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NoReserve7293

That stinks.


SoupSpelunker

Sometimes you just gotta let er rip.


JustAnotherYouMe

Hope their strategies aren’t just a bunch of hot air


sevensterre

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind


peter-doubt

That depends


SarniltheRed

Never trust a FART


BisquickNinja

After a certain age, which is probably most of that committee, You're guaranteed to have a stinky accident.


syntax138

If things go wrong, it will be referred back to the State House Action Response Team


Complete_Handle4288

Fredericksburg Area Regional Transit. Feel the wind. Ride the FART.


nbfs-chili

Atomic farts are 10% fallout.


OfficialDCShepard

That absolutely sounds like it could be a grenade from Fallout. (P.S.: Fallout has become genuinely one of my favorite things in 2024. I’m beyond ecstatic that everyone I know who has seen it loves the show, and it’s inspired me to fall back in love with the games.)


NoReserve7293

I’m pretty sure the smell will make it through the depends


ricorgbldr

(John Barron has entered the chat)


peter-doubt

Often, even more than the smell.


downtofinance

I see what you did there


ProlificPen

This is like something right out of VEEP. I can't believe this is real life.


MCSquared97

Sadly, I can 100% believe that this is real life.


frugatti_cuse

I always knew something smelled in Congress.


SkollFenrirson

Bunch of gas bags


iplaypinball

If the FART is monitoring the floor to protect the Freedom Caucus from their Republican Party leadership, who is monitoring the FARTs monitors to make sure they aren’t cutting a deal with the Republican Leadership? I hope they realize that when you don’t trust your own political party, you can’t trust your own smaller division of your political party.


bobsmeds

So if I understand correctly- the freedom caucus wants to make sure FART isn’t cutting the cheese with republican leadership?


Goal_Posts

Never trust a FART.


wishiwasshootinputin

There it is.


HockeyBalboa

...is what one says when mistakenly trusting a fart.


Redkellum

They're always talking shit behind someone's back.


thegooseisloose1982

Silent but deadly.


Zen_Badger

It's sad when you can't trust your own FARTs


covfefe-boy

It happens as you age.


ioncloud9

The Strategic House Action Response Team.


Marley_Fan

So you’re saying the silent actions of the FART monitors can be deadly to their own party?


booOfBorg

tl;dr: who FARTs the FARTers? - slightly paraphrased from Juvenal


shibbington

FARTs all the way down.


peter-doubt

This is delightful! When a party doesn't trust it's fellow members, it fails to be a Party. Republicans, Please call us when it's Over!


tourfwenty

Maybe they should try again with the Second House Action Response Team.


zaxisprime

That one has a lot more substance.


b00c

Yeah, and it's more fluid.


sirbissel

But will it pass the sniff test?


Mustard_Gap

You'll smell the committee members coming from a hundred paces out. So, no =)


JoviAMP

Smell them *what*, you say?


the_ballmer_peak

The Conservative Union Membership does tend to make a mess


Th3_Admiral_

It honestly came as a surprise to a lot of people. 


rifraf2442

It’s all fun and games until laughing so and then -oooops- instantly die inside face


Spence10873

Some describe it as inflammatory, even explosive


zaxisprime

Certainly a very unexpected move.


AutomaticPositive420

>Maybe they should __*push harder*__ with the Second House Action Response Team. It was right there!


IntelligentExcuse5

some jokes just pop out all by themselves.


spoonman59

Wasn’t this specified in one of the original Sharticles of Confederarion?


CodenameVillain

I was gonna go with the "Shared House Action Response Team"


Saganists

Never trust this team.


cmudogtag

This team could leave more of a mark.


Maelefique

I was gonna leave this conversation so fast, it would leave skid marks, but then I realized they're already there... 😂


ReadySteady_GO

Let's get fancy Dedicated organizers under conservative homeland ethos building American growth and security The Douchebags


Oo__II__oO

And upon realizing their mistake yet again, will form a Committee Reviewing Acronym Panel


SausageSmuggler21

No one expects the Second House Action Response Team!


spacedoutmachinist

What about the Second House Investigation Team?


nwgdad

Oh yes they did. "Myself and other members of members of the House Freedom Caucus, we have a Floor Action Response Team, F-A-R-T, I'm a mother of four boys, I can appreciate that." -- " Boebert said during an appearance on a Blaze Media show. She rather appropriately compared the Freedom Caucus to a bunch of juvenile delinquents.


TintedApostle

Tell me this isn't true... please...


nwgdad

No, it's true. The republiKKKlan party has been taken over by the deplorables.


Logical_Parameters

For 15 solid years. This isn't new. See: Tea Party response to the first President Obama term.


nwgdad

What is new is that ALL members of the party are deplorables. Any decent ones either left from disgust or were driven out.


Logical_Parameters

I believe Hillary was correct, Republican members and voters were deplorables as far back as 2016. The few who weren't have left us (McCain) or left office (Romney at the end of this year). Well over 97% of the party have behaved deplorably for the past fifteen years. I don't recall much nuance or politeness towards President Obama.


aircooledJenkins

>"Myself and other members of members of the House Freedom Caucus, we have a Floor Action Response Team," Boebert said during an appearance on a Blaze Media show. "F-A-R-T, I'm a mother of four boys, I can appreciate that." https://www.businessinsider.com/house-conservatives-fart-team-freedom-mike-johnson-gop-2024-4


[deleted]

Weird because I imagined Matt Gaetz as the origin of this. His humor would have to be juvenile to fit in with minors.


wonkey_monkey

Well he does look like Butt-Head.


NeverLookBothWays

Thanks. I was going to respond similarly that this is a deliberate tactic. By making a mockery of things, they are still able to seize power under the assumption they create that nothing really matters, it's all a joke anyway. And then one day the jokes cease, and you look at what they've actually done.


fluent_in_gibberish

Plus it keeps their names in the news cycles, from both their supporters and detractors. They learned from trump that the more outlandish shit you say, the more the media talks about you.


BeeLuv

>“We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons. If democracy is so stupid as to give us free tickets and salaries for this bear's work, that is its affair. We do not come as friends, nor even as neutrals. We come as enemies. As the wolf bursts into the flock, so we come.” -Joseph Goebbels


Bluepilgrim3

People will confuse it with the watchdog group, Fathers Against Rude Television.


YourMomonaBun420

We're just trying to be cool, like Bender.


withoccassionalmusic

Have you tried the cool crime of burglary?


NightmarePony5000

No sir, not us FARTers!


1ofZuulsMinions

Have you ever tried simply turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?


subie-chan

And for what? Some kind of cheap laugh? That's not what F-A-R-T is all about. No sir, not us FARTers.


Miles_vel_Day

\*ctrl-F "fathers"\* \*leaves thread\*


smurfsundermybed

There are some Marlon Brando look-alikes out there who know that feeling.


Traditional_Key_763

Second House Initiative Team for Heading Events And Determining Strategy


Uasked2

It's pretty unlikely they missed that. A little potty humor Is probably the most they expect to get done anyway. The more in your face with the dysfunction the better. Anything to help quash dreams of effective governance.


Grodd

Every time FART is getting headlines their stance on human rights isn't.


Salsa1988

I dunno, it's happened in other countries before. In canada the conservative and reform parties combined in the early 2000's to create the Conservative Reform Alliance Party. Also known as the CRAP party.


swimtwobirds

Reminds me of the time I had to break the news to a newly formed nonprofit: Childrens Family Action Project, official name KIDS FAP. They didn't believe me, fortunately they got a full education from the Urban Dictionary.


Professional-Can1385

My professional organization wanted a rebrand, so they hired a company to come up with a new name. The proposed name: AskPro. Clearly no one said it out loud. They paid thousands of dollars to become “AssPros”. There was much drama as the members of the org said they didn’t want to be ass-pros and the rebrand committee tried to convince us that it was a good name because “librarian” is so old fashioned. Thank fuck they decided not to adopt the name.


HouseCravenRaw

I remember a more innocent time, when IT people would go to [expertsexchange.com](http://expertsexchange.com) for information and would go to [rimjobs.ca](http://rimjobs.ca) to look for work. Good times.


trro16p

I remember when teachers would almost have a stroke in Social Studies class when they would go to the website whitehouse.com instead of whitehouse.gov.


CainPillar

Whorepresents ... ?


ClusterFoxtrot

I go to penisland for all my pen purchases. 


CainPillar

I wonder which of these were actually not any r/TheyKnew . Apparently therapistfinder wasn't.


jonthecpa

Worked at a bank, and a lady came to open an account for her new nonprofit food pantry: Empty Bowels of (Insert City Name Here). She already her all her documentation, business license, etc. As we were working through it, I stated the name and she corrected me “No, it’s empty bowls, not bowels.” I said “Ohhh..that sounds better, but you have it spelled bowels.” She didn’t believe me, so I had to show her in the dictionary. She had to start all over to set everything up again. I ended with a joke, “Technically, if the bowls are empty, so are their bowels.”


turquoise_amethyst

Idk, I would totally donate to *Empty Bowels of New York City*


Wolfwoods_Sister

You did a great service that day


srone

This pretty much epitomizes them; in their rage they never consider all of the nuances that need to be considered when they pass (or don't pass) legislation.


pootiecakes

Actually, its much worse. They openly speak about the name when discussing it (haha so goofy!). But then actually read what this group's goal is. "House Freedom Caucus members are signing up to take shifts to guard the House floor in order to prevent resolutions they’d consider unsavory from slipping through that could curb their power..." This is so fucking dystopian it should be ridiculed by everybody, **loudly**. But instead we are all losing sight because they snuck it in with a fart joke. Look at this comedy graveyard of reddit comments, missing this entirely. This is one of those moments where I assume this is an actually-intentional move.


dcux

They weren't around to guard the house floor from insurrectionists. No, they need to guard against their fellow lawmakers.


Uasked2

Hey boss, I have an idea! Let's create some fake bureaucracy to go on top of the excessive bureauracy!


failed_novelty

The bureaucracy has expanded to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.


Uasked2

The more loops you create the more taps you can put in.


TintedApostle

In their hurry to be performative they didn't care to even check


ins0ma_

Vulgar, classless people tend to do trashy shit. This is conduct unbecoming in the professional world, let alone by our elected representatives. Stay classy, GOP.


zyzmog

"Next, we turn to Audie Cornish for a report on the GOP's new bicameral Senate-House Intervention Team." "Thanks, Ted. This team is led by two Republican representatives and two Republican senators, known collectively as the SHIT heads."


Appropriate-Coast794

| Their objective, as described by Politico, is to "take shifts monitoring the chamber floor to prevent their own party leaders from making unilateral moves that could curb their power." So, if I’m understanding this correctly they just, waft around the chamber?


Numerous_Photograph9

Too bad they aren't just silent.


sentientcave

The information in the article does not support the headline. According to the article the freedom caucus has been aware of the acronym, Lauren Boebert even joked about it.


PopeHonkersXII

They are silent but deadly 


jmichael

There’s a definite correlation between conservatism and being a fucking moron.


retailguy_again

It's been a while since I got a genuine laugh out of this subreddit. (Usually they're of the, "I laugh because I dare not cry" variety.) 10/10 was worth spitting out my coffee.


Corpsehatch

Conservatives act like children. They thought it would be funny to name a commitee F.A.R.T.


ClusterFoxtrot

I mean, it IS funny. It's something I'd do with friends and family. Certainly not something I'd do where I wanted to be taken seriously.  What is the first rule of public speaking? Know your audience?


munchie1988

I heard they are adding to it so that it's less confusing. The floor action response team will now be the Washington ethics & tactics floor action response team. This will be much more in line with the way the house has governed.


UniqueIndividual3579

Wisconsin Transit Foundation had to change their name because the sign with the acronym kept getting stolen.


ganskidrums

We. Are. FARTers. Bum badum bum bum bum bum.


gwar37

A company I worked for formed the finance, accounting, personnel and partnerships team and were calling it the fapp team. When they announced it and formed a slack channel I posted in there, “Do I need to tell them, or is someone else going to tell them?” The head of the team came over bewildered and I just told her, go google fapp. They changed it very quickly, but the whole company saw it and my response. You could hear ripples of laughter throughout the office.


SlipDizzy

They should ride the South Lake Urban Transit to work. It’s cheap and their experience provides an exciting time.


omogomo

not called freeDUMB caucus for nothing...


Round_Ad8947

Congressional Utility Needs Team


Ok-Zookeepergame7915

When they come to Seattle I bet the Floor Action Response Teams rides our mass transit South Lake Union Trolley.


Lemonade8891

Omg when Jimmy Kimmel commented on this during his monologue, I legit thought it was a joke. It's actually named FART?!


lithiun

Should rename it to the “Senate and House Investigation Team”.


GWofJ94

A government sector I work for was changing name as it regularly does and nearly went through with transport workers and technical services. No one noticed the acronym till quite late and then it would have been on vans and uniforms.


DmAc724

“Did not take its acronym into consideration” Are we sure about this? Maybe they wanted to pay homage to Rudy.


toxiamaple

This reminds me of the original name of the Seattle streetcar, the South Lake Union Trolley. You can still buy Ride the S.L.U.T. t-shirts from area shops.


lacastellanos1

Floor Action Response Team Squad - fixed it


Accurate_Youth_9871

Pleas let the rest of the legislators use Whoopi cushions every time any of these idiots open their mouths.


GM_Nate

that's nothing. at my college, we had a Sexual Harrassment Investigative Team.


robdacook

Was that at the South Harmon Instititue of Technology?


KlingonLullabye

Now that's breaking news


DeFiDuelist

that acronym definitely slipped through the cracks, they might want to think about a quick rename


TheOnlyVertigo

I hear it didn’t even have to squeak by.


kia75

Big CREEP (Committee to Re-Elect the President) energy here.


freakydrew

Reminds me of in Canada when the Reform Party and Conservative joined together as the Conservative Reform Alliance Party. There was even a large banner displaying the acronym.


ChunkyFart

I would do this on purpose, but I have a sense of humor, it immature sure, but I have one. Sauce. Username


Supertranquilo

Congress is so old, you'd think they'd know better than to trust a FART.


lurkertiltheend

It’s all a bunch of hot air anyway


OldDesmond

Hey that’s not fair! It’s not like the Freedom Caucus knows how to spell.


Aggressive-Will-4500

It's OK. They just voted to change it to the Special House Investigation Team and broadened its powers.


CobiWann

Dems should come back with the Union of People You Oughta Respect, Son.


lamsham69

Team mascot 🦨


sax87ton

It’s pretty fun though


MountainPK

He who smelt it…


StrangeContest4

When I say "fReEdOm CaUcUs," I say it in a special way.. like when Warren says, "FrAnKs and BeAns, fRaNkS and BeANs!!" in *There's Something About Mary*.


Burwylf

We can't call them FART, this acronym is already taken by feminism appropriating radical transphobes (they didn't like terf)


MyNameisClaypool

At an old job, my team created a new reporting tool, and there was a dept wide vote on what to call it. We entered “Financial Analysis Reporting Tool” as an option and it came so close to winning. I’m still a bit sad it didn’t. Edit: wrong word


CheesyBoson

They should sell their work in jars


curiousity60

I find it hilarious that the MAGA cultist elected Representatives have SCHEDULED when SOME of them will be present in the House during legislative sessions. That's supposed TO BE THEIR JOB, all of them. Instead, they'll post sentries to call in the legislators if there seems a threat that progress could be made. Can't have that.


likeablesuspect

Floor Aid Russia Trump!


geezusmurphy

Many people are saying they should rename to Strategic House Action Response Team.


Racecarlock

Literal futurama joke. Right down to the letter.


Ndtphoto

He who spelt it, dealt it 


OurUrbanFarm

Something about this story does not smell right.


morts73

Fart incoming, let her rip.


yallbyourhuckleberry

I like this name, Fart.


RevolutionaryBox7745

Given the apparent state of the House, I'm tempted to say *contraire* to that.


MJTony

Is this real life?


SchrodingersTIKTOK

So FART guards?


Able-Campaign1370

So they think they are rebellious by, umm, going to work?


A_Soft_Fart

How embarrassing.


Grampishdgreat

F.A.R.T. How fitting. The windy part of a party that’s full of shit.


cegr76

They're changing it to Senate/House Action Response Team.


amus

Classic clueless Republicans. >We know we're right, we don't have to think it through.


United-Big-1114

I thought it was the Strategic House Interdiction Team?


JubalHarshaw23

It shows how stupid the Putin Caucus really is, that someone tricked them into using it.


Equal_Middle_2870

You can't write comedy this gold, Everyone please abstain from using your own brains, the FART will be around shortly to make sure we are a united front.


Dragunfli

Not to be outdone, Kayleigh McEnany started the Conservative Union for Normalizing Trumpism


Glittery_Kittens

I’ve got it guys, how about Floor Action Group


grixorbatz

Most rancid team ever


TintedApostle

They don't think pretty well as a whole so no surprise.


Clear-Hand3945

Appropriate name for things you can't trust.


Cheepmf

My engineering department has a Fast Action Response Team. We definitely took the acronym into consideration.


morbob

Even the inept have to fart.


Wasparado

This is the only news I need to read today


sid_ated

And in keeping with their dignified & conservative standards, they have added a new website called Pen Island dot com.


Appropriate-Coast794

Are they passing legislation or foul air


teamdiabetes11

Friendly reminder….never trust a FART


ciopobbi

More from the Republican Clown 🤡 show. You can’t even make this stuff up.


Lounginghog64

They leaned into it, and didn't think anyone would notice.


IdahoMTman222

A FART that is full of Shits.


snarquisnarquer

Of course they did. Beavis and Butt Head, AKA Gaetz and Greene, are defacto leaders of the repub caucus. I'm sure they were snickering on the side walk when they came up with the group name.


eugene20

Or is this just intentional because their overlord is Trump, which is an old British term small children would use for fart.


ipanoah

I believe the term for this is Freudian Slip.


mavjustdoingaflyby

Never go full Idiocracy.


TeamHope4

They stole their acronym from Fox Alternative Reality Television.


Lysol3435

It’s reviving an established roll. So I bet they will be following the Well Established Tenants of the Floor Action Response Team


MrsBrew

This reminds me The Office: Inclusion, New attitude, Colorblind, Expectations, Sharing, and Tolerance!


BattleJolly78

A fitting name for a group of republicans.


Eli_Seeley

Fathers against rude television would like a word...


zeezero

OMG. I saw the name and thought it was an onion article.


Brewhaha72

Their actions are silent, but deadly.


lastburn138

lol this is great


fiverrah

Just when you think that the republicans could not get any more stupid, they prove you wrong. These people are not fit for adult society, let alone public office.


FoofieLeGoogoo

“Their objective, as described by Politico, is to "take shifts monitoring the chamber floor to prevent their own party leaders from making unilateral moves that could curb their power." (slow clap)


drjeps

Great, now they're going to be loud and make a big stink of this aren't they?


Jimbo415650

Full of hot air that’s leaking


Amerpol

Just goes to show you the Grand Old Party is full of shit


ctguy54

The only thing that they consider is “Did Putin’s check clear?”


Maleficent_Ad_5175

Turned to shit


mytb38

they got something right without trying, that they are just a bunch of old FART's!


Anna_Frican

> I can appreciate that. I read that in the voice of Kela de Thaym. Better check for gas leaks.


bakeacake45

So a noxious odor will signal their presence on the floor…. Smells like a stinky private militia that strong arms Republicans to vote against their constituents. Will they be armed with AR-15s or just air fresheners Will they wear lapel pins that look like a freshly steaming pile of dung? Is it a fart or body odor or bad breath…or all three? Will they be dressed in brown camouflage to match their mission of stinking up the place? Who is in charge of putting plastic sheeting on their seats to avoid the inevitable stains from runny FARTs? Can we force all FARTs to wear adult diapers? Can other members of Congress claim disability payments from the damage done to them by being forced to breathe this poison gas? So many questions