Donald Trump Refuses to Stop Using Rolling Stones Songs

“I always buy the rights.”
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The Rolling Stones have asked Donald Trump to stop using their music at his campaign events, because like other musicians such as Neil Young, Adele and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, they don’t want to be associated with this raving xenophobic bigot.

But Trump says he’s not going to stop, because he bought the rights to use their songs.

And in this case, he’s right; if he legitimately bought a license to use their songs at his events, there’s no way the Stones can legally force him to desist. But at least now they’re on record protesting it.

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105 comments
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Charles Johnson  May 5, 2016 • 11:00:10am
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Belafon  May 5, 2016 • 11:00:28am

You know how people say while something might be legal, it still might not be the right thing to do…

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 5, 2016 • 11:01:15am

re: #1 Charles Johnson

His fans just have lots of passion…

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wrenchwench  May 5, 2016 • 11:02:02am

re: #1 Charles Johnson

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His wives are off limits. Anybody else; open season.

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goddamnedfrank  May 5, 2016 • 11:02:03am
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freetoken  May 5, 2016 • 11:02:45am

So, what’s the chance that Drumpfskind will be able to get Mick Jagger onboard the Drumpfskind train?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 5, 2016 • 11:03:29am

re: #5 goddamnedfrank

ElectionFraud

LOL

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Belafon  May 5, 2016 • 11:03:47am

re: #5 goddamnedfrank

I’ll take 3 Million more actual votes over a couple of stadiums any election.

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HappyWarrior  May 5, 2016 • 11:04:00am

re: #5 goddamnedfrank

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Yeah there’s this thing called voting. I don’t give a shit about Bernie’s big crowds. If those people aren’t actually voting, it really doesn’t mean much and Hillary in fact has gotten large crowds. But go ahead BB’s, act like a big crowd somehow mitigates that HRC has gotten more votes than Bernie.

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b.d.  May 5, 2016 • 11:04:10am

It would be nice if The Stones would write a nice little Anti-Trump tune.

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Targetpractice  May 5, 2016 • 11:04:14am

“I bought the rights!,” the rich asshole equivalent of the guys who scream “I bought a ticket, now shut up and sing/play!”

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Charles Johnson  May 5, 2016 • 11:08:14am
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Franklin  May 5, 2016 • 11:09:53am

re: #5 goddamnedfrank

Perhaps we can replace the Electoral College with attendance + yard signs.

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Nyet  May 5, 2016 • 11:10:12am

Ioffe’s reporting on the Russian politics has been excellent too.

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darthstar  May 5, 2016 • 11:10:30am

re: #1 Charles Johnson

Maybe they bought the rights to those rants.
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 5, 2016 • 11:10:44am

One of the Leftists I follow/list on Twitter was going on and on yesterday about how Democrats should want to have open primaries to draw more people to the party (and have declared Independents influence it because The Left deserves a Voice) and it was essentially corrupt to not have open primaries because the parties are so privileged in our election process, etc.

This would have been a good for The Left to have emphasized last year if they wanted to change it, and for those people who for whatever reason can’t find it in themselves to affiliate with a political party when they register to vote. But their complaining about it now is just very transparently all about a particular candidate at the moment.

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Nyet  May 5, 2016 • 11:11:28am

re: #16 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Open primaries make Zero Sense.

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Kragar  May 5, 2016 • 11:11:33am
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Charles Johnson  May 5, 2016 • 11:11:56am
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Nyet  May 5, 2016 • 11:13:01am
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HappyWarrior  May 5, 2016 • 11:13:21am

re: #16 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

One of the Leftists I follow/list on Twitter was going on and on yesterday about how Democrats should want to have open primaries to draw more people to the party (and have declared Independents influence it because The Left deserves a Voice) and it was essentially corrupt to not have open primaries because the parties are so privileged in our election process, etc.

This would have been a good for The Left to have emphasized last year if they wanted to change it, and for those people who for whatever reason can’t find it in themselves to affiliate with a political party when they register to vote. But their complaining about it now is just very transparently all about a particular candidate at the moment.

The left needs to organize their own party. the Democratic Party does not exist for them to use as a tool to use and disuse at their will. If they wanted to register as Democrats to vote for Bernie in the primaries, they should have done that the second they thought that Bernie was someone they could vote for. I have no sympathy for them.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 5, 2016 • 11:13:46am

re: #18 Kragar

“Wow, you know now that I think about it, that Donald Trump really has interesting things to say…”

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EmmaAnne  May 5, 2016 • 11:14:55am

I just did a little back of the envelope calculation and realized that Hillary will win a majority of pledged delegates if she takes only 35% of the remaining delegates. I am therefore resolving to ignore all primary spats and put myself on a general election footing. :-)

I also realized something recently. I was discussing the election with a friend who says she is a “social liberal and fiscal conservative.” I said I consider Hilary a moderate, and she agreed. I was glad to hear it but also surprised, because I am way further left than my friend, so my “moderate” should be her “liberal.” After further discussion, I think it was the primary with Bernie. He and his supporters may not have been trying to help Hillary with their attacks on her being like an old-time liberal republican, and making only small incremental changes to social programs, and too cozy with the elite in business and the military. But in the end these attacks reassure people like my friend.

So besides the fact that it is good for my mental health and that it makes logical sense, I am not arguing with Bernie supporters because they are doing my candidate a favor.

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Targetpractice  May 5, 2016 • 11:14:56am

re: #16 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

One of the Leftists I follow/list on Twitter was going on and on yesterday about how Democrats should want to have open primaries to draw more people to the party (and have declared Independents influence it because The Left deserves a Voice) and it was essentially corrupt to not have open primaries because the parties are so privileged in our election process, etc.

This would have been a good for The Left to have emphasized last year if they wanted to change it, and for those people who for whatever reason can’t find it in themselves to affiliate with a political party when they register to vote. But their complaining about it now is just very transparently all about a particular candidate at the moment.

Alan Abramowitz ran the numbers a week back on whether or not Bernie would be doing better if all the primaries were open ones. The conclusion? He’d have 41 more delegates than he had at the time, when Hillary’s lead was over 290 pledged delegates. So anybody claiming that open primaries would have Bernie leading right now are full of shit.

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jaunte  May 5, 2016 • 11:15:43am

Good grief this woman is a moron.

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Charles Johnson  May 5, 2016 • 11:16:44am
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 5, 2016 • 11:17:01am

re: #25 jaunte

Good grief this woman is a moron.

Like the wingnuts who tweet things only because they think it makes liberals angry.

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HappyWarrior  May 5, 2016 • 11:17:09am

re: #24 Targetpractice

Alan Abramowitz ran the numbers a week back on whether or not Bernie would be doing better if all the primaries were open ones. The conclusion? He’d have 41 more delegates than he had at the time, when Hillary’s lead was over 290 pledged delegates. So anybody claiming that open primaries would have Bernie leading right now are full of shit.

Kind of like the Superdelegates. It’s all sour grapes based on the fact that they can’t wrap their heads around the fact that some of us decided that we think Clinton is a better candidate and leader than Bernie.

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Kragar  May 5, 2016 • 11:18:12am
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Blind Frog Belly White  May 5, 2016 • 11:18:29am

re: #16 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

One of the Leftists I follow/list on Twitter was going on and on yesterday about how Democrats should want to have open primaries to draw more people to the party (and have declared Independents influence it because The Left deserves a Voice) and it was essentially corrupt to not have open primaries because the parties are so privileged in our election process, etc.

This would have been a good for The Left to have emphasized last year if they wanted to change it, and for those people who for whatever reason can’t find it in themselves to affiliate with a political party when they register to vote. But their complaining about it now is just very transparently all about a particular candidate at the moment.

Not to mention how they’re silent as the grave over how undemocratic caucuses are.

Honestly, I’m tired unto death of people telling The Independents are who we need to suck up to to win, and The Independents love Bernie. Failing to register with either of the major political parties is no more an organizing principle than not believing in any gods. Independents include people on the Left who think the Democrats are too much like Republicans, people in the middle who think both parties are too extreme, people on the right who think that the Republicans are too much like Democrats, and people who just plain don’t want to have to choose. It’s nonsensical to presume that allowing Leftist ‘independents’ to vote in our primaries will net us the votes of Centrist ‘independents’ who are the actual swing votes.

Meanwhile, we have long-time, reliable blocs of voters, like African Americans, whose support has been key to the party’s success. We should devalue THEIR votes, because a bunch of people who don’t want to register as Democrats want to choose our nominee?

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Charles Johnson  May 5, 2016 • 11:19:09am

re: #25 jaunte

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Good grief this woman is a moron.

Almost every exchange I’ve had with a conservative on Twitter follows this exact same template. They’re like unthinking parrots; they all use the same insults and stupid deflections, and they all lie.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 5, 2016 • 11:19:20am

re: #30 Blind Frog Belly White

yeah I haven’t heard any complaints about closed, low turnout caucuses from the same folks.

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Charles Johnson  May 5, 2016 • 11:19:54am
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wrenchwench  May 5, 2016 • 11:21:11am

re: #29 Kragar

[This is really well said and worth reading]

And Paged, that one is.

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Kragar  May 5, 2016 • 11:21:17am

re: #22 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Image: wednesday-addams-smile-o.gif

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jaunte  May 5, 2016 • 11:22:15am

re: #31 Charles Johnson

She apparently has no idea of who Milo is or what he stands for, but she’s going to “love” him because she wants you to be wrong. That’s insane.

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Franklin  May 5, 2016 • 11:24:37am

OT: My carefully curated Pandora station is kicking some serious ass right now. I’m afraid to rate any more songs and risk screwing it up!

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jaunte  May 5, 2016 • 11:26:43am
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Ian G.  May 5, 2016 • 11:26:44am

re: #36 jaunte

She apparently has no idea of who Milo is or what he stands for, but she’s going to “love” him because she wants you to be wrong. That’s insane.

Seems par for the course for people like her. Like a corollary of Clerk’s Law.

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Kragar  May 5, 2016 • 11:27:48am
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darthstar  May 5, 2016 • 11:27:58am

Hiding this one behind a spoiler so people can re-hide it after they look. It’s funny because it was something we knew would happen. And yeah, I suspect the terms are being re-written right now to include a cold day in Hell, meteor strike, and original Beatles reunion tour.

Click to Reveal
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Charles Johnson  May 5, 2016 • 11:28:18am
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Blind Frog Belly White  May 5, 2016 • 11:28:39am

re: #40 Kragar

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Jesus, but that’s one creepy-looking dude.

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William Lewis  May 5, 2016 • 11:29:14am

re: #21 HappyWarrior

The left needs to organize their own party. the Democratic Party does not exist for them to use as a tool to use and disuse at their will. If they wanted to register as Democrats to vote for Bernie in the primaries, they should have done that the second they thought that Bernie was someone they could vote for. I have no sympathy for them.

The Left does have parties, especially the Greens. However they have done best historically with groups like the Democratic Socialists of America that have worked with the Democratic party to achieve realistic, pragmatic progress towards progressive goals. Bernie was rarely part of that and though the DSA supported his running and getting his ideas out there they will be more interested in three things:

1- defeating Trump.
2 - working with Clinton
3- working for a better mid-term elevtion

The Bernie Bros are the same as the Nader idiots that gave us the Bush league years and need to be smacked hard and often with the truth.

Being a real leftist in America is rarely easy. People believe some amazingly stupid things about economics and what socialism actually is. But I keep slogging at because I believe it’s been the best form of patriotism I’ve been able to perform.

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Kragar  May 5, 2016 • 11:29:57am

re: #43 Blind Frog Belly White

And yet there is no law preventing him from using public restrooms.

I find this troubling.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  May 5, 2016 • 11:30:23am

Sanders had large rallies in Louisville and Lexington KY the past two days. Date for new registrations being able to vote in the primary was April 18th. For those previously registered, but wanting to switch parties must have done so by December 31st. KY has a closed primary election for Presidential candidates(House and Senate as well). Anyone has the ability to vote in the many non-partisan primaries that will occur May 17th. We are not New York, but don’t be surprised to hear at least a little grumbling about open/closed Primaries in a week and a half.

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Belafon  May 5, 2016 • 11:31:28am

re: #41 darthstar

I’m obviously tired. I’m not getting it.

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jaunte  May 5, 2016 • 11:31:38am

“…EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock said this election presents the chance to send a historic number of women to the Senate, even more than in 1992’s “Year of the Woman” when female voters outraged over the all-male Judiciary Committee’s treatment of Anita Hill at hearings on Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination swept women into office around the country.

“Donald Trump is going to have to really expand the electorate to overcome how badly he is seen by women,” Schriock said. “If you’re starting your presidential campaign with 70 percent basically women who don’t like you, you’re going to have to find a lot of brand-new voters, a lot. And the truth is there’s not enough.”

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lawhawk  May 5, 2016 • 11:32:59am

re: #40 Kragar

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darthstar  May 5, 2016 • 11:34:06am

re: #47 Belafon

I’m obviously tired. I’m not getting it.

She promised to release the transcripts of her speeches when all of her opponents did theirs. Bernie doesn’t have any. Trump doesn’t have any.

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 5, 2016 • 11:34:09am

re: #44 William Lewis

The Left does have parties, especially the Greens. However they have done best historically with groups like the Democratic Socialists of America that have worked with the Democratic party to achieve realistic, pragmatic progress towards progressive goals. Bernie was rarely part of that and though the DSA supported his running and getting his ideas out there they will be more interested in three things:

1- defeating Trump.
2 - working with Clinton
3- working for a better mid-term elevtion

The Bernie Bros are the same as the Nader idiots that gave us the Bush league years and need to be smacked hard and often with the truth.

Being a real leftist in America is rarely easy. People believe some amazingly stupid things about economics and what socialism actually is. But I keep slogging at because I believe it’s been the best form of patriotism I’ve been able to perform.

But they have all these cool aphorisms, like “Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil”.
//

My brother is one of those. SAYS he absolutely WILL NOT vote for Hillary. Not sure he could even vote for Bernie in the General because Bernie still thinks that the President has the authority to issue orders to kill people via drone strikes.

Of course, it’s his right not to vote for them, even if that means we end up with Donald Trump.

And it’s MY right to tell him he’s being a fucking moron, fraternal affection notwithstanding.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 5, 2016 • 11:34:55am

re: #49 lawhawk

The United Front of Zionists controls all the hair cutting places.

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Belafon  May 5, 2016 • 11:34:57am

re: #50 darthstar

She promised to release the transcripts of her speeches when all of her opponents did theirs. Bernie doesn’t have any. Trump doesn’t have any.

Trump should. He’s made quite a bit of money doing it.

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withak  May 5, 2016 • 11:35:55am

re: #51 Blind Frog Belly White

But they have all these cool aphorisms, like “Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil”.
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My brother is one of those. SAYS he absolutely WILL NOT vote for Hillary. Not sure he could even vote for Bernie in the General because Bernie still thinks that the President has the authority to issue orders to kill people via drone strikes.

Of course, it’s his right not to vote for them, even if that means we end up with Donald Trump.

And it’s MY right to tell him he’s being a fucking moron, fraternal affection notwithstanding.

My brother has thankfully come around to (reluctantly and unenthusiastically) supporting Clinton, and railing against the Bernie or Bust types. Thank goodness, I almost had to stop talking politics with him, which is about half our conversations.

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Kragar  May 5, 2016 • 11:36:29am
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Dr. Matt  May 5, 2016 • 11:36:39am

A Sampling of Republican Comments on Donald Trump

How Republicans Really Feel About Donald Trump

Last comment from Ted Cruz: “Donald Trump not be *dramatic pause* the nominee”

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William Lewis  May 5, 2016 • 11:37:07am

Tell him that even if everything said about Hillary was right and it’s not, but even if, she’d still be a better person and far more qualified to be president than Benito Jr.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  May 5, 2016 • 11:37:40am

re: #50 darthstar

She promised to release the transcripts of her speeches when all of her opponents did theirs. Bernie doesn’t have any. Trump doesn’t have any.

Bernie couldn’t legally give paid speeches while a member of the House/Senate.

Trump has some, and according to reports was paid $1.5m/per.

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CarolJ  May 5, 2016 • 11:37:54am

re: #46 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

This is one of the things that gets me about Bernie’s campaign. How disorganized and tardy the real business of getting votes has been. I remember 2008 and how Obama made sure people would register to vote and the reminders of when and where to vote, to register, to participate. But the real work of campaigns can be pretty dull at times: canvassing to remind people to vote, to make phone calls, filing. Rallies give him a thrill, but anyone can attend a rally. And Bernie followers are also being cheated both electorally and in the skills and knowledge needed to actually be politically effective.

A personal note:

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Charles Johnson  May 5, 2016 • 11:38:00am
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jaunte  May 5, 2016 • 11:38:03am

Watch Joe Scarborough giggling at the very idea that Trump might be appealing to racists.

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 5, 2016 • 11:38:30am

re: #49 lawhawk

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Pretty sure that’s only ‘his’ hair because he bought it.

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William Lewis  May 5, 2016 • 11:39:11am

re: #59 CarolJ

{{{CarolJ}}}

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Belafon  May 5, 2016 • 11:39:59am

re: #51 Blind Frog Belly White

But they have all these cool aphorisms, like “Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil”.
//

My brother is one of those. SAYS he absolutely WILL NOT vote for Hillary. Not sure he could even vote for Bernie in the General because Bernie still thinks that the President has the authority to issue orders to kill people via drone strikes.

Of course, it’s his right not to vote for them, even if that means we end up with Donald Trump.

And it’s MY right to tell him he’s being a fucking moron, fraternal affection notwithstanding.

If you don’t vote, does that mean no president gets elected? Unless that’s the case, your not voting is you having the privilege of not suffering for your lack of participation.

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Charles Johnson  May 5, 2016 • 11:40:59am
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jaunte  May 5, 2016 • 11:41:35am

re: #65 Charles Johnson

WATCH: How does director Rob Reiner explain the millions who voted for @realDonaldTrump? Here’s his simple answer.

And that tweet is a lie, too.

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Dr. Matt  May 5, 2016 • 11:42:03am

Drudge is currently feeding red meat to the low-information crowd:

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 5, 2016 • 11:43:06am

re: #65 Charles Johnson

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When everybody but straight white men hate the guy, what else do you think his appeal is? Are straight white men the only ones who ‘get it’, and everyone else just IMAGINES he’s racist, nativist, Islamophobic, and misogynist?

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HappyWarrior  May 5, 2016 • 11:43:06am

re: #44 William Lewis

The Left does have parties, especially the Greens. However they have done best historically with groups like the Democratic Socialists of America that have worked with the Democratic party to achieve realistic, pragmatic progress towards progressive goals. Bernie was rarely part of that and though the DSA supported his running and getting his ideas out there they will be more interested in three things:

1- defeating Trump.
2 - working with Clinton
3- working for a better mid-term elevtion

The Bernie Bros are the same as the Nader idiots that gave us the Bush league years and need to be smacked hard and often with the truth.

Being a real leftist in America is rarely easy. People believe some amazingly stupid things about economics and what socialism actually is. But I keep slogging at because I believe it’s been the best form of patriotism I’ve been able to perform.

I’m fine with them working with the Democratic Party, I just want them to realize that the Democratic Party does not exist to operate at their whims. If they want to move the Democratic party to the left and I am in agerement with that, they need to work within the system rather than bellyaching about things like closed primaries. Register as a Democrat, work to get Democrats that you think represent your valeus nominated and elected, etc. You’ll lose some but you’ll win some too.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 5, 2016 • 11:44:05am

re: #67 Dr. Matt

Considering the campaign Goldsmith ran, I like this result!

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The Vicious Babushka  May 5, 2016 • 11:45:15am

Got a stupid meme from a Trump-supporting Islamophobic bigot in my timeline==>

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HappyWarrior  May 5, 2016 • 11:45:55am

re: #67 Dr. Matt

Drudge is currently feeding red meat to the low-information crowd:

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And Drudge is still King of a Site that looks permanently stuck in 1999. Must suck to be him. Oh no, London elected a Muslim voter, whatever will we do! He needs to fuck off.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  May 5, 2016 • 11:46:07am

re: #67 Dr. Matt

Drudge is currently feeding red meat to the low-information crowd:

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Radical Islamicist Extremist!!!!111

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jaunte  May 5, 2016 • 11:48:04am

re: #71 The Vicious Babushka

He hates the bad words. Maybe a picture.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 5, 2016 • 11:48:43am

Who names their town Skaro?!?

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Testy Toad T  May 5, 2016 • 11:49:03am

re: #75 Ziggy_TARDIS

Who names their town Skaro?!?

Davros, obviously.

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No Country For Old Haters  May 5, 2016 • 11:49:21am

re: #25 jaunte

She’s big-city Texan wingnut. They all seem to be mindless reactionaries. Maybe brainwashing works better in hot weather.

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jaunte  May 5, 2016 • 11:49:47am

re: #77 No Country For Old Haters

I’m surrounded.

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No Country For Old Haters  May 5, 2016 • 11:50:11am

re: #75 Ziggy_TARDIS

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Who names their town Skaro?!?

Kaleds.

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wrenchwench  May 5, 2016 • 11:51:53am
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Blind Frog Belly White  May 5, 2016 • 11:53:28am

re: #69 HappyWarrior

I’m fine with them working with the Democratic Party, I just want them to realize that the Democratic Party does not exist to operate at their whims. If they want to move the Democratic party to the left and I am in agerement with that, they need to work within the system rather than bellyaching about things like closed primaries. Register as a Democrat, work to get Democrats that you think represent your valeus nominated and elected, etc. You’ll lose some but you’ll win some too.

Leftists unhappy with the Democratic Party should examine the example of the Tea Party, but first they need to understand: The Right always votes, and they always vote for the Republican candidate.

When the Tea Party arose, they didn’t try to start their own party, and they didn’t try to get the GOP to open their primaries to all comers. No, they put up their own candidates for primary races all up and down the ticket, all over the map. They scored some victories, and some losses, but despite the losses, they STILL voted for the Republican candidate, because The Right always votes, and they always vote for the Republican candidate..

Within one election cycle, they pretty much completely made over the Republican Party in their own image, so that even members of the GOP leadership who don’t agree with all the extreme positions have no choice but to fall in line.

The problem with the Left is they’re too lazy and too entitled to follow that example. They want the Democratic Party to GIVE THEM what they want, or they’ll let the GOP win. And they don’t vote reliably anyway. Sure, they helped win the White House for Obama in 2008, but where were they in 2010? Where were they in 2014? Where will they be in 2018.

We don’t need a third party. That never works. If Leftists want the Democratic Party to be more liberal, they have to shed their purity and VOTE, because The Right always votes, and they always vote for the Republican candidate.

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darthstar  May 5, 2016 • 11:54:25am

re: #53 Belafon

Trump should. He’s made quite a bit of money doing it.

That guy can’t read a teleprompter. You think he has transcripts? And besides, most people who give speeches don’t demand exclusive rights to their words after they’re spoken. What makes this a ‘big deal’ (it’s not, I know…they’re just speeches) is the fact that Hillary had the foresight to ensure that her words never became public. It’s not that there’s anything damning in her words, it just that there’s the impression that their MIGHT be something damning in her words that she feels the need to hide them. Again…it’s just a matter of optics. Trust her. There’s nothing there.

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Dr. Matt  May 5, 2016 • 11:54:50am

AXL ROSE Makes First On-Camera Appearance With AC/DC (Video)

The day the music died.

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HappyWarrior  May 5, 2016 • 11:55:05am

re: #81 Blind Frog Belly White

Leftists unhappy with the Democratic Party should examine the example of the Tea Party, but first they need to understand: The Right always votes, and they always vote for the Republican candidate.

When the Tea Party arose, they didn’t try to start their own party, and they didn’t try to get the GOP to open their primaries to all comers. No, they put up their own candidates for primary races all up and down the ticket, all over the map. They scored some victories, and some losses, but despite the losses, they STILL voted for the Republican candidate, because The Right always votes, and they always vote for the Republican candidate..

Within one election cycle, they pretty much completely made over the Republican Party in their own image, so that even members of the GOP leadership who don’t agree with all the extreme positions have no choice but to fall in line.

The problem with the Left is they’re too lazy and too entitled to follow that example. They want the Democratic Party to GIVE THEM what they want, or they’ll let the GOP win. And they don’t vote reliably anyway. Sure, they helped win the White House for Obama in 2008, but where were they in 2010? Where were they in 2014? Where will they be in 2018.

We don’t need a third party. That never works. If Leftists want the Democratic Party to be more liberal, they have to shed their purity and VOTE, because The Right always votes, and they always vote for the Republican candidate.

Exactly.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 5, 2016 • 11:56:33am

re: #16 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

One of the Leftists I follow/list on Twitter was going on and on yesterday about how Democrats should want to have open primaries to draw more people to the party (and have declared Independents influence it because The Left deserves a Voice) and it was essentially corrupt to not have open primaries because the parties are so privileged in our election process, etc.

This would have been a good for The Left to have emphasized last year if they wanted to change it, and for those people who for whatever reason can’t find it in themselves to affiliate with a political party when they register to vote. But their complaining about it now is just very transparently all about a particular candidate at the moment.

If an Independent is still an Independent after being allowed access to voting in an open primary/caucus, then that person has NOT been “drawn to the party”, no more so than a Republican who votes in an open Democratic primary for the only purpose of ratfucking.

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darthstar  May 5, 2016 • 11:56:34am

re: #74 jaunte

He hates the bad words. Maybe a picture.

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I had a wooden middle-finger gear-shifter when I was young. After I took out 10 fence posts one night driving home (the gear shifter was unharmed in the accident), my mother took her anger out on the knob by breaking the finger off of it.

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jaunte  May 5, 2016 • 11:58:26am

THIS CLOWN RIGHT HERE

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Kragar  May 5, 2016 • 11:59:15am

re: #75 Ziggy_TARDIS

Daleks

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 5, 2016 • 12:00:10pm

re: #84 HappyWarrior

Exactly.

These days when I hear BernieBros complaining that the Democratic Party is mean to them, and if we don’t let non-Democrats choose our nominee, they’ll take their dolls and dishes and stay home, in my mind I hear Rocket telling Drax The Destroyer, “Aww, boo-hoo. My wife and child are dead.”

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HappyWarrior  May 5, 2016 • 12:00:10pm

re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth

If an Independent is still an Independent after being allowed access to voting in an open primary/caucus, then that person has NOT been “drawn to the party”, no more so than a Republican who votes in an open Democratic primary for the only purpose of ratfucking.

I really would have so much respect for them if they were willing to work on building the part up from the local level. I mean say what you will about the TP but they have done just that with the GOP. I had a long time moderate delegate here and the TP decided they didn’t like him and got their own guy in there. As I said, sometimes they’re going to lose but sometimes they’re going to win. If these people truly want to move the Democratic party to the left, the answer is not Bernie Sanders, it’s local candidates. And then once you get those local candidates elected, it’s proving by governing that your policies are efficient and work.

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HappyWarrior  May 5, 2016 • 12:00:34pm

re: #87 jaunte

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THIS CLOWN RIGHT HERE

What a fucking tool.

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jaunte  May 5, 2016 • 12:00:46pm

Taco bowls are as Mexican as Frito pie.

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makeitstop  May 5, 2016 • 12:01:10pm

re: #6 freetoken

So, what’s the chance that Drumpfskind will be able to get Mick Jagger onboard the Drumpfskind train?

Absolutely none. The Stones hate Trump. Keith once threatened to knife him.

They’ve got history.

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blueraven  May 5, 2016 • 12:02:08pm

re: #16 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

One of the Leftists I follow/list on Twitter was going on and on yesterday about how Democrats should want to have open primaries to draw more people to the party (and have declared Independents influence it because The Left deserves a Voice) and it was essentially corrupt to not have open primaries because the parties are so privileged in our election process, etc.

This would have been a good for The Left to have emphasized last year if they wanted to change it, and for those people who for whatever reason can’t find it in themselves to affiliate with a political party when they register to vote. But their complaining about it now is just very transparently all about a particular candidate at the moment.

Hmmm, I wonder what Republicans will do now in open states like California. Think they might take a Democratic ballot?

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HappyWarrior  May 5, 2016 • 12:02:40pm

re: #93 makeitstop

Absolutely none. The Stones hate Trump. Keith once threatened to knife him.

They’ve got history.

Knowing that Keith hates Donald makes me feel a bit better.

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darthstar  May 5, 2016 • 12:04:03pm

re: #87 jaunte

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THIS CLOWN RIGHT HERE

Oh, jesus. First, the taco salad bowl and second - Hispanics?

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HappyWarrior  May 5, 2016 • 12:04:48pm

re: #96 darthstar

Oh, jesus. First, the taco salad bowl and second - Hispanics?

He probably thinks all Hispanics like tacos. I think his knowledge of the Hispanic community is like Cartman’s.

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 5, 2016 • 12:05:37pm

re: #97 HappyWarrior

He probably thinks all Hispanics like tacos. I think his knowledge of the Hispanic community is like Cartman’s.

Identity Politics: U R doin it wrong!

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lawhawk  May 5, 2016 • 12:07:22pm

re: #59 CarolJ

R1PFzHzbGLaq3IyXaSIkWK5wZbIQXiPMTz1SvhbtTpCtSSbltU5OHQ==

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 5, 2016 • 12:14:27pm

re: #75 Ziggy_TARDIS

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Who names their town Skaro?!?

It’s a religious heritage reference.
polishheritage.ca

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 5, 2016 • 12:19:52pm

re: #87 jaunte
.
I remember a food critic who gave that taco bowl a bad review and Trump was really pissed off about it.
It looked gross in the review and it looks gross now.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 5, 2016 • 12:33:48pm

re: #59 CarolJ

Thoughts with you and yours.

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Swampwitch  May 5, 2016 • 12:58:07pm

re: #48 jaunte

Between Emily’s List, Iowa Public Radio, and every influential “progressive” blog and newssite…you’d never know that there are excellent women running against professional bigot Steve King (Kim Weaver) and part-time grass cutter Charles Grassley (Patty Judge). IPR is the worst. Every election cycle it ignores the Democratic candidates until close to the election only to advise the listeners that there’s no way the Dems can win. IPR has become nothing but Clear Channel in hushed tones.

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CuriousLurker  May 5, 2016 • 1:19:13pm

re: #59 CarolJ

iWXEgcu0qhCdRtzimR57ZsLMuo4pXfLj

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The Vicious Babushka  May 5, 2016 • 1:37:29pm

re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth

.
I remember a food critic who gave that taco bowl a bad review and Trump was really pissed off about it.
It looked gross in the review and it looks gross now.

Diving Head First Into Donald Trump’s Culinary Abyss


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