Trump Tried to Prevent Sally Yates From Testifying to Congress About His Links to Russia

PoliticsMarch 2017 • Views: 44,341

In today’s episode of Trump’s Russia Problem, we learn that the Trump gang tried to intimidate former acting attorney general Sally Yates out of testifying to Congress by invoking “presidential communication privilege.”

The Trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying to Congress in the House investigation of links between Russian officials and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, The Washington Post has learned, a position that is likely to further anger Democrats who have accused Republicans of trying to damage the inquiry.

According to letters The Post reviewed, the Justice Department notified Yates earlier this month that the administration considers a great deal of her possible testimony to be barred from discussion in a congressional hearing because the topics are covered by the presidential communication privilege.

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Yates and another witness at the planned hearing, former CIA director John Brennan, had made clear to government officials by Thursday that their testimony to the committee probably would contradict some statements that White House officials had made, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Yates was apparently planning to testify this week anyway, but then former Trump transition team member Rep. Devin Nunes abruptly canceled the hearing. That doesn’t look suspicious at all, right?

UPDATE at 3/28/17 10:52:10 am by Charles Johnson

JUST IN: A 3/24 letter from DOJ to Sally Yates states she must get authorization from WH to testify about convos w/ WH, CBS News can confirm pic.twitter.com/qOmYqqlOuj

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 28, 2017

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carey94tt Mar 28, 2017 • 10:46:37am

my morning wakeup view (reposted from below)

gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 10:47:36am

“As a nation, we begin by declaring that ‘all men are created equal.’ We now practically read it ‘all men are created equal, except negroes.’ When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read ‘all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.’ When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty—to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”
- Abraham Lincoln

gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 10:48:21am

From February: On the haters and losers of the Trump administration https://t.co/3QBO22wugb pic.twitter.com/XmmGFNgv99

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) March 28, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 10:48:42am

Classic cognitive dissonance. Business people ALWAYS want to increase revenue & grow. GOP always seek to lower revenue & shrink govt. @Slate

— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 10:48:50am

.@PressSec : Nunes’ decision to call off Yates/Brennan/Clapper hearing had nothing to do with the WH. Ok. But this still looks bad for Nunes

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 28, 2017

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jaunte Mar 28, 2017 • 10:49:00am

“Remove Rep. Devin Nunes” In Nunes’ hometown paper, the Fresno Bee, ALL editorials were against Nunes. We don’t take kindly to traitors.

— Sierra Girl (@SierraMagyar) March 28, 2017

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“…Nunes - a Trump transition team member - betrayed the Constitution and its separation of powers by running like an errand boy to the White House to share with Trump classified information that he had received.”

fresnobee.com

The Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2017 • 10:50:04am

DOJ attempted to deny there was any obstruction to Sally Yates’ testimony
BUSTED YOU FUCKERS

JUST IN: A 3/24 letter from DOJ to Sally Yates states she must get authorization from WH to testify about convos w/ WH, CBS News can confirm pic.twitter.com/qOmYqqlOuj

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 28, 2017

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Charles Johnson Mar 28, 2017 • 10:51:43am

@Green_Footballs Nope. It’s a lie

— Inmate #44 Obama (@Dannity12) March 28, 2017

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Kragar Mar 28, 2017 • 10:54:26am

I fear for the safety of Sally Yates with a goon like Trump in the WH.

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 28, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 10:54:40am

Communications authored by agency officials—executive branch officials outside the White House—are not subject to the presidential communications privilege unless the documents were specifically solicited and received by the president or an appropriate White House advisor to the president.

Yates was Acting AG at the time, I don’t think the White House can stop her from testifying before Congress. More to the point it looks like rank desperation that they’re even trying.

Jay C Mar 28, 2017 • 10:56:06am

I wonder if there is (already!!) an unexpressed assumption that no one should worry about “contradictions” in “statements that White House officials had made” since no one expects any statements from this White House to be objectively true, or even make sense.

And all this in less than 70 days!

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 10:56:27am

In response to WH claim that WaPo Yates scoop is “entirely false,” I’d urge you to read the documents for yourself. https://t.co/UTM1qN0DP0

— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) March 28, 2017

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Fake documents obvs https://t.co/5kAfufiQe4

— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) March 28, 2017

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Docs are real. Read them and see how wrong you are https://t.co/fT0Fri4tFo

— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) March 28, 2017

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good grief, Sean is beyond stupid.
(Dan’s tweet was sarcasm and Sean kneejerk reacted to “fake”)

makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 10:56:59am

re: #1 carey94tt

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My wife loves your puppy, but she really loves your sheets. She wants to know where you got them. :)

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 10:57:55am

Sean Spicer is a remarkably brazen liar. pic.twitter.com/Hg8bCXgY8U

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 28, 2017

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Dr. Matt Mar 28, 2017 • 10:58:01am

BREAKING: White House on Lockdown, Secret Service Looking Into a ‘Suspicious Package’ https://t.co/DtqtiGPMcX pic.twitter.com/Cwdn9unWNp

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) March 28, 2017

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Birth Control Works Mar 28, 2017 • 10:58:56am

later all!

have a good one

jaunte Mar 28, 2017 • 10:59:06am

re: #15 Dr. Matt

Package labeled “EVIDENCE.”

BigPapa Mar 28, 2017 • 10:59:57am

Not a matter of if. Only a matter of when.

Or we become a banana republic.

Dr. Matt Mar 28, 2017 • 11:00:05am

re: #17 jaunte

Package labeled “EVIDENCE.”

@Mediaite It’s probably just President Obama wire tapping the phones, fax machines, and nintendo.

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 28, 2017

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 11:01:14am

re: #15 Dr. Matt

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I’m really starting to think the WH is inhabited by a cabal of fucking tweakers.

Mass paranoia rules.

Interesting Times Mar 28, 2017 • 11:01:37am

Here’s something I read somewhere else that’s been bugging me ever since, because I don’t want it to be true, but it might be :(

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: there is no proof of collusion between Trump and Russia to win the 2016 election, and there never will be. If such proof existed, the intelligence community’s mass surveillance network would have found it and leaked it to the Washington Post months ago.

And that’s the thing - proof of this nature is what people are expecting due to all the build-up, and it’s also required to get low-info voters to care about this issue. Is there a possibly it exists and hasn’t been found/uncovered yet?

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:01:40am

.@PressSec: “If the president puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that’s a Russian connection.”
#cantmakeitup

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 28, 2017

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This is pathetic. Russian dressing was invented in New Hampshire: https://t.co/1ddpFMYG2W

Also everyone knows Trump doesn’t eat salad. https://t.co/jdXRn5rmSM

— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) March 28, 2017

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Kragar Mar 28, 2017 • 11:03:22am

Monday: Nunes’ spox: Comey “couldn’t come in tomorrow as we hoped.”
Today: FBI: No official request for Comey’s testimony was ever received.

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:03:24am

Monday: Nunes’ spox: Comey “couldn’t come in tomorrow as we hoped.”
Today: FBI: No official request for Comey’s testimony was ever received.

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:04:49am

Spicer describes Nunes meeting on WH grounds with a source as “two individuals…properly cleared” and “100% appropriate, legal & cleared”

Spicer describes Nunes meeting on WH grounds with a source as “two individuals…properly cleared” and “100% appropriate, legal & cleared” pic.twitter.com/XurMGduZYp

— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) March 28, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2017 • 11:04:59am

“Russian dressing” is ketchup & mayonnaise
“1000 Island dressing” is ketchup & mayonnaise & pickle relish

“On a salad” = poured over 1/4 head of iceberg lettuce

CongoJack Mar 28, 2017 • 11:05:03am

re: #23 Kragar

re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh you two are full of deja vu :D.

gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 11:05:17am

Bill O’Reilly Falafel Lawsuit Turns Ten | The Smoking Gun https://t.co/3rHge0pmqB via @tsgnews

— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) March 28, 2017

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OCTOBER 13—Today marks the tenth anniversary of the filing of the greatest lawsuit ever.

On this date in 2004, Bill O’Reilly was accused of sexual harassment by Andrea Mackris, an associate producer who worked with the TV host at Fox News Channel. Mackris’s New York State Supreme Court complaint is bursting with examples of the 65-year-old O’Reilly’s alleged sleaziness (which apparently was surreptitiously memorialized via Mackris’s tape recorder).

The lawsuit was settled within two weeks and the parties agreed to confidentiality provisions intended to shroud O’Reilly’s purportedly pervy ways. The legal settlement reportedly included a fat check for the 43-year-old Mackris, who said that O’Reilly could be “paternal and engaging” and then “tyrannical and menacing.”

A decade later, Mackris’s complaint—filed by attorney Benedict Morelli—remains a better read than any of O’Reilly’s subsequent best sellers. Mainly because the lawsuit includes topics such as:

Vibrators
Masturbation lessons
Phone sex
A “short brown” Balinese woman who allegedly was “amazed” when she saw O’Reilly’s penis
Threesomes
The loss of O’Reilly’s virginity in a car at JFK airport
Sex with two Scandinavian stewardesses
A Thai sex show
Al Franken
O’Reilly’s masturbation
O’Reilly’s climaxing
Caribbean shower fantasies
“One of those mitts, those loofa mitts”
Falafel
O’Reilly’s “big cock”
More vibrator-aided ejaculation
So, put aside a few minutes and enjoy the lawsuit again for the first time (23 pages)

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:05:49am

#BREAKING: Sally Yates to testify before Senate panel — even if she doesn’t appear before House committee https://t.co/pfExzL6CU5 pic.twitter.com/429DyUILfP

— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 28, 2017

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Barefoot Grin Mar 28, 2017 • 11:06:14am

Spicer promised to look into the identity of the person or persons who cleared Nunes to enter WH grounds. Was asked today and he went on a five-minute rant about double standards regarding leaks. Never answered.

wrenchwench Mar 28, 2017 • 11:06:37am

re: #21 Interesting Times

Here’s something I read somewhere else that’s been bugging me ever since, because I don’t want it to be true, but it might be :(

And that’s the thing - proof of this nature is what people are expecting due to all the build-up, and it’s also required to get low-info voters to care about this issue. Is there a possibly it exists and hasn’t been found/uncovered yet?

There’s plenty of evidence. ‘Proof’ has as many definitions as requesters. Often with the purpose of denying the evidence.

goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 11:09:07am

Deleted ‘cuz you fuckers scooped me.

Jay C Mar 28, 2017 • 11:13:03am

re: #26 The Vicious Babushka

“Russian dressing” is ketchup & mayonnaise
“1000 Island dressing” is ketchup & mayonnaise & pickle relish

“On a salad” = poured over 1/4 head of iceberg lettuce

“On a well-done steak” = grounds for impeachment, if anything is….

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:14:54am

Trump last week: “The miners are coming back!”

Top coal boss: “He can’t bring them back.” https://t.co/DCVedSmkgT

— Will Jordan (@williamjordann) March 27, 2017

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Spicer: “the industry itself said so” on new coal jobs.

From yesterday: https://t.co/W3NhGvPysg

— Will Jordan (@williamjordann) March 28, 2017

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carey94tt Mar 28, 2017 • 11:15:05am

re: #13 makeitstop

My wife loves your puppy, but she really loves your sheets. She wants to know where you got them. :)

My wife is chairman of that dept. of which I am clueless. She also heads the dog acquisition dept.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:15:37am

Pelosi on why Trump repeats selling-across-state-lines as health-care solution: “I think the president says it because he remembers it”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 28, 2017

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jaunte Mar 28, 2017 • 11:15:56am

Trump asked for veto power over Sally Yates’s testimony at Russia hearing https://t.co/aj9vbtvC8H

— New York Magazine (@NYMag) March 28, 2017

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 11:18:24am

re: #37 jaunte

Trump asked for veto power over Sally Yates’s testimony at Russia hearing

This seems to be getting stickier by the minute, doesn’t it?

Sir John Barron Mar 28, 2017 • 11:19:03am

re: #37 jaunte

Everything is f

jaunte Mar 28, 2017 • 11:20:48am

re: #39 Sir John Barron

ed up.

The Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2017 • 11:22:13am

DONALD TRUMP, GLOBAL BULLY==>

.@nytimes describing how #Trump told #Merkel she owes him 100s of billions. As we reported https://t.co/6yioyKnptl pic.twitter.com/6zLymSmhOC

— Bojan Pancevski (@bopanc) March 28, 2017

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gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 11:22:22am

Full rotation of the #Moon captured by the @LRO_NASA Wide Angle Camera (WAC) https://t.co/9D2wdS0g9j #MoonCrushMonday pic.twitter.com/NJ0m1FmIug

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ObserverArt Mar 28, 2017 • 11:22:34am

Skandal Mar 28, 2017 • 11:22:40am

re: #33 Jay C

or on a sandwich

lawhawk Mar 28, 2017 • 11:23:49am

re: #42 gocart mozart

That’s absolutely glorious.

ObserverArt Mar 28, 2017 • 11:27:04am

re: #6 jaunte

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Ouch! I get the feeling if your hometown paper trashes you, it is going to difficult to keep your office in your district. I see he has held his Representative office since 2003. So, it might be he is a gerrymandered district…but still.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:28:37am

Spicer to @AprilDRyan: “If the president puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that’s a Russian connection” —via @MSNBC pic.twitter.com/O0OC3bUJiG

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 28, 2017

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At the end of this clip, Spicer tells veteran White House reporter @AprilDRyan to stop shaking her head https://t.co/hiayR2OeWs

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 28, 2017

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Spicer offended by slight @AprilDRyan headshake, Has he ever seen a real one? I’d have given him 2 finger snaps, made him talk to the hand✋🏼 https://t.co/UrT1EnMpjO

— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) March 28, 2017

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BeachDem Mar 28, 2017 • 11:28:49am

re: #26 The Vicious Babushka

“Russian dressing” is ketchup & mayonnaise
“1000 Island dressing” is ketchup & mayonnaise & pickle relish

“On a salad” = poured over 1/4 head of iceberg lettuce

So, like the Trump Wedge? (ugh) Oh no—I believe the intrepid reporters who covered that story said it was doused in blue cheese dressing—even worse.
/

jaunte Mar 28, 2017 • 11:28:50am

re: #46 ObserverArt

I hope his voters thought they were voting for a Representative, not a Trump courtier.

ObserverArt Mar 28, 2017 • 11:30:10am

re: #10 goddamnedfrank

Yates was Acting AG at the time, I don’t think the White House can stop her from testifying before Congress. More to the point it looks like rank desperation that they’re even trying.

I think the Trump White House is going to one up Nixon.

They seem to be about to cover up the cover up. How many layers are they going to stack on top of each other?

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:30:22am

Senate Intel Cmte heads just announced they’re holding a presser tomorrow to provide an update on their Russian investigation. pic.twitter.com/AXgRyXA43j

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 28, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2017 • 11:31:54am

re: #48 BeachDem

So, like the Trump Wedge? (ugh) Oh no—I believe the intrepid reporters who covered that story said it was doused in blue cheese dressing—even worse.
/

I remember when I was a kid, “family restaurants” had a choice of 3 salad dressings: this orange syrup called “French dressing” ketchup, mayo & pickle relish called “1000 Island dressing” and an oil, vinegar and sugar mix called “Italian dressing.” Bleu cheese dressing (gah) was available at additional cost.

BeachDem Mar 28, 2017 • 11:32:44am

re: #43 ObserverArt

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Cute, but way too coherent to be the yam.

Jebediah, RBG Mar 28, 2017 • 11:33:26am

re: #1 carey94tt

now that is a pleasant alarm clock!

jaunte Mar 28, 2017 • 11:34:11am

How is the House Intel Committee Chairman allowed to single-handedly destroy the day-to-day functioning of the House Intel Committee by canceling all their meetings? They do have other issues than Russiagate to deal with.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:34:26am

US VP Pence: “The war on coal is over.” pic.twitter.com/yQvSGWQpzN

— John D. Sutter (@jdsutter) March 28, 2017

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coal lost i am sorry mike https://t.co/GoGECoSJ8e

— darth™ (@darth) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:35:02am

McConnell says Gorsuch will be confirmed next Friday

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FormerDirtDart Mar 28, 2017 • 11:36:18am

“We will put our miners back to work” says Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/d1B8IcPjrO

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Dr. Matt Mar 28, 2017 • 11:36:48am

@THR Bill O’Racist can go eat a bag of dicks. pic.twitter.com/2h5VvZRFJm

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:38:05am

In Steve King’s District, Iowans Begin to Question His Anti-Immigrant Views https://t.co/lT76uo9E6u

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:38:44am

McConnell on Obamacare:
We’re going to have to see how this works out. I don’t think it will work out all that well.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 28, 2017

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Jebediah, RBG Mar 28, 2017 • 11:39:49am

.@PressSec: “If the president puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that’s a Russian connection.”
#cantmakeitup

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 28, 2017

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This is pathetic. Russian dressing was invented in New Hampshire: https://t.co/1ddpFMYG2W

Also everyone knows Trump doesn’t eat salad. https://t.co/jdXRn5rmSM

— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) March 28, 2017

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@DanEggenWPost It was bussed in illegally from Massachusetts. https://t.co/4HKcuwUvwn

— Jebediah Springfield (@JebediahRBG) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:39:51am

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

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.@SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell concedes that Democrats won the fight over Obamacare.

“Our Democratic friends ought to be pretty happy.” pic.twitter.com/HdRwvy1l9V

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Jay C Mar 28, 2017 • 11:40:28am

re: #46 ObserverArt

re: #49 jaunte

I dunno; CA-22 is a pretty conservative district, it seems: it’s the agricultural outback of California: demographically probably closer to Oklahoma than Oakland. AFAICR, Devin Nunes’ field-of-expertise was in ag matters (mainly ag subsidies, water rights, immigrant labor-law avoidance, etc), and that he got put on the Intelligence Committee via the House GOP system of rotating Chairmanships - on the principle, I guess that one GOPer is as ~~incompetent~~ good as another.

He has about as safe a seat as any CA Republican: though I’m sure his district, the State, and the House would find a way to carry on without him…

Belafon Mar 28, 2017 • 11:41:04am

re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Just to make things fair, they ought to let us destroy the rest of the government.”

Scottish Dragon Mar 28, 2017 • 11:41:25am

POTUS was on the phone all day yelling at Nunes about Sally Yates. “That bitch better not get to open her goddamn mouth,” was one quote.

— White House staffer (@AngryWHStaffer) March 28, 2017

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I’m telling you straight up Nunes got his “info” from the West Wing. I saw him in here.

— White House staffer (@AngryWHStaffer) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:41:53am

President Trump signs executive order that will roll back many of Obama’s efforts to curb global warming. https://t.co/l0OXgfr72o

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 28, 2017

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CongoJack Mar 28, 2017 • 11:43:21am

re: #66 Scottish Dragon

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Is this the Bannon account or are we thinking this one is authentic?

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:44:04am

BURR tells me Kushner intvw will be private and “likely” under oath; says Senate Intel planning to hold presser tomorrow

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 28, 2017

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“likely” https://t.co/qUxfX7rfJY

— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 28, 2017

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jaunte Mar 28, 2017 • 11:44:37am

Interesting: Sen Intel Chair @SenatorBurr & Vice-Chair @MarkWarner are holding a presser tmrw at 2:30pm to give an update on Russia Invest pic.twitter.com/lofBHt4Pa5

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) March 28, 2017

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darthstar Mar 28, 2017 • 11:45:08am

re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth

It all depends on what your definition of ‘oath’ is.

Dr. Matt Mar 28, 2017 • 11:45:40am

FHP’s new vehicles fly under the radar

FHP’s “subdued” cars — their official name — might be mistaken as everyday civilian cars, tooling along next to you. But when sunlight — or headlights — bounce off their markings, the difference can be an “uh-oh” moment:

Image: fhp_subdued_car_1.gif

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:45:42am

This cat looks like he wants pictures of Spiderman on his desk by noon pic.twitter.com/A7YquV9Ioz

— English Russia (@EnglishRussia1) March 28, 2017

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this cat has a bigger desk than trump did 😹 https://t.co/tv8qYTn3Yk

— darth™ (@darth) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:46:16am

With the fraternal order of police in the Oval Office - after a great listening session in the Roosevelt Room at the @WhiteHouse. pic.twitter.com/lIBJ5gOVOz

— President Trump (@POTUS) March 28, 2017

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Oh look, even more white guys at a different Trump thing. https://t.co/8Rr4hBaYp2

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 28, 2017

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Scottish Dragon Mar 28, 2017 • 11:46:21am

re: #68 CongoJack

Is this the Bannon account or are we thinking this one is authentic?

80% sure he is legit. His March 4 tweet about some Russians hanging around at Mar A Lago that he did not know was the clincher. Another account that tracks Rybolovelev chimed in on Sunday to confirm.

There are three Russian guests staying at Mar a Lago this weekend. They are not members. Have no clue who they are.

— White House staffer (@AngryWHStaffer) March 4, 2017

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Russian pal Dmitry Rybolovlev may have flown in yet again for Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago weekend https://t.co/OSlFd1E6Bh #TrumpRussia

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) March 6, 2017

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Remember yesterday when I tweeted there were Russian here? There you go. https://t.co/iIg6fxml7B

— White House staffer (@AngryWHStaffer) March 6, 2017

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That sold me. This guy is inside.

lockjawcanbefun Mar 28, 2017 • 11:46:51am

re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth

Talk to the hand? That’s 4 fingers too many.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:48:19am

U.S. judge finds that Aetna deceived the public about its reasons for quitting Obamacare https://t.co/oU7i2uOFS7

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Dr. Matt Mar 28, 2017 • 11:49:56am

Bill O’Reilly has no room to shit about Aunty Maxine’s hair when he looks like a damn walker from The Walking Dead. #BillOReillyLooksLike pic.twitter.com/0JKfmlrEUJ

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Charles Johnson Mar 28, 2017 • 11:54:27am

My statement on today’s executive order: https://t.co/ffO77Kf4jA pic.twitter.com/xmbG2M2UNp

— Al Gore (@algore) March 28, 2017

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Interesting Times Mar 28, 2017 • 11:54:57am

re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It occurs to me that the main reason these environmental protections are being undone at the stroke of a pen is because the bag-o’-dicks GOPer congress would have never passed them as legislation - so, Obama’s only option was to resort to EOs.

More evidence (as if we needed it) that the great enfuckening began in 2010.

ObserverArt Mar 28, 2017 • 11:55:06am

re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So, is Mitch already downplaying the scary “insurance death spiral” to “we’ll see how it works out” because they know it wasn’t all as bad as they tried to portray it?

What a bunch of skunks. The whole damn thing smells.

gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 11:57:50am

re: #62 Jebediah, RBG

@DanEggenWPost
Logically, If he eats a salad with Russian dressing, he must be an imposter: perhaps a clone or non evil twin.

— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 11:59:11am

O’Reilly puts out apology for dismissing Maxine Waters due to her hair. Then immediately tweets this, which means his apology ain’t shit: pic.twitter.com/Tm6pTdLGML

— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) March 28, 2017

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DuckDharma Mar 28, 2017 • 11:59:30am

re: #75 Scottish Dragon

if this person has that much access, then get this shit on tape, mail it to all the networks and do something actually useful already.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 12:01:13pm

Joe continues to prove he’s an asshat

.@angela_rye: “Barack Obama was the next best thing to Jesus.”

Huh? Angela, that’s why u can’t be taken seriously. https://t.co/MGIeQNddr0

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 28, 2017

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Try again, you LAME! You guys STAY TWISTING WORDS! https://t.co/WYjgCFWOMw

— a. rye✊🏾 (@angela_rye) March 28, 2017

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.@angela_rye Its ok to be pro-Obama. But Angela, it’s never good to WORSHIP any politician. No politician can be compared to Jesus. Cool? https://t.co/NJM3XgxkSl

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 28, 2017

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This is why you served ONE term in the house, playboy. You’re listening skills? Wack. Reading comprehension? More wack. #trollELSEWHERE https://t.co/HaC4O2pOI2

— a. rye✊🏾 (@angela_rye) March 28, 2017

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.@angela_rye And your way wrong on your main point Angela. We LOWERED the bar for Obama. He was held to a lower standard cuz he was black. https://t.co/OMXphLZUTj

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 28, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2017 • 12:03:38pm

ON THIS DAY IN 1847

The news from Ireland, the headlines this day 170 years ago (1847). Famine reaches peak pic.twitter.com/jmQliBocn4

— Daniel O’Connell (@the__Liberator) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 12:03:57pm

#BREAKING: Funding for Trump’s border wall with Mexico likely to be put on hold https://t.co/Z6zgqfxowX pic.twitter.com/mbKgie3DvN

— The Hill (@thehill) March 28, 2017

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So. Much. Winning. https://t.co/yDR6LNqEiM

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) March 28, 2017

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Belafon Mar 28, 2017 • 12:05:52pm

re: #81 ObserverArt

So, is Mitch already downplaying the scary “insurance death spiral” to “we’ll see how it works out” because they know it wasn’t all as bad as they tried to portray it?

What a bunch of skunks. The whole damn thing smells.

He’s acting the same way he has before and after an election. Before: The sky is falling. After: I’m not going to comment on the sky. See Ebola. And Republicans helped repeal DADT after the election was over.

The Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2017 • 12:05:52pm

GOP Israel group says Sarah Silverman is a ‘self-hating Jew’ who needs ‘a muzzle’ https://t.co/ycYchvmIvr

— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 28, 2017

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Jews who vote Republican aren’t “self-hating” but they hate other Jews. https://t.co/j4GpMP3ZkL

— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 28, 2017

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Interesting Times Mar 28, 2017 • 12:06:08pm

re: #86 The Vicious Babushka

ON THIS DAY IN 1847

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Jebediah, RBG Mar 28, 2017 • 12:06:11pm

.@angela_rye: “Barack Obama was the next best thing to Jesus.”

Huh? Angela, that’s why u can’t be taken seriously. https://t.co/MGIeQNddr0

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 28, 2017

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Try again, you LAME! You guys STAY TWISTING WORDS! https://t.co/WYjgCFWOMw

— a. rye✊🏾 (@angela_rye) March 28, 2017

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.@angela_rye Its ok to be pro-Obama. But Angela, it’s never good to WORSHIP any politician. No politician can be compared to Jesus. Cool? https://t.co/NJM3XgxkSl

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 28, 2017

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This is why you served ONE term in the house, playboy. You’re listening skills? Wack. Reading comprehension? More wack. #trollELSEWHERE https://t.co/HaC4O2pOI2

— a. rye✊🏾 (@angela_rye) March 28, 2017

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.@angela_rye And your way wrong on your main point Angela. We LOWERED the bar for Obama. He was held to a lower standard cuz he was black. https://t.co/OMXphLZUTj

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 28, 2017

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@WalshFreedom @angela_rye Utterly ridiculous, and racist to boot. You idiots screamed about his fucking MUSTARD CHOICE for fuck sake. https://t.co/MDUqL3npKa

— Jebediah Springfield (@JebediahRBG) March 28, 2017

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:07:39pm

re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Joe’s full of shit as always. As for being held to a lower standard because he was black? Really Joe? Really? Fuck you. If I were one of your kids, I’d want nothing to do with you because you’re a pathetic bigot.

Hecuba's daughter Mar 28, 2017 • 12:08:07pm

re: #64 Jay C

He has about as safe a seat as any CA Republican: though I’m sure his district, the State, and the House would find a way to carry on without him…

If the Democrats can do to the Republicans what Gingrich did in 1994, even absolutely safe seats are up for grab. You just have to (a) run someone in the district,(b) show a series of commercials,television appearances, and online videos/adds tarring EVERY Republican with the misdeeds of the Trump/Ryan administration and (c) have a 10 point policy statement of simple objectives that appeal to voters.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 12:08:35pm

A White House official told @RyanLizza what @DevinNunes was going to say before he said it. #NunesMustGo https://t.co/wPDQDaAi8s pic.twitter.com/IhQVQ3hr0p

— justin kanew (@justin_kanew) March 28, 2017

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:08:40pm

re: #86 The Vicious Babushka

ON THIS DAY IN 1847

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And let me say this, the right wing mindset of blaming the victim happened there too. My second grandfather was born while the Famine was going on and came to the U.S when he was a child.

Scottish Dragon Mar 28, 2017 • 12:09:06pm

re: #84 DuckDharma

if this person has that much access, then get this shit on tape, mail it to all the networks and do something actually useful already.

Almost impossible to record, given the paranoia about iPhones already. I hope he is keeping some sort of diary.

Interesting Times Mar 28, 2017 • 12:10:54pm

re: #92 HappyWarrior

Joe’s full of shit as always. As for being held to a lower standard because he was black?

Of course, because he had 5 kids by 3 different women, cheated on all his wives, was sued for running a fraudulent university, had no government or military experience, and…wait, what?

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 12:11:17pm

Scottish Parliament votes in favour of a second independence referendum https://t.co/Qddw9EyjEW pic.twitter.com/XLkNyrfmOz

— New Statesman (@NewStatesman) March 28, 2017

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 28, 2017 • 12:12:46pm

re: #98 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Great Britain may not be “great” much longer. Maybe “Little” Britain now?

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:12:53pm

re: #98 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I really hope this happens. The Scots got screwed by Brexit and were told if they voted to remain in the UK, they would be able to stay in the EU. I’m hoping that a NI referendum comes up eventually but I realize that will take more time.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 12:13:19pm

Border agent searches of Americans’ cellphones spark lawsuit https://t.co/Shl8IrQHRI

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) March 28, 2017

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mmmirele Mar 28, 2017 • 12:15:23pm

re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth

I don’t even see a single woman or minority in that picture. It’s all white guys. If that isn’t an example of the Trump presidency I don’t know what is.

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Charles Johnson Mar 28, 2017 • 12:15:59pm

Thinking once again about refusing to allow registrations from people in India. Every single time someone from India registers an account they turn out to be a fucking spammer. I don’t think we’ve ever had a single legitimate Indian user.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:16:02pm

re: #102 mmmirele

I don’t even see a single woman or minority in that picture. It’s all white guys. If that isn’t an example of the Trump presidency I don’t know what it is

It really does seem like nearly every Trump photo-op I see that it’s all white guys over 40.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 28, 2017 • 12:16:23pm

Reports: Russian Interior Ministry Official Shot Dead https://t.co/wMNDnum6YS

— Andrea Chalupa (@AndreaChalupa) March 28, 2017

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The clean up operation is messy. And ongoing. https://t.co/fBf2UloN4W

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 28, 2017

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Jebediah, RBG Mar 28, 2017 • 12:17:40pm

re: #99 Hecuba’s daughter

Little Britain - Computer Says No - Clip 1

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Charles Johnson Mar 28, 2017 • 12:17:54pm

President Trump signs executive order that will roll back many of Obama’s efforts to curb global warming. https://t.co/l0OXgfr72o

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 28, 2017

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At another all-white sausage fest, Trump signs an executive order that endangers the entire human race. @AP https://t.co/4aBp0nHPqU

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 12:18:39pm

there’s no shame in getting loaded and insulting anyone connected to Jim Hoft

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) March 28, 2017

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Dave In Austin Mar 28, 2017 • 12:18:44pm

@AP Folks its been long enough. Time to fire the ol’ Cayahoga River up. That’s the America Trump and his bumpkins want to take us back to.

— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) March 28, 2017

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Scottish Dragon Mar 28, 2017 • 12:18:46pm

re: #103 Charles Johnson

We can always have some Macedonian and Albanian Trump bots for amusement…

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:20:28pm

re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Considering the shit Jim’s rag has written about her parents, that’s pretty mild what she could have done. I doubt it’s true though.

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Joe Bacon Mar 28, 2017 • 12:21:15pm

re: #59 Dr. Matt

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electrotek Mar 28, 2017 • 12:21:43pm

re: #110 Scottish Dragon

We can always have some Macedonian and Albanian Trump bots for amusement…

No need for bots when there are actual Albanian Trump supporters out there.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 28, 2017 • 12:22:15pm

Why isn’t the House Intelligence Committee looking into the Bill & Hillary deal that allowed big Uranium to go to Russia, Russian speech….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2017

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because the campaign is done and you’re president https://t.co/ICCNEKCcfP

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 12:23:01pm

re: #107 Charles Johnson

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Now @EPAScottPruitt signs the order with coal miners and Murray Energy CEO Bob Murray on stage behind him pic.twitter.com/UNV7ajjh3K

— Kevin Bogardus (@KevinBogardus) March 28, 2017

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Murray Energy gave Trump/GOP more than $1.5 million, per https://t.co/1nvuLUWOSl #swamprats https://t.co/RcoWxsllPZ

— Jake Bernstein (@Jake_Bernstein) March 28, 2017

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:23:48pm

re: #113 electrotek

No need for bots when there are actual Albanian Trump supporters out there.

That’s actually really sad given how hostile towards Muslims he is and how many diehards he has that think we were wrong to intervene in Kosovo.

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electrotek Mar 28, 2017 • 12:25:33pm

re: #116 HappyWarrior

That’s actually really sad given how hostile towards Muslims he is and how many diehards he has that think we were wrong to intervene in Kosovo.

Yeah, tell me about it. I have an Albanian Muslim friend who voted for him. It’s a touchy subject for me heh

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 12:26:29pm

New: Trump lawyers say defamation suit from an accuser must be blocked b/c he’s POTUS.

But SCOTUS ruled 9-0 no immunity for unofficial acts

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 28, 2017

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Trump lawyers argue the suit, by an accuser from Apprentice, must be dismissed because he is immune from state court suits “while in office” https://t.co/G9GExaEH2r

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 28, 2017

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New - Trump’s lawyers:

Rebutting claims in court from a woman who accuses him of misconduct would “distract” from his Presidential duties. pic.twitter.com/OTy52NjSRS

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 28, 2017

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Whack-A-Mole Mar 28, 2017 • 12:29:30pm

re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yeah, he might be distracted and overshoot the 3rd hole. A national tragedy could ensue. //

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:29:41pm

re: #117 electrotek

Yeah, tell me about it. I have an Albanian Muslim friend who voted for him. It’s a touchy subject for me heh

I just do not get it.

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lawhawk Mar 28, 2017 • 12:30:07pm

re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth

Does golfing at his golf courses/golf clubs count as presidential duties? Asking for a friend. @AriMelber

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 28, 2017

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:30:15pm

re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Doesn’t work that way, Donnie.

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Barefoot Grin Mar 28, 2017 • 12:30:32pm

re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Hell, he got distracted at the table with Abe Shinzo by the translator’s breasts.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:30:42pm

re: #119 Whack-A-Mole

Yeah, he might be distracted and overshoot the 3rd hole. A national tragedy could ensue. //

Where were you when Trump bogeyed? //

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 12:32:57pm

re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Unfuckingbelievable. The entire goddamned episode was a choreographed stunt. Nunes allowed himself to become a puppet of the very administration he’s ostensibly in charge of investigating.

The weird thing is that Ryan is keeping Nunes on after Trump’s Jeannine Pirro stunt. Trump is trying to lay all blame for the AHCA failure at his feet and overtly trying to destroy his career yet he’s incapable of recognizing the necessity of striking back just as hard. I swear, that guy exemplifies the inherent privilege inherent in being a decent looking white guy. Motherfucker is dumber than a sack of gravel but people still think he’s some kind of political genius.

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Decatur Deb Mar 28, 2017 • 12:33:37pm

While y’all are worried about this trivial DC shit, Alabama lawmakers are taking on real
problems.
Alabama House bill would require Internet porn filters

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(Actually an Alabama “me-too” bill reflecting attempts in several states. It’s driven by a Tennessee nutjob.)

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Sir John Barron Mar 28, 2017 • 12:36:46pm

re: #114 Scottish Dragon

when you’ve lost Ron Fournier…..

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Whack-A-Mole Mar 28, 2017 • 12:38:37pm

re: #125 goddamnedfrank

Unfuckingbelievable. The entire goddamned episode was a choreographed stunt. Nunes allowed himself to become a puppet of the very administration he’s ostensibly in charge of investigating..

Not ‘allowed himself to become a puppet’- that makes it sound like he got suckered into it or got played. I think it was completely intentional. He willfully undermined the investigation in order to protect his party and the man whose transition team he served on. That should be grounds for it’s own investigation, imho.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 28, 2017 • 12:40:00pm

re: #127 Sir John Barron

when you’ve lost Ron Fournier…..

I was thinking that also.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 28, 2017 • 12:41:07pm

Finishing up the school day here. This last hour was planning, so no kids right now. Not a bad day. No trouble to speak of and the kids did their work.

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Charles Johnson Mar 28, 2017 • 12:42:28pm

“We just can’t make mistakes, right? So we don’t make mistakes. Go ahead, Ken…”

“I’m Chuck…”@chrislhayes @KatyTurNBC pic.twitter.com/Mn1kjRVrzJ

— Derrick Shannon (@drs2222) March 28, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 12:43:03pm

re: #114 Scottish Dragon

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Notice that Fournier won’t say that the accusation has been researched and found to be total bullshit, because he breathlessly repeated that lie at the time.

Like the @nytimes Russia-uranium-@ClintonFdn story, this is no partisan hit job. It’s a Clinton ethics issue. Period http://t.co/yENoLksqEP

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) April 23, 2015

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Did Putin win control of uranium supply via payoffs to @ClintonFdn? Fair question, @HillaryClinton, via @nytimes http://t.co/YFnGLPl58s

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) April 23, 2015

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Ron is basically bothsiderism personified.

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lawhawk Mar 28, 2017 • 12:43:06pm

re: #125 goddamnedfrank

Nothing Ryan has done suggests he knows the first thing about policy. It’s as though he had Cliff Notes version of Atlas Shrugged, and think he can revise health care policy in the blink of an eye with a #betterway flim flam. That failed spectacularly, mostly because it didn’t even survive first contact with the CBO.

8 years to get ready for the moment, and he failed spectacularly. Now, he’s rushing to do tax policy, and that’s almost guaranteed to be an even bigger shit show, in part because his health care plan blew up (and the revenue he was betting on with it), and also because the border adjustment tax nonsense will completely eat the GOP caucus alive because it’s a tax/tariff, and who ends up paying it will be the American people - so higher costs for everyone, with zero benefit.

These are strategic thinkers here. They’ve had years to plan for these outcomes, and here they are running directly into reality and it isn’t pretty.

The only thing that’ll be prettier will be Trump’s infrastructure “plan” that will be dumped on Congress and a GOP unwilling to spend a penny unless there’s cuts made elsewhere.

You know, there’s one place where there’s room for cuts - but the GOP wont go near it because they’ve already committed to Trump’s plan to boost military spending in ways unnecessary and unable to actually improve US security.

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ObserverArt Mar 28, 2017 • 12:43:22pm

re: #92 HappyWarrior

Joe’s full of shit as always. As for being held to a lower standard because he was black? Really Joe? Really? Fuck you. If I were one of your kids, I’d want nothing to do with you because you’re a pathetic bigot.

Well, if Joey can think like that, then I can say Donald Trump is being held to a lower standard because he is a white male Republican business man.

Right now, the Trump standard is proving to be pretty damn low. Way lower than Obama.

Sure doesn’t say much about white male Republican business men, that’s for sure.

But I think a lot of already know this.

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electrotek Mar 28, 2017 • 12:44:06pm

Riots in Paris by Chinese demonstrators after their police force shot a Chinese man in his home

Didn’t realize that ethnic Chinese suffer racism and discrimination in France either.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 28, 2017 • 12:44:41pm

re: #34 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump last week: “The miners are coming back!”

Top coal boss: “He can’t bring them back.”

It is a tenet of RWNJ faith that all we have to do is remove all those pesky, job-killing government safety and environmental regulations and the coal trains will be running ‘round the clock again…

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 12:47:13pm

re: #128 Whack-A-Mole

Not ‘allowed himself to become a puppet’- that makes it sound like he got suckered into it or got played. I think it was completely intentional. He willfully undermined the investigation in order to protect his party and the man whose transition team he served on. That should be grounds for it’s own investigation, imho.

The most notable thing here is probably how hamfisted and inept these clowns are at every turn. The administration’s constant panic mode reaction mentality is apparently infectious.

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wrenchwench Mar 28, 2017 • 12:48:48pm

The more I try to figure out what being a bear really means, the more I feel like I do not know what being a bear really means. I am a bear.

— A bear (@A_single_bear) March 24, 2017

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scottslemmons Mar 28, 2017 • 12:49:54pm

re: #135 electrotek

Riots in Paris by Chinese demonstrators after their police force shot a Chinese man in his home

Didn’t realize that ethnic Chinese suffer racism and discrimination in France either.

I get the impression that France, for all its many great points, makes the US look like paragons of diversity and tolerance when it comes to race.

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electrotek Mar 28, 2017 • 12:53:20pm

He just doesn’t quit

The punk icon continues his defense of Trump. https://t.co/KyxB7ExFps

— FACT (@FACTmag) March 28, 2017

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 12:54:58pm

re: #140 electrotek

He just doesn’t quit

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Oh, shut up, Lydon.

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retired cynic Mar 28, 2017 • 12:55:16pm

re: #102 mmmirele

I don’t even see a single woman or minority in that picture. It’s all white guys. If that isn’t an example of the Trump presidency I don’t know what it is

I have never seen so many signing or meeting photos, with DT sitting and grimacing, and everyone else standing around like medieval courtiers around Henry VIII. The whole thing is disgusting. And it is evidently very deliberate: nytimes.com

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Barefoot Grin Mar 28, 2017 • 12:55:36pm

re: #140 electrotek

He just doesn’t quit

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I listened to an interview with Steve Jones a couple of weeks ago wherein he had little to say about Lydon except to imply that he’s just a bitter old git.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:58:29pm

re: #140 electrotek

He just doesn’t quit

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Funny, I somehow doubt he would like it if someone told he HAD to support the British PM. Lydon can piss off.

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 12:58:41pm

re: #143 Barefoot Grin

I listened to an interview with Steve Jones a couple of weeks ago wherein he had little to say about Lydon except to imply that he’s just a bitter old git.

Jones was always the coolest Pistol for my money.

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Decatur Deb Mar 28, 2017 • 12:59:02pm

re: #138 wrenchwench

The more I try to figure out what being a bear really means, the more I feel like I do not know what being a bear really means. I am a bear.

Individuation is a long journey. Especially if you sleep all Winter.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 12:59:31pm

Always was more of a Clash fan.

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wrenchwench Mar 28, 2017 • 1:01:57pm

re: #146 Decatur Deb

Individuation is a long journey. Especially if you sleep all Winter.

That’s what I forgot to do. And it’s over already!

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nines09 Mar 28, 2017 • 1:02:24pm

re: #140 electrotek

He just doesn’t quit

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Professional grade wankers never do. He’s a washed up asshole who played a part. Badly. It’s all downhill from here. “He could be me fren, ya know?” Sod off. C***

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The Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2017 • 1:02:38pm

re: #132 goddamnedfrank

Notice that Fournier won’t say that the accusation has been researched and found to be total bullshit, because he breathlessly repeated that lie at the time.

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Ron is basically bothsiderism personified.

Does Ron Fournier fuck chickens or does he just fuck goats? Or does he fuck chickens AND goats? Fair question.

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Dr. Matt Mar 28, 2017 • 1:02:38pm

Even the folks at the @weatherchannel know we are fucked. pic.twitter.com/WSgQHH8GoF

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 28, 2017

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bratwurst Mar 28, 2017 • 1:02:39pm

I truly cannot believe this is real.https://t.co/ATcEvvoajl pic.twitter.com/VkPppVNQnz

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 28, 2017

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Yes, it is real.

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electrotek Mar 28, 2017 • 1:02:49pm

I liked him when he did a track with electronic music legend Leftfield well over 2 decades ago:

vevo.com

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 1:02:52pm

re: #147 HappyWarrior

Always was more of a Clash fan.

Well, yeah.

Why Lydon still stalks the earth with his faux contrarianism while Strummer is gone still bothers me.

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retired cynic Mar 28, 2017 • 1:02:55pm

re: #133 lawhawk

Nothing Ryan has done suggests he knows the first thing about policy….

I used to believe the PR that he was a policy wonk. But the 2012 presidential campaign relieved me of that belief. (Not to mention those stupid work-out photos and his lying about his running skills.) And then Joe Biden finished him off with a hoot.

The NYT editorial board ripped into him a couple of days ago: nytimes.com
“But he’s fooling no one any longer. Put to the test, Mr. Ryan revealed that all along, he doesn’t have anything more creative in his cranium than stale conservative dogma.”

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:03:54pm

re: #154 makeitstop

Well, yeah.

Why Lydon still stalks the earth with his faux contrarianism while Strummer is gone still bothers me.

Yeah Joe left us too soon. I miss George Harrison too. So many good ones gone.

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austin_blue Mar 28, 2017 • 1:03:58pm

Must be spring!

Tornado east of Lubbock in Crosby County, headed for the quaintly named town of Matador. Nasty squall line…

radar.weather.gov

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retired cynic Mar 28, 2017 • 1:04:15pm

re: #152 bratwurst

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Yes, it is real.

Jaw drop!

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electrotek Mar 28, 2017 • 1:05:01pm

re: #156 HappyWarrior

Yeah Joe left us too soon. I miss George Harrison too. So many good ones gone.

How about Malcolm McLaren?

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ObserverArt Mar 28, 2017 • 1:06:39pm

re: #150 The Vicious Babushka

Does Ron Fournier fuck chickens or does he just fuck goats? Or does he fuck chickens AND goats? Fair question.

It would be irresponsible for you to not ask!

I think a lot of journalists these days find bothsiderism to be lucrative. You write to your audience.

That is fine for fiction and comedy…

…oh wait. That is what Fournier writes.

Sorry, I was addressing actual journalists that are out looking for facts and truths.

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 1:08:18pm

re: #156 HappyWarrior

Yeah Joe left us too soon. I miss George Harrison too. So many good ones gone.

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Whack-A-Mole Mar 28, 2017 • 1:09:01pm

OT, I have my doubts about how well the project is going to turn out (I think the mini-series was probably the best, most faithful adaptation we’re going to get), but I have to say, I really do like this poster:

Trailer coming tomorrow.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:10:19pm

re: #162 Whack-A-Mole

OT, I have my doubts about how well the project is going to turn out (I think the mini-series was probably the best, most faithful adaptation we’re going to get), but I have to say, I really do like this poster:

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Trailer coming tomorrow.

I blame that miniseries for my fear of clowns.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:11:23pm

re: #161 makeitstop

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Whack-A-Mole Mar 28, 2017 • 1:11:37pm

re: #163 HappyWarrior

I blame that miniseries for my fear of clowns.

That’s one area where the new adaptation may actually outshine the original. The new Pennywise really does look creepy as hell.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 1:13:08pm

gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

Bevin: Climate Change Regulations ‘Not Based On Science’ https://t.co/RZvCTqn8vH #ImNotAScientist

— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) March 28, 2017

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:14:04pm

re: #165 Whack-A-Mole

That’s one area where the new adaptation may actually outshine the original. The new Pennywise really does look creepy as hell.

Yeah in hindsight Tim Curry’s Pennywise was kind of funny.

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 1:14:17pm

re: #152 bratwurst

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Yes, it is real.

I … I just can’t.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:14:20pm

re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth

gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

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WTF do you know about science, Bevin?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 1:15:27pm

Holy moly. @CoreyWelch_STEM @ULM_Official @NHN_org https://t.co/iKl8Y1lv5Y pic.twitter.com/Sx1sBBRx2Y

— Terry McGlynn (@hormiga) March 28, 2017

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Disappoint by @ULM_Official decision closing Natural History Mus. & plan to destroy collection by July. @NHN_org Photo of Museum Students. pic.twitter.com/ax3NvcUlUH

— Corey Welch (@CoreyWelch_STEM) March 28, 2017

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 1:17:11pm

re: #164 HappyWarrior

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b.d. Mar 28, 2017 • 1:17:26pm

re: #157 austin_blue

Must be spring!

Tornado east of Lubbock in Crosby County, headed for the quaintly named town of Matador. Nasty squall line…

radar.weather.gov

Not much out there thankfully and I hope no one got hurt, expecting that stuff in DFW later on tonight…

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:17:39pm

So for my fellow genelogy buffs, ancestry has this new feature called Genetic Communities where they use your results and the results of people who matched you to put you in a sub group within the larger group they lumped you in. My plurality was Eastern European but I’ve been lumped into the Eastern Slovakia subgroup. This area is on the borderlands of Hungary, Poland and Ukraine so I probably have some ancestry from those groups too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 1:17:50pm

re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth

gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

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Gov. Bevin: I applaud President Trump repealing the federal Clean Power Plan, which was not based on sound science. ^JC pic.twitter.com/L04tl9Gjj9

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 28, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 28, 2017 • 1:17:51pm

re: #170 Backwoods_Sleuth

Disappoint by ULM Official decision closing Natural History Mus. & plan to destroy collection by July.

Can’t ask coal miners to pay for that…

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Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2017 • 1:18:00pm

re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Steve King is a straight up White Supremacist. His constituents are only figuring that out now? It’s not as if he’s trying to hide his bigotry.

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 1:18:23pm

re: #165 Whack-A-Mole

That’s one area where the new adaptation may actually outshine the original. The new Pennywise really does look creepy as hell.

Yeah, but Tim Curry really was a great Pennywise in the mini-series.

Who plays him this time?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 28, 2017 • 1:18:28pm

re: #173 HappyWarrior

So for my fellow genelogy buffs, ancestry has this new feature called Genetic Communities where they use your results and the results of people who matched you to put you in a sub group within the larger group they lumped you in. My plurality was Eastern European but I’ve been lumped into the Eastern Slovakia subgroup. This area is on the borderlands of Hungary, Poland and Ukraine so I probably have some ancestry from those groups too.

I am sure that is where I would wind up just based on my family history…

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Mar 28, 2017 • 1:18:58pm

re: #162 Whack-A-Mole

The mini-series was horrible IMO. They had so much material to work and flubbed it. I will reserve judgement until I see the trailer and obviously the movie. I have a soft spot for IT, I read it in 6th grade and it scared the shit out of me.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:19:32pm

re: #171 makeitstop

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Whack-A-Mole Mar 28, 2017 • 1:19:57pm

re: #167 HappyWarrior

Yeah in hindsight Tim Curry’s Pennywise was kind of funny.

I think Tim Curry did a great job given the constraints of a 1990 made-for-tv project. But the pictures I’ve seen of the new one just really project a sense of gleeful, murderous, malice that the censors would never have allowed back then.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:20:27pm

re: #178 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am sure that is where I would wind up just based on my family history…

Yeah. I really want to visit someday especially knowing I still have family there. My grandmother’s uncle stayed behind as did many of his children.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:21:04pm

re: #181 Whack-A-Mole

I think Tim Curry did a great job given the constraints of a 1990 made-for-tv project. But the pictures I’ve seen of the new one just really project a sense of gleeful, murderous, malice that the censors would never have allowed back then.

Oh, no doubt, he did a great job. I can’t wait to see the new version. I normally am meh on remakes but I’ll see this one.

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Jay C Mar 28, 2017 • 1:21:27pm

re: #177 makeitstop

Yeah, but Tim Curry really was a great Pennywise in the mini-series.

Who plays him this time?

Bill Skarsgård (another of Stellan’s sons/Alexander’s younger brother)
viz. “Hemlock Grove”

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Whack-A-Mole Mar 28, 2017 • 1:22:23pm

re: #179 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

The mini-series was horrible IMO. They had so much material to work and flubbed it. I will reserve judgement until I see the trailer and obviously the movie. I have a soft spot for IT, I read it in 6th grade and it scared the shit out of me.

It’s probably my favorite King book. I’m currently on my umpteenth million reading of it. The biggest problem I had with the miniseries (and the new 2-part movie is going the same route), is breaking it into 1st half as kids, 2nd half as adults. It completely obliterates the sense of synchronicity of the events in the two time periods that is such an important element of the book.

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 1:23:23pm

For too long, Obama failed to work with the opposition. Now Trump is making the same mistake https://t.co/NBC5FR6Qnn pic.twitter.com/Xp[bigoted word]CuG

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) March 28, 2017

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Cool story. I remember Obama offering specific concessions to Congressional Republicans in 2009 & in response having them scream “YOU LIE!” https://t.co/7ChSFs88Ib

— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 28, 2017

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Interesting Times Mar 28, 2017 • 1:25:06pm

re: #170 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So let me get this straight: American students incur a lifetime of debt to get rid of research materials and pay for…sports stadiums? o_O

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 1:25:07pm

re: #180 HappyWarrior

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 1:25:48pm

re: #179 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

The mini-series was horrible IMO. They had so much material to work and flubbed it. I will reserve judgement until I see the trailer and obviously the movie. I have a soft spot for IT, I read it in 6th grade and it scared the shit out of me.

I’ve never heard of any of the people involved, which means it’s either going to be fantastic or end up going straight to Syfy.

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 1:29:46pm

re: #184 Jay C

Bill Skarsgård (another of Stellan’s sons/Alexander’s younger brother)
viz. “Hemlock Grove”

I just checked out the stills. Whoa.

Curry’s Pennywise looks like a friendly old uncle compared to the new one.

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Whack-A-Mole Mar 28, 2017 • 1:31:44pm

re: #190 makeitstop

I just checked out the stills. Whoa.

Curry’s Pennywise looks like a friendly old uncle compared to the new one.

Hidden for those who actually are bothered by clowns:

Click to Reveal

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:32:30pm

re: #188 makeitstop

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Kragar Mar 28, 2017 • 1:32:54pm

I hate recertification time.

“You have to take this test-“
“DONE! 96%. Gimmee my cert.”
“- after you watch 32 hours of instructional videos.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 1:32:58pm

Pres Obama didn’t get his views on #climatechange from Fox Nation or National Enquirer. He went see the effects himself. And he listened. pic.twitter.com/WMOmTDZzWA

— meta (@metaquest) March 28, 2017

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:33:23pm

re: #191 Whack-A-Mole

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Reminds me of Sweet Tooth in the Twisted Metal video game series. A good thing. That was a creepy clown too.

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Dr. Matt Mar 28, 2017 • 1:34:45pm

re: #186 goddamnedfrank

For too long, Obama failed to work with the opposition. Now Trump is making the same mistake https://t.co/NBC5FR6Qnn pic.twitter.com/Xp[bigoted word]CuG

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) March 28, 2017

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@nytopinion Was this “failure to work” w/ the opposition before or after the GOP claimed their goal was to make President Obama a one-term president? https://t.co/zB1J5ZFZ4q

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 28, 2017

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Eventual Carrion Mar 28, 2017 • 1:35:32pm

re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And larger paws

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:35:37pm

re: #196 Dr. Matt

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No kidding.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 1:35:48pm

Seriously, what do Republicans have against clean air, clean water, refugee kids, people who need health insurance and immigrant families?

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) March 28, 2017

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They’re all things the popular black president liked. https://t.co/67VzLgxeud

— shauna (@goldengateblond) March 28, 2017

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Jay C Mar 28, 2017 • 1:37:40pm

re: #186 goddamnedfrank

Riiight…
Here’s my LTE on that subject:

Sorry, NYT: Andrew Rosenthal is full of [expletive deleted] here.
President Obama couldn’t “work with the opposition” because said opposition made it abundantly clear, basically from the time of his first Inauguration, that they had zero interest in “working” with him. And then went on to prove it. The national Republican Party has made it apparent for decades that the only notion of “bipartisanship” they will entertain in any way is “Democrats give us everything”. And shame on the NYT for - all too often - buying into their absolutist nonsense.

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Whack-A-Mole Mar 28, 2017 • 1:38:17pm

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

They’re all things that might require a heart that’s not two sizes too small?

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Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2017 • 1:38:55pm

re: #132 goddamnedfrank

Cannot abide Fournier. Nasty piece of ish. Not giving him credit for anything he says and hoping he sinks into irrelevancy.

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 1:39:49pm

pic.twitter.com/hOGt04lsbl

— nazis need punches🌹 (@InternetEh) December 25, 2016

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:40:55pm

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Liberals like them so they need to go. They’re screwing over small businesses too.

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:41:26pm

re: #201 Whack-A-Mole

They’re all things that might require a heart that’s not two sizes too small?

The Republicans are the people who root for King John in the Robin Hood story.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 1:41:42pm

This exchange between a senior White House official and a reporter on climate change is…. not great. pic.twitter.com/3R6WLV1bKZ

— Emily Atkin (@emorwee) March 28, 2017

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rhuarc Mar 28, 2017 • 1:42:32pm

Every time I try to empathize with a Trump supporter in some way I end up even more disgusted by their idiocy and ignorance. I keep hoping against hope that when I dig down into FB replies on things that an ignorant Trump supporter will see that their info is wrong and admit their ignorance. And every time I see these people dig down deeper and refuse to accept reality. I should know by now, but I’ve yet to see one admit they had wrong info.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 1:44:28pm

This is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen

This is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/EF6Hk3Y3ai

— Ali Segel (@OnlineAlison) March 27, 2017

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 1:46:36pm

re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The one with the Hello Kitty head over Trump’s head that someone posted earlier is even more weird.

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ObserverArt Mar 28, 2017 • 1:47:33pm

re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth

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OCD?

One thing for sure…Trump is weird. I bet if anyone got to digging all kinds of strange behaviors would show up.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 1:48:11pm

No electrical power in Capitol, word of a possible major outage in Frankfort. ^JB

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 28, 2017

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Caller to Frankfort bureau reports many stop lights in Frankfort not working. ^JB

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 28, 2017

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Gov’s office says it has not been informed of why major power outage in Frankfort.^JB

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 28, 2017

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It’s an equipment failure at one of the substations.
good grief, it took me two seconds to find that information.

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ObserverArt Mar 28, 2017 • 1:48:57pm

re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It’s an equipment failure at one of the substations.
good grief, it took me two seconds to find that information.

Ran out of coal!

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 1:49:25pm

@danielmarans I’m drowning in the depth of this analysis.

— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 28, 2017

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Skip Intro Mar 28, 2017 • 1:50:26pm

re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth

So is that Bannon or Kushner or Kellyanne? It has to be one of them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 1:50:32pm

UPDATE: Nunes says he will not share his intelligence sources with other members of committee. https://t.co/NCA3afhmwL pic.twitter.com/PmEhvsnHEB

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 28, 2017

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gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 1:51:29pm

@mcspocky pic.twitter.com/SVVD10NEPi

— Еrik 🇺🇸 (@LordDarthBob) March 28, 2017

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Skip Intro Mar 28, 2017 • 1:52:23pm

re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It’s an equipment failure at one of the substations.
good grief, it took me two seconds to find that information.

You didn’t use an official source like Alex Jones, Jim Hoft, or Fox so how can you be sure it’s true?

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Major Tom Mar 28, 2017 • 1:53:44pm

realclearlife.com

Step 1: Relocate Trump Tower.

Sky Scraper tethered to an asteroid satellite

Step 2: Wait for a family get together.
Step 3: Let the Asteroid float away.

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Dr. Matt Mar 28, 2017 • 1:56:15pm

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Because under my presidency, you just might.” #TrumpAFamousQuote

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 28, 2017

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#TrumpAFamousQuote “I never met a dictator I didn’t like.”

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) March 28, 2017

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I have a Dream…the Best Dream…Terrific! I can’t tell you about it right now, but you’ll love it! #TrumpAFamousQuote @HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/0VGOHVWMx9

— CK (@charley_ck14) March 28, 2017

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 1:57:30pm

With charity for none and malice for all.

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Skip Intro Mar 28, 2017 • 1:57:36pm

Who needs to wait for that stupid asteroid?

Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year

sanluisobispo.com

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 1:57:55pm

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nunes says he will not share his intelligence sources with other members of committee.

Criminals.

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Skip Intro Mar 28, 2017 • 1:58:57pm

re: #222 makeitstop

Criminals.

This group of flat out criminals is Richard Nixon to the 10th power.

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Jebediah, RBG Mar 28, 2017 • 1:59:24pm

re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’ll bet that’s some kind of uncontrollable unconscious bully shit. “No, you can’t have your drink where YOU want. I say it goes here.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 1:59:38pm

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Here’s what Nunes just said when asked if he’ll share his Intel sources w/ other members of his Cmte: “Nope, never.” pic.twitter.com/W0Qzw1AyPG

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 28, 2017

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EPR-radar Mar 28, 2017 • 2:00:31pm

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

So let’s just assume that Nunes’ ‘intelligence sources’ are purely fictional ass-pulls by this lying obstructor of justice.

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 2:03:56pm

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

UPDATE: Nunes says he will not share his intelligence sources with other members of committee. https://t.co/NCA3afhmwL pic.twitter.com/PmEhvsnHEB

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 28, 2017

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Because he’s an inept criminal who knows the story he & his co-conspirators at the White House made up doesn’t withstand basic scrutiny. https://t.co/2EqCDVWGm4

— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 28, 2017

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Skip Intro Mar 28, 2017 • 2:03:57pm

Meanwhile, down in Florida,

Fake Florida doctor called the ‘Dutchess’ used ‘Fix-a-Flat’ for plastic surgery

A fake doctor in Florida was sentenced to prison following the death of a plastic surgery patient who died from butt and hip injections consisting of Fix-a-Flat and other hazardous chemicals. Oneal Ron Morris, a transgender woman referred to as “Dutchess,” was sentenced to 10 years in prison and another five years of probation, according to reports.

Morris, 36, was charged with manslaughter and practicing without a medical license in the death of 31-year-old Shatarka Nuby, who died in 2012 following cosmetic enhancements performed by Morris. During the trial, Morris, who had performed hip and butt injections on other women and men in Florida, was accused of injecting clients with various toxic substances from Fix-a-Flat aerosol to cement, mineral oil and Superglue.

rawstory.com

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 2:04:02pm

I thought O’Reilly’s remarks about Maxine Waters were disgusting, then I saw this.

Vile. “You saw what happened to Whitney Houston. Step away from the crack pipe…” - @EricBolling to @MaxineWaters pic.twitter.com/CWMcJbQNIm

— Rob Bennett (@rob_bennett) March 28, 2017

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What. A. Fucking. Punk.

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gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 2:04:27pm

@WalshFreedom @angela_rye
For you the bar was lowered: affirmative action for mentally challenged white guys and still you failed.

— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) March 28, 2017

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ObserverArt Mar 28, 2017 • 2:06:23pm

I really do not understand Nunes at all.

It seems like he is drawing all the attention to himself. Is he trying to fuck this investigation and himself thinking it will lead away from Trump?

If anything, he is drawing more and more attention to this whole Russian thing as his strange actions are getting more and more eyes on him and thus the whole issue.

This is truly bizarre behavior. I do not remember anything quite like this in my lifetime. This is going way over Watergate which happened my first years in college

This has got to all blow up soon.

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Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2017 • 2:08:28pm

re: #186 goddamnedfrank

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This is why I will never subscribe to NYT. They love the “both sides do it” fake story way too much.

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 2:11:04pm

The tricks to running an interference operation are an illusion of distance & plausible deniability. Nunes attempts to coverup are obvious.

— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 28, 2017

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Lidane Mar 28, 2017 • 2:11:10pm

*facepalm*

Breaking: The Texas Senate unanimously approved its budget, shifting school costs to local taxpayers: https://t.co/FDIbnRrIGk #txlege pic.twitter.com/CKRGTtyALg

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) March 28, 2017

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Barefoot Grin Mar 28, 2017 • 2:14:20pm

re: #234 Lidane

*facepalm*

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But don’t say “class warfare.” //

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Sir John Barron Mar 28, 2017 • 2:15:10pm

re: #234 Lidane

*facepalm*

unanimously?

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Sir John Barron Mar 28, 2017 • 2:16:43pm

re: #227 goddamnedfrank

UPDATE: Nunes says he will not share his intelligence sources with other members of committee. live.reuters.com pic.twitter.com

— Reuters Top News

Sounds legit.
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KGxvi Mar 28, 2017 • 2:16:47pm

re: #231 ObserverArt

I really do not understand Nunes at all.

It seems like he is drawing all the attention to himself. Is he trying to fuck this investigation and himself thinking it will lead away from Trump?

If anything, he is drawing more and more attention to this whole Russian thing as his strange actions are getting more and more eyes on him and thus the whole issue.

This is truly bizarre behavior. I do not remember anything quite like this in my lifetime. This is going way over Watergate which happened my first years in college

This has got to all blow up soon.

He’s basically acting like one of the incompetent bad guys from those late 90s action/comedy shows - think the three nerds season on Buffy. Or Butters as Professor Chaos. He thinks he’s an evil genius but everyone is just looking at him and thinking, “um, what?”

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Lidane Mar 28, 2017 • 2:17:10pm

re: #236 Sir John Barron

unanimously?

Yes. That means that the few “Democrats” in the state Senate also voted for it. Assholes.

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Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2017 • 2:17:11pm

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Maybe it’s for the best if Democrats refuse to participate in this farce of a committee. I don’t know but going along with this charade doesn’t make much sense. Nunes needs to step down. He has shown his hand.

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 2:17:18pm

re: #231 ObserverArt

I really do not understand Nunes at all.

It seems like he is drawing all the attention to himself. Is he trying to fuck this investigation and himself thinking it will lead away from Trump?

If anything, he is drawing more and more attention to this whole Russian thing as his strange actions are getting more and more eyes on him and thus the whole issue.

This is truly bizarre behavior. I do not remember anything quite like this in my lifetime. This is going way over Watergate which happened my first years in college

This has got to all blow up soon.

It’s the desperation. The Trump Team has pretty much been in panic mode from the beginning. They came in thinking everything was going to be a cakewalk, then their first week was a disaster, followed by a disastrous second week, and so on. They haven’t had any success that lasted longer than the 24 hours of peace that followed Trump clearing the subterranean bar set for his Address to Congress.

The entire Trump Administration is drowning in flop sweat.

— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 28, 2017

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gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 2:18:51pm

@StephenKing
Truth, Justice and Reason will be waterboarded until it cries out for the sweet mercy of death’s release.

— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) March 28, 2017

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wrenchwench Mar 28, 2017 • 2:18:56pm

I got interviewed by @MatthewReynaTX about my political thoughts on Democrats and the far left. Check it out: https://t.co/N27wRP1ZLx

— Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) March 27, 2017

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He can speak for me.

[…] Hillary Clinton won by three million votes, which is a massive number in the popular vote. She won more votes than any white man ever, which is incredible when you think of the hundreds’ years history of this country. She won every ethnicity and every class within that ethnicity except white voters. That is also massive to be able to say “I won Black people of every income group, Latinos of every income group, Asian people of every income group, the only race I didn’t win was white people.” It’s not like Hillary Clinton is out of touch with the working class or Hillary Clinton is out of touch with poor people. She won the working class. She won every race. The only people she didn’t win was white voters. That shows a lot.[…]

I think that Hillary’s embrace of the multicultural diverse future of America hurt her. I don’t think it was that she didn’t reach out to the working class.[…]

RTWT, so I don’t have to quote it bit by bit.

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Varek Raith Mar 28, 2017 • 2:21:07pm

Cover ups:
YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG

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gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 2:23:17pm

Nats say the White House has declined invitation for President Trump to throw out ceremonial first pitch Opening Day.

— Barry Svrluga (@barrysvrluga) March 28, 2017

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OK: a) It’s because he can’t throw; b) it’s because he’d get booed by 70,000 people, or c) the Nats couldn’t meet his price. Our lines open. https://t.co/GEZ3MOpejh

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 28, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 2:23:26pm

True.

Roger Stone looks like the villain in a Bond movie where the master plan involves the Kentucky Derby and a lot of parachutes

— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) March 28, 2017

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Mar 28, 2017 • 2:23:40pm

re: #244 Varek Raith

Cover ups:
YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG

Good, because it would be far worse if they were doing it right.

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 2:28:24pm

Submitted for your approval - a Republican with some semblance of integrity!

Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) on Tuesday became the first Republican lawmaker to unequivocally call for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) to recuse himself from investigating Russia’s interference in the presidential election.

“Absolutely,” Jones told the Hill when asked if Nunes should step down.

“How can you be chairman of a major committee and do all these things behind the scenes and keep your credibility? You can’t keep your credibility!” he continued.

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Puss Power Mar 28, 2017 • 2:28:30pm

re: #245 gocart mozart

All of them, Charlie.

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2017 • 2:29:41pm

Devin Nunes just said he will never reveal his intel source to other members of the intel committee: “Nope, never.”

h/t @SZilberstein pic.twitter.com/GRxsuOVFQp

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 28, 2017

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Sir John Barron Mar 28, 2017 • 2:31:30pm

re: #250 goddamnedfrank

Convincing evidence, then. So I guess Obama spied on DT is confirmed FACT.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 2:32:00pm

.@WhiteHouse transcript doesn’t include Trump mistakenly referring to Chuck Canterbury as “Ken” before saying he doesn’t make mistakes pic.twitter.com/ns5UIuPAYC

— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) March 28, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 2:32:29pm

.@Reuters photo shows British PM May signing #Brexit letter to EU: https://t.co/3N7SB25Qgx pic.twitter.com/cc3hETPp42

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 28, 2017

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Sir John Barron Mar 28, 2017 • 2:32:33pm

re: #248 makeitstop

Submitted for your approval - a Republican with some semblance of integrity!

Who does this guy think he works for? His constituents? The American public?

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Belafon Mar 28, 2017 • 2:33:32pm

re: #240 Patricia Kayden

Maybe it’s for the best if Democrats refuse to participate in this farce of a committee. I don’t know but going along with this charade doesn’t make much sense. Nunes needs to step down. He has shown his hand.

If the Democrats refuse to participate, Republicans will just change the rules so the Democrats aren’t required. They need to remain on the committees and raise a lot of noise.

And we need to be making a lot of noise.

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Sir John Barron Mar 28, 2017 • 2:33:52pm

re: #246 goddamnedfrank

True.

Sounds intriguing. Anybody got any of them parachute things?

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KGxvi Mar 28, 2017 • 2:36:22pm

re: #237 Sir John Barron

Sounds legit.
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“Look, I know a guy, alright. But he’s… skiddish, doesn’t like a lot of attention. But man, he’s got the goods. Gimme fifty bucks and wait in the car, I’ll be right back. Trust me.”

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Sir John Barron Mar 28, 2017 • 2:36:59pm

re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth

Does the transcript still say that DT doesn’t make mistakes?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 2:37:53pm

re: #258 Sir John Barron

Does the transcript still say that DT doesn’t make mistakes?

yes

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Skip Intro Mar 28, 2017 • 2:37:58pm

Was The National Enquirer The ‘Source’ For Devin Nunes’s Claim That Trump Was Surveilled?

All the essential elements of Nunes’s story appeared in the tabloid only days earlier.

huffingtonpost.com

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Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2017 • 2:39:41pm

re: #255 Belafon

Yep. We out here and Dems on the Committee and in the House need to be yelling at the top of their voices about this. Remember how the Republicans made a big stink because President Clinton spoke with Attorney Loretta Lynch on an airplane. Lynch had to recuse herself from one of the investigations involving Secretary Clinton. Nunes should be similarly hounded until he steps down.

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Varek Raith Mar 28, 2017 • 2:42:09pm

re: #260 Skip Intro

Was The National Enquirer The ‘Source’ For Devin Nunes’s Claim That Trump Was Surveilled?

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huffingtonpost.com

You know what?
Yep. Wouldn’t shock me at this point.

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KGxvi Mar 28, 2017 • 2:43:01pm

re: #261 Patricia Kayden

Yep. We out here and Dems on the Committee and in the House need to be yelling at the top of their voices about this. Remember how the Republicans made a big stink because President Clinton spoke with Attorney Loretta Lynch on an airplane. Lynch had to recuse herself from one of the investigations involving Secretary Clinton. Nunes should be similarly hounded until he steps down.

Dems should take a page from Gingrich’s old play book and have someone giving speeches on the House floor everyday, even if it’s 11 pm. Then issue press releases with links to the video. There’s more than enough outlets now to get those videos seen daily.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 2:46:33pm

PM signs letter that will formally begin the UK’s departure from the European Union #Brexit https://t.co/5PCbu0a68V

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 28, 2017

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Ink drying on shortest suicide note in history. Tomorrow Great Britain becomes Little England. Don’t say that we weren’t warned. https://t.co/UUjsNZ6PpP

— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) March 28, 2017

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Jay C Mar 28, 2017 • 2:48:52pm

re: #248 makeitstop

Submitted for your approval - a Republican with some semblance of integrity!

Isn’t Walter Jones the Congressional Republicans’ Designated Maverick? I don’t think he’s fully backed the Party line since the days when he was (one of? the only?) GOPer to call out Dubya Bush over the Iraq debacle. Mind you, I’m not sure Jones has actually VOTED contrarily, but he IS their D.M….

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KGxvi Mar 28, 2017 • 2:51:30pm

re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth

I wonder what happens if Northern Ireland votes for reunification and Scotland votes for independence? Does Wales stick with England? Does the United Kingdom as we’ve known it for most all of living memory cease to exist? Does Scotland become a republic or does it choose to join the Commonwealth and keep the House of Windsor as head of state?

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SteveMcG RN Mar 28, 2017 • 2:51:49pm

re: #205 HappyWarrior

The Republicans are the people who root for King John in the Robin Hood story.

Republicans would root for the king against the commie pinko revolutionaries.

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wrenchwench Mar 28, 2017 • 2:53:48pm

Drum Solo. pic.twitter.com/CvGlgxX7ul

— In Otter News (@Otter_News) March 28, 2017

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Unshaken Defiance Mar 28, 2017 • 2:56:43pm

This resonates nicely with the DontCare fail
Aetna lied about why they pulled out. It was failed blackmail

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 2:57:14pm

Evening Lizardim.

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whitebeach Mar 28, 2017 • 3:01:34pm

re: #170 Backwoods_Sleuth

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What can I say. Louisiana is a dumb-ass state that should be rich but never has any money because, hey, taxes on the rich suck. It hit rock bottom under the cretinous “Bobby” Jindal but even the moderately conservative Democrat John Bel Edwards can’t fix anything because the legislature remains in the hands of people with the brainpower of a load of mulch. Kansas may be the poster child for some folks when it comes to the actual results of rightwing nutcase economics, but believe me, it comes in a distant second to my lovely crippled homestate.

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nines09 Mar 28, 2017 • 3:01:46pm

🐶🤗 pic.twitter.com/NA1GUNpMBN

— Köksal Akın (@Koksalakn) March 19, 2017

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 3:03:22pm

re: #271 whitebeach

What can I say. Louisiana is a dumb-ass state that should be rich but never has any money because, hey, taxes on the rich suck. It hit rock bottom under the cretinous “Bobby” Jindal but even the moderately conservative Democrat John Bel Edwards can’t fix anything because the legislature remains in the hands of people with the brainpower of a load of mulch. Kansas may be the poster child for some folks when it comes to the actual results of rightwing nutcase economics, but believe me, it comes in a distant second to my lovely crippled homestate.

See, at least we managed to get positive results from our Democratic state government before the wingnuts went and flipped it all around.

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Belafon Mar 28, 2017 • 3:05:41pm

re: #234 Lidane

That ought to run smack into the constitution.

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The Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2017 • 3:05:45pm

Trump scraps federal climate change rules. Some day history will look back at this day and think nothing because we will all be dead.

— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) March 28, 2017

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 3:06:15pm

Current mood:

Castle Bravo

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EPR-radar Mar 28, 2017 • 3:07:37pm

It’s probably going to be hard to criminally charge Republicans for conspiracy in this mess, because one usually has to prove actual collusion and planning to make the charge stick.

Republicans lie and cover-up for Team R so routinely they don’t need any planning or collusion. This is just a normal part of being a Republican in office.

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EPR-radar Mar 28, 2017 • 3:10:56pm

re: #275 The Vicious Babushka

I like to think the fall of civilization due to climate change will be a slow enough affair to allow lots of quality time to deal with the architects of this disaster — in scorpion pits.

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The Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2017 • 3:11:50pm

re: #278 EPR-radar

I like to think the fall of civilization due to climate change will be a slow enough affair to allow lots of quality time to deal with the architects of this disaster — in scorpion pits.

I for one welcome our new scorpion overlords.

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Decatur Deb Mar 28, 2017 • 3:14:52pm

re: #278 EPR-radar

I like to think the fall of civilization due to climate change will be a slow enough affair to allow lots of quality time to deal with the architects of this disaster — in scorpion pits.

I’m afraid our grandkids will have to go all medieval on them—dig up the bodies, try them, and burn them at the stake. Final Carbon Footprint.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 3:16:26pm

A NEW ERA IN AMERICAN ENERGY! #MadeInTheUSA🇺🇸
Watch here: https://t.co/cOb8TyTIq6 pic.twitter.com/btBTQBE2Kc

— President Trump (@POTUS) March 28, 2017

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Let the record show: When the planet dies, white men did it. https://t.co/91L6ZTzDEt

— justin kanew (@justin_kanew) March 28, 2017

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Jebediah, RBG Mar 28, 2017 • 3:16:58pm

re: #279 The Vicious Babushka

And in a little while, a new Rush Limbaugh will start railing against “those liberal, tax-and-sting scorpions.”
But this time at least we will be able to fling him into a scorpion pit.

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 3:18:55pm

re: #282 Jebediah, RBG

That mental image does much to assuage my current thirst for violence.

That, and I may need to play some Halo later.

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Decatur Deb Mar 28, 2017 • 3:21:46pm

re: #283 thedopefishlives

That mental image does much to assuage my current thirst for violence.

That, and I may need to play some Halo later.

Around publication of Civilization VIII, Trump will be a Leader icon. That is not always a good thing.

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 3:23:19pm

re: #284 Decatur Deb

Around publication of Civilization VIII, Trump will be a Leader icon. That is not always a good thing.

I envision Trump being the equivalent of Gandhi from the original Civilization. Except without the initial peacefulness.

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gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 3:23:43pm

assholes

BREAKING: House narrowly votes to repeal #BroadbandPrivacy rules, 215-205 https://t.co/0F7psx9P2q

— EFF (@EFF) March 28, 2017

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This is very bad and everyone needs to start using a VPN. I say that at someone who doesn’t know how to do this. https://t.co/XswoAXZPgR

— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) March 28, 2017

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 3:24:29pm

re: #286 gocart mozart

assholes

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Well, what did you expect, really? Corporations are our most important citizens.

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Jebediah, RBG Mar 28, 2017 • 3:24:49pm

re: #283 thedopefishlives

That mental image does much to assuage my current thirst for violence.

That, and I may need to play some Halo later.

Glad to be of service!

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Decatur Deb Mar 28, 2017 • 3:25:02pm

re: #285 thedopefishlives

I envision Trump being the equivalent of Gandhi from the original Civilization. Except without the initial peacefulness.

Trump has an aggression stack overflow problem?

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wrenchwench Mar 28, 2017 • 3:26:36pm

re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth

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re: #209 makeitstop

The one with the Hello Kitty head over Trump’s head that someone posted earlier is even more weird.

https://t.co/hVQC1UXyO5 pic.twitter.com/MNT0y9IqDR

— Jason Emory Parker (@jaspar) March 28, 2017

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 3:26:59pm

re: #289 Decatur Deb

Trump has an aggression stack overflow problem?

I think it’s quite safe to say that Trump’s stack is definitely overflowing. Whether it’s with aggression or just pure, Grade-A, unadulterated bullshit is up for debate.

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gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 3:30:42pm

Born free, as free as the hair blows…….
#TrumpAFamousQuote #TrumpHair #tuesdaythought pic.twitter.com/lVZLpK4zqR

— Donald J. Trump (@AKADonaldTrump) March 28, 2017

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 3:30:55pm

re: #289 Decatur Deb

Trump has an aggression stack overflow problem?

Also, technically the Gandhi glitch was an integer rollover problem, which would also be more akin to Trump, as subtracting anything from his IQ would result in negative numbers.

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sagehen Mar 28, 2017 • 3:34:11pm

totally OT, but maybe not so totally…

Is anybody here watching the current season of Homeland? The intelligence services (or a faction thereof) is totally trying to undermine the President, in every way possible (and with help from Mossad), Dar Adal is a hundred times more venal than we even already knew…

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gocart mozart Mar 28, 2017 • 3:39:06pm

pic.twitter.com/CnbSeJ8hhF

— Theater of SciFi (@theaterofscifi) March 28, 2017

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jeffreyw Mar 28, 2017 • 3:41:53pm

I forgot who it was that linked to this Hungarian mushroom soup, but thanks!

Imgur

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 3:43:58pm

good grief

Why doesn’t Fake News talk about Podesta ties to Russia as covered by @FoxNews or money from Russia to Clinton - sale of Uranium?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2017

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 3:45:40pm

I know my surprised face is around here somewhere….

President Donald Trump’s companies have been connected to “at least 10 former Soviet businessmen with alleged ties to criminal organizations or money laundering,” according to a report published Tuesday by USA Today.

According to the report, the Trump Organization’s business connections and the allegations against them include:

• A partner in the firm that developed the Trump SoHo Hotel in New York is a twice-convicted felon who spent a year in prison for stabbing a man and later scouted for Trump investments in Russia.

• An investor in the SoHo project was accused by Belgian authorities in 2011 in a $55 million money-laundering scheme.

• Three owners of Trump condos in Florida and Manhattan were accused in federal indictments of belonging to a Russian-American organized crime group and working for a major international crime boss based in Russia.

• A former mayor from Kazakhstan was accused in a federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles in 2014 of hiding millions of dollars looted from his city, some of which was spent on three Trump SoHo units.

• A Ukrainian owner of two Trump condos in Florida was indicted in a money-laundering scheme involving a former prime minister of Ukraine.

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Stanley Sea Mar 28, 2017 • 3:46:54pm

! One of Aaron Schock’s congressional staffers was a secret FBI informant, wired by the feds to record conversations https://t.co/FYm654qHlf

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 28, 2017

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freetoken Mar 28, 2017 • 3:47:27pm

re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth

His ego will not be able to be controlled.

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wrenchwench Mar 28, 2017 • 3:48:17pm

re: #296 jeffreyw

I forgot who it was that linked to this Hungarian mushroom soup, but thanks!

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It was I. You’re welcome, and thanks for the inspiration to do likewise. I’d ask for a cup full, but my browser is set to recieve cookies only.

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makeitstop Mar 28, 2017 • 3:50:01pm

re: #299 Stanley Sea

One of Aaron Schock’s congressional staffers was a secret FBI informant, wired by the feds to record conversations

Gotta wonder if the FBI has a couple of those wandering around the White House…

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 3:52:06pm

#Peanuts #Lucy @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/QIgWZYKMAA

— Sarah Jane (@Artistic_One99) March 28, 2017

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EPR-radar Mar 28, 2017 • 3:53:03pm

re: #302 makeitstop

Gotta wonder if the FBI has a couple of those wandering around the White House…

The US intelligence community has to face the fact that every bit of information they give to any senior Republican in DC will be known to Putin shortly thereafter.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 28, 2017 • 3:55:08pm

I got this gang - put disappearing ink in the pen… pic.twitter.com/gXfFRrNP3d

— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) March 28, 2017

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blueraven Mar 28, 2017 • 4:00:24pm

Possibly, some good news for the future of ACA here…

Really big deal: Top House Republicans don’t seem to keen to continue their cost-sharing reduction lawsuit. https://t.co/RBcuIQj7z1

— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) March 28, 2017

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 4:02:30pm

re: #306 blueraven

Possibly, some good news for the future of ACA here…

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My Facebook sidebar just informed me that the GOP is trying to resurrect the Obamacare repeal, under pressure from “conservative activists”. They cite an article in the NY Times; has this been covered here already?

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HappyWarrior Mar 28, 2017 • 4:04:40pm

re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief

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God he whines so fucking much.

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Charles Johnson Mar 28, 2017 • 4:05:49pm

My technology infrastructure is failing around here. Suddenly have no cell phone service and Internet’s been going on and offline all afternoon. Starting to think it’s the beginning of an alien invasion.

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 4:06:27pm

re: #309 Charles Johnson

My technology infrastructure is failing around here. Suddenly have no cell phone service and Internet’s been going on and offline all afternoon. Starting to think it’s the beginning of an alien invasion.

BUTBUTBUT DONALD TRUMP TELLS ME TEH ALIENS HAVE ALREADY INVADED!!!!!

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nines09 Mar 28, 2017 • 4:06:40pm

re: #309 Charles Johnson

Listen for rotors…..

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lawhawk Mar 28, 2017 • 4:07:08pm

re: #269 Unshaken Defiance

This resonates nicely with the DontCare fail
Aetna lied about why they pulled out. It was failed blackmail

It was extortion.

Approve my merger or else the marketplace gets it.

Well, the courts caught them in the act. It was always a sham by the insurers. They weren’t losing money like they claimed either. They just weren’t making as much as them deemed fit an insurer.

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lawhawk Mar 28, 2017 • 4:08:56pm

re: #306 blueraven

They can’t move ahead with that suit, even if they won, because it would essentially kill the individual marketplace and push millions off insurance with no alternatives now or in the future. There’s also state contractual obligations in play.

In other words, there’d be chaos and there’d be no one to blame but the GOP who were pushing these suits as an attempt to kneecap Obamacare. Now that they’re in charge, they own what they break (all of it).

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blueraven Mar 28, 2017 • 4:09:59pm

re: #307 thedopefishlives

My Facebook sidebar just informed me that the GOP is trying to resurrect the Obamacare repeal, under pressure from “conservative activists”. They cite an article in the NY Times; has this been covered here already?

This?

Via Robert Pear / @jwpetersNYT, WH is pushing new talks on health care bill, even as officials say they’re moving on https://t.co/FV4YgH7eHr

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 28, 2017

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 4:11:57pm

re: #314 blueraven

This?

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The very same.

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lawhawk Mar 28, 2017 • 4:12:47pm

re: #314 blueraven

The GOP are craven. They will push for a straight up repeal, regardless of the costs, or the consequences.

They will not abide by the fact that they’ve been rebuffed by their own incompetence. Trump wants it done, so he’ll push for yet another attempt. Ryan will push ahead with another version of #GOPDontCare. It’s all they know how to do.

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Stanley Sea Mar 28, 2017 • 4:13:03pm

GOLD

Check how Melania has copied his signature.

Unless a staff member signed for her.

Here’s a close-up of the official 2017 GOLD @WhiteHouse Easter Egg. All eggs have stamped signatures of @POTUS and @FLOTUS pic.twitter.com/rXNMrTDG7l

— WH Easter Egg Roll (@wheastereggroll) March 28, 2017

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Forget those silly pastel/rainbow colors of White House Easter Egg Rolls past; Trump’s Easter eggs will be GOLD https://t.co/G3eeHmutnJ

— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) March 28, 2017

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Ace Rothstein Mar 28, 2017 • 4:15:50pm

re: #317 Stanley Sea

Made in China.

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nines09 Mar 28, 2017 • 4:16:09pm

re: #317 Stanley Sea

Befitting America’s first Emperor.

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wrenchwench Mar 28, 2017 • 4:17:05pm

re: #319 nines09

Befitting America’s first Emperor.

Yup. Looks like brown eggs straight from the back of a chicken.

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lawhawk Mar 28, 2017 • 4:18:15pm

re: #317 Stanley Sea

There will be much crying. Trump doesn’t do well in the presence of kids. Or animals/pets. They know a person’s nature better than most.

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The Ghost of Senator Incitatus Mar 28, 2017 • 4:20:12pm

re: #317 Stanley Sea

Why do the two signers have the same handwriting?

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Ace Rothstein Mar 28, 2017 • 4:21:07pm

Whenever you see “Texas Senate” trending, you know it’s not for a good reason.

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Blind Frog Belly White Mar 28, 2017 • 4:23:43pm

re: #311 nines09

Listen for rotors…..

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thedopefishlives Mar 28, 2017 • 4:23:50pm

re: #323 Ace Rothstein

Whenever you see “Texas Senate” trending, you know it’s not for a good reason.

Breaking: Texas Senate Collapses Under Weight of Own Stupidity. Miniature black hole evaporates after approximately 2 hours, taking most of Texas with it.

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lawhawk Mar 28, 2017 • 4:24:39pm

re: #324 Blind Frog Belly White

He’s just a poor schnook who eats egg noodles with ketchup.

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Skip Intro Mar 28, 2017 • 4:25:23pm

re: #314 blueraven

Fine with me if they want to keep it front and center that the most important thing the GOP has to do is to throw millions of people off of their health insurance.

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Ace Rothstein Mar 28, 2017 • 4:25:26pm

And now I know why.

Texas Senate passes Creighton’s ‘Pro-Life Tort Reform’ Bill https://t.co/RI3LCE3QDY pic.twitter.com/b3ZLMW4Cde

— Conroe Courier (@ConroeCourier) March 27, 2017

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Stanley Sea Mar 28, 2017 • 4:25:29pm

The @WhiteHouse wooden eggs are available in blue, yellow, pink, and green for $8.50 each. The gold egg is $14.95. pic.twitter.com/b9wNb7G3op

— WH Easter Egg Roll (@wheastereggroll) March 28, 2017

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Ace Rothstein Mar 28, 2017 • 4:26:13pm

re: #326 lawhawk

He’s just a poor schnook who eats egg noodles with ketchup.

But the neighborhood kids carried his mother’s groceries home for her. You know why?

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William Lewis Mar 28, 2017 • 4:28:40pm

Speaking of gold, look out if someone shows up with 221 pounds of gold…

BERLIN — You could never palm it, flip it or plunk it into a vending machine. But apparently it can be pinched: One of the world’s largest gold coins, a 221-pound Canadian monster called the Big Maple Leaf, was stolen overnight from the Bode Museum in Berlin, the police said on Monday.

The coin is about 21 inches in diameter and over an inch thick. It has the head of Queen Elizabeth II on one side and a maple leaf on the other. Its face value is 1 million Canadian dollars, or about $750,000, but by gold content alone, it is worth as much as $4.5 million at current market prices.