Dane Giese

Brian Kemp pushed through the state legislature: - school choice - Religious Freedom Restoration Act - bans on boys in girls’ sports - tort reform - election reform - Tebow Act - a human trafficking crackdown - tax cuts - expanded prosecution powers for the Attorney General to combat local woke prosecutors - etc. etc. etc. Plus he reopened Georgia before any other state during COVID, getting attacked by both President Trump and the leftwing media at the time for doing so. And he’s run budget surpluses and refunded money to taxpayers. But the state Republican Party apparatus would rather blame him for things he didn’t do than help him get more Republicans elected. This is why the GOP in Georgia keeps losing winnable races these days. The party apparatus has been hijacked by professional victims who’d rather complain and re-litigate past elections than actually try to win future races. Georgia risks going left because the Republican Party in the State of Georgia is the GOP’s own worst enemy, turning success into the enemy, and complaining instead of working to persuade voters. We’re watching the Democrats in Georgia coordinate to take over the State Supreme Court while the Republican Party whines about 2020 all over again.

Better times at the White House.

The story of the world fattest man that consumes 30,000 calories a day

Pete Hegseth repeatedly mocks "rules of engagement." But now that a US pilot is missing and possibly capture, a reminder, rules of engagement don't just protect people we go to war against, they also protect OUR troops.

I deny all accusations of veganism

Robert Earl Hughes (1926–1958) heaviest person recorded at 1,071 lbs, walked unaided.

23 years ago tonight, in an Oval Office address, George W. Bush announced the start of the Iraq War. 4,492 American service members were killed in the years that followed. 32,292 were wounded. At least 200,000 Iraqi civilians died. The humanitarian impact was immense. America wasted 9 years and 3 trillion dollars on a war that never should have happened—a war predicated on a lie, pushed by warmongering neocon politicians, and paid for by everyday people. Imagine what that $3 trillion could have bought here at home. Imagine the decade we could have spent focusing on America, our people, our place in the world. Imagine the lives our service members, stolen from us, would have lived. But instead, the president took us to war. Yet another costly quagmire in the Middle East. I voted against the Iraq War. I knew the White House would lie to Members of Congress and voters alike to manufacture the pretext for a conflict—and they did. Now, Iran is shaping up to be Iraq 2.0—new lies, new bloodthirsty politicians, still paid for by American families. Yesterday, we learned that Trump wants another $200 billion for his war. That's after Congress already gave the Pentagon more money than it even asked for in the budget. Enough is enough. It is not too late to learn from the past. Stop this madness. Bring our troops home. End this war.

Not to mention about half of Americans don’t have a passport. It’s a pain to get one (and it costs at least $130). And if you live in a rural area? Even more difficult. The SAVE America Act is a great way to throw a giant wrench in our election system.

Are we great yet? 🤷🏾‍♂️

A 3rd grader in Minneapolis sent this postcard to my office. It’s gut wrenching to think about what our kids have had to endure during the federal occupation. Messages like these drive my work in Congress. We must keep fighting for the brighter future our children deserve.