Trump’s FCC Announces Plan to Kill Net Neutrality

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In the latest attempt by the Trump gang to dismantle everything good about the federal government, today we have news that the FCC is planning to repeal net neutrality rules.

Federal regulators unveiled a plan Tuesday that would give Internet providers broad powers to determine what websites and online services their customers can see and use, and at what cost.

The move sets the stage for a crucial vote next month at the Federal Communications Commission that could reshape the entire digital ecosystem. The FCC’s Republican chairman, Ajit Pai, has made undoing the government’s net neutrality rules one of his top priorities, and Tuesday’s move hands a win to broadband companies such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.

Pai is taking aim at regulations that were approved two years ago under a Democratic presidency and that sought to make sure all Internet content, whether from big or small companies, would be treated equally by Internet providers.

And it gets worse, because the “open comment” period the FCC instituted was massively corrupt, according to New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman.

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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:45:48am

Once they have enough control over communications, the ruling class won’t have to worry about that rapidly shrinking cohort of people who “vote.”

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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:48:57am
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Targetpractice  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:50:56am

So you’ve got the FCC dismantling Net Neutrality, the Census is about to be put under the authority of a man who thinks competitive elections are a bad thing, and the GOP is working hard to shove most of the nation’s wealth into the pockets of a tiny few.

Thank you, Jill Stein! Thank you so bloody much! /////

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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:52:39am
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JordanRules  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:52:42am

re: #1 jaunte

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:54:25am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:55:19am
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Nyet  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:55:32am

re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

I don’t get it. How would bombarding him with mails help?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:56:02am

Sounds like time to throw another one of these out:

I FUCKING HATE DONALD TRUMP.

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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:56:21am
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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 11:58:46am
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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:04:58pm

The dog-in-the-manger ethos of the political right.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:11:06pm

Imagine if some wingnut ISP owner charged us more to access LGF…

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lawhawk  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:11:06pm

But Hillary’s worse than Trump… right? Bless your fucking hearts.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:11:11pm
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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:12:37pm

One more example of the effectiveness of unregulated corporations policing themselves:

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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:14:25pm
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JordanRules  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:14:32pm
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HappyWarrior  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:16:39pm

re: #17 jaunte

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He’ll just blame Obama and many of em will buy it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:23:43pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:24:32pm

re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth

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electrotek  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:25:39pm

It’s worse to be a liberal than to be a pedophile, child molester, or hate preacher in Alabama from the looks of it.

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Kilroy was here  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:25:41pm

re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth

Worked for Putin too I guess.

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Eventual Carrion  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:25:52pm

re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So do 95% of prison inmates.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:26:49pm
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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:28:54pm

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Now that he’s visited her, what else does she have to live for?//

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Ace Rothstein  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:29:06pm

re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth

This means that Jones is ahead in all the polls and Moore is probably going to lose.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:29:20pm

re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Targetpractice  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:30:30pm

So after weeks of dodging the issue and having Huckaboo and Kellywise play defense, Donny just drops the act and announces his support of a sexual predator.

I’m shocked, SHOCKED! Well, not that shocked.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:32:39pm

re: #28 gocart mozart

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Larger

My co-worker is really bummed; Charlie Rose’s show on PBS was his favorite.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:33:14pm

re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oh okay, that totally exonerates him.//

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HappyWarrior  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:33:51pm

re: #29 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

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Not just denounce Moore but support Jones.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:34:20pm

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Sasse is a wanker and a fake.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:34:26pm

I got bombarded from all sides last night - dumbass right wing wing trolls following Posobiec’s orders, and puritopian left wingers who couldn’t be bothered to read what I actually wrote before going off on me. Almost a thousand angry tweets in my mentions this morning.

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Kragar  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:35:04pm

Charles,

When I click on the “tweet” button, I get kicked backed to the LGF front page

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Interesting Times  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:35:26pm

re: #33 HappyWarrior

Not just denounce Moore but support Jones.

On the contrary, I bet there are heaps of other GOPers in Alabama who, while not necessarily being Pedo Moore-cultists, figure, we’ll vote for him anyway then he can be expelled and then another GOPer can be installed in that seat because tax cuts uber alles

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unproven innocence  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:35:31pm

The world’s taxpayer funded Information Highway —which grew out of DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) is about to be turned over to ISPs and other corporate, private and nation-state interests, who will have a stranglehold over what data flows where, when, and how fast, if at all. Get ready for highway robbery on a scale the world has never seen.

Armagedon was just a skirmish over control of optimal overland camel caravan routes,

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Kragar  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:35:55pm
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Ace Rothstein  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:36:39pm

re: #34 HappyWarrior

Sasse is a wanker and a fake.

If I could give multiple updings for the use of the word “wanker,” I would.

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Targetpractice  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:36:55pm

re: #37 Interesting Times

On the contrary, I bet there are heaps of other GOPers in Alabama who, while not necessarily being Pedo Moore-cultists, figure, we’ll vote for him anyway then he can be expelled and then another GOPer can be installed in that seat because tax cuts uber alles

We just need him for tax cuts! After that, we can kick him out and just put Strange back in the seat!

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wrenchwench  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:37:11pm

re: #35 Charles Johnson

I got bombarded from all sides last night - dumbass right wing wing trolls following Posobiec’s orders, and puritopian left wingers who couldn’t be bothered to read what I actually wrote before going off on me. Almost a thousand angry tweets in my mentions this morning.

That’s like 500 Korbens.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:37:53pm
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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:38:01pm

re: #27 Ace Rothstein

This means that Jones is ahead in all the polls and Moore is probably going to lose.

Polls mislead when the people polled plan to vote for a child-molester. Just like with Trump, people will hide a shameful vote.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:38:38pm

re: #36 Kragar

Charles,

When I click on the “tweet” button, I get kicked backed to the LGF front page

That means your browser’s Javascript engine has died. Did you try quitting and relaunching?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:38:45pm
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HappyWarrior  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:38:48pm

re: #43 Charles Johnson

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I’d be shocked if he denounced him.

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:38:54pm

re: #36 Kragar

Charles,

When I click on the “tweet” button, I get kicked backed to the LGF front page

Try deleting your website data / cookies. That’s what finally worked for the problem I was having seeing embedded tweets in threads.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:39:42pm

re: #44 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Polls mislead when the people polled plan to vote for a child-molester. Just like with Trump, people will hide a shameful vote.

Bradley effect needs to be modified to include the Trump-Moore effect.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:40:12pm

re: #40 Ace Rothstein

If I could give multiple updings for the use of the word “wanker,” I would.

It’s a great word isn’t it?

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Ace Rothstein  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:40:52pm

re: #50 HappyWarrior

It’s a great word isn’t it?

So is “tosser.”

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:41:31pm

re: #44 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Polls mislead when the people polled plan to vote for a child-molester. Just like with Trump, people will hide a shameful vote.

The polls weren’t inaccurate last year. Trump got only 46% of the vote, less than Mitt Romney. To the extent the polls missed somewhat, there was a late shift away from Clinton caused by Comey’s October Surprise, allowing Trump to squeak in.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:41:42pm
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Kragar  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:41:56pm

re: #45 Charles Johnson

Yeah, the side button works, just not the one on the top of the page. I’ll give the system a full reboot when I leave.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:42:12pm

re: #51 Ace Rothstein

So is “tosser.”

Bollocks.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:42:39pm
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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:42:47pm

re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Kragar  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:42:52pm

re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg

Addlepated

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:43:42pm

re: #46 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I wonder if Vlad told Trump he was sending a military expedition to Ukraine to “implement a lasting peace.”

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HappyWarrior  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:44:08pm

re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg

Bollocks.

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Heh British slang. I do have British Cousins nuff said.

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makeitstop  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:44:41pm

re: #51 Ace Rothstein

So is “tosser.”

I also like ‘punter.’

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Ace Rothstein  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:45:40pm

re: #61 makeitstop

I also like ‘punter.’

Which is a gambler?

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HappyWarrior  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:45:40pm

re: #52 Big Beautiful Door

The polls weren’t inaccurate last year. Trump got only 46% of the vote, less than Mitt Romney. To the extent the polls missed somewhat, there was a late shift away from Clinton caused by Comey’s October Surprise, allowing Trump to squeak in.

That actually gives me some hope for 2020 and no matter what, they won’t have a target like HRC to rally them in hate.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:45:50pm

umm…Al pretty much has.

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Targetpractice  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:46:45pm

Watched too much Top Gear and British comedy series not to have picked up a few words. Think the biggest change to my vocabulary was replacing “Hey!” with “Oi!”

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dangerman  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:46:47pm

re: #60 HappyWarrior

Heh British slang. I do have British Cousins nuff said.

had a brit gf for a while, way back when

her favorite brit slang word was…no, i’d just better not.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:47:37pm

re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Targetpractice  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:47:52pm

re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth

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umm…Al pretty much has.

Apparently the talking point of the day is Franken is “not talking,” by which they mean he’s not making a big scene in the press of denying the charges and attacking his accusers.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:49:52pm
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Kragar  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:50:02pm

re: #65 Targetpractice

Watched too much Top Gear and British comedy series not to have picked up a few words. Think the biggest change to my vocabulary was replacing “Hey!” with “Oi!”

Usually followed by “PRICK!”

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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:50:42pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:50:55pm
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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:51:37pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

No specifics? Shocker.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:51:41pm

re: #63 HappyWarrior

That actually gives me some hope for 2020 and no matter what, they won’t have a target like HRC to rally them in hate.

I like our chances if Trump is still polling below 40%. He’s hoping he gets to run against Clinton again, but he won’t be that lucky.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:51:57pm

re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth

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piratedan  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:52:52pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

I can see why Trump would be down on Doug Jones, his past shows that he’s been busy putting Trump supporters in jail.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:53:20pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

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For example, he put very fine people in prison. Sad!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 21, 2017 • 12:59:10pm

Although, when you think “Roy Moore” and “hard on crime”, you’re probably not thinking of quite what Trump wants you to think…..

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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:00:09pm
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KGxvi  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:00:31pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

A federal prosecutor is bad on crime. I give up.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:01:53pm

re: #71 jaunte

Email sent. I can’t call and yell at anyone from work.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:03:25pm

re: #79 jaunte

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:06:55pm

ROY MOORE’S
HARD ON
CRIME

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jaunte  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:09:15pm
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lawhawk  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:13:48pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:15:41pm

re: #85 lawhawk

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Hey, sometimes you have to accept a little child molestation to be able to give more money to the richest people in history at the expense of everyone else!
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lawhawk  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:15:59pm
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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:16:00pm

re: #85 lawhawk

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Sir John Barron  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:17:08pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

Narrator: No, he hasn’t.

Trump on Roy Moore, per pool: “I can tell you one thing for sure. We don’t need a liberal person in there, a Democrat, Jones. I’ve looked at his record, it’s terrible on crime, it’s terrible on the border, it’s terrible on the military.” #ALSen

— Alexandra Jaffe

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:18:24pm

re: #87 lawhawk

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Goddammit!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:19:47pm
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Sir John Barron  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:20:55pm

re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth

The wingnut M.O.: Deny everything.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:24:02pm

re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth

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makeitstop  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:24:43pm

re: #89 Sir John Barron

I’ve looked at his record, it’s terrible on crime, it’s terrible on the border, it’s terrible on the military.

That’s pretty much a verbatim quote of what Conwoman said yesterday. He must have watched that clip.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:26:17pm

re: #94 makeitstop

That’s pretty much a verbatim quote of what Conwoman said yesterday. He must have watched that clip.

TV is reality to Trump.

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petesh  Nov 21, 2017 • 1:39:17pm

re: #71 jaunte

Done. One-line email to Ajit.Pai@fcc.gov. Cant hurt, might help.

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dangerman  Nov 21, 2017 • 2:13:26pm

re: #92 Sir John Barron

The wingnut M.O.: Deny everything.

who you gonna believe? me or your lyin’ eyes and those photos in your hand?

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dangerman  Nov 21, 2017 • 2:15:21pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump on Roy Moore, per pool: “I can tell you one thing for sure. We don’t need a liberal person in there, a Democrat, Jones. I’ve looked at his record, it’s terrible on crime, it’s terrible on the border, it’s terrible on the military.” #ALSen

and does no one have the brains or guts to ask:

“can you explain how his record is ‘terrible on crime’”?

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 21, 2017 • 3:34:36pm

re: #31 Big Beautiful Door

My co-worker is really bummed; Charlie Rose’s show on PBS was his favorite.

My favorite:

“‘Charlie Rose’ by Samuel Beckett”

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plf1953  Nov 21, 2017 • 5:52:37pm

re: #96 petesh

Ditto.


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