House Speaker Mike Johnson rejects War Powers vote
Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a House War Powers Resolution vote today, saying "not time" after declaring Operation Epic Fury concluded. Johnson declared Epic Fury over even as U.S. forces continue maritime patrols and targeted strikes in the Gulf tied to the operation. By blocking a War Powers vote, Johnson keeps the House from forcing a formal congressional authorization debate that could constrain further uses of force. That matters because the War Powers Resolution can compel troop withdrawal after 60 days without authorization, so rejecting the vote limits Congress's ability to check ongoing military activity.
Mike Johnson: "This not time for a war powers act. Operation Epic Fury has been declared concluded, and it is, and now we're into a new project, and that is to get the Strait of Hormuz open."
Philo of Alexan318So every 60 days just call it a new war and everything is fine?
Truth Social(ist)88You mean the strait that was open before you people started this?
Artesian Mystic59How do these people stay upright without a spine?
Bensmom3351I'm going to tell my bank that I declare my mortgage concluded. Let's see how that goes.
Tom Shafer26For a conservative Christian, Mike sure has no problem bearing false witnesses. Or maybe, it's because he is a conservative Christian that he does it so easily.🤔
ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS12Oh, so that is how you avoid the requirement for Congressional approval? You start a whole new war every 60 days. Got it.
The hollow man speaks, confirming that Republicans fear their leader more than their voters.
Logic Thinker9It’s concluded but the strait is not open?
BonBon🤌7That thing where your leader killed the leader of another country which caused them to close the Strait is over???
AutokratDaily7They declared a war. Gave it a name. Closed the Strait of Hormuz. Called it a victory. Now reopening the Strait is the new mission. The crisis they created is now the problem they're solving.⬇️
poppys-dad.bsky.social7I actually just said this to my partner 5 minutes ago. Say it's done, then next day resume war under "different" circumstances. You can read them like a book. A really bad book!
anitafrullani.bsky.social7It was open until your bff closed it Mike Johnson!!
Sandy B 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇨🇦6I hate this lying, smarmy asshole with all my heart.
IndividualAngst6Page out of Putin’s authoritarian playbook. It’s not a war if we brand it as something else. He has executed a “special military operation” in Ukraine for four years now.
Jake5The pedophile protector and ass licker spewing White House propaganda. The war with Iran is fucked and so is the United States of America. Probably isn't the time for the war measures act but rather impeachment.
mjma25.bsky.social5“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last” Sir Winston Churchill
jstumbleweed.bsky.social5What exactly did 'epic' fury accomplish other than kill children and close the Strait of Hormuz?
Dave N.4If this shithole country had a functioning media, this creepy little weirdo would have been forced to resign in disgrace long ago.
see-cee.bsky.social4It’s called “Epic Self-Inflicted Wound”.
Kerri4The Strait of Hormuz was OPEN before dump on everything & everyone started this useless war, he was hoping beyond hope this little "excursion" would increase his poll numbers (looking at what it did for Bush) What a moronic pea brain, constantly angered by these creepy weirdos
ECU-ALUM #MissyouMom3Ok if it's over bring the military home.
Chris⚖️Justice3Wasting time & money. And blaming the Iran leadership 🙄
ravenalessia.bsky.social3The Strait of Hormuz was open. Trump attacked Iran to destroy the nuclear capability he claimed he destroyed in 2025 without an exit strategy. Iran closed the Strait established toll system Trump launched Naval blockade- double closure Trump’s new objective~ open the Strait he closed.
K. Moore 🦋📚🎼3Mike Johnson as speaker of the republican majority house has added trillions to US debt, passing the ugly BB and the upcoming second republican only reconciliation bill.
Wes Walser3Oh, the Straight that was open before the war?
K.C. Banx3"...and now we're into a new project"? It's war, you ignorant pantywaist, not painting the freaking garage.
Some Random Dude3Thank God I’m not as stupid as he thinks I am 
Керрі Світ🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺2Operation Epic Fail failed miserably and we're trying to sweep it under the rug
Granuailynn2& no one ever holds the GOPS accountable for their completely ignoring the Constitution 🥴
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him)2He’s such a little suck-butt weasel.
Kurt Weldon2He sure uses a lot of words to say "I'm just a dumbass."
Pareto2NACHO (not a chance Hormuz opens).
Sherry2Iran War "Dying empires, governed by the corrupt & the incompetent, are blinded by militarism & hubris. They are unable to read the world around them They stumble into self-defeating cul-de-sacs (as we did in Iraq, Afghanistan & Vietnam) where military adventurism accelerates self-inflicted wounds"
Stallfortime2Maga must be exceedingly stupid to buy this.
Matt From Iowa2The Strait of Hormuz was open prior to this stupid war Trump started.
jeanie31199.bsky.social2Hey, Mikey, it’s TIME for you to do your job… oversight of the executive branch IS part of it. If you can’t or won’t, then you’re CLEARLY wrong for the position you hold. Resign immediately.
TyroneShoelaces2We have to fight to open the strait of Hormuz because Trump illegally started a war that caused Iran to close the strait of Hormuz. Oh, and it’s only costing billions a day.
Tyler2USA is a complete circus right now.
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it’s “not time for war powers act”
Bright Bart8Hey, Mike. “You shall not bear false witness” Ninth Commandment in Book of Exodus.
Old Man in the Woods4A series of "projects" also known as "battles" which combine to form a "war"
smm570.bsky.social4Exhausting to be talked to like we are all credulous and stupid.
Oeishik 🐸3I don't recall a time in history that Congress goes along with POTUS to violate a law together. This is a really, really bad precedent. What is the law worth when lawmakers & law enforcers don't follow the laws they enact & are supposed to enforce?
nannyraised.bsky.social2I just hope that at some point he is held responsible for the endless lies.
If Mike Johnson, the Puritanical Pixie, had been an adult in the '70s: "This is no longer the Vietnam War. This is the Vietnam War Part VIII, an entirely different war. Glory!"
john.in.chicago5"The President has his hands on this every single day" except when he's golfing (today I'm sure) or working on his ballroom, arch, or reflecting pool. Oh, also adding more gold to the White House, that takes intense concentration.
AdoboTom4Does he know that it was completely open before his guy attacked!!!
Mom0U8124If Johnson should, call it a special military operation, the same way his leaders’s best friend Putin called his invasion of Ukraine But we know it’s a war, a stupid war So he’ll pretend it’s over ..meanwhile it’s nothing but a fucking messy war created by that piece of shit in the White House
billtbns.bsky.social2Mike Johnson is a lying nefarious cunt... and it appears that a large swath of American voters love voting for lying nefarious cunts.
bells110.bsky.social2Do they even hear themselves?
Bob Hannah2And as per usual the lies, deceit, bigotry and hypocrisy of the Putin Minions, Fox News, Its Clones, Bots, AI and the GOP continues on.
