Thread by @TheLastRefuge2

1) A lot of the base republican people are lost about this hearing. Too few understand the granular differences within DC operations as they pertain to republicans.

Thread to help clear fog.

https://twitter.com/atensnut/status/1623383117225422849

2) The hearing today, about Twitter et al, was in front of the House Oversight and Govt Reform Committee.

That is key.

The House Oversight committee is the "chaff and countermeasure committee." For the GOP it has a specific task set within the republican mission.

3) The House Oversight Committee has a mission that is not what you think it is. This committee is not about oversight of govt.

Prior House Oversight leadership includes: Daryl Issa, Jason Chaffetz, Trey Gowdy etc.

4) The role of the House Oversight Committee under republican rules is to protect the Washington DC system, by providing a false front of accountability.

Essentially controlled release of a pressure valve to keep voters satiated.

5) Republicans use the House Oversight Committee for fundraising.

It's not about oversight, it's about using the appearance of holding DC accountable to make money from voters.

I'm not being cynical, this is the intent of the committee. Politics is a business and...

6) ....The House Oversight Committee is a subdivision of the larger corporation, privately known as the RNC, internally referenced as the GOP.

This is just reality folks. But TRUTH will help many people manage expectations.

7) When the House Oversight Committee holds a hearing, any hearing, you can ignore it.

Don't even think about it, the insufferable false pretense of it, nothing. Just ignore it. This committee is for fundraising only.

8) If you view the committee through the prism of accountability, you just end up frustrated shouting at the TV wondering why the questioning sucks so bad.

It sucks so bad because they are not trying to get to the point, or bottom of anything.

9) The House Oversight Committee has historically accomplished exactly -ZERO- oversight, correction, or changed a single dynamic of anything, EVER.

Fast n Furious, IRS targeting, etc. etc. *Nothing.

10) It has accomplished ZERO accountability in oversight, because regardless of who controls it the committee is not supposed to deliver accountability in oversight. That's not the purpose of it.

Quit looking at it without seeing it.

11) The non-pretending reality, what the DC system will not admit (except in private), is that the House Oversight committee exists to: #1) protect the DC system when someone screws up and something corrupt becomes public; so it needs a bag over it. And...

12) And... #2) Raise money for the party in control of the Chair, by pointing out the corruption and the false narrative of accountability.

That's it. The HOC protects DC and the HOC is the primary fundraising source. That's it.

13) That's why the Chair of that committee is always a deep party insider that can be trusted to deliver on both priorities. Protect DC and Raise Money.

Look back historically through this prism and you will see it. The HOC Chair is also closest to the Speaker.

14) The Congressional Committees that matter have "SPECIFIC JURISDICTION" (👈key words).

You will note the HOC has "general jurisdiction," which is DC codespeak for no specific authorities. That's the *tell* within the system.

15) So don't get mad when the performance actors on the HOC seem to miss the point, ask the wrong questions, skip the subject matter, or miss the opportunities.... Their role is to act in soundbites to make constructs for fundraising. That's it.

16) Use that prism to review anything and everything from the HOC, including the people assigned to it, and you will be light years ahead of your friends, never angered, frustrated or disappointed, and completely understanding of the inside DC game.

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FOR CLARITY. This entire thread is about ONE VERY SPECIFIC committee in congress.

Only the House Oversight and Govt Reform Committee.

Or, as it is known in circles, the "Chaff and Countermeasures" committee.