stooge | sto͞oj |
noun
1 derogatory a person who serves merely to support or assist others, particularly in doing unpleasant work: he seems more like a stooge than a master criminal.
2 a performer whose act involves being the
butt of a comedian's jokes: the stooge is offstage.
verb [no object]
1 informal move around aimlessly; drift or cruise: she stooged around in the bathroom for a while.
2 perform a role that involves being the butt of a comedian's jokes: (as noun stooging) : his accent became
popular through his stooging for comedians.
ORIGIN
early 20th century: of unknown origin.
The Online Etymology Dictionary offers:
perhaps an alteration of student (with the mispronunciation STOO-jent) in sense of "apprentice." Meaning "lackey, person used for
another's purpose" first recorded 1937. The Three Stooges film slapstick act debuted in movies in 1930, originally as "Ted Healy and His Stooges."
A long #BoebertReportCard today. There have been a lot of votes in the House.
The Durango Herald had an editorial that mentioned how Boebert has been busy metaphorically extending her middle finger rather than representing her constituents, and that middle finger had a rigorous
workout over the last couple of days.
She gave a middle finger to Indigenous Peoples by votinng no on the Indian Buffalo Management Act. Also on the Agua Calinete Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act. And another middle finger on the To amend title VI of the Social
Security Act to extend the coverage of Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to Tribal Governments.
She gave a big middle finger to those dealing with opioid addictions by voting no on the Synthetic Opiod Danger Awareness Act. She was one of only 14 to vote against it. Oh, and
Lauren had a busy tweeting weekend! 33 tweets. Few were memorable. Mostly empty platitudes and anger about Joe Biden. Seems she’s all done with Afghanistan and is back to immigration as her go to topic.
She got back from Texas; oh how she loves it there. I did a long thread on her new Texas bestie from the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Jenny Cudd. I think they’d make good cellmates. If you missed it, you can find that here:
She spoke in Texas at something called the Patriot Academy, founded by Rick Green. Located in Dripping Springs (that’s not satire) It promises to indoctrinate,
Rep @LaurenBoebert’s entire term could have been an email. A poorly worded, with lots of typos and emojis, misspelled email.
I have previously mocked @RepBoebert’s legislative prowess, so I thought we’d take a look at some of her other bold (a ridiculously long thread)
actions as documented in her press releases.
We begin our journey on Jan 4, the day after she was sworn in. A number of Democrats sought to restrict guns on the entire Capitol campus in the Rules package. What did Lauren do? “Lauren Boebert wrote and led a letter…”
Jan 14, a fellow legislator said he’d seen “someone” leading tours in the US Capitol. Boebert assumed he meant her, and “…U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) sent a letter to U.S. Representative Sean Patrick (NY-18) Maloney.”
So, about @RepBoebert’s newest fan in the pictures from her trip to Midland, TX, with @AugustPfluger. The one in the Trump/DeSantis 2024 shirt. When Rep Pfluger posted a link to an article covering it, of course I had to read it. (long thread)
And that made me remember how the same woman listened with rapt attention to Boebert in another photo from the event, this one from the Odessa American.
(original photos and article here: oaoa.com/multimedia/all…)
Dear Democratic Senators and Representatives,
I say this with love in my heart, but y’all need to get moving. The electorate has moved heaven and earth (and Georgia) to bring you to power. We did that because we believed you will lead, restore justice, and return sanity to the
political landscape.
You’ve done some of that. Thank you. You need to do more. It is not enough to announce investigations; you must investigate and publicly announce the results of those investigations.
We need you to worry less about “messaging.” We’ve heard all the talk we
need to hear. Now we need action.
We need you to spend less time reacting to whatever the GQP tries to frame as a crisis and more time acting.
You need to act on women’s healthcare choices. You need to restore voting rights. You need to get moving on the January