It's only March, but this has got to be the photo of the year.
Congressman Al Green (D-TX) stood up, both literally and figuratively, to Benedict Donald, Short-Pants Vance, and the Preacher of the House the other night, and got censured today for his trouble.
That's unfortunate, but to be honest, we doubt it bothers him. Everything in the House of Representatives has become a farce — especially since Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene escaped any punishment for their constant heckling of President Biden. As if to emphasize that point, a number of Green's Democratic colleagues joined him in singing "We Shall Overcome" to drown out Mike Johnson's reading of the measure. Good trouble, nicely done.
Nevertheless, we were disappointed to see that 10 Democrats voted "yes" on the censure. They have their own reasons, of course — maybe they're in red or purple districts, not that anyone will remember this censure vote in November 2026 — but we wish that Hakeem Jeffries had been able to keep his caucus together on this one. Green is absolutely right: "The decorum that you expect from me, you have to expect from the President. There comes a time when you cannot allow the President’s incivility to take advantage of our civility."
Damn right. This is an emergency. Don't stand on decorum. Call 911.
We're still waiting for a coherent Democratic response to the Trumpy-Musky dismantling of democracy. Yes, we know that a vocal opposition can take time to cohere. Firebrand Howard Dean, our hero, was the first outspoken voice against Bush-Cheney, and he announced his Presidential candidacy in June 2003 — a full year and a half after Bush v. Gore. But it's 2025, folks, and we don't have the luxury of time.
One of our favorite social media accounts — Texas-based — had this to say about Al Green: "Green lives rent free in their heads. That's his role, and he does it well. Not every House Democrat can be Al Green. And they don't all need to be, either." True, but right now, we wish there were just a few more. We cats HISS and PURR at the same time.
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