(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Gym Jordan will now head the "No Solutions" caucus with Previous Guy's endorsement [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-06 Coup-conspirators will be in charge again as Trump today endorsing Gym Jordan as Speaker is merely a tiny thumb at work on even a tinier scale with a vain hope to reduce GOP divisions. (2021) We now know that Jordan forwarded to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows a message (sent from a former Department of Defense inspector general) that laid out the supposed Constitutional backing for then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election the following day. “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,” read the text that Jordan has confirmed he forwarded to Meadows. It’s no secret that Jordan has helped push former President Donald Trump’s false narrative that the 2020 election was somehow stolen. “I don’t know how you can ever convince me that President Trump didn’t actually win this thing based on all the things you see,” Jordan said in an interview on Fox News in December 2020. Jordan was also one of 139 House Republicans to vote to sustain the objections to the Electoral College votes in either Pennsylvania or Arizona on January 6. Weirdly, less than a week later he insisted that “I’ve never said that this election was stolen.” Don’t forget that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected Jordan and another Republican as members of the select committee investigating the January 6 riot. www.cnn.com/... x .@Liz_Cheney: “If the Republicans decide that Jim Jordan should be the Speaker of the House...There would no longer be any possible way to argue that a group of elected Republicans could be counted on to defend the Constitution.” pic.twitter.com/Li4BeDgKes — Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) October 5, 2023 The House’s Problem Solvers Caucus expressed more useless centrism as its GOP members whined about Democrats remained disciplined on whether Kevin McCarthy should have been saved, as though the NoLabels and Problem Solvers should be merged to create a “NoProblem” party. x The US now has a multi-party political system that requires cross-party coalitions to create stable government, as in many European countries. American politicians just don't know it yet. — Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) October 4, 2023 As Anne Applebaum has observed, multiparty coalitions are a key to stable governments, Actual cross-party coalitions have in the post-Trump era, continually failed to stop what next week could devolve to a situation where Red Caesar gets closer to the White House. The post J6 House could still make Trump Speaker, because as we’ve seen, House rules are made to be broken. Preliminary whip count had only 24 GOP members supporting Scalise and only one endorsing McCarthy’s return. The GOP seems more about acclamation than governing, regardless, as the budget remains vulnerable. When you worry about labels before democracy and take money from rightwing groups to influence swing-states votes, you are campaigning in bad faith to act as a spoiler in 2024. Democrats made it abundantly clear how badly Charlie’s cousin Kevin McCarthy had not sought any deals and had moved the phony Biden impeachment forward. Post-partisanship may have returned from over a decade ago where now, any bipartisanship is an arbitrary distinction after the fact. Trump’s GOP party is already the “No Solutions” party. JOE SCARBOROUGH: But if you [begins shouting] are in the Problem Solvers Caucus, a caucus that is meant to protect the institution of the United States Congress, do you not, as a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, go, “Hey, guys, why don’t we all just vote present on the Democratic side?” We’ll keep McCarthy in there, we’ll keep him on a short leash, we’ll let him know that, if, if, you know — and, then, suddenly, you have a small group of people that have power! … So the Problem Solvers were actually in a position where they could have saved McCarthy, gone to him and kept him on a short leash. They can say, “you didn’t ask us to do this. We’re not going to do it again if, if you, if you keep moving forward in a way that’s destructive to the institution.” Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-NJ, of the Problem Solvers Caucus, joined Morning Joe to weigh in on the historic ousting of Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the role the Problems Solvers caucus played in the process. www.msnbc.com/… x Republican members of the bipartisan caucus are upset about the wildly partisan Kevin McCarthy’s ejection. Their Democratic colleagues know better. https://t.co/OPmDh1aq8e — New York Magazine (@NYMag) October 4, 2023 WHY was the House Problem Solvers Caucus supposed to solve the problem of Kevin McCarthy being kicked out of the speakership, but not the problem of Biden being impeached without any proof? x In combination with the 212-member Democratic caucus, the following five members of the Problem Solvers Caucus would be sufficient to elect a Speaker: Don Bacon (R-NE) Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ) Young Kim (R-CA) David Valadao (R-CA)https://t.co/FWVgb7N1PR — Sam Wang is at samwang.bsky.social (@SamWangPhD) October 3, 2023 x both fascinating and comical. the "problem solvers caucus" may be collateral damage of McCarthy's ouster. GOP members are pissed Ds didn't save McCarthy https://t.co/6gBeRVnVRK — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 4, 2023 CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism Something extraordinary happened yesterday and it’s not what you think. Democrats FINALLY stopped saving Republicans from themselves in Congress, and the GOP was left incredulous. News today is that Republicans in the “Problem Solvers Caucus” - a group of moderate Republicans - are absolutely furious their fellow Democrats didn’t save McCarthy “for the good of the country.” But here’s the thing. The entire Republican Party is a cesspool of rot. Democrats FINALLY showed them how far gone they’ve become. A line was drawn in the sand yesterday. Sometimes, in order to save a village, you have to watch it burn. x Something extraordinary happened yesterday and it’s not what you think. Democrats FINALLY stopped saving Republicans from themselves in Congress, and the GOP was left incredulous. News today is that Republicans in the “Problem Solvers Caucus” - a group of moderate Republicans… pic.twitter.com/m1gcT88nvG — CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) October 4, 2023 Yet to a small but influential gaggle of so-called “thought leaders” on the edge of the stage — the pseudo-intellectuals of right-wing think tanks, and chaos-agent-in-chief Steve Bannon — the growing rot infecting another key U.S. institution is just more evidence for their stunning argument now flying at warp speed, yet under the radar of a clueless mainstream media. The D.C. dysfunction is more proof, they would argue, that the nation needs a “Red Caesar” who will cut through the what they call constitutional gridlock and impose order. www.inquirer.com/... A group laying the groundwork for a possible third-party presidential ticket is pleading with state Democratic Party officials not to interfere with its work after President Joe Biden said its leaders have a democratic right to create a new party. No Labels officials pointed to the president's recent comments in an open letter sent Tuesday to state party chairs, framing their work as advancing the democratic principles that Biden has stood up for. They are angry that anti-No Labels talking points developed by the center-left(sic) group Third Way were distributed to state party leaders. [...] Biden publicly addressed No Labels over the weekend for the first time when he was asked about Lieberman's support for the group, which Democrats fear could act as a spoiler in the 2024 election. Biden and Lieberman, both former senators, are longtime friends. “He has a democratic right to do it. There’s no reason not to do that," Biden told ProPublica in an interview. “Now, it’s going to help the other guy, and he knows. That’s a political decision he’s making that I obviously think is a mistake. But he has a right to do that.” No Labels has secured ballot access in 11 states with a goal of getting all of them by Election Day next year. Its leaders say they’ll offer their ballot line to a moderate bipartisan “unity ticket” if the parties are on track to nominate Biden and Donald Trump for a rematch and they feel their candidate has a path to victory. Many Democrats and other Trump critics say No Labels can’t win but could siphon enough votes to cost Biden the election. www.msn.com/... No Labels, the political outfit preparing to run a “unity” ticket in 2024 that Democratic strategists and Never-Trump Republican operatives fear will siphon votes from President Joe Biden, is what’s known as a dark-money group. Unlike political parties, political action committees, and House, Senate, and presidential candidates, it is not required to reveal who is funding it. And No Labels, which says it intends to raise $70 million to possibly place a third-party candidate on the presidential ballot next year, refuses to disclose who is financing this project. But Mother Jones has obtained a list of 36 wealthy contributors and corporate high-rollers who last year wrote big checks to support No Labels’ effort to win 2024 ballot lines in states across the nation. This roster includes past and present chief executives of major companies, including Loews Corporation (a vast conglomerate), Fluor (an engineering and construction giant), Abry Partners (a private equity firm), SailPoint (a tech firm), and Fortress Investment Group. Among the No Labels backers are donors who contributed millions of dollars to Republican causes, such as past GOP presidential candidates and super-PACS connected to Republican congressional leadership, and several who have poured money into the Democratic presidential campaigns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden. One donor provided a big chunk of political cash to Donald Trump. Generally, these No Labels supporters, who mostly made contributions of $5,600 to its 2024 project, appear to favor conservative candidates, though many have played both sides of the aisle, financing Republican and Democratic politicians. www.motherjones.com/... The 10 principles of post-partisanship Relationships are as important as convictions. Criticism needs to be well-balanced by self-criticism. There must be an overriding commitment to dialogue and deliberation. There must be an overriding commitment to diversity of opinions and perspectives. Compromise is not the only endgame. Be simultaneously creative and practical. Demonstrate a penchant for big ideas. Support a bias for action. Demonstrate concern with values and principles. Have a long-term vision. 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