WATCH LIVE: The Latest Media Snowjob From Our Dishonest White House
Yes, I know the headline might strike some people as “biased.” But that’s what it is, folks.
Yes, I know the headline might strike some people as “biased.” But that’s what it is, folks.
No, I wish to maintain some level of mental health.
Trump to military: You guys love killing terrorists. What do you need my permission for? https://t.co/BGKDR4QXPb pic.twitter.com/IPPCAM5t2U
— Slate (@Slate) May 11, 2017
Jesus Fucking Christ. https://t.co/jw639MXpT3
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 11, 2017
re: #3 Kragar
Can we start with the terrorist in the Oval Office?
Wait, what? They found someone Melissa would have trouble imitating? (A little trouble, though she could do it.) Who is this?
re: #4 EPR-radar
Can we start with the terrorist in the Oval Office?
I’ll settle on a lengthy prison term. Donald would look good in an orange jumpsuit.
re: #6 petesh
Wait, what? They found someone Melissa would have trouble imitating? (A little trouble, though she could do it.) Who is this?
Oh goody, she’s back. I can turn off now.
Well, humor is the great thing, the saving thing, after all.—Mark Twain
Twain for as long as I’ve known him has been true to his word, and so I’m careful never to find myself too far out of his reach. The Library of America volumes of his Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays (1852-1910) stand behind my desk on a shelf with the dictionaries and the atlas. On days when the news both foreign and domestic is moving briskly from bad to worse, I look to one or another of Twain’s jests to spring the trap or lower a rope, to summon, as he is in the habit of doing, a blast of laughter to blow away the “peacock shams” of the world’s “colossal humbug.”
Laughter was Twain’s stock in trade, and for 30 years as bestselling author and star attraction on America’s late-nineteenth-century lecture stage, he produced it in sufficient quantity to make bearable the acquaintance with grief that he knew to be generously distributed among all present in the Boston Lyceum or a Tennessee saloon, in a Newport drawing room as in a Nevada brothel. Whether the audience was sober or drunk, topped with top hats or snared in snakebitten boots, Twain understood it likely in need of a remedy to cover its losses.
Trump’s interview with Lester Holt is another freaking jaw-dropper, folks. I’m going to post it as soon as this press conference is done. He essentially admits everything the White House has said about his firing of Comey was a lie.
re: #9 Birth Control Works
Shakespeare:
But man, proud man,
Dressed in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he’s most assured,
His glassy essence, like an angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal.
“Dressed in a little brief authority,”
What a line.
JFC, here we go again. Huckabee’s daughter is announcing an “investigation” into voter fraud in the 2016 election. https://t.co/V9mJGb07CY pic.twitter.com/DMrUhT9Xp4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 11, 2017
from downstairs
re: #490 Blind Frog Belly White
I mean, Schindler seriously tweeted out after the comey firing that people should start stock piling food and ammunition, I tend to think he’s just playing it by ear for twitter at this point.
Civilian control of the military is one of the most basic precepts of our government.
Trump just said “Fuck it. Do what you want.”— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 11, 2017
re: #12 Charles Johnson
People voted! You can’t explain that!!
re: #12 Charles Johnson
JFC, here we go again. Huckabee’s daughter is announcing an “investigation” into voter fraud in the 2016 election. http://
If they find anything that is unflattering, Trump can just fire the commission by registered letter.
Huckabee’s daughter refuses to answer why she said Trump hadn’t already decided to fire Comey. https://t.co/V9mJGb07CY pic.twitter.com/x9Pa3aaRxO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 11, 2017
re: #12 Charles Johnson
“But don’t we already have an investigation into Russian interference?”
re: #12 Charles Johnson
A commission to be chaired by O’Keefe and True The Vote, no doubt.
Huckabee’s daughter is getting as combative and condescending as Spicer now. https://t.co/V9mJGb07CY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 11, 2017
nth level cultism
Q: Isn’t it inappropriate for Trump to ask Comey if he was under investigation?
HUCKABEE SANDERS: “No, I don’t believe it is.”— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 11, 2017
“Nobody was in the dark! I know you’d love to write that! The Democrats were in the dark!” https://t.co/V9mJGb07CY pic.twitter.com/a5sOmWCR8H
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 11, 2017
re: #10 Charles Johnson
Trump’s interview with Lester Holt is another freaking jaw-dropper, folks. I’m going to post it as soon as this press conference is done. He essentially admits everything the White House has said about his firing of Comey was a lie.
It’s really amazing. Literally every part of the story they told yesterday, Trump refuted. This is what Josh Marshall means by ‘Dignity Wraiths’ - once you get into Trump’s orbit, you’re ruined.
re: #12 Charles Johnson
In other words, a deliberate and malicious plan to take away voting rights in time for the 2018 midterms:
In my latest for @MarieClaire, I discuss why the 2018 elections may not be free or fair. https://t.co/lAGRMnw0bo pic.twitter.com/cw2B90MEnA
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) May 8, 2017
Here’s one organization trying to do something about it - Let America Vote
Hope there are others.
The best-sourced reporting shows that Jeff Sessions and Mike Pence were up to their eyeballs in this impeachable obstruction of justice.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 11, 2017
re: #22 DuckDharma
nth level cultism
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There’s literally a Christianist cult backing Trump. They want us to be afraid of all Muslims, when our own Christianist fanatics are much more dangerous than the average Muslim.
re: #14 HappyWarrior
Distraction obviously. Fuckers
Yep. But they are at the tipping point where everyone knows that is what they are doing. So every dodge will draw more and more attention.
I keep wondering how long a good little fundie Christian girl like Sarah is going to blacken her soul for Trump.
re: #20 Sir John Barron
A commission to be chaired by O’Keefe and True The Vote, no doubt.
Close—Pence and Kobach.
re: #22 DuckDharma
nth level cultism
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So, she thinks it isn’t inappropriate for the potential subject of an investigation to ask the guy leading the investigation, who ‘serves at his pleasure’, whether he is, in fact, the subject of the investigation?
The mind boggles.
re: #26 gocart mozart
@tribelaw Are there enough loyal Americans in office to stop them? Many Republicans have openly been Putinists for years.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) May 11, 2017
re: #15 Kragar
Kragar @Kragar_LGF
Civilian control of the military is one of the most basic precepts of our government.Trump just said “Fuck it. Do what you want.”
2:05 PM - 11 May 2017
Would it bother Donny if the military decides to surround the White House and demands that Congress moves to impeach before they pull back?
(Yeah I know it is outlandish…)
re: #30 Blind Frog Belly White
So, she thinks it isn’t inappropriate for the potential subject of an investigation to ask the guy leading the investigation, who ‘serves at his pleasure’, whether he is, in fact, the subject of the investigation?
The mind boggles.
Corruption is completely normal for these people. It’s how their world works, and why they have to reject objective reality.
re: #28 ObserverArt
Yep. But they are at the tipping point where everyone knows that is what they are doing. So every dodge will draw more and more attention.
I keep wondering how long a good little fundie Christian girl like Sarah is going to blacken her soul for Trump.
Forever. Good religious right types are inherently 90% of the way to Trumpism based on their own self-indoctrination and willful stupidity.
“Countless members of the FBI that are grateful…
“…and I don’t even know that many people in the FBI.”
So, you can’t count high?
re: #38 Major Tom
“Countless members of the FBI that are grateful…
“…and I don’t even know that many people in the FBI.”So, you can’t count high?
Can’t count at all.
It’s hard to count if you have 5 fingers on one hand and 6 on the other.
re: #28 ObserverArt
Yep. But they are at the tipping point where everyone knows that is what they are doing. So every dodge will draw more and more attention.
I keep wondering how long a good little fundie Christian girl like Sarah is going to blacken her soul for Trump.
Coming from a background deep in such Fundamentalist Christian ideology, I can assure you that her contempt for those in the room is very real and part of her overall Entitlement culture that her Fundamentalist belief entails. Backup a cretin like Trump is a-OK as long as it forwards “The Lord’s Work.”
Fundamentalists are told they are “not to be of the world” with the implication that they are above everyone else on the planet. They may deny it, but it is nonetheless present as it is for any religious exclusionary belief such as radical Islam, radical Jews, etc.
Somebody hands Huckabee’s daughter a note (from Trump, no doubt) https://t.co/V9mJGb07CY pic.twitter.com/kvKlLpO8IW
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 11, 2017
re: #40 The Vicious Babushka
It’s hard to count if you have 5 fingers on one hand and 6 on the other.
Yeah, it makes counting by 10’s difficult to master.
She looks like she’s about to break down in tears.
i must go, my planet needs me pic.twitter.com/uYS4riDOMU
— Cates Holderness (@catesish) May 11, 2017
re: #41 Rocky-in-Connecticut
Coming from a background deep in such Fundamentalist Christian ideology, I can assure you that her contempt for those in the room is very real and part of her overall Entitlement culture that her Fundamentalist belief entails.
Fundamentalists are told they are “not to be of the world” with the implication that they are above everyone else on the planet. They may deny it, but it is nonetheless present as it is for any religious exclusionary belief such as radical Islam, radical Jews, etc.
Yeow! Then they are much more dangerous than I was thinking.
No surprise that Huckabee Sanders is a liar. She learned from a good one.
re: #43 Birth Control Works
Yeah, it makes counting by 10’s difficult to master.
“Okay, let’s do it again. But this time, we’ll do it in Base 8. Don’t worry, Base 8 is just like Base 10…if you’re missing two fingers!”
re: #48 HappyWarrior
No surprise that Huckabee Sanders is a liar. She learned from a good one.
She’s a servant to Conservative men, who has to do what she’s told and like it.
re: #49 Blind Frog Belly White
“Okay, let’s do it again. But this time, we’ll do it in Base 8. Don’t worry, Base 8 is just like Base 10…if you’re missing two fingers!”
Or suppose you had 8 fingers on each hand and 8 toes on each foot, how easy would it be to learn hexadecimal!
LOL! 50? 60? 70?
Countless? Since the incident?
I think that note must have said “CUT IT SHORT SARAH” because she bailed out almost immediately.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 11, 2017
re: #51 The Vicious Babushka
Or suppose you had 8 fingers on each hand and 8 toes on each foot, how easy would it be to learn hexadecimal!
What an amazingly pathetic performance. And you thought Spicer was terrible at this.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 11, 2017
I was thinking the other day that….unfortunately, there is a huge difference between Pence and Ford, even though Nixon was at least competent.
Oh great. Now I’ve got a member of the Purity Patrol on Twitter calling me “sexist” because I referred to her as “Huckabee’s daughter.”
re: #7 HappyWarrior
I’ll settle on a lengthy prison term. Donald would look good in an orange jumpsuit.
Wouldn’t that just look like an orange jumpsuit walking around?
re: #59 Charles Johnson
Honestly, I noticed too. What does that mean? I didn’t say anything…
re: #61 Major Tom
She’s Mike Huckabee’s daughter.
And we now conclude another WH #PressBriefing … pic.twitter.com/uOAUeoTXWh
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 11, 2017
Just flipped on MSNBC to see Chris Matthews play a bit of tonight’s NBC interview. Trump called Comey a grand-stander. Yeesh…just a little projection there Donny.
re: #59 Charles Johnson
Oh great. Now I’ve got a member of the Purity Patrol on Twitter calling me “sexist” because I referred to her as “Huckabee’s daughter.”
Alt-facts!
re: #59 Charles Johnson
Oh great. Now I’ve got a member of the Purity Patrol on Twitter calling me “sexist” because I referred to her as “Huckabee’s daughter.”
You sure it’s not a wingnut inverting reality, as they always do?
re: #59 Charles Johnson
Oh great. Now I’ve got a member of the Purity Patrol on Twitter calling me “sexist” because I referred to her as “Huckabee’s daughter.”
Well she is. Love it when the dittoheads who laugh at feminazi and calling Fluke a slut get concerned.
The note said “Your brother is at the animal shelter again”.
@JuddLegum @DemFromCT they’ve waived exec privilege so many times I have lost count
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) May 11, 2017
The legalities of trying to keep this WH afloat are getting worse by the hour.
And yet the GOP continues to prop this president and this administration up despite clear signs of criminality and intent to undermine US national security.
re: #59 Charles Johnson
Oh great. Now I’ve got a member of the Purity Patrol on Twitter calling me “sexist” because I referred to her as “Huckabee’s daughter.”
Kellyanne Conway: Anderson Cooper’s eye roll was sexist (Watch) https://t.co/38hWc7lkIp pic.twitter.com/JpEnPw8lP0
— Variety (@Variety) May 11, 2017
“I don’t need feminism!”
“Liberals are too sensitive!”
“Safe spaces are a joke!”
“A MAN ROLLED HIS EYES WHEN I LIED TO HIM! I AM A VICTIM!” https://t.co/DSIeHJXW38— Calvin (@calvinstowell) May 11, 2017
A Russian VFX artist added explosions to GIFs, and it’s awesome: https://t.co/xBYTZ8hk17 pic.twitter.com/mdZjgdFiEj
— Creators (@CreatorsProject) May 11, 2017
re: #71 The Vicious Babushka
I’m half-convinced they’ve switched to Sanders because now they can cry about how the media is being so mean to her and aren’t they supposed to be feminists and respect women, etc.
re: #59 Charles Johnson
Oh great. Now I’ve got a member of the Purity Patrol on Twitter calling me “sexist” because I referred to her as “Huckabee’s daughter.”
Try ‘the rancid fruit of Huckabee’s loins’ next time.
So, after the interview tonight blows up in Donny’s face, how long before he says it was because NBC is fake news?
And the ‘nuts buy it.
The temps in Washington are increasing today…no way to predict how hot it is going to get.
re: #62 Charles Johnson
I saw someone the other day going off on a tirade “WTF IS THAT ASSHOLE SANDERS DOING NOW?!?!”
They saw Sanders and they assumed the quotes were from Bernie. They had no clue who Sarah was until I told them.
I assume at least part of the reason she got the job was exactly for this reason.
re: #65 ObserverArt
Just flipped on MSNBC to see Chris Matthews play a bit of tonight’s NBC interview. Trump called Comey a grand-stander. Yeesh…just a little projection there Donny.
The other thing about Comey? In the famous ‘air-kiss/hug’ video, Comey absolutely TOWERS OVER Trump. He makes Trump look like a kid. Trump’s used to dominating because of his size, and Comey flips that on him.
re: #71 The Vicious Babushka
@calvinstowell Wingnuts all live in an alternate reality, because they had to choose between reality and acceptance in their subculture.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) May 11, 2017
re: #65 ObserverArt
Just flipped on MSNBC to see Chris Matthews play a bit of tonight’s NBC interview. Trump called Comey a grand-stander. Yeesh…just a little projection there Donny.
DT is so modest, so unassuming, so presidential.
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re: #45 Charles Johnson
She looks like she’s about to break down in tears.
I think she looks like snakes (or lemons) might spurt from her mouth at any moment.
re: #78 Blind Frog Belly White
The other thing about Comey? In the famous ‘air-kiss/hug’ video, Comey absolutely TOWERS OVER Trump. He makes Trump look like a kid. Trump’s used to dominating because of his size, and Comey flips that on him.
Yeah, I caught that. How tall is Comey…6’6” or so?
re: #75 makeitstop
Try ‘the rancid fruit of Huckabee’s loins’ next time.
Or, “The Huckabee kid who DIDN’T kill a dog”.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders looks a little like “Auntie Lydia” from The Handmaid’s Tale.
re: #75 makeitstop
Try ‘the rancid fruit of Huckabee’s loins’ next time.
Gah, re-reading that made me a little pukey. Sorry, all.
Twitter is all lit up with noise so much I can’t tell how to sort it all out. Glad you all plow through this stuff.
The rumors about the FBI making some raids this morning in regards to Russia - true?
re: #54 Charles Johnson
I think that note must have said “CUT IT SHORT SARAH” because she bailed out almost immediately.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 11, 2017
She probably just got fired.
re: #82 ObserverArt
Yeah, I caught that. How tall is Comey…6’6” or so?
6’8”, says Mrs. FBW, who read it somewhere.
re: #81 BeachDem
I think she looks like snakes (or lemons) might spurt from her mouth at any moment.
OfBryan does not have an easy life. It’s tough growing up in a cult. Of course she’s a completely broken person.
re: #87 Belafon
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She probably just got fired.
“The people responsible for sacking those who have just been sacked, have been sacked.”
Referring to a woman doing her job not by her name but by her relationship to a man can be sexist af. We know that Charles would refer to that person as “Huckabee’s son” if that were the case so we know that sexism wasn’t the point. It is, however, not an entirely illegitimate argument if offered in sincerity (which is probably wasn’t).
re: #85 makeitstop
Gah, re-reading that made me a little pukey. Sorry, all.
I up-dinged it. Don’t go making me feel bad now.
re: #86 freetoken
Twitter is all lit up with noise so much I can’t tell how to sort it all out. Glad you all plow through this stuff.
The rumors about the FBI making some raids this morning in regards to Russia - true?
Developing: FBI confirms agents are executing a search warrant at the office of GOP Fundraiser/Consulting firm in Annapolis
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) May 11, 2017
This man is a beautiful, beautiful troll and his Instagram account gives me great pleasure every day.
Wonder what they are thinking?
re: #91 allegro
Referring to a woman doing her job not by her name but by her relationship to a man can be sexist af. We know that Charles would refer to that person as “Huckabee’s son” if that were the case so we know that sexism wasn’t the point. It is, however, not an entirely illegitimate argument if offered in sincerity (which is probably wasn’t).
How about when that woman is a member of a cult that makes women the property of their fathers and husbands.
re: #86 freetoken
Twitter is all lit up with noise so much I can’t tell how to sort it all out. Glad you all plow through this stuff.
The rumors about the FBI making some raids this morning in regards to Russia - true?
Baltimore Sun
re: #70 lawhawk
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The legalities of trying to keep this WH afloat are getting worse by the hour.
And yet the GOP continues to prop this president and this administration up despite clear signs of criminality and intent to undermine US national security.
How strange is it that Rubin is a voice of reason?
re: #96 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
How about when that woman is a member of a cult that makes women the property of their fathers and husbands.
The one reason “Huckabee’s daughter” is a good name for her is that we know this is the only way she got the job. Other than that, we probably should be just using her last name.
re: #71 The Vicious Babushka
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Have Cooper interview Jeffrey Lord. I promise his eyes will roll so hard he’ll look like a character from Little Orphan Annie!
re: #91 allegro
Referring to a woman doing her job not by her name but by her relationship to a man can be sexist af. We know that Charles would refer to that person as “Huckabee’s son” if that were the case so we know that sexism wasn’t the point. It is, however, not an entirely illegitimate argument if offered in sincerity (which is probably wasn’t).
Except for the fact that she probably only got the job through nepotism in the first place. Are we no longer allowed to call Ivanka Trump’s daughter either?
re: #102 Belafon
The one reason “Huckabee’s daughter” is a good name for her is that we know this is the only way she got the job. Other than that, we probably should be just using her last name.
And also using her last name right now leads to all sorts of confusion with Bernie Sanders (at least for me) and so. Huckabee-Sanders is a lot of characters for Twitter. There’s no good solution. I don’t think Charles was being sexist. I do think allegro’s point is valid. Twitter sucks for nuanced discussion.
re: #105 klys (maker of Silmarils)
And also using her last name right now leads to all sorts of confusion with Bernie Sanders (at least for me) and so. Huckabee-Sanders is a lot of characters for Twitter. There’s no good solution. I don’t think Charles was being sexist. I do think allegro’s point is valid. Twitter sucks for nuanced discussion.
I agree with everything you said.
re: #96 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
How about when that woman is a member of a cult that makes women the property of their fathers and husbands.
Doesn’t matter. One instance of sexism doesn’t not make another one okay.
re: #94 klys (maker of Silmarils)
This man is a beautiful, beautiful troll and his Instagram account gives me great pleasure every day.
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What they were thinking:
1. Carter — May the Lord have mercy on your soul
2. Clinton — I should have tried that reality TV gig
3. Obama — I always thought Americans were better than this but sometimes I’m wrong.
4. Bush — Miss me yet?
re: #88 Blind Frog Belly White
6’8”, says Mrs. FBW, who read it somewhere.
Comey is seriously incredibly tall. Towers over both Obama and Trump, who are not short. Looks like a goddamn tank, and his hands are gigantic — waitaminute, I think I know why Trump fired him…
re: #110 scottslemmons
Comey is seriously incredibly tall. Towers over both Obama and Trump, who are not short. Looks like a goddamn tank, and his hands are gigantic — waitaminute, I think I know why Trump fired him…
He’s so tall, he’s like a short NBA player!
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I look back at this photo of a young Sarah Huckabee Sanders and want to scream at her her to run before the evil gets her too. pic.twitter.com/sSOezxJEdk
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 11, 2017
Spoiler: The evil got her.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 11, 2017
re: #110 scottslemmons
Comey is seriously incredibly tall. Towers over both Obama and Trump, who are not short. Looks like a goddamn tank, and his hands are gigantic — waitaminute, I think I know why Trump fired him…
I really had no idea how tall he is until it was mentioned here, and even then, I had to fact-check it.
re: #108 Belafon
Can we call her Huck-Sand for short?
There’s SS and then there’s SHS and then there’s all the BS they spew…
re: #113 goddamnedfrank
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Okay, not to get all catty and ‘making fun of appearance’, but looking at the men in that pic, my thought is ‘Vertical stripes are only slimming if there aren’t too many of them”.
re: #105 klys (maker of Silmarils)
And also using her last name right now leads to all sorts of confusion with Bernie Sanders (at least for me) and so. Huckabee-Sanders is a lot of characters for Twitter. There’s no good solution. I don’t think Charles was being sexist. I do think allegro’s point is valid. Twitter sucks for nuanced discussion.
One other note—she maintains two twitter accounts:
@SarahHuckabee and @SHSanders45. The Sarah Huckabee account often retweet the SHSanders45 tweets, so apparently sometimes she feels fine with the Huckabee designation, sometimes she kinda hides it.
All times—fuck her and her lying mouth.
re: #111 Sir John Barron
doesn’t say anything about Russia, though. Maybe unrelated to that.
Not confirming or denying, so there’s that.
re: #27 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
There’s literally a Christianist cult backing Trump. They want us to be afraid of all Muslims, when our own Christianist fanatics are much more dangerous than the average Muslim.
and when it is time, they will Throw Trump overboard and put President Pence into Power.
and his Power will not derive from the Constitution or the Will of the People, but rather from their interpretation of The Will of God
re: #122 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and when it is time, they will Throw Trump overboard and put President Pence into Power.
and his Power will not derive from the Constitution or the Will of the People, but rather from their interpretation of The Will of God
The Christianists had to make their move, because they know that religious extremism becomes a harder and harder sell over time as we learn more. I just hope there aren’t enough of them to actually succeed in creating their theocratic republic.
We need to tell the reactionary far-right not to move to Russia.
— Question Authority (@DougAlder) May 11, 2017