Gen. Flynn’s Son Tweets to Conspiracy-Monger Alex Jones, Spreads “PizzaGate” Conspiracy Theory

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As if we needed anything else to be frightened about in the incoming Trump administration, the son of Trump’s top national security adviser is helping spread the baseless far right conspiracy theory known as “PizzaGate” — the conspiracy theory that inspired a gunman yesterday to invade the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington DC and terrorize the customers and employees.

And almost as horrifying as the fact Flynn Jr. is defending this dangerous nonsense: the people he tweeted this to. Rabid conspiracy-monger Alex Jones, rape defender Michael Cernovich, fake news propagator Jack Posobiec and several other “alt-right” Twitter accounts. This is bad craziness at its worst; Flynn Jr. is also an adviser to his father, and now has an official government transition email address — so he’s going to be part of this administration. Bad craziness at the top levels of the US government.

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Note that in addition to everything else I pointed out above, Flynn Jr. is revealing what appears to be a private message from Jake Tapper, in order to gloat about “hitting a nerve” to his fellow nutjobs.

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electrotek  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:00:12pm

We’re in for 4 long years.

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Franklin  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:00:17pm
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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:02:04pm

One can only conclude that Trump and his minions are determined to fuck things up.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:04:52pm

re: #3 I Would Prefer Not To

One can only conclude that Trump and his minions are determined to fuck things up.

You know how the Pharoahs and emperors of antiquity liked to build themselves massive tombs and then when they died, they had hundreds of slaves murdered and buried with them to serve them in the afterlife.

Well Trump is like that. He is 70 and sees his mortality coming. There were not enough adoring fans of “The Apprentice” so he must have 7 BILLION SLAVES BREATHLESSLY HANGING ON TO HIS EVERY TWEET & BE BURIED WITH HIM TO SERVE HIM IN THE AFTERLIFE.

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Timothy Watson  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:06:07pm

Fuck this country

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:06:49pm
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Franklin  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:06:55pm

re: #5 Timothy Watson

Fuck this country

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I know right? I mean we all know that Santa was a white guy with brown skin from Turkey!

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:09:36pm
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Belafon  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:09:49pm

re: #5 Timothy Watson

Fuck this country

George Takei had a great reply. I can’t get to it at work.

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Skip Intro  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:10:10pm

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gocart mozart  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:10:50pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:11:04pm

Every day is like another punch in the face with these people. I’m scared of what’s about to happen in this country, in a way I’ve never been before. I remember people being afraid of the Reagan presidency, but this is so far beyond that, there are no words.

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Timothy Watson  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:11:39pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:11:54pm

re: #9 Belafon

George Takei had a great reply. I can’t get to it at work.

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gocart mozart  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:12:37pm
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gocart mozart  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:14:39pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:16:02pm
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:16:23pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Every day is like another punch in the face with these people. I’m scared of what’s about to happen in this country, in a way I’ve never been before. I remember people being afraid of the Reagan presidency, but this is so far beyond that, there are no words.

You and me both. I’ve been in a real funk over it all. Withdrawn to playing lots of video games (more than usual) and not even turning on MSNBC (which has actually been pretty healthy). I lurk here and on DKos just to stay informed. Oh and I started a monthly donation to the ACLU.

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Arkansawyer  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:16:50pm

re: #8 The Vicious Babushka

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His son murdered a dog. I don’t think he should ever get to forget that.

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Timothy Watson  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:18:53pm

re: #19 Arkansawyer

His some murdered a dog. I don’t he should ever get to forget that.

He also commuted the sentence of a man that went on to murder four police officers. The man was in prison for breaking into the home of a cop and stealing firearms. The man also had tried to brain a court bailiff with a padlock while in court.

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Arkansawyer  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:21:02pm

re: #20 Timothy Watson

He also commuted the sentence of a man that went on to murder four police officers. The man was in prison for breaking into the home of a cop and stealing firearms. The man also had tried to brain a court bailiff with a padlock while in court.

Yeah. A lot of people in AR haven’t forgotten about that either.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:25:30pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:25:45pm

re: #8 The Vicious Babushka

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I’ve flown in airplanes before Mike, that doesn’t qualify me to run the FAA. So, you not Nancy Pelosi are the dumb one. If Carson used his experience growing up in government housing to work in public housing for his career that would be one thing but he hadn’t. We really are in a surreal new world.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:26:28pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Every day is like another punch in the face with these people. I’m scared of what’s about to happen in this country, in a way I’ve never been before. I remember people being afraid of the Reagan presidency, but this is so far beyond that, there are no words.

It’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before.

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wrenchwench  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:27:12pm

re: #21 Arkansawyer

It’s way early for an OT, but when I noticed your hatching, I could not get this song out of my head because it has ‘Arkansawyer’ in it. Maybe twice, I’ll have to listen a few more times.

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Besides, an early musical interlude might be a good thing for the distraught among us.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:27:21pm

re: #21 Arkansawyer

Yeah. A lot of people in AR haven’t forgotten about that either.

There’s a reason why Huck spends his days in NY on FNC rather than in your fair state.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:29:00pm

When I post recipe pages from the NYT Cooking section (my favorite food page on the Internet) I don’t expect them to get promoted because they’re not breaking news.

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Belafon  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:29:20pm

re: #26 HappyWarrior

It’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before.

History may not repeat, but it occasionally rhymes. The US has seen major corruption and authoritarian tendencies before. The difference is that we know it. We’re just going to have to fight it.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:29:35pm

re: #5 Timothy Watson

Fuck this country

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I am so tired of these racist assholes. Larry sounds like a great guy too. Cannot believe we have to experience this crap in 2016. I’m getting really cynical about a lot of our countrymen and women and a lot of them share my skin color.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:30:41pm

re: #30 Belafon

History may not repeat, but it occasionally rhymes. The US has seen major corruption and authoritarian tendencies before. The difference is that we know it. We’re just going to have to fight it.

What is so frustrating to me is wrapping my mind how this country could go from Obama to Trump. Then again Abraham Lincoln was sandwiched in ebtween two awful Presidents too.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:32:07pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:33:53pm

re: #33 The Vicious Babushka

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Arkansawyer  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:35:40pm

re: #27 wrenchwench

It’s way early for an OT, but when I noticed your hatching, I could not get this song out of my head because it has ‘Arkansawyer’ in it. Maybe twice, I’ll have to listen a few more times.

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Besides, an early musical interlude might be a good thing for the distraught among us.

I’m knee-deep in a tedious file, so I could use a distraction. May just have to give this a listen.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:35:45pm

So, I am doing some major reforms in how I act. I am going into behavioral counseling now as well.

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:35:58pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Every day is like another punch in the face with these people. I’m scared of what’s about to happen in this country, in a way I’ve never been before. I remember people being afraid of the Reagan presidency, but this is so far beyond that, there are no words.

Reagan had been a Governor of a large state and been not crazy. With Trump, we have little idea what we are getting, and what we do know is bad.

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gocart mozart  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:39:22pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:39:42pm

Reuters is Tweeting pictures of Trump without his signature ducktail hairdo

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:41:10pm

Doesn’t Al Gore look just like Trump without the ducktail?

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lawhawk  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:41:17pm

re: #39 The Vicious Babushka

And the tape on his ties (because he doesn’t know how to wear them).

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Belafon  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:41:57pm

re: #39 The Vicious Babushka

Trump might have the power, but the black man didn’t for some reason.

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lawhawk  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:42:24pm

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You could see this coming from a country mile away, and it is no less jarring.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:43:26pm

re: #36 Ziggy_TARDIS

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Jebediah, RBG  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:45:17pm

re: #36 Ziggy_TARDIS

So, I am doing some major reforms in how I act. I am going into behavioral counseling now as well.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:46:17pm

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:46:21pm

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You could see this coming from a country mile away, and it is no less jarring.

I certainly hope they will retry him; amazing that despite the video a juror thought him innocent.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:46:50pm

re: #47 Big Beautiful Door

I certainly hope they will retry him; amazing that despite the video a juror thought him innocent.

Can only hope.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:46:56pm

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You could see this coming from a country mile away, and it is no less jarring.

Jesus. At this point, I think it would be harder to find a reason NOT to riot.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:47:05pm

So does this mean Slager walks or he gets another trial?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:47:28pm
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Jebediah, RBG  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:47:34pm
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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:47:35pm

re: #50 The Vicious Babushka

So does this mean Slager walks or he gets another trial?

Its up to the prosecutor.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:48:18pm

re: #47 Big Beautiful Door

I certainly hope they will retry him; amazing that despite the video a juror thought him innocent.

I would like to put that juror on camera, and make them watch the video again, and require that person to tell me what Scott could possibly have done to justify being shot in the back as he ran away.

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Jebediah, RBG  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:48:42pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:48:50pm

re: #54 Blind Frog Belly White

I would like to put that juror on camera, and make them watch the video again, and require that person to tell me what Scott could possibly have done to justify being shot in the back as he ran away.

Not been black and killed by a white cop duh.

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lawhawk  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:49:04pm

re: #50 The Vicious Babushka

So does this mean Slager walks or he gets another trial?

Expect another trial.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:49:18pm

re: #50 The Vicious Babushka

So does this mean Slager walks or he gets another trial?

He can be retried. It’s up to the prosecutor though.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:50:05pm

re: #57 lawhawk

Expect another trial.

At 11:1, I’d expect that, too. OTOH, I’ve been unhappily surprised a lot this last year.

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Scottishdragon  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:50:09pm

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You could see this coming from a country mile away, and it is no less jarring.

If a white cop kills an unarmed black man…you have about a .01% chance of a conviction for anything. Hell if a white cop kills any unarmed white person it is still damned near impossible to get a conviction.

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:50:15pm

re: #53 Big Beautiful Door

Its up to the prosecutor.

Another possibility is that the Feds indict him for civil rights violations, though they’d have to do it by January 20. The Trump Administration is obviously not going to prosecute cops for killing African-Americans.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:51:09pm

re: #60 Scottishdragon

If a white cop kills an unarmed black man…you have about a .01% chance of a conviction for anything. Hell if a white cop kills any unarmed white person it is still damned near impossible to get a conviction.

We have a lot of people in this society who really think cops can do no wrong.

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Sir John Barron  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:51:27pm

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You could see this coming from a country mile away, and it is no less jarring.

Are you kidding me? This country…..

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Stanley Sea  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:51:41pm

re: #39 The Vicious Babushka

Reuters is Tweeting pictures of Trump without his signature ducktail hairdo

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And the tape on the tie!

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:54:05pm

One can still appreciate that police officers have a difficult job and appreciate the work they do while still being critical of ones that get too trigger happy.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:54:53pm

re: #46 HappyWarrior

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Citizen K  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:55:14pm

Justice delayed is justice denied..

There has to be a breaking point somewhere along the line. I’m just not convinced the breaking point will break our way ever.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:55:49pm

re: #18 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

You and me both. I’ve been in a real funk over it all. Withdrawn to playing lots of video games (more than usual) and not even turning on MSNBC (which has actually been pretty healthy). I lurk here and on DKos just to stay informed. Oh and I started a monthly donation to the ACLU.

I just see it this way: things have to get a heck of a lot worse before they can even start to get better. We haven’t even entered the tunnel, no sense in looking for the light right now…I just sit back, observe and note what sort of disasters are headed our way. And hope that most of them will not be permanent.

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blueraven  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:56:02pm

re: #61 Big Beautiful Door

Another possibility is that the Feds indict him for civil rights violations, though they’d have to do it by January 20. The Trump Administration is obviously not going to prosecute cops for killing African-Americans.

They already did.

abcnews4.com

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:56:27pm
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lawhawk  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:57:37pm
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Ummm, Trump had nothing to do with the DAPL being stopped (for now). That’s on the Army Corps of Engineers and protesters getting a bit of traction.

TPP is still in the air, and Trump’s going to make hash of trade deals and our relations with our current allies.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:57:55pm

re: #66 Ziggy_TARDIS

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Belafon  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:58:36pm

re: #71 The Vicious Babushka

Only women can represent women. Well except maybe Rudy Guiliani because he cross-dressed.

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Sir John Barron  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:58:39pm

re: #55 Jebediah, RBG

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:59:06pm

OH FUCK ME
IT’S ANDY PUZDER

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 12:59:25pm

re: #72 lawhawk

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Ummm, Trump had nothing to do with the DAPL being stopped (for now). That’s on the Army Corps of Engineers and protesters getting a bit of traction.

TPP is still in the air, and Trump’s going to make hash of trade deals and our relations with our current allies.

As much as I appreciate the DAPL protesters, we can’t all be professional activists. Bernie offered this for how he’d urge passage of his legislation if the GOP refused to cooperate with him. I’m happy with the positive resolution of DAPL but Bernie is wrong again here.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:00:24pm

re: #66 Ziggy_TARDIS

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Belafon  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:00:31pm

re: #72 lawhawk

I think Sanders is right in this case, though. Rally together to stand against what Trump wants to do. The more the better. I don’t think he was saying Trump had anything to do with DAPL.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:01:08pm

re: #75 Sir John Barron

It’s possible, indeed probable, that Sleepy Doctor Ben Carson my sweet, but dimwitted Greyhound is smarter than Mike Huckabee.

FTFY

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:01:58pm

re: #76 The Vicious Babushka

OH FUCK ME
IT’S ANDY PUZDER

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Yeah Trump the “Blue Collar” friendly guy is going to pick someone opposed to the Executive Order because of course he is. I’ve actually been researching that EO a lot lately since the injunction is something we’re putting in my law firm’s monthly newsletter we send to small businesses. I can’t editorialize my personal thoughts for the newsletter obviously but Mazzant made a mistake.

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Belafon  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:01:59pm

re: #77 HappyWarrior

As much as I appreciate the DAPL protesters, we can’t all be professional activists.

If we don’t become better at it, then we’re not going to have much of a chance.

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blueraven  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:02:16pm

re: #69 blueraven

They already did.

abcnews4.com

Here is the 3 count federal indictment of Slager from May 2016

Scribd Document

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:03:21pm

re: #82 Belafon

If we don’t become better at it, then we’re not going to have much of a chance.

That is true. I just don’t know how mass rallies are going to stop Trump. We might get some wins I concede but I dunno I’m just sketpical because we protested the Iraq War and that didn’t do anything to change the Bush Admin’s mind.

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Jebediah, RBG  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:03:33pm

re: #75 Sir John Barron

Yeah, pretty sure you are right about that.

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cat-tikvah  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:05:14pm

re: #79 Belafon

The lion’s share of the work was done by the people protesting there all these months. But getting news coverage and then having more people paying attention and providing support does give me hope that, in larger and larger numbers, together, we as a nation can resist and push back against Trump and his minions.

More and more and more of us are going to have to stand up, speak up, hound legislators, participate in boycotts, support organizations and get involved - locally and nationally.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:05:48pm

re: #85 Jebediah, RBG

Yeah, pretty sure you are right about that.

Carson briefly admitted he was unqualified to serve in government. It’s gotta be killing Huckabee though just a bit that he’s not being considered for anything since he was one of Trump’s biggest ass kissers. But maybe that Ambassadorship to Israel is still happening.

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lockjawcanbefun  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:06:20pm

This is poetry:

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gocart mozart  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:06:51pm

re: #43 lawhawk

He can be retried. Will they you think?

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:07:17pm

re: #87 HappyWarrior

Carson briefly admitted he was unqualified to serve in government. It’s gotta be killing Huckabee though just a bit that he’s not being considered for anything since he was one of Trump’s biggest ass kissers. But maybe that Ambassadorship to Israel is still happening.

Jared wants that Ambassador to Israel.

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Sir John Barron  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:08:42pm

re: #77 HappyWarrior

As much as I appreciate the DAPL protesters, we can’t all be professional activists. Bernie offered this for how he’d urge passage of his legislation if the GOP refused to cooperate with him. I’m happy with the positive resolution of DAPL but Bernie is wrong again here.

Also seems like it will be, at best, a temporary stoppage.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:09:10pm

re: #90 The Vicious Babushka

Jared wants that Ambassador to Israel.

And Jared will probably get it over Huckleberry.

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gocart mozart  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:14:03pm
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Evan

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:14:26pm

re: #69 blueraven

They already did.

abcnews4.com

Good

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Jebediah, RBG  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:15:02pm

re: #87 HappyWarrior

But maybe that Ambassadorship to Israel is still happening.

Job interview:
Interviewer: “So, Mr. Huckleby, you are applying to be Ambassador to Israel. Do you have any diplomatic experience?”
Huckabee: “It’s Huckabee. And I would be a great fit cuz I want all the jooz to die so the world can end.”
Interviewer: “Thanks for coming in, Mr. Huckleberry. We’ll let you know…”

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Mike Lamb  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:15:18pm

re: #54 Blind Frog Belly White

I would like to put that juror on camera, and make them watch the video again, and require that person to tell me what Scott could possibly have done to justify being shot in the back as he ran away.

Slager clearly thought he was made of liquid metal like the terminator in T2, and that he could simply reverse course and immediately attack.

That juror lied his way onto the panel. He/she believes cops are infallible and wholly above the law. If this was legally justified, there is no limit. A cop could follow a fleeing suspect to his/her home and shoot the person without repercussion.

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Sir John Barron  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:16:47pm

re: #84 HappyWarrior

That is true. I just don’t know how mass rallies are going to stop Trump. We might get some wins I concede but I dunno I’m just sketpical because we protested the Iraq War and that didn’t do anything to change the Bush Admin’s mind.

Rallies probably don’t do much to stop things, on average. But they can help to move public opinion over the longer term. For example, they didn’t stop the Iraq invasion, but they—and opposition to the war more broadly—probably had an influence on how the media eventually reported on the war and public opinion about the war as it dragged on.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:18:12pm

re: #93 gocart mozart

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BeachDem  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:19:03pm

On the subject of this thread, per Hunter at kos:

“I must’ve really hit a nerve” is, for the record, the third thing that immediately tells you you’re not just reading the words of a conspiracy believer, but an enormously stupid one. Yes, that’s it: Everyone yelling at you for believing something so objectively ridiculous is obviously evidence that the entire rest of the world is in on the conspiracy. Of course. Makes perfect sense, and so forth. And the only way to protect yourself from the conspirators is to jam a fork as far into your ear as it will go, thus creating a silverware-based antenna for receiving the real truth from the real truth satellites.

(Note, #s 1 and 2: The incontrovertible proof you’re dealing with is someone who has sent his mind on permanent holiday is the mention of (1) “secret tunnels” or (2) “false flag!”)

dailykos.com

And once again, the ubiquitous conspiracy promoter , Jack Posobiec is mentioned, and I still wonder who the fuck this guy is. Anyone? Anyone? Buehler?

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Mattand  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:21:01pm

You know a conservative has stepped over the line when Jake “MBF” Tapper raises concern.

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The Madness of King Orange (aka Sophist)  Dec 5, 2016 • 1:32:54pm

re: #84 HappyWarrior

That is true. I just don’t know how mass rallies are going to stop Trump. We might get some wins I concede but I dunno I’m just sketpical because we protested the Iraq War and that didn’t do anything to change the Bush Admin’s mind.

A pipeline is a physical object. If you stand in the right spot persistently enough you can keep it from being built.

Where can I stand to keep Social Security from being dismantled?

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readyfreddy815  Dec 5, 2016 • 2:20:28pm

re: #76 The Vicious Babushka

Worse yet, it’s the guy from Carl’s Jr. Need I remind?

“i’m the secretary of state… brought to you by carls jr™”.

Link

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Momkat56  Dec 5, 2016 • 3:56:11pm

Greetings to all as a longtime lurker. I am finally compelled to register as I need a place to describe the darkness that is invading my family. My 41 yo son texted me today furious at my husband for the shit he is spewing on his Facebook page. My husband is a good man, but has been infected and I don’t know how to help him. My 32 yo daughter cried like a baby after the election because she is afraid for friends who may be affected by the hate that has been unleashed by Trump and his base. I never, in a million years, expected to have to deal with such a malignant environment.

I remember the water fountains with “colored” signs here in the deep south and I don’t want to see any variation of that ever again. I remember the whispers about a cousin who was “funny” and later found dead, alone, in a gay New Orleans community, his death unexplained. I don’t ever want another family to have to face that because some have reverted to intolerance. I remember awakening to the vastness of the world the first time I went overseas as a young adult. I’m no spring chicken now, and I still marvel at the infinite variety.

I hate that my natural pollyanna-ish nature is leaning toward cynicism. I hate that I can’t think of this incoming government as anything but a foreboding of pain for so many. You all provide an island of sanity and safety for me as I try to keep it together. I may not always agree with the views expressed, but at least I know that you have reached your points-of-view using reliable information to direct your logic. Self-awareness seems to be a limited commodity these days.

I look forward to the next post and the insight you all provide in the comments (which I look forward to reading, unlike so many sites now).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 5, 2016 • 3:57:59pm

re: #103 Momkat56

welcome hatchling.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Dec 5, 2016 • 3:58:18pm

re: #103 Momkat56

Welcome! Come upstairs into the main thread (as we call it) and say hello there - otherwise folks might miss it!

I don’t have advice but can say you’re not alone.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 5, 2016 • 3:58:37pm

re: #103 Momkat56

PS: we’ve all moved upstairs to the next thread.

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Momkat56  Dec 5, 2016 • 4:57:37pm

yeah, realized I took too long as I composed


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