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The U.S. House Speaker is now floating the idea of abolishing federal courts that block Trump’s agenda.

This is not theoretical. It’s authoritarianism in motion.

The judiciary is a core check on executive power—MAGA Republicans want it defanged.

Details via @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/politics/rcna197986
#DemocracyInCrisis #FederalCourts #MikeJohnson

NBC News · Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judgesBy Scott Wong

#satire #mikejohnson
You probably know Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) as Speaker of the House.
Mike Johnson sees himself: as the man God chose, out of the 8 billion people roaming the Earth, to be the New Moses.How, you might wonder, did MJ come to this odd conclusion? Did he happen to catch the 1956 film The TenCommandments & decide that he and its star, Charlton Heston, had more in common than their staunch opposition to background checks for assault-rifle fanciers?
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz

The Borowitz Report · Traitor of the Week: Quisling No. 5By Andy Borowitz

MAGA Mike Johnson was on FOX talking about the US economy and stuttered through the following statement:

"The adults are back in the room, and we're going to turn this economy around. We need a little runway to do it... I keep using this metaphor of an aircraft carrier, you know, it took decades to get into the mess that we're in. You don't turn an aircraft carrier on a dime, but you need miles of open ocean to do it"

Given his position in the government, I am sure he should know more about US Aircraft carriers. They can turn on a dime, and what's more, even at 30 knots they don't need miles of open ocean to turn, they are almost as nimble as a Seadoo when they want to be!

The USS Abraham Lincoln has a message for your shitty metaphor, Mike.

facebook.com/watch/?v=11043363

1.3M views · 10K reactions | High Speed, Fast Turn | USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) performs high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean. | By All Hands Magazine | Facebook
www.facebook.com1.3M views · 10K reactions | High Speed, Fast Turn | USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) performs high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean. | By All Hands Magazine | FacebookUSS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) performs high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean.

As I posted earlier, Johnson said it would pass.

“Speaker #MikeJohnson on Tuesday succeeded in a high-stakes House vote to pass #Trump’s plan to fund the government into the fall, overcoming far-right opposition as the GOP scrambles to avert a government shutdown Friday at midnight.”

cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/go

CNN · House passes funding bill ahead of Friday shutdown deadline in win for RepublicansBy Sarah Ferris