Seth takes a closer look at the Republicans’ sweeping overhaul of the tax code that will overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy and amounts to nothing less than a brazen heist of the country.
The Republicans are tossing out tablescraps for the next few years and Trump’s base is calling it a feast.
Trumpers are whipped dogs.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 21, 2017
thanks for the new thread, Charles.
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When Dolt 45 signs the tax bill on New Year’s Day, it’s going to remind me of the time Soupy Sales told kids on New Year’s Day to take the green pictures from Mommy’s purse and Daddy’s wallet and send the pictures to Soupy…
Maybe it’s the gingerbread ale from bar trivia tonight talking, or maybe it’s that my team won (yay us!), or who knows… but watching Rachel explain just what a cluster the implementation of the tax bill is becoming, I am increasingly optimistic that this whole thing is going to end up exploding massively in the faces of the GOP political vandals who were rushing so madly to get a “win” at all costs by an arbitrary Christmas deadline.
Who knows what kind of sloppiness will yet emerge between now and when Dotard finally sits down to sign this crap into law January 3?
All the polling seems to indicate that we have succeeded, and handsomely so, at selling a majority of the public on the understanding that this thing is a giveaway to the rich at the expense of the average Joe. The longer it sits here stinking, the more sunlight we can keep shining on it over the Christmas recess as these lawmakers all have to head home and try to avoid an angry public…I just have a feeling it will add to the restlessness that’s growing out there.
November is coming.
My 17 year old wrote a collection of poems:
Here’s the paperback version.
Here’s the Kindle version.
(He’s got to figure out why he has two separate links.)
He’s my non-engineer, the 17 year old who can sometimes be much older. Discovering Daria was an important development in his life.
Edit: I also need to mention that he’s the kid who sometimes tells me he’s lacking in confidence and yet has submitted writing to four magazines for possible publication (all rejected so far) and has now put something up on Amazon. I generally reply “Well, most people are afraid to let others read their work, so it’s not entirely self-confidence you’re lacking.”
Edit 2: Formatting was destroying the links the way I originally had them pasted.
Apropos of ISIS being dead and all, this CENTCOM press release says that ISIS has doubled in the past year: pic.twitter.com/txK0uUYWeJ
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) December 21, 2017
re: #5 Joe Bacon 🌹
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Dare I say, “Amen”?
< grinning, ducking, running & off to bed for the night :D >
re: #8 Belafon
My 17 year old wrote a collection of poems:
Paperback: amazon.com
Kindle: amazon.com
(He’s got to figure out why he has two separate links.)
He’s my non-engineer, the 17 year old who can sometimes be much older. Discovering Daria was an important development in his life.
Ok, I bit. I’ll review them once read. Can’t be any worse than the dreck I wrote at that age…
Good night!
re: #11 William Lewis
Ok, I bit. I’ll review them once read. Can’t be any worse than the dreck I wrote at that age…
Good night!
Thanks. And at least his first hit wasn’t family.
re: #6 ipsos
Just don’t stop pushing! Or the firehose of disinformation from the other side will drown us.
I called LAPD about getting robbed today. They asked where the robbery happened. Washington DC I said. Jurisdictional problem, gotta call DC cops. But DC cops said since I’m in California, they don’t have authority either. No help at all. Some tax bill huh?
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 21, 2017
oooh…I see we have another mayhem downdinger in the house tonight.
Must be our lucky day…
re: #15 retired cynic
Since we need a simple smile this evening:
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I actually get that now.
Trump adviser Gary Cohn says he’s dumbfounded by the unpopularity of the Republican tax bill https://t.co/u0qeZjTRxY pic.twitter.com/P7VEC3uVNe
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) December 21, 2017
Dumbfounded? No.
Gary Cohn is just dumb. https://t.co/UBfShDhW24— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 21, 2017
My microwave died a rather frightening, sparking, screaming death last week. Got a new one that sat on the floor still in the box overnight until I felt like messing with it. There were handle holes (is there a word for those?) in the sides of the box. Princess Onyx was obsessed with those holes and wanting into that box. I was quite impressed with her concentration and persistence.
re: #18 Kragar
There are more than a few people who’d rather not destroy the country to give money to the rich.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) December 21, 2017
re: #5 Joe Bacon 🌹
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Sadly, we may be an Asshole Nation moreso because we deify assholes, precisely because they’re assholes. That’s one of the only reasons why scam artists like Trump, and pimps like Robertson selling faux-piousness, thrive in the US.
Ugh. Just got quote-tweeted by DC Comics’ alt-right-loving artist. So I may get to start mute/blocking an influx of dimwit Nazi fanboys. It’s not that I mind mute/blocking Nazis, but I wanted to go to bed soonish. :(
re: #18 Kragar
Trump adviser Gary Cohn says he’s dumbfounded by the unpopularity of the Republican tax bill https://t.co/u0qeZjTRxY pic.twitter.com/P7VEC3uVNe
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) December 21, 2017
Maybe the meeting you had with CEOs where they admitted they weren’t going to put their savings from the tax bill toward more hires should have given it away.
But Trump doesn’t hire folks for their aptitude toward their given position, after all. #JustSaying https://t.co/VkcfsAdMAn— Jingle All The K still sez “Ban Nazis!” (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 21, 2017
re: #23 Citizen K
With the Trump Admin, it’s hard to tell who’s lying and who’s stupid.
re: #22 scottslemmons
Ugh. Just got quote-tweeted by DC Comics’ alt-right-loving artist. So I may get to start mute/blocking an influx of dimwit Nazi fanboys. It’s not that I mind mute/blocking Nazis, but I wanted to go to bed soonish. :(
So you will lose sleep over them? Seems to be giving them undo power over you.
I received my annual Christmas newsletter from a RW Hillary-hating gun-nut friend. And his last commentary — written and mailed before the tax bill passed— was a thoughtful evisceration of the tax bill, at least the part that involved a reduction in corporate tax rates. Let us say he did not buy into the idea that increased profits would go to productive expansion that helped workers; instead it would be directed to stock buybacks, dividend increases, and more automation. At least in one area, we share similar views: it is not clear what future high-paying jobs will materialize here to replace all the jobs lost to technology and off-shoring.
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re: #26 Hecuba’s daughter
Corporate crime is going to be one of the engines of growth in the very near future.
re: #26 Hecuba’s daughter
Hell, it won’t even be directed to higher dividends (which are usually really useful). Just stock buybacks (which are almost always worse than useless) and cost cutting.
re: #24 jaunte
With the Trump Admin, it’s hard to tell who’s lying and who’s stupid.
All of them, Katie.
re: #24 jaunte
With the Trump Admin, it’s hard to tell who’s lying and who’s stupid.
Most are both, is the issue.
Behind the Private sign because it’s an employer rant.
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re: #30 I cannot.
Hell, it won’t even be directed to higher dividends (which are usually really useful). Just stock buybacks (which are almost always worse than useless) and cost cutting.
Dividends are indeed especially helpful to retirees, and can make a real difference in their standard of living; but are usually irrelevant middle class and working class families, the people the President was pretending to help. OTOH Trump had little to do with this legislation, it is the same nonsense that any Republican president would be supporting.
Would Paul Ryan admit during his confession that it is a sin to support this legislation?
re: #34 Hecuba’s daughter
Would Paul Ryan admit during his confession that it is a sin to support this legislation?
Hell no. His god Ayn Rand might smack him across the face.
Hey some of us live around LA, valley side? We went from gray misty to clear cold and windy af in about an hour.
Congratulations on your tax cut, @SusanSarandon!
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) December 21, 2017
re: #36 Unshaken Defiance
The wind is really whipping here in Koreatown. The palm tree leaves and dates started flying all over the place around 30 minutes ago!. Ah, right now the 3rd palm leaf smacked against my main room windows!
re: #26 Hecuba’s daughter
Pretty heavy lifting for a Christmas newsletter.
.@RepMaxineWaters announces Thursday press conference to reveal letter of support for Special Counsel Mueller signed by 171 lawmakers. pic.twitter.com/mmFFlLqnIN
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 21, 2017
re: #33 mmmirele
The least they can do to signal they are ready to play ball in this insanely favorable and corrupt environment is what’s going down. It’s gross, expected and will have it’s own set of consequences.
I hope everything ends up better than expected for you.
Stanford U Prof of Medicine, former Air Force surgeon, loses nomination for DoD health job for saying, “how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can go out and buy a semiautomatic weapon like an AR-15.” https://t.co/RhaAfCL2N7
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 21, 2017
This is good dude. You don’t want any part of this regime.
Sr. foreign diplomat on Nikki Haley’s “taking names” on tomorrow’s UN Jerusalem vote: “This kind of threatening tone shows inexperience. It plays better with the media than with its intended audience.”
— Michelle Kosinski (@MichLKosinski) December 20, 2017
(Unless it’s intended audience is American voters in 2024?) https://t.co/TwCWlNk4qY
— Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) December 20, 2017
HAHAHAHA!!! Only in Nikki’s fevered dreams.
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
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HAHAHAHA!!! Only in Nikki’s fevered dreams.
I bet she has ‘em.
Ben Carson thanks the Lord for tax reform — and Donald Trump says reporters need religion https://t.co/178UtFFzlx
— Celeste Katz (@CelesteKatzNYC) December 20, 2017
Jesus, take the wheel. https://t.co/T3SO9BD9U1
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 20, 2017
AT&T plans to lay off nearly 300 at center in Dallas next year https://t.co/rPKbD9M49X
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) December 21, 2017
I guess those bonuses had to come from somewhere. https://t.co/puF5QwouWK
— Jeremy (@jeremyjewitt) December 21, 2017
So I’m an American living in Sweden, the socialist nanny-state hellscape of the GOP’s fantasies. Here’s what it’s like to live in a country with a high effective tax rate and a commitment to spending for the common good:
— Alison Gerber (@alisonkgerber) December 20, 2017
It isn’t so much the contrast @alisonkgerber draws in this thread between the U.S. and a nation that actually uses its considerable resources to take care of its people. She notes, near the end, how much this alleviates the stress of life for a community. This could be us. Alas. https://t.co/NhLrrWsMJ0
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) December 21, 2017
re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I wonder how that ignorant savant ass feels knowing that Trump lifted the “slavery” of Obamacare from 9 million kids and 13 million adults?
Comcast is celebrating the tax cut with higher prices pic.twitter.com/McikKzstDQ
— Subscribe to My Newsletter (@mattyglesias) December 21, 2017
Passing on those tax savings to consumers https://t.co/yjfs0OIMzv
— Kombiz Lavasany (@kombiz) December 21, 2017
re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That’s a damned smart move. Make those who didn’t sign on explain themselves.
They did @realDonaldTrump… They carried Tiki Torches.
Trump Can’t Believe No One’s Thrown a Parade in His Honor https://t.co/Sr2CtQa7m5— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) December 21, 2017
re: #51 JordanRules
Welcome to America, Donald. Worshiping the president is frowned upon.
re: #52 Belafon
Welcome to America, Donald. Worshiping the president is frowned upon.
I sure do remember all those right wing Pulpit Pimp Preachers repeatedly denouncing Obama calling him a “Muslim Communist Cult Leader”!
Steve Knight is my local Representative
Californians fell ill following the latest Aliso Canyon gas leak — despite @socalgas claiming the accident “did not present a health or safety risk.” https://t.co/ncxCj6oT5W
— John Upton (@johnupton) December 20, 2017
Hey, @SteveKnight25, these are your constituents, right? Remember when you refused to sign a letter asking the EPA to investigate and said the EPA would “hinder the ongoing process?”@jessphoenix2018 for Congress. https://t.co/TYPGZ7ZONV
— Dave Anthony (@daveanthony) December 20, 2017
re: #51 JordanRules
John Pavlovitz
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@johnpavlovitz
They did @realDonaldTrump… They carried Tiki Torches.Trump Can’t Believe No One’s Thrown a Parade in His Honor vanityfair.com …
10:17 PM - Dec 20, 2017Trump Can’t Believe No One’s Thrown a Parade in His Honor
This is the thanks he gets for “overhauling” the American tax system?
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The article quotes Scott Dworkin. Isn’t he a very unreliable source? Almost as bad as Louise Mensch?
How…Rude.
It’s time to make these bastards pay. The ones who voted for this bill and the ones whose money funded the effort to get this bill passed. Make all of them pariahs in their communities. Constantly flood their offices with phone calls and demand town halls and one-on-one meetings. Be ready to march and rally against them. Do not let them get away for one second with pretending like they’ve done something good for the nation. And we need to figure out how to go after their donations from rich people. Fuck, demand a bill that will overturn Citizens United. Call it the “No George Soros or Union Money in Elections Act” or some such shit that’ll fool the yahoos.
And vote, motherfuckers in everything from primary to runoff, in every election from school board to president. Vote like your life depends on it because it actually fucking does.
When Democrats get back into power in 2018, and, at this point, we’re down to figuring out if they’ll just win the House or the House and Senate, they should vote to reverse all the tax cuts for the wealthy and keep the tax cuts for the middle class (even though those run out in 10 years). Shit, make those tax cuts marginally bigger. Force Trump (or Pence) to veto that.
Don’t fucking negotiate on bipartisan solutions. Republicans murdered bipartisanship in 2009. Stop trying to revive that corpse. We look like political naifs when we try to act like we’re gonna be the fair ones. Set a progressive agenda and fucking stick to it.
There are no rules anymore.
A group of House Republicans has gathered secretly for weeks in an effort to build a case that senior leaders of the DOJ and FBI improperly — and perhaps criminally — mishandled the contents of the Trump dossier, Politico reports. https://t.co/1H7NggpB5t
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 21, 2017
“…led by Chairman Devin Nunes of California.” Because of course. https://t.co/xbd843nMTy
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 21, 2017
re: #55 Hecuba’s daughter
Yes, that is correct.
📚1998 Paperback:
— ‘Murder, She Wrote: A Little Yuletide Murder’ pic.twitter.com/k2mTW7ZMHk— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) December 21, 2017
One of my favorite shows!
One of the things Democrats should do is have some of the wealthy people and business owners who came out against tax cuts and discuss where they think tax on profits and income should be.
re: #56 makeitstop
How…Rude.
Don’t fucking negotiate on bipartisan solutions. Republicans murdered bipartisanship in 2009. Stop trying to revive that corpse. We look like political naifs when we try to act like we’re gonna be the fair ones. Set a progressive agenda and fucking stick to it.
Just, y’know, expect Trump to veto anything a D congress passes. Make him bitch and moan and whine about it, while the D’s make a big public fuss about the great legislation he’s rejecting; that will be the 2020 campaign ad. “Our nominee, if he has the big chair, will sign these bills into law.
And, oh yeah, no hearings for any judicial nominees until Merrick Garland sits on the Supreme Court.
re: #59 JordanRules
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One of my favorite shows!
You do realize that Jessica Fletcher killed all those people, framing various and sundry random locals everywhere she went.
I hope this is the photo they use on the front page of the Times on the day Trump is indicted pic.twitter.com/mifuyBk6YY
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) December 21, 2017
“Who has a thumb and hates poor people? These guys!” https://t.co/OQEU7UoD4S
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 21, 2017
re: #62 sagehen
You do realize that Jessica Fletcher killed all those people, framing various and sundry random locals everywhere she went.
Not to mention that Cabot Cove must’ve been the murder capital of the US…
re: #64 TedStriker
~800 murders over 12 years with a population of 3k, and the cops would routinely arrest the wrong person for the crime.
Are they sure it wasn’t supposed to be in Louisiana?
Still not resolved
A month after Border Patrol agent’s death, his fiancée has no answers https://t.co/yS0uqHh4ps pic.twitter.com/Nhg0HZts5b
— CNN (@CNN) December 21, 2017
The FBI has been investigating several possibilities, including an accident, an attack, or an altercation between the two agents, according to a Department of Justice official with knowledge of the investigation. https://t.co/ULQUkjCqF7
— Scott McLean (@scottmclean) December 21, 2017
re: #60 Belafon
One of the things Democrats should do is have some of the wealthy people and business owners who came out against tax cuts and discuss where they think tax on profits and income should be.
That’ll be super-easy.
The ten richest people in America are:
Bill Gates
Jeff Bezos
Warren Buffett
Mark Zuckerberg
Larry Ellison
Michael Bloomberg
2 Kochs
Page & Brin
7 of them are D’s.
Michael Bloomberg: $40 billion.
re: #67 Stanley Sea
Still not resolved
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That’s just… damn, what an adorable couple.
re: #65 Kragar
~800 murders over 12 years with a population of 3k, and the cops would routinely arrest the wrong person for the crime.
Are they sure it wasn’t supposed to be in Louisiana?
Are you kidding me, laddie? Last time we only had 800 murders in 12 years was probably 1719-1731.
re: #67 Stanley Sea
Still not resolved
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But the right wing already has its storyline embedded in minds throughout the nation: it was an attack by Mexicans coming in across the border. We know that the right only preaches patience if the attacker is white and not a Muslim; but a rush to judgement is in order under all other circumstances.
re: #62 sagehen
You do realize that Jessica Fletcher killed all those people, framing various and sundry random locals everywhere she went.
I love that theory. It makes the sweetness of the show seem even more sinister.
re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Charlie Pierce:
This is where we are at the end of 2017: a terrible, generational disaster of a tax bill being celebrated by a terrible president*, followed by a prayer”—to God or to the president*, it’s hard to say—from a crackpot neurosurgeon profoundly unqualified for the job he currently holds, and that followed by a vice president who gives soulless ass-kissers a bad name.
re: #73 BeachDem
Charlie Pierce:
This is where we are at the end of 2017: a terrible, generational disaster of a tax bill being celebrated by a terrible president*, followed by a prayer”—to God or to the president*, it’s hard to say—from a crackpot neurosurgeon profoundly unqualified for the job he currently holds, and that followed by a vice president who gives soulless ass-kissers a bad name.
I hate this kind of mealy-mouthed milktoast prose. Why can’t the man let it all out?
re: #73 BeachDem
Charlie Pierce:
This is where we are at the end of 2017: a terrible, generational disaster of a tax bill being celebrated by a terrible president*, followed by a prayer”—to God or to the president*, it’s hard to say—from a crackpot neurosurgeon profoundly unqualified for the job he currently holds, and that followed by a vice president who gives soulless ass-kissers a bad name.
Ah, Charlie, don’t hold back!
re: #72 makeitstop
Ha! Was about to formulate my reply and you nailed it.
The Magnum PI crossover was so much fun.
Monk is the detective that coulda nailed Jessica tho.
re: #72 makeitstop
I love that theory. It makes the sweetness of the show seem even more sinister.
Considering the role she made famous on Broadway in Sweeney Todd…
I’m amused by Hewitt’s hubris.
Amused that Ds and MSM somehow have persuaded themselves that generic ballot polls 10 months out from voting mean more than massive tax cuts
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) December 20, 2017
GW Bush passed a huge tax cut in June of 2001, and got no boost out of it at all, so I’d be surprised if this moves the needle at all.
re: #72 makeitstop
I love that theory. It makes the sweetness of the show seem even more sinister.
Ssshhh. The real truth is that Barnaby’s wife is the serial Midsomer murderer. Ever notice that she’s at every one of those festivals and flower shows and lectures and little-theater events?
re: #76 JordanRules
Monk is the detective that coulda nailed Jessica tho.
But one detective could have apprehended a murderer so diabolical. The one who exercises the little grey cells.
re: #78 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m amused by Hewitt’s hubris.
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GW Bush passed a huge tax cut in June of 2001, and got no boost out of it at all, so I’d be surprised if this moves the needle at all.
But W managed to get us into a war in Iraq, regained control of both Houses, and won re-election. The Bush tax cut may not have affected anything but this one does: the donor class will donate a lot to keep the GOP in power. As long as Trump or any Republican is President, there is no way to repeal this egregious tax legislation. It probably will have to wait till 2021 to overturn it.
re: #80 Kragar
I always thought it was the dog
As far as I know, there has not been a single case anywhere in Midsomer involving urinary evidence.
re: #76 JordanRules
Ha! Was about to formulate my reply and you nailed it.
The Magnum PI crossover was so much fun.
Monk is the detective that could nailed Jessica tho.
Columbo, too. “Ahhh, so, Ms. Fletcher, you say you were writing a chapter of your book at the time of the murder, but I notice you changed the ribbon midway through page 235 and then back again on page 237. Could you explain that, please?”
re: #80 Kragar
Ahhh yes! “Dumb Witness” Poirot made sure they got justice!
re: #78 Blind Frog Belly White
Amused that Ds and MSM somehow have persuaded themselves that generic ballot polls 10 months out from voting mean more than massive tax cuts
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) December 20, 2017
Amused that RWNJs have persuaded themselves that fucking over 99% of Americans won’t have consequences https://t.co/DZWT7d0lNv
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 21, 2017
I see the twitter embeds have changed again.
Now I have to go open twitter in a tab to retweet Kragar.
Is this a plan by twitter to drive even more hits to their website?
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Hugh is right in one respect: polls a year in advance are worthless; even polls that are much closer (e.g. Michigan primary) have limited value. What is more meaningful is what happened in Virginia and Alabama and other local races around the country.
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Columbo, too. “Ahhh, so, Ms. Fletcher, you say you were writing a chapter of your book at the time of the murder, but I notice you changed the ribbon midway through page 235 and then back again on page 237. Could you explain that, please?”
Nah, Columbo would never be so crude and obvious. He’d be on the way out the door, thanking Jessica for her time, then would turn and say:
“Oh, just one more thing, Ms. Fletcher, it’s kind of embarrassing even to ask. But my wife has this old typewriter, doesn’t use it much, just stuff for this class she takes, but the print is getting really hard to read. I need my glasses. So I’m wondering, maybe I oughta put in a new ribbon or something. I don’t know a thing about typewriters, but I see you use one. So maybe you could help me out here. How often do you need to change your ribbon?”
Love the work this group is doing!
We met Michael just 2 weeks before the voter registration deadline at a #Virginia shelter we frequently visit. Michael really wanted to vote, but we quickly discovered that he needed to have his voting rights restored first. Luckily, our volunteers are experienced with this!
— Spread The Vote (@SpreadTheVoteUS) December 20, 2017
Thread from earlier https://t.co/CmmLgOdmIz
— Spread The Vote (@SpreadTheVoteUS) December 21, 2017
When they get a new ID success story they are crazy stoked and educate folks about the process too.
Prince John: Taxes! Taxes! Beautiful, lovely taxes!
Hiss: Sire, you have an absolute skill for encouraging contributions from the poor.
Prince John: To coin a phrase, my dear counselor, rob the poor to feed the rich!
— ‘Robin Hood,’ (1973) pic.twitter.com/y7D3dhMau9— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) December 21, 2017
re: #78 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m amused by Hewitt’s hubris.
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He’s right…to a point. Generic ballots now don’t mean much if we don’t capitalize on that energy. But the rest of it is total BS because the GOP is gonna take it in the ass next February when people start filing their taxes and finding out that those “massive tax cuts” don’t apply until next year. Especially when they’re opening the paper or turning on the news to hear ”We must gut ‘entitlement’ programs to spackle over the massive hole we blew in the budget…”
To get around laws against removing Confederate monuments, Memphis sold two of its parks to a non-profit.
Moments ago, I signed the ordinance that completed our sale of the parks. pic.twitter.com/LZH00Pa6cv
— Mayor Jim Strickland (@MayorMemphis) December 21, 2017
One of the statues was of Forrest, the other of Jefferson Davis.
The city of Memphis sold two public parks containing Confederate monuments to a nonprofit Wednesday in a massive, months-in-the-planning operation to take the statues down overnight.
The City Council unanimously approved the sale of Health Science Park, home of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, and its easement on Fourth Bluff Park, home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, for $1,000 each to Memphis Greenspace Inc. Fourth Bluff, or Memphis Park, is owned by a group called The Overton Heirs.
The sale — which is almost certain to result in a lawsuit from statue supporters — allows Greenspace to legally do what the city of Memphis cannot: Remove the statues from their visible perches in the parks, Chief Legal Officer Bruce McMullen said. He said they would be stored in an undisclosed location for security reasons.
“Health Sciences Park and Memphis Park have been sold,” Mayor Jim Strickland said in a social media post soon after the vote. Operations on those sites tonight are being conducted by a private entity and are compliant with state law. We will have further updates later tonight.”
The nonprofit, which is led by Shelby County Commissioner and attorney Van Turner, brought in a crane to remove the Forrest statue first at around 6 p.m.
Greenspace signed a contract with Strickland on Friday that requires them to continue operating the park as a park, McMullen confirmed Wednesday. He said he knew of no plans for the nonprofit to sell the parks back to the city.
h/t Balloon Juice
Good morning, Lizards.
This is a distinctly unpleasant thing to hear about on waking up:
Australian police have arrested two people after a car drove into a crowd in Melbourne.
The car “collided with a number of pedestrians” on Flinders Street, a busy junction in the centre of the city, said Victoria Police.
The state ambulance service say 13 people have been taken to hospital. Several are in a critical condition.
Police have said it was a deliberate act but it is too early to say whether it was terrorist-related.
They have asked people to avoid the area.
The driver and another man have been detained.
The incident happened just after 16:30 local time (05:30 GMT).
I haz a new 27” display now, and I am verrah happy. $144 for a Chinese brand.
re: #97 wheat-dogg
I haz a new 27” display now, and I am verrah happy. $144 for a Chinese brand.
Man, that’s a nice price. Makes me wish the EU had a free trade agreement with China.
Happens to me, too. Look for one thing, can’t find it, but I find something else almost as good.
Ship used in MH370 hunt helps find Australian submarine that vanished in 1914 https://t.co/UzwlSU7H26
— SCMP News (@SCMP_News) December 21, 2017
‘Sup, dude? I brought my fam to chill for a while. ‘Scool?
A Gazelle entered a shop in the state of Colorado. The owner decided to give him some chocolate and biscuits. He left and half an hour later he came back bringing his entire family. pic.twitter.com/fisp1w9Tkq
— Mr. Drinks On Me (@Mr_DrinksOnMe) December 20, 2017
re: #100 wheat-dogg
A Gazelle entered a shop in the state of Colorado. The owner decided to give him some chocolate and biscuits. He left and half an hour later he came back bringing his entire family.
let this be an object lesson about why you do not give tax cuts to poor people…
re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
let this be an object lesson about why you do not give tax cuts to poor people…
Or to rich people.
You know the 1% will be asking for even more breaks in short order.
re: #102 wheat-dogg
Or to rich people.
You know the 1% will be asking for even more breaks in short order.
The other point of this tax bill is to bloat the deficit so they can demand more spending cuts
re: #103 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The other point of this tax bill is to bloat the deficit so they can demand more spending cuts
Yup. The Republican game plan since Reagan.
When the new polls come out in a few weeks showing no real bounce at all for Trump I wonder if he will start to get the feeling he was Conned by superior Con Men in the House and Senate. Trump merely wants glory and attention above all else. The professional Con Men and Con Women he has been dealing with simply want The world and everything in it.
re: #105 Rocky-in-Connecticut
When the new polls come out in a few weeks showing no real bounce at all for Trump I wonder if he will start to get the feeling he was Conned by superior Con Men in the House and Senate. Trump merely wants glory and attention above all else. The professional Con Men and Con Women he has been dealing with simply want The world and everything in it.
The Congressional GOP used Donnie as cover to get what they wanted. Trump is not going to get the parades and glory he assumes the public will give him for this fake tax relief. It suggests that he really had no idea what was in the tax bill, and in all likelihood only parroted what his handlers told him. IOW, he’s the Great and Powerful Oz, and they are the men behind the curtain.
Sooner or later, this fact is going to penetrate his tiny brain.
So, regarding the incident earlier in Melbourne, this seems to be the latest:
The alleged driver of the car is a 32-year-old man of Afghan descent who was arrested at the scene by an off-duty police officer.
The man is known to police but there is no evidence or intelligence connecting either him or this incident to terrorism or extremism.
Police say he does have a history of drug use and mental health issues and police believe those issues are behind the incident.
Another man, 24-years-old, was arrested a short time after the incident. He was filming it on his mobile phone and was searched by police, who allegedly found knives in his bag. Police do not believe he knows the 32-year-old man or is connected in any way.
Nineteen people were injured and taken to hospital for treatment, including the alleged driver and the arresting off-duty officer.
Four people are critically injured while 15 are in a stable condition.
Police say this was a “quarantined” incident and does not increase the risk at major upcoming events like the Boxing Day test.
re: #65 Kragar
~800 murders over 12 years with a population of 3k, and the cops would routinely arrest the wrong person for the crime.
Are they sure it wasn’t supposed to be in Louisiana?
Rather reminds me of The Rifleman. This was actually one of the more peaceful of the ca. 1960 westerns, since problems were occasionally solved without resort to firearms. Even so, Lucas McCain managed to eliminate 120 bad guys during the 5 year run.
Since it is the shortest day of the year, I guess we are supposed to hide in our caves or something.
re: #109 Shropshire Slasher
Since it is the shortest day of the year, I guess we are supposed to hide in our caves or something.
The one thing I look forward about the Winter Solstice? The days start getting longer after today. Slowly and imperceptibly, but longer.
re: #109 Shropshire Slasher
Since it is the shortest day of the year, I guess we are supposed to hide in our caves or something.
Drink a lot of glögg, too
re: #108 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Rather reminds me of The Rifleman. This was actually one of the more peaceful of the ca. 1960 westerns, since problems were occasionally solved without resort to firearms. Even so, Lucas McCain managed to eliminate 120 bad guys during the 5 year run.
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re: #111 wheat-dogg
I may have to make that! Thank you!
I loved this from the article:
I omitted the wine/fruit/spices and just passed out hits of ecstasy. Best party ever.
The bullshit tsunami on Faux Noise continues
.@SenBobCorker: “I’ve had zero impact on a word of the tax policy. I focused on deficits.” pic.twitter.com/BX0wroWpxx
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 21, 2017
Dame Judi Dench has a thing for trees.
A lot of love and learning on my timeline this morning. Glad I could make it happen for these two. pic.twitter.com/AqBVx7Cooj
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) December 21, 2017
Does the GOP support bot marriage rights?
— Ozzie (@Jurj_Clooners) December 21, 2017
2 guilty pleas, 2 indictments, Flynn cooperating with Mueller & Fredo Jr. admitting collusion = we’re all gonna be hearing a lot about Uranium One.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 21, 2017
NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Attorney General Sessions orders fresh look at Uranium One deal https://t.co/rNg4Alolh9 pic.twitter.com/SxxRZe3Ugp
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 21, 2017
A man working as an interpreter for the Ukrainian government who was invited inside Downing Street in July has been accused of spying for the Russians https://t.co/mao47ezDmx
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 21, 2017
So, that big AT&T announcement yesterday that they were ‘celebrating the tax cut’ by giving out $1000 bonuses?
They actually announced it last week as part of a settlement with a union. They’re blowing smoke up Trump’s butt, and he fell for it.
Well, this sucks.
Ford, hit with lawsuits, launches sexual harassment prevention campaign in U.S. factories https://t.co/olKsJPlQzg #detroit pic.twitter.com/LOvZ51ZY8d
— Detroit News Now (@detroitnewsnow) December 21, 2017
It’s time to end Chain Migration: https://t.co/kad5A8Slw7 pic.twitter.com/735JzAZIUa
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 18, 2017
“chain migration” is a nice dehumanizing way to refer to “families” https://t.co/hxCO2avccI
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) December 21, 2017
@UN We’re Sorry for this behavior. @nikkihaley or @realDonaldTrump may speak on behalf of the US, they do not speak on the behalf of the American People. They do not represent who we are. We are just in the midst of bad decisions and leadership.
— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 21, 2017
What universe does Fox live in?
.@SenatorLankford: “In this economy, with it being so slow and so down, everybody needs a tax cut.” pic.twitter.com/SaaNLolIUy
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 21, 2017
While Fox is trying to get the FBI shit-canned, aliens have mercifully come to Earth to end it all. #SamanthaBee pic.twitter.com/m5FpvvsKYh
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) December 21, 2017
good grief
The Massive Tax Cuts, which the Fake News Media is desperate to write badly about so as to please their Democrat bosses, will soon be kicking in and will speak for themselves. Companies are already making big payments to workers. Dems want to raise taxes, hate these big Cuts!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2017
Was @foxandfriends just named the most influential show in news? You deserve it - three great people! The many Fake News Hate Shows should study your formula for success!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2017
Home Sales hit BEST numbers in 10 years! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2017
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
Home sales are going to take a big hit because the tax scam bill harms folks living in high tax states (where more people live and drive the economy than elsewhere) will see the limitations on the mortgage interest deduction and SALT slow home sales and slow the economy generally as people are double taxed - especially on the SALT part.
The GOP hates double taxation, except where they think it’ll screw blue states most.
NJ has signaled that they’re looking at a way to mitigate the double taxation hit. Other states are going to start pushing legislation to decouple from the federal changes because it’s going to screw with state budgets in a very harsh way - and states don’t have the luxury of carrying debt as many have constitutional requirements to balance budgets annually.
Today we are going live at the U.S. Botanic Garden, to unveil the plant-based model of our building’s design.
Join us at 9:30 a.m., for a Facebook Live with our curator! https://t.co/4BUyHK3uqw #BuildNMAAHC pic.twitter.com/aKqiNhyEAp— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) December 21, 2017
Nice!!!
This is the position groups like @UNITEDWEDREAM, @IndivisibleTeam, & @MoveOn have been calling on for months, and they’ll be thrilled Pelosi’s holding the linehttps://t.co/168PEzHDj7
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Wonkblog) December 21, 2017
re: #118 The Vicious Babushka
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In Ireland today: county council to rule on @realDonaldTrump plan for a wall to shield his golf club frm rising seas https://t.co/doOOBv7XzM
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 21, 2017
re: #127 lawhawk
I’m not sure how states that actually tax can avoid double taxation. They could shift the manner in which state revenue is collected, but in order for that to do more than sweep the issue under the rug, that manner of collection is going to have to provide a tax deduction.
President Trump commutes sentence of kosher meatpacking executive Rubashkin https://t.co/Md9IwnwYb2 pic.twitter.com/jASA2A51bz
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 21, 2017
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Ivanka Trump on Fox & Friends says tax reform and deregulatory action “will start to erode and ultimately eliminate the national debt”
— Toluse Olorunnipa (@ToluseO) December 21, 2017
Someone should go back to stuffing clamshells with garbage. https://t.co/n268ozRZcs
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) December 21, 2017
Happy holidays America. We takes the money as tolls. We have rolls. We dont need the tolls to get the rolls. We just want the money.
Watched men in tights last night.
re: #128 JordanRules
I was in DC last week, and saw that display. It was amazing to see all those miniatures (they’re doing a holiday display of nation’s roadside attractions - and everything, including the Smithsonian buildings and White House and other DC monuments, are all made out of plant materials).
re: #24 jaunte
With the Trump Admin, it’s hard to tell who’s lying and who’s stupid.
Its not either/or. They are all stupid liars.
re: #133 The Vicious Babushka
No doubt that Kushner got him to do it. Let’s just ignore what got him in prison in the first place.
re: #130 Barefoot Grin
Stands in stark contrast to Obama who (wrongly, I think) let Bush-era folks off the hook for a number of things in the interest of getting the country back on track.
Obama believed that we were one nation, one people and that this action would facilitate cooperation between both sides of the political divide. He really thought he could heal us. Too bad, McConnell, Fox, and other Republicans did not share this vision or objective. We are too broken and so far there is no one in sight who can bring us back together.
re: #138 lawhawk
No doubt that Kushner got him to do it. Let’s just ignore what got him in prison in the first place.
It’s what Jared and his Daddy-in-Law should go to prison for.
“DEMS SAY TAX PLAN HELPS RICH” Partisan headline sure beats “Congressional Budget Office says tax plan helps wealthy over all others.” Fake-Tax rates are what’s holding back our economy. Truth-Taxes & rules that encourage better pay for the bulk of workers is what makes growth.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 21, 2017
re: #129 JordanRules
Nice!!!
Nancy Pelosi tells House Democrats to vote no on CR package that leaves out DREAMers rollcall.com …
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8:15 AM - Dec 21, 2017Pelosi to GOP: You’re on Your Own With CR
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Shouldn’t it also include CHIP?
re: #122 JordanRules
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.@IvankaTrump: “I’m really looking forward to doing a lot of traveling in April when people realize the effect that this has… The vast majority will be [doing their taxes] on a single postcard.” pic.twitter.com/D2bB7WgPIL
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 21, 2017
the people responsible for changing how you pay taxes don’t understand how people pay taxes https://t.co/9gyQCfekK9
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) December 21, 2017
re: #122 JordanRules
It’s time to end Chain Migration: whitehouse.gov pic.twitter.com
— The White House
Such classy very leadership presidency.
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re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
.@IvankaTrump: “I’m really looking forward to doing a lot of traveling in April when people realize the effect that this has… The vast majority will be [doing their taxes] on a single postcard.” pic.twitter.com/D2bB7WgPIL
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 21, 2017
Wow I can’t wait to do my taxes on a single postcard SAID NO TAXPAYING WORKER EVER. #GOPTaxScam (BTW this scam makes taxes more difficult) https://t.co/uvOFiw2kwN
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 21, 2017
re: #139 Hecuba’s daughter
Obama believed that we were one nation, one people and that this action would facilitate cooperation between both sides of the political divide. He really thought he could heal us. Too bad, McConnell, Fox, and other Republicans did not share this vision or objective. We are too broken and so far there is no one in sight who can bring us back together.
Very true and sour grapes on my part. But after seeing the treatment Republicans gave him it’s hard not to be bitter.
re: #124 The Vicious Babushka
What universe does Fox live in?
I thought the economy was already booming thanks to Lord Trump.
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The point is that enough people will receive enough short-term tax relief that they will find the tax bill a great thing and continue voting GOP.
In that sense, the bill is a (political) masterpiece.
re: #146 The Vicious Babushka
Oh good grief with the post card taxes business. Never cared about that even before I started filing online.
re: #142 Hecuba’s daughter
I would’ve hoped so. Maybe they have something else in mind specifically for CHIP.
re: #150 Sir John Barron
Oh good grief with the post card taxes business. Never cared about that even before I started filing online.
Just wait till folks realize that post card ain’t coming. And who will they blame? We know who they will blame—Pelosi!
Well, looks like another Christmas being furloughed and forced to work for no pay at my government job…
re: #143 Joe Bacon 🌹
Oh that reform bill. I remember it.
House Dems will hold a press conference today to announce their support for Mueller, will also announce a letter of support signed by 171 members of Congress.
(Between this & Warner’s speech yesterday, Dems seem really worried Trump will move to fire Mueller over the holidays.) pic.twitter.com/0o8riJtETb— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 21, 2017
re: #146 The Vicious Babushka
.@viciousbabushka True of course. But let’s check the calendar. It’s holiday bonus season, not tax break bonus season.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 21, 2017
re: #61 sagehen
Just, y’know, expect Trump to veto anything a D congress passes. Make him bitch and moan and whine about it, while the D’s make a big public fuss about the great legislation he’s rejecting; that will be the 2020 campaign ad. “Our nominee, if he has the big chair, will sign these bills into law.
And, oh yeah, no hearings for any judicial nominees until Merrick Garland sits on the Supreme Court.
The GOP has set the standard. If the Democrats gain control of the Senate no Trump nominee to the Supreme Court should get a hearing.
re: #62 sagehen
You do realize that Jessica Fletcher killed all those people, framing various and sundry random locals everywhere she went.
I wish they had done that in the series finale. It would’ve been awesome!
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
good grief
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— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 21, 2017
Science disproves yet another alt-right/Odinist/America or Britain First fallacy: Anglo-Saxon is a misleading term to describe the post-Roman Empire inhabitants of the British Isles.
The people of the fifth, sixth and seventh century certainly did not think of themselves as Anglo-Saxons and would not have understood the description. Migration into the UK took place in deep prehistory, throughout the Roman and post-Roman periods - a fact which the Classicist Mary Beard was lambasted for defending on Twitter in August.
Migration then continued with Viking settlement in the ninth and eleventh centuries. Dutch and European migration into England was present throughout the middle ages and particularly pronounced in the 16th and 17th century as Flemish weavers fled religious persecution.
Today, the term Anglo-Saxon is a convenient label for those opposed to future immigration. While it collectively describes some post-Roman and early medieval culture, it has never accurately described a biological ethnicity nor an indigenous people. The DNA evidence points to an integrated people of mixed ancestry who lived side by side.
Anglo-Saxon ancestry is a modern English myth - the English are not descended from one group of people, but from many and that persists in our culture and in our genes.
Researchers discovered, after analyzing medieval DNA samples, that folks back then did not apparently discriminate between Briton (aka Celtic) and Dane (aka Angle, Saxon, Jute or Viking) living within the same community. They observed a common set of cultural norms, regardless of genetic background. Much of the alleged conflict between indigenous Britons and the Germanic invaders appears to come from romantic, literary retconning (to use a term from comic fandom).
Trump has finally done something and surprise! It may trigger the End of Days. #SamanthaBee pic.twitter.com/Npg4qbYNLZ
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) December 21, 2017
Stop this bullshit talk about how you can do your taxes on a postcard.
I can make taxes simple by having the IRS prefill the tax return, and all you have to do is sign it. Tax prep firms would hate that so we don’t have that kind of simplification.
I can reduce the size of the tax return by eliminating the deductions and limitations and credits - and make you pay more tax.
The length of the tax return was never an issue. Most are using tax prep software or tax prep firms to do this work - because it takes time and organization to get your paperwork for the year together. Again, you could eliminate all this since the IRS gets wage info and even financial info from banks and brokerages and uses that info to verify what you’re entering is correct (mismatches trigger audit potentials or IRS additional review).
Again, most people file 1040EZ, which is essentially 1 page. If you itemize, you’d have additional work - and you would still need to do the calculations if you want to see if you benefit from the itemization instead of the standard deduction. That doesn’t change. In fact, it wont change under the tax scam either.
What does change is that people might end up paying more tax and not realize it right away (again, taxes are withheld and if you have to pay more on your return, you’re writing a check for additional tax paid).
Ivanka thinks that all these changes are happening for the April 2018 filing - but that’s for the 2017 tax year, which was mostly unaffected by the tax scam bill.
The changes will essentially affect tax year 2018 and forward. That means the first tax filing due date where these changes show up is April 2019.
She’s a fucking moron and liar to suggest otherwise.
re: #124 The Vicious Babushka
What universe does Fox live in?
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— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
Home Sales hit BEST numbers in 10 years! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2017
Remind me again, who was it imploded the home mortgage industry and precipitate a worldwide financial disaster that WE had to bail out and who never paid us back?
And why did we just give those same sons of bitches a huge tax cut? https://t.co/CxE446TClm— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 21, 2017
re: #164 The Vicious Babushka
Because too many Americans are willing to elect corrupt Republicans. This is the path to destroying all the programs we depend on in our old age.
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
Was @foxandfriends just named the most influential show in news? You deserve it - three great people! The many Fake News Hate Shows should study your formula for success!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2017
The President of the United States basically just admitted (as if it was not already obvious), that he is daily influenced by a specific TV news show.
Let that sink in for a minute.
Think about that in the context manipulating the levers of power in the US.
Then…
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re: #133 The Vicious Babushka
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as i was running this AM, a small musing about @pressec sanders:
if you are aware that most of the things you say are lies, how does your soul rest peacefully at night? after all, you are religious, not an emotionless sociopath, are you?
though if you are not aware, then you are without question the single biggest dupe on the world stage today.
They’re absurd propagandists that do a far-right parody of a morning show that a senile President mistakes for news.
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
currently (to get through a drudge paperwork day):
House Democrats want a SHUTDOWN for the holidays in order to distract from the very popular, just passed, Tax Cuts. House Republicans, don’t let this happen. Pass the C.R. TODAY and keep our Government OPEN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2017
Should be noted that Republicans control Congress and the White House and could pass a C.R. without Democratic support. https://t.co/cwwc80miOX
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 21, 2017
re: #170 dangerman
currently (to get through a drudge paperwork day):
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That is one of the all time greats, especially the piano solo on Swing Swing Swing - the piano player was caught off guard because he never soloed that song and as a result we got perhaps the most glorious bit of that song ever.
When you’re done with that, give this a listen.
Johnny Hodges on sax, Billy Strayhorn arranging & composing & Duke at the top of his game in Fargo ND. Exquisite.
re: #171 JordanRules
Do they need 60 in the Senate?
Did not know this. Wow.
i read a story of incarcerated people being counted for redistricting. Is that everywhere? doesn’t seem like it should be legal.
— Patrick (@pfunk270) December 21, 2017
it’s the norm in many states! prison gerrymandering. Would seem to violate “one person, one vote” rules for districting. Been some legal pushes to eliminate it recently https://t.co/XQygQrEKwc
— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) December 21, 2017
With the Democrats up about 12-13 points in generic polling, there are up to 91 House GOP seats that are vulnerable, and the Dems only need +24 to take control of the House.
#NikkiHaley is taking a giant shit on the #UN right now
— Brian Frydenborg (@bfry1981) December 21, 2017
nikki haley is on my tv and WOW. WOW. WOWWWWW.
— fooler initiative (@metroadlib) December 21, 2017
re: #176 JordanRules
#NikkiHaley is taking a giant shit on the #UN right now
Anyone watching? What’s going on?
Is she ‘taking names’ and further wrecking alliances worldwide?
re: #175 Big Beautiful Door
With the Democrats up about 12-13 points in generic polling, there are up to 91 House GOP seats that are vulnerable, and the Dems only need +24 to take control of the House.
I try to remain hopeful, but… the Dems do have a long sad history of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
re: #174 JordanRules
Don’t want to go too far into it, but there is a lot of ‘nuance’ here. Our state exports prisoners to other states because of critical prison overcrowding. The majority of those prisoners have not lost their voting rights. As a result, our prisoners may, and sometimes do, vote “absentee” from their prisons.
re: #176 JordanRules
So, every country must rubber-stamp every U.S. move because $$$?
re: #178 sagehen
I try to remain hopeful, but… the Dems do have a long sad history of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
I will be happy if they hold their own…again, the tax reform will give enough people enough short-term relief and they will believe pronouncements that the economy is on its was to booming and the only thing holding it back is government meddling in the economy through labor, health and safety regulations
Roy Moore is taking his loss well. pic.twitter.com/kzarLw0CPR
— andrew kaczynski🎅 (@KFILE) December 21, 2017
re: #180 Sir John Barron
So, every country must rubber-stamp every U.S. move because $$$?
or pay up, yes. that is a message that plays well with the GOP base
re: #179 Decatur Deb
Indeed and Vann would certainly agree and always writes his pieces with the appropriate nuances in consideration.
re: #180 Sir John Barron
So, every country must rubber-stamp every U.S. move because $$$?
That’s the Trump Way of getting things done: bribes & threats.
NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Attorney General Sessions orders fresh look at Uranium One deal https://t.co/MkbENa2a9M pic.twitter.com/EGOSKsGVz5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 21, 2017
Because of course.
At this point, once Hillary passes away, the GOP will insist on investigating her corpse for life insurance fraud. “Is she really dead, how can we tell, it IS Hillary after all, she lies about everything!!” https://t.co/0wEPEG1TIQ— Jingle All The K still sez “Ban Nazis!” (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 21, 2017
re: #178 sagehen
I try to remain hopeful, but… the Dems do have a long sad history of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
This year Democrats have been running about 10 points ahead of Clinton on average, so unless the national political environment for Republicans improves significantly, it would be difficult for the Democrats to screw this up.
re: #182 The Vicious Babushka
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Alabama is renowned for its poltically powerful Muslim and Marxist communities.
re: #187 Big Beautiful Door
This year Democrats have been running about 10 points ahead of Clinton on average, so unless the national political environment for Republicans improves significantly, it would be difficult for the Democrats to screw this up.
Hold mah beer.
re: #127 lawhawk
How about a law or Constitutional Amendment stating that each state must be revenue/distribution neutral. That would introduce a large bit of reality for all those Trump/Republican/Tea Party/alt-white voters in Red states that rely on Blue state tax dollars for their own budgets to stay afloat.
re: #186 Citizen K
Reason #21849 why it would be a great thing for Dems to win control of at least one House of Congress.
re: #181 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I will be happy if they hold their own…again, the tax reform will give enough people enough short-term relief and they will believe pronouncements that the economy is on its was to booming and the only thing holding it back is government meddling in the economy through labor, health and safety regulations
As was once said of Yasser Arafat… “they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”
Remind me again why everyone thinks Ivanka ISN’T the dumb one.
.@IvankaTrump: “I’m really looking forward to doing a lot of traveling in April when people realize the effect that this has… The vast majority will be [doing their taxes] on a single postcard.” pic.twitter.com/D2bB7WgPIL
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 21, 2017
Obviously Ivanka has never filed her own taxes and hasn’t thought about this much, but in April people will be doing their 2017 taxes and the new law won’t have taken effect. https://t.co/FwosE0rxfL
— Subscribe to My Newsletter (@mattyglesias) December 21, 2017
re: #172 William Lewis
When you’re done with that, give this a listen.
Johnny Hodges on sax, Billy Strayhorn arranging & composing & Duke at the top of his game in Fargo ND. Exquisite.
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let me give a brief synopsis of what nikki haley just said to the un—
“try it. i fucking dare you. try it. you will never see another DIME of our money. we do what we want and where we put our embassy is none of your goddamned business. try it.”
WOW.
WOW.
WOW.— fooler initiative (@metroadlib) December 21, 2017
Our Ambassador to the UN is officially in the mob protection racket. “It’d be a shame if we cut humanitarian funding and thousands of your citizens died of hunger.” https://t.co/1hoE9F2j8l
— D🔥M (@DomPerinyon) December 21, 2017
Trump Adm thought they were taking Jerusalem off table; instead they’ve guaranteed it will be there for breakfast, lunch, dinner https://t.co/QKQIUQCd0w
— Aaron David Miller (@aarondmiller2) December 21, 2017
re: #185 The Vicious Babushka
That’s the Trump Way of getting things done: bribes & threats.
From now on, each day at the UN should consist of each country paying proper obeisance to the U.S. and especially Lord Trump, without whose gracious benevolence the other stupid countries wouldn’t exist.
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re: #188 Big Beautiful Door
Alabama is renowned for its poltically powerful Muslim and Marxist communities.
Also, according to Moore, “Black Christians” are not really Christian.
re: #193 Blind Frog Belly White
People also often forget to mention her when we speculate on folks going to jail. She’s just as shady as Uday and Qusay.
Lock her up.
re: #190 Rocky-in-Connecticut
How about a law or Constitutional Amendment stating that each state must be revenue/distribution neutral. That would introduce a large bit of reality for all those Trump/Republican/Tea Party/alt-white voters in Red states that rely on Blue state tax dollars for their own budgets to stay afloat.
That’s already the case - but the states get around it because the federal revenue allows them to balance the books. During the great recession, the ARRA of 2009 actually included bailouts to states because they would have seen massive budget deficits as a result of collapsing revenues in violation of state law that would have triggered deep and painful service cuts.
What you’re suggesting is that the states modify their law to segregate spending/budgeting to be revenue neutral without federal spending. On that point, you’d get pushback from most states, since many are not revenue neutral without federal revenues filling in. That goes for states like NY and NJ that send more to feds than get back. Everyone balances the budgets with federal assist. It’s just that that the majority of red states benefit from federal revenues to balance the books on the backs of blue states that send more tax revenue to the feds than they get back.
re: #198 JordanRules
People also often forget to mention her when we speculate on folks going to jail. She’s just as shady as Uday and Qusay.
Lock her up.
Yep. Let’s remember that only a bribe to the Manhattan DA saved her from a fraud indictment.
How much money could members of the Trump team get from the tax bill? CAP ran the numbers:
- Donald Trump: $11m-$15m
- Jared Kushner: $5m-$12m
- Betsy DeVos: $2.7m
- Wilbur Ross, Linda McMahon, Steven Mnuchin, Rex Tillerson: $4.5mhttps://t.co/k7XiahZRux— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 21, 2017
re: #197 The Vicious Babushka
Also, according to Moore, “Black Christians” are not really Christian.
It gets underplayed, but to “nondenomination,” “evangelical” churches, any Christian that doesn’t vote according along reactionary conservative lines isn’t a Christian.
Every time they talk about the pre-eminence of “Christianity” in the USA, or about restoring “Christianity” as a cultural institution, they’re excluding every exegesis that doesn’t cleave to their weird mix of free-for-all interpretation by a small number of charismatic figures (that more than a bit cult-ish), sacred venality, and gleeful anticipation of the Apocalypse.
re: #197 The Vicious Babushka
Also, according to Moore, “Black Christians” are not really Christian.
You have to be considered a person to be considered a Christian, and we know what Moore probably thinks of ‘colored’ folks.
re: #201 sagehen
Those amounts are per year that this scam is in place.
That’s 11-15 million each year that this is in place. Even if the income tax rate cut sunsets, Trump profits, because most of his income is tied to passthroughs.
Same for the rest; most of their income is not wages, but investment income, which is taxed lower, or via passthroughs. They make out like bandits.
re: #62 sagehen
You do realize that Jessica Fletcher killed all those people, framing various and sundry random locals everywhere she went.
Absolutely! Diabolically clever and as evil as she was charming.
Remember this inspiring speech from several years ago? The kid who gave it is all grown up and running for State Senate. Support @ZachWahls! https://t.co/Wjdo0uq12Z
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) December 21, 2017
re: #195 JordanRules
Once again: Diplomacy in the hands of those who disdain the very idea of diplomacy. #ThisIsNotNormal
— Jingle All The K still sez “Ban Nazis!” (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 21, 2017
re: #136 lawhawk
I was in DC last week, and saw that display. It was amazing to see all those miniatures (they’re doing a holiday display of nation’s roadside attractions - and everything, including the Smithsonian buildings and White House and other DC monuments, are all made out of plant materials).
What an awesome experience. I want to get to DC to visit the NMAAHC in the most urgent way!
Legend. pic.twitter.com/GzD0nnZ3WB
— You Had One Job (@YouHadOneJ0B) December 19, 2017
re: #64 TedStriker
Not to mention that Cabot Cove must’ve been the murder capital of the US…
Remember a lot of those murders happened in places she travelled to.
And the fallout and reactions begin trickling in…
BREAKING: Canada considered voting against the UNGA resolution on Trump’s Jerusalem announcement but changed vote to abstention after hearing Trump’s threats in order not to be perceived as US puppet, Western diplomats tell me
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) December 21, 2017
re: #197 The Vicious Babushka
Also, according to Moore, “Black Christians” are not really Christian.
Back when there was slavery, they were real Christians; now they’re too uppity, I guess.///
Fucking moron is gleeful that idiot AG is caving to his pressure to push another pointless investigation into Clinton:
Hey fake news @CNN and conspiracy tv @NBCNews read and learn. https://t.co/LcIp3BieHC
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) December 21, 2017
At the same time, vilify the FBI that is investigating Trump for criminal wrongdoing that helped get him elected by illegally conspiring with Russians to get dirt on Clinton during campaign.
You keep projecting like IMAX to deflect attention from actual crimes.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 21, 2017
Of course Shep Smith had something to say about this Uranium One bullshit too. He called out Hannity for pushing this.
Even Medieval royalty tended to believe in the Divine Right of Kings.
Which perfectly underscores the idea that Trump truly believes he’s not a President, but an Emperor.— Jingle All The K still sez “Ban Nazis!” (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 21, 2017
Trump has truly internalized the godawful “God King” hyperbole from the Reddit and Channer crowds.
Then again, I’m pretty sure mainstream Republicans have internalized it, and I’m not sure just how ‘ironic’ the label was coming from the Channer crowd at this point, if it was ever intended as ‘ironic’.
re: #211 Jebediah, RBG
Remember a lot of those murders happened in places she travelled to.
The most brazen serial killer in American history!
re: #214 lawhawk
Fucking moron is gleeful that idiot AG is caving to his pressure to push another pointless investigation into Clinton:
Of course Shep Smith had something to say about this Uranium One bullshit too. He called out Hannity for pushing this.
Youtube has terminated the account.
re: #210 Big Beautiful Door
Be optimistic; you just helped make a miracle happen!
Channelling the slave who rides the triumphal chariot of the Roman general.
Sanders tries to score points on @kwelkernbc about tax cut bill: “Hopefully you’re one of the NBC reporters that’s getting one of those bonuses.”
“Not yet,” said Welker. pic.twitter.com/LHl8Z2u2nz— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 21, 2017
Bonus.
NOT an increase in wages.
It’s an investment. Venture capital. To manipulate the president into approving the Comcast merger.
And again, if the company has that money NOW, for bonuses, for mergers, why do they need a tax break? https://t.co/LiHFDTXpmt— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 21, 2017
Pretty ironic that we are on the verge of a holiday that venerates a refugee child born in poverty, who grew up to bring good news to the poor and whose namesake religion rejected the worship of both money (remember the moneychangers’ tables?) and idol-gods like Ba’al…
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 21, 2017
Irony is dead, but its ghost haunts us all.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 21, 2017
re: #212 JordanRules
And the fallout and reactions begin trickling in…
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Will you kindly speed up the destruction of your country so that rest of us can continue to go on as before? This Mugabe-on-meth show is getting painful and tiresome.
When Trump says in the video there will be a giant present for American taxpayers, I think of the present my smaller dog leaves in the kitchen floor sometimes.
Hey fake news @CNN and conspiracy tv @NBCNews read and learn. https://t.co/LcIp3BieHC
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) December 21, 2017
you are… literally… tweeting an @NBCNews story. https://t.co/ZjzWNqTkA9
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) December 21, 2017
re: #222 BlueSpotinAL
When Trump says in the video there will be a giant present for American taxpayers, I think of the present my smaller dog leaves in the kitchen floor sometimes.
the bigger the (potential) taxpayer, the bigger the present. And fuck the 47%.
re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth
Christianity as practiced by the loudest and most politically-motivated of Christians has been tainted by the Prosperity Gospel for decades.
Jesus himself could return, quote the KJV Bible ad infinitum and be arrested and deported for being a ‘potential terrorist/communist/thug’— Jingle All The K still sez “Ban Nazis!” (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 21, 2017
And the worst thing is just how much our popular culture has consistently defined Christianity by evangelicalism. It is literally treated as THE only proper form of Christianity on the large scale. You aren’t seen as properly ‘Christian’ by default unless you hate or condescend to the poors enough
re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hey fake news @CNN and conspiracy tv @NBCNews read and learn. https://t.co/LcIp3BieHC
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) December 21, 2017
Dear @seanhannity, thank you for promoting an @NBCNews piece. We appreciate your support. If you are looking for some good background on Uranium One, your @FoxNews colleague @ShepNewsTeam did a superb explainer a couple of months ago. https://t.co/bUgLgkmmhW
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) December 21, 2017
She is just as dumb and evil as Donny Jr and Eric.
Ivanka Trump: Tax cuts and deregulation will ‘ultimately eliminate the national debt’ https://t.co/KnZccQb4YN pic.twitter.com/laS25cKtGB
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) December 21, 2017
Dear Twitterverse: Being truthful about the state of our nation and world does not = losing hope. Hope sees truth and still believes in better. That which dismisses or does not seek truth, but grins, saying “It will be okay,” is naivete, not hope.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) December 20, 2017
First on CNN: Pentagon now saying the Russian military is intentionally violating the de-confliction agreement intended to prevent accidents in the skies over Syria, saying “Russia is failing to genuinely de-conflict airspace in Syria” & “Some of these incidents are not mistakes”
— Ryan Browne (@rabrowne75) December 21, 2017
re: #227 The Vicious Babushka
She is just as dumb and evil as Donny Jr and Eric.
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She is evil because she is lying; she is dumb because eliminating the national debt is a really bad idea.
re: #227 The Vicious Babushka
By eliminating the US…
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ha! Stephanie gives me so much life these days!
re: #208 JordanRules
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I love this.
The Forbidden Dance pic.twitter.com/HwDRCOSq3L
— You Had One Job (@YouHadOneJ0B) December 19, 2017
I just got an email from change.org with a petition to Bob Iger asking Disney to make Leia and official Disney princess.
Slow day over there, I guess.
re: #235 makeitstop
I just got an email from change.org with a petition to Bob Iger asking Disney to make Leia and official Disney princess.
Slow day over there, I guess.
disney’s first cokehead princess?
re: #233 Bass Reeves
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You can’t have fact-based conversations with liars committed to gaslighting and defending the status quo.
Also, their goal isn’t to understand, it’s to seek attention at best, confirm uninformed worldview in the middle, and actively target and harm at worst.— Trudy (@thetrudz) December 21, 2017
Wow. This thread.
This exactly. Every goddamned word of this thread every goddamned day on Twitter. Right here. https://t.co/s7POwzoLkJ— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 21, 2017
Russia hacked the RNC data center. Access to every bad deed the GOP involved in or covered up for, over past 20 years+
— random facts girl. (@soychicka) October 27, 2017
re: #238 dangerman
we gonna pay off all maturing t-notes, bills and bonds and stop issuing them?
Declare bankruptcy and walk away. It’s the Trump way.
BREAKING: The first six plaintiffs in the #j20 inauguration protest trials (including San Antonio’s @LexShoots) have been found NOT GUILTY by a DC jury. Background: https://t.co/2m15jAcMCd
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) December 21, 2017
ALL DEFENDANTS ACQUITTED ON ALL CHARGES #J20 #J20trial
— Peter Sterne (@petersterne) December 21, 2017
re: #241 The Vicious Babushka
Declare bankruptcy and walk away. It’s the Trump way.
considering his model was in fact to do everything by borrowing (and losing) other people’s money, you’d think the national debt would be a good thing.
In your 12/19/17 letter, @SenRonJohnson, you call PTT’s emails “privileged.” Here’s a pic of the pre-election Trump campaign agreement, referencing IT rules, and a pic of GSA’s standard IT rules. I urge you to be careful until you see all relevant docs. https://t.co/FOppjM2RoM pic.twitter.com/RISfsrvsb1
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 21, 2017
This document appears to be evidence Trump transition lawyers were just making stuff up in a desperate attempt to smear Mueller investigation, since .gov emails are not private. And Mueller has ALL of Jared Kushner’s .gov transition emails. What is Kushner afraid of? https://t.co/3EqBdWnrsq
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 21, 2017
re: #245 Backwoods_Sleuth
Funny they didn’t think Hillary’s State emails were “privileged”.
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Very, very important. A year from now the courts might go the other way. That would be a waymarker.
It’s the shortest darkest day of the year and there’s a bright fresh dandelion on my lawn.
UNGA resolution on #Jerusalem adopted. Here’s the result pic.twitter.com/CU4xQkmR9f
— Nabil Abi Saab (@NabilAbiSaab) December 21, 2017
#Jerusalem resolution adopted at UNGA despite Trump / Haley threat:
•128 Yes
•9 No: Guatemala, Israel, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Togo, US
•35 Abstained https://t.co/7AyTCVEkFD— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) December 21, 2017
re: #245 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’ll reiterate Rep. Ted Lieu’s ongoing question:
WHY DOES KUSHNER STILL HAVE SECURITY CLEARANCE?
Yeah, it’s screaming - but that’s because it deserves to be asked and answered. There’s absolutely no reason for him to still have clearance given all that we know he’s done- from lying on the SF-86s multiple times, to what the emails are turning up.
This admin doesn’t read, isn’t paying attention to the rule of law, and thinks it can do anything it wants. The GOP Congress is letting them do what they want - abrogating the rule of law and ignoring 2+ centuries of law in the process. The GOP is violating their oaths by refusing to hold Admin accountable.
One source tells me the closed House Judiciary/Oversight meeting with FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has yet to begin as Republicans are “strategizing” about the interview. McCabe is in the room with 13 Dems and 0 Republicans.
— Michelle Dubert (@michelledubert) December 21, 2017
The deputy FBI director is alone in the hearing room with 13 Dems while Republicans meet privately to “strategize.” https://t.co/OQ2GKzjJl2
— Dafna Linzer (@DafnaLinzer) December 21, 2017
re: #251 makeitstop
The GOP needs to coordinate their talking points, while Democrats know what the deal is.
re: #108 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Rather reminds me of The Rifleman. This was actually one of the more peaceful of the ca. 1960 westerns, since problems were occasionally solved without resort to firearms. Even so, Lucas McCain managed to eliminate 120 bad guys during the 5 year run.
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I have wanted to see a series showing what kind of person Mark McCain grew up into after seeing his dad kill so many men.
re: #251 makeitstop
Yeah. These GOP folks will be totally fine if he fires Rosenstein and starts process to get rid of Mueller. Traitors. Cowards.
Tell me this isn’t exactly Trump pic.twitter.com/AsHh4Rw7A1
— Bryan Brown (@thisbryanbrown) December 21, 2017
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 21, 2017
Remember this chart next time you hear Republicans say they’re struggling to find money for health insurance for children but their tax cuts are easily affordable. https://t.co/XJKJaf9j6i pic.twitter.com/0tYcelNiOq
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) December 21, 2017
How twisted must your priorities be to argue with a straight face that CHIP must be offset less than a day after passing a $1.5 Trillion tax go way to the rich and corporations? https://t.co/TTUpvcsHQm
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) December 21, 2017
Slowly, but surely they are coming down.
Confederate statues come down in Memphis
(CNN)Crews worked through the night Wednesday to remove two Confederate statues from parks in Memphis, Tennessee, after city officials sold the land to a nonprofit entity.
*snip*
Strickland said the parks were sold for $1,000 each to a nonprofit called Memphis Greenspace.
re: #8 Belafon
What I posted to Amazon:
“3 stars: A Bit Derivative
yet better than what I did at that age. Suggest that the author not read either poetry or punk rock lyrics for awhile while trying his had at some classical form. His grasp of language makes me feel that he could be quite good at sonnets or Shakespearean blank verse. The long piece about the perfumer could really gain from that kind of reworking.
All of this is simply a complicated way to say: Good job. I will look forward to seeing your next book. “
re: #8 Belafon
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At WH, official announces travel/photo lid with a “Merry Tax-mas.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 20, 2017
Our $1 million TV ad blitz begins Christmas day. Last night, we gave @FoxNews a first look at “Thank You, President Trump!”🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Hnp1eCft78
— AmericaFirstPolicies (@AmericaFirstPol) December 21, 2017
A little girl in this ad says, “Thank you, President Trump, for letting us say ‘Merry Christmas’ again.” https://t.co/jlfTKUYkpp
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) December 21, 2017
JUST IN: Sessions orders Justice Dept to launch new probe of Uranium One deal https://t.co/ZCViA6hFRb pic.twitter.com/WS9R742GeN
— The Hill (@thehill) December 21, 2017
Next week Sessions will order an investigation of chemtrails. https://t.co/sCaIiXZUUl
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 21, 2017
re: #248 Decatur Deb
It’s the shortest darkest day of the year and there’s a bright fresh dandelion on my lawn.
Quick, grab the Roundup.
Franken rips Trump, tells GOP senators to “stand up for truth” in final floor speech https://t.co/atZW2bCGYD pic.twitter.com/9VF8SPoI9q
— The Hill (@thehill) December 21, 2017
re: #248 Decatur Deb
It’s the shortest darkest day of the year and there’s a bright fresh dandelion on my lawn.
Hard to remove dandy lions
re: #261 The Vicious Babushka
A little girl in this ad says, “Thank you, President Trump, for letting us say ‘Merry Christmas’ again.”
Our $1 million TV ad blitz begins Christmas day. Last night, we gave @FoxNews a first look at “Thank You, President Trump!”🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Hnp1eCft78
— AmericaFirstPolicies (@AmericaFirstPol) December 21, 2017
…
Needs moar female Naval Infantry.
This Mike Pence “prayer” of thanks to Trump is excruciatingly, stomach-churningly uncomfortable to watch. The ritual submission and exaltation is nearly pornographic. This is not America. pic.twitter.com/FN6y2X2K73
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) December 20, 2017
Until Trump, I believed that official public spectacles of personal loyalty and nationalism that reminded me of the Stalinism were limited to dictatorships. https://t.co/gctNDnsfuk
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) December 21, 2017
re: #248 Decatur Deb
It’s the shortest darkest day of the year and there’s a bright fresh dandelion on my lawn.
Our Australian friends may have a differing opinion on the matter.
re: #248 Decatur Deb
It’s the shortest darkest day of the year and there’s a bright fresh dandelion on my lawn.
I always look forward to the first one every year. That little splash of yellow warms my heart even more than the physical sun. Tends to keep the earliest bumble bees going too.
re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth
Now Franken needs to rescind his resignation so Trump can’t just dismiss his words.
re: #269 Joe Bacon 🌹
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He’s got the Tyrannical “praise me or else” crossed arm pose down pat I see.
I not only say Merry Christmas. Last night, I lit my Christmas tree for the first time in 8 years. I had been scared for somebody saw the lights. Thank goodness Christmas is back
— Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) December 21, 2017
(parody account for those who are unfamiliar)
re: #261 The Vicious Babushka
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But AT&T and Comcast are heavily dependent on regulatory kindnesses from the executive branch. They both just profited immensely from the overturning of the 2015 net neutrality regulations. And AT&T, as we’ve discussed, is desperate for the Justice Department to allow its acquisition of Time Warner. Boeing is extremely dependent on government contracts and what it doesn’t sell to the US government is highly dependent on exports, which are of course also highly dependent on trade policies of the executive branch.
There’s no doubt each of these companies is, corporately, extremely happy with the passage of this bill. It pushes through a major cut in the tax rates for corporations. It’s just as obvious this is a choreographed effort to validate administration claims that the bill’s payoffs to the super wealthy will actually be passed down to ordinary Americans. It is just as obviously currying favor with an administration that has repeatedly shown a ready willingness to act capriciously with its regulatory powers - to reward friendly businesses and punish those who don’t show reflexive support.
re: #261 The Vicious Babushka
It was horrible when Obama put people who said Merry Christmas in FEMA camps. The alternate-universe that wingnuts live in is horrifying, but President Stupid will make everything OK.
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
Say hello to Percy. He is a Luxembourgish Ricotta Flop. A breed known for their sweaters. 12/10 would let him break my heart pic.twitter.com/FTmajvQ4UX
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) December 20, 2017
This is Scout. She hopes you’re doing well. When you have a sec she’d like to speak with you about hardwood floors and traction. 13/10 pic.twitter.com/R0PxIxqtSV
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) December 21, 2017
re: #272 darthstar
Now Franken needs to rescind his resignation so Trump can’t just dismiss his words.
He leaves on Jan 2.
re: #269 Joe Bacon 🌹
It’s like living in North Korea, and the Fox News victims have no idea that anything is wrong.
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
Where was he radicalized?
Oh come on. I would have to do SOMETHING to justify such a high honour. Who do you want killed?
— Tim Skellett (@Gurdur) December 21, 2017
Maybe at the renderer’s place.
/all
re: #262 Ace-o-aces
Trump is using the justice department to go after a private citizen that he hates, over a faux scandal cooked up by Republican propagandists. This is not my America. We need to remove Trump’s enablers from office.
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
Not even political opponents. Clinton is now a private citizen being attacked by a mad President over a faux-scandal cooked up by Republican propagandists. The Republicans have forgotten how to be Americans.
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
re: #279 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I’m surprised Pence could speak that coherently with his mouth full. This crap went on for HOURS yesterday. It’s like they are totally daring someone to stop them. Nothing has so far, so I guess that’s where they get the idea they own us. And the country and all it’s resources.
Are you high? pic.twitter.com/Pk7yPCeACr
— Holly O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) December 21, 2017
Stupid fucking idiot. https://t.co/RZBA2BtiBQ
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 21, 2017
re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s not even a useful idiot.
Police say a man wielding two handguns tried to storm into an Ohio hospital’s psychiatric services emergency room before struggling with an unarmed security officer. https://t.co/JWKZBYefv7
— AP Eastern US (@APEastRegion) December 21, 2017
Hospital video shows shooting at UC Health psych facility yesterday. Suspect Isaiah Currie (correct spelling) shot unarmed security guard then killed himself. @Local12 pic.twitter.com/G8tkRd2wWb
— Jeff Hirsh (@local12jeff) December 21, 2017
(UC is University of Cincinnati)
Fuck Trump and the GOP. They wrote a shitty bill, they should get it in process as quickly as possible.
Trump Might Not Sign Tax Cut Crap-A-Thon This Year Because They Accidentally Fucked It Up MORE https://t.co/Wfs59UoqQU via @DoktorZoom
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) December 21, 2017
@realDonaldTrump - if you’re so proud of that stupid fucking tax bill, sign it now. Don’t wait until 2018, you fucking coward. Sign it. Or is someone else telling you what to do?
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 21, 2017
re: #283 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
So weird to hear that the Attorney General who prosecuted a woman for laughing at him might not be running the DOJ in good faith
— Cousin Zeddy (@ZeddRebel) December 21, 2017
re: #290 lawhawk
I think women should follow him around and laugh and point wherever he goes. Racist hell elf.
Javanka’s Troubles - next up on Litigations of the Rich and Famous https://t.co/K7Xc3JNp3J via @politico
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 21, 2017
I’m already starting to hear upper income Trump voters in high tax states wonder aloud what they have done to themselves. Doing the math of the new tax regime living around the NYC area means a lot of them are going to be paying a little MORE in taxes.. mind you, these are not multi-millionaires that can simply walk off into the sunset living on a Greek island or estate in Southern France..
These are finance , head surgeon, SVP level types making $500k-$800k /yr in NY and CT and getting word from their tax guys that it looks like a higher bill is expected from the Trump tax structure. They are livid. They got conned. The real winners are the multi-millionaires who are going to walk away with a huge pile of $$$ loot.
And just wait in a short 4 years or so when the bill comes due for this massive giveaway to the wealthy. The upper middle guy is going to be shafted with a pringles can.
Roy Moore blames ‘thousands of black, Latino, and Muslim voters’ for loss to Doug Jones https://t.co/QeZY6iCpRT pic.twitter.com/70jtT2sKFp
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 21, 2017
Dear Roy,
“black, Latino, and Muslim” = Americans.
And if you want their votes, then you have to represent their ideals.
THAT’S HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS, YO.
Sincerely, America. https://t.co/C9dScD9mVb— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 21, 2017
Time to investigate high ranking Obama government officials who might have colluded to prevent the election of @realDonaldTrump! This could be WORSE than Watergate!
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 21, 2017
When you’ve given Trump your last shred of dignity and your soul is empty. Jump on the Trump train, @randpaul! https://t.co/hULyHgjIkF
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 21, 2017
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
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In other words I lost because the people I treated like shit used their rights as Americans. Who’s playing identity politics now Alt right assholes?
This kind of nonsense should bring about your own impeachment for making absolutely baseless accusations that are not grounded in reality.
You are a rabble rousing liar who is trying to suck up to a fact-free Trump admin and your own reactionary know-nothing supporters.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 21, 2017
Speaking of trolls, elfs, and reactionary know-nothings, Rand Paul has emerged from the bandages (and no one still knows what the hell happened in that altercation with his neighbor).
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
Roy Moore blames ‘thousands of black, Latino, and Muslim voters’ for loss to Doug Jones thinkprogress.org pic.twitter.com
— Judd Legum
Sore loser. What a whiny baby.
re: #298 darthstar
Time to investigate high ranking Obama government officials who might have colluded to prevent the election of @realDonaldTrump! This could be WORSE than Watergate!
— Senator Rand Paul
I remember well when President Obama begged Wikileaks (Russia) to hack Trump and the RNC’s emails at every campaign rally.
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re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
The sad thing is that a lot of Republicans are Ok with him being a racist piece of shit. It took child-molesting to make him barely-unacceptable to Alabama.
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
re: #298 darthstar
Trump-Russia is a lot worse than Watergate. Stop betraying America to try to save a traitor!
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
Asshole.
Look at this smug lying mother fucker & granny-starver.
If you’re living paycheck-to-paycheck—which is more than half of the people in this country—and you got #2059more from a tax cut next year, that’s not nothing. pic.twitter.com/8TKtrMqRa1
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) December 21, 2017
I’d say you live in a fantasy-world, but you’re not even a real person.
You’re a Twitter account named after a traitor that’s used to post absurd propaganda.— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
re: #308 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
It’s a bot.
Another lying mother fucker offers you this shit chopped liver sandwich.
After years of work, dozens of hearings, and an open process, we passed an historic overhaul of our nation’s tax code. It will deliver #TaxReform to families and small businesses across the nation. pic.twitter.com/L7lfltKx5e
— Leader McConnell (@SenateMajLdr) December 20, 2017
re: #310 The Vicious Babushka
Years of work and passed in the middle of the night. Why did it take so long? Hmm. Keep taking those victory laps asshole.
re: #309 lawhawk
It’s a bot.
As I said, it’s not a real person.
When an account has Trump in their username, you know they’re not a genuine person there to have a discussion. They’re a propaganda bot, whether human or software.
re: #310 The Vicious Babushka
Another lying mother fucker offers you this
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You’re as bad as Trump. The whole party is rotten to the core and incapable of telling the truth about anything.
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
Holy shit! Jesus is an Aries? Cool.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 21, 2017
re: #313 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
You’re as bad as Trump. The whole party is
rottencorrupt to the core and incapable of telling the truth about anything.
May I suggest using the word “corrupt” as often as possible to help make it a thing whenever the GOP is discussed?
re: #307 The Vicious Babushka
“Oh, and that $170 a month? That is an average. Most of you assholes aren’t going to see a fucking dime!”
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 21, 2017
re: #314 darthstar
It gets better.
Christmas was not celebrated by the Puritans who came to North America to escape persecution because they considered it a pagan holiday. They banned it.
Christmas in 17th century England actually wasn’t so different from the holiday we celebrate today. It was one of the largest religious observances, full of traditions, feast days, revelry and cultural significance. But the Puritans, a pious religious minority (who, after all, fled the persecution of the Anglican majority), felt that such celebrations were unnecessary and, more importantly, distracted from religious discipline. They also felt that due to the holiday’s loose pagan origins, celebrating it would constitute idolatry. A common sentiment among the leaders of the time was that such feast days detracted from their core beliefs: “They for whom all days are holy can have no holiday.”
This meant that Christmas wasn’t the only holiday on the chopping block. Easter and Whitsunday, other important historical celebrations, were also forbidden. Bans like these would continue through the 18th and 19th centuries (the US House of Representatives even convened on Christmas in 1802). As Puritanism started to fall out of favor, however, Christmas was almost universally accepted throughout the US by 1840, and was eventually declared a National Holiday in 1870.
re: #310 The Vicious Babushka
Another lying mother fucker offers you this
shitchopped liver sandwich.
These people….
re: #317 lawhawk
It gets better.
Christmas was not celebrated by the Puritans who came to North America to escape persecution because they considered it a pagan holiday. They banned it.
I’d love to see FNC explain that to their viewers but they’d probably just write off the Puritans as “New England liberal elitists.”
re: #316 Kragar
Barry Bonds and I hit an average of 381 home runs in baseball.
Of course, I hit zero, and he hit 762, but that’s the average - that counts for something… right?
re: #310 The Vicious Babushka
Another lying mother fucker offers you this
shitchopped liver sandwich.
Also, Trump can’t reveal his taxes because he’s under audit….
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re: #307 The Vicious Babushka
and you got #2059more from a tax cut next year, that’s not nothin
What is Ryan talking about? Was that the Bill number?
If someone in middle quintile saves $2000 as an average, there will be people who get even bigger refunds, but many more will see no benefit or actually have to pay more in tax. That’s by design.
Instead of making this a focused tax cut for the middle class (or everyone but the rich), this is a scam and everyone knows it - the GOP is lying about who benefits and for how much. They’re touting average numbers that don’t hold up under scrutiny and they willfully ignore the CBO/JCT scoring that showed where the benefits were going and when.
re: #323 Sir John Barron
He’s claiming that’s what people will see in tax refunds (or savings). Neither will be true - and the earliest they see this benefit is 2019 when the 2018 tax returns are done. It doesn’t change the 2017 tax year.
re: #323 Sir John Barron
What is Ryan talking about? Was that the Bill number?
Claiming people “who live paycheck to paycheck” will receive 2059 rubles or kopecks or bitchips which is a number he just pulled out of his ass.
Most disturbing part of the tax cut to me is making the corporate rate permanent and the income not but liberalscare the elites.//
re: #301 lawhawk
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Speaking of trolls, elfs, and reactionary know-nothings, Rand Paul has emerged from the bandages (and no one still knows what the hell happened in that altercation with his neighbor).
I’d bet he shot his mouth off and suddenly the realization he wasn’t grandstanding in some rally became painfully clear.
re: #318 allegro
Pisces. :)
Late March is Aries. I know that because I am one. :)
I take back one of the bad things I said about Jesus.
Damnit, my Twitter follower account is up to 371. 369 looked so much nicer.
james Okeefe at conservative student convention is recruiting kids to go undercover, says starting secret college campus spy program. Lara Trump there too. pic.twitter.com/uTXj5IX9xl
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) December 20, 2017
I wonder what would happen if someone started a GoFundMe or Fundrazr for $10,000 to anyone who provides enough evidence to put @JamesOKeefeIII in prison. https://t.co/xJmpMTq2b8
— Patrick (@TrickFreee) December 20, 2017
Why do you want so desperately to stop PV? Why? https://t.co/khIXWwcAGz
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) December 20, 2017
Oh! I know the answer to this one!
Because you’re a twisted little shit who routinely goes after good people and organizations to enrich yourself and damage this country. https://t.co/lfsfT2cDcv— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 21, 2017
re: #331 Kragar
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First off, nice diversity they have there, secondly don’t these kids have anything better to do, & why the fuck?
re: #296 Rocky-in-Connecticut
I’m already starting to hear upper income Trump voters in high tax states wonder aloud what they have done to themselves. Doing the math of the new tax regime living around the NYC area means a lot of them are going to be paying a little MORE in taxes.. mind you, these are not multi-millionaires that can simply walk off into the sunset living on a Greek island or estate in Southern France..
These are finance , head surgeon, SVP level types making $500k-$800k /yr in NY and CT and getting word from their tax guys that it looks like a higher bill is expected from the Trump tax structure. They are livid. They got conned. The real winners are the multi-millionaires who are going to walk away with a huge pile of $$$ loot.
And just wait in a short 4 years or so when the bill comes due for this massive giveaway to the wealthy. The upper middle guy is going to be shafted with a pringles can.
They will need their lawyers and accountants to restructure themselves as LLCs so they can get that big pass-through deduction.
UPDATE: Defying threats from Pres. Trump and Amb. Haley, UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn Pres. Trump’s Jerusalem decision. https://t.co/SzZcdmITyV pic.twitter.com/j7mT28QmT4
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 21, 2017
Final vote: 128 in favor. 9 against. 35 abstentions. pic.twitter.com/MXRimxtvmi
— Mark Leon Goldberg (@MarkLGoldberg) December 21, 2017
In UN vote to condemn US Jerusalem move, Micronesia and Palau were Trump’s rock-solid allies https://t.co/xBWBSc2VvU
— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) December 21, 2017
Marshall Islands too
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) December 21, 2017
re: #331 Kragar
Probably because Project Veritas is horribly misnamed. It’s more “Project Heavily Edit Videos to Smear Decent People and Organizations while Siphoning Money from Rich Republican Sugar Daddies to Fuel my Addiction to Horrible Clothing and Haircuts.”
re: #326 The Vicious Babushka
Claiming people “who live paycheck to paycheck” will receive 2059 rubles or kopecks or bitchips which is a number he just pulled out of his ass.
Chuck E. Cheese tokens.
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #331 Kragar
Why do you want so desperately to stop PV? Why?
james Okeefe at conservative student convention is recruiting kids to go undercover, says starting secret college campus spy program. Lara Trump there too. pic.twitter.com/uTXj5IX9xl
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) December 20, 2017
I wonder what would happen if someone started a GoFundMe or Fundrazr for $10,000 to anyone who provides enough evidence to put @JamesOKeefeIII in prison. https://t.co/xJmpMTq2b8
— Patrick (@TrickFreee) December 20, 2017
— James O’Keefe
This guy’s never going to pay for continually getting busted about all the lying his organization does, is he?
re: #334 FormerDirtDart
Slovenia voted yes…Melania may have smiled today.
I see that various robber baron corporations; AT&T, Wells-Fargo, etc.; have relabeled some end-of-year bonuses as special tax-cut inspired bonuses.
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re: #338 Sir John Barron
This guy’s never going to pay for continually getting busted about all the lying his organization does, is he?
Unfortunately I don’t think so.
re: #307 The Vicious Babushka
If you’re living paycheck-to-paycheck—which is more than half of the people in this country—and you got #2059more from a tax cut next year, that’s not nothing. pic.twitter.com
— Paul Ryan
Since Trump’s GOP, including Ryan, don’t accept basic scoring numbers from CBO or anywhere else, how do we know any tax number regurgitated by the Speaker is accurate?
re: #330 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Damnit, my Twitter follower account is up to 371. 369 looked so much nicer.
Block your new followers!
re: #342 Sir John Barron
It isn’t. They latched on to a number thrown out at random and hope no one catches the lie (we did).
Erdogan today on Trump possibly cutting aid after UN vote: “I am calling on the whole world: never sell your democratic will in return for petty dollars”
— Kylie Atwood (@kylieatwood) December 21, 2017
Kind of takes away from the sentiment when one authoritarian calls out another authoritarian. https://t.co/6Q8lbMZtQr
— J (@jdf0325) December 21, 2017
re: #340 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
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WATCH: Tapper hits GOP senator for discussing welfare cuts: “You just gave me and Anderson Cooper a huge tax break” https://t.co/H6lC2NzOOZ pic.twitter.com/uThbgrySDX
— The Hill (@thehill) December 21, 2017
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Republicans Blame Election Losses On Democrats
11/07/06 7:01pmWASHINGTON, DC—Republican officials are blaming tonight’s GOP losses on Democrats, who they claim have engaged in a wide variety of “aggressive, premeditated, anti-Republican campaigns” over the past six-to-18 months. “We have evidence of a well-organized, well-funded series of operations designed specifically to undermine our message, depict our past performance in a negative light, and drive Republicans out of office,” said Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman, who accused an organization called the Democratic National Committee of spearheading the nationwide effort. “There are reports of television spots, print ads, even volunteers going door-to-door encouraging citizens to vote against us.” Acknowledging that the “damage has already been done,” Mehlman is seeking a promise from Democrats to never again engage in similar practices.
re: #347 darthstar
It does, but it also shows how low the Republicans have sunk.
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
re: #349 FormerDirtDart
That’s how you do it. Show the radicalized right that they’ve been chumped into working for the wealthy elites yet again. Republicans only harm the common man, but their propaganda has worked so far.
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 21, 2017
Has anyone seen all the idiot Muslims on British boxer Amir Khan’s IG post threatening him with death for daring to post a photo of a Christmas tree at his house?
Holy fuck, I’ve been having a field day over the comments here. I’m riled up like no other.
While everyone’s asleep, daddy put the Christmas tree up. Lamaisah’s going to be happy #Christmas #MerryChristmas2017 🎄 😘
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