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It’s no secret that the relationship between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert has never been worse. The two U.S. representatives yelled at each other on and off the House floor. Greene recently called Boebert a “little bitch” to her face. And Boebert supported Greene’s removal from the Freedom Caucus.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

they both sleeping with the same clan members?

[–] YoBuckStopsHere 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Boebert is sleeping with Ted Cruz according to nontrustworthy folks online that I am repeating with no base to support. I don't think he is with the KKK.

[–] JustZ 4 points 2 years ago

There's no way Ted Cruz sleeps with women. That dude is gayer than gay wedding cake.

[–] Sylver 4 points 2 years ago

Not directly, but he certainly thinks in the camp of “enemy of my enemy must be my friend”

[–] stanleytweedle 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Good. Use your aggressive feelings, girls. Let the hate flow through you."

[–] profdc9 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They are feuding because it's the only way both of them will stay in the news cycle. People like this will do literally anything to stay relevant, including acting like Mean Girls on the floor of Congress.

[–] Grumble 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's an epic rap beef between two no talent no-names for attention.

[–] JustZ 2 points 2 years ago

Haha, like Tory Lanez vs. Joyner Lucas.

[–] chickynuggets 15 points 2 years ago

These people are mentally stuck in junior high.

[–] FabioTheNewOrder 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry to bother but could anybody post the article contents for someone like me who'd like to avoid a further subscription to manage?

Thank you very much in advance!!

[–] MicroWave 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] TheCyberBob 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“I am friends with both of them. It’s entertaining to think that a fistfight could break out at any movement. I kind of dig that,” he continued.

Sheesh. Seems like even their friends are kinda shitty to everyone.

[–] Countess425 8 points 2 years ago

They have to hang out with people who are poor judges of character. No one else can stand to be around them.

[–] FabioTheNewOrder 6 points 2 years ago

Thank you so very much.

The article is not paywalled but it's not available to those who are not subscribed.

Much love <3

[–] YoBuckStopsHere 3 points 2 years ago

I've had a bunch of people say they can't read certain articles as well. Guessing it is Javascript issues which I disable for news sites.

[–] macarthur_park 2 points 2 years ago

I’m not having issues with this article, but occasionally daily beast articles will say that you need to subscribe to keep reading. I haven’t noticed a way to close out the dialogue and access the article, but “reader view” on iOS safari gets past it fine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] AbidanYre 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

~~worse~~ ~~better~~ dumber

[–] Sterile_Technique 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Rapidly growing pet peeve of mine - the GOP bigwigs pretty consistently act like morons, cuz that's what their base finds relatable; but don't take the bait. These fuckers get away with causing SO MUCH damage to our country because we keep just giving them the village idiot pass. There's a kind of blundering innocence that comes with dismissing them as stupid. Better to assume that while they excel at acting the fool, their actions are calculated and deliberate. These fuckers are evil, not stupid.

[–] AbidanYre 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's true of some. But it took Bobo four tries to get her GED. The stupid is real with her.

[–] Sterile_Technique 1 points 2 years ago

That's true. I suppose it's more of a compartmentalization: she's fucking stupid when it comes to basic high school level information; but she's competent and relentless at damaging the US. The latter is the one I care about about - don't really give a shit about her academic struggles.

Don't focus on the stupid, focus on the domestic terrorism.

[–] Sterile_Technique 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

...I'm still not 100% sure Boebert and MTG aren't just one domestic terrorist with two different colored wigs.

[–] Dressedlikeapenguin 1 points 2 years ago

Don't forget the glasses, Clark Kent affect.

[–] PeckerBrown 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds like we need a steel cage match between them, held at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. That way they can still feed, and their gills should keep them alive. Unfortunately.

[–] cheeseblintzes 3 points 2 years ago

How bout a tag team of musk/mtg and zuck/bozo?

Still a cage match at the bottom of that Mariana Trench tho.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Whoa shit! They remade Dumb & Dumber again?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When did everything become political? Masks and vaccines in a pandemic, climate change, magic the gathering, the list goes on and on.

[–] JustZ 6 points 2 years ago

It was when Facebook stopped requiring a .edu email address.