Samantha Bee: Trump Is Filling the Judicial System With Far-Right Ideologues From the Federalist Society
The one area where Trump has been accomplishing something is obviously being handled by someone else.
The one area where Trump has been accomplishing something is obviously being handled by someone else.
Originalism is an easy judicial philosophy to understand.
It consists of the present-day jurist projecting his or her own biases into the past and happily discovering that the founders had exactly the same biases. There is no recorded instance of this search coming up with a negative result.
A moderately intelligent monkey should be trainable to do this, so these jurists likely need their fancy degrees from the big name law schools to deflect from the essential stupidity and banality of their enterprise.
He’s trying to, but according to this list, he’s managed to get four judges confirmed to the Circuit Courts (one of which passed the Senate today 95-1) and two to the District Courts (one of whom was originally nominated by Obama and unanimously approved by the Senate).
I don’t recognize any of the names, so it’s tough for me to say whether these are decent appointments or not, but with all things Trump, it’s worth monitoring closely.
Watching CNN coverage of desperate Americans in PR, thinking about our Champagne Cabinet on luxury planes that could be taking them supplies
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) September 28, 2017
Posted the picture earlier. Here is the story.
The story behind this stunning image. https://t.co/in9TRgiH5o
— Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen) September 28, 2017
Cruz stands by Trump court pick who sees ‘Satan’s plan’ in transgender kids; Cornyn undecided
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday that he still supports federal judge nominee Jeff Mateer, a top lawyer for the state of Texas, despite revelations that Mateer has described transgender children as part of “Satan’s plan” and warned that same-sex marriage would lead to polygamy and bestiality.
Sen. John Cornyn said he was surprised to learn of those remarks, but hasn’t decided whether to withdraw his support.
The senators jointly recommended Mateer to President Donald Trump for a lifetime spot on the federal bench.
Derp over the NFL continues to appear in my Facebook stream.
The butthurt over these things recently is increasing, I propose, as Trump is revealed to be the loser he really is.
As this happens, his supporters will feel increasingly uncomfortable about how inept Trump becomes. Thus his ability to be their great white savior will be doubted, causing even more angst.
Derp begets derp.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Cruz stands by Trump court pick who sees ‘Satan’s plan’ in transgender kids; Cornyn undecided
Cornyn undecided, my eye. Cornyn is likely far crazier than Cruz — he just hides it better.
Tom Price is everything wrong with America.
re: #6 freetoken
Derp over the NFL continues to appear in my Facebook stream.
The butthurt over these things recently is increasing, I propose, as Trump is revealed to be the loser he really is.
As this happens, his supporters will feel increasingly uncomfortable about how inept Trump becomes. Thus his ability to be their great white savior will be doubted, causing even more angst.
Derp begets derp.
Personally I think what you have is a dawning realization amongst the “working class” that Trump is not going to be the savior of the white race that they thought he would be when they voted for him. That the forces that inspired their “anxiety” are not being stalled or halted, but in fact are gaining speed in the face of ham-handed efforts to pound them into submission. And that the venues they once thought safe from “uppity” minorities are in fact the new battlegrounds.
re: #7 scottslemmons
Cornyn undecided, my eye. Cornyn is likely far crazier than Cruz — he just hides it better.
He has a better “concerned face” than Cruz. You can see it every time he stands behind Mitch’s left shoulder when Mitch is out announcing how concerned he is.
i have the same visceral reaction to this story as far right guys do threats to the 2nd A. The thing is I regard the judicial branch as the solution of last resort before violence, while they embrace 2nd A violence as the last resort.Ugh. Let’s not get there.
Trumps appointments erode the civil solutions to injustice. Make violence more likely. In extremis, more justifiable. Every other past president in my fifty something life could be counted on to keep that intact, or even with Nixon attacked it in a purely selfish way. That’s not as bad as the current threat. As soon as a court upholds an injustice (see Manzanar) there is really no repairing the damage. The frightening example now is courts not convicting police on excess force.
Gonna go out on a limb. Even if Trump makes it to run again he will lose. He will lose because he is too unstable to maintain the power base to win again.
re: #9 Targetpractice
Personally I think what you have is a dawning realization amongst the “working class” that Trump is not going to be the savior of the white race that they thought he would be when they voted for him. That the forces that inspired their “anxiety” are not being stalled or halted, but in fact are gaining speed in the face of ham-handed efforts to pound them into submission. And that the venues they once thought safe from “uppity” minorities are in fact the new battlegrounds.
Well, if that is the case the freakin’ Republicans in Congress may be more inclined to run Donny out of office. Any signal Trump’s base is crumbling may be all that is needed.
But we need to be quiet about it so as to not let the same dumbasses know that no matter what they do to Trump, they already have Trump Gunk all over them and it is going to hurt them no matter what.
The longer this goes, the worse it will be for Trump and for the GOP Congress.
re: #12 Unshaken Defiance
Unless Bernie fucks things up for us again, which he is apparently considering.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
Or they cheat again. And why wouldn’t they.
re: #11 Unshaken Defiance
i have the same visceral reaction to this story as far right guys do threats to the 2nd A. The thing is I regard the judicial branch as the solution of last resort before violence, while they embrace 2nd A violence as the last resort.Ugh. Let’s not get there.
Trumps appointments erode the civil solutions to injustice. Make violence more likely. In extremis, more justifiable. Every other past president in my fifty something life could be counted on to keep that intact, or even with Nixon attacked it in a purely selfish way. That’s not as bad as the current threat. As soon as a court upholds an injustice (see Manzanar) there is really no repairing the damage. The frightening example now is courts not convicting police on excess force.
RWNJs on the courts is the least specifically tr*mpish of the current crop of outrages. tr*mp has just outsourced judge picks to the GOP establishment (i.e., the Federalist Society).
re: #13 ObserverArt
“Trump Gunk”
There’s a phrase I could have gone the rest of my life without hearing. :p
re: #13 ObserverArt
Well, if that is the case the freakin’ Republicans in Congress may be more inclined to run Donny out of office. Any signal Trump’s base is crumbling may be all that is needed.
But we need to be quiet about it so as to not let the same dumbasses know that no matter what they do to Trump, they already have Trump Gunk all over them and it is going to hurt them no matter what.
The longer this goes, the worse it will be for Trump and for the GOP Congress.
I suspect that Moore’s election to the Senate in November (barring unforeseen events) will lead to utter panic in the GOP upper ranks. Their whole plan going forward was contesting (and winning) enough blue/purple seats to rebuild their losses in the past two elections. Instead, they’re now going to be facing a lot of bruising primary fights that will not only burn up campaign funds but also put them on the wrong side of an increasingly dissatisfied electorate.
re: #17 Eclectic Cyborg
“Trump Gunk”
There’s a phrase I could have gone the rest of my life without hearing. :p
tr*mp, leaving a trail of ^*&^*&( behind him wherever he goes, like a giant mutant slug-monster from a low budget post-apocalypse disaster movie.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
Unless Bernie fucks things up for us again, which he is apparently considering.
I think what probably hurt Democrats was that the field was so small. Sanders would have normally been a fringe candidate, like Kucinich in 2004, if there were more candidates. But with no real field, he emerged as the only alternative.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
Unless Bernie fucks things up for us again, which he is apparently considering.
He should get primaried and done with with right there. Gotta think both parties will put up better people. But I sure been wrong plenty o times in politics.
I have yet to write a sentence that better explains the Trump presidency https://t.co/ISwASE8Lwi pic.twitter.com/m2a4YsEBsD
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) September 28, 2017
re: #21 Unshaken Defiance
He should get primaried and done with with right there. Gotta think both parties will put up better people. But I sure been wrong plenty o times in politics.
He can’t be primaried as he’s an Indy and he’s popular in his home state. I personally think he outta retire.
Put a fork in him
SCOOP w @rachanadixit: Price’s travel on charter jets, government planes has topped $1 million since May. https://t.co/qlR42ohQsM
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) September 28, 2017
re: #22 Stanley Sea
I’m sure why. The man is FUCKING DELUSIONAL!
re: #22 Stanley Sea
That’s an amusing comment, but it’s easy to write a sentence that explains the tr*mp presidency even better than this.
E.g., The Republican party is a cancer on the nation, and tr*mp is the acute tumor crisis from this cancer that makes it an imminent mortal threat.
Many others, both here and elsewhere, have also done better. The reason for all of these successes is that the Republicans are properly blamed, as opposed to the common media pretense that these savages somehow remain an acceptable political party.
re: #24 Stanley Sea
First question is what is the HHS Sec doing in Europe? Is he studying nationalized healthcare?
— Tara Aaron (@tara_aaron) September 28, 2017
re: #26 nines09
Coal’s not the only resource they mine in West By God Virginia.
JCF….
If Trump actually cared about WV, he’d focus on this.
Just when you thought Trump could not be any more of a horrible garbage human being, he embarrasses horrible garbage human beings (and I use the term “human being” with extreme generosity)==>
Listen to Donald Trump tell a bizarre story about the time he DIDN’T help a dying man pic.twitter.com/jYYyqZUNNI
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 28, 2017
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has spent **$913,000** on private flights, 24/7 security, and that soundproof booth https://t.co/HbNIzr3u0U
— Natasha Geiling (@ngeiling) September 28, 2017
Argument is these expenses are necessary to help EPA run efficiently. But Pruitt isn’t even *doing the basic work* to make that happen.
— Natasha Geiling (@ngeiling) September 28, 2017
1/2 Always love it when people jump into your mentions to lecture you and start with “I’m not a Trump supporter BUT…” And then you look …
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2017
2/2 through their timeline and it’s packed full of right wing wharrgarbl.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2017
re: #32 Ace Rothstein
I’m sure Fox is all over this story.
Apparently they are.
Eesh looks like Fox News got the word from Trump that Tom Price is fair game.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 28, 2017
Uh, Gary Cohn (who is worth several hundred million dollars) thinks it costs $1000 to buy a new car (or renovate your kitchen) pic.twitter.com/6IwRDgGSCN
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 28, 2017
Cohn is nowhere near this stupid. He just still wants to be Fed Chair & knows he’s in the doghouse for almost quitting after Charlottesville https://t.co/QV4K08AKbX
— Frankly My Dear 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) September 28, 2017
re: #35 Charles Johnson
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In my experience, anybody who prefaces a comment with “I’m not X, but…” generally is X and in denial about being so.
re: #38 Targetpractice
In my experience, anybody who prefaces a comment with “I’m not X, but…” generally is X and in denial about being so.
MOST OF MY FRIENDS ARE BLACK!!!
Not surprised.
Interesting fact: In tests by Christian polling group, ppl who knew most about Bible were Mormons. Second, atheists. Last, evangelicals.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 28, 2017
Sanity break
Just a good boy helping clean up after Hurricane Maria pic.twitter.com/3kTOYygAZ1
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 25, 2017
re: #39 Ace Rothstein
MOST OF MY FRIENDS ARE BLACK!!!
“I have many black friends and they’ve never mentioned racism to me!”
DRAIN THE SWAMP! and fly your own swamp creatures around in private jets.
re: #30 freetoken
I wonder which sub they’re looking for. I had thought the I-400 & I-200 class boats had all been found again.
re: #45 b.d. (bill d.)
DRAIN THE SWAMP! and fly your own swamp creatures around in private jets.
Current swamp status ✈️ pic.twitter.com/N38kMFKLN4
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 28, 2017
Twitter finds 201 accounts linked to Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election https://t.co/p4rvWGe0H6
— L.A. Times Politics (@latimespolitics) September 28, 2017
Uh. 201?! That’s it? I block that many Russian trolls every damned day. https://t.co/0iZiefIz9S
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2017
re: #31 The Vicious Babushka
Well Howard Stern is a horrible human being and it didn’t embarrass him. “Would you fuck a woman when she’s bleeding?”
Garbage people.
Twitter gave 280 character tweets to Julian Assange and left wing fake news hack Palmer Report. Argh.
Don’t be surprised when the excuse-making begins after Trump is inevitably removed from office (whether through impeachment or election) that he didn’t fail, the “Swamp” defeated him and thus the GOP needs to put forward a candidate who is better able to take it on.
re: #49 Skip Intro
Well Howard Stern is a horrible human being and it didn’t embarrass him. “Would you fuck a woman when she’s bleeding?”
Garbage people.
I never understood the fascination people had/have with Stern. Not my thang.
re: #50 Charles Johnson
Twitter gave 280 character tweets to Julian Assange and left wing fake news hack Palmer Report. Argh.
Of course they did.
re: #51 Targetpractice
Don’t be surprised when the excuse-making begins after Trump is inevitably removed from office (whether through impeachment or election) that he didn’t fail, the “Swamp” defeated him and thus the GOP needs to put forward a candidate who is better able to take it on.
“The Deep State destroyed Lord President Trump…now, it’s our turn to destroy them!”
re: #29 HappyWarrior
If Trump actually cared about WV, he’d focus on this.
If Trump actually cared, his name would not be Trump.
re: #51 Targetpractice
Don’t be surprised when the excuse-making begins after Trump is inevitably removed from office (whether through impeachment or election) that he didn’t fail, the “Swamp” defeated him and thus the GOP needs to put forward a candidate who is better able to take it on.
Yep or that Trump was too “liberal.”
re: #25 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m sure why. The man is FUCKING DELUSIONAL!
it’s not ” why” it’s “who”
focus and pin it down!
re: #55 nines09
Trump and his cronies are looting the government, like we all knew they would, but that’s considered normal now and isn’t newsworthy.
Easy way to prove ongoing systematic troll/bot operations: Say something nice about #Hillary or critical of #Bernie and check your mentions.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 28, 2017
.@SecPriceMD promises to take “no more private charter flights” as HHS Secretary. “No exceptions.” Also will write check to US Treasury pic.twitter.com/loRQI0hbGz
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) September 28, 2017
“The taxpayers won’t pay a dime for my seat on those planes.” Note the wording of “my seat” — likely meaning not the full cost of flights https://t.co/znP5P5cNTc
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) September 28, 2017
Staff & security detail for Tom Price were on private jets BECAUSE OF SECRETARY PRICE. He still doesn’t get it. Price needs to resign NOW. https://t.co/beydcgQhry
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 28, 2017
re: #12 Unshaken Defiance
Gonna go out on a limb. Even if Trump makes it to run again he will lose. He will lose because he is too unstable to maintain the power base to win again.
He’ll lose if he runs again (if Mueller doesn’t get him by 2020) and lose only if Democrats come out in force and vote for the Democratic candidate, even if he/she isn’t perfect, i.e., even if he/she isn’t up to their stringent and unreachable standard of purity.
If Susan Sarandon and other purity pushers have the nerve to come out against the next Democratic Presidential candidate in 2020, hopefully they’ll be denounced into oblivion. I really don’t want to hear anything they have to say and hope they’ve lost any influence on voters by then.
Tweety Matthews was just showing some of the devastation out on Vieques island (PR). That is where my friend Ode lives.
I saw this article from a few days ago and had a sinking feeling. It does not sound good. This sucks. At least she lives in a mostly concrete structure. I hope she and the doggies got through this.
When they say: “a near-complete blackout since before Maria roared through” it sort of confirms what I was thinking. She may have lost communications when Irma went just north of her. Then came Maria.
WaPo - Island of Vieques remains isolated and silent since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico
VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO — The power went out on this small island hours before Hurricane Maria really made her presence known. It was dark when the bands of wind and rain started to whip through. It was 3 a.m. Wednesday when it got almost supernaturally loud.
The wind was loud. The debris was loud. The container house blowing off its foundation and slamming to the ground was loud. Then the wind stopped. The sun rose.
Then, silence.
This island community of about 9,000 people off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico was hit hard, and it has been in a near-complete blackout since before Maria roared through. Like many isolated areas of Puerto Rico, it remains without power, phones or any way to connect with the mainland — nearly a week after the hurricane. Gas is scarce, food is scarce, there is no drinking water and information is almost nonexistent.
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re: #59 Skip Intro
Trump and his cronies are looting the government, like we all knew they would, but that’s considered normal now and isn’t newsworthy.
The pigs are at the trough. And everything is not enough. Nope. Not enough. “More” said the swine. More…
This is Bodie. He has stumbled puppon a truly magical item. It’s given him power he’s never known. 13/10 (IG: charlieandbodie) pic.twitter.com/tBaLPOpMtC
— WeRateDogs™ (Oct 3) (@dog_rates) September 29, 2017
re: #65 HappyWarrior
Price is such a hypocritical fuckwad.
I’ll see your Price and raise you a Pruitt
theledger.com
re: #61 b.d. (bill d.)
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Why would it not surprise me if his staff and security were billed separately for this just so he could save face?
re: #63 Patricia Kayden
If Susan Sarandon and other purity pushers have the nerve to come out against the next Democratic Presidential candidate in 2020, hopefully they’ll be denounced into oblivion. I really don’t want to hear anything they have to say and hope they’ve lost any influence on voters by then.
Bannon’s strategy is their strategy:
In most of these races, he will be opposing the Republican establishment’s candidate. Furthermore, if Bannon’s candidate wins in the primary, it may open the way for a Democratic victory in the general election. Bannon knows that, of course, and doesn’t care since he is trying to send the Republicans a message: If you don’t support my candidate, you will lose the seat.
re: #62 Skip Intro
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What does Trump care about the debt by the time it becomes an issue, he’ll be back at Trump Tower, smiling at all the money he’s “saved” through tax “reform.” And his eldest spawn will be back to talking amongst themselves about how they’re gonna write Tiffany and Barron out of the will.
re: #65 HappyWarrior
Price is such a hypocritical fuckwad.
Aren’t they all?
It’s well known, underlings are reflective of their leader/manager. Starting at the top and going all the way down…con, con, con and cons!
(With a couple generals involved with their fingers in the holes in the dam)
re: #69 Targetpractice
Why would it not surprise me if his staff and security were billed separately for this just so he could save face?
And of course his staff couldn’t refuse their bosses idea and keep a job.
Do you think maybe you could stop the self-promotion for one freaking tweet and express some real empathy for the people of Puerto Rico?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2017
re: #73 ObserverArt
Aren’t they all?
It’s well known, underlings are reflective of their leader/manager. Starting at the top and going all the way down…con, con, con and cons!
(With a couple generals involved with their fingers in the holes in the dam)
True true.
“Bad faith, by any other name, would still be GOP.”
Happy Warrior, and anyone interested…
I found the real detailed site on the Kent State 1970 Massacre. This is about as thorough as it gets for the history of it all on the ‘net. I should have remember the site. the URL is simple enough.
New York Fashion Week hardens resolve of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un to annihilate United States, utterly and without remorse. pic.twitter.com/O2gWgvAGve
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) September 29, 2017
re: #50 Charles Johnson
Twitter gave 280 character tweets to Julian Assange and left wing fake news hack Palmer Report. Argh.
We expected (and ❤️!) all the snark & critique for #280characters. Comes with the job. What matters now is we clearly show why this change is important, and prove to you all it’s better. Give us some time to learn and confirm (or challenge!) our ideas. https://t.co/qJrzzIluMw
— jack (@jack) September 27, 2017
This is why Twitter hasn’t gotten better. Jack must think they’re doing ok at abuse, bots, and spam. https://t.co/Ky8REYK7X7
— Glenn Fleishman 👋🚨🚑 (@GlennF) September 27, 2017
Ron Howard Voice: “In fact they weren’t doing better, they had sprayed some Febreze on the turd but it was still there.”
— Frankly My Dear 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) September 29, 2017
And now, @realDonaldTrump retweets the guy who was fired from Fox News for multiple cases of sexual harassment. pic.twitter.com/Bzhw6LmlM3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2017
A police officer sued @deray and “#BlackLivesMatter” because he was injured during a protest. The court was displeased. pic.twitter.com/3DbId8AV9T
— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) September 28, 2017
re: #50 Charles Johnson
Twitter gave 280 character tweets to Julian Assange and left wing fake news hack Palmer Report. Argh.
Ever wonder if they are purposefully fucking with us?
Well fuck. :-(
Just when you thought… pic.twitter.com/SbtYChwiEj
— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) September 28, 2017
I see Freepers are bickering with each other of the GOP tax proposal. By and large they don’t like it. A few are predicting unicorns and rainbows. Most of them have noticed they are likely to pay more taxes.
re: #87 calochortus
I see Freepers are bickering with each other of the GOP tax proposal. By and large they don’t like it. A few are predicting unicorns and rainbows. Most of them have noticed they are likely to pay more taxes.
[sad trombone sound effect]
re: #87 calochortus
I see Freepers are bickering with each other of the GOP tax proposal. By and large they don’t like it. A few are predicting unicorns and rainbows. Most of them have noticed they are likely to pay more taxes.
And there’s no actual bill yet, so imagine how they’ll react when they get an eye full of how badly they’re going to be cornholed so Donny’s buddies on Wall St. can pad their bank accounts a little fuller.
re: #89 Eclectic Cyborg
[sad trombone sound effect]
Pretty much. I wish I cared whether they will suffer economic anxiety over this.
re: #91 calochortus
If only they could suffer and we didn’t have to.
re: #80 Skip Intro
I’ve gotta ask: Is high fashion a conspiracy by the designers to take good looking people and make them look as hideous as possible with clothing?
.@chrislhayes Don’t forget that Russia’s $100K ad buy on Facebook is multiplied by Trump fans who spread each ad by the MILLIONS.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2017
A $100K ad buy with memes that go viral in the right wing universe is the equivalent of a $100M ad buy in mainstream media.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2017
Apparently Price is going to pay $51,000 out of the cost of $300,000 for his flights.
re: #96 calochortus
Apparently Price is going to pay $51,000 out of the cost of $300,000 for his flights.
HE SAYS he will pay, but like Trump, he won’t actually give up his own money.
re: #97 The Vicious Babushka
HE SAYS he will pay, but like Trump, he won’t actually give up his own money.
Even if he does, it barely makes a dent in what he cost taxpayers.
re: #96 calochortus
Apparently Price is going to pay $51,000 out of the cost of $300,000 for his flights.
That’s a rapidly moving story, and I’ve seen cost estimates for Price’s ego stroking as high as $1 Million.
So Price may be offering to repay at 5 cents on the dollar, which sounds like business as usual for a tr*mpist grift.
re: #50 Charles Johnson
Twitter gave 280 character tweets to Julian Assange and left wing fake news hack Palmer Report. Argh.
Might be a good time to drag out the disemvowler and cut those tweets back to 140.
You know, sometimes Chris Hayes can do a mighty fine Tucker Carlson.
Ugh. He is sceptical of how much effect the Facebook Ads and Twitter bots had in the vast world of the digital world and internet.
Malcolm Nance had to explain how they got Americans to propagate and expand their reach by enthusiastically talking about and sharing the ad content/links.
Hayes was thinking the Facebook ad buy was too small to be all that effective. He said $100,000 wasn’t that much. Nance said it is now up to around $260,000.
re: #101 ObserverArt
You know, sometimes Chris Hayes can do a mighty fine Tucker Carlson.
Ugh. He is sceptical of how much effect the Facebook Ads and Twitter bots had in the vast world of the digital world and internet.
Malcolm Nance had to explain how they got Americans to propagate and expand their reach by enthusiastically talking about and sharing the links.
Hayes was thinking the Facebook ad buy was too small to be all that effective. He said $100,000 wasn’t that much. Nance said it is now up to around $260,000.
He’s got a bit of dudebro in him.
Interior Secretary Zinke traveled on charter, military planes - @bjlefebvre scoops in POLITICO https://t.co/AETmrsy3VT
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) September 28, 2017
re: #101 ObserverArt
RWNJ propaganda already goes through half the US electorate like grease through a goose because of decades of prep work by the GOP, hate radio and eventually Fox News.
Russia at least made full use of these fault lines in America that had been put there by the Republicans.
Later Lizards. I have a strudel to make, writing to do, hope to cling to, etc.
re: #85 Eclectic Cyborg
Ever wonder if they are purposefully fucking with us?
It’s not purposeful, it’s just an organic byproduct of the classist / elitist mindset and tunnel vision endemic to Twitter’s upper management. Dick Costolo and Jack have both been absolutely terrible CEOs, more interested in starfucking than running the company responsibly.
Wisconsin bar owner suggests killing NFL players who kneel https://t.co/G4OwpszkMm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2017
re: #50 Charles Johnson
Twitter gave 280 character tweets to Julian Assange and left wing fake news hack Palmer Report. Argh.
Everyone already has 280 characters. It’s called two tweets.
— Joe Beet (@Joe_Beef) September 28, 2017
re: #102 HappyWarrior
He’s got a bit of dudebro in him.
When Malcolm Nance was talking, the split screen caught Hayes with a Tucker Carlson-like face of bewilderment.
re: #107 Charles Johnson
Sounds like another business that we’ll hear about going under real soon because of bigoted, moronic ownership.
re: #104 EPR-radar
RWNJ propaganda already goes through half the US electorate like grease through a goose because of decades of prep work by the GOP, hate radio and eventually Fox News.
Russia at least made full use of these fault lines in America that had been put there by the Republicans.
the Russian bots’ two biggest trending hashtags this week are #takeaknee and #boycottNFL. They don’t have a side, they’re just shit-stirring.
re: #114 sagehen
the Russian bots’ two biggest trending hashtags this week are #takeaknee and #boycottNFL. They don’t have a side, they’re just shit-stirring.
If we had an electorate that was normal for a democracy, Russian shit-stirring would be much less effective than it was and presently is. The GOP has conditioned their meatheads to be very receptive to propaganda, and anyone else in the world can also take advantage of that.
re: #94 scottslemmons
This sounds like genocide. Fuck right the fuck off with this bullshit, asshole.
re: #94 scottslemmons
Please don’t post things like this at LGF any more.
re: #95 Charles Johnson
My org bought $800 worth of Facebook ads and got direct exposure to 50K users.
— Matt B (@MattIsBanal) September 29, 2017
I predict this will be a big, bit hit. #TakeTheKnee pic.twitter.com/AaFDBJ5vYB
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 29, 2017
Look at this example of grade-A pure distilled GOP evil dailykos.com
Apparently the idea is to create ways for healthy people to opt out of ACA requirements and get cheap junk insurance by executive action, thereby sabotaging the ACA.
These motherfuckers.
Rachel thinking Tom Price might have won the draw for the next admin person out. She is giving a great history of the financial issues that have surrounded Price over the past many years.
re: #120 Kragar
Surely it doesn’t take a whole book to just say ‘never’. Did they use a really big font size?
di—did the cat write this pic.twitter.com/sNOa9A2iIW
— erin chack (@ErinChack) September 28, 2017
Anyone who was on Twitter during the 2016 campaign knows how massive and overwhelming the fake news deluge was.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2017
re: #122 fern01
Rachel thinking Tom Price might have won the draw for the next admin person out. She is giving a great history of the financial issues that have surrounded Price over the past many years.
She is making him look real real bad. This guy is as scummy as anyone in that WH Cabinet.
I hope he is gone. Another Trump staffer out the door just makes Trump look bad for having given some of these asses positions.
“I’ll have the best worst cabinet. Let me tell you!”
STUDY: With the help of bots, Twitter users shared more ‘junk news’ than real stories during the 2016 election https://t.co/ZxId31t9A5
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) September 29, 2017
States in shades of orange & red had the highest concentrations of misinformation & Russian propaganda on Twitter during the 2016 election. pic.twitter.com/k3x6EGzrsN
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) September 29, 2017
So… the most crucial battleground states in the 2016 election were inundated with bot-pushed misinformation on Twitter. https://t.co/2Q9AmPvqn6
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) September 29, 2017
I think I may have finally made it difficult enough for those Indian spammers that they’ll move on to easier targets. But I’m still monitoring the situation.
re: #126 ObserverArt
She is making him look real real bad. This guy is as scummy as anyone in that WH Cabinet.
I hope he is gone. Another Trump staffer out the door just makes Trump look bad for having given some of these asses positions.
“I’ll have the
bestworst cabinet. Let me tell you!”
One of the few in the media who compares what trump admin is doing to what the Obama folks did WITHOUT looking for the “both sides”. She gave him no argument for his behavior and glee in massive personal spending while cutting the dept budget in any way he can. His flights are so much more important than your health care.
Yikes!
#BREAKING: Another rock fall near #ElCapitan in @YosemiteNPS. My photographer and I witnessed the whole ordeal, it was so loud, thunderous. pic.twitter.com/6J3xmieMet
— Connie Tran (@MissConnieTran) September 28, 2017
A rockfall incident on El Cap killed a climber from Britain yesterday. ☹️
Had my first choir practice at church tonight. Boy, was I nervous. The director was pretty difficult.
re: #127 JordanRules
Interesting. It looks like some of the best evidence for Russian meddling in the 2016 election will come from Twitter and Facebook. One problem is that this nonsense seems likely to be legal if it was just organized bots, trolls and propaganda.
I think you’d need to show collusion between GOP candidates and/or elected officials and the Russian meddling to get a case off the ground.
re: #127 JordanRules
Targeting is where Mueller may be most likely to catch the bastards (apart possibly from taxes). I admit that any competent Russian operative could have figured out which were the swing stakes … but we know that Kushner’s team was focused on micro-targeting.
Dear lord - now Rachel is explaining what is happening in Puerto Rico - while the head of HHS is spending millions flying around the world, he doesn’t have the ability or the desire to do anything to help in this humanitarian and health disaster - that is happening to American Citizens. The media outcry if this had happened under a democratic President would be heard in every corner of the world
Every member of this administration should hang their head in shame - and the tweeting ahole should be impeached for this - above all other failures to the people of the USA.
re: #133 petesh
Targeting is where Mueller may be most likely to catch the bastards (apart possibly from taxes). I admit that any competent Russian operative could have figured out which were the swing stakes … but we know that Kushner’s team was focused on micro-targeting.
tr*mp’s money laundering (witting or unwitting) seems to me to be the most likely criminal charge resulting from the Mueller investigation.
Decent folks need to push back en masse against the fake news peddlers and right wing con men, or it will keep getting worse.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2017
#KeepYoMoney away from Tom Price, because he’s only going to waste it on another private jet.
re: #138 ipsos
thread
On a EBT plan? Say good bye to that!
Disability protection and services? So long!
Special education programs! Buhbye!— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 29, 2017
re: #132 EPR-radar
Interesting. It looks like some of the best evidence for Russian meddling in the 2016 election will come from Twitter and Facebook. One problem is that this nonsense seems likely to be legal if it was just organized bots, trolls and propaganda.
I think you’d need to show collusion between GOP candidates and/or elected officials and the Russian meddling to get a case off the ground.
Maybe this is where gadabout and overall strange dude Carter Page comes in. Would not surprise me if Roger Stone might also be involved. It will be someone on the fringe but known by the Trump campaign.
There might not have had to be a lot of coordination, but I would almost bet there was some communication at least so the Trumpers knew what was the fake stuff so they could watch. They seemed too gleeful with the way the news was breaking and the polls were changing…like they knew the script and what to key on as it broke.
re: #132 EPR-radar
Well it’s legality only closes out one avenue of response. Symmetry is not required or desired in a response to this. Or would not be a factor if our President was not so deeply beholden to the attackers.
re: #94 scottslemmons
The other owners went “oh shit” and are doing everything they can to get away from him.
re: #138 ipsos
#KeepYoMoney away from Tom Price, because he’s only going to waste it on another private jet.
Can’t afford CHIP programs though, so get ready to inform the families of their soon-to-be uninsured kids.
re: #131 meteor
Had my first choir practice at church tonight. Boy, was I nervous. The director was pretty difficult.
Nevertheless, you persisted. You made a joyful noise.
re: #132 EPR-radar
Couldn’t some ad content cross the line legally? I believe I’ve seen some speculation that an ad kinda advocating voting for Jill Stein could be under scrutiny.
I think it would be folly at this point to not wonder if Bannon/Mercer data outfit Cambridge Analytica was involved somehow in bridging the Gap between the Kremlin Op and the campaign.
Everything has to be about him and how “unfair” the media is to him…
FEMA & First Responders are doing a GREAT job in Puerto Rico. Massive food & water delivered. Docks & electric grid dead. Locals trying….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 28, 2017
…really hard to help but many have lost their homes. Military is now on site and I will be there Tuesday. Wish press would treat fairly!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 28, 2017
I appreciate Mr. Trump trying to show he cares, but now really isn’t the time for photo ops. I think they could make that clear to America and we would understand.
re: #147 Barefoot Grin
I appreciate Mr. Trump trying to show he cares, but now really isn’t the time for photo ops. I think they could make that clear to America and we would understand.
He can’t wait to give some random Puerto Rican a MAGA hat and a little pat on the shoulder because that’s just how he rolls.
We Veeps stick together. Jill and I, and all of the Bidens, are with you, Julia. pic.twitter.com/JP0c2wtrJ6
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 28, 2017
re: #136 petesh
Why not both? Please!
I’d love for the Mueller investigation to culminate in a RICO case for the ages vs. tr*mp and the Republican party that goes through Congress and the Administration like the Black Death did in 14th century Europe.
Observer Art - just saw a clip on CNN of Vieques. (it was you trying to find a friend?)
A person (not govt) has set up a satellite phone station. People are standing in line hours to use & call their loved ones.
Saw a girl from Brooklyn. She was crying. Got through to the US & let people know she was OK, but was saying she’s screwed without cash. Bill Weir gave her a 20.
re: #149 JordanRules
God I love Biden so much.
re: #147 Barefoot Grin
I appreciate Mr. Trump trying to show he cares, but now really isn’t the time for photo ops. I think they could make that clear to America and we would understand.
For Trump, anything he does can be a photo op.
I’m sure when he visits they’ll get a photo of him standing with some smiling Puerto Ricans.
Ha!
Fans chanting “USA” as both teams lock arms during the National Anthem. pic.twitter.com/jeidreNkLw
— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) September 29, 2017
Tbh if the flag isn’t the whole 100 yards it’s not sufficiently patriotic https://t.co/3Khhwkq3Ay
— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) September 29, 2017
re: #23 HappyWarrior
He can’t be primaried as he’s an Indy and he’s popular in his home state. I personally think he outta retire.
I meant Trump. My bad tho.
Pretty sure I followed this account
So that “Blacktivist” FB account was a Russian bot account?
I mean…— Jesus F. Baby (@FeministaJones) September 29, 2017
They went into it at length on CNN. I was like wowwwww
I been telling folks some of these twitter joints are bots— Jesus F. Baby (@FeministaJones) September 29, 2017
NEW from me and @DylanByers: Exclusive: Fake black activist accounts linked to Russian government https://t.co/XsjjAxnjjk via @CNNMoney
— Donie O’Sullivan (@donie) September 29, 2017
They tweeted for Jill Stein at one point, so I def unfollowed if I saw it.
But sheeeeeeeeeeeeet
re: #146 The Vicious Babushka
Quit your whining. You volunteered to be president. They didn’t volunteer for a hurricane.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) September 29, 2017
re: #155 JordanRules
Ha!
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You’re not supposed to carry the flag horizontally like that! Why do the Packers hate America?
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Vice President Mike Pence sent lawyer to meet with Mueller over the summer https://t.co/znjky76sYt pic.twitter.com/Ydq6ryLOUE
— POLITICO (@politico) September 28, 2017
re: #158 Stanley Sea
Holy shit!! I used to watch that account.
re: #166 JordanRules
Holy shit!! I used to watch that account.
Yup. Lots of people did.
Apparently they announced protests & people went.
This is very deep.
Amazing read
For four years, the yips took over @TheeRickAnkiel’s life. He shares his struggle and explains how he overcame. https://t.co/lpuJWKl9zf
— The Players’ Tribune (@PlayersTribune) September 29, 2017
re: #167 Stanley Sea
Hoping some extra clever citizens with a few bucks to spare return the favor. Social media can be effective in places like Ukraine with ethnic issues, municipal issues in and around Moscow etc.
re: #169 Unshaken Defiance
Yes indeedy. Time to get real creative.
Americans are tired of Washington wasting their hard-earned tax dollars on wish list items at a time when our budget is nearing a crisis.
— Tom Price (@RepTomPrice) December 13, 2010
A flashback to 2010…..
(This is indeed his old account as confirmed by Pro Publica) https://t.co/J50jcWCFTB— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 29, 2017
Uh, Gary Cohn (who is worth several hundred million dollars) thinks it costs $1000 to buy a new car (or renovate your kitchen) pic.twitter.com/6IwRDgGSCN
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 28, 2017
On a SUPER-charitable interpretation, maybe he means that before the cut you would have been $1000 short of being able to afford it, but now you would.
But, given this crowd, he’s either cosmically stupid, or insanely deceptive, or both.
It’s like the goal was to rile up America.
They succeeded.
BUT, black men and boys were still killed by police
And the yam is a horrble racist person.
Example 3935798372
So, lets get this right. Steve Jobs dies and leaves his wife everything-billions of dollars. Now his wife has a boyfriend (lover). Oh Steve!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2013
Note that this tweet came a week after wapo first reported Jobs was dating Adrian Fenty, African-American exDC mayor. Hmmmm https://t.co/Bpmux719zX
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 29, 2017
re: #159 Belafon
The press does treat you fairly. Whining will not make you into respectable person, you’ll always be a self-centered dope. Resign.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 29, 2017
re: #173 Stanley Sea
It’s like the goal was to rile up America.
They succeeded.
BUT, black men were still killed by police
And the yam is a horrble racist person.
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That doesn’t even make sense. Why shouldn’t a widow date when she feels ready? Or maybe she should have just thrown herself on the funeral pyre?
(Yeah, I get it, Mr. Let’s-Date-Someone-New-While-I’m-Still-Married doesn’t want a white woman dating a black guy.)
A bit of perspective:
Republican: Fuck you, I’ve got mine!
Jesus: You’ve got yours? Great! See that group of poor people over there? Give most of it to them.
re: #149 JordanRules
We Veeps stick together. Jill and I, and all of the Bidens, are with you, Julia. pic.twitter.com/JP0c2wtrJ6
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 28, 2017
OK, I’m completely shocked.
I scrolled, and scrolled, and scrolled, and scrolled, and scrolled…
and didn’t see a single negative reply.
re: #177 FormerDirtDart
OK, I’m completely shocked.
I scrolled, and scrolled, and scrolled, and scrolled, and scrolled…
and didn’t see a single negative reply.
There is hope in the world!
re: #173 Stanley Sea
It’s like the goal was to rile up America.
They succeeded.
BUT, black men were still killed by police
And the yam is a horrble racist person.
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It’s really shitty that they were able to exploit anti-racism to divide this country. It really says a lot about us as a people, and none of it is good.
re: #175 calochortus
doesn’t want a white woman dating a black guy.
And yes Twitler dated a black model briefly. It matters not.
Mmhmm… remember former Clippers owner Donald Sterling?
Knew a bi-racial kid whose own mother was a racist piece of crap.
re: #178 calochortus
There is hope in the world!
Charlie Daniels and his ilk must be tuned into Thursday Night Football, since it’s not Wednesday now, and missed it
re: #177 FormerDirtDart
Once every great while Twitter can be enjoyable and uplifting.
re: #176 Eclectic Cyborg
A bit of perspective:
Republican: Fuck you, I’ve got mine!
Jesus: You’ve got yours? Great! See that group of poor people over there? Give most of it to them.
None of your earthly riches will go to hell with you, Republicans. Remember what Jesus said: it is far easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven.
re: #183 No Depression
And also that whole “least of these” thing.
re: #175 calochortus
That doesn’t even make sense. Why shouldn’t a widow date when she feels ready? Or maybe she should have just thrown herself on the funeral pyre?
(Yeah, I get it, Mr. Let’s-Date-Someone-New-While-I’m-Still-Married doesn’t want a white woman dating a black guy.)
He’s a pig, new guy = black.
The yam is not a human.
re: #185 Stanley Sea
He’s a pig, new guy = black.
The yam is not a human.
He’s all too human. He’s what we choose to rise above.
Whoa, did anyone catch this rather startling critique of Hef?
re: #185 Stanley Sea
He’s a pig, new guy = black.
The yam is not a human.
Oh, he’s all too human. Just not a good human.
re: #182 Eclectic Cyborg
Once every great while Twitter can be enjoyable and uplifting.
I love it every day.
I don’t follow assholes, I don’t interact with assholes.
I didn’t see this yesterday. This disparity is disturbing. This neglect is criminal.
Pentagon says there are currently about a combined 5,000 active-duty troops and National Guardsmen involved in Puerto Rico.
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) September 27, 2017
For context: 22,000 troops deployed to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake
24,000 deployed to Japan after the 2011 tsunami
And PR is in the USA. https://t.co/LFCMwXCh6W— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) September 28, 2017
re: #183 No Depression
None of your earthly riches will go to hell with you, Republicans. Remember what Jesus said: it is far easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven.
I fully expect the prosperity gospel cult in the US to start incorporating bizarre elements of ancient Egyptian funeral practices, since the whole pyramids thing for the rulers was based on the idea of them entering the afterlife with their riches. Plus the whole death cult vibe would be a great match for the GOP.
re: #158 Stanley Sea
FeministaJones is also pretty sketchy, by the way.
It’s only this low because the NYT assumes Trump’s exaggerating his net worth by $7 billion pic.twitter.com/kzblUhwVJp
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 29, 2017
re: #192 Charles Johnson
FeministaJones is also pretty sketchy, by the way.
Yeah, I still follow her.
I guess my blessing is I use the regular twitter platform & follow my max #, so shitty things just woosh by.
Per WH, Trump travels tomorrow to Trump Nat’l Golf Club in NJ.
It’ll be his 66th day at a golf club, 86th day at a Trump property as POTUS.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 29, 2017
re: #187 electrotek
Whoa, did anyone catch this rather startling critique of Hef?
Startling because why? Probably a bit over the top, but Hef was no feminist, and a crappy role model. Centerfolds were airbrushed, idealized young men’s fantasies. Sexual liberation was strictly so men could have more sex, preferably without any responsibility, not so that women could enjoy their own bodies.
re: #196 Stanley Sea
Remember when the wicked Conservatives pretended that Obama was a narcissist who spent too much time golfing?
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 29, 2017
re: #187 electrotek
My friend sent me some of the, ahem, more detailed accounts of the bedroom parties last night. I was disgusted.
re: #197 calochortus
Startling because why? Probably a bit over the top, but Hef was no feminist, and a crappy role model. Centerfolds were airbrushed, idealized young men’s fantasies. Sexual liberation was strictly so men could have more sex, preferably without any responsibility, not so that women could enjoy their own bodies.
It’s probably too soon, but i knew given his history a lot of critiques are bound to come out in the spotlight.
And you’re spot on with your last sentence.
Currently #1 in line at my local Wal-mart for SNES classic. This particular location got 30 units.
re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg
Work at game stop. Wasnt on the clock but got the last one there on pre order, just waitinf
re: #181 FormerDirtDart
Charlie Daniels and his ilk must be tuned into Thursday Night Football, since it’s not Wednesday now, and missed it
My dad texted me, telling me he was boycotting the NFL now. I wonder how long that’ll last.
re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg
Currently #1 in line at my local Wal-mart for SNES classic. This particular location got 30 units.
Midnight launch?
re: #203 nowherenorth2
I used to work there…
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re: #204 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
My dad texted me, telling me he was boycotting the NFL now. I wonder how long that’ll last.
I hope this doesn’t mean I have to take up watching football to make up for the loss of an audience member.
re: #193 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Too late, or way too soon. Nobody has any class anymore. You don’t publish something like that right when someone died.
That stuff is not new. It’s been in the news for years. Hef was a pig. But those girls let him get away with it for fame and money.
Hef was a cultural icon. I don’t think it’s a culture I’d be interested in. He was a controlling asshole from many accounts that I’ve read.