Seth takes a closer look at President Trump celebrating Easter by ranting about immigrants while more key members of his Cabinet are accused of corruption.
HAVE YOU EVER RENTED A CAPITOL HILL CONDO FROM A LOBBYIST FOR BELOW-MARKET VALUE? pic.twitter.com/AISovos5Sy
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) April 3, 2018
When pigs fly pic.twitter.com/UJJ6NH2ZlS
— 🐩 Really Don’t Trump (@ReallyDontTrump) April 3, 2018
Glad they cleared that up. pic.twitter.com/S7L0CvHd5q
— John Smith Chicago (@JohnSmithChgo) April 3, 2018
WaPo editor @PostBaron sets the record straight: The Post is independent from Amazon and Trump’s claim to the contrary is “completely made up.” https://t.co/IhMvll2YqZ Plus read Marty on Jeff Bezos’ hands-off approach to our journalism —> pic.twitter.com/IkUySfJwWv
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 3, 2018
re: #3 jaunte
The Bunny has been known to successfully run an enterprise.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) April 3, 2018
White House official to me, on today’s stock market sell off: “We’re focused on long term fundamentals. We’re not really reacting to market fluctuations.”
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) April 2, 2018
Unless it goes up. Then every member of the royal family will tweet their heads off. https://t.co/9aUJeYEMSy
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) April 2, 2018
This Sinclair broadcasting thing is so fucked up, though I suppose it was the inevitable evolution of jouralism becoming beholden to corporate interests.
Trump Official Wants To Put Tight Leash On Consumer Watchdog Agency
The Trump administration will ask Congress to make drastic changes to weaken the independence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, NPR has learned.
Sources familiar with the matter tell NPR that the CFPB’s interim director, Mick Mulvaney, will ask lawmakers to restructure the bureau in his upcoming semi-annual report to Congress. The sources asked not to be named, because they aren’t authorized to speak on the matter. The bureau officially announced the move Monday afternoon, after this story first published.
Mulvaney wants to give Congress control over the CFPB’s budget and to require that any major new rules created by the bureau to protect consumers be approved by Congress before they can go into effect.
He will also ask Congress to give the president more power over the bureau’s director, according to the sources. These changes would be a major shift for the bureau, which was designed to be independent from political influence — effectively placing the consumer watchdog on a short leash under the direct control of Congress and the White House.
Literally appointed to destroy the entire agency from within. That was Mulvaney’s purpose from the start
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
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They danced around every day the market closed up. But as soon as the market loses ground, they go silent and mutter about “fundamentals.”
re: #6 Anymouse 🌹
Shameless comment promotion
A person who was in the Vietnam War in a different P-3 squadron from my father’s notes the day in question, including the shootdown of my father’s aircraft.
When the bunny raised it’s hands, I thought “DON’T SHOOT!!!”
Moved from dead thread
.@tedcruz: “The story of Sutherland Springs was not the loss, not the horror, not the evil we saw. it was how the community came together and rose as one in the face of that disaster.” And how Stephen Willeford w/ an AR-15 (applause) intervened. “That’s Texas. That’s who we are” pic.twitter.com/bExAPxDDjK
— jonathantilove (@JTiloveTX) April 3, 2018
You know what, Ted? I survived the Battle of An Loc, even got a medal for it. It was no less a hell-show for that; bodies by the thousands. The stench has never left me.
Fuck you with a gnarly pine branch.
re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg
This Sinclair broadcasting thing is so fucked up, though I suppose it was the inevitable evolution of jouralism becoming beholden to corporate interests.
It was the inevitable conclusion of Saint Ronald of Reagan’s discard of the Fairness Doctrine.
I fixed the post where I noted a Vietnam Vet from the Navy offered information to me about my father’s death. (I’d deleted the wrong comment on my post here.)
In response to the Sinclair message aired: “WMSN/FOX47 Madison did not air the Sinclair promotional announcement during our 9pm news this weekend. Rather, we stayed true to our commitment to provide our Madison area viewers local news, weather and sports of interest to them.” pic.twitter.com/MdQ568cWrH
— FOX 47 Madison (@fox47madison) April 2, 2018
Check this video out. Stephanie Ruhle was sitting in for Chuck “Meat” Todd this afternoon and had Richard Painter and Hugh “Goofy” Hewitt on talking about EPS head Scott Pruitt. It broke out in a heated discussion then and outright shouting match. It’s a good thing they were both in remote locations. I think Painter was ready to jump through the TV and punch goofy Hewitt. Hewitt is such a hard wingnut to take.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And way back in December, 2016, Charles Pierce issued some advice for you know who:
Big WaPo scoop—->>> Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House https://t.co/5eE239oBTe
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 10, 2016
I told him not to fck with Marty Baron. But would he listen? This is the only story that matters. https://t.co/cUCV5DHWcq
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) December 10, 2016
re: #17 Backwoods_Sleuth
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We should use this to find a way to drive news stations to report two things:
1. National Politics
2. Local news.
What I would like to see less reported on is other city’s news, namely the murder in tiny town X or the corruption in City Not-Mine. The reason for this is that reporting what happens in every freakin’ town tends to make things like crime seem far worse than they are. To me, it’s the biggest reason crime rates are down yet everyone thinks that crime is worse than ever.
re: #5 Belafon
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The bunny also provides a nice service for the kiddies at Easter. At no charge, delivering all those eggs and sweets in colorful fun baskets.
I see Tweets by RepGregStover
is still an active account on Twitter (impersonating a non-existent state representative in my state)
re: #17 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is this a Sinclair station?
#NowPlaying Sturgill Simpson > High Top Mountain > You Can Have the Crown https://t.co/y2Wm5hURkR
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) February 22, 2018
re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg
This Sinclair broadcasting thing is so fucked up, though I suppose it was the inevitable evolution of jouralism becoming beholden to corporate interests.
Naaah, more like “devolution”, though I’m not sure it’s anything particularly new: a large percentage of “journalism” has always had a Corporate Head Office Master to have to consider - especially when it comes to political orientation (Hearst Papers come to mind - or the old Chicago Tribune). I agree that the Sinclair thing is fucked up, mainly as they also seem to push religious “viewpoints” along with the politics - but the main difference nowadays seem to be that - unlike the Good Old Days when there were often competing outlets (most sizable towns might have a “Republican” paper and a “Democratic” one), today there doesn’t seem to be much media choice in a lot of places. Outside of the Internet, of course.
Thankfully neither of my local channels are owned by Sinclair. Not YET anyway.
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well, I guess they’ll find out the consequences for breaking the Sinclair rules.
The fake state representative has a fake voter claiming he voted for the fake state rep who also could stand to be voted off Twitter’s island.
Tweets by anti3DPDre: #28 Cheechako
Well, I guess they’ll find out the consequences for breaking the Sinclair rules.
In Madison?
re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg
Thankfully neither of my local channels are owned by Sinclair. Not YET anyway.
NJ and Philly seem to be Sinclair-free for the moment. Fox 29 in Philly has done some obvious on-air editorializing from time to time, though.
re: #28 Cheechako
Well, I guess they’ll find out the consequences for breaking the Sinclair rules.
What’s Sinclair going to do? Fire everyone because they refused to be obliging peons?
Now that the word is out about the bullshit employment contracts, it should be interesting watching the legal shitfight that will ensue if Sinclair decides to “make an example” of this station.
re: #30 whitebeach
In Madison?
Yeah, they can tell them they’d have lost half their audience share over night if they actually read that tripe there.
So much more winning!
Value of Iowa hogs dives as China threatens tariffs https://t.co/MGgvftz8KY pic.twitter.com/Ox9hrzYLt1
— KCCI News (@KCCINews) April 2, 2018
Iowa had the biggest swing of any state in the country that Obama won in 2012 from Obama to Trump in 2016 - and now this. https://t.co/EXkab7pu8T
— Zach Wahls (@ZachWahls) April 3, 2018
Hard is not impossible.Keep those peace signs up. pic.twitter.com/eUj4JRjqIV
— Sam Fuentes (@funkpuncher) April 2, 2018
And, on this note, I’m out of here tonight. Time for the next Spanish lesson. Pasta Luigi (hasta luego).
London has won the most murders in the world for the month, beating New York City which holds the infamous award for most of the other months of the year - https://t.co/vEdN4sKbXW
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 3, 2018
Wrong and wrong, real news guy https://t.co/7tMGZkfTuK
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 3, 2018
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
What’s Sinclair going to do? Fire everyone because they refused to be obliging peons?
Now that the word is out about the bullshit employment contracts, it should be interesting watching the legal shitfight that will ensue if Sinclair decides to “make an example” of this station.
That’s what I was thinking. From what I’ve heard the talking heads can’t quit without severe financial penalties so I guess they have to really fuck up in order to be fired. Are there penalties if they are fired?
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
What’s Sinclair going to do? Fire everyone because they refused to be obliging peons?
Now that the word is out about the bullshit employment contracts, it should be interesting watching the legal shitfight that will ensue if Sinclair decides to “make an example” of this station.
That’s what Clear Channel, er iHeartRadio did, right? Just automate the stations. I’m sure someone’s got “Jack for Local TV” just about finished.
re: #37 Cheechako
That’s what I was thinking. From what I’ve heard the talking heads can’t quit without severe financial penalties so I guess they have to really fuck up in order to be fired. Are there penalties if they are fired?
apparently the “it’s a liquidation fee not a penalty” applies when fired as well.
yep…that sounds legal…
Come after me David Hogg. I was closer to a shooting than you. Come after a celebrity survivor of gun violence. I fully support the 2nd Amendment. Want to attack someone closer to the reality you claim. Look no further. Let’s go you entitled young one.
— KAYA (@KayaJones) April 1, 2018
Unknown backup singer claims to be a survivor of Las Vegas shooting while trolling David Hogg.
Reality: She was miles away at a club when the shooting occurred. https://t.co/YU9mPRIRin— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) April 3, 2018
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
What’s Sinclair going to do? Fire everyone because they refused to be obliging peons?
Now that the word is out about the bullshit employment contracts, it should be interesting watching the legal shitfight that will ensue if Sinclair decides to “make an example” of this station.
Sinclair did get the right to have other stations provide the feed, but I don’t see it happening in a big city.
re: #34 Backwoods_Sleuth
So much more winning!
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“Ted Nugent whines he’s a victim of ‘hate speech’ after his attack on Parkland teens backfires”
re: #34 Backwoods_Sleuth
So much more winning!
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Steve King country. I hope the farmers out there get sick of taking a beating for Trump and vote Steve King out of office. You know King will excuse these tariffs.
Between messing with NAFTA and tariffs a lot of conservatives in the midwest are going to be hit by Trump great business policies. But many voted for the Great Business Man Trump…he was going to make things great.
re: #18 ObserverArt
Check this video out. Stephanie Ruhle was sitting in for Chuck “Meat” Todd this afternoon and had Richard Painter and Hugh “Goofy” Hewitt on talking about EPS head Scott Pruitt. It broke out in a heated discussion then and outright shouting match. It’s a good thing they were both in remote locations. I think Painter was ready to jump through the TV and punch goofy Hewitt. Hewitt is such a hard wingnut to take.
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Not even Hannity is a bigger Trump hack than Hugh Hewitt.
Alex Van Der Zwaan, who pleaded guilty to lying to Mueller’s investigators, is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow morning; he will be the first person sentenced in the special counsel investigation. pic.twitter.com/2L9aDYFVCM
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) April 2, 2018
State Department confirms that Russia can replace the diplomats, alleged to be intel officers, expelled last week.
US “is not requiring the Russian bilateral mission to reduce its total number of personnel” a spox says. New accreditation to be reviewed on a “case-by-case basis.”— Julian Borger (@julianborger) April 2, 2018
The Kremlin was boasting and laughing about this on Russian TV two days ago. Putin enjoys showing there’s no limit to the humiliation Trump will accept from him. Helps him rally his gang facing sanctions. https://t.co/iAdIg2b3i5
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) April 2, 2018
re: #47 GlutenFreeJesus
Seeing variations of this floating around on FB. I’m pretty damn sure David never said this… ?
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Don’t these losers have anything better to do than go after a kid? Oh I know. He criticized their precious guns so he’s the enemy.
Oh man, that look! Looks miserable and thinking “How in the hell did I get this gig?!?!”
And the Easter Bunny doesn’t look too happy either. pic.twitter.com/Hkq6DMUnjt— YS (@NYinLA2121) April 2, 2018
re: #49 HappyWarrior
Don’t these losers have anything better to do than go after a kid? Oh I know. He criticized their precious guns so he’s the enemy.
No doubt. I’m just trying to verify that he never actually said this.
re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Even if true, it’s not a fucking contest. The hate for this kid is pathetic. Disagreeing with him fine but calling him a pussy? A Nazi? Fuck off, you’re the problem & a bullying pos.
re: #52 GlutenFreeJesus
No doubt. I’m just trying to verify that he never actually said this.
I’m not sure but correct me if I’m wrong, that’s a WWII photo isn’t it?
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
What’s Sinclair going to do? Fire everyone because they refused to be obliging peons?
Now that the word is out about the bullshit employment contracts, it should be interesting watching the legal shitfight that will ensue if Sinclair decides to “make an example” of this station.
Late in his presidency, not long before he decided not to run again, LBJ is reported to have told a general who wanted yet another grotesque expansion of the Vietnam War, “That’s fine, general, but if I do that, how long do you think it will take half a million Americans to come over those walls out there and lynch their president?”
In Madison it would be more like, “OK, Sinclair, how long do you think it will take forty thousand really pissed-off college students to shred your station like ropa vieja?”
If he said that, he definitely was talking about civilians. Big difference between that and the armed forces, most of whom are older than he is.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
What’s Sinclair going to do? Fire everyone because they refused to be obliging peons?
Now that the word is out about the bullshit employment contracts, it should be interesting watching the legal shitfight that will ensue if Sinclair decides to “make an example” of this station.
Yeah, seems to me missing pissing off a bunch of reporters won’t end well.
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Trump voter and Iowa hog farmer Tim Schmidt tells me Chinese tariffs will cost him $35k/year. 3,700 jobs at risk in his county alone. If tariffs don’t change, says his vote at risk.
— Erin Burnett (@ErinBurnett) April 3, 2018
re: #54 HappyWarrior
I’m not sure but correct me if I’m wrong, that’s a WWII photo isn’t it?
Yup. And before AR-15s even existed. But oh. Liberals don’t know the difference between a clip and a magazine.
re: #58 Interesting Times
His vote is only at risk? The stupidity of Trump voters continues to amaze me.
re: #58 Interesting Times
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Oh his vote isn’t at risk. All Steve Thing, Senator Phony Joni and President Asshole have to do is play the race card to keep his vote in their pockets!
re: #59 GlutenFreeJesus
Yup. And before AR-15s even existed. But oh. Liberals don’t know the difference between a clip and a magazine.
I heard AR-15 stands for “Allah’s Rifle model 15”.
re: #47 GlutenFreeJesus
Seeing variations of this floating around on FB. I’m pretty damn sure David never said this… ?
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If he did say it, I would think it was in the context of earlier generations of schoolkids never had to face ARs like the students in Parkland did.
Which would be very true.
Plus to me using a picture of troops is itself strange. Comparing war to school makes the student’s point. Their schools are turning into war zones.
re: #59 GlutenFreeJesus
Yup. And before AR-15s even existed. But oh. Liberals don’t know the difference between a clip and a magazine.
Yeah I thought that was a Higgins Boat I saw or a PT boat.
re: #61 Joe Bacon 🌹
Oh his vote isn’t at risk. All Steve Thing, Senator Phony Joni and President Asshole have to do is play the race card to keep his vote in their pockets!
You’re right and that’s why I don’t feel too bad.
re: #63 ObserverArt
If he did say it, I would think it was in the context of earlier generations of schoolkids never had to face ARs like the students in Parkland did.
Which would be very true.
Plus to me using a picture of troops is itself strange. Comparing war to school makes the student’s point. Their schools are turning into war zones.
Exactly but stupid memes are well stupid memes.
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— Albert D (@BigAlDell) April 3, 2018
Those who sign up for the Military should expect they may one day be in a position of being shot at by men with assault weapons.
14 year olds reporting for home room should, ideally, have no such expectation.
re: #60 Skip Intro
His vote is only at risk? The stupidity of Trump voters continues to amaze me.
Well, look at the example they feel obligated to follow…
I heard an economist on NPR this afternoon stating that China is the market for 17% of the US’ pork exports (who knew?) - and that they’re an even bigger part of market for bulk grains like corn or soybeans. The big problem is that the Chinese aren’t vitally dependent on said imports, and slapping a retaliatory tariff on them is going to hurt us a lot more than it will them. Typical of Trump: he wants to ramp up a trade war, but ignores the fact that agricultural products are one of our few remaining export products: and those farmers aren’t going to forget who it was that fucked up their overseas sales. And it’s unlikely ragging on “MS-13” is going to change their minds….
re: #29 Anymouse 🌹
Looks like a larval form of gateway pundit.
re: #69 Eclectic Cyborg
Those who sign up for the Military should expect they may one day be in a position of being shot at by men with assault weapons.
14 year olds reporting for home room should, ideally, have no such expectation.
Exactly.
re: #61 Joe Bacon 🌹
Oh his vote isn’t at risk. All Steve Thing, Senator Phony Joni and President Asshole have to do is play the race card to keep his vote in their pockets!
Sadly, that’s why I expect all these teachers’ strikes to come to nothing. Their students’ parents, and indeed most of the teachers, are too afraid of the black and the brown and the “librul” to ever support education.
re: #73 Brian J.
Sadly, that’s why I expect all these teachers’ strikes to come to nothing. Their students’ parents, and indeed most of the teachers, are too afraid of the black and the brown and the “librul” to ever support education.
And yet, the teachers’ strikes have support from the parents, who are also coming out to picket.
We’ll have to see, but strikes are one of the few tools you can use to get the attention of a business or government.
re: #44 ObserverArt
“Between messing with NAFTA and tariffs a lot of conservatives in the midwest are going to be hit by Trump great business policies. But many voted for the Great Business Man Trump…he was going to make things great.”
They didn’t think he’d ever do anything that would have a negative impact on them, but now they see might be able to begin to see that they were wrong. I read the article at the link in which the farmer is talking about the effect the Chinese tariffs are having on the value of his hogs. The guy’s already losing more money than he can afford to lose. I feel sorry for him because he says he bought his farm when he was very young. The governor is talking about how she “doesn’t agree with Trump” on this issue and is willing to “take him on.” It’s strange that many conservatives don’t care about certain things until those things affect them.
nothing quite like the false equivalence of sitting unarmed in a classroom watching your classmates get gunned down to coming off of a landing craft after being in boot camp for three months learning how to be a fucking soldier.
obviously for our wingnut buddy, they appear to be the same fucking thing….
re: #47 GlutenFreeJesus
Seeing variations of this floating around on FB. I’m pretty damn sure David never said this… ?
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It’s a puzzlement….
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