Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:
Pee Pee Tape: The Trump Crisis Day 80; Putin reignites the Russia urination story; Trump under investigation for espionage; Bravo to SNL, Alec Baldwin and Lorne Michaels; Nobody Likes Trump; Trump says polls are rigged; Infowars might get press credentials; Trump vs John Lewis; Monica Crowley steps down amid plagiarism allegations; and more.
Several top State Department officials have no idea whether they’re supposed to stay in their jobs after Friday https://t.co/DoO6tRGJAC
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) January 19, 2017
3 friends, at different agencies/levels, got calls this week asking if they would consider staying on. They had long ago made other plans. https://t.co/8Bt8zEfrxi
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) January 19, 2017
Bice: Hassle me at your own risk, Clarke tells critics
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has a message to anyone who wants to hassle him while he’s jetting about the country:
Be prepared to get punched.
Clarke made his statement in response to Dan Black, a 24-year-old Riverwest resident who filed a complaint with the county on Tuesday alleging that he was harassed by Clarke. Black claimed he was confronted, interviewed and then escorted out of Mitchell International Airport by a group of deputies after a brief exchange with Clarke on a flight from Dallas on Sunday.
A statement posted Wednesday morning on the Facebook page for the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said:
“Next time he or anyone else pulls this stunt on a plane they may get knocked out. The sheriff said he does not have to wait for some goof to assault him. He reserves the reasonable right to pre-empt a possible assault.”
Reached shortly after Clarke posted the statement about the complaint, Black said he was worried about how the get-tough sheriff would respond. But Black said he didn’t expect Clarke to issue a threat.
“The guy’s unhinged,” said Black, a recent University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate. Black said it was “absurd” for Clarke to respond to a harassment complaint by threatening violence. “It’s hilarious to see him respond that way.”
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WHO made this? Still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. https://t.co/A9IX4VaZ97
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) January 19, 2017
Ski areas are getting in on it.
CONFIRMED: Durango ski resort @skipurg has blocked Breitbart from their media buy!
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) January 19, 2017
re: #1 jaunte
Gah. I try to decide what I hate most about this administration but there’s just too many choices.
re: #1 jaunte
@dlippman @jackieleigh_ @politico can’t let the media see the hooker pee parties.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) January 19, 2017
re: #6 GlutenFreeJesus
I am not happy about the GOP not doing anything about this lease. However, the owner of a property (even the government) cannot order the renter to allow people they don’t want on their property, unless it is part of the lease.
A smaller example might suffice. A town owns a couple of business buildings (seized in tax sales or whatever), and rents one to a person elected to a town council. Does the press have the right to barge into that business simply because the town councilmember rents it? If the press is also disturbing the business (by interfering with its operation) does the business owner have the right to toss them out?
I imagine that the press in the Old Post Office/Trump International Hotel all the time would interfere with the operation of the business.
Of course, this could be settled by either the government or Mr. Trump terminating the lease under the clause prohibiting an elected official from being a party to the lease. That ain’t happenin’ though.
re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg
Gah. I try to decide what I hate most about this administration but there’s just too many choices.
That it was elected? The rest is just what most of us knew would happen.
My favorite skier (he really is, Dav is *amazing*) and I talked on Twitter. He quoted me calling our U.S. Senator a “chowderhead.” Good stuff.
.@SteepSkiing Not for naught, but @CoryGardner is a hard core climate denial chowderhead.
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 17, 2017
He is also an elected official so its our job to demand action. Saying nothing is irresponsible https://t.co/6hqTjKsGsK
— chris davenport (@SteepSkiing) January 17, 2017
While more than 100 people were waiting to meet with him, Mike Coffman sneaks out early from his own community event. #9News pic.twitter.com/NAZlXTKgQm
— Nelson Garcia (@9NewsEducation) January 14, 2017
.@SteepSkiing Correct you are. However I see Republican pols doing this more often, just plain ignoring constituents https://t.co/0j9ketQEie
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 17, 2017
Which is totally unacceptable. Politicians must be held accountable. Let’s start with local and State! https://t.co/uJBiT91Kbh
— chris davenport (@SteepSkiing) January 17, 2017
Trying to have fun at work.
Tore up, defaced and destroyed 180 unsold copies of this book in case you wanted to know what beast’s heart lurks in my breast. pic.twitter.com/nOgVfQcr7u
— Alyosha (@mediocremensch) January 19, 2017
re: #9 teleskiguy
LOL. I use “chowderhead” to refer to a bunch of politicians …
In honour of our intelligence services working diligently to find out what happened in our election:
Well done Trump “2,000 GM factory workers losing their jobs on Friday in USA,the same day that Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president”
— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) January 19, 2017
Wingnut Iowa Representative welcoming the Nazi parliament representatives from Austria for Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
Austrian Freedom Party leadership MP’s here to celebrate Trump inauguration. Hofer, Strache, Karlsboeck w/King, Blackburn, Bachmann, etc. pic.twitter.com/Hdb86Tzg4q
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) January 19, 2017
Jointers are the treadmill of tools~ Some wiseguy
Mr. Johnson, I just got your thank you E-mail you sent yesterday for joining LGF. Apparently it took the scenic route around Saturn to get here. (Or, maybe squeezing through those Intertubz here really took a long time.)
I think I’ll go hiking in the woods all day on Friday.
re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg
I think I’ll go hiking in the woods all day on Friday.
I will be out in the vineyards, ignoring the media.
Kansas trying to end bad economic news by simply not reporting it.
Connecticut quit too. More at Governing:
Kansas has had to endure a lot of depressing budget reports lately. Every month, the state seems to fall short on its anticipated revenues. In October, just after the state Department of Revenue reported that tax receipts had fallen $45 million below projections, a state task force recommended that the department stop releasing such information altogether. That suggestion came just after Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration decided to kill a quarterly economic report that was also habitually filled with bad numbers.
Kansas received some criticism for trying to “end bad economic news by not reporting it,” as Bloomberg View put it. Brownback administration officials responded that the data was confusing and often failed to reflect current reality. But Kansas is not the only state afraid of the figures its own budget-crunchers present.
As part of last year’s budget, Connecticut ended its practice of current services projections. That’s a boring-sounding way of talking about how much programs will cost over time, assuming there are no policy changes. It’s a baseline against which to compare any proposed cuts or increases in spending. Ben Barnes, Connecticut’s budget director, said last year that it didn’t make sense to project shortfalls or surpluses into the future. “There’s no such thing, in my view, as a deficit or a surplus in years in which there is no appropriation in place,” Barnes said.
re: #18 Anymouse
Kansas trying to end bad economic news by simply not reporting it.
Connecticut quit too. More at Governing:
Like Stalin purging meteorologists for unflattering weather forecasts…
Dingbat responds to New York Times article on a second day of a wave of bomb threats against Jewish centres.
@MitchKSmith @alanblinder #FalseFlag created by #Soros $$$#NWO #BOYCOTT #NYT #MSM will blame #Trump. #Woke pic.twitter.com/0AZNmy05TF
— DrewBerry ~TRUTH~ (@LoftisTracey) January 19, 2017
re: #20 Anymouse
Dingbat responds to New York Times article on a second day of a wave of bomb threats against Jewish centres.
NYT is fake newz!
re: #21 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
NYT is fake newz!
But remember, Steve Bannon is proud of Breitbart’s comment section. /not snark
re: #22 Anymouse
But remember, Steve Bannon is proud of Breitbart’s comment section. /not snark
They have spoken Truth to Power.
All Putin had to do to get to Mike Pence was promise he can oversee Chelsea Manning’s conversion therapy. https://t.co/uSjiGFrx8H
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) January 19, 2017
re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They have spoken Truth to Power.
Or lies to wingnuts.
TheBipartisan Report article refers to minority-President-Elect Trump’s statement about wanting military displays in the capital.
@RealMuckmaker @bipartisan Add this to the #goldstarfamilies effrontaries #repulsive #disrespectful
Doesn’t deserve the office.— Nets L. (@netsy01) January 19, 2017
re: #25 Anymouse
Or lies to wingnuts.
Point is, the Breitbart comment section seems to have played a role in getting Trump into office.
re: #27 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Point is, the Breitbart comment section seems to have played a role in getting Trump into office.
Yup. My wife is calling me to come watch a spy movie (those are teed up for a few days): Spy Next Door
re: #28 Anymouse
Yup. My wife is calling me to come watch a spy movie (those are teed up for a few days): Spy Next Door
We are awaiting the next season of Americans
Betsy DeVos went up to shake Elizabeth Warren’s hand, but Warren simply waved her off and walked away. Amazing lack of class.
— Nick Jacob (@nicktjacob) January 18, 2017
Actually this rules and is what every Democrat should be doing to this pack of jokers and grifters https://t.co/1Kq57tsiYf
— the 🌹 buddy (@markpopham) January 18, 2017
About this: Code Pink is famous for advertising their protests. Jim Hoft is correct here about Code Pink’s protest, which is not exactly great optics for Code Pink.
@gatewaypundit …this Vietnam War #GoldStarFamily hopes and prays they go elsewhere.
— Tony Cordero (@CorderoTony) January 18, 2017
re: #31 Anymouse
I’m surprised they’re not protesting against Obama for failing to pardon convicted murderers.
Code Pink’s position against neo-con militarism is right in line with a great majority of Gold Star Families. Gold Star Families are a group that absolutely no one aspires to join.
Code Pink protesting Mr. Trump’s inauguration at a memorial honouring war dead, whether or not one considers that to be a war-of-choice, is going to alienate a great number of active duty, dependants, veterans, and Gold Star Families: Those are the very people Mr. Trump insulted. They are potential allies of Code Pink (and the left in general), so driving them away doesn’t seem like a really smart thing for them to do.
It might get them in the press, but that press will be universally negative. If the press (other than people like Jim Hoft) does report on it, it will infuriate those very people that would argue against wars-of-choice: Those who already had to fight in them, those who now serve who don’t want to fight in them, and the families of the dead.
Not seeing an upside for Code Pink. I understand that they go in for outrageous protests sometimes, because getting attention for a cause can be hard. I don’t see a lot of difference here between Code Pink and the Westboro Baptist Church protesting military and veteran funerals (except Code Pink is not motivated by religion). They have the right to do it (just as in my state I have the right to carry a weapon openly), but that doesn’t make that a good way to advance their cause.
In Code Pink’s case, it is a good way to make enemies of people who should be their natural allies.
re: #32 Honey Punch!
I’m surprised they’re not protesting against Obama for failing to pardon convicted murderers.
I’m right with Code Pink on the idea of protesting against wars-of-choice, rather than wars in defence of our nation or our allies.
And I suppose that my position might come off as tone-policing Code Pink’s choice of venue for their protest against Mr. Trump.
That said, there are millions of people including myself that should be natural allies with them for that message. Protesting at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is not exactly going to win friends.
They are free to protest there, and I say that as a person whose father’s name is inscribed on that wall. I just don’t think that is much more than backbench bomb-throwing on their part. It won’t get them what they want, it will make more enemies than friends.
re: #34 Anymouse
Yeah Code Pink isn’t exactly beloved here. I wouldn’t worry alot about charges of tone policing.
re: #35 Alyosha
Yeah Code Pink isn’t exactly beloved here. I wouldn’t worry alot about charges of tone policing.
They aren’t beloved in very many places at all.
I get protesting against war (plenty of people did that over Iraq) or for women’s or LGBT rights (plenty of people do that too). The way they go about it though strikes me more for the right to paint all protesters as “leftie loons” or whatnot.
There are plenty of people who will be out protesting Mr. Trump’s inauguration, from the Women’s march to the Democratic Socialists of America. As far as I am aware, none of them are trying to make enemies of people who should be allies, and none of them are trying to make the left in the country look like a bunch of moonbats.
The right will take such groups as Code Pink and paint all such protests just as theirs.
Look, I understand why this is the case. But is the over-the-top combover really necessary?
It’s also scary AF that this rehearsal is the ONLY part of Trump’s Coronation at Il Douche that seems to be undergoing any sort of preparation. And that’s because actual people are working on it, not rank demagogues or brainless goons…
He’s Not Trump, He Just Plays Him for the Inauguration Rehearsal https://t.co/M32gz0hd9j pic.twitter.com/lNABuXNgma
— 99.5 WGAR (@995wgar) January 19, 2017
#BetsyDeVos stop making Betsys look bad. Love, Betsy.
— Betsy 💬 (@betsythebeaver) January 19, 2017
For all my Buckeye peeps. This is bad, really bad.
Fewer bats = more bugs for NE Ohio https://t.co/OXR8cysFgB
— Corrina Pysa (@CorrinaPysa) January 19, 2017
John Kasich ready to attend #DonaldTrump’s inauguration: https://t.co/hBNw4Yt19A. pic.twitter.com/pWt9SdTbDv
— WKYC Channel 3 News (@wkyc) January 19, 2017
Does it include wearing a paper bag over his face? https://t.co/Rb17SvaxfS
— Nathan Obral 📎😸❄️ (@myronfalwell) January 19, 2017
Yesterday I made up this sarcastic list of “approved” and “rejected” Trump media. It got retweeted by @MarkRuffalo and now people think it is an actual Trump media list. This is how fake news spreads.
Trump says won’t move White House briefing room, will pick who gets in https://t.co/AJ8EJfqker pic.twitter.com/tINmKYJbsw
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 18, 2017
WHO GETS IN:
Breitbart
Infowars
Nat Enq
WND
RT
Fox
Hannity
GatewayPundit
WHO STAYS OUT
NY Times
Wash Post
CNN
MSNBC
ABC
CBS
Reuters
AP https://t.co/N1vIt2pi4k— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 18, 2017
I made up this sarcastic list & it got retweeted by @MarkRuffalo It is not a real list of “approved” Trump media but Deplorables like it. https://t.co/XW4dQJlnIE
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 19, 2017
Isn’t Bannon’s main strategy ACTUAL TREASON?
To put this in (disturbing) context, these are the long-term goals of Trump’s chief strategist… @johnpike15 @deray https://t.co/rxf9IDvi26 pic.twitter.com/eM633Z9yIm
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) January 19, 2017
Avalanche hits Italian hotel, many feared dead under snow: https://t.co/4Kyk1hcLBu pic.twitter.com/X7qfTwRdSa
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) January 19, 2017
WATCH: Former President George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara Bush both hospitalized: https://t.co/O7K4u0GRFL pic.twitter.com/lme3qlRnvR
— Good Morning America (@GMA) January 19, 2017
re: #41 The Vicious Babushka
Yesterday I made up this sarcastic list of “approved” and “rejected” Trump media. It got retweeted by @MarkRuffalo and now people think it is an actual Trump media list. This is how fake news spreads.
The Dawn of the Great American Idiocracy is upon us. God have mercy on us all
re: #40 Myron Falwell
I would suggest plastic.
re: #46 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The Dawn of the Great American Idiocracy is upon us. God have mercy on us all
I’ll take that as a not-so-sarcastic remark. Whether one believes in any god or not, it ain’t a god that will save us. We have to do it ourselves.
(I only hope that Betsy DeVos gave such a humiliating performance in her hearing that enough Republicans will vote against her - else we get a Calvinist elder of Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids for Education Secretary.)
Movie intermission over. Back to The Spy Next Door.
re: #48 Anymouse
I’ll take that as a not-so-sarcastic remark. Whether one believes in any god or not, it ain’t a god that will save us. We have to do it ourselves.
(I only hope that Betsy DeVos gave such a humiliating performance in her hearing that enough Republicans will vote against her - else we get a Calvinist elder of Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids for Education Secretary.)
Just a turn of phrase, a rhetorical flourish if you will.
But yeah, the ease with which that news and opinion can be so easily sent spinning away from reality is truly disconcerting.
Fucked “Я” us!
It awakens.
“It wasn’t Donald Trump that divided this country, this country has been divided for a long time!” Stated today by Reverend Franklin Graham.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 19, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump No you didn’t divide the Country, the GOP/TPers did. You”re just making it worse w/your inflammatory rhetoric and tweets.
— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) January 19, 2017
re: #48 Anymouse
(I only hope that Betsy DeVos gave such a humiliating performance in her hearing that enough Republicans will vote against her - else we get a Calvinist elder of Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids for Education Secretary.)
They won’t, because she’s doing what they want, dismantling the public education system.
Free public education IS LITERALLY WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT. Destroying this one cornerstone of our culture will bring down everything.
re: #47 Amory Blaine
I would suggest plastic.
It’s not as easy to draw a crying/frowning face on a plastic bag. //
re: #51 Bubblehead II
It awakens.
I can’t believe an eternally vain 70 year-old would display such a continuous lack of self-awareness.
Makes it much easier for us, but JFC.
re: #54 Myron Falwell
I can’t believe an eternally vain 70 year-old would display such a continuous lack of self-awareness.
Makes it much easier for us, but JFC.
It has always been about the donald and always will be.
re: #52 The Vicious Babushka
They won’t, because she’s doing what they want, dismantling the public education system.
Free public education IS LITERALLY WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT. Destroying this one cornerstone of our culture will bring down everything.
But it counters the doctrine of RW faith that the unregulated Private Market can do anything better than unionized government institutions. Therefore, it has to go, if for no other reason than to break those pesky teachers’ unions…
re: #52 The Vicious Babushka
They won’t, because she’s doing what they want, dismantling the public education system.
Free public education IS LITERALLY WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT. Destroying this one cornerstone of our culture will bring down everything.
I would be more fearful about this if DeVos had a lengthy career behind her name a la Jeff Sessions. Don’t get me wrong; I’m alarmed, but her rank incompetence on display makes whatever damage she reeks** salvageable, albeit taking multiple successive administrations to undo the damage. And that’s the painful rub.
**And if California (and/or other blue states) challenges her actions in court with Eric Holder on retainer, that slows down her activity more so.
re: #57 Myron Falwell
I would be more fearful about this if DeVos had a lengthy career behind her name a la Jeff Sessions.
This is starting to remind me of post-war Eastern Europe, where incompetent party hacks were put in positions of power based entirely on their reliability and ideological purity.
re: #52 The Vicious Babushka
They won’t, because she’s doing what they want, dismantling the public education system.
Free public education IS LITERALLY WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT. Destroying this one cornerstone of our culture will bring down everything.
I always loved how people ignore the beneficial effect that public education and literacy had on industrialization in the United States too.
re: #59 Timothy Watson
I always loved how people ignore the beneficial effect that public education and literacy had on industrialization in the United States too.
Less-educated people are easier to control. Serf’s up.
@CUFABUCU @arquitetinha @FoxForLiberty76 @WVBFmomma @JackDusang @Timotato A democrat has an expectation of that pigeon to conform to PC rule
— Kevin Mulvina (@THEFXR1) January 19, 2017
That’s why we don’t argue with pigeons you dipshit.
re: #59 Timothy Watson
I always loved how people ignore the beneficial effect that public education and literacy had on industrialization in the United States too.
It’s just a shame to see all that money spent on education going to waste on public institutions and unions…
re: #26 Anymouse
TheBipartisan Report article refers to minority-President-Elect Trump’s statement about wanting military displays in the capital.
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I’m just waiting for President Pee Pee to put on a Michael Jackson costume as the troops march pass his sorry sleazy ass.
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re: #65 Eric The Fruit Bat
I think the private tags are messed up…
re: #33 Anymouse
Code Pink’s position against neo-con militarism is right in line with a great majority of Gold Star Families. Gold Star Families are a group that absolutely no one aspires to join.
Code Pink protesting Mr. Trump’s inauguration at a memorial honouring war dead, whether or not one considers that to be a war-of-choice, is going to alienate a great number of active duty, dependants, veterans, and Gold Star Families: Those are the very people Mr. Trump insulted. They are potential allies of Code Pink (and the left in general), so driving them away doesn’t seem like a really smart thing for them to do.
It might get them in the press, but that press will be universally negative. If the press (other than people like Jim Hoft) does report on it, it will infuriate those very people that would argue against wars-of-choice: Those who already had to fight in them, those who now serve who don’t want to fight in them, and the families of the dead.
Not seeing an upside for Code Pink. I understand that they go in for outrageous protests sometimes, because getting attention for a cause can be hard. I don’t see a lot of difference here between Code Pink and the Westboro Baptist Church protesting military and veteran funerals (except Code Pink is not motivated by religion). They have the right to do it (just as in my state I have the right to carry a weapon openly), but that doesn’t make that a good way to advance their cause.
In Code Pink’s case, it is a good way to make enemies of people who should be their natural allies.
Code Pink is the left wing version of Milo.
Precious snowflakes in the comments have had their feels-feels hurt.
Va. Democratic Reps. McEachin, Connolly, Beyer boycotting Trump’s inauguration
re: #40 Myron Falwell
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So is Trump going to make Kasich kneel down before him? Knowing Kasich, he’ll do that since Loyalty to the Party TRUMPS everything else!
re: #70 Joe Bacon
So is Trump going to make Kasich kneel down before him? Knowing Kasich, he’ll do that since Loyalty to the Party TRUMPS everything else!
He plans on using Kasich as a step-stool.
re: #68 Joe Bacon
Code Pink is the left wing version of Milo.
Several years ago Medea (née Susan) Benjamin sneaked into an Obama press conference and yelled and yelled and yelled at him.
He shut her down. It was a glorious thing.
re: #70 Joe Bacon
So is Trump going to make Kasich kneel down before him? Knowing Kasich, he’ll do that since Loyalty to the Party TRUMPS everything else!
Kasich is also a term-limited lame-duck governor and a known asshole in his own right. It could go either way.
frightening af
Thanks Twitter: My column, “Are You Not Alarmed?,” is trending! https://t.co/45IGzKLitf
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 19, 2017
@realDonaldTrump Yes and liars like Pulpit Pimp Franky who kept saying Obama was a Muslim are the reason it’s divided. PS—TAX THE CHURCHES!
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) January 19, 2017
re: #76 Eric The Fruit Bat
I’d love to read a review on that unit.
re: #41 The Vicious Babushka
Yesterday I made up this sarcastic list of “approved” and “rejected” Trump media. It got retweeted by @MarkRuffalo and now people think it is an actual Trump media list. This is how fake news spreads.
re: #52 The Vicious Babushka
They won’t, because she’s doing what they want, dismantling the public education system.
Free public education IS LITERALLY WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT. Destroying this one cornerstone of our culture will bring down everything.
Damit, now I’m gonna have to fact-check that one too. It may take a while. /half
re: #56 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But it counters the doctrine of RW faith that the unregulated Private Market can do anything better than unionized government institutions. Therefore, it has to go, if for no other reason than to break those pesky teachers’ unions…
And the DeVos Family, as libertarians (small “l”) own a private army: Betsy DeVos’s brother is the founder of Blackwater XE Academi.
Maybe they can use it for those bear attacks in public schools here in the Old West.
A Republican legislative aide in Maryland who was behind a fake news site that accused Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of election-rigging was fired Wednesday.Del. David E. Vogt III (R-Frederick) said he terminated Cameron Harris “on the spot” after learning that he was the mastermind behind Christiantimesnewspaper.com and its fabricated Sept. 30 article, which reported that there were tens of thousands of “fraudulent Clinton votes found” in an Ohio warehouse.
Harris, who graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina in May, had worked for the Republican delegate since June. He did not return a call for comment, but he apologized in a Twitter post to “those disappointed by my actions” and called for a “larger dialogue about how Americans approach the media” and other issues.
Great new podcast recommendation:
Hosted by Jon Favreau (former Obama speechwriter) and Jon Favreau (former Obama and HRC speechwriter) and Tommy Vietor (former Obama National Security spokesman).
They used to podcast on “Keepin’ it 1600” but moved to their new platform in this new year.
After yesterdays final Obama presser, he sat in with Pod Save America for his final interview.
re: #81 Timothy Watson
“larger dialogue about how Americans approach the media” and other issues.
Firing frauds is actually a good start.
re: #57 Myron Falwell
I would be more fearful about this if DeVos had a lengthy career behind her name a la Jeff Sessions. Don’t get me wrong; I’m alarmed, but her rank incompetence on display makes whatever damage she reeks** salvageable, albeit taking multiple successive administrations to undo the damage. And that’s the painful rub.
**And if California (and/or other blue states) challenges her actions in court with Eric Holder on retainer, that slows down her activity more so.
She does have a lengthy career behind her, as a mover and shaker of Great Lakes politics. She is Art Pope of North Carolina on steroids. The DeVos family has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to get evangelical wingnut Republicans elected in Michigan and Wisconsin. Gov. Rick Snyder is in office partly because of them, though Dick DeVos was crushed when he ran against Jennifer Granholm of Michigan.
I am not so sure California or any other state could slow her down. All it would take is to shop the first case in a Federal court district such as the Sixth, and a ruling upholding her decisions, and they stay in place all the way to the newly-conservative Supreme Court (right after that open seat is filled by the Heritage Foundation).
We are in the midst of a fascist coup. What army or air force does California or any other state have to stop it?
Christ, what an uber moron.
Yes, Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) got into a Twitter beef over a fake @SidneyPonson account today https://t.co/6s5OZlsv2T pic.twitter.com/mx7Ug9nTHL
— NY Daily News Sports (@NYDNSports) January 19, 2017
re: #67 while(1) worries++;
Oh, hi people! How are you doing?
Howdy. Doing okay as a pale blue dot in the reddest House district in the Union. How bout you?
re: #85 Myron Falwell
Christ, what an uber moron.
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Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy /////
re: #84 Anymouse
A coup that already has Republicans running from their constituents.
Don’t get too fearful, that’s how they’ll win. And think of it this way: They couldn’t keep you out of office.
So this rando fuckstick showed up in my mentions
He didn’t start any of those wars, dipshit. @MarcBrodyreal
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 19, 2017
re: #88 Belafon
A coup that already has Republicans running from their constituents.
Don’t get too fearful, that’s how they’ll win. And think of it this way: They couldn’t keep you out of office.
They certainly tried.
Beat a gun shop owner in an open-carry red state for reëlection.
Fortunately, running for a city council in a town of 124 isn’t as difficult as running for one in a city the size of Cheyenne.
When it’s really important, you go straight to the top…to the guy who pulls the strings.
Yes, This is Real >>>> Palestinians Ask Putin to Use Influence Over Trump https://t.co/w2wVldjUFW via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 19, 2017
OH LOOK HEAR IS TEH REPLACEMENT FOR ACA==>
As healthcare for ordinary Russians stagnates, Kremlin plans special clinic for elite: https://t.co/yFIhSDeXep pic.twitter.com/vSwgiDJwYD
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) January 19, 2017
Tomorrow is the continuation of a long national tradition we pride ourselves on. It’s the peaceful transfer of power from one president to the next. We’ve seen what happens when the transition is botched and national security is compromised in the process because no one is quite sure of the outcome. 9/11 is that outcome.
Signals were missed. Warnings weren’t passed up the chain of command and positions weren’t filled so that the people who needed to be aware of issues weren’t informed in a timely fashion.
What we’re seeing now is immeasurably worse.
Trump’s failing even before taking office. He’s not identifying people who will fill the more than 600 positions requiring confirmation hearings. He’s named only 28 of the more than 600 positions.
That’s a failing grade by any standard.
And it’s on purpose. There’s no other way around it.
Trump isn’t filling positions because he doesn’t want to - and that includes the people around him advising him.
Key positions exist all throughout government agencies, and if you don’t have these positions filled, then key decisions aren’t made or are punted on.
With national security at stake, that puts lives in danger.
We know what happens when there are missed signals.
And Trump doesn’t care. Neither does the GOP, because they’re not pushing him to fill those positions with competent people either. Everywhere you look at the cabal of cronies Trump’s selected so far, each is worse than the next.
Today’s confirmation hearings include Rick Perry for the Energy Department. This is a guy who thought we should get rid of the agency, decided to accept Trump’s nomination, and didn’t realize that the Department did more than promote oil and gas. It is, in fact, the department responsible for the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, and for the cleanup and maintenance of the nation’s nuclear weapons manufacturing infrastructure, as well as research into energy and related technology.
That’s something you would have known had you bothered to read the history of the Energy Department on its website. 5 seconds of research.
Perry’s dangerously unqualified for the position. Yeah, he was a governor, but to not know the first thing about the department you’re running when it is responsible for our nuclear weapons inventory?
And Perry is hardly the worst of Trump’s picks. That’s the scary bit. Each is worse than the next. Carson’s experience for HUD is that he actually lived in a home, not that he knows the first thing about housing programs or urban development.
The thread that binds all Trump’s picks together is their determination to sabotage government programs, claim that they’re failing/failures, cut funding, and repeat until these programs are decimated, regardless of the harms to the nation. Drown government in the bathtub. Take your pick of metaphors.
None of this is any good, and all of it will end up with a body count (yeah, even rolling back EPA regs will cause deaths and illnesses, because we’ve got a guy who doesn’t know that lead is bad for childhood development - he’s got to look into that).
he doesn’t have a desk at the winter white house pic.twitter.com/LNfn2aE2Ce
— ceeks (@70Ceeks) January 18, 2017
re: #93 lawhawk
As I said yesterday, the one good think about Perry is that he’s only incompetent. He has that above the rest of them.
The sun is rising over the Sandhills, that means it’s time for bed.
I’ll catch y’all later …
re: #93 lawhawk
He’s setting up a government shutdown due to lack of staff. Or do Obama’s appointments stay on until there are replacements?
re: #89 The Vicious Babushka
It’s also not exactly true either. JFK and LBJ had troops fighting overseas the entire time they were in office (Vietnam). Same with Nixon’s first term (Vietnam).
GWB’s term in office 8 years was also all war save ~9.5 months.
re: #98 lawhawk
It’s also not exactly true either. JFK and LBJ had troops fighting overseas the entire time they were in office (Vietnam). Same with Nixon’s first term (Vietnam).
GWB’s term in office 8 years was also all war save ~9.5 months.
I already blocked that fucker for dumbassery.
re: #97 darthstar
He’s setting up a government shutdown due to lack of staff. Or do Obama’s appointments stay on until there are replacements?
The State Department’s personnel who are appointed questioned whether they still have jobs after Friday noon and no one can (or will) answer them.
An awful lot of civil servants that would keep agencies running during a transition are saying “the heck with this” and leaving.
My own never-Trump senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) is all in behind the Calvinist Betsy DeVos for Education. Senator Sasse is a professor of history. *gaaaaaa* He of anyone should know what happens when a religious group gains control of a government position.
re: #98 lawhawk
It’s also not exactly true either. JFK and LBJ had troops fighting overseas the entire time they were in office (Vietnam). Same with Nixon’s first term (Vietnam).
GWB’s term in office 8 years was also all war save ~9.5 months.
Also, Lincoln for almost his entire Presidency.
Is deliberately bringing down the government if YOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT qualify as actual treason?
It seems to not fit the literal definition of Treason in the Constitution, which is adhering to the enemy in an actual state of war.
re: #97 darthstar
They typically will if they’re asked to stay on, I think. But given the way he’s treated Ambassadors and other jobs…its a big NOPE there.
I know there’s like 600 nominations required, but how many are jobs that just need appointments? I was watching a Maddow clip and she was listing all the Director level jobs at NSC (which don’t need confirmation) that were vacant.
SPOILER: The vacancies are like “All of them, Katie”
re: #102 The Vicious Babushka
No, its actually NOT Treason to completely destroy the government if you ARE the government. The reason for that being the founding fathers had no fucking idea that this would EVER be a problem.
re: #101 Timothy Watson
Also, Lincoln for almost his entire Presidency.
Truman for a good chunk of his.
As I recall, the only president that was not involved in a war during the entire time of our nation’s history was Jimmy Carter.
re: #97 darthstar
He’s setting up a government shutdown due to lack of staff. Or do Obama’s appointments stay on until there are replacements?
I thought they had no choice but to leave.
A government shutdown would be the best possible option for us, as nothing happens, but nothing bad happens, either.
Why they would want to risk a shutdown just boggles my mind.
re: #97 darthstar
Trump’s indicated that he wants those people gone, as is his right (Cabinet is Executive Branch). The Secretary level positions will go unfilled, undersecretary positions will go unfilled, but the non political appointee positions will continue to function - pushing and delaying certain decisions until the time that the positions are filled (usually a budget-related decision).
Most job functions will continue as before - like the Interior Dept will continue functioning and the NPS will continue to keep the parks open, even if the confirmations aren’t held. But decisions as to the future of the department will get delayed.
re: #97 darthstar
He’s setting up a government shutdown due to lack of staff. Or do Obama’s appointments stay on until there are replacements?
I think everyone’s job who was appointed by the President ends at noon unless given a deferment by the incoming president.
There are senior civil service staff in every agency that will still be there.
@RealRBHJr ,,,and I’d gladly sit up
in a rocking chair
and watch you defend her still today…— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 19, 2017
re: #102 The Vicious Babushka
Is deliberately bringing down the government if YOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT qualify as actual treason?
It seems to not fit the literal definition of Treason in the Constitution, which is adhering to the enemy in an actual state of war.
If you say Russia is not an enemy, then it is not treason.
Currently, we have no declared war (except on terrorism, which is silly). As far as I know, no one on Mr. Trump’s team is aligned with terrorists.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
re: #85 Myron Falwell
Christ, what an uber moron.
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Sidney Ponson, now there’s an old name. Anyhow I think Schilling’s political views shouldn’t dq him from induction to the HOF but I’m not sure if he’s HOF material anyhow.
re: #111 Anymouse
If you say Russia is not an enemy, then it is not treason.
Currently, we have no declared war (except on terrorism, which is silly). As far as I know, no one on Mr. Trump’s team is aligned with terrorists.
There is a War on Drugs too.
re: #105 Myron Falwell
I thought they had no choice but to leave.
A government shutdown would be the best possible option for us, as nothing happens, but nothing bad happens, either.
Why they would want to risk a shutdown just boggles my mind.
I’m not sure how a shutdown of major functions at the Departments of State or Defense would mean nothing bad happens to us. For that matter, shutting down the Department of Veterans Affairs directly affects millions, including me.
re: #112 HappyWarrior
His political views shouldn’t…his abject stupidity, douchebaggery and other behaviors SHOULD.
re: #108 Timothy Watson
I think everyone’s job who was appointed by the President ends at noon unless given a deferment by the incoming president.
There are senior civil service staff in every agency that will still be there.
There are a lot of good private sector jobs out there. I suspect a lot of these functions will see some turnover.
re: #115 I cannot.
His political views shouldn’t…his abject stupidity, douchebaggery and other behaviors SHOULD.
No doubt. Sick of him whining all the goddamn time.
re: #116 darthstar
There are a lot of good private sector jobs out there. I suspect a lot of these functions will see some turnover.
Don’t doubt it, why stay in an agency that’s going to be gutted or where you’re going to be treated like shit from the highest levels?
re: #118 Timothy Watson
Because you might be able to slow/stop the destruction of these agencies by following the law.
re: #113 The Vicious Babushka
There is a War on Drugs too.
There is a war on Blacks and Latinos who use Drugs.
It’s okay if you are employed, white or have rich parents (aka “a promising future”)
re: #119 darthstar
26 1/2 hours…jesus. It just hit me.
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US Bombers Strike Suspected Islamic State Camps In Libya https://t.co/AWE1Cn5f5b
— wcbs880 (@wcbs880) January 19, 2017
That they used B-2 bombers is perhaps significant in and of itself. You don’t use those assets against just anyone.
U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers and drones attacked a pair of suspected Islamic State military camps in Libya, seeking to eliminate extremists who had escaped the former IS stronghold of Sirte, a defense official said Thursday.
The training camps were located about 28 miles southwest of the central coastal city of Sirte, said the official who was not authorized to speak in advance of an expected Pentagon announcement and confirmed the strikes on condition of anonymity.
The strikes were carried out overnight and were authorized by President Barack Obama, marking perhaps the final use of military force by a wartime president who intervened in Libya in 2011 as part of a coalition that ultimately toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin confirmed with sources that the bombers flew non-stop from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, and remained over Libya for as long as five hours.
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re: #120 lawhawk
Because you might be able to slow/stop the destruction of these agencies by following the law.
It takes some dedication to know you’re going to putting up with that kind of shit for at least four years. And not to mention all the petty shit they will do to try to convince you to find a job elsewhere or find some pretext to fire you.
Thread:
When you’re @POTUS and known as one the most thoughtful and eloquent speakers of all time, it must be hard to watch someone speak for you.
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 19, 2017
DRAIN REFILL THE SWAMP!!!1!
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Treasury Department initially failed to disclose his interests in a Cayman Islands corporation as well as more than $100 million in personal assets, according to a memo by Democratic staffers on the Senate Finance Committee that was obtained by The Washington Post.
re: #128 makeitstop
This is funny…from a friend on Facebook.
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Okay, Donald, hold this pen and paper and look presidential…
…lost stare…
Good enough.
re: #129 Timothy Watson
DRAINREFILL THE SWAMP!!!1!President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Treasury Department initially failed to disclose his interests in a Cayman Islands corporation as well as more than $100 million in personal assets, according to a memo by Democratic staffers on the Senate Finance Committee that was obtained by The Washington Post.
If holdings like this do not disqualify Trump, why should they disqualify an of his nominees? Nobody seems to really care anymore…
re: #131 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If holdings like this do not disqualify Trump, why should they disqualify an of his nominees? Nobody seems to really care anymore…
Let’s talk about pay for play and the Clinton Foundation corruption! Show us all the millions of emails!!!!
re: #132 Sir John Barron
Let’s talk about pay for play and the Clinton Foundation corruption! Show us all the millions of emails!!!!
Nobody cares because they are Republicans. They have turned logic on its head and decided that we need “successful businesspeople” to run government and should not force them to choose between one or the other.
The Dawn of the Great American Idiocracy
re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Nobody cares because they are Republicans. They have turned logic on its head and decided that we need “successful businesspeople” to run government and should not force them to choose between one or the other.
The Dawn of the Great American Idiocracy
It appears that all successfull business people in Trump’s circle are as corrupt and lacking In ethics as he is. That, of course, is not a deal killer for the GOP.
Surprise! Betsy Devos funded the SMART program, that horrid group that did the abstinence teaching in my son’s Michigan sex ed class pic.twitter.com/XVTobmFbRW
— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) January 19, 2017
And soon to be bringing ignorance and superstition to school near you. https://t.co/D1KnMjzJ2K
— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) January 19, 2017
re: #134 Skip Intro
It appears that all successfull business people in Trump’ circle are as corrupt and lacking In ethics as he is. That, of course, is not a deal killer for the GOP.
It shows that DT has successfully overturned or simply trampled over all the previous notions, conventions and rules of politics. That is a truly astounding accomplishment in one sense, it shows how fed up a lot of people were with politicians and politics as usual.
But please do not take that as any sort of endorsement of expression of approval of what is happening.
AFP is reporting on the outcome of that B-2 strike in Libya. Several dozen armed IS fighters killed.
Several dozen Islamic State fighters were killed when US B-2 stealth bombers and drones struck two of the jihadists’ camps southwest of their former Libya bastion of Sirte, a US defense official said Thursday.
The fighters “were seen immediately beforehand carrying weapons, wearing tactical vests, carrying mortars and standing in formation,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The camps were about 45 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Sirte.
The airstrike was carried out with permission of the Libyan govt.
re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It shows that DT has successfully overturned or simply trampled over all the previous notions, conventions and rules of politics. That is a truly astounding accomplishment in one sense, it shows how fed up a lot of people were with politicians and politics as usual.
But please do not take that as any sort of endorsement of expression of approval of what is happening.
All part of Mitch McConnell’s evil scheme.
re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It shows that DT has successfully overturned or simply trampled over all the previous notions, conventions and rules of politics. That is a truly astounding accomplishment in one sense, it shows how fed up a lot of people were with politicians and politics as usual.
But please do not take that as any sort of endorsement of expression of approval of what is happening.
They’re sick of politics/politicians as usual but they’re surprised when Trump does exactly what he promised to do?
re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Far too much credit for Trump.
He’s the beneficiary of a larger trend in the GOP—not political, but cultural—that rules don’t apply equally, because they’re above things like consistency, facts, and ethics: they’re a priori the good guys with the correct solutions, and they don’t need no stinking proof.
re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Nobody cares because they are Republicans. They have turned logic on its head and decided that we need “successful businesspeople” to run government and should not force them to choose between one or the other.
The Dawn of the Great American Idiocracy
Double standards quadruple squared.
@JonathanCohn @JC_Christian @nytimes He’s had nearly four years to come home and go through the justice system. Prefers to be a celeb-fugitive. Deserves? More like he earned it.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 19, 2017
re: #135 Bubblehead II
Sexually Mature Aware Responsible Teen? Was this a contest to create the most mutually exclusive terms in the shortest space?
re: #145 Mike Lamb
Sexually Mature Aware Responsible Teen? Was this a contest to create the most mutually exclusive terms in the shortest space?
And they developed a program specifically designed to do the exact opposite of the name (sexually mature, aware, or responsible)?
re: #145 Mike Lamb
Sexually Mature Aware Responsible Teen? Was this a contest to create the most mutually exclusive terms in the shortest space?
People think of acronyms first and then make up words to fit.
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re: #147 The Vicious Babushka
People think of acronyms first and then make up words to fit.
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The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, better known as the (USA) Patriot Act.
@toddzwillich This is blind, even for one of the most uniquely mediocre Democrats in Sen. Manchin
— Citizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 19, 2017
re: #145 Mike Lamb
Sexually Mature Aware Responsible Teen? Was this a contest to create the most mutually exclusive terms in the shortest space?
Who knows. All I can say about this group was that it was a blast to watch Alice live tweet it. She ripped them up one side and down the other.
re: #145 Mike Lamb
Sexually Mature Aware Responsible Teen? Was this a contest to create the most mutually exclusive terms in the shortest space?
I agree that we should teach teenagers that abstinence is the only known 100% effective way to prevent pregnancy and STDs, but if we expect them to make mature and responsible decisions for themselves, we need to give them all the relevant information.
re: #145 Mike Lamb
Sexually Mature Aware Responsible Teen? Was this a contest to create the most mutually exclusive terms in the shortest space?
“Sexually Mature, Aware, Responsible Teen” who has been taught to mistrust contraception to the point of dismissing it outright when your hormones eventually take control. Clearly, “aware” enough to believe it’ll never work anyways, so why bother?
That’s what abstinence-only education ends up meaning in real-world practice and that’s why it’s such a disaster.
Make no mistake, repealing the ACA/Obamacare is part of the ongoing GOP assault on women’s rights. See also attack on @PPact #GOPDontCare
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 19, 2017
re: #61 jeffreyw
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Dude, don’t tell me that’s breakfast!?!?
Poor li’l kitty…
Over in Iran, they’re dealing with a building fire/collapse that seems straight out of the horrific videos of the WTC collapse. A landmark skyscraper in Tehran that was on fire collapsed, and there’s unconfirmed reports of dozens of firefighters killed.
The building was built in the 1960s and tenants had been cited in the past for using kerosene heaters and other safety violations. The fire started on the upper floors, and the building collapsed.
re: #154 lawhawk
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@lawhawk @PPact It’s an assault on all our rights, but too many are willing to accept that exactly b/c it assaults women’s rights so much
— Citizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 19, 2017
Not quite like Shamwow, but more Shake Weighty @Gus_802 pic.twitter.com/gqxru2Bcsj
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 19, 2017
re: #156 lawhawk
Over in Iran, they’re dealing with a building fire/collapse that seems straight out of the horrific videos of the WTC collapse. A landmark skyscraper in Tehran that was on fire collapsed, and there’s unconfirmed reports of dozens of firefighters killed.
The building was built in the 1960s and tenants had been cited in the past for using kerosene heaters and other safety violations. The fire started on the upper floors, and the building collapsed.
Unpossible, fire doesn’t melt steel.
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Rick Perry: “After being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the Department of @Energy, I regret recommending its elimination.” pic.twitter.com/ULkxu5TatV
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 19, 2017
So Perry recommended eliminating the Dept of Energy without knowing what it actually did. https://t.co/XnbyouZaC2
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) January 19, 2017
re: #157 Citizen K
It’s an assault on all our rights, but too many are willing to accept that exactly b/c it assaults women’s rights so much
It is not seen as an assault to those who do not believe that women have a right to determine what happens to their own bodies.
From The Podium: @seanspicer lauds the “stunning” Trump Hotel in DC: “I encourage you to go there, if you haven’t been.”
— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) January 19, 2017
Soon to be WH spox literally shilling for personal business interests of soon to be president. https://t.co/vPSDSATm7l
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) January 19, 2017
Further irony of Trump spokesman answering question about Trump hotel by saying press should visit, we’re banned from entering it this week. https://t.co/99RLVCcfdt
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 19, 2017
We need Democrats’ help to repeal and replace Obamacare, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson says https://t.co/Wn9CysnLHe
— CNBC (@CNBC) January 19, 2017
This admission from Ron Johnson confirms that the politics of repeal are shifting against Republicans: https://t.co/UiD0xZB9ZS https://t.co/jQ5I6xLWlC
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 19, 2017
re: #163 FormerDirtDart
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Also the fact that he’ll be in violation of his lease come Friday at noon.
re: #163 FormerDirtDart
Further irony of Trump spokesman answering question about Trump hotel by saying press should visit, we’re banned from entering it this week.
Yeah but that is the the Press’ own fault for being unfair losers!!!
re: #165 Timothy Watson
Also the fact that he’ll be in violation of his lease come Friday at noon.
laws only work if they are enforced…
re: #162 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is not seen as an assault to those who do not believe that women have a right to determine what happens to their own bodies.
Well, yes, but said point is hard to make in 140. Plus, I’d rather leave the impression that women…you know, actually have and should expect to have rights.
re: #166 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
re: #163 FormerDirtDart
Further irony of Trump spokesman answering question about Trump hotel by saying press should visit, we’re banned from entering it this week.
Yeah but that is the the Press’ own fault for being unfair losers!!!
FTFY
Yeah but that is the the Press’ own fault for being unfair losers!!!
re: #168 Citizen K
Well, yes, but said point is hard to make in 140. Plus, I’d rather leave the impression that women…you know, actually have and should expect to have rights.
That is the outcome of our modern Twitter, meme and bullet point-based climate of political and social discourse. Simplistic solutions have a much bigger appeal in those settings.
re: #161 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #167 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
laws only work if they are enforced…
The constitution is only a piece of paper unless it is enforced.
With Sessions at AG, there are significant gaps in what will be enforced. That includes not only the Constitution but the CRA and VRA.
Rather, we’ll see a return to the investigation and prosecution of obscenity crimes and an onslaught of prosecutions of “crimes” against Trump.
re: #172 lawhawk
The constitution is only a piece of paper unless it is enforced.
With Sessions at AG, there are significant gaps in what will be enforced. That includes not only the Constitution but the CRA and VRA.
Rather, we’ll see a return to the investigation and prosecution of obscenity crimes and an onslaught of prosecutions of “crimes” against Trump.
And policemen or police forces will no longer be investigated…we can count on that trend being reversed under the new AG
re: #30 Alyosha
@nicktjacob Like that time Gov. Brewer stuck her bony, nicotine-stained finger in Obama’s face on a tarmac. Amazing lack of class.
— Ace Rothstein (@BillyBatts1970) January 19, 2017
Spicer asked about lack of Latino in cabinet by @kwelkernbc cites Elaine Chao and literally points to Ben Carson in the room.
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) January 19, 2017
Asian+black=Latino? That’s some weird math. https://t.co/Q6NQW8JDwu
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) January 19, 2017
@owillis Translation: “What’s a little bit of fascism when access is on the line? We should just suck it up and enable Trump.”
— Citizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 19, 2017
re: #175 FormerDirtDart
“We don’t see race. We just see ‘others’.”
re: #164 FormerDirtDart
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Best case scenario (in my fantasies). Trump realizes that it would be great politics to actually provide universal coverage instead of lying about it, and works with Democrats to make the ACA work better. Then he gets the massive tax cuts for the rich he wants through tax reform instead of repealing the ACA.
re: #178 Sir John Barron
“We need Democrats’ help to increase the uninsured rate.”
“Remember when Republicans joined with Democrats to increase health insurance coverage?”
No actually I don’t. Good luck.
“Remember when Republicans worked with Democrats to offer fixes for Obamacare, instead of blindly passing full repeal bill after repeal bill?”
No, actually I don’t. Have a nice day.
re: #174 Ace Rothstein
Betsy DeVos went up to shake Elizabeth Warren’s hand, but Warren simply waved her off and walked away. Amazing lack of class.
no reason not to be civil…
re: #172 lawhawk
The constitution is only a piece of paper unless it is enforced.
With Sessions at AG, there are significant gaps in what will be enforced. That includes not only the Constitution but the CRA and VRA.
Rather, we’ll see a return to the investigation and prosecution of obscenity crimes and an onslaught of prosecutions of “crimes” against Trump.
Roe V Wade and even the Scopes decisions under threat. Maybe that over states it but I kinda doubt it.
re: #48 Anymouse
I’d just note that the Mars Hill Bible Church of Grand Rapids was pastored by Rob Bell until 2011, who eventually decided he couldn’t preach standard evangelicalism and bailed. Moreover, Ms. Devos was an elder at MHBC, a position which would be denied to her in a Calvinist or Reformed church based on her sex.
Do not confuse MHBC of Grand Rapids with the imploded Mars Hill church of Seattle, which was pastored by the sexist pig Mark Driscoll.
Signed, former picketer at “The Trinity Church of Scottsdale” where Driscoll is trying to rebuild his mega. I stopped picketing after the election. I came to the conclusion that if 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for a blatant liar like Trump, I was wasting my time trying to tell Driscoll’s attendees that he’s a snake.
re: #179 Big Beautiful Door
Best case scenario (in my fantasies). Trump realizes that it would be great politics to actually provide universal coverage instead of lying about it, and works with Democrats to make the ACA work better. Then he gets the massive tax cuts for the rich he wants through tax reform instead of repealing the ACA.
If Trump really did that, the GOP would begin impeachment proceedings within 48 hours.
re: #186 Dr Lizardo
Best case scenario (in my fantasies). Trump realizes that it would be great politics to actually provide universal coverage instead of lying about it, and works with Democrats to make the ACA work better. Then he gets the massive tax cuts for the rich he wants through tax reform instead of repealing the ACA.
If Trump really did that, the GOP would begin impeachment proceedings within 48 hours.
That is the fly in the ointment. GOP will let DT do anything but be civil.
re: #186 Dr Lizardo
I wonder how his base would react to that. They’ll believe anything that he tells them.
My favorite weather app Dark Sky now has a web page. I start looking at the better graphics and I ran across this. It’s a wind gust map. Maybe it’s always gusty out there but sure makes the next storm look like a whopper. darksky.net
re: #174 Ace Rothstein
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Like DeVos’s future boss shows any class at all. I’m sorry. I’m not going to get worked up over Warren not shaking the hand of someone who is an avowed enemy of the school system in this country who is now being trusted to run it.
re: #188 Timothy Watson
I wonder how his base would react to that. They’ll believe anything that he tells them.
Hell his base accepts Putin because he tells them to.
re: #191 HappyWarrior
Hell his base accepts Putin because he tells them to.
His base will be blaming Obama when their world goes to shit.
How is everyone this morning though? Working from home today. Just did a laptop analysis for a new office laptop we may be getting and awaiting word on that.
re: #192 darthstar
His base will be blaming Obama when their world goes to shit.
Of course, they will. These are the people who literally blame Obama for Katrina.
re: #186 Dr Lizardo
If Trump really did that, the GOP would begin impeachment proceedings within 48 hours.
Then the GOP will fall into a trap of their own making, when enraged voters lose they healthcare coverage instead of getting better coverage like Trump promised, I hope. But the worst case scenario is that the GOP repeals Obamacare, can’t replace it, then successfully blames the Democrats when the individual insurance markets completely collapse.
re: #188 Timothy Watson
I wonder how his base would react to that. They’ll believe anything that he tells them.
All he needs to say is, “Universal healthcare is the best thing. Believe me, it’ll be big league” and his base would nod along in dumb assent, even though most of them would be - generally speaking - ideologically opposed to the concept.
It’s actually perfectly safe to put a baby through our X-Ray machine. As long as you’re not that fussed about hair going forward. pic.twitter.com/khyIz9IaF7
— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) January 19, 2017
We just can’t take anything for granted. I don’t know what happened in November but Trump being elected in the first place changes everything. We can’t underestimate the power of lies and populist demagoguery on our population.
re: #196 Dr Lizardo
All he needs to say is, “Universal healthcare is the best thing. Believe me, it’ll be big league” and his base would nod along in dumb assent, even though most of them would be - generally speaking - ideologically opposed to the concept.
Trump voters aren’t rigid conservatives. They believed Trump when he promised to provide universal coverage with low premiums and deductibles.
re: #179 Big Beautiful Door
Best case scenario (in my fantasies). Trump realizes that it would be great politics to actually provide universal coverage instead of lying about it, and works with Democrats to make the ACA work better. Then he gets the massive tax cuts for the rich he wants through tax reform instead of repealing the ACA.
I have hoped this might happen, but he’s surrounded himself with assholes who want to do the opposite.
So, is this the new Republican repeal and replace plan…
Make the states replace ACA?
Rep. Justin Amash the latest Republican to feel constituents’ Obamacare repeal ire https://t.co/nw0qCCcT6M
— Daily Kos (@dailykos) January 19, 2017
any comment @justinamash? https://t.co/w0oxEkIetp
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 19, 2017
Michigan Rep. Justin Amash got an earful from his constituents in a town meeting Tuesday, a standing-room-only affair in which dozens were turned away when the room reached capacity.
What drew such large numbers to a routine town hall meeting?
Judging by the about 250 packing the auditorium, it was to aggressively question the Michigan Republican about his stance on issues ranging from the repeal of the Affordable Care Act to climate change to immigration. […]“Do you or do you not support the immediate repeal of the Affordable Care Act with or without a replacement?” one attendee asked.
When Amash answered, saying he expects the burden of replacing the federal law upon repeal to fall to individual state governments, the crowd erupted with dissent.
The congressman calmed the crowd, saying his support for federal repeal would be contingent on states first providing plans for replacement.
“You can have a repeal that is triggered by state replacement,” he said. “In other words, you pass legislation to repeal. As states replace the legislation, then the repeal is triggered in that state. That is what I’m talking about.”
Welp….
Trump’s team is planning to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities. https://t.co/xYzA6oC0Ok
— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) January 19, 2017
But hey, it’s ok, who ever made profit off of art or humanity anyway?
re: #201 FormerDirtDart
So, is this the new Republican repeal and replace plan…
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My prediction at this point: they’ll do enough legislative activity that makes it look like a repeal to satisfy those parts of the base that are expecting that damned Obamacare to go away, but they’ll “replace” it by just filing the serial numbers off.
Of course they are
Trump’s team is planning to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities. https://t.co/xYzA6oC0Ok
— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) January 19, 2017
— Karoli (@Karoli) January 19, 2017
re: #201 FormerDirtDart
So, is this the new Republican repeal and replace plan…
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I saw an article in Vox suggesting letting states that like the ACA keep it may be the path the GOP takes, and it fits the GOP ideology of devolving decisions to the states.
re: #202 Citizen K
Welp….
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But hey, it’s ok, who ever made profit off of art or humanity anyway?
Gotta put more money in to Reagan Military buildup 2.0.
Wait, what? Not the Trump plane?
Pres.-elect Trump takes off in military plane from LaGuardia Airport to head to Washington, D.C. for Inauguration Day. pic.twitter.com/9CLQafMxgS
— ABC News (@ABC) January 19, 2017
re: #198 HappyWarrior
We just can’t take anything for granted. I don’t know what happened in November but Trump being elected in the first place changes everything. We can’t underestimate the power of lies and populist demagoguery on our population.
At the same time, we have to be mindful not to treat every comment by Trump or Republicans as the new law of the land. There are still a number of things in place that can prevent them from doing a large amount of immediate damage: Democrats in Congress, judges put in place by Obama, ACLU, etc. Our job is to give all of those things the support they need and to harass our Republican representatives if we have them.
re: #202 Citizen K
Welp….
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But hey, it’s ok, who ever made profit off of art or humanity anyway?
As Trump understands neither Art nor Humanity, this makes sense.
Also,
.@thehill: @realdonaldtrump intends to privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 😳https://t.co/IgcwG7M3Qc
— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) January 19, 2017
I am glad to see that Republican congress people are dealing with their constituents anger. But uh guys, why didn’t you vote for Clinton. Trump promised to repeal the ACA as did all your GOP Congresspeople. Be angry, I don’t blame you but please for the love of Christ, look at who you’re voting for in the future.
Here is the storify link for Alice’s live tweets.
re: #201 FormerDirtDart
So, is this the new Republican repeal and replace plan…
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I don’t think Amash has any effin idea what he’s talking about.
Guys, I saw something earlier on my FB feed about how Trump apparently wants to have military parades in Washington. The hell. Why not just play the Internationale or Horst Wessel on loudspeakers and Trump come out in a brown suit or Nehru jacket.
re: #208 Belafon
At the same time, we have to be mindful not to treat every comment by Trump or Republicans as the new law of the land. There are still a number of things in place that can prevent them from doing a large amount of immediate damage: Democrats in Congress, judges put in place by Obama, ACLU, etc. Our job is to give all of those things the support they need and to harass our Republican representatives if we have them.
Exactly.
re: #213 HappyWarrior
Guys, I saw something earlier on my FB feed about how Trump apparently wants to have military parades in Washington. The hell. Why not just play the Internationale or Horst Wessel on loudspeakers and Trump come out in a brown suit or Nehru jacket.
I am sure that K Street will have no issues with the traffic problems such an insane idea would create.
re: #213 HappyWarrior
Guys, I saw something earlier on my FB feed about how Trump apparently wants to have military parades in Washington. The hell. Why not just play the Internationale or Horst Wessel on loudspeakers and Trump come out in a brown suit or Nehru jacket.
He’s jealous that Putin gets to have this==>
Here’s a preview of President Trumputin’s Inauguration Parade #TheResistance #UniteBlue #Putinspuppet https://t.co/ANuPcTnQM8
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 19, 2017
re: #215 Timothy Watson
I am sure that K Street will have no issues with the traffic problems such an insane idea would create.
That was my first thought too. D.C is already a traffic nightmare. Every day, I’m more glad I didn’t get a job with the Feds.
re: #216 The Vicious Babushka
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He needs to give himself a rank that he never would have earned.
re: #209 A wild WITHAK appeared!
As Trump understands neither Art nor Humanity, this makes sense.
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That was ugly reading. And they can eliminate all that funding through reconciliation.
Trump is basically if the comments section came to life and became President.
re: #202 Citizen K
Welp….
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But hey, it’s ok, who ever made profit off of art or humanity anyway?
It’s not like American music, movies or television ever did anything to advance our global hegemony…
re: #177 Belafon
“We don’t see race. We just see ‘others’.”
Kanye wasn’t asked to perform at the inauguration because Trump’s team says the event is “traditionally American” 🤔 https://t.co/kw9rfm5hBr pic.twitter.com/nhH1KYbdpr
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) January 19, 2017
re: #218 HappyWarrior
He needs to give himself a rank that he never would have earned.
He’ll have some designer make him a bunch of Khadaffiesque fabulous uniforms. Maybe also have a Hot Girl Praetorian Guard like Khadaffi.
re: #224 FormerDirtDart
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What could be more American than Kanye West? A narcissistic dick that thinks everything is all about him? I jest but really that’s stupid.
re: #209 A wild WITHAK appeared!
As Trump understands neither Art nor Humanity, this makes sense.
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I am not at all surprised. Hardly even newsworthy at this point…
Fucked “Я” Us
re: #222 HappyWarrior
Trump is basically if the comments section came to life and became President.
as if the commenters all got cabinet posts
re: #225 The Vicious Babushka
He’ll have some designer make him a bunch of Khadaffiesque fabulous uniforms. Maybe also have a Hot Girl Praetorian Guard like Khadaffi.
Yeah something like that. I keep on laughing thinking about that the rank that Sacha Baron Cohen’s character had in The Dictator, he was “admiral general.”. Maybe Trump makes himself Commandant Captain.
re: #229 HappyWarrior
Yeah something like that. I keep on laughing thinking about that the rank that Sacha Baron Cohen’s character had in The Dictator, he was “admiral general.”. Maybe Trump makes himself Commandant Captain.
Commandant Heroicus Glorious Generalissimo Fabuloso or GTFO
re: #213 HappyWarrior
Guys, I saw something earlier on my FB feed about how Trump apparently wants to have military parades in Washington. The hell. Why not just play the Internationale or Horst Wessel on loudspeakers and Trump come out in a brown suit or Nehru jacket.
I could see Trump reviewing the troops to the Königgrätzer March; I think that’d be more his style.
re: #222 HappyWarrior
Trump is basically if the comments section came to life and became President.
Considering Bannon’s opinion of the Breitbart comments, this is likely by design.
re: #226 HappyWarrior
What could be more American than Kanye West? A narcissistic dick that thinks everything is all about him? I jest but really that’s stupid.
A lot of Trump supporters would have issues with his…er, um, choice of jewlry.
re: #207 The Vicious Babushka
Wait, what? Not the Trump plane?
It’s official travel, Secret Service probably told him “no chance in hell” can he use his planes anymore..
re: #229 HappyWarrior
Yeah something like that. I keep on laughing thinking about that the rank that Sacha Baron Cohen’s character had in The Dictator, he was “admiral general.”. Maybe Trump makes himself Commandant Captain.
Yeah, but Trump could never be as cool as Admiral General Aladeen.
Heh.
re: #234 FormerDirtDart
It’s official travel, Secret Service probably told him “no chance in hell” can he use his planes anymore..
Expect angry Tweets.
Mitten’s niece
BREAKING: Republicans elect Michigan’s Ronna Romney McDaniel to serve as RNC chairman. https://t.co/9A5TQiGBtF
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 19, 2017
Christ on a hoverboard
Steve Mnuchin actually just tried to make the argument that he didn’t understand the disclosure forms he filled out because he was rushing.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 19, 2017
re: #224 FormerDirtDart
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re: #235 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, but Trump could never be as cool as Admiral General Aladeen.
Heh.
OF course not.
Who says C-SPAN is boring…
The exchange between Rick Perry and @SenFranken 😂😂😂 “I hope you’re as much fun [here] as you were on the couch [in your office].”
re: #236 The Vicious Babushka
Expect angry Tweets.
“How am I supposed to milk the government if I can’t use my own planes?! SAD!”
re: #224 FormerDirtDart
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You could be the most successful artist, sportsperson, philosopher, etc. of your generation, but you still won’t be considered really ‘American’ if you’re a PoC. That is the lesson that we have to learn. Over, and over, and over, and over again: This is not ‘our’ country, and never will be, it’s ‘their’ country. This is No Country for Non-Whites, and it looks to remain that way forever and anon.
re: #239 HappyWarrior
Didn’t Nixon have the crazy idea of giving the White House guards all old timey uniforms?
I didn’t know about that, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
re: #240 Sir John Barron
We’re talking about a base that whined when Obama had Common at the WH.
But also a base that loves Ted Nugent too.
re: #242 weave
Who says C-SPAN is boring…
I am putting Franken near the top of my 2020 presidential picks if he’ll run.
re: #245 Dr Lizardo
I didn’t know about that, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
I think I remember reading it somewhere.
Elijah Cummings: ‘If the public knew what Congress knows’ they would boycott the inauguration too https://t.co/FPDpkmtDYN pic.twitter.com/cWfgeUWu6Y
— Eric W. Dolan (@EWDolan) January 19, 2017
What, exactly, does Congress know at this point, and why can’t they share it with the public?
re: #247 Belafon
I am putting Franken near the top of my 2020 presidential picks if he’ll run.
No! We need him! He stays!
re: #202 Citizen K
Welp….
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But hey, it’s ok, who ever made profit off of art or humanity anyway?
Coming up next on the chopping block—PBS and NPR…
re: #247 Belafon
I am putting Franken near the top of my 2020 presidential picks if he’ll run.
Yeah I think he’d be my first choice if he ran. He’s intelligent, hard-working, and informed. I must say though I’m really annoyed with that element of the left that has turned on Booker already. I can accept being disappointed in a vote but my God, Trump’s not even President yet and he’s already a “Neo-lib sell out” to them. We’ll have lots of good choices in 2020. I have no idea who I’ll support yet obviously but there’s a lot of Dems I like.
re: #252 Joe Bacon
Coming up next on the chopping block—PBS and NPR…
Read a few more comments down from 202.
BUSTED: GOP legislative aide fired for running fake news site that hyped bogus ‘voter fraud’ stories https://t.co/lxzgUYlMtI
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 19, 2017
re: #238 The Vicious Babushka
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He’s not being nominated for a judge for a fucking spelling bee. This shit SHOULD be complicated, should be thorough, because holy fucking shit, your job is literally going to affect every 300mil+ American, you dense, dense, motherfucking cretin.
I say this, knowing full and well that he, like every other Trump pick, is qualified only for the express purpose of subverting his position and department. This man, Perry, Devos, all of them are ungodly dense and stupid even with this abominable standard.
So they’ve announced that two elementary schools in Little Rock will be shut down. Guess which part of this city this will impact. It ain’t the affluent parts. On top of that, the county school district has announced $80 million dollars worth of renovation/construction projects. Western Little Rock doesn’t pay into the city district but rather the county. Western Little Rock is also where the most expensive real estate is. Are these events a coincidence? No, they’re by design. The long game of white flight is coming to fruition, and it is impacting the youngest and poorest of my city. And that is the tale of two millage rates.
re: #260 Arkansawyer
So they’ve announced that two elementary school in Little Rock will be shut down. Guess which part of this city this will impact. It ain’t the affluent parts. On top of that, the county school district has announced $80 million dollars worth of renovation/construction projects. Western Little Rock doesn’t pay into the city district but rather the county. Western Little Rock is also where the most expensive real estate is. Are these events a coincidence? No, they’re by design. The long game of white flight is coming to fruition, and it is impacting the youngest and poorest of my city. And that is the tale of two millage rates.
But hey, they probably justify it by saying Western Little Rock is “Real Arkansas” or something.
re: #254 HappyWarrior
Yeah I think he’d be my first choice if he ran. He’s intelligent, hard-working, and informed. I must say though I’m really annoyed with that element of the left that has turned on Booker already. I can accept being disappointed in a vote but my God, Trump’s not even President yet and he’s already a “Neo-lib sell out” to them. We’ll have lots of good choices in 2020. I have no idea who I’ll support yet obviously but there’s a lot of Dems I like.
I’m just imagining what the Franken-Trump debates would be like, and I think they’d be awesome.
re: #243 Belafon
“How am I supposed to milk the government if I can’t use my own planes?! SAD!”
Are you kidding? He’ll charter the Trump plane for bringing foreign dignitaries to visit him…at prevailing rates.
re: #246 HappyWarrior
But also a base that loves Ted Nugent too.
Oh, Ted Nugent is “traditional American”. He’s on the NRA board.
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re: #264 Sir John Barron
Oh, Ted Nugent is “traditional American”. He’s on the NRA board.
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He’s also white.
re: #163 FormerDirtDart
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Not only did Spicer praise the Trump hotel, but apparently Pence put in an appearance and said the transition was done on time and under budget. Which is great, except for the part where they just didn’t finish (all those pesky unfilled positions) and called it a day.
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What, exactly, does Congress know at this point, and why can’t they share it with the public?
The classified briefing on Russia/election/Trump stuff; usually it’s only the intelligence committee, but this time people made enough fuss it was the whole House.
re: #238 The Vicious Babushka
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“The disclosure forms are a hassle and too much government, and also Hillary better fork over all millions of her emails right now for my inspection.”
@waltisfrozen @PlanetofFinks Trump on Monday: Hey, when I came to visit Obama, there were people in all those desks…where’d they go?
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 19, 2017
re: #268 Sir John Barron
“The disclosure forms are a hassle and too much government, and also Hillary better fork over all millions of her emails right now for my inspection.”
Remember, that nobody would be interested in DT’s tax returns…why should anybody be interested in his appointees’ records?
These people have succeeded in turning the world on its head. Would be laudable in some way if it were not such a recipe for disaster.
Chuck’s 3 finger gang sign origin has been discovered
@joshtpm Wow. pic.twitter.com/cYAs0oKaNI
— Joshua Cain (@jcain417) January 19, 2017
This reeks of Mitt Romney style stripping a company so he can sell it.
this is jaw-dropping https://t.co/uFqtHrUlNn pic.twitter.com/qiUYUsmtmj
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) January 19, 2017
OT but I managed to do my cardio workout first thing this morning. I don’t think I’ve done that before. I have a Bowflex Treadclimber at home. On average I probably use it about once a week, while doing another cardio workout at the gym on the elliptical.
Rick Perry is talking about vaccines. The Department of Energy’s primary mission is nuclear weapons. (Sorry I’m gonna keep saying this.)
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) January 19, 2017
re: #270 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Remember, that nobody would be interested in DT’s tax returns…why should anybody be interested in his appointees’ records?
These people have succeeded in turning the world on its head. Would be laudable in some way if it were not such a recipe for disaster.
Yeah, that’s the logical conclusion to DT’s non-transparency. If he, the prez to be didn’t show anything, why should anyone else, with positions below his?
re: #275 Sir John Barron
Yeah, that’s the logical conclusion to DT’s non-transparency. If he, the prez to be didn’t show anything, why should anyone else, with positions below his?
this will be the new precedent
re: #261 Citizen K
But hey, they probably justify it by saying Western Little Rock is “Real Arkansas” or something.
People in WLR still send their kids to school in the Little Rock district. There are many ways to circumvent the districts. It looks better on a college application if you graduated from Historic Little Rock Central High School. So, they’re using our resources without chipping in.
re: #276 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
this will be the new precedent
Until tax returns are demanded of the Dem candidate in 2020.
#Pruitt caught red handed copying & pasting lobbyists words & putting them on official letterhead as OK AG. Shouldn’t that concern everyone? pic.twitter.com/F4QYQ5oERX
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) January 18, 2017
The GOP assault on taxpayers continues. Not only are they rushing to give the rich tax breaks, but want to make it easier for the rich to scoop up federal lands and exploit them instead of preserving them.
What better way to accomplish this than to value the land as essentially worthless so that they can move it off the books and let the states turn around and sell them to the rich.
GOP preps giveaway of national lands, valuing it as worthless; ignoring billions in revenue & millions of jobs https://t.co/1ee0S9h7FG
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 19, 2017
It comes as no surprise that the GOP out west are pushing this bs. They can’t wait to start mining and drilling around/near and in national parks and adjacent lands, regardless of the consequences.
re: #279 darthstar
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It should but it won’t concern the GOP and Kellyanne will go on to complain that this is “unfair” to Pruitt.
re: #281 HappyWarrior
It should but it won’t concern the GOP and Kellyanne will go on to complain that this is “unfair” to Pruitt.
Just trying to make him look bad.
re: #272 darthstar
This reeks of Mitt Romney style stripping a company so he can sell it.
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Insanity.
re: #272 darthstar
This reeks of Mitt Romney style stripping a company so he can sell it.
Let’s eliminate the R&D budget for an entire nation.
A transition like no other: A unique @BostonGlobe look at the past 71 days. What comes next is anyone’s guess.https://t.co/JJOPuwU2kM pic.twitter.com/2dvrkt3B7N
— Matt Viser (@mviser) January 19, 2017
Jesus said unto them, “Everyone says I make the best wine. Not that like that Galilean stuff in the old wine skins. Sad!” #FakeNewsBible
— Unvirtuous Abbey (@UnvirtuousAbbey) January 19, 2017
re: #278 Sir John Barron
Until tax returns are demanded of the Dem candidate in 2020.
Because they have something to hide…
re: #272 darthstar
This reeks of Mitt Romney style stripping a company so he can sell it.
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We need to run the government like a business!!
Scummy CEO shit right there. Get rid of anything you don’t care about or don’t understand.
So, poking around the intertubes and I see that “Square Hammer” by Swedish band Ghost has gone to #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs. First time for a Swedish group in the Rock genre, if I’m not mistaken. Congratulations. I also saw they’re gonna be touring this summer with Iron Maiden in the USA. Sweet.
re: #290 HappyWarrior
Why not, a lot of right wing admrie Pinochet anyway, the ones that know who he is anyhow.
There’s a Free Republic poster who uses the name “Pinochet.”
Anyone else find it pretty telling that all those III% folks with a hard on for the constitution aren’t raising a fuss over Trump?
re: #248 HappyWarrior
I think I remember reading it somewhere.
A bit too staid & boring for The Donald
This is for Decatur Deb, when he shows up:
@sarahdal_moths https://t.co/72SMYPDPF1
— Dan Jackson (@northumbriana) January 14, 2017
It’s OK if somahyall want to watch it, too. But point it out to Deb, please. Thx.
re: #294 The Vicious Babushka
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A bit too staid & boring for The Donald
No medals. He needs a chest full of unearned fake medals.
re: #291 Dr Lizardo
That song definitely has an 80s vibe to it.
re: #296 allegro
No medals. He needs a chest full of unearned fake medals.
And a sash. I’m sure they have a collection in assorted colors left over from the Miss Universe, Miss USA & Miss Teen USA pageants.
re: #245 Dr Lizardo
YES! Tricky DIcky did that and the everyone ridiculed him, especially Johnny Carson. Johnny came out one night dressed in one of those uniforms and Ed fell on the floor laughing at him…
Donald Trump has arrived in DC for the 3 Doors Down concert. pic.twitter.com/Iesk9hr5aF
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) January 19, 2017
re: #299 The Vicious Babushka
And a sash. I’m sure they have a collection in assorted colors left over from the Miss Universe, Miss USA & Miss Teen USA pageants.
They’d have to tie three or more together to get around his girth.
re: #297 Eclectic Cyborg
That song definitely has an 80s vibe to it.
Yeah, and some Blue Öyster Cult thrown in too.
re: #291 Dr Lizardo
So, poking around the intertubes and I see that “Square Hammer” by Swedish band Ghost has gone to #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs. First time for a Swedish group in the Rock genre, if I’m not mistaken.
The closest a Swedish band had ever gotten was No. 6 - by these guys with this song.
re: #301 nines09
Donald Trump has arrived in DC for the 3 Doors Down concert.
Someone should investigate that as a waste/abuse of taxpayers’ dollars.
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re: #301 nines09
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ooo lookie, he let Milania come too and even stand next to him! What a guy!
re: #294 The Vicious Babushka
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The widely mocked uniforms were quickly consigned to storage. They remained there until sold/donated to the Utah State marching band in 1980. Richard Nixon’s Palace Guard
re: #306 allegro
ooo lookie, he let Milania come too and even stand next to him! What a guy!
That’s Caitlyn Jenner
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re: #304 makeitstop
The closest a Swedish band had ever gotten was No. 6 - by these guys with this song.
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The greatest band ever from Sweden:
I had forgotten that Garth Brooks performed at the 2009 inauguration concert(Daily Kos link). That’s why he’s trying to be somewhere else for Trump’s.
re: #296 allegro
No medals. He needs a chest full of unearned fake medals.
He’d need ones for the following:
1) Grabbing ‘em by the pussy;
2) Meritorious duty in avoiding STDs during Vietnam deferment;
3) Getting other people to pay for his business failures;
4) Comrade of the year award (Putin pin);
5) tax lout of the decade (3x); and
6) bankruptcy king (6x).
OK, that’s sort of a big deal…
This is a big deal:First female soldier will join @USArmy’s 75th Ranger Regiment.https://t.co/HCY0qnJzA0via @ArmyTimes pic.twitter.com/1x9vej0P1J
— Holly Zachariah (@hollyzachariah) January 19, 2017
re: #247 Belafon
I am putting Franken near the top of my 2020 presidential picks if he’ll run.
I would like to see someone a little younger in 2020.
Keep letting @realDonaldTrump know how unpopular and unaccepted he and his frat are.
His paper thin ego can’t tolerate it.— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) December 9, 2016
re: #314 Big Beautiful Door
I would like to see someone a little younger in 2020.
Cory Booker
Kristen Gillibrand
Julian Castro
Nobody is obligated to tolerate fuckery.
— Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) January 19, 2017
Less then 24 hours until President Trump violates the Constitution!
It’s time for some insurance theory. This is literally the _opposite_ of how insurance works. https://t.co/YXUz9FAXml pic.twitter.com/tLRDNsVcG9
— David Jarman (@DavidLJarman) January 19, 2017
The GOP doesn’t understand how insurance works. Why am I not surprised.
re: #319 lawhawk
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The GOP doesn’t understand how insurance works. Why am I not surprised.
they understand the Free Market: namely the producers make the rules, the consumers deal with them the best they can.
re: #265 HappyWarrior
And a complete asshole. Which seems to be standard for ‘conservatives’ these days.
re: #314 Big Beautiful Door
I would like to see someone a little younger in 2020.
I’m just hoping to be alive in 2020. :/
re: #319 lawhawk
To the GOP, everything is a gated community.
re: #320 Bubblehead II
This is both surprising and totally in character for him. The man is known for having a absurd, self-aware, and surprisingly immature sense of humor.
re: #319 lawhawk
The GOP doesn’t understand how insurance works. Why am I not surprised.
As far as the wealthy are concerned, insurance is just a way for moochers to take money from the rich. Moocher in this case meaning anyone who cannot pay up front for a $2M cancer treatment.
re: #270 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Looks like the US will be going out with the same music it came to life with.
re: #326 Belafon
As far as the wealthy are concerned, insurance is just a way for moochers to take money from the rich. Moocher in this case meaning anyone who cannot pay up front for a $2M cancer treatment.
If God wanted those people to live he obviously would have given them $2 million.
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re: #324 jaunte
To the GOP, everything is a gated community.
…and the Elect are those whom God has chosen to live within the gates. This is economic Calvinism.
Trump just said he has the highest IQ of any cabinet in history.
— digby (@digby56) January 19, 2017
Oh my. MSNBC’s cameras asked to leave the room.
— digby (@digby56) January 19, 2017
re: #326 Belafon
As far as the wealthy are concerned, insurance is just a way for moochers to take money from the rich. Moocher in this case meaning anyone who cannot pay up front for a $2M cancer treatment.
We have been taught that the ACA, being redisributive in nature, is just another form of creeping socialism, something to be fought tooth-and-nail by all freedom-loving people.
re: #325 Citizen K
This is both surprising and totally in character for him. The man is known for having a absurd, self-aware, and surprisingly immature sense of humor.
I know. Hence the wording.
Trump just asked MSNBC cameras to leave a luncheon where he’s speaking. Live on TV. So much for transparency. #fb
— Jojo Pada (@ignitionPR) January 19, 2017
re: #290 HappyWarrior
Yeah, because they really would like to throw people who disagree with them from helicopters into live volcanos.
In related news…
Navy facing heaviest Russian activity since Cold War says First Sea Lord https://t.co/VkbZLqjvAd
— ❄ I Am American ❄ (@TomWellborn) January 19, 2017
re: #330 jaunte
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True. He has IQ records from every cabinet member ever and has the IQ numbers of each cabinet nominee of his and ran the numbers and checked them carefully. Analysis.
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North Korea is reportedly “readying two intercontinental ballistic missiles” to “nuke” Donald’s Trump inauguration https://t.co/AgHloZeyrv pic.twitter.com/vBdOyR0hLq
— New York Post (@nypost) January 19, 2017
It’s the Post, but still… sheesh.
These people
Rhonda Pearce, homemaker in North Carolina, most admires that Trump is always willing to admit he was wrong after he misspeaks. pic.twitter.com/Mdg8FOFZ0Y
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 19, 2017
re: #343 Stanley Sea
They really do live in an alternate reality, don’t they?
re: #343 Stanley Sea
These people
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But….
This is….
These people are not talking about any Donald Trump that exists, in real life or in fiction. Who the hell are they taking about?
How long will the new fast track to China becoming the world’s superpower take once Trump is sworn in?
— Matt Haze (@MattHaze) January 19, 2017
@MattHaze Nanoseconds.
— Nathan Obral 📎😸❄️ (@myronfalwell) January 19, 2017
My Twitter has #StopSanctuaryCities promoted by FAIR in my trending thing.
re: #337 jaunte
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If the MSM showed some solidarity by saying “nope” to giving Trump all of the attention he craves - especially for non-events like a freaking luncheon - he would be PLEADING with them to come back. Their behavior makes no sense to me. But then, little is making much sense to me about now.
Not sure if it’s just the lighting, but it’s looking like Trump set his tanning bed to George Hamilton in preparation for Inauguration Day pic.twitter.com/19HNVxorJN
— Catherine Thompson (@KT_thomps) January 19, 2017
Pres.-elect Donald Trump on his cabinet: “We have by far the highest IQ of any cabinet ever assembled.” pic.twitter.com/fdwb7ylXXm
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 19, 2017
re: #345 Citizen K
I….
But….
This is….
These people are not talking about any Donald Trump that exists, in real life or in fiction. Who the hell are they taking about?
He is the perfect screen for people to project their image of the Ideal President. It works.
He knows how to manipulate the press - and they do his bidding, not because they fear His Holy Wrath but because they fear The Bottom Line. DT is business savvy enough to recognize how to manipulate that innate fear.
re: #330 jaunte
Not too surprising… Donald and his Republican cronies frequently mistake net worth for intelligence.
re: #353 InfidelOfFreedom
Not too surprising… Donald and his Republican cronies frequently mistake net worth for intelligence.
Sadly, a vast portion of America defines intelligence by net worth as well.
re: #353 InfidelOfFreedom
“You have to be incredibly intelligent to be born into a wealthy family. Everyone knows.”
So Rick Perry first wanted to get rid of the Department of Energy and now it’s coming out that he didn’t even know what DOE actually does. Jesus, is there anything right with the Trump cabinet?
re: #336 Dr Lizardo
So, just turned on someone else to classic rock. A student of mine hit me up on FB Messenger, asking “What is this band Cheap Trick? I have never heard of them” (she’s 17, so I cut her some slack).
So I sent her this:
and she loved it.
Mission accomplished.
I’ll put them in the Top 5 American rock bands of all time without a second thought.
re: #356 HappyWarrior
So Rick Perry first wanted to get rid of the Department of Energy and now it’s coming out that he didn’t even know what DOE actually does. Jesus, is there anything right with the Trump cabinet?
As far as I can tell, only Mattis.
re: #357 makeitstop
I’ll put them in the Top 5 American rock bands of all time without a second thought.
Cheap Trick was outstanding at a time when mediocre was the norm.
re: #356 HappyWarrior
So Rick Perry first wanted to get rid of the Department of Energy and now it’s coming out that he didn’t even know what DOE actually does. Jesus, is there anything right with the Trump cabinet?
Stop complaining DT says his cabinet is most highest IQ ever in the history.
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re: #358 Big Beautiful Door
I do hope Mattis has the balls to tell Trump and the rest to fuck themselves when Trump decides to go to war over some perceived slight.
I just completed a review of Sarbanes-Oxley for corporate internal controls (required every 2 years)
I wonder if Trump or anyone in his organization or any of his cabinet nominees has ever heard of Sarbanes-Oxley. They all appear to be the epitome of DON’T DO THIS.
re: #361 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
The GOP will be too busy looting the country to worry about what’s happening in the outside world.
LOLWUT
Tyrus and Ashley Cobb, of Indiana, like that Trump is a man of faith who will bring Godliness back. They wish he’d stop tweeting. pic.twitter.com/laq1HYS2Ju
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 19, 2017
re: #362 The Vicious Babushka
I am sure they have given they were all involved in one way or another with companies that would have been effected by SOX. Personally it annoys the crap out of me since the powers that be decided it also applies to ANYTHING IT related. Want to change one sentence in some HTML? Has to go through the Change Control process as established to meet SOX requirements!
re: #337 jaunte
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So where is that unified front the press was bragging about yesterday?
Gutless pieces of shit.
re: #361 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
I do hope Mattis has the balls to tell Trump and the rest to fuck themselves when Trump decides to go to war over some perceived slight.
He is our only hope.
re: #356 HappyWarrior
So Rick Perry first wanted to get rid of the Department of Energy and now it’s coming out that he didn’t even know what DOE actually does. Jesus, is there anything right with the Trump cabinet?
It’s perfect if your intention is to destroy functioning government to prove that it doesn’t work.
re: #365 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
I am sure they have given they were all involved in one way or another with companies that would have been effected by SOX. Personally it annoys the crap out of me since the powers that be decided it also applies to ANYTHING IT related. Want to change one sentence in some HTML? Has to go through the Change Control process as established to meet SOX requirements!
That’s what code reviews are for.
re: #364 The Vicious Babushka
Tyrus and Ashley Cobb, of Indiana, like that Trump is a man of faith who will bring Godliness back. They wish he’d stop tweeting. pic.twitter.com
— Daniel Dale
This is why we can’t have nice things.
re: #362 The Vicious Babushka
They’d likely seek its repeal. Complaining it is too onerous and difficult. Costly to maintain compliance, etc.
re: #366 Single-handed sailor
Were there other stations there?
Whee! I just got my boxed set of 4 operas (Tosca, Carmen, Faust, and Werther) with tenor Jonas Kaufmann. *swoon* Just in time too. Now I can spend the next few days watching tragedy set to beautiful music rather than watching tragedy in real time and gagging a lot.
re: #364 The Vicious Babushka
Living the post-empirical life.
re: #363 jaunte
The GOP will be too busy looting the country to worry about what’s happening in the outside world.
Not true: they will soon start trying to loot the outside world as well.
re: #376 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Oh yes, but that will be harder.
re: #364 The Vicious Babushka
Tyrus and Ashley Cobb, of Indiana, like that Trump is a man of faith who will bring Godliness back. They wish he’d stop tweeting.
Right out of Idiocracy…
re: #156 lawhawk
Over in Iran, they’re dealing with a building fire/collapse that seems straight out of the horrific videos of the WTC collapse. A landmark skyscraper in Tehran that was on fire collapsed, and there’s unconfirmed reports of dozens of firefighters killed.
The building was built in the 1960s and tenants had been cited in the past for using kerosene heaters and other safety violations. The fire started on the upper floors, and the building collapsed.
I just read about this. Really awful. Regardless of how one feels about the Iranian government, like firefighters everywhere, these were good guys trying to save people.
Awful, regardless of how one feels about #Iran’s govt: At least 20 #firefighters killed in Tehran building collapse https://t.co/LPZTcKoTTU
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) January 19, 2017
Lewis Black will be at the inauguration tomorrow. He wants to be there at the moment when Trump touches the Bible and his hand catches on fire.
re: #357 makeitstop
I’ll put them in the Top 5 American rock bands of all time without a second thought.
So I need to know who else is in your top five.
re: #364 The Vicious Babushka
LOLWUT
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re: #357 makeitstop
I’ll put them in the Top 5 American rock bands of all time without a second thought.
Same here. On her own, she went on to find this. She was raving about it, LOL.
Straight up rock ‘n’ roll, no chaser, what you see is what you get.
re: #379 CuriousLurker
I just read about this. Really awful. Regardless of how one feels about the Iranian government, like firefighters everywhere, these were good guys trying to save people.
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Yeah that’s terrible.
Also this:
#Israel’s far-right happily anticipating jumping into bed with Trump, Netanyahu is wary [he should be] https://t.co/c3AsszLlyU #p2 #tiot
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) January 19, 2017
The far-right Jewish Home party, along with members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, is promoting legislation that would effectively annex one large settlement in the occupied West Bank to Israel and another bill that would legalize dozens of unauthorized outposts.
But there could be a question mark over the issue, with Netanyahu possibly looking to curb settlement laws, wary of the dangers of the far right’s ambitions being too freely unleashed as he feels his way forward with the new U.S. administration.
I can’t stand Netanyahu, but if there’s one thing he’s been good at (at least so far), it’s political self-preservation.
You guys
Trump at his hotel via pool: “Where is this? This is a gorgeous room. A total genius must have built this place”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 19, 2017
re: #379 CuriousLurker
I just read about this. Really awful. Regardless of how one feels about the Iranian government, like firefighters everywhere, these were good guys trying to save people.
Just don’t read the comments!
re: #382 HappyWarrior
I’m sure Trump has slept with a woman named Faith before. // Oh that’s what they meant. I honestly feel bad for these people i na way since they delude themselves so much about what Trump really is.
Unfortunately, the self-delusions that these people entertain themselves with are not harmless.
When the shit hits the fan, I think it will be reasonable to require exhaustively detailed mea culpas from all of Trump’s supporters and enablers that have supposedly seen the error of their ways, especially in the main stream media.
re: #380 lawhawk
Lewis Black will be at the inauguration tomorrow. He wants to be there at the moment when Trump touches the Bible and his hand catches on fire.
re: #387 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Just don’t read the comments!
I knew better than to do that. 😐
re: #380 lawhawk
Lewis Black will be at the inauguration tomorrow. He wants to be there at the moment when Trump touches the Bible and his hand catches on fire.
Someone needs to make sure they get a really good shot. Trump’s hand will probably not actually touch the Bible.
re: #391 Belafon
Someone needs to make sure they get a really good shot. Trump’s hand will probably not actually touch the Bible.
you’d think he would want to use a pocket format Bible
re: #385 CuriousLurker
Self preservation will take on new meaning in the upcoming year as criminal investigations continue to swirl around Bibi and the news in Israel is leaking transcripts and taped conversations almost daily suggesting a wide range of corrupt activities, including trying to manipulate news coverage.
So far, the AG isn’t commenting, but the leaks continue and people are getting fed up with Bibi.
re: #391 Belafon
Someone needs to make sure they get a really good shot. Trump’s hand will probably not actually touch the Bible.
Or he’ll have the classic hand behind his back with fingers crossed. /
.@RepFilemonVela says #Inauguration attendees hurled racial slurs at 40 migrant students from his district. https://t.co/uKnYBbx1rP pic.twitter.com/KYV8Dsg7XY
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) January 19, 2017
What I love about Trump is that he was the quarterback for the 1977 Pittsburgh Steelers and invented the Twinkie. pic.twitter.com/X3xsUTuudw
— FuzzBeed Eli (@EliGieryna) January 19, 2017
re: #381 Big Beautiful Door
So I need to know who else is in your top five.
American? Here ya go, in no particular order.
Warning - My short list will most likely cause Style Whiplash:
Stelly Dan
Petty/Heartbreakers
Soundgarden
Cheap Trick
Neil & Crazy Horse
(I love my guitar rock)
re: #361 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
It’s not really reassuring that the most sane and reasonable member of the incoming administration is nicknamed “Mad Dog”.
The proposed cuts encompass nearly every government function that liberals care about https://t.co/NjF47xjMLU
— Daily Intelligencer (@intelligencer) January 19, 2017
The Republican Party finally has the dim-witted figurehead who will enable total destruction. @intelligencer https://t.co/VMva6mjlbZ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2017
$10.5 trillion in budget cuts. Say goodbye to everything good about the US government.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2017
The Trump administration will kill science and the social safety net, and use that money instead to build a repressive fascist state.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2017
Am I exaggerating? I don’t think so. Trump and his GOP puppetmasters have been openly telling us what they intend to do.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2017
And I use the word “fascist” deliberately, with full knowledge of what it means.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2017
re: #392 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
you’d think he would want to use a pocket format Bible
Comic book format.
Heard there’s one last batch of White House commutations on the way …
— CJ Ciaramella (@cjciaramella) January 19, 2017
This is just unreal: Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Nominee, Failed to Disclose $100 Million in Assets https://t.co/5xR74CGcv5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2017
re: #400 Charles Johnson
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I thibk that this budget is so awful that the public outcry will give enough GOP Senators pause to prevent a lot of the cuts. It may even be too radical to get through the House.
MSNBC currently gushing adoringly about the Trump Horror. pic.twitter.com/P0PoMZ5Vwq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2017
re: #400 Charles Johnson
The proposed cuts encompass nearly every government function that liberals care about https://t.co/NjF47xjMLU
— Daily Intelligencer (@intelligencer) January 19, 2017
Cleek’s law.
re: #400 Charles Johnson
The proposed cuts encompass nearly every government function that liberals care about
“Conservatives” care a lot about these too (and they will soon find out how much when they’re slashed). They’ve just been too gullible, willfully ignorant, and brainwashed to know it.
Trump World. pic.twitter.com/dids1OdKXG
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) January 19, 2017
re: #396 Backwoods_Sleuth
[.@RepFilemonVela says #Inauguration attendees hurled racial slurs at 40 migrant students from his district]
Oh jeez. There’s a local school group that has been working for a year to get to this inauguration, (probably not this one, but they are taking what they got) and for many of them, it’s their first time out of town. They don’t need such a rude introduction to the world. But maybe it will benefit us all in the long run.
re: #407 allegro
The proposed cuts encompass nearly every government function that liberals care about
“Conservatives” care a lot about these too (and they will soon find out how much when they’re slashed). They’ve just been too gullible, willfully ignorant, and brainwashed to know it.
This will be a wish list, they won’t get all these cuts through.
re: #393 lawhawk
Yeah, I’ve been following that off & on. It’ll be interesting to see if he manages to survive (politically speaking).
re: #385 CuriousLurker
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Bayit Hayehudi has collected a bunch of Kahanists even though the Kahane party has been outlawed.
re: #404 Big Beautiful Door
I thibk that this budget is so awful that the public outcry will give enough GOP Senators pause to prevent a lot of the cuts. It may even be too radical to get through the House.
I enjoy your optimism same way I enjoy Obama’s.
Unfortunately, much like Obama’s, I simply can’t see reality unfolding in a way that will reward said optimism.
re: #388 EPR-radar
Not a delusion.
What I’ve watched in the Midwest for the last 26 years is “Christianity” being slowly stripped of its internal content and reduced to (1) saying specific key phrases that demonstrate membership, (2) loyalty to specific charismatic figures and unquestioning acceptance of their declarations about what is right and holy.
They’re totally earnest and not at all blind, they’re just not using the same operational definition of godly (in a Christian manner) as you (or I) would. And in turn, they would find liberal Christians to not be Christians at all.
It happens. Given a generation or two of time, some money, and manpower, you can completely flip the basis of a culture. All you have to do is take familiar touchstones concepts and tweak their meaning, while purging alternate “reads” of core cultural values. Most people don’t have the kind of semiotic thinking and skepticism required to push back—particularly since you’re ideally targeting the young—and don’t question the base assumptions of their cultural milieu.
They’re reading the same Bible as the rest of us, but the chapter and verse mean completely different things.
re: #86 Anymouse
Howdy. Doing okay as a pale blue dot in the reddest House district in the Union. How bout you?
Doing ok, trying to survive.
re: #395 lawhawk
Or he’ll have the classic hand behind his back with fingers crossed. /
Trump won’t bother with that because he is incapable of distinguishing truth from lies.
re: #400 Charles Johnson
[Trump’s] proposed [budget] cuts encompass nearly every government function that liberals care about
Well, their whole raison d’etre is “piss off a liberal”.
And their wet dream for decades has been to bury the New Deal.
re: #403 Charles Johnson
This is just unreal: Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Nominee, Failed to Disclose $100 Million in Assets
So what. He probably has that much at home between his sofa cushions…
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re: #405 Charles Johnson
HEADLINE NEW! TRUMP HAS THREE BALLS!!!!
re: #336 Dr Lizardo
So, just turned on someone else to classic rock. A student of mine hit me up on FB Messenger, asking “What is this band Cheap Trick? I have never heard of them” (she’s 17, so I cut her some slack).
So I sent her this:
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and she loved it.
Mission accomplished.
Be sure to make sure she hears “Surrender” as well. Then we can teach her about the midwest’s best band - The Replacements.
re: #369 The Vicious Babushka
oh no, first the code review then the change control process.
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