope he does create a new platform to complete with Twitter and I hope he calls it �Trumpet� and then we can send out �notes� to each other! Jennifer and I pray for POTUS daily, and FLOTUS too.
That is one thirsty Congressman.
posted by box at 10:44 AM on December 13, 2022 [14 favorites]


Marshall Law omg

It's the kind of law that goes to 11.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:48 AM on December 13, 2022 [6 favorites]


I can't wait for nothing to happen!!
posted by banshee at 11:09 AM on December 13, 2022 [37 favorites]


I saw the concert where Jewish Space Lasers opened for Marshall Law.
posted by Splunge at 11:11 AM on December 13, 2022 [15 favorites]


"Our LAST HOPE is invoking Martian Law!!" - Captain Murphy
posted by whuppy at 11:17 AM on December 13, 2022 [7 favorites]


Yeah, it's hilarious that a sitting Congressperson -- or their voice recognition -- loused up the term "martial law" when exhorting the POTUS, through his Chief of Staff, to seize power by force after he lost the election.

I hope the Special Counsel already has these texts and is contemplating conspiracy charges. And I hope the so-called "liberal media" doesn't blow -- or worse, downplay -- this story.
posted by Gelatin at 11:24 AM on December 13, 2022 [15 favorites]


This is treason.

Most of them need to be - at minimum - expelled.
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 11:27 AM on December 13, 2022 [31 favorites]


to paraphrase heyitsgogi, luck them all up!

No no no! Luck them all down, they don't need luck on their side!
posted by JHarris at 11:31 AM on December 13, 2022 [4 favorites]


This is literally in contravention of the Constitution for them to continue to be in office. At what point do the people who enforce these things actually start enforcing them? They sure are gung ho on things like little tiny drug possession crimes, but I don't know of any stoners who are plotting treason via text message who are currently in congress.

I've seen some media from Not The United States about this whole Jan 6 situation, and we're starting to be mocked openly as a country/society for how this is being handled. Let's do the round-up and get it over with.
posted by hippybear at 11:38 AM on December 13, 2022 [29 favorites]


Marshall Law
posted by evilDoug at 11:40 AM on December 13, 2022 [3 favorites]


To be fair, a social media platform called "Trumpet" where people send "notes" to each other is a much better idea than Truth Social (for a very limited definition of "better").
posted by jokeefe at 11:41 AM on December 13, 2022 [6 favorites]


Shirley Theiss!
posted by briank at 11:47 AM on December 13, 2022 [5 favorites]


Maybe it should be a platform called The Muted Horn where you send WASTE to each other?
posted by hippybear at 11:53 AM on December 13, 2022 [19 favorites]


"I truly hope he does create a new platform to complete with Twitter and I hope he calls it �Trumpet� "

OH MY GOD THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER*

*for extremely limited values of "better"
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 11:57 AM on December 13, 2022 [7 favorites]


Toots sounding a bit more reasonable now.
posted by Artw at 11:59 AM on December 13, 2022 [9 favorites]


One gets the impression that what one's elected reps do or say isn't actually important to those who actually have the power to do anything about it. I guess Chevron et al don't see the problem.
posted by maxwelton at 12:01 PM on December 13, 2022 [1 favorite]


I would have assumed that more of them would have acknowledged that Trump lost, and were just cynically looking for ways to challenge the election, but the fact that so many believe crap on Infowars or "Some Bitch Told Me" is pretty depressing.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 12:10 PM on December 13, 2022 [3 favorites]


Mark Meadows used to be my congress person adjacent - after gerrymandering, he represented a slice of my neighborhood two blocks away from me. Not long after he became a congress person (see gerrymandering, above) he came to Asheville and met with some nonprofit people, including my best friend who at the time was the communications person for a nonprofit helping out at risk kids and families in school and after school settings. Now this sort of thing is usually a cute little meet and greet with kids presenting the congress person with something, brief meeting with the administrators, photo opp, etc. It's really important to the nonprofit and generally, the politicians understand that and at least make some small effort.

Unfortunately, Mark Meadows could not even pretend to be interested. He showed up late, left early, was rude to the staff and dismissive of the children who were there just to see him. A complete and total asshole who never had any interest in even doing the most basic things that theoretically, a member of congress is supposed to do. Fuck him. I hope they hang him for treason as he deserves.
posted by mygothlaundry at 12:11 PM on December 13, 2022 [30 favorites]


Can people list the congresspeople here? How many are still sitting?
posted by eustatic at 12:12 PM on December 13, 2022


Below is a list of all of the members of Congress identified in Meadows’ text message log.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) – Biggs’ number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. Biggs did not respond to a request for comment. 

Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) – Kelly’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. Kelly did not respond to a request for comment. 

Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) – Long’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. Long did not respond to a request for comment. 

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) – Davidson’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. Davidson did not respond to a request for comment. 

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) – Roy, who ultimately did not vote to object to the election results, previously confirmed he sent the texts Meadows provided to the committee when CNN reported on his messages. When asked about this story, a Roy spokesperson directed TPM to an earlier response.

Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) – Babin’s number was identified by committee investigators. TPM was unable to independently verify that the number belongs to him. Babin did not respond to a request for comment. 

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) – Cramer, who ultimately did not vote to object to the election results, spoke to TPM for this story and his comments are included above. 

Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) – Green’s number was identified by committee investigators and confirmed by TPM. His office provided a statement which was included in the story above. 

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) – Gohmert’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. Gohmert and his office did not return requests for comment. 

Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) – Murphy’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. Murphy and his office did not return requests for comment.  

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) – Committee investigators identified Gosar as using multiple phone numbers and an email address to text Mark Meadows. TPM has independently verified one of the numbers as well as the email. Gosar’s office provided a statement for this story, part of which is included above. 

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) – Norman’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. He spoke to us for this story and his comments are detailed above. 

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) – Lee, who ultimately did not vote to object to the election results, has confirmed he sent the texts Meadows provided to the committee that were identified as coming from his phone. Lee and his office did not respond to a request for comment on this story.  

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) – Brady’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. In a response that is included in this story, a spokesperson for Brady stressed that he did not vote to object to the election results. 

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) – Perry’s number was identified by committee investigators. TPM was unable to independently verify that the number belongs to him. Perry and his office did not respond to a request for comment. 

Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) – Budd’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. Budd and his office did not return requests for comment. 

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) – Emmer’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. He ultimately did not vote to object to the election results. Emmer and his office did not return requests for comment.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) – Jordan’s number was identified by committee investigators. TPM was unable to independently verify that the number belongs to him. Jordan’s communications director provided a comment, which is included in the story above.

Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) – Hudson’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. A spokesperson requested to see the texts identified as coming from Hudson in the Meadows log. They did not respond to subsequent requests for comment.  

Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) – Hice’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. A spokesperson provided a comment, which is included in the story above. 

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) – Loudermilk’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. He did not respond to a request for comment.  

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) – Committee investigators identified Johnson, who ultimately did not vote to object to the election results, using an email address that was confirmed by TPM. A Johnson spokesperson also issued a statement saying, “that he saw no scenario in which any of Biden’s electors would be disallowed. He also believes it is indisputable that there were a number of election irregularities that need to be addressed.” 

Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) – Perdue’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. Perdue, who left office on January 3, 2021 and was not present for the electoral certification, declined to comment on record. 

Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) – Allen’s number was identified by committee investigators. TPM was unable to independently verify that the number belongs to him. Allen and his office did not respond to a request for comment. 

Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH) – Gibbs’ number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. Gibbs and his office did not respond to a request for comment.  

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) – Brooks’ number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. He defended his actions in a phone interview that is included in the story above. 

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) – Johnson’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. Johnson and his office did not respond to a request for comment. 

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) – Cruz’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. A spokesperson for Cruz declined to comment on this story. 

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) – Lummis’ phone number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. She sent us a text message that is included in the story above. 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) – Greene’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. Her office did not respond to a request for comment. 

Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) – Moore’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently verified through public records by TPM. Moore and his office did not respond to a request for comment. 

Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA) – Keller’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. Keller and his office did not respond to a request for comment. 

Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) – Bishop’s number was identified by committee investigators and confirmed by TPM. He provided a statement defending his objection to the election results: “My analysis of the tactics, purposes and possible impacts of the Democrats’ national litigation campaign to disrupt 2020 election operations remains 100% factual and accurate. Consequently, I have no regrets about publishing it,” Bishop said. 

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) – Clyde’s number was identified by committee investigators and independently confirmed by TPM. His office responded to a request for comment by pointing out some of his messages were reported by CNN. They did not respond to questions about the substance of his remarks. 
posted by spamandkimchi at 12:16 PM on December 13, 2022 [32 favorites]


Oh don't leave out Clarence and Ginni Thomas... They aren't congresscritters, but they're certainly part of the collusion.
posted by hippybear at 12:18 PM on December 13, 2022 [18 favorites]


Cheeses, that's more people than I imagined, by a long shot.
posted by newdaddy at 12:29 PM on December 13, 2022 [2 favorites]


Yeah, it's hilarious that a sitting Congressperson -- or their voice recognition -- loused up the term "martial law" when exhorting the POTUS, through his Chief of Staff, to seize power by force after he lost the election.

Speaking for myself, you laugh so you don't cry. This is horrific, but we all know none of those involved will ever face any consequences for their treason. Maybe a meaningless censure by their chamber? You do what ya gotta to avoid sinking into despair.
posted by star gentle uterus at 12:50 PM on December 13, 2022 [12 favorites]


Exactly, evilDoug !
posted by doctornemo at 12:52 PM on December 13, 2022 [1 favorite]


Dear Santa,

35 years and still no tron bike? I've been so good!

Anyhow, I need you to update your naughty list. I've been let down by people that exist, so now I'm asking you.

Make my wish come true, justice for the coup.
posted by adept256 at 12:53 PM on December 13, 2022 [4 favorites]


Can someone who knows about this stuff tell me why he handed over these texts instead of deleting everything and saying he didn't have any texts?
posted by Liquidwolf at 12:55 PM on December 13, 2022


hubris? the curious lack of meadows' own replies suggest they may have been scrubbed.
posted by j_curiouser at 12:59 PM on December 13, 2022 [3 favorites]


You can delete texts from your phone but does that stop the telephone company from retaining records? I don't know how long they keep these things, but they had to pass through their system so there are likely ways to get even deleted things back through the mothership.
posted by hippybear at 1:07 PM on December 13, 2022 [2 favorites]


Can the Democrats in the Senate force an investigation of the Republican Senators who were in on this?
posted by njohnson23 at 1:25 PM on December 13, 2022 [1 favorite]


Can the Democrats in the Senate force an investigation of the Republican Senators who were in on this?

Do they even need to? It's a clear case of violating the Constitution to be in office after you've worked to overthrow the government, so it seems more a case for the law enforcement powers than the legislative powers.
posted by hippybear at 1:32 PM on December 13, 2022


I say round 'em up now, put them in jail and strip them from office, and then begin the investigation. It's not like we don't have their own words saying what they were plotting... This isn't deep investigative work.
posted by hippybear at 1:33 PM on December 13, 2022 [1 favorite]


Maybe it should be a platform called The Muted Horn where you send WASTE to each other?
posted by hippybear at 11:53 AM
We Await Silent Trump Expectantly

The Crying of Lot 45
posted by Schmucko at 1:34 PM on December 13, 2022 [17 favorites]


United States Constitution, Amendment 14, Section 3:
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
posted by Gelatin at 1:39 PM on December 13, 2022 [35 favorites]


👆

That right there. That's what I'm talking about.

ENFORCE THE FUCKING CONSTITUTION.
posted by hippybear at 1:48 PM on December 13, 2022 [19 favorites]


"Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law!!"

NUKE ME SLOWLY
posted by Halloween Jack at 1:54 PM on December 13, 2022


The Georgia Republican Congressional Delegation is way overrepresented on that list. The only missing members are appointed ex Senator Kelly Loeffler, who presumably did not text Trump back then since he repeatedly said mean things about her, and inexplicably Buddy Carter of the 1st district, who still voted against certifying the election.
posted by hydropsyche at 2:02 PM on December 13, 2022 [2 favorites]


Marshall Law: I'll Allow It.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-whtPL7hUU
posted by hypnogogue at 2:07 PM on December 13, 2022


ENFORCE THE FUCKING CONSTITUTION.

So long as it requires 2/3 of congress to kick someone out, I’m afraid it ain’t gonna happen. That would require republicans to turn on each other in a very serious numbers.
posted by Thorzdad at 2:09 PM on December 13, 2022 [2 favorites]


This is treason.

Needs to be said loudly, but it needs to come from the mainstream media. I know NYT journalists are on here, and you folks should be shouting this story at your editors until it gets on the front page.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 2:23 PM on December 13, 2022 [16 favorites]


In the immediate aftermath of January 6th people were predicting it could be the end of the Republican Party, and now it’s a question of whether the media can even be bothered to continue reporting on it.
posted by The Card Cheat at 2:42 PM on December 13, 2022 [22 favorites]


there are likely ways to get even deleted things back through the mothership.

doj will (hopefully, jfc) get those, the current batch was provided by meadows to j6 cmt iirc.
posted by j_curiouser at 2:52 PM on December 13, 2022


So long as it requires 2/3 of congress to kick someone out

It requires 2/3 to not kick someone out.
posted by nicwolff at 2:54 PM on December 13, 2022 [19 favorites]


It requires 2/3 to not kick someone out.

That's how I read it also.
posted by Gadarene at 2:58 PM on December 13, 2022


I think sometime in the last two years, we USAians finally got so worn down on the constant barrage of bullshit that we just have nothing left except weary resignation. I would be thrilled and pleasantly surprised if these revelations resulted in punitive action.
posted by Joey Michaels at 3:15 PM on December 13, 2022 [3 favorites]


So long as it requires 2/3 of congress to kick someone out, I’m afraid it ain’t gonna happen.

You're misreading the law. They are out of congress unless 2/3 vote to keep them.
posted by hippybear at 4:00 PM on December 13, 2022 [4 favorites]


Maybe it’s Josh Marshall law.
posted by MtDewd at 4:00 PM on December 13, 2022 [6 favorites]


ENFORCE THE FUCKING CONSTITUTION.

The trouble is the people who interpret & enforce this are the very people who broke it. So good luck with that.
posted by Glibpaxman at 4:14 PM on December 13, 2022 [2 favorites]


shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

There's the issue. Who gets to decide whether that standard has been reached beyond a reasonable doubt, and by whom?

Wibbly wobbly lawy wawy.

tl;dr: The President may be able to declare that an insurrection has been established, as might Congress either via calling up a militia to fight against it or via "passing appropriate legislation." But the Constitution itself does not define either insurrection or rebellion explicitly, nor have either A14.S3 or Congress established specific procedures for determining which individuals have met that definition. "Given aid or comfort to the enemies" adds two half-twists and a somersault to the degree of difficulty, requiring formal definition of both what constitutes 'aid or comfort' and whether one who does not owe allegiance to a foreign government can legally qualify as an 'enemy.'

It is unclear whether A14.S3 is self-executing or not, and the courts have not been uniform in their findings on that, which means it falls right back to Congress to pass legislation specifying to whom it would apply. And, bluntly, this Congress is going to have problems passing legislation to dedicate a post office to some deceased luminary, much less police itself.

Treason (a standard that S14.A3 mirrors to some degree) is designed to be really goddamned hard to prove, and with good reason. It was intended that for it to be invoked, misconduct must be obvious to the point where not taking action would be unthinkable to all others. A majority of the House's minority (at the time) engaging in it all at once was never considered as a possibility.

Too bad about that.
posted by delfin at 4:21 PM on December 13, 2022 [3 favorites]


A majority of the House's minority (at the time) engaging in it all at once was never considered as a possibility.

This amendment was passed in the wake of the US Civil War of the 1860s. I'm fairly certain that having a large percentage of the then government engaging in trying to break up the country was actually a very recent thing everyone had experienced. I might be wrong, but I don't think so.
posted by hippybear at 4:24 PM on December 13, 2022 [17 favorites]


You know what? Fair enough on that. Though that Congress kicked the can down the road via the Amnesty Act shortly thereafter, so...

My link above seems to be 404ing. Try this one. (Link to PDF.)
posted by delfin at 4:30 PM on December 13, 2022 [2 favorites]


Below is a list of all of the members of Congress identified in Meadows’ text message log.

Not exactly the brain trust
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 4:31 PM on December 13, 2022 [4 favorites]


Article 1,Section 5, Clause 2:

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behavior, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.

The thing is, absent a ruling as to who engaged in the insurrection, there is no process to determine who is/is not eligible. I would argue that a simple majority vote might be sufficient, but looking at Art 1, Sec5, Cl 2 seems and the 14th amendment, they both seem to imply a 2/3rds threshold.

That being said, a lame duck majority vote to bar a couple dozen reps from office would be a hilarious way to ratfuck the GOP prior to the new congress swearing in on January 3rd.
posted by Big Al 8000 at 4:37 PM on December 13, 2022 [7 favorites]


a lame duck majority vote to bar a couple dozen reps from office would be a hilarious way to ratfuck the GOP prior to the new congress swearing in on January 3rd.

From your lips to god's ear!
posted by hippybear at 4:40 PM on December 13, 2022 [4 favorites]


Most of them need to be - at minimum - expelled.

Expelled? These folks will be the leaders in finding out what's on Hunter Biden's laptop. 24/7. Expelled. Ha!
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 4:47 PM on December 13, 2022 [4 favorites]


If you don't have the votes to expel a member of Congress, you could theoretically try to prevent them from being seated. After the 1918 and 1920 elections, Congress refused to seat Victor Berger of the Socialist Party after he had been convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917.

I don't expect this sort of thing to happen today for all variety of reasons--but the precedent is out there.
posted by gimonca at 8:09 PM on December 13, 2022 [2 favorites]


You know, if I was Hunter Biden right now I'd be having a great time buying cheap laptops, loading them with random junk from the public domain collection on archive.org, and dropping them futively at repair shops wherever I went.
posted by MrVisible at 8:09 PM on December 13, 2022 [11 favorites]


This (the texts and accompanying reporting) reads like a tragic version of an old Family Circus, where all the children are solemnly insisting "NOT ME" caused all the trouble.
posted by riverlife at 10:16 PM on December 13, 2022 [2 favorites]




This has parallels to the scandal during World War II where 24 members of Congress were caught spreading propaganda written by the Nazis. Nothing happened to them.

I strongly recommend Rachel Maddow's Ultra podcast that looks at the story behind the early 1940s insurrection.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 4:36 AM on December 14, 2022 [4 favorites]


Twitter has it that Spielberg has optioned Maddow's "Ultra" podcast for a movie adaptation. I hope it focuses on the civilians who did so much incredible research and investigation into the fascists.
posted by suelac at 12:03 PM on December 14, 2022 [2 favorites]


The Jewish spies in Los Angeles that infiltrated the right wing made a remarkable story.

I had performed some research on Viereck, the prime Nazi agent in Washington. What the podcast didn't mention is that he was the author of a psychic vampire novel.

Strangely, he was a friend of Einstein, who must not have known the man's predilections.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 12:37 PM on December 14, 2022


Also, I hope Spielberg makes this as a series like he did with Into the West. Too much for one film.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 12:38 PM on December 14, 2022


Below is a list of all of the members of Congress identified in Meadows’ text message log.

What the hell!? They're all Republicans!
posted by dobbs at 3:43 PM on December 14, 2022 [4 favorites]


We've got a little list,
a (not so) little list.
posted by Pouteria at 8:40 PM on December 14, 2022


Biden held his first state dinner last week during French President Emanuel Macron’s visit to Washington. Kevin McCarthy was in attendance with his mother. Hunter Biden was at the dinner as well. Hunter introduced himself to the presumptive next Speaker of the House and then supposedly had a very nice chat with Kevin’s mom. This of course has lead to a number of jokes based on imaginary scenarios such as the Speaker being forced to cancel investigation of Hunter’s laptop after getting told by his mom that he needed to leave that nice Hunter Biden boy alone.
posted by interogative mood at 10:19 PM on December 14, 2022 [1 favorite]


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