There is a new Sphincter of the House of Representatives. Bible thumping conservative Mike Johnson, while new to his role, wasted no time squeezing his MAGA/ Trump approved muscle introducing legislation promising funding for Israel while blocking previously agreed-to funding for the IRS, knowing full well that this bill would stagnate and go nowhere. Johnson is signaling that conservatives will continue to do their best to clog up any bipartisan legislation, leaving the government dammed up and condemned to inaction, as dysfunctional as when the House was leaderless. This constipation of the political process has spread to local levels with Moms for Liberty and other like conservatives doing their damnedest to defy democracy, banning books and bathroom access, jamming white-washed curriculum down students’ throats, creating environments hostile to any who do not conform to their constricting biases. We need to flush out the extremist MAGAS and Moms for Liberty. We need a return to free flowing dialog, bipartisanship and a willingness to accept compromise. The remedy for this logjam is at the ballot box. For the future health and well-being of all of us, we must make our voices heard and VOTE on November 7th.