Republicans have at long last elected a House speaker: Representative Mike Johnson, a fundamentalist Christian who was also once called a key ā€œarchitectā€ in Congressā€™s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.

Johnson finally secured the speakerā€™s gavel after Republican infighting left the House without a speaker for 22 days. He secured 220 votes.

Johnson is a four-term congressman representing Louisiana. His win also represents the rise of the MAGA front in the Republican Party. Earlier Wednesday morning, Donald Trump endorsed Johnson as House speakerā€”after quickly killing Mike Emmerā€™s nomination the day before.

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        Well these things are tied together. Their god didnā€™t want me the way I was made to be. I tried living his way and it was misery to me. I tried atheism and while there were no major objections I felt something was missing and when I found my gods that went away. My gods respect how I am. They see beauty in the variety of humanity.

        This is America. Here my religion is just as good as anyone elseā€™s or their lack of one. And if he doesnā€™t like it he can go to Iran and see how much he likes theocracy.

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          Iā€™m glad you found a way to live with greater inner peace than you had before.

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            Exactly. Thereā€™s a story I really like in which the gods Enki and Ninmah have a contest where one attempted to create a person too disabled to be useful to the gods and the other found a use. It wasnā€™t the same use that others got, but their own. We all carry our value, we all have something to contribute. You canā€™t make a mute person into a great orator, but give them a pen and they may amaze you with their words nonetheless.

            And yeah Iā€™ve always thought their attitude on the world burning while they wait for Jesus to come back is kinda stupid. Like beyond the ā€œyouā€™ve been stood up for quite a few centuries and he was supposed to only be a few yearsā€ aspect. If my house catches fire, I call the fire department, and manage to quench the flames before they arrive thanks to me and some neighbors going to town with extinguishers theyā€™re not going to be mad at me. You can just stop global warming and bring about peace and if he shows up whatā€™s he going to do chide you for making peace without its prince present, file a grievance?

            Fuck that. Iā€™m going to try to make a world we can live in happily.