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This is a remarkably chilling phrasehttps://t.co/o1AWBZafWX pic.twitter.com/DRgrr5Jf0q
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) January 25, 2017
So—if you’re not sure if our new President is a bigot: https://t.co/SYD6B6mcuw
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) January 26, 2017
He never really hid it. @soledadobrien https://t.co/KPzUwXetLF
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2017
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Proving the ugly truth we’ve all known for some time - the Republicans really do intend to ensure only rich white men can vote again.
re: #4 thedopefishlives
Actually, on that topic, one of my FB friends posted an incredibly chilling list of legitimate GOP officeholders insulting women at the marches, one even going so far as to say it was an “argument for revoking womens’ right to vote.”
The woman who invented the Italian resistance https://t.co/96jBxx2J51
— aka gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) January 26, 2017
— aka gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) January 26, 2017
— aka gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) January 25, 2017
He also said Britain could agree a “mutually beneficial” free trade deal with America in as little as 90 days.
In other news, he offered archaeological proof that the entire City of Rome was constructed between 9am and 6pm on Tuesday, May 4, 414 B.C
Funny how he keeps lining up on the side of the fascists and authoritarians. @AndreaChalupa @sarahkendzior
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2017
Philip Roth E-Mails on Trump https://t.co/kn9SYbphH2 via @newyorker
— aka gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) January 25, 2017
More Nicknames for Trump (dictator/citrus edition)
— aka gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) January 25, 2017
re: #11 gocart mozart
His real name, Fuckface von Clownstick and his actual title, Il Douche, should be adequate.
re: #4 thedopefishlives
Proving the ugly truth we’ve all known for some time - the Republicans really do intend to ensure only rich white men can vote again.
It’s becoming more and more clear that we only have three options:
1.) Senate Democrats growing a freaking spine and defending anything and everything. Sadly, there’s little to suggest this.
2.) A totalitarian regime that will eventually fail after decades of ratfucking the people and the murder/suppression of untold civilians (Spain, the Philippines)
3.) Violence and bloodshed as a restless and angry majority eventually gives in to the worst of our animal instincts. (1791 France, 1917 Russia, 1959 Cuba, 1990 Romania)
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Trump is POTUS because right-wingers like the fact that Trump is a bigot and too many in the center and left don’t care that Trump is a bigot.
re: #13 Myron Falwell
3.) Violence and bloodshed as a restless and angry majority eventually gives in to the worst of our animal instincts. (1791 France, 1917 Russia, 1990 Romania)
We have millions of armed, bigoted, still-enraged whackos and a leader who delights in riling people up.
re: #14 EPR-radar
Trump is POTUS because right-wingers like the fact that Trump is a bigot and too many in the center and left don’t care that Trump is a bigot.
[moonbat]Because emails… and Goldman Sachs…[/moonbat]
re: #14 EPR-radar
Trump is POTUS because right-wingers like the fact that Trump is a bigot and too many in the center and left don’t care that Trump is a bigot.
…and because the permanently broken Electoral College system will always place a massive advantage over Bumfuck Counties where the majority of those small populations are GOP-supporting bigots.
There are now at least 14 “rogue” Twitter accounts from federal science agencies:https://t.co/WOq4Hc5yd1 pic.twitter.com/BpARmzY0xN
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) January 25, 2017
re: #18 Myron Falwell
…and because the permanently broken Electoral College system will always place a massive advantage over Bumfuck Counties where the majority of those small populations are GOP-supporting bigots.
and our media were more interested in a horse race and ratings than pointing out that one of the candidates was totally unqualified for office.
re: #22 stpaulbear
Bashing democrats is so very helpful.
remember, they were fighting a two-front war: in the primaries, they had to face a takeover attempt from an independent outsider, which left them open to massive GOP ratfucking, then for the general they had to turn to face a candidate who was the darling of the media.
Repost from down stairs.
re: #13 Myron Falwell
This business of the Senate Democrats being spineless is a real problem.
The worst of Trump’s cabinet picks should have 100% opposition from the Democrats, especially Tillerson, DeVos and that HHS jackass.
Trump’s SCOTUS pick should also have 100% opposition from the Democrats.
I don’t care if these are votes that Republicans will win. That’s irrelevant. Force these jackasses to do all their bullshit on pure party line votes. Force then to end the filibuster if they ever want to get a SCOTUS nomination through.
If Manchin wants to play nice with the Republicans, boot him from the party or strip him of all seniority. His seat is a lost cause anyway.
If I don’t see this happen in the next few weeks, I’ll start entertaining myself by responding to Democratic party fundraising mailings with various and insulting suggestions on where to find (or grow) some sorely needed spines.
re: #15 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We have millions of armed, bigoted, still-enraged whackos and a leader who delights in riling people up.
For as much as I was horrified watching the Bosnian War play out on TV, it’s just as frightening to consider it happening here.
It is the GOP game plan. Honestly I think they WANT violence spilling out in the street because it means they can commandeer a destroyed government and act out their own inner Alma Coin.
re: #24 Bubblehead II
Repost from down staird.
We now have to live with “massive voter fraud” being treated as an “accepted” fact. it will shape a great deal of legislation that will counter whatever efforts people put into correcting 2016.
re: #22 stpaulbear
Bashing democrats is so very helpful.
Sadly it is what a lot of Democrats do all the damn time. When they lose, instead of joining together to fight, they break apart in little groups that point fingers at the other little groups.
If they want to get their shit together as a party the last thing Democrats need to do is just that.
Trump reassures supporter that he’ll be looking into getting rid of all the Muslims in the United States: pic.twitter.com/geo3oxsV6G
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) September 17, 2015
re: #18 Myron Falwell
…and because the permanently broken Electoral College system will always place a massive advantage over Bumfuck Counties where the majority of those small populations are GOP-supporting bigots.
A few years back, there was some discussion that the Electoral College could end up favoring Democrats vs. Republicans (compared to a national popular vote), if Republican votes over-concentrated in the bright red states to a sufficient extent.
That always seemed dubious to me, since the GOP structural advantage provided by rural over-representation in the electoral college is large and permanent.
Just a friendly reminder to visitors that Mount Doom is not a jewelry disposal system
— Mordor National Park (@MordorNPS) January 25, 2017
Every Democrat who votes for any of trumps nominees is supporting this trump storm! This is war!! There is no “Let’s be nice and meet the Republicans in the middle” any more. Those days are long gone!
re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
remember, they were fighting a two-front war: in the primaries, they had to face a takeover attempt from an independent outsider, which left them open to massive GOP ratfucking, then for the general they had to turn to face a candidate who was the darling of the media.
They also had to fight the disinformation campaign from hell while no one would listen when they held actual events to lay out how they were fighting the disinformation campaign from hell. Now we’ve got President Vladimir Bannon.
re: #31 The Vicious Babushka
Mordor National Park @MordorNPS
Just a friendly reminder to visitors that Mount Doom is not a jewelry disposal system
Should be followed by a reminder that ample parking and shuttle buses are available, but pedestrian traffic is not allowed due to safety precautions.
One does not simply walk into Mordor
re: #32 Cheechako
Every Democrat who votes for any of trumps nominees is supporting this trump storm! This is war!! There is no “Let’s be nice and meet the Republicans in the middle” any more. Those days are long gone!
Congressional Democrats have one job. It’s a very easy job. All they have to do is vote ‘no’ on all this TrumpShit.
re: #22 stpaulbear
Bashing democrats is so very helpful.
Right now, we have nothing standing between us and demise but for democrats in congress. If they refuse to stand for us, I will not vote for them. We have nothing more to lose. They are all we have. If they don’t act, fuck em.
re: #32 Cheechako
Every Democrat who votes for any of trumps nominees is supporting this trump storm! This is war!! There is no “Let’s be nice and meet the Republicans in the middle” any more. Those days are long gone!
When I was a conservative in 2009, that was the overarching mantra as the GOP started to go over the cliff. The RWNJs made it clear that any Republican who supported a Democrat would be thrown out in what was said to be “ideological purity…” but I would view today as an embrace of outright nihilism.
And now the Democrats SHOULD be doing the same fucking thing, but for a totally different reason. The RWNJs did it mostly out of racism and resentment turning into outright hatred. The Democrats NEED to do it to take a stand and attempt to save us from ourselves. Only Sen. Gillenbrand got the memo.
I feel like I’m in bizarro world.
{{puts head in hands}}
re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Should be followed by a reminder that ample parking and shuttle buses are available, but pedestrian traffic is not allowed due to safety precautions.
One does not simply walk into Mordor
Helicopters too.
Changed the logo again to use a less bold font style, because after living with the previous bolder version for a few days it was looking too heavy up there in the corner.
re: #32 Cheechako
Every Democrat who votes for any of trumps nominees is supporting this trump storm! This is war!! There is no “Let’s be nice and meet the Republicans in the middle” any more. Those days are long gone!
So call them and tell them to die for the cause.
re: #36 MsJ
Right now, we have nothing standing between us and demise but for democrats in congress. If they refuse to stand for us, I will not vote for them. We have nothing more to lose. They are all we have. If they don’t act, fuck em.
Like I said, so very helpful.
Watch!
Watch this. @MitchellReports remembers Mary Tyler Moore, who inspired her at a time when women were told they didn’t belong in the newsroom. pic.twitter.com/2HjRBL7Qpn
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) January 26, 2017
Watch this. @MitchellReports remembers Mary Tyler Moore, who inspired her at a time when women were told they didn’t belong in the newsroom.
re: #39 Charles Johnson
Changed the logo again to use a less bold font style, because after living with the previous bolder version for a few days it was looking too heavy up there in the corner.
Looks better. And thanks for fixing the iPhone tweet issue! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
re: #40 stpaulbear
So call them and tell them to die for the cause.
I stuck with 3 Republicans in Congress. They will be very happy to ride with trump off this cliff. Congress persons do not listen to anyone who is not a voter in their state/district so calling, emailing or writing to them is a waste of time.
re: #41 stpaulbear
Like I said, so very helpful.
So it’s all good that Dems are ok’ing everything trump so far?
re: #36 MsJ
Right now, we have nothing standing between us and demise but for democrats in congress. If they refuse to stand for us, I will not vote for them. We have nothing more to lose. They are all we have. If they don’t act, fuck em.
Defeatism. Does not get anyone anywhere.
It’s really bothering him that he was crushed in the popular vote.
Trump on his voter fraud claim (which is not true): “They would all be for the other side” pic.twitter.com/anLrI9dLsY
— Colin Jones (@colinjones) January 25, 2017
Trump on his voter fraud claim (which is not true): “They would all be for the other side”
re: #47 ObserverArt
Defeatism. Does not get anyone anywhere.
Neither does rubber stamping republicans.
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s really bothering him that he was crushed in the popular vote.
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People registered in two states? People like your pal Bannon?
re: #50 HappyWarrior
And daughter Tiffany.
re: #51 GlutenFreeJesus
And daughter Tiffany.
And treasury secretary designatee Mnunchin. Man it’s not even a week and I’m already sick of this fuck.
re: #49 MsJ
Neither does rubber stamping republicans.
I never said it did.
I was only talking about defeatism. Big difference.
re: #50 HappyWarrior
People registered in two states? People like your pal Bannon?
So far the following have been identified as being registered in multiple places:
Tiffany Trump
Steve Bannon
Steve Mnuchin
Reince Preibus
And that’s just in a few hours of checking. Anyone doubt that there’s going to be more? Because where there’s fire, there’s a frickin’ fire storm.
re: #53 ObserverArt
I never said it did.
I was only talking about defeatism. Big difference.
Ok and I agree. I don’t feel defeated but I’ll be damned if I’ll support Dems who betray our principles. That’s all I was saying.
Have to confess to the crocodile tears from my conservative friends bellyaching about how they’ve lost friends due to the election. To be frank guys, were you guys upset when conservative employers literally talked about firing people who voted for Obama or the constant deriding of Obama supporters. I haven’t stopped being friends with a single person over politics, that’s not how I operate but I have thought less of people when I discovered their support of Trump, absolutely.
re: #55 lawhawk
So far the following have been identified as being registered in multiple places:
Tiffany Trump
Steve Bannon
Steve Mnuchin
Reince PreibusAnd that’s just in a few hours of checking. Anyone doubt that there’s going to be more? Because where there’s fire, there’s a frickin’ fire storm.
I’d love for his “investigation” to turn up that he himself did this.
Oh, and Trump’s got all this time to go ahead and call for investigations into voter fraud that doesn’t exist, but doesn’t have the time to make disaster declarations to help folks affected by this week’s storms.
Make America retch again.
All you fuckers who thought Trump would help you or people like you? You were conned and you don’t even know it. Or don’t even care (which is worse).
re: #41 stpaulbear
Like I said, so very helpful.
How it is helpful to have Senate Democrats voting for Trump cabinet nominations?
re: #59 lawhawk
Oh, and Trump’s got all this time to go ahead and call for investigations into voter fraud that doesn’t exist, but doesn’t have the time to make disaster declarations to help folks affected by this week’s storms.
Make America retch again.
All you fuckers who thought Trump would help you or people like you? You were conned and you don’t even know it. Or don’t even care (which is worse).
Exactly. They were fucking conned. He doesn’t even have a FEMA admin set up does he? Maybe if he stopped bragging for a minute but then again if he stopped bragging, it would be an alternate universe.
re: #42 Stanley Sea
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Watch this. @MitchellReports remembers Mary Tyler Moore, who inspired her at a time when women were told they didn’t belong in the newsroom.
She inspired way more than future newswomen - she was a beacon for all young women to pursue our professions and buck the Good Ol’ Boys club. She inspired on more levels than professional. She made it okay to be single, to have a great life without needing a man/husband/boyfriend to “legitimize” her. This was actually a seriously huge and subversive thing.
re: #63 allegro
She inspired way more than future newswomen - she was a beacon for all young women to pursue our professions and buck the Good Ol’ Boys club. She inspired on more levels than professional. She made it okay to be single, to have a great life without needing a man/husband/boyfriend to “legitimize” her. This was actually a seriously huge and subversive thing.
That’s something that those who insist they don’t need feminism don’t understand. I admit, I wasn’t around back then but I like to think of myself as someone who’s studied history. Too many people- men and women don’t appreciate how far we’ve really come as a society.
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s really bothering him that he was crushed in the popular vote.
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The reporter obvs didn’t know about Tiffany, Reince, Mnuchin & Bannon.
FAIL to ask that.
re: #65 Stanley Sea
The reporter obvs didn’t know about Tiffany, Reince, Mnuchin & Bannon.
FAIL to ask that.
Yeah that would have been my first question especially after he insisted that “none” of the “fraud” goes for him.
re: #45 Cheechako
I stuck with 3 Republicans in Congress. They will be very happy to ride with trump off this cliff. Congress persons do not listen to anyone who is not a voter in their state/district so calling, emailing or writing to them is a waste of time.
So if you don’t call them, they’re only hearing from people who agree with them. Call them just to waste their fucking time and vent on topic without blowing up so they don’t hang up on you. I believe that the grunts who take the calls actually do count beans in regards to who is pro/anti their positions. None of them will know your position if you don’t let them know your position.
re: #66 HappyWarrior
Yeah that would have been my first question especially after he insisted that “none” of the “fraud” goes for him.
He would’ve fucking sputtered.
Fail.
With at least 60 confirmed #tornadoes, we just saw one of the largest winter #tornado outbreaks on record. https://t.co/5z62XW0n43 pic.twitter.com/zuvIkuRHeA
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) January 25, 2017
re: #69 Stanley Sea
He would’ve fucking sputtered.
Fail.
I would have loved to seen the look on his face. “Mr. Trump, your own daughter is registered to vote in two states. As is your Chief of Staff, a key adviser, and Secretary of Treasury.” Of course, knowing him he’d call it lies. You saw the way he reacted when it was pointed out to him what the author of the report said.
re: #60 EPR-radar
How it is helpful to have Senate Democrats voting for Trump cabinet nominations?
I agree, it’s definitely not helpful. Every Democrat who votes for these shitty nominees is showing the public that these nominees really aren’t that bad. A Democratic vote shows that Democrats support this kind of behavior.
This has to stop. Every vote for any of these shitheads should have 48 nay votes.
re: #56 MsJ
Ok and I agree. I don’t feel defeated but I’ll be damned if I’ll support Dems who betray our principles. That’s all I was saying.
I’ll agree that is what you meant. But the way you wrote did not come off that way.
This isn’t going to be easy.
And it is odd to think and say this, but I wonder if there is a little bit of the Dems giving them enough rope…if you know what I mean.
Yes, that could be dangerous, but as crazy as this administration is shaping up I wonder if there is a give them what they want so people get a real feel for the crazy.
That and I think this administration is going to split up relatively soon. There will be people leave because Trump is nuts (General James Mattis, maybe even Tillerson), hot heads that will give up because it isn’t crazy enough (Steve Bannon), indictments (General Flynn) some run out for just being totally incompetent (Ben Carson, Rick Perry) seen as a danger by too many Americans (Betsy DeVos) and stuff like that.
re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Meanwhile the President is bitching about non-existent fraud because he can’t accept that he lost the popular vote. I mean FFS, yeah Bush fucked up when Katrina happened but he wasn’t using that time on a petty vendetta.
A small but useful improvement: the LGF search function now saves your recent searches, and you can reuse them by clicking the magnifying glass on the left side of the input field.
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s really bothering him that he was crushed in the popular vote.
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Trump on his voter fraud claim (which is not true): “They would all be for the other side”
And we all KNOW who those “all be for the other side” voters would be, now don’t we, Donald.
As I have said before, this is his opening salvo on getting the 1965 Voting Rights Act repealed - remember this law is not a Constitutional amendment, so only requires a majority vote to overturn. It is about as racist as a statement can get without overtly naming minorities as the cause of his popular vote loss.
re: #36 MsJ
Right now, we have nothing standing between us and demise but for democrats in congress. If they refuse to stand for us, I will not vote for them. We have nothing more to lose. They are all we have. If they don’t act,
fuckprimary em.
Fixed. Assuming anger against trump/the GOP goes up, how the hell will a “GOP-lite”, enabling Democrat get voters to the polls? They’ll want a fighter.
Brilliant piece on an issue I often tweet about—the Dems lack of a coherent, compelling economic vision. https://t.co/Mq7iq8Dhl3
— Apinak (@Apinak) January 10, 2017
It was a close election. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote handily and only lost the presidency by about 110,000 votes in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. But Donald Trump’s victory exposed a problem that existed regardless of the Electoral College tally: Democrats do not have a coherent economic story that can appeal to people on the wrong side of the growing inequality divide. People who think their financial situation is worse than four years ago voted for Trump by an astounding 78-19 margin.
re: #76 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
And we all KNOW who those “all for the other side” voters would be, now don’t we, Donald.
As I have said before, this is his salvo on getting the 1965 Voting Rights Act repealed - remember this law is not a Constitutional amendment, so only requires a majority vote to overturn. It is about as racist as a statement can get without overtly naming minorities as the cause of his popular vote loss.
You make me remember Chief Justice John Roberts and his thinking there is no racism in America.
re: #75 Charles Johnson
Thanks Charles. These improvements are one of many reasons why I come here.
re: #75 Charles Johnson
A small but useful improvement: the LGF search function now saves your recent searches, and you can reuse them by clicking the magnifying glass on the left side of the input field.
Uh, but… Firefox doesn’t support the HTML5 “search” input style, so Firefox users won’t get this feature.
Been doing some testing with Firefox this week, and I have to say… this browser is really starting to get creaky. Lots of display bugs and other weirdness going on, compared to Chrome and Safari.
re: #78 ObserverArt
You make me remember Chief Justice John Roberts and his thinking there is no racism in America.
I’ll always think low of Roberts because of that. He reversed a good law because of his pity party for the South being “mistreated” by those laws. There’s a reason why those laws exist.
re: #79 PhillyPretzel
Thanks Charles. These improvements are one of many reasons why I come here.
Yeah Charles is constantly improving the website. Kudos.
From the SPLC though, 50 years ago today Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the Supreme Court. Today if he were nominated, the Republicans would block him no doubt as an “activist” for his role as an attorney in Brown.
First cut if Trump actually muscles NYC as a sanctuary city? NYPD presence at Trump Tower. Good. Pay for it yourself https://t.co/MxYJ7MWyzK
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 26, 2017
re: #77 Interesting Times
I keep seeing this, but the Democrats did have a compelling economic vision, It’s just not the vision these voters wanted. They preferred the comfortable lie where all the coal/factory jobs came back and they could work in the same job their father and father’s father had.
re: #85 Weaselone
I keep seeing this, but the Democrats did have a compelling economic vision, It’s just not the vision these voters wanted. They preferred the comfortable lie where all the coal/factory jobs came back and they could work in the same job their father and father’s father had.
I have to agree with that. It may not have been the populist vision they wanted or the Berners did but I think Clinton and Kaine did outline our economic vision pretty well. It just wasn’t soundbite friendly and I agree a lot of those voters really do prefer the empty rhetoric rather than the cold hard truth. I understand their frustrations obviously but I strongly disagree that the Dems had no economic vision.
re: #77 Interesting Times
Yes, the Democratic party lacks a ” coherent, compelling economic vision. “
But they also lack a coherent, compelling vision for anything.
As I’ve long lamented here, the Democratic party is the “I’m not a Republican” party. That may not be bad, but that is what it is.
I’m not sure it can be anything else. I believe ideology is important, but I just don’t see the Democratic Party in the US trying to forge a unifying ideology. It may not be possible, and keep the size of the party.
Reminder: In an anti-recount filing, Trump’s lawyers said the election was ‘not tainted by fraud or mistake’ https://t.co/aOgxgQdTSS
— Katty Kay (@KattyKayBBC) January 25, 2017
This week has sucked big time and it’s still only half over. Is Trump going to sign an exec order for mandatory re-education camps tomorrow?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2017
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
And University of Penn too will have cuts because they are putting themselves into the sanctuary category along with the City of Philadelphia.
re: #88 FormerDirtDart
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I bet Trump is so stupid he literally forgot that or didn’t know that.
Well, thanks to stpaulbear’s heads up, I stopped by the post office today and picked up 20 of the postage paid postcards, so I can now write short notes to my Congresscritters as needed. I’m going to pass some of them along to my sisters, since their Congresscritters aren’t all (D) after their names like mine are.
And while right now it feels like way too small of a step, it’s at least something I can do.
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re: #89 Charles Johnson
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I can’t believe we have at least four more years of this shit barring a miracle.
re: #78 ObserverArt
You make me remember Chief Justice John Roberts and his thinking there is no racism in America.
Still finding great signs from #womensmarch #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/gLiwK1r0hQ
— Candice with an L (@artist4ever) January 24, 2017
re: #93 HappyWarrior
I can’t believe we have at least four more years of this shit barring a miracle.
My suspicions is that Trump won’t make it a full four years. Like everything else, his claims of health and vigor are a work. See his now-world-famous doctor.
re: #94 The Vicious Babushka
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So many people don’t get that or if you bring it up, they get angry. Privilege exists. Privilege is me having been drunken in public several times and not having to worry about the police manhandling me. Privilege is not society calling me a slut or skank for my sexual decisions.
re: #95 freetoken
My suspicions is that Trump won’t make it a full four years. Like everything else, his claims of health and vigor are a work. See his now-world-famous doctor.
True but if he dies, we get Pence and Pence has his own warts.
re: #95 freetoken
My suspicions is that Trump won’t make it a full four years. Like everything else, his claims of health and vigor are a work. See his now-world-famous doctor.
4 hours of sleep each night? He’s on amphetamines.
re: #98 Stanley Sea
4 hours of sleep each night? He’s on amphetamines.
Remember not to wake him when the Allies land in Normandy. //
re: #85 Weaselone
I keep seeing this, but the Democrats did have a compelling economic vision, It’s just not the vision these voters wanted. They preferred the comfortable lie where all the coal/factory jobs came back and they could work in the same job their father and father’s father had.
Actually, the linked article makes a very good point, IMO. The Republican economic story is ‘free markets solve everything’. The Democratic economic story is ‘free markets are great, but they need tweaking here, there, and over there, and this response to an emerging regulatory gap, …’
Guess which vision is easier to sell.
re: #94 The Vicious Babushka
While everyone was talking about the big city turnout for the Women’s March, even smaller cities got into the act:
TRAVERSE CITY — Rallygoers overwhelmed downtown Traverse City with signs, costumes and chants and marched for more than an hour through city sidewalks.
The march was one of several small demonstrations aligned with the Women’s March on Washington, a Washington, D.C. gathering aimed at promoting women’s rights.
Saturday’s crowds were beyond what Traverse City police officers anticipated, police Capt. Jim Bussell said. Officers barricaded Garland Street to give the thousands of demonstrators a place to safely gather after the march. There were no incidents reported during the gathering.
“I think it went well,” Bussell said.
People marched past Votruba Leather Goods’ Front Street windows for more than an hour, Phil Stephenson said. Stephenson stood outside the store during the march, watching demonstrators stride past and waiting to join his wife in the crowd. His coworker Kathy Siladke stayed inside to help the customers who filtered into the store.
Traverse City (from wikipedia:)
The population was 14,674 at the 2010 census, with 143,372 in the Traverse City micropolitan area.
Billions of dollars in federal spending to eminent domain a wall through private property sure does seem conservative.
— Oliver Griswold (@originalgriz) January 25, 2017
re: #77 Interesting Times
Democrats do not have a coherent economic story that can appeal to people on the wrong side of the growing inequality divide.
You know what also didn’t help? News channels cutting away from Hillary’s appearances or relegating her to a soundless PiP when she did talk about policy and economic vision, and emails taking up all the oxygen in the room.
The fact is, Hillary had an economic vision and story. Hell, she appropriated a lot of Bernie’s economic positions for her official platform. It didn’t matter, when she tried to talk shop, news would rather report on the empty Trump podium. Literally the only way she was able to get coverage that wasn’t Benghazi or Email related was by talking about Trump.
re: #101 EPR-radar
Actually, the linked article makes a very good point, IMO. The Republican economic story is ‘free markets solve everything’. The Democratic economic story is ‘free markets are great, but they need tweaking here, there, and over there, and this response to an emerging regulatory gap, …’
Guess which vision is easier to sell.
“Free markets are for the rich to screw YOU.”
There.
re: #85 Weaselone
I keep seeing this, but the Democrats did have a compelling economic vision
And pray tell where was it, other than buried in policy sections of websites no “swing voter” bothered to read? :( Or HRC rallies they’d never be motivated to attend? Where was the avalanche of ads? Where was HRC’s equivalent of Obama’s 2008 30-minute primetime special just one week before the election, filled with reasons to vote FOR her instead of just against trump?
We have to be careful we don’t get stuck in our own bubble, subconsciously projecting our level of engagement and information-seeking onto random low-info voters. To paraphrase a certain defense secretary, you go to an election with the electorate you have, not the electorate you wish you had. Dumb down your message accordingly or go down in resounding defeat.
re: #87 freetoken
Yes, the Democratic party lacks a ” coherent, compelling economic vision. “
But they also lack a coherent, compelling vision for anything.
As I’ve long lamented here, the Democratic party is the “I’m not a Republican” part. That may not be bad, but that is what it is.
I’m not sure it can be anything else. I believe ideology is important, but I just don’t see the Democratic Party in the US trying to forge a unifying ideology. It may not be possible, and keep the size of the party.
You may want to watch this. South Bend Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg on why he wants to lead the DNC. He addresses that very issue. I mentioned him the other day. I didn’t know anything about him until I saw this on MTP Daily.
By the way. Pete is also openly gay and I think he isn’t afraid of much. Think of it…mayor of a city that has a large famous Catholic university. Says a lot to me.
I’m trying to not watch Chuck…but I just wanted to see what he had to say about some of the alternative facts thing he helped create on Sunday. Luckily I did see this and I was a little impressed.
re: #87 freetoken
But they also lack a coherent, compelling vision for anything.
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You mean other than that whole strength through diversity thing. The America where we all work together so that everyone succeeds? Where we invest in our people and our country to fuel economic growth, where we take things like climate change and basic fucking science research seriously. But yeah, I get what you mean. The whole working in a fucking coal mine until black lung makes you unable to work and you die gasping for air without health insurance and your family is left in poverty is far more compelling.
Chuck C. Johnson’s latest threat to sue Twitter is just as stupid and frivolous as all his others. https://t.co/2FkomuI98j via @motherboard
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2017
The difference is, this time he’s trying to bilk gullible right wingers out of some serious cash for this scam. @motherboard
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2017
re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Do you really think that Trump will actually compensate those landowners for the forced confiscation of their private property?
re: #106 allegro
“Free markets are for the rich to screw YOU.”
There.
Great. Now what’s the alternative to having free markets be the starting point for Democratic party economic policy?
Personally I think the labor market has gotten to the point where something radical, like a living wage for all, really needs to be on the table, but that’s probably not going to fly any time soon.
I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian & found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity.
— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) January 25, 2017
re: #111 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Do you really think that Trump will actually compensate those landowners for the forced confiscation of their private property?
nope.
landowners aren’t being paid FMV for their land being taken for the various pipelines.
A very plausible explanation for Trump’s bizarre sleeping habits is that he’s exhibiting symptoms of Alzheimer’s. His family has a history of it, he’s at the right age, and he has lots of other symptoms: memory loss, irritability, obsessive behavior, lashing out, etc.
We may actually see him have a complete mental breakdown in public at some point. I just hope he’s nowhere near the nuclear football when it happens.
This photo of an Eagle taking a hard look at itself is not a metaphor for anything that’s been in the news recently pic.twitter.com/FLyANNUg44
— Sam Morris (@SamMorrisDesign) January 26, 2017
re: #97 HappyWarrior
True but if he dies, we get Pence and Pence has his own warts.
Then we fight him too.
I swear Democrats need to make the Republican party own every little quirk, screw-up, lie, fumble, mistake, danger, etc. this Orange Loaf causes.
That goes for Pence, his cabinet, Mitch, Ryan, all of the Republicans. It is what they wanted make ‘em pay for all of it.
Donald Trump’s account is the first thing when you search the word fascist, bigot, racist, or asshole on Twitter pic.twitter.com/BZ4cLiCqwi
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) January 26, 2017
oh my gosh. this is true… https://t.co/rLyehwZZPk
— Noor Tagouri (@NTagouri) January 26, 2017
re: #112 EPR-radar
We could sell it as a tax credit. Everyone gets X per year paid out monthly. Steeper graduated income tax on all income. Also use it as a way to do away with the various other social programs like SS, welfare, food stamps, etc.
re: #115 Charles Johnson
A very plausible explanation for Trump’s bizarre sleeping habits is that he’s exhibiting symptoms of Alzheimer’s. His family has a history of it, he’s at the right age, and he has lots of other symptoms: memory loss, irritability, etc.
We may actually see him have a complete mental breakdown in public at some point. I just hope he’s nowhere near the nuclear football when it happens.
If it happens, hopefully it’s at something minor like greeting a sports team. I wasn’t aware of his family history with the disease.
re: #115 Charles Johnson
We may actually see him have a complete mental breakdown in public at some point. I just hope he’s nowhere near the nuclear football when it happens.
And we tell the difference how?
re: #117 ObserverArt
Then we fight him too.
I swear Democrats need to make the Republican party own every little quirk, screw-up, lie, fumble, mistake, danger, etc. this Orange Loaf causes.
That goes for Pence, his cabinet, Mitch, Ryan, all of the Republicans. It is what they wanted make ‘em pay for all of it.
Yep, you got it.
re: #109 Weaselone
The Democratic platform was so uncompelling that almost three million more people voted for Clinton.
Yes, I know that for operational reasons we need to act as if Wisconsinites are so much more important than Californians, but for the love of god never forget that more American voters, in total, would have preferred a Democrat.
I do agree that there has to be a way to sell our vision in quick sound bites. Maybe the DNC should look to hire some people with a marketing background for messaging. Goddamn, I can’t tell you how many conservatives i know whose first thought is “socialism!” whenever a Dem talks about fair taxes and using that taxed income to benefit the populace.
re: #122 Interesting Times
And we tell the difference how?
Chewing on the rugs or furniture is a dead giveaway.
It would be interesting to see media both siderists come up with pretzel logic as to how foaming at the mouth and biting the couch cushions is a meaningful response to opposing policy proposals, but I have confidence this challenge can be met.
It’s what they are paid to do and has always been what they are paid to do.
Having had the …privilege… of watching a family member go through the stages of Alzheimer’s, there is a point where it becomes very apparent even to non-family.
Two keys for the next party chair) 1) Emphasis of local elections being just as important as national elections and 2) Marketing our message better. Honestly, I don’t know what’s going to happen in 2020 yet.
re: #116 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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“How did they kick me out as a national symbol and replace me with a turkey?…I mean, the orange buffoon isn’t even a bird!”
re: #127 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Having had the …privilege… of watching a family member go through the stages of Alzheimer’s, there is a point where it becomes very apparent even to non-family.
My one grandmother had dementia. It was sad to watch since she had helped babysit me when I was a little one. I don’t know what the deal with Trump is or what he has but he’s simply not mentally suited for this office.
re: #128 HappyWarrior
Two keys for the next party chair) 1) Emphasis of local elections being just as important as national elections and 2) Marketing our message better. Honestly, I don’t know what’s going to happen in 2020 yet.
LOL you assume we have that long… :/
Responsible position now @sarahkendzior’s: US, world stability may not have until 2018 elxns. Citizens, allies must proceed on that basis.
— Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) January 25, 2017
I want to email, tweet and message our Dem representatives every day and ask:
“Have you found your spine yet? Can you fight now?”— Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) January 25, 2017
The other times we inaugurated 69 year olds, the first one died within a month after giving a long ass speech without a coat and the other one was clearly doing what his advisers wanted and definitely had Alheimers for part of his presidency. And I hate to sound ageist but that’s why I wasn’t exactly ready to nominate 75 year old Bernie Sanders.
re: #124 Donkey With No Name
The Democratic platform was so uncompelling that almost three million more people voted for Clinton.
Yes, I know that for operational reasons we need to act as if Wisconsinites are so much more important for Californians, but for the love of god never forget that more American voters, in total, would have preferred a Democrat.
If this is true
People who think their financial situation is worse than four years ago voted for Trump by an astounding 78-19 margin.
the Democrats have a real problem to deal with that is completely independent of all this electoral college crap.
People who aren’t doing well economically are always going to be hard votes to get for a party’s third term in the presidency, but to lose by that margin is a disgrace.
re: #127 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Having had the …privilege… of watching a family member go through the stages of Alzheimer’s, there is a point where it becomes very apparent even to non-family.
Trump is a somewhat unusual case because he has a lot of people around him with vested interests in hiding his cognitive issues. And this actually is even more disturbing, because the point at which it becomes obvious to the whole country may happen when it’s way too late to do anything about it.
Happy Warrior…did you watch the video in my #108? When I mentioned Mayor Pete the other day as a candidate for head of the DNC, you had said you didn’t know of him. Check it out.
re: #136 ObserverArt
Happy Warrior…did you watch the video in my #108? When I mentioned Mayor Pete the other day as a candidate for head of the DNC, you had said you didn’t know of him. Check it out.
Watching now, thanks.
re: #135 Charles Johnson
Trump is a somewhat unusual case because he has a lot of people around him with vested interests in hiding his cognitive issues. And this actually is even more disturbing, because the point at which it becomes obvious to the whole country may happen when it’s way too late to do anything about it.
Sure, but Reagan had this issue too. I suspect if this is going on, Trump is likely further along than Reagan was (although honestly I don’t know because I have no memories of the Reagan presidency).
My great grandmother couldn’t recognize me even with prompting after a few years. There is a point at which they won’t be able to hide it.
Face it, they just didn’t want to have to pay for all the additional prisons they would need, by the end of the month…
Germany Is Scrapping Law That Bans Insulting Foreign Leaders https://t.co/DbLbdJRYL7
— NPR (@NPR) January 25, 2017
We’ve talked about how republicans have for years carefully insinuated themselves from the bottom up in all levels of elective office. I wonder how many got in by running and acting as democrats in order to vote ‘properly’ on the important stuff when it comes up. Moles as you will…
Just speculating.
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Okay, Art. You sold me. I’m sold on this guy.
re: #139 FormerDirtDart
There’s a funny law that needed to be repealed. Insulting Trump in German might be very entertaining, since it can all get packed into a single word.
E.g., Schweinhundscheisskopf.
re: #133 EPR-radar
People who aren’t doing well economically are always going to be hard votes to get for a party’s third term in the presidency, but to lose by that margin is a disgrace.
Don’t have time at the moment to check the statistics in question: but since Republican voters were more likely to think that they were doing worse under Obama, regardless of the truth, I suspect there’s some selection bias there.
When you’ve lost British lexicographers…
Just a reminder today that ‘boondoggle’ is the word for a useless, unnecessary, expensive, and entirely wasteful undertaking.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) January 25, 2017
re: #92 klys (maker of Silmarils)
If any of my posts came across as doomy-gloomy, that actually isn’t how I feel. I’m very much in favor of fighting; I just think it has to be the right kind, not repeating mistakes of the past (as, sadly, the 2016 campaign did for Dems). On that note:
Thank you for this @make5calls this is so very helpful: https://t.co/LdjgSXqoEH
Tips, tricks, and scripts to make it easier.
re: #142 HappyWarrior
Okay, Art. You sold me. I’m sold on this guy.
He is fresh and he is thinking the way a lot of people want.
I hope Freetoken watches it too as well as every Lizard to see if this is the DNC leader we need to get behind.
I fear his being relatively unknown will be seen as a reason not to check him out and take his bid seriously.
re: #138 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Yep, Reagan had the same issue. But even though his presidency was right wing, it was nowhere near the bad craziness of the Bannon era. If Trump’s mental faculties deteriorate rapidly, the gang of villains enabling him may do some really weird shit to hide it.
America’s in serious trouble. I hate to sound like an alarmist, but this is no joke, and I think people need to be a lot more upset than they are. I strongly disagree with the Balloon Juice post on this; I think it’s a really bad idea to pretend we can all just calm down and wait to see what happens. This shit is happening really fast.
re: #147 ObserverArt
He is fresh and he is thinking the way a lot of people want.
I hope Freetoken watches it too as well as every Lizard to see if this is the DNC leader we need to get behind.
I fear his being relatively unknown will be seen as a reason not to check him out and take his bid seriously.
Okay a few things that impress me
1) His youth(I googled him immediately, only five years older than me!), 2.) His message (I was really impressed how he wants the party’s message to be about how our policies impact regular people. He doesn’t seem to go overboard with the populist thing but he’s definitely not too corporate and distant too. The way he explained ACA was great, citing his partner’s mother in law. I see he’s a vet too. So yeah, thanks for telling me about him. I hope he does well and we see more of him hopefully as chair and maybe more down the line.
re: #132 HappyWarrior
And why I worry that Joe Biden will actually run in 2020. I like the guy and think he’d make a fine President, but at that advanced age (77, 78) the intense stress of the job would be ruinous despite his seemingly good health for his age.
one positive thing about today…it’s Burns Night!
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This is incredible pic.twitter.com/pwxL37vQxT
— David Freedlander (@freedlander) January 25, 2017
Missed opportunity. Reporter should have bet Trump $1000 he was wrong and the Pew report DID NOT say millions of illegal votes. https://t.co/oDwCPkpPYr
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 26, 2017
Trump looks really bad in this clip. Big bags under his red eyes. @DavidCornDC https://t.co/YIgmd1SVuT
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2017
re: #110 Charles Johnson
Given his track record with lawsuits so far, only an idiot would bet money on him winning this one.
Besides, everyone who signs up with Twitter has to agree to the TOS, so the judge will dismiss the suit outright, perhaps with prejudice.
Take with a grain of salt:
I can’t believe I’m doing this but until I lose my job, I’m going to tell you what I see and hear in the @realDonaldTrump administration.
— Whistle Blower (@WhiteHouseLeak) January 25, 2017
re: #148 Charles Johnson
Yep, Reagan had the same issue. But even though his presidency was right wing, it was nowhere near the bad craziness of the Bannon era. If Trump’s mental faculties deteriorate rapidly, the gang of villains enabling him may do some really weird shit to hide it.
America’s in serious trouble. I hate to sound like an alarmist, but this is no joke, and I think people need to be a lot more upset than they are. I strongly disagree with the Balloon Juice post on this; I think it’s a really bad idea to pretend we can all just calm down and wait to see what happens. This shit is happening really fast.
This comment from DailyKos seems on-target to me:
The majority of the R’s, particularly those in Congress wanting their wet-dream legislations to be enacted won’t question his sanity, and especially not his kids.
There’s a Woody Allen monologue at the end of Annie Hall, when he talks about a relative that is nuts and thinks she’s a chicken. When asked why he doesn’t get help for her, Allen responds, “I need the eggs.”
The R’s and his kids want the “eggs.” The R’s want enacted legislation and don’t want their agenda de-railed, and the kids want the money that can be made through influence peddling, insider trading, and every other money making scheme that comes close to or is over the line criminality because they are all getting things they couldn’t if he was removed from office.
re: #150 Moebym
And why I worry that Joe Biden will actually run in 2020. I like the guy and think he’d make a fine President, but at that advanced age (77, 78) the intense stress of the job would be ruinous despite his seemingly good health for his age.
I love Biden too but if I were Jill, Hunter, and Ashley, I’d tell Joe, “You’ve done enough for the country, it’s time for someone new.” And it kills me because I know he would have made a great president but as you say he’d be 77-78 years old. I really think he should just enjoy his retirement with his family. He has nothing left to prove. He’s earned a well deserved retirement.
re: #155 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Take with a grain of salt:
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A good move. To take with a grain of salt that is.
Good lord. This video clip is completely nuts. pic.twitter.com/B0v6knua4y
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2017
re: #146 Interesting Times
At the moment my version of the “right way to fight” is the way that I can do and make it through my day.
I’ll work up to the damn phone calls but no amount of script makes them feel surmountable on a day like today.
re: #159 HappyWarrior
A good move. To take with a grain of salt that is.
Yes, I’d be very surprised if some of these “alt” accounts didn’t end up being a ratfucking/trolling attempt.
Though I suppose one dead giveaway as to authenticity would be the use of correct grammar/spelling…
DYK redwood groves are #1 carbon sink / acre in nature? About 200 tons an acre. More redwoods would mean less #climatechange #climate pic.twitter.com/mHdpRmYEx0
— Redwood N&S Parks (@RedwoodNPS) January 25, 2017
I’m looking at running a half along the Avenue of the Giants in May.
re: #161 klys (maker of Silmarils)
At the moment my version of the “right way to fight” is the way that I can do and make it through my day.
I’ll work up to the damn phone calls but no amount of script makes them feel surmountable on a day like today.
Just another distance race klys. You’ve learned to pace yourself and work up to it!
In United States President gives you approval rating.
Lindsey Graham Cowers Behind Tree Trunk As Trump’s Hunting Dogs Close In https://t.co/zhTq0ACbu2 pic.twitter.com/F7iTMxS2zK
— The Onion (@TheOnion) January 25, 2017
Mainstream media misses scoop of the year - @TheOnion nails it. I won’t go down w/out a fight. Seeking Asylum in Ecuador. #alternativefacts https://t.co/k8ND74GB3W
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 25, 2017
Lindsey Graham has a sense of humor, I’ll give him that! https://t.co/Z3yzXjWjuW
— Jamie McIntyre (@jamiejmcintyre) January 26, 2017
re: #164 ObserverArt
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I think that most all of us can agree that if thump is to be impeached we should let the Republicans do it. An Article of Impeachment has to be approved by a majority of the House of Representatives and then forwarded to the Senate for trial.
Now comes the interesting part. The Constitution requires that “…no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.”
I would guess it would take most of trumps first year for Congress to get to this stage.
So, what should the Democrats do? Should they vote for trumps impeachment and accept Pence as the new POTUS? This gives Pence a real leg up over any Republican for the 2020 race. Is this better than continuing with trump and hopefully taking back the POTUS in 2020.
Or, should they make the Republicans totally responsible by either abstaining of voting against Impeachment, thus keeping trump in office? To Impeach trump the Republicans will require the help of the Democrats to reach the two thirds requirement.
By the time any Impeachment process comes to pass there won’t be much more for trump to fuck up. Maybe we can live with this result since it keeps Pence out of the top job. Plus, can you imagine how trump would react if the Republicans turn against and then fail. Trump would probably become a Democrat (if they would accept him).
re: #166 FormerDirtDart
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Okay, that’s pretty funny. He had a pretty funny ad I think when he ran for President too.
Twitter mining, the bane of the Trump administration’s existence…
Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.
— Governor Mike Pence (@GovPenceIN) December 8, 2015
How interesting https://t.co/zbUl89fiLd
— Drew Stanley (@nameverb) January 26, 2017
re: #167 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #160 Charles Johnson
He uses that word “groveling” again. It doesn’t mean what he thinks it means.
“Groveling” is what Hannity does. Trump calls that “fair media”
re: #168 Cheechako
If it comes to impeachment, I think the Democrats should require unanimity from Republicans in both the House and Senate as a condition for providing the votes to convict in the Senate. That would set up a 100% bipartisan impeachment and conviction of Trump, which would be a good start on the long road back to sanity.
@jessesingal @Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/h6zji8jlse
— Sara Allsopp Lander (@saralander) January 26, 2017
re: #59 lawhawk
Oh, and Trump’s got all this time to go ahead and call for investigations into voter fraud that doesn’t exist, but doesn’t have the time to make disaster declarations to help folks affected by this week’s storms.
Make America retch again.
All you fuckers who thought Trump would help you or people like you? You were conned and you don’t even know it. Or don’t even care (which is worse).
IT DOESN”T MATTER SO LONG AS WERE BETTER OFF THAN THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE!!!!
re: #62 Bubblehead II
BTW. How many of you recall that phenomenal called C.B.? Yep, you got your cell phones. But do you have C.B?
Didn’t think so. 27 MHZ, let’s just ignore it..
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Had one when I was a truck driver. Given the extreme limitations of the systems, intentionally buy FCC, that’s really all it’s good for.
Yes. We need to stop talking about “distractions.” All of this stuff is relevant and important. Nobody’s distracted. @aravosis @Silgurt55
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2017
He really is overjoyed at having the power to fuck everyone to death.
With this unified #Republican government, we have a unique opportunity to deliver results for the people. pic.twitter.com/mgXx9QyQYX
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) January 26, 2017
re: #172 The Vicious Babushka
He uses that word “groveling” again. It doesn’t mean what he thinks it means.
“Groveling” is what Hannity does. Trump calls that “fair media”
Hannity wishes he could ask Trump his favorite color.
re: #178 The Vicious Babushka
He really is overjoyed at having the power to fuck everyone to death.
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Doing his hero Ayn proud.
re: #171 ObserverArt
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re: #180 HappyWarrior
Doing his hero Ayn proud.
Nobody fucked with Ayn’s Social Security & Medicare.
re: #178 The Vicious Babushka
Paul Ryan masturbates to pictures of starving children.
re: #179 HappyWarrior
Hannity wishes he could ask Trump his favorite color.
No, Hannity wishes he could cup Trump’s shriveled balls on national TV while The Orange One tells him that he’s a “great American”…
*retches*
Here is a video showing how idiotic is Trump’s claim of a “5 minute standing ovation” from his Clap Team at the CIA.
Trump claims he got a “5 Minute Standing Ovation” at the CIA Here’s what that must have been like. #TheResistance https://t.co/ioU1s6ozL7
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 26, 2017
Tomorrow’s front…
SCREW YORK CITY https://t.co/2dQ1c1Gc1C
-@POTUS immig order would cut $ to N.Y.
-Mayor vows to fight ‘immoral’ decree pic.twitter.com/d1Q2NArxHz— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) January 26, 2017
Why on earth would the GOP impeach Trump? He’s given the GOP more victories in four days than any Republican administration in history has in its entire term.
By the end of his first six months everything we’ve taken for granted in this country for the last 100 years will be gone, and once the GOP gets their dream Supreme Court all the rest will follow.
Trump plus this GOP are the most dangerous combination of forces this country has faced since its founding. With the Dems continuing to be their normal gutless selves - with a few exceptions like John Lewis - and a fourth estate only interested in ratings, our only hope is for help outside of this country. I have no idea from where, or how, that would occur.
re: #186 TedStriker
No, Hannity wishes he could cup Trump’s shriveled balls on national TV while The Orange One tells him that he’s a “great American”…
*retches*
Dude!
Presidente Peña Nieto: Chinga tu pelo
Un mensaje para todos los mexicanos: pic.twitter.com/EFcNh7fQtm
— Enrique Peña Nieto (@EPN) January 26, 2017
RT’ed by Patton Oswalt.
Good lord. This video clip is completely nuts. pic.twitter.com/B0v6knua4y
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2017
I know I’ve already said this, but: his voice has changed. His gestures have changed. He’s coming apart. This is frightening. https://t.co/zQ2HmfeS1F
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) January 26, 2017
Paul Ryan tells @greta “we’re going to pay for” Trump’s wall, confirms est. cost $8-14 billion; says lot of ways to get Mexico to contribute pic.twitter.com/c5URBViwpE
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) January 26, 2017
“Why yes we will take it out of Medicare & Social Security” #TheResistance https://t.co/ZPG2RydxJ3
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 26, 2017
re: #170 FormerDirtDart
@GovPenceIN *waves*
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) January 26, 2017
There’s no federal disaster relief for Georgia but Trump maybe heard a rumor from a golfer so he’s focused on that https://t.co/MI8zbacG1n pic.twitter.com/E796ZFky9a
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 26, 2017
re: #191 The Vicious Babushka
Presidente Peña Nieto: Chinga tu pelo
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BREAKING: Mexican president says he regrets and rejects the US decision to build a border wall.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 26, 2017
Disaster: “Trump’s policies toward Iraq.” Video circulating now in social media in Iraq, key partner in US military strategy against ISIS.
Disaster: “Trump’s policies toward Iraq.” Video circulating now in social media in Iraq, key partner in US military strategy against ISIS. pic.twitter.com/upq4fYAIWn
— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) January 24, 2017
re: #192 Charles Johnson
RT’ed by Patton Oswalt.
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This is the dolchstoss legende of the proto fascist Trump regime.
“Hannah Arendt, in her book The Origin of Totalitarianism, provides a helpful guide for interpreting the language of fascists. She noted how decent liberals of 1930s Germany would “fact check” the Nazis’ bizarre claims about Jews like they were meant to be factual. What they failed to understand, Arendt suggests, is that the Nazi Jew hating was not a statement of fact but a declaration of intent. So when someone would blame the Jews for Germany’s defeat in World War I, naive people would counter by saying there’s no evidence of that. What the Nazis were doing was not describing what was true, but what would have to be true to justify what they planned to do next.
Did 3 million “illegals” cast votes in this election (as Trump tweeted)? Clearly not. But fact checking is just a way of playing along with their game. What Trump is saying is not that 3 million illegals voted. What he’s saying is: I’m going to steal the voting rights of millions of Americans. Fascism is the opposite of conservatism because it refuses to acknowledge reality as a limitation on the scope of human will.”
- Elliot Lusztig
re: #198 Scottish Dragon
You should repost this in the new thread, and in every thread after until people begin to grasp what’s really going on here and why standard defenses based on facts and logic no longer matter.
re: #187 The Vicious Babushka
Here is a video showing how idiotic is Trump’s claim of a “5 minute standing ovation” from his Clap Team at the CIA.
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I made it to 4:54.
Insanity.
re: #178 The Vicious Babushka
Stolded that.
With this unified #Republican government, we have a unique opportunity to deliver results for the people. pic.twitter.com/mgXx9QyQYX
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) January 26, 2017
Paul Ryan masturbates to pictures of starving children and dying grannies. https://t.co/DQxwgqBd6K
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 26, 2017
re: #125 HappyWarrior
I do agree that there has to be a way to sell our vision in quick sound bites. Maybe the DNC should look to hire some people with a marketing background for messaging. Goddamn, I can’t tell you how many conservatives i know whose first thought is “socialism!” whenever a Dem talks about fair taxes and using that taxed income to benefit the populace.
Remember how proud we were that Hillary’s social media team was right on the ball with tweets and short video clips right after every DT mess up? How quickly we forget how proud we were.
re: #132 HappyWarrior
The other times we inaugurated 69 year olds, the first one died within a month after giving a long ass speech without a coat and the other one was clearly doing what his advisers wanted and definitely had Alheimers for part of his presidency. And I hate to sound ageist but that’s why I wasn’t exactly ready to nominate 75 year old Bernie Sanders.
After the Democratic convention, my sister said to me that if Bernie were 10 years younger he would have gotten the nomination — and I think she would have supported him.
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