Trump Horror, Day 13: Trump Threatens to Invade Mexico, Bullies Aussie PM, Eases Sanctions on Russian Spies

PoliticsFebruary 2017 • Views: 41,627

Trump, his advisers and his family ask for the Lord’s guidance on how best to wreck the world

Some of that mess in the title actually happened yesterday, and it isn’t even all of it.

This is fine. Donald Trump only threatened to invade Mexico, that’s all. https://t.co/UPLussYnhZ

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 2, 2017

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The Trump gang denied this last night.

WH official: “Reports that the President threatened to invade Mexico are false. Even the Mexican government is disputing these reports.”

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 2, 2017

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But today they’re admitting it happened, but claiming Trump was just “joking.” Because we know what a great sense of humor the Pussy-Grabber in Chief has, after all.

White House official confirms President Trump’s ‘bad hombres’ commments were meant to be ‘lighthearted’ https://t.co/yl2Q3p26np

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 2, 2017

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Also yesterday, in his busy schedule of alienating world leaders, the Trump-thing bullied and threatened and hung up on the Prime Minister of Australia.

This is fine. Donald Trump only insulted and hung up on the Prime Minister of Australia, that’s all. https://t.co/5m8dSzZTcu

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 2, 2017

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I made a map of countries that President Trump has angered in his first two weeks. It’s probably not comprehensive. pic.twitter.com/f42wCG3INe

— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) February 2, 2017

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And the final item in our headline may be the most disturbing of all.

Trump just relaxed sanctions on the FSB: https://t.co/CdtVCZB5XQ pic.twitter.com/zSSsMN9iFk

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) February 2, 2017

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Moebym Feb 2, 2017 • 11:01:24am

#sickofwinning

Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 11:01:30am

Shouting match over Russia erupts at House committee hearing https://t.co/JHTcMnmpCv pic.twitter.com/9zdxaq852x

— The Hill (@thehill) February 2, 2017

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Chaffetz demanded that ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who has introduced legislation to establish an independent commission on the matter, answer directly whether he supported a probe into the DCCC hack in Oversight.

“I think the thing that I’m most concerned about is that we cannot just turn a blind eye when we have 17 intelligence agencies who unanimously agree [that Russia interfered in the U.S. elections],” Cummings said. “You and I know what happened with the Benghazi Committee — it became a partisan fight.”

“The gentleman’s time is expired here. You’re going well outside the scope of this discussion—” an impatient Chaffetz cut in.

“I’m not. No, I’m not. I would pray that you not — don’t do that,” Cummings shot back.

The committee’s two leading members continued to talk over one another.

“I just want an answer to a simple question—” Chaffetz said.

“I’ve answered it. I’ve told you, yes,” Cummings said.

“I’m gonna ask one more time—”

“I just answered you—” a visibly annoyed Cummings snapped. “I just answered you. You’re not listening!”

The Vicious Babushka Feb 2, 2017 • 11:01:43am

Prominent Putin critic hospitalized after sudden organ failure: report https://t.co/xV2datjPT0 pic.twitter.com/L2scKmsXB2

— The Hill (@thehill) February 2, 2017

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jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 11:02:23am

today they’re admitting it happened, but claiming Trump was just “joking.”

Because Mexican people just love Americans joking about our military invading; ask anyone in Veracruz.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:02:30am

re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Fuck Chaffetz. He made some talk about how he’d never “be able to face his daughters” if he supported Trump yet here he fucking is. Face it Jason, your party matters more to you than your children or country.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:02:45am

re: #3 The Vicious Babushka

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GlutenFreeJesus Feb 2, 2017 • 11:03:40am

Every single day I have many tabs open in my web browser to refer to in “debates”. Every day I delete them all and start over because he keeps doing more and more outrageous shit.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:03:56am

re: #4 jaunte

Because Mexican people just love Americans joking about our military invading; ask anyone in Veracruz.

Even if he was “joking” which I hardly believe he actually was, that’s not something to fucking joke about especially when there’s a language barrier and already a contentious relationship. Trump is going to cause a huge international incident or maybe even a war over his stupid sense of humor before this mess is over.

lawhawk Feb 2, 2017 • 11:04:03am

Spicer: Obama in over his head w/ Australia deal!

Spicer: we just followed Obama on Yemen raid

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 2, 2017

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Obama will be the forever evergreen excuse for Trump. Never mind that Trump acted foolishly in both cases. That’s all he does. He acts like he’s the smartest guy in the room, when he’s truly the biggest bully in the room and everyone plays duck and cover to avoid getting hit (literally and figuratively).

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:04:56am

re: #9 lawhawk

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Obama will be the forever evergreen excuse for Trump. Never mind that Trump acted foolishly in both cases. That’s all he does. He acts like he’s the smartest guy in the room, when he’s truly the biggest bully in the room and everyone plays duck and cover to avoid getting hit (literally and figuratively).

Jimmy Carter is relieved though. Obama’s replaced him as the Republican go to guy whenever Republicans want an excuse.

Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 11:05:54am

re: #10 HappyWarrior

Jimmy Carter is relieved though. Obama’s replaced him as the Republican go to guy whenever Republicans want an excuse.

Chaffetz already pulled out Bill Clinton’s name for his public-land sell-off.

GlutenFreeJesus Feb 2, 2017 • 11:05:57am

re: #4 jaunte

REMAMBER THE ALUMOE!!!!!

Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 11:06:32am

Good grief, it’s only 2 pm (est).

jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 11:07:07am

re: #8 HappyWarrior

Trump is going to cause a huge international incident or maybe even a war over his stupid sense of humor before this mess is over.

I don’t think he actually has a sense of humor; he was just bullying.

gocart mozart Feb 2, 2017 • 11:08:54am

Trump Autosignature provided by Failed Polygraph Test Results, LLC a division of the Lookidonthaveaproblemdowntherenosir Corporation. pic.twitter.com/GTrL0Obx0n

— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) February 2, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 11:13:41am

This clip from Australia is just astonishing. Its PM told aides “Trump is a bully” and that he pushed back. A supposed ally. pic.twitter.com/Y44DQMGXkR

— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) February 2, 2017

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“His tone was described as ‘yelling’ at [PM] Malcolm Turnbull”…..

— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) February 2, 2017

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“The view from [PM] Malcolm Turnbull is that Donald Trump is a bully, and to confront a bully you need to bully back.”

Just… wow.

— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) February 2, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 2, 2017 • 11:15:03am

re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth

“The view from [PM] Malcolm Turnbull is that Donald Trump is a bully, and to confront a bully you need to bully back.”

…and to confront a Nazi (or a “Fascism Forever” fan) you need to f*cking punch them.

makeitstop Feb 2, 2017 • 11:16:47am

OT: This is how Conwoman should be treated, all day, every day.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper Can’t Stop Laughing Reacting to Kellyanne Conway’s ‘Alternative Facts’

Shiplord Kirel Feb 2, 2017 • 11:18:18am

Remarks of Donald Trump toward degenerate fascist drunkard Malcolm Turnbull of Australia are called rude and intemperate.

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) February 2, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 11:18:41am

BREAKING: #Punxsutawneyphil draws a larger crowd than @realDonaldTrump’s #Inauguration. Has bigger hands, too. #GroundHogDay pic.twitter.com/vqkMoM7WOC

— Joe Keene (@joekeene) February 2, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 2, 2017 • 11:19:02am

re: #18 makeitstop

OT: This is how Conwoman should be treated, all day, every day.

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she’s bigger than that…and when we laugh, she gets bigger and bigger until…BLAM!!!

jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 11:19:10am

re: #17 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

…and to confront a Nazi (or a “Fascism Forever” fan) you need to f*cking punch them.

80% of the time you tell a fascist to fuck gravel, the response is a variation of “how tolerant!”

— Pookleblinky (@pookleblinky) February 2, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 11:19:45am

Trump once again calls the refugees in Australia “illegal immigrants” — to press pool

— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:20:08am

re: #22 jaunte

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or “The supposedly tolerant left.” Yeah assholes, I’m sorry I don’t extend my tolerance to fucking Nazi assholes.

Myron Falwell Feb 2, 2017 • 11:20:56am

re: #3 The Vicious Babushka

Over/under on when the execution of political opponents happens stateside?

I wish I could use the //// tag.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:20:59am

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

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As I said last night, what I really worried about this fall was not how Trump would do with our adversaries but how he’d deal with our friends. I don’t know much of all about Turnbull but Trump is being his usual pathetic self here.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 2, 2017 • 11:21:23am

re: #22 jaunte

80% of the time you tell a fascist to fuck gravel, the response is a variation of “how tolerant!”

It is one thing to call someone a Fascist indiscriminately because you disagree with them, but when they actively embrace the philosophy, then you need to call them out with all the force necessary to shut them the f*ck up.

Arkansawyer Feb 2, 2017 • 11:21:36am

re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth

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A bully is nothing but an outspoken coward. Trump will be revealed as being exactly that.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:22:40am

Well next month, we’ll see how Trump ruins our relationship with the Irish.

jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 11:22:46am

plansbandc Feb 2, 2017 • 11:23:00am

I have zero tolerance for anyone who wishes to take away my rights. None.

EPR-radar Feb 2, 2017 • 11:23:17am

re: #28 Arkansawyer

A bully is nothing but an outspoken coward. Trump will be revealed as being exactly that.

Trump is already revealed as a bully. That’s why Republicans love him. They are bullies too, and are very happy to see a blatant bully in the presidency.

lawhawk Feb 2, 2017 • 11:24:56am

re: #31 plansbandc

I have zero tolerance for anyone who wishes to take away my rights. None.

And I’d add taking away the rights of others. Yet that’s all the GOP is intent on doing.

Arkansawyer Feb 2, 2017 • 11:25:56am

re: #32 EPR-radar

Trump is already revealed as a bully. That’s why Republicans love him. They are bullies too, and are very happy to see a blatant bully in the presidency.

And all are being revealed as being cowards. Refugees? They’re too scary. Telling Nazis to fuck off? Why do you have to be so intolerant? Their bluff should be called at every turn.

electrotek Feb 2, 2017 • 11:27:18am

My thoughts about Milo Y that I posted on another message board:

Let’s make this clear: Milo is NOT a free speech activist. People who hide under the “free speech” banner to propagate hatred, intolerance, fascism, and bigotry are nothing but charlatans.

Okay, so his straight fanboys claim he can’t be fascist because he’s gay….never mind the fact that being a homosexual has not prevented one from joining fascist movements in the past few decades. Human beings are rather irrational creatures at times and will tend to do things that are against their interests.

Milo, in spite of being gay, has spoken against legalizing gay marriage in the West, outed a transgender student by publishing a photo of the victim while undergoing transition and mocked the student in front of a large audience, believes in gay conversion therapy, and proved to be a misogynist when he admitted his homosexuality was a result of “crazy broads”.

He has also been in support of conservative Christians who have been in the forefront of denying people their hard-earned LGBT rights. He uses Muslim homophobia as a cudgel to attack Muslims, but refuses to denounce the anti-LGBT behavior that is endemic in Russia and Brazil. He was nowhere to be found in 2013 when other activists denounced Russia for beginning to implement anti-LGBT policies of “gay propaganda”.

He is also a conman who refused to pay his staff after his web site venture on tech news went under, and scammed his supporters with donations to his “charity” with no oversight whatsoever.

Much of his fanbase consist of overweight dudebros who wouldn’t look out of place at a Reddit meetup anyways and they’re more concerned with sticking it to liberals and their feminist allies than instituting actual change. Very, very few homosexuals in the community support him, and consider him to be a quisling if anything.

Sooner or later, Milo Y will end up in the same fate as Pakistani politician Imran Khan did when it came to coddling conservative religious fanatics: they will turn against you and beat you because you’re still not on their level.

The reaction to his speaking events show that bullies are to be dealt with in the same manner they provide to their opponents. Anyone who think Milo is a victim should go tell that to the transgender student who was outed” at his speaking events at UW Milwaukee.

If the reaction was wrong, I suppose the reaction by anti-fascists at the Battle of Cable Street in 1936 was also wrong too.

Eclectic Cyborg Feb 2, 2017 • 11:27:22am

Myron Falwell Feb 2, 2017 • 11:28:36am

re: #29 HappyWarrior

Well next month, we’ll see how Trump ruins our relationship with the Irish.

The Scots already hate his guts over that golf course vanity project.

jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 11:29:12am

You guys: I have a theory about Trump’s weirdly angry call with Australian PM that’s so stupid & implausible I’m almost sure it’s true. 1/

— Karin Robinson (@karinjr) February 2, 2017

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Trump and co. are flying blind.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:29:36am

re: #35 electrotek

My thoughts about Milo Y that I posted on another message board:

Milo’s sole purpose is to stir up shit. He has no real ideology. He just hates liberals and I suspect deep down himself.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:30:04am

re: #37 Myron Falwell

The Scots already hate his guts over that golf course vanity project.

Yeah I knew about that long before he ran for President since my cousin’s in laws live there.

GlutenFreeJesus Feb 2, 2017 • 11:30:59am

Audience laughs at Serial-Liar Kellyanne Conway

GlutenFreeJesus Feb 2, 2017 • 11:31:35am

re: #37 Myron Falwell

The Scots already hate his guts over that golf course vanity project.

Would love if they just tore the whole thing up and made something useful of the space.

Myron Falwell Feb 2, 2017 • 11:32:18am

re: #42 GlutenFreeJesus

Would love if they just tore the whole thing up and made something useful of the space.

They have eminent domain in Scotland? Why not?

Dr Lizardo Feb 2, 2017 • 11:32:45am

re: #38 jaunte

Many of the Tweeters on that posting made a good point; “liberal” means something quite different in the rest of the world than it does in the USA. It’s possible Trump just heard the PM Turnbull was from the Liberal Party and simply assumed it meant that he’s left of center.

Belafon Feb 2, 2017 • 11:32:51am

re: #42 GlutenFreeJesus

Would love if they just tore the whole thing up and made something useful of the space.

They should pass a law stating that no foreign head of state can own property in the country, and take it over until he’s out of office.

Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos Feb 2, 2017 • 11:32:51am

This one may have slipped under the radar of all of the other outrageous things Donald Trump has done today, and in my opinion it may be the worst one by far.

Trump: I will destroy Johnson amendment

President Donald Trump said at the National Prayer Breakfast that he will “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates.
Source: CNN

electrotek Feb 2, 2017 • 11:32:58am

oops

gwangung Feb 2, 2017 • 11:33:15am

re: #38 jaunte

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Trump and co. are flying blind.

Ugh. I think this might be true….

electrotek Feb 2, 2017 • 11:33:17am

Meant to post this:

Facebook Post

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:33:44am

re: #46 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos

This one may have slipped under the radar of all of the other outrageous things Donald Trump has done today, and in my opinion it may be the worst one by and far.

Trump: I will destroy Johnson amendment

If he does that, someone needs to introduce legislation demanding that churches be taxed then.

The Vicious Babushka Feb 2, 2017 • 11:34:16am

re: #42 GlutenFreeJesus

Would love if they just tore the whole thing up and made something useful of the space.

Build a bunch of wind turbines.

Belafon Feb 2, 2017 • 11:34:37am

re: #38 jaunte

Trump and co. are flying blind.

What’s the gist since I can’t do twitter at work?

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:35:13am

re: #49 electrotek

Meant to post this:

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Hi, Jim, I’m a legal aid that helps many Iranians. Who would want to go to Iran? Someone who still has family there for one. And Iran actually has some neat places to visit and some pretty good food too.

jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 11:36:28am

re: #52 Belafon

That Trump got on the call with the Australian PM without sufficient briefing; confused the Australian Liberal party with domestic “libs” and got belligerent based on ignorance.

The Vicious Babushka Feb 2, 2017 • 11:36:59am

Here is Day 13 in the Alternative Quantum Universe where Doc and Marty got the sports almanac away from Biff

DAY 13: Signed an EO making Pride a nat’l holiday. Glitter-bombed McConnell (not sry about it). Sent Bill to get me Beats by Dre headphones.

— ALT-POTUS 45 (@IfHillaryHad) February 2, 2017

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Kragar Feb 2, 2017 • 11:37:36am

Anti-Trump graffiti spree a sign of emerging alt-left, liberal activist says https://t.co/l1uBLrUi2i pic.twitter.com/CGlRsYUKKm

— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 2, 2017

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Notice how @FoxNews automatically interprets someone spray painting “No Fascist USA” on the side of a building as “anti-Trump graffiti? 😂😂😂 https://t.co/DxNliZnJdG

— #SupportTheRebels (@Delo_Taylor) February 2, 2017

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Belafon Feb 2, 2017 • 11:38:06am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

Here is Day 13 in the Alternative Quantum Universe where Doc and Marty got the sports almanac away from Biff

I wonder how many of those are printed out for the Clintons to read?

petesh Feb 2, 2017 • 11:38:38am

re: #7 GlutenFreeJesus

Every single day I have many tabs open in my web browser to refer to in “debates”. Every day I delete them all and start over because he keeps doing more and more outrageous shit.

Well, you could just “Add Bookmarks for these XX tabs” and save them to a folder named after the date. (At least you can in Safari.) I have found that useful when gathering material to write a report, etc.

GlutenFreeJesus Feb 2, 2017 • 11:39:23am

re: #45 Belafon

They should pass a law stating that no foreign head of state can own property in the country, and take it over until he’s out of office.

Or. Just no Trump misadventures. Really give it to him. ;)

jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 11:40:54am

NPR’s Ari Shapiro interviews former U.S. diplomat John Brady Kiesling about how a dissent channel works and responds to the White House message to career diplomats that they should “either get with the program or they can go.”

“Now you have basically a group of idiots who have no idea how the world works who’ve come in and said, whatever the previous administration did can’t possibly have worked; we’re going to change it basically by kicking in the teeth everyone who’s worked for a lifetime to protect the U.S.”
npr.org

Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 11:42:42am

Here’s how Trump is playing over here in Europe: The largest party in the EU parliament wants his new ambassador to get lost. pic.twitter.com/Bh1hrFGamN

— Evan Soltas (@esoltas) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:44:19am

re: #60 jaunte

NPR’s Ari Shapiro interviews former U.S. diplomat John Brady Kiesling about how a dissent channel works and responds to the White House message to career diplomats that they should “either get with the program or they can go.”

Looked him up. He’s someone who comes from the H.W Bush FP tradition.

Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 11:44:50am

My 80-percent-white hometown in Arkansas is flying a Black Lives Matter banner downtown. Your move, literally everywhere else. pic.twitter.com/24R0jMIxE9

— Sam Eifling (@SamEifling) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:45:14am

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I’m going to point out to the Europeans I meet this summer that I do not support this man.

Kragar Feb 2, 2017 • 11:46:32am

If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view - NO FEDERAL FUNDS?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017

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How fucking stupid are you? https://t.co/94S7IsqxFV

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 2, 2017

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Jebediah, RBG Feb 2, 2017 • 11:46:36am

re: #14 jaunte

I don’t think he actually has a sense of humor; he was just bullying.

Yeah, if he’s laughing at the time it isn’t because he is making a joke, it is because he is laughing AT the person he is bullying.

jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 11:46:48am

There’s no recording of Trump’s talk with Putin—because Trump’s team turned off the recorder https://t.co/7Nz6jWqsaJ

— Daily Kos (@dailykos) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:47:29am

re: #67 jaunte

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How convenient.

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 2, 2017 • 11:49:17am

re: #64 HappyWarrior

I’m going to point out to the Europeans I meet this summer that I do not support this man.

You’re going on an Apology Tour? LOL.

DodgerFan1988 Feb 2, 2017 • 11:49:50am

Trump’s Supreme Court Justice pick Neil Gorsuch an openly admitted fascist.
nypost.com

Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 11:50:06am

Senate voting now on future of #StreamProtectionRule and protecting #cleanwater for people, national parks and wildlife.

— National Parks News (@NPCA) February 2, 2017

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Arkansawyer Feb 2, 2017 • 11:51:00am

re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Good ole Fayettechill. I miss living there.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:52:08am

re: #71 The Vicious Babushka

You’re going on an Apology Tour? LOL.

Heh kinda. Going to Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:52:43am

re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Need to let my brother know about this one. Environmental issues is his big cause.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:53:22am

Why the fuck would anyone vote against clean water? Jesus Christ, Republicans, I mean I get it you’re dicks but do you have to be Bond villains too?

The Vicious Babushka Feb 2, 2017 • 11:53:32am

re: #75 HappyWarrior

Heh kinda. Going to Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium.

Have fun. Enjoy the beer.

jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 11:53:35am

.@SallyTCSheriff’s decision is “above constitutional reproach: https://t.co/CWZuMPRfD3 #StopSB4 #txlege pic.twitter.com/VqttT92drF

— ACLU of Texas (@ACLUTx) February 2, 2017

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ACLU quotes Scalia to Trump.

Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 11:54:14am

re: #77 HappyWarrior

Why the fuck would anyone vote against clean water? Jesus Christ, Republicans, I mean I get it you’re dicks but do you have to be Bond villains too?

dihydrogen monoxide —

science is hard

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:54:18am

re: #78 The Vicious Babushka

Have fun. Enjoy the beer.

Danke. Should be fun. We’re starting outside of Munich and finishing in Bruges.

Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 11:54:25am

re: #76 HappyWarrior

Need to let my brother know about this one. Environmental issues is his big cause.

I’m watching the roll call vote on CSPAN. Currently at Y-33 and N-28. Collins voted no.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:54:43am

re: #79 jaunte

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ACLU quotes Scalia to Trump.

Troll level, ACLU!

Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 11:55:13am

Tiffany & Co. to Run Super Bowl Commercial With Lady Gaga Via @JCKMagazine https://t.co/MtXYfzjEgf

— ggt (@geegeetee) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:55:23am

re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m watching the roll call vote on CSPAN. Currently at Y-33 and N-28. Collins voted no.

Thanks. He lives in Nevada. I’ll have to let him know how his Senators voted since I imagine it will be split.

Franklin Feb 2, 2017 • 11:55:38am

re: #77 HappyWarrior

Why the fuck would anyone vote against clean water? Jesus Christ, Republicans, I mean I get it you’re dicks but do you have to be Bond villains too?

Well actually….

The Vicious Babushka Feb 2, 2017 • 11:55:55am

House Republicans want a tax code built for jobs, for manufacturing, & for economic growth. https://t.co/Sn42ClrdjZ

— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) February 2, 2017

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He means lower taxes for millionaires paid for by cutting retirement, health care, and education funding. https://t.co/5KrHhl4DMN

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 11:56:16am

re: #86 Franklin

Well actually….

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I said Bond villains not Alan Parsons Project villains!

Arkansawyer Feb 2, 2017 • 11:58:24am

re: #88 HappyWarrior

I said Bond villains not Alan Parsons Project villains!

I think they actually landed on Operation Bananarama.

Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 11:58:31am

Dominionists and Ayn Rand

Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 12:00:55pm

jeebus… vote is now Y-48 and N-43. Needs a simple majority.

jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 12:01:34pm

Texas high school students make Nazi salute and shout ‘Hail Trump’ in senior class photos https://t.co/691YKJu3sp pic.twitter.com/m86IxU1rlm

— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 2, 2017

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An anonymous student told KPRC at least 70 or so people were making the salute and shouting “Hail Hitler” and “Hail Trump.”

“It was pretty terrifying,” the student wrote in an email to KPRC.

Eclectic Cyborg Feb 2, 2017 • 12:02:19pm

Trump must be the most unpersonable President in history. He’s always angry, always scowling, always complaining. When he does crack a smile it looks terribly forced and insincere. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him genuinely laugh. The guy is never happy, ever.

There’s just no humanity or decency in him at all I don’t think.

Kragar Feb 2, 2017 • 12:02:33pm

The 1st Amendment protects you from the government censoring what you say.

If you spread hate and ignorance, expect a backlash

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:02:39pm

re: #89 Arkansawyer

I think they actually landed on Operation Bananarama.

Been a while since I have seen Austin Powers.

Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 12:03:20pm

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 12:03:26pm

dammit

Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 12:04:02pm

THe powers that be love all the attention Trump is garnering.

HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:04:29pm

re: #92 jaunte

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I saw that. Didn’t any of these kids have grandfathers or great grandfathers who actually fought the real Nazis? FWIW my one grandfather was already a father and had an injury that kept him out of service and my other was only 16 when the war ended but he later was in Korea and his older brothers and brother in law were all in the service in WWII. And they were all yep children of immigrants including my one great uncle who my great grandma was pregnant with when they arrived from Yugoslavia.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:04:59pm

re: #93 Eclectic Cyborg

Trump must be the most unpersonable President in history. He’s always angry, always scowling, always complaining. When he does crack a smile it looks terribly forced and insincere. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him genuinely laugh. The guy is never happy, ever.

There’s just no humanity or decency in him at all I don’t think.

He’s like most bullies I’ve known. Only really happy if someone else is suffering.

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jaunte Feb 2, 2017 • 12:05:35pm

re: #99 HappyWarrior

They’re ignorant little shits who have permission now that we have one in the White House.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 12:06:24pm

I live in coal country and this really sucks.
Guess we can expect more of this (and I remember when this happened):

The Martin County Coal Slurry Spill

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:07:10pm

I still do have some vague memories of a classmate’s grandfather who spoke to us around the 50th anniversary of D-Day. I wasn’t even seven years old and didn’t know what D-Day was but I knew that my grandparents had brothers that served in the war and knew that the Nazis were assholes. I don’t think these kids are actual bonafide Nazis but Nazi salutes, Heil Trump? Fuck that shit man.

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 2, 2017 • 12:07:38pm

And here’s something else. I’ve given this a lot of thought too.

If you put someone with no related experience in a position that usually requires some that person is left with two options:

1) Seek guidance and mentoring from people who DO have the experience and understand what the role entails.

2) Decide to basically “make it up as you go along” and do what you want. This is even worse if you have no practical oversight (i.e. The person or entity that’s supposed to be keeping you in check isn’t bothering to do so).

It’s a recipe for disaster. It’s been seen many times before in private corporations. Now we’re seeing it unfold at the highest levels of the Federal Government.

Never has the term “dangerously incompetent” been more prescient.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:07:55pm

re: #102 jaunte

They’re ignorant little shits who have permission now that we have one in the White House.

Ironically the people who will defend them are the same people who complain about the social liberalism that other kids these days have.

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petesh Feb 2, 2017 • 12:09:16pm

re: #102 jaunte

They’re ignorant little shits who have permission now that we have one in the White House.

Common clay …

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 12:11:07pm

Sean Spicer falsely claims that a Houthi rebel assault on a Saudi frigate was an Iranian attack on a US warship a https://t.co/ENPbhm19yl pic.twitter.com/8i60FmROfo

— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) February 2, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 12:12:26pm

Oh? https://t.co/KOE2FK68sz pic.twitter.com/GufaNiilu7

— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) February 2, 2017

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lawhawk Feb 2, 2017 • 12:12:31pm

re: #108 petesh

You know… mo rons…

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:13:11pm

Seeing Milo’s whine and “demand” that America “fix” this aka protests of him since one of my high school friends liked it. Sigh. I really don’t want to hear it especially from Trump supporting Milo who actually is censoring federal employees. The student body of UC had every right to protest Milo and Milo chose UC because he knew the reaction he would get it. He didn’t choose a school with a conservative reputation. He knew he’d get the reaction he get. Milo can kiss my liberal ass. He’s no defender of the 1st amendment. He’s a fascist little weasel who hates liberals more than he has a real ideology and has a deep self-loathing for himself as a gay fascist that he takes out on everyoen else.

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Franklin Feb 2, 2017 • 12:13:26pm

Saw someone defending this as “it was 30 years ago! hasn’t your thinking changed in 30 years?”

Known to be fiercely conservative at Georgetown Prep School, #Gorsuch joked in yearbook he founded and led “Fascism Forever Club” pic.twitter.com/zrZZ53iP4I

— Michael J O’Loughlin (@MikeOLoughlin) February 1, 2017

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To which I say, in 1985 it was only a little over 30 years since the end of WW2 where over 400K Americans died fighting fascism.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:13:54pm

re: #112 lawhawk

You know… mo rons…

It feels we can’t go a day without quoting that movie here heh. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 12:14:19pm

Senate now voting to advance Sessions’ AG nomination.

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Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 12:15:09pm

Yesterday I almost bought a t-shirt that said:

#whatever

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:16:38pm

re: #114 Franklin

Saw someone defending this as “it was 30 years ago! hasn’t your thinking changed in 30 years?”

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To which I say, in 1985 it was only a little over 30 years since the end of WW2 where over 400K Americans died fighting fascism.

Why, yes, I no longer want my bottle. Joking aside. Aren’t these the same people who literally think McCarthy was right to go after people for being Communist sympathetic in the greatest period of economic turmoil in our nation’s history. Yes, people do change in 30 years but I definitely think something like this is relevant especially since Trump has ties to the fascist right and Gorsuch’s mother was a Reagan administration official while he was doing this.

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Big Beautiful Door Feb 2, 2017 • 12:16:56pm

re: #96 Birth Control Works

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I believe that is from the Treaty of Tripoli

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:18:18pm

If Gorsuch were part of a group that was explicitly pro-Nazi, somehow I doubt he’d get a pass from people but some fascism is better than other fascism, see Franco, Francisco or the various right wing assholes we supported in Latin and South America because they weren’t leftists..

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lawhawk Feb 2, 2017 • 12:19:33pm

re: #120 Big Beautiful Door

Yup Art 11, Treaty of Tripoli:

“As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen [Muslims], — and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.”

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Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 12:20:51pm

re: #122 lawhawk

Yup Art 11, Treaty of Tripoli:

you are awesome. I just didn’t have it in me today.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:22:38pm

It’s worth pointing out as Ziggy-speaking of which has he been around lately that one of the first countries to recongize the US as an independent nation was a Muslim one. There also was a great article I read about the role of Muslims in our military dating back to the Revolution.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:23:11pm

High school friend posted this. Also sharing with my Dad since he plays the Uk now.
thisukulelekillsfascists.com

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GlutenFreeJesus Feb 2, 2017 • 12:23:23pm

re: #51 The Vicious Babushka

Or a Dippin’ Dots factory.

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 12:23:46pm

Oh great. Now I have End Timers ranting at me. This is why we can’t have nice things.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 2, 2017

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lawhawk Feb 2, 2017 • 12:24:23pm

It takes special skill to start a diplomatic crisis with #Australia.

— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:25:12pm

espn.com
A witness has come forward in the McKnight shooting. Sigh.

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Jack Burton Feb 2, 2017 • 12:25:26pm

re: #124 HappyWarrior

It’s worth pointing out as Ziggy-speaking of which has he been around lately that one of the first countries to recongize the US as an independent nation was a Muslim one. There also was a great article I read about the role of Muslims in our military dating back to the Revolution.

Morocco. They also helped us fight the Barbary Pirates.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 12:26:27pm

Meet Gina Haspel, new deputy director of CIA, who ran the agency’s first black site in Thailand where detainees were tortured. Background pic.twitter.com/XhAWZJXpXq

— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) February 2, 2017

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New Deputy CIA Director was officer who carried out order by Jose Rodriguez to destroy torture tapes https://t.co/qyDAtXdcGK

— Mark Mazzetti (@MarkMazzettiNYT) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:26:57pm

re: #128 lawhawk

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Maybe Evan Conover can get us a candy or caramel apple in return for Turnbull booting Trump. (Simpsons ref).

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:27:28pm

re: #130 Jack Burton

Morocco. They also helped us fight the Barbary Pirates.

That’s right, it was Morocco. I mistakenly said it was Tunisia last night when the discussion came up during dinner.

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 12:27:41pm

More polling that suggests the policies in Trump’s executive action are unpopular: https://t.co/ZUTsq9dJBc pic.twitter.com/4hENzgtfEP

— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) February 2, 2017

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It usually takes presidents a couple of years to reach this level of unpopularity. @mattdpearce https://t.co/qYUXuIjoph

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:28:51pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

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From the people who brought you support of ACA but opposition to Obamacare I guess.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:29:23pm

It is something how unpopular he is already though. 2018 could be a good year for us if we play it right.

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 12:30:05pm

BREAKING: US Treasury Dept easing Obama admin sanctions to allow companies to do transactions with Russia’s FSB, successor org to KGB.

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) February 2, 2017

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This is crazy. The FSB, according to our own intelligence community, plotted to subvert the 2016 election. Now it is rewarded. 1/2 https://t.co/PCJnqffnjb

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 2, 2017

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Not crazy if you consider that subverting the election is precisely WHY the FSB is being rewarded. @DavidCornDC https://t.co/Pd61iK45V5

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 2, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Feb 2, 2017 • 12:30:22pm

In regards to the partial lifting of sanctions on Russian intelligence, apparently it was done so that US companies can continue to export technology to Russia, so its not really a reward to the FSB for helping Trump.
slate.com

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:30:49pm

re: #137 Charles Johnson

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YEah with all respect to David Corn, it’s not crazy, it’s calculated. It’s Trump and Flynn saying thank you.

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EPR-radar Feb 2, 2017 • 12:38:09pm

Speaking of Russian intelligence operations reminds me of something I haven’t seen considered yet about Trump’s botched military raid: That raid must have been known to Russia as soon as it was decided to proceed in the white house.

Combine that with reports that the raid targets knew the raid was coming.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 12:41:01pm

Dem Ys: Joe Manchin (WV), Claire McCaskill (MO), Joe Donnelly (IN), Heidi Heitkamp (ND)

GOP Ns: Susan Collins (ME)

— Greg Giroux (@greggiroux) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:43:40pm

One of my cousins posted a stupid Reaganism- “Republicans think every day is 4th of July and Democrats think every day is April 15.” I know Reagan was trying to be funny but that’s exactly the kind of crap that Republicans do that piss me off. This suggestion that they’re more patriotic than Democrats is absolutely bullshit and Reagan fucking knew it. Reagan knew many Democrats that actually risked their lives more than he did in WWII and Reagan still was happy to contribute to the bs myth that Democrats wake up everyday just giddy about any possible tax increase. No, Ronnie, we don’t “like” taxes but unlike your party’s ecoomically illiteraet ass, we do see why they work. And btw, you wouldn’t have gotten your mass military build up without tax increases. Sorry guys, I know Reagan wasn’t as bad as Trump but he definitely contributed to the falsehoods that Republicans still believe about liberals to this day and I really resent him for that.

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Kragar Feb 2, 2017 • 12:43:51pm

The Russian DUMA was bragging about these changes hours before Congress was notified: https://t.co/XlOJaealLR pic.twitter.com/lnRBrwommM

— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:44:29pm

re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Damnit, this could have been stopped if those four had voted the correct way.

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 12:44:51pm

Pres. Trump to “destroy” decades-old Johnson Amendment, which bars churches from engaging in political activities. https://t.co/thsXTHzCLD pic.twitter.com/NsvVNBt7Ox

— ABC News (@ABC) February 2, 2017

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He promised this in his campaign, many times. Now it’s time to pay his debt to the religious fundamentalists. @ABC https://t.co/kM6qxDncIM

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 2, 2017

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 2, 2017 • 12:44:59pm

re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth

Man chin is kind of a dick isn’t he?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 12:46:34pm

re: #144 HappyWarrior

Damnit, this could have been stopped if those four had voted the correct way.

no, wouldn’t have made a difference.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:46:52pm

re: #146 Eclectic Cyborg

Man chin is kind of a dick isn’t he?

Kind of? Seriously i get WV is a conservative state but with all the mines there, you’d think they’d want clean water. I don’t get what Donnelly, McCaskil, and Heitkamp were thinking either. All are up for re-election of course.

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Arkansawyer Feb 2, 2017 • 12:46:57pm

re: #142 HappyWarrior

One of my cousins posted a stupid Reaganism- “Republicans think every day is 4th of July and Democrats think every day is April 15.” I know Reagan was trying to be funny but that’s exactly the kind of crap that Republicans do that piss me off. This suggestion that they’re more patriotic than Democrats is absolutely bullshit and Reagan fucking knew it. Reagan knew many Democrats that actually risked their lives more than he did in WWII and Reagan still was happy to contribute to the bs myth that Democrats wake up everyday just giddy about any possible tax increase. No, Ronnie, we don’t “like” taxes but unlike your party’s ecoomically illiteraet ass, we do see why they work. And btw, you wouldn’t have gotten your mass military build up without tax increases. Sorry guys, I know Reagan wasn’t as bad as Trump but he definitely contributed to the falsehoods that Republicans still believe about liberals to this day and I really resent him for that.

Arkansas is currently $57 million behind on projected revenue. What’s the solution for the GOP? Tax cuts ,of course, to the tune of $50 million.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 2, 2017 • 12:47:14pm

re: #104 HappyWarrior

I still do have some vague memories of a classmate’s grandfather who spoke to us around the 50th anniversary of D-Day. I wasn’t even seven years old and didn’t know what D-Day was but I knew that my grandparents had brothers that served in the war and knew that the Nazis were assholes. I don’t think these kids are actual bonafide Nazis but Nazi salutes, Heil Trump? Fuck that shit man.

They will insist that they are just doing it to “piss off a liberal”.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:47:22pm

re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth

no, wouldn’t have made a difference.

That’s right. Would have been 50-50 and Pence getting the tiebreaker right?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 12:47:42pm

re: #151 HappyWarrior

That’s right. Would have been 50-50 and Pence getting the tiebreaker right?

would have been 50-49

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 2, 2017 • 12:48:05pm

re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sean Spicer falsely claims that a Houthi rebel assault on a Saudi frigate was an Iranian attack on a US warship a

Honky Tonkin!!!

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Moebym Feb 2, 2017 • 12:48:35pm

re: #142 HappyWarrior

This suggestion that they’re more patriotic than Democrats is absolutely bullshit

Republicans are not only not any more patriotic than Democrats, they’re provably much LESS patriotic if you judge by their actions rather than their words.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:48:51pm

re: #149 Arkansawyer

Arkansas is currently $57 million behind on projected revenue. What’s the solution for the GOP? Tax cuts ,of course, to the tune of $50 million.

I am just sick of patronizing memes. One of my friends who is a USMC vet does it too. I mean, good for you, I appreciate your service but there is more than one way to serve your country and two you served with plenty of liberals too. Stop acting like military service and love of country is limited to one party especially when you support someone like Trump who trashes our country repeatedly.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:49:08pm

re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They will insist that they are just doing it to “piss off a liberal”.

Of course, they will. It’s still not fucking right.

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unproven innocence Feb 2, 2017 • 12:49:11pm

re: #145 Charles Johnson

Those passages of scripture about “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s …”
—Obama’s Fault

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:49:18pm

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

would have been 50-49

D’oh. Thanks.

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 2, 2017 • 12:50:40pm

re: #145 Charles Johnson

Because Jesus would have been totally cool about Churches getting all political and stuff. Will be interesting to see what happens when he succeeds. More ignored court injunctions I imagine.

Also does this mean Mosques and Synagogues and Buddhist temples can get in on the action too?

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Arkansawyer Feb 2, 2017 • 12:50:57pm

re: #155 HappyWarrior

I am just sick of patronizing memes. One of my friends who is a USMC vet does it too. I mean, good for you, I appreciate your service but there is more than one way to serve your country and two you served with plenty of liberals too. Stop acting like military service and love of country is limited to one party especially when you support someone like Trump who trashes our country repeatedly.

Yep. And how someone can want to MAGA and say the US is the greatest country in the world is beyond me.

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Jack Burton Feb 2, 2017 • 12:52:49pm

re: #155 HappyWarrior

I am just sick of patronizing memes. One of my friends who is a USMC vet does it too. I mean, good for you, I appreciate your service but there is more than one way to serve your country and two you served with plenty of liberals too. Stop acting like military service and love of country is limited to one party especially when you support someone like Trump who trashes our country repeatedly.

The conservative idea of a “liberal” (and frankly they are the only ones I *ever* hear use that word) exists only in their head with only slight connections to reality, and then only in the farthest leftest corners of CA college campuses.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:53:49pm

re: #160 Arkansawyer

Yep. And how someone can want to MAGA and say the US is the greatest country in the world is beyond me.

Or go yep while Trump calls the state of our country awful and insists only he can fix it. I don’t doubt that my cousin and my friend love this country. My friend was in Iraq but stop acting like your ideology has a monopoly on loving our country. Patriotism doesn’t belong to either party or ideology. It’s something that should unite us but it doesn’t when we had Presidents like Reagan using their dipshit sense of humor to imply that they somehow loved the country more than the other especially when he himself dealt on a day to day basis with many Democrats who were war veterans. I just don’t want to hear them complain about how “mean” and “intolerant” liberals are when they post crap like that.

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Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 12:53:52pm

re: #159 Eclectic Cyborg

Also does this mean Mosques and Synagogues and Buddhist temples can get in on the action too?

If they support President King for Life, DT.

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 2, 2017 • 12:54:12pm

re: #160 Arkansawyer

We’re not as great as we should be but we’re still better than everyone else!

Sounds like solid wingnut logic, no?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 2, 2017 • 12:54:57pm

re: #159 Eclectic Cyborg

Because Jesus would have been totally cool about Churches getting all political and stuff. Will be interesting to see what happens when he succeeds. More ignored court injunctions I imagine.

Also does this mean Mosques and Synagogues and Buddhist temples can get in on the action too?

And a law like this can give rise to endless Scientology-like tax scams…The Church of Discount Hardware, the Church of Happy Ending Massage…The Church of the Sacred Pyramid Scheme…the possibilities are endless.

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I Would Prefer Not To Feb 2, 2017 • 12:54:58pm

re: #140 EPR-radar

Speaking of Russian intelligence operations reminds me of something I haven’t seen considered yet about Trump’s botched military raid: That raid must have been known to Russia as soon as it was decided to proceed in the white house.

Combine that with reports that the raid targets knew the raid was coming.

Remember all those conspiracy movies (Three days of the condor, etc) that we thought were crazy because we believed that our govt would never work against our interests? I guess the movies weren’t crazy enough.

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Jack Burton Feb 2, 2017 • 12:55:15pm

re: #161 Jack Burton

And also on that note, the conservative idea of an independent is also a fever-dream. They seem to believe that independent = cant make up their mind on anything or refuses to stand for anything.

As if the binary of Right Wing/Left Wing are the only things that exist and if you don’t pick a team it means you are confused, scared, or an idiot.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 12:56:18pm

re: #161 Jack Burton

The conservative idea of a “liberal” (and frankly they are the only ones I *ever* hear use that word) exists only in their head with only slight connections to reality, and then only in the farthest leftest corners of CA college campuses.

Exactly. The way some of my friends and wingnut distant relations talk about liberals, it’s like they’ve never met one before. I don’t see myself as a radical at all. I’m a boring, center left liberal. I like capitalism but I also see that it’s not the perfect system that many free market purists see it as. I don’t see the government as an evil but I don’t see it as my savior either. I do see it as a reflection of the people of this country because that’s what it is. Know a firefighter? Know a soldier? Know a teacher? That’s the govenrment too. Not just those distant bureaucrats you love to hate on, many of whom are vets due to policies that give vets preference and conservatives have the nerve to suggest that liberals don’t appreciate veterans when we’re the ones who pushed the GI Bill while they had many who opposed it.

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Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 12:56:38pm

FROM MY INBOX:

Bill Foster
11th District of Illinois

foster.house.gov

1224 Longworth
House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
[no phone numbers allowed]

February 2, 2017

Dear [redacted]:

Foster Opposes Yet Another Attempt by House Republicans
to Restrict a Woman’s Right to Choose

I am writing to let you know that I recently voted against, H.R.7, which was another attempt by House Republicans to restrict a woman’s right to choose. H.R. 7 would prevent private insurance companies from offering plans that cover abortion services on the Affordable Care Act exchanges and would even dictate what kind of insurance small businesses can offer their employees by withholding tax benefits from businesses that offer comprehensive coverage. As a result, countless women and small businesses would be denied access to affordable health insurance, or would be forced to purchase plans without comprehensive coverage.

The importance of allowing a woman to make her own healthcare decisions is paramount, regardless of where she works or how she is insured. This is an inherently private decision that should be made by a woman and her doctor, not the government, and the United States Supreme Court has long recognized as much. Still, the House Republican Leadership continues to pursue an aggressive, anti-choice agenda. Instead of taking our country backwards, we should act on legislation to create jobs, fix our broken immigration system, and raise the minimum wage.

To stay informed of my work, or to sign up for my electronic newsletters, please visit my website at foster.house.gov. You can also let me know what you think by sending me an email or leaving me a message on Facebook or Twitter.

Sincerely,

Bill Foster
Member of Congress

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 2, 2017 • 12:56:39pm

re: #165 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

And a law like this can give rise to endless Scientology-like tax scams…The Church of Discount Hardware, the Church of Happy Ending Massage…The Church of the Sacred Pyramid Scheme…the possibilities are endless.

Well now I know why Trump supports it!

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Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 12:57:26pm

re: #165 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

And a law like this can give rise to endless Scientology-like tax scams…The Church of Discount Hardware, the Church of Happy Ending Massage…The Church of the Sacred Pyramid Scheme…the possibilities are endless.

Church of Trump …

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Arkansawyer Feb 2, 2017 • 12:58:03pm

re: #164 Eclectic Cyborg

We’re not as great as we should be but we’re still better than everyone else!

Sounds like solid wingnut logic, no?

I’ll defer to the wingnut mental gymnastics judges on that one:

US: 9.5
China: 9
Germany: 8.5
Russia: 7
France: 8

Solid scoring.

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Kragar Feb 2, 2017 • 1:00:36pm

On the streets of L.A.: Elderly Korean woman hit by white woman proclaiming, “White Power.” via Linda Lee on FB https://t.co/SFBXDGxI2D pic.twitter.com/M3D6ubtqpV

— Naomi Hirahara (@gasagasagirl) February 2, 2017

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Kragar Feb 2, 2017 • 1:01:36pm

As #BlackHistoryMonth begins, we remember the noble job creators of the Antebellum South. #PenceBlackHistory

— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 1:01:45pm

re: #173 Kragar

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I hate California Nazis. Remind why we shouldn’t hit back?

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Jack Burton Feb 2, 2017 • 1:02:55pm

re: #173 Kragar

Was this fucking Braunhemde apprehended?

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Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 1:03:04pm

going to make coffee and binge watch some thing on Netflix that makes more sense than reality.

bbl

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Bubblehead II Feb 2, 2017 • 1:03:10pm

re: #159 Eclectic Cyborg

Because Jesus would have been totally cool about Churches getting all political and stuff. Will be interesting to see what happens when he succeeds. More ignored court injunctions I imagine.

Also does this mean Mosques and Synagogues and Buddhist temples can get in on the action too?

Yep. Again republicans not taking in the law of unintended consequences into account.

Hey @realDonaldTrump aka @POTUS Just a reminder. If you kill the johnson amendment It covers everybody. Jews, Hidnu’s & yes, even Muslim’s.

— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) February 2, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 2, 2017 • 1:03:54pm

re: #171 Birth Control Works

Church of Trump …

Tooker Inthinans

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Belafon Feb 2, 2017 • 1:04:09pm

re: #178 Bubblehead II

Maybe the Church of the Subgenius will finally take off.

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TedStriker Feb 2, 2017 • 1:04:27pm

re: #3 The Vicious Babushka

I see that polonium pancakes are back in fashion…

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Skip Intro Feb 2, 2017 • 1:04:45pm

re: #32 EPR-radar

Trump is already revealed as a bully. That’s why Republicans love him. They are bullies too, and are very happy to see a blatant bully in the presidency.

Trump’s entire life has been made up of episodes where he does or says things that would get anyone else punched out, but he always has his protective blanket of security to make sure that doesn’t happen.

I look forward to him pulling this shit with the Chinese. I hope they dump a shit ton of crap on the tiny fisted coward and I hope it’s made public for the whole world to see.

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lawhawk Feb 2, 2017 • 1:04:59pm

re: #178 Bubblehead II

And even Christian groups who oppose everything Bannon/Trump stands for. @BubbleheadII @realDonaldTrump @POTUS

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 2, 2017

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Birth Control Works Feb 2, 2017 • 1:05:51pm

Real Talk Candy Hearts https://t.co/x8z6HVsCKZ

— ggt (@geegeetee) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 1:07:29pm

re: #183 lawhawk

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I’d love to have that fly back in their face if they kill it.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 1:07:44pm

Anyhow guys time for the daily midday work out.

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Bubblehead II Feb 2, 2017 • 1:08:00pm

re: #169 Birth Control Works

Ummm.you might want to edit your address out,

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Skip Intro Feb 2, 2017 • 1:08:41pm

re: #41 GlutenFreeJesus

I CAN’T STAND THE SOUND OF HER VOICE.

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mmmirele Feb 2, 2017 • 1:08:49pm

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 2, 2017 • 1:09:08pm

re: #186 HappyWarrior

Anyhow guys time for the daily midday work out.

I get a brisk walk in the vineyards, doing a mile uphill at a brisk pace is like jogging without the pounding on the joints and shins

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Kragar Feb 2, 2017 • 1:09:56pm

I saved this spiffy little graphic from @andreagrimes to trot out on days like today. pic.twitter.com/fqGoZgPBhM

— 🍸 Amber Love ☕ (@elizabethamber) February 2, 2017

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 2, 2017 • 1:10:18pm

re: #172 Arkansawyer

I’ll defer to the wingnut mental gymnastics judges on that one:

US: 9.5
China: 9
Germany: 8.5
Russia: 7
France: 8

Solid scoring.

Russian number should be higher. :P

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Arkansawyer Feb 2, 2017 • 1:13:08pm

re: #192 Eclectic Cyborg

Russian number should be higher. :P

That’d tip their hand.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 1:13:41pm

sigh

BREAKING: House votes to roll back Obama rule on background checks for gun ownership.

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 2, 2017

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Kragar Feb 2, 2017 • 1:14:01pm

Howard Stern: Trump wants to be loved, presidency will be ‘detrimental’ to his mental health https://t.co/5AFBnXodKe

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) February 2, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 1:14:27pm

It’s not “Trump insults Arnold at prayer breakfast,” it’s “Trump promotes his business at prayer breakfast.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 2, 2017

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Stanley Sea Feb 2, 2017 • 1:15:33pm

re: #177 Birth Control Works

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lawhawk Feb 2, 2017 • 1:16:12pm

Demographics. How do they fucking work.

GOP presumes they can magically make the economy grow and that their budgets are predicated on magic growth. But even the CBO is warning that retirements and a smaller workforce (even smaller if Trump gets his way and enacts all the various immigration bans he seeks) would actually blow out the annual deficits.

The deficits are expected to grow above 3% of GDP after 2019, in part because of an insufficient labor force associated with retiring baby boomers, and the continued growth in spending, CBO Director Keith Hall told the House Budget Committee.

The nonpartisan office based its projections on the assumption on current laws remaining in place; the agency does not speculate on the effect of proposed legislation on the deficit.

Democrats on the committee argued that immigrants would help the labor market, citing a CBO report in 2015 that said an inclusive U.S. immigration policy would have a net positive impact on the federal budget.

Hall said the actual result of immigration reform will vary from different proposals and on whether the U.S. attracts more skilled workers than unskilled workers.

“It [immigration] does affect labor supply, and that labor supply does help GDP grow,” Hall said.

Agriculture and the restaurant sector are highly dependent on immigrant labor, to say nothing of the high tech sector. Without immigrants, there’d be huge shortfalls in workers - meaning higher costs, fewer restaurants and businesses, and fewer tech developments.

These aren’t just the “jobs Americans wont/can’t do” but jobs there simply aren’t enough Americans around to do. That also increases wage pressures, slows innovation, and undermines the so called MAGA bullshit streaming forth from Trump twits.

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 2, 2017 • 1:16:59pm

re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth

sigh

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Well I guess all them “lone wolves” will love that, huh?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 1:17:01pm

Trump Says He Heard Frederick Douglass Was Alive from Betsy DeVos https://t.co/t2INED4wzO via @BorowitzReport

— Robert Monroe, Jr. (@BMo2xl) February 2, 2017

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lawhawk Feb 2, 2017 • 1:18:24pm

UNITED STATES: 818 companies, including BMW and T-Mobile, have removed advertising from Breitbart’s website

— The Int’l Spectator (@spectatorindex) February 2, 2017

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 1:18:49pm

This sort of person thinks “separation of church and state” means people in gov can’t even pray. THAT IS TYRANNY, and typical of the Left. https://t.co/mvyzO43DiF

— Joshua Charles (@JoshuaTCharles) February 2, 2017

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 1:19:41pm

Tyranny LOL.

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Moebym Feb 2, 2017 • 1:19:51pm

re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth

Make Gun Violence Great Again!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 2, 2017 • 1:20:20pm

re: #202 Charles Johnson

Joshua Charles @JoshuaTCharles
This sort of person thinks “separation of church and state” means people in gov can’t even pray. THAT IS TYRANNY, and typical of the Left.

WT ever-lovin’ F?!?

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Belafon Feb 2, 2017 • 1:20:56pm

re: #202 Charles Johnson

“I have an idea of what a liberal thinks, and by Glob, no one is going to convince me otherwise.”

I don’t know any liberal who thinks that.

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Kragar Feb 2, 2017 • 1:21:16pm

JUST IN: Graham announces Senate subcommittee will launch probe into Russian election interference https://t.co/eXD8DvUsch pic.twitter.com/IWmHP0CEkg

— The Hill (@thehill) February 2, 2017

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 1:21:28pm

Tyranny LOL. Unclear on the concept. pic.twitter.com/vMDgdD3ASz

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 2, 2017

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Skip Intro Feb 2, 2017 • 1:23:30pm

“Ground Hog” is disgusting rodent worshiped by primitive United States peoples in misguided belief that vermin have power of weather control pic.twitter.com/bkAWmjxtv6

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) February 2, 2017

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gocart mozart Feb 2, 2017 • 1:24:43pm

pic.twitter.com/ywCLdc62q8

— Social Media Poison (@coreypierceart) February 2, 2017

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BeachDem Feb 2, 2017 • 1:25:32pm

re: #202 Charles Johnson

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Another WND asshole heard from.

Just don’t confuse him with Josh Charles, one of the good guys and a favorite of mine.

twitter.com

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Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 1:29:57pm

re: #202 Charles Johnson

TYRANNY!!!

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Myron Falwell Feb 2, 2017 • 1:30:19pm

Notable in that this is coming from two sports reporters in Cleveland.

BREAKING: House votes to roll back Obama rule on background checks for gun ownership.

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 2, 2017

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I guess this week making Americans as safe as possible is not important. #hypocrisy https://t.co/zxbFjeOXXE

— Adam the Bull (@AdamtheBullFAN) February 2, 2017

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@AdamtheBullFAN War is coming. Load up.

— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) February 2, 2017

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Bubblehead II Feb 2, 2017 • 1:32:27pm

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ObserverArt Feb 2, 2017 • 1:33:02pm

I wrote a long letter to Paul Ryan earlier, and then I turned it into a page. I was inspired by something I read earlier where Ryan was talking about liking Trump’s stupid tweets. I saw that as him trying to normalize Trump and that got me going.

If anyone cares to read it here is the link. Since it is a page, it can ignored easier than in a post. /

LGF Page - A Letter to Paul Ryan

And then I went and started a big ol’ pot of Chili! Mmmmm.

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MsJ Feb 2, 2017 • 1:33:15pm

re: #41 GlutenFreeJesus

That was embarrassing. OMG embarrassing.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 1:34:49pm

Orrin Hatch opines on Dem complaints about Tom Price’s stock deals. “I mean, that’s bush-league crap. It really is.” https://t.co/zokcInlyFY

— Michael McAuliff (@mmcauliff) February 2, 2017

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Corruption is now bush-league crap. Alrighty then. https://t.co/neNUd1VlsV

— Karoli (@Karoli) February 2, 2017

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lawhawk Feb 2, 2017 • 1:35:18pm

re: #215 ObserverArt

Quickly scanned it - there’s a couple of typos, but otherwise - well done!

It needs a photo too, because I’m figuring Charles might promote this one…

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BlueGrl21 Feb 2, 2017 • 1:37:45pm

re: #92 jaunte

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Well, on one high note, my husband’s basketball team always kicks this school’s ass every year. It’s become a joke that we play them every year just to boost the team’s confidence.

They’ve also been known to shout the occasional racist slur at our black team members. I’ve also been known to have security throw those kids out of the game.

Off topic, but we take our humor where we find it these days.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 1:38:09pm

Trump-loving Ohio GOP lawmaker posts anti-Semitic meme to attack the media https://t.co/o7tKUiwDNL pic.twitter.com/r1IBF5fxyd

— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 2, 2017

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cincinnati.com reports that Chabot posted a meme on his own homepage this week that featured a quote from top Trump strategist Steve Bannon’s earlier tirade against the news media in which he told the press corps to “keep its mouth shut.”

While there was nothing inherently anti-Semitic in Bannon’s original quote, the meme itself deployed the anti-Semitic “echo” symbol to attack the media as part of a broader Jewish conspiracy.

“The (((media))) here is the opposition party,” the meme read in part. “They still don’t understand why Donald Trump is president of the United States. The (((elite media))) got it dead wrong.”

Chabot spokesman Brian Griffith tells cincinnati.com that Chabot had originally found the image through a Google search, and he didn’t know it came from a white supremacist website. He also said that Chabot’s staff removed the meme as soon as they learned about its offensive nature.

“Rep. Chabot doesn’t have an anti-Semitic bone in his body, and anybody that has followed his record over the years knows that,” Griffith explained. “He’s been one of the staunchest defenders of Israel in Congress. This unfortunate error shouldn’t be detracting from that.”

good fucking grief

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BeachDem Feb 2, 2017 • 1:38:13pm

Trump at prayer breakfast: the world is under serious, serious threat, in so many different ways, and I’ve never seen it so much and so openly as since I took the position of president…

Correlation? Causation? You be the judge.
.

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Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 1:39:05pm

re: #213 Myron Falwell

RWNJ: Because we don’t want to interfere with Constitutional protections of the right to arm one-self and if we have this rule only criminals will have guns.

NORMAL PERSON: How do we stop criminals from getting guns?

RWNJ: Mental health checks!

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BeachDem Feb 2, 2017 • 1:40:37pm

re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth

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good fucking grief

“Rep. Chabot doesn’t have ~~an anti-Semitic bone in his body~~a single, functioning brain cell, and anybody that has followed his record over the years knows that,” Griffith explained.

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lawhawk Feb 2, 2017 • 1:41:10pm

The email states Travis left the council because of Uber being widely interpreted as “somehow endorsing the Administration’s agenda”

— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) February 2, 2017

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I read this as trying to save his company after getting hammered over trying to subvert the protests at various airports around the nation.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 1:41:11pm

.@PressSec provides rare tic-toc of the Yemen raid

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 2, 2017

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Except it was misleading. The specific operation in question was never presented to or considered by the Obama Admin for approval. https://t.co/v0KwnhhRj9

— Ned Price (@nedprice) February 2, 2017

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now obama officials are saying the botched raid trump greenlit wasn’t presented to them https://t.co/g4TVLDrtp0 #TrumpYemen

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 2, 2017

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Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 1:41:47pm

re: #221 BeachDem

Trump at prayer breakfast: the world is under serious, serious threat, in so many different ways, and I’ve never seen it so much and so openly as since I took the position of president…

Correlation? Causation? You be the judge.
.

Person: Are you talking about all the threats Jewish religious places are receiving?

TRUMP: I mean that whole Milo in Berkeley thing, riots, terrorists, universities, the whole thing.

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William Lewis Feb 2, 2017 • 1:42:37pm

re: #213 Myron Falwell

Notable in that this is coming from two sports reporters in Cleveland.

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Makes it easier for leftists to get guns too. But that’s in the “unforeseen consequences” category that the right wing doesn’t get.

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Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 1:43:03pm

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s all Obama’s fault. In fact, Obama ordered the raid, which was with bad intel. But DT made the raid a total success. Period.

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Belafon Feb 2, 2017 • 1:44:47pm

re: #228 Sir John Barron

It’s all Obama’s fault. In fact, Obama ordered the raid, which was with bad intel. But DT made the raid a total success. Period.

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When Obama went after bin Laden, all those soldiers died and we didn’t even kill him. SAD!

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 1:45:58pm

Fuck off, you antisemitic piece of shit. @jagers_dan

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 2, 2017

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Stanley Sea Feb 2, 2017 • 1:46:50pm

re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth

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good fucking grief

FUCK

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ObserverArt Feb 2, 2017 • 1:47:38pm

re: #28 Arkansawyer

A bully is nothing but an outspoken coward. Trump will be revealed as being exactly that.

He only need be revealed to the people that don’t already know it. That would be the FOX viewers and the InfoWar and Breitbart types.

Anyone paying attention to him over his career and that looked into his past during the campaign already knows.

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Scottish Dragon Feb 2, 2017 • 1:49:28pm

re: #93 Eclectic Cyborg

Trump must be the most unpersonable President in history. He’s always angry, always scowling, always complaining. When he does crack a smile it looks terribly forced and insincere. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him genuinely laugh. The guy is never happy, ever.

There’s just no humanity or decency in him at all I don’t think.

There does not seem to be any video or personal testimony anywhere of Trump actually laughing.

The phenomenon has been noticed.

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MsJ Feb 2, 2017 • 1:49:57pm

re: #215 ObserverArt

I wrote a long letter to Paul Ryan earlier, and then I turned it into a page. I was inspired by something I read earlier where Ryan was talking about liking Trump’s stupid tweets. I saw that as him trying to normalize Trump and that got me going.

If anyone cares to read it here is the link. Since it is a page, it can ignored easier than in a post. /

LGF Page - A Letter to Paul Ryan

And then I went and started a big ol’ pot of Chili! Mmmmm.

You should really put a picture with that as it tweets better. Just a thought.

READ and RT the heck out of this!

A Letter to Paul Ryan https://t.co/mx7WSD2n3u

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) February 2, 2017

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mmmirele Feb 2, 2017 • 1:51:45pm

re: #230 Charles Johnson

Wow, this is like the multiple threats one of my oldest friends got yesterday and today on FB from a Trumpista. Unlike me, my friend is a professor at a university, and doesn’t work in a building with badged gates and electronic doors. I told my friend to report the incidents to his university security, because this guy is absolutely frothing at the mouth. *shudder*

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Myron Falwell Feb 2, 2017 • 1:52:44pm

re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth

good fucking grief

Wow. Politics in Ohio is stunted AF.

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BlueGrl21 Feb 2, 2017 • 1:53:05pm

I got through on the phone to my two Congress Critters I will talk to….Ted Cruz I occasionally write emails to say he’s a flatulent toad sitting on the edge of a sewer pipe sucking down shit and vomiting it back up all over the country. Not productive, i know, but it’s damn productive for my mental health.

Anyway, I told Cornyn and Olsen’s staffers that I love them and no offense but I want to be able to go just one day without talking to them. Just one.

They CRACKED up.

Every day, I call. Have an alarm set on my phone. I keep trying until I get through. I want to be able to ignore the damn alarm for once.

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 2:01:25pm

Well, this is unexpected. Especially after Trump bashed Obama relentlessly for taking the same position.

Exclusive: Donald Trump supports a two-state solution and is warning #Israel to cease settlement announcements. https://t.co/4AmbhR0blu

— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) February 2, 2017

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Kragar Feb 2, 2017 • 2:01:44pm

Nazi Richard Spencer: openly identifying as Nazis “doesn’t resonate well”https://t.co/uIxk9kgoCH @ParkerMolloy

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 2, 2017

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Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 2:02:46pm

re: #238 Charles Johnson

Does DT have schizophrenia?

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DuckDharma Feb 2, 2017 • 2:02:51pm

So, about those “nazis” that people were fine with being assaulted at the Milo protest last night.

Image: C3rXI6xUoAA4hCM.jpg

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 2:03:20pm

Exclusive: Donald Trump supports a two-state solution and is warning #Israel to cease settlement announcements. https://t.co/4AmbhR0blu

— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) February 2, 2017

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I’m so old I remember when Trump viciously bashed President Obama for taking the same position. @mawilner https://t.co/pVP4z4ERFM

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 2, 2017

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Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 2:06:04pm

re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth

Chabot posted a meme on his own homepage this week that featured a quote from top Trump strategist Steve Bannon’s earlier tirade against the news media in which he told the press corps to “keep its mouth shut.”

So, another fan of Wikileaks data dumps and fervent opponent of “corruption” like HRC’s deadly private email server now just wants the press to “keep its mouth shut”.

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Decatur Deb Feb 2, 2017 • 2:06:05pm

re: #233 Scottish Dragon

There does not seem to be any video or personal testimony anywhere of Trump actually laughing.

The phenomenon has been noticed.

Do Google Image searches on Trump Dog and Obama Dog.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 2, 2017 • 2:07:35pm

re: #238 Charles Johnson

I wonder who slapped some sense into him?

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Decatur Deb Feb 2, 2017 • 2:09:00pm

re: #245 Dr Lizardo

I wonder who slapped some sense into him?

Magic 8-Ball.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:10:19pm

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. expected to impose additional sanctions on Iranian entities as early as Friday - sources

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 2, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:13:16pm

@ChuckWendig: ahem

ahem ahem

*clears throat very loudly*

*quirks eyebrows*

— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) February 2, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:14:23pm

Senate now voting to advance the repeal Obama’s rule on drilling and mining companies.

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 2:14:30pm

It’s going to be a hoot to see all the Trump cultists suddenly pretending they’ve always supported a Palestinian state. @mawilner

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 2, 2017

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Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 2:14:49pm

re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth

Senate now voting to repeal Obama’s rule on drilling and mining companies.

This is fine….

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Dr Lizardo Feb 2, 2017 • 2:15:13pm

re: #250 Charles Johnson

The End Timers are going to blow a gasket. Heh.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:15:37pm

re: #251 Sir John Barron

This is fine….

/

I edited my post. It’s a procedural vote to advance. But probably pretty much the same result…

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Jebediah, RBG Feb 2, 2017 • 2:16:17pm

re: #221 BeachDem

Trump at prayer breakfast: the world is under serious, serious threat, in so many different ways, and I’ve never seen it so much and so openly as since I took the position of president…

Correlation? Causation? You be the judge.
.

“in so many different ways…”
He ALWAYS sounds like the fifth grader who didn’t do the reading assignment. “Mr. Trump, can you name any of those ways? That is what the whole chapter was about.”
“Many, many ways, OK? And it is really sad that my teacher is such a low-rated loser! Sad!”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:16:29pm

this is also fine…

White House pool report: “When asked if military action was off the table in Iran POTUS said ‘nothing’s off the table.’”

— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) February 2, 2017

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BeachDem Feb 2, 2017 • 2:18:42pm

re: #238 Charles Johnson

Well, this is unexpected. Especially after Trump bashed Obama relentlessly for taking the same position.

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 2, 2017 • 2:19:32pm

Prediction: The GOP will go ahead with their plans to sell off public lands and a good chunk of those lands will be sold to an innocuous sounding company with deep Russian ties.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:19:51pm

Trump giving the FSB any gimmes right now is like Nixon going on TV wearing a “I ♡ PLUMBERS” t-shirt at the height of the Watergate scandal.

— John Schindler (@20committee) February 2, 2017

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Or broadcasting the tapes of the hush money conversations, the same day they were recorded, on PBS https://t.co/1onNL9FrL1

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) February 2, 2017

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William Lewis Feb 2, 2017 • 2:20:17pm

bare: #245 Dr Lizardo

I wonder who slapped some sense into him?

Only till tomorrow then he’ll say something different that President Bannon tells him to say.

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BlueGrl21 Feb 2, 2017 • 2:20:26pm

re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth

this is also fine…

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Let’s tell the American people we want to fight another war in the Middle East and see how well that works out.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:20:41pm

BREAKING: US Amb. to UN Haley: “I must condemn the aggressive actions of Russia” in eastern Ukraine.

BREAKING: US Amb. to UN Haley: “I must condemn the aggressive actions of Russia” in eastern Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/rj7YQURxNO

— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) February 2, 2017

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“Haley, who briefly served as ambassador to the UN, ….” https://t.co/h2Vki6BDjb

— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) February 2, 2017

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darthstar Feb 2, 2017 • 2:20:48pm

re: #242 Charles Johnson

Here’s an opportunity for Trump to withhold funds and demonstrate how effective it can be.

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gocart mozart Feb 2, 2017 • 2:21:55pm

@RichardBSpencer https://t.co/bJVYOhTu2T

— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) February 2, 2017

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William Lewis Feb 2, 2017 • 2:22:03pm

re: #260 BlueGrl21

Let’s tell the American people we want to fight another war in the Middle East and see how well that works out.

The Trump Fascists will be happy to cheer other peoples children dying for Putin in Iran.

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Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 2:22:22pm

re: #254 Jebediah, RBG

“in so many different ways…”
He ALWAYS sounds like the fifth grader who didn’t do the reading assignment. “Mr. Trump, can you name any of those ways? That is what the whole chapter was about.”
“Many, many ways, OK? And it is really sad that my teacher is such a low-rated loser! Sad!”

Serious threats, many threats, so many, never been this many, serious threats, ever, seriously. Very serious threats, many serious threats, never before.

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Sir John Barron Feb 2, 2017 • 2:23:24pm

re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well now DT can brag about how tough HE is being with Russia while ending the sanctions and forgetting about the campaign hacking.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:24:20pm

*thud*

Donald Trump has hired two men to advise him on ‘Women in the Workforce.’ https://t.co/ZdOLj6mXD5 pic.twitter.com/DGaqp137HT

— Steph Haberman (@StephLauren) February 2, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:27:39pm

Congratulations, #WestVirginia! YOUR #StreamProtectionRule is gone. Those few hundred jobs will be done, too, but not before this: pic.twitter.com/XZL2LjUdEn

— DaisyRubin’sMom (@FemmesUnafraid) February 2, 2017

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eastern Kentucky, too, and Virginia and North Carolina…

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:27:42pm

re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth

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good fucking grief

Good grief. I’m familiar with Chabot since he’s chairman of the Small Business Commtiee in the House and our firm publishes a newsletter on small business.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:29:16pm

Senate votes to kill Obama administration rule preventing coal mines from polluting water https://t.co/JWzTnRpnTl pic.twitter.com/5StK6Ym4Ah

— The Hill (@thehill) February 2, 2017

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Orange is the new color (of water in E. Ky) https://t.co/1uSIAF2Gl4

— Ronnie Ellis (@cnhifrankfort) February 2, 2017

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BlueGrl21 Feb 2, 2017 • 2:29:16pm

re: #263 gocart mozart

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If Richard Spencer goes to Berkeley there will be people lining up to punch him in the face. It’s like a carnival game, “Step on up! Punch a REAL Nazi in the face! Only $1!”

My belief in non-violence is suspended when it comes to punching Richard Spencer in the face….or any other Nazi. My granddad did Day One on Omaha Beach. If he were still alive he’d disown me if I didn’t punch Spencer if I had the chance.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:29:53pm

re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth

*thud*

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it’s an improvement. None of them are named Steve. //

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:30:14pm

re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Sorry BWS. This just sucks.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:30:34pm

You really think that clean water would be a you know bipartisan issue. Fuckers.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:30:57pm

re: #273 HappyWarrior

Sorry BWS. This just sucks.

You have no idea how much it sucks

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Charles Johnson Feb 2, 2017 • 2:31:42pm

Donald Trump didn’t even watch botched Yemen raid in which US commando died from Situation Room https://t.co/13b4IARFUC pic.twitter.com/qm3PpHF95G

— Huffington Post UK (@HuffPostUK) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:31:55pm

re: #275 Backwoods_Sleuth

You have no idea how much it sucks

No, I don’t/

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:32:28pm

re: #276 Charles Johnson

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Typical of him. Fuck him.

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ObserverArt Feb 2, 2017 • 2:33:30pm

re: #218 lawhawk

Quickly scanned it - there’s a couple of typos, but otherwise - well done!

It needs a photo too, because I’m figuring Charles might promote this one…

Please point out the typos for me. I did it in Word, and nothing showed, so I am taking it they are correct spellings but wrong words and the like.

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makeitstop Feb 2, 2017 • 2:34:01pm

re: #240 Sir John Barron

Does DT have schizophrenia?

Yeah, wasn’t he saying the exact opposite last week?

Or did I imagine that?

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:35:03pm

re: #280 makeitstop

Yeah, wasn’t he saying the exact opposite last week?

Or did I imagine that?

He was doing nothing while Bibi built more settlements and the admin talked about moving the capital. I totally expect him to flop though again when Bibi shouts at him.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:35:49pm

Of course, the Fundies may not care since he seems ready to destroy the Johnson Amendment.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:37:13pm

re: #277 HappyWarrior

No, I don’t/

That Martin County coal slurry video I posted earlier…that happened in 2008. The nearby streams and groundwater wells are still polluted from that.

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The_Burren Feb 2, 2017 • 2:38:43pm

re: #242 Charles Johnson

He’s probably just pissed that the settlements are taking up prime spots for more Trump hotels.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:39:06pm

re: #283 Backwoods_Sleuth

That Martin County coal slurry video I posted earlier…that happened in 2008. The nearby streams and groundwater wells are still polluted from that.

How awful. I tell you one of the biggest things that grinds me about this vote is the states that could benefit from the Obama rule the most are ones that Senators vote for this kind of stuff. You would hope that Manchin could vote like a Democrat on at least this one issue though as I said it really shouldn’t be a partisan issue.

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:39:21pm

re: #284 The_Burren

He’s probably just pissed that the settlements are taking up prime spots for more Trump hotels.

You may not be wrong.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 2, 2017 • 2:43:15pm

Sherrod Brown on fire on the Senate floor right now over the drilling and mining repeal.

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gocart mozart Feb 2, 2017 • 2:43:29pm

Conservative firebrand Adolf Hitler,

— Mark O’Connell (@mrkocnnll) February 2, 2017

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Controversial author and activist https://t.co/Jiwfm1l4ov

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 2, 2017

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@CharlesPPierce @daveweigel Populist voice for the economically disadvantaged WWC.

— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) February 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 2, 2017 • 2:44:13pm

re: #288 gocart mozart

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 2, 2017 • 2:45:18pm

re: #189 mmmirele

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William Lewis Feb 2, 2017 • 2:46:42pm

re: #271 BlueGrl21

I’d get banned if I said aloud what I think Nazi’s deserve so I’ll just upding this instead.

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 2, 2017 • 2:51:36pm

re: #245 Dr Lizardo

I wonder who slapped some sense into him?

The Israelis (maybe not Bibi tho)

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cattlady Feb 2, 2017 • 3:38:26pm

re: #102 jaunte

Longtime lurker, first time poster here. I recently visited my family back on the Mainland and was appalled to hear that one of my family members has been the subject of anti-Semitic bullying at his junior high school. Chants of “heil Hitler” and singing a song about gassing Jews in Auschwitz. So far his parents have not received a satisfactory response from the superintendent, and his father is a high-powered lawyer…so we shall see. I am writing to the superintendent as a graduate of the school system, which happens to be a top rated district of the finest “old money.” Can you guess the state - of course you can! Texas.

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