And Now, the Stunningly Corrupt Anti-Environment Head of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, "Resigns"

And Now, the Stunningly Corrupt Anti-Environment Head of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, “Resigns”

Announced on Twitter

PoliticsJuly 2018 • Views: 38,995

The only question now is whether Trump is going to nominate this corrupt climate change-denying swamp dweller for the Supreme Court, or have Jeff Sessions “resign” and install Pruitt as Attorney General.

Because they always come back.

I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. The Senate confirmed Deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 5, 2018

…on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 5, 2018

Andrew Wheeler is another corrupt functionary in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry, and a hard core climate change denier who used to work as a staffer for Sen. James Inhofe. So the destruction of the environment and plundering of America’s resources will continue unabated.

UPDATE at 7/5/18 1:04:37 pm by Charles Johnson

BREAKING: @EPAScottPruitt resignation letter to @realDonaldTrump. Obtained by @johnrobertsFox: pic.twitter.com/A3ErO84hLQ

— Fin Gomez (@finnygo) July 5, 2018

Also see

Andrew Wheeler | Trump Town | ProPublica

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479 comments

HappyWarrior Jul 5, 2018 • 12:48:50pm

Good. I know Wheeler isn’t much better and Trump will try to bring Pruitt back in somehow but it’s a win and it has them on the defensive.

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 12:49:38pm

Scott Pruit Googling “are Twitter resignation-firings official?”

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 12:50:26pm

Caution @Uber and @lyft #ScottPruitt is in Washington DC and if you have to pick him up he may have heavy bags of money with him . There will be no tip

— Jake from state farm (@my2bits4u) July 5, 2018

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 12:51:22pm

Democrats seek probe of EPA’s Pruitt meeting records https://t.co/4zCTvFBlmW via @politicususa

— (((Anna))) (@TallyAnnaE) July 5, 2018

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 12:51:48pm

Things are happening so fast that if I stop to read a thread about the early Republican party, I miss out on breaking news.

EPR-radar Jul 5, 2018 • 12:53:31pm

If Trump is doing this to set up Pruitt for a higher office, AG is more likely than SCOTUS justice.

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 12:54:54pm

Here is the new acting @EPA administrator. He has a LONG list of former lobbying clients, including energy and coal clients. https://t.co/ro6jL4IhKC

— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) July 5, 2018

Andrew Wheeler: Former Compensation Sources

Archer Daniels Midland strategic advice and counseling
Bears Head LNG Corp Registered lobbyist on behalf of the company
Energy Fuels Resources Inc Registered lobbyist on behalf of the company.
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP Served as a consultant and attorney employed
directly by the firm.
General Mills strategic advice and counseling
Growth Energy strategic advice and counseling
Insurance Auto Auctions Inc Registered lobbyist on behalf of the company
International Paper strategic advice and counseling
Murray Energy Registered lobbyist on behalf of the company
Sargento Food Inc Registered lobbyist on behalf of the company
Underwriters Laboratories Registered lobbyist on behalf of the company.
Xcel Energy Registered lobbyist on behalf of the company

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 12:55:23pm

re: #6 EPR-radar

If Trump is doing this to set up Pruitt for a higher office, AG is more likely than SCOTUS justice.

I suspect Pruitt resigning throws a kink into the moving-him-to-AG-without-confirmation gambit. There are rather specific rules. It would have been better to keep him on board and then force Sessions to resign.

Sir John Barron Jul 5, 2018 • 12:56:37pm

re: #7 jaunte

Doesn’t really seem the ideal resume of an environmental protector.

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 12:57:30pm

I’m guessing Pruitt has drained a lot of swamp into his coffers.

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 12:57:35pm

re: #9 Sir John Barron

Specializing in calendar, meeting, and phone call protection.

Unshaken Defiance Jul 5, 2018 • 12:58:01pm

re: #6 EPR-radar

If Trump is doing this to set up Pruitt for a higher office, AG is more likely than SCOTUS justice.

Resigned under the weight of corruption scandals is the perfect resume in the Trump admin. As long as they get away with it.

Kragar Jul 5, 2018 • 12:58:15pm

BREAKING: @EPAScottPruitt resignation letter to @realDonaldTrump. Obtained by @johnrobertsFox: pic.twitter.com/A3ErO84hLQ

— Fin Gomez (@finnygo) July 5, 2018

Pruitt expresses no remorse for the countless ethics allegations that’ve dogged him, instead attributing his resignation to “the unrelenting attacks” from others. https://t.co/3JvHsgS1nw

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 5, 2018

Kilroy was here Jul 5, 2018 • 12:58:33pm

re: #7 jaunte

He is Vice President of the Washington Coal Club.

No not kidding..

Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 12:59:33pm

re: #4 jaunte

Just read that there are 19 open investigations into Pruitt’s griftiness. I’m hoping that he’ll be hauled into court in the near future. He wasn’t qualified for his EPA position and obviously took the position only to get his grubby hands on tax payer money.

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 1:00:59pm

re: #15 Patricia Kayden

Just read that there are 19 open investigations into Pruitt’s griftiness. I’m hoping that he’ll be hauled into court in the near future. He wasn’t qualified for his EPA position and obviously took the position only to get his grubby hands on tax payer money.

He took the job to damage the department. Grabbing money while there was just one of his tools.

The Vicious Babushka Jul 5, 2018 • 1:01:23pm

So does this mean that Trump will fire Sessions and appoint Pruitt as AG?

blueraven Jul 5, 2018 • 1:02:11pm

re: #13 Kragar

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Ugh…that sloppy, pathetic, love letter to Trump!

A Mom Anon Jul 5, 2018 • 1:02:17pm

These guys don’t just disappear though. I just want the shit he stole from America back. And see his ass in jail.

Bubblehead II Jul 5, 2018 • 1:02:41pm

re: #15 Patricia Kayden

Just read that there are 19 open investigations into Pruitt’s griftiness. I’m hoping that he’ll be hauled into court in the near future. He wasn’t qualified for his EPA position and obviously took the position only to get his grubby hands on tax payer money.

I have a feeling there are pending indictments coming down the line and tRump is off loading him as fast as he can. We saw this the other day when it was reported Pruitt was “within inches” of being fired.

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 1:03:21pm

re: #6 EPR-radar

If Trump is doing this to set up Pruitt for a higher office, AG is more likely than SCOTUS justice.

It going to be a tough sell to make Pruitt Attorney General what with all the corruption allegations and all. Surely there will be Republicans that know putting this corrupt dandy in as AG is wrong. He’s too hot.

…

…aww who am I kidding? But I can still hope until it is done.

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 1:04:56pm

I’ve concluded that Trump thinks he can drag the US back to the early 1950s - races knowing their place, women knowing their place, heavy smokestack industries booming, etc. He wants to undo the global supply chains, international cooperation, etc.

He thinks if he drags US back there, the rest of the world has to follow. This is the basis of him offering Macron a sweetheart deal if France leaves the EU. But, you know, we’re not Frances biggest trading partner. That’s Germany. Put together all the EU countries, and the total dwarf trade with the US. Why would France fuck up relations with its biggest trading partners for the sake of #3 or 4?

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 1:06:44pm

re: #22 Blind Frog Belly White

Trump forgets, or maybe never knew, that most of the rest of the world was still recovering from the devastation of WW2 in the early fifties. But not any more.

BigPapa Jul 5, 2018 • 1:07:34pm

One of these days I’ll log on to the ‘puter and see ‘Trump resigns/arrested/indicted/dead of heart attack/stroked out’ and until then nothing is shocking anymore.

HappyWarrior Jul 5, 2018 • 1:08:00pm

re: #17 The Vicious Babushka

So does this mean that Trump will fire Sessions and appoint Pruitt as AG?

It’s certainly possible. More likely I think Pruitt returns in an adviser position not requiring confirmation. Trump likes recycling his swamp monsters.

A Mom Anon Jul 5, 2018 • 1:08:42pm

Ed Shultz died at his home in DC this morning of natural causes. He wasn’t my favorite human, but I could actually get my dad to listen to his “liberal talk show” sometimes.

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 1:08:47pm

re: #23 jaunte

Trump forgets, or maybe never knew, that most of the rest of the world was still recovering from the devastation of WW2 in the early fifties. But not any more.

And if we continue to abandon our leadership role in the world, there’s at least one other major power that would be happy to take up the slack, in exchange for less emphasis on things like democracy, freedom, and human rights.

RexMundi Jul 5, 2018 • 1:09:28pm

I’m not sure how this works, but since Pruitt resigned, does this mean that he would have to be reconfirmed by the Senate to take over for Sessions, or can he still just be appointed without Senate approval? Depending on how this goes, I’m either optimistic or extremely pessimistic about what comes next.

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 1:09:57pm

The evangelical underpinning to all the Pruitt thievery is sickening.

Sir John Barron Jul 5, 2018 • 1:10:03pm

re: #13 Kragar

Witch hunt!!!

Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 1:10:23pm

re: #8 Belafon

“I suspect Pruitt resigning throws a kink into the moving-him-to-AG-without-confirmation gambit.”

Thank goodness for that. As an AG, he’d immediately terminate Rosenstein and then work on stopping Mueller’s investigation.

Sir John Barron Jul 5, 2018 • 1:10:51pm

re: #28 RexMundi

I’m not sure how this works, but since Pruitt resigned, does this mean that he would have to be reconfirmed by the Senate to take over for Sessions, or can he still just be appointed without Senate approval? Depending on how this goes, I’m either optimistic or extremely pessimistic about what comes next.

He would have to be reconfirmed by the Senate for the AG spot in any event, resignation or not.

lawhawk Jul 5, 2018 • 1:10:54pm

Trump, who made his reality tv career out of firing people, couldn’t be bothered to fire an utterly shameless corrupt EPA chief.

He allowed him to resign (and one needs to look at whether that means he gets to benefit that way as well).

He didn’t fire Pruitt, which is why when Trump says he did an outstanding job, he means that he and the GOP absolutely approve of Pruitt trying to destroy/sabotage the EPA from within.

The GOP has sought to gut the enforcement capabilities and oversight of polluters for decades, and Pruitt has been the most successful of the GOP efforts on that front. They were backing his every move, even when Pruitt turned out to be a corrupt crony in every sense and picking up everything that wasn’t bolted down in the process.

Trump wants more like Pruitt in his admin because his goal isn’t to govern, but to destroy functioning government so that the GOP can enact another round of tax cuts for millionaires - claiming that failed agencies have no business getting funding, and who cares that air quality sucks, there’s lead in the water, and people are seeing lower life expectancies here due to the pollution spewed by the companies setting the policies.

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 1:11:13pm

re: #22 Blind Frog Belly White

I’ve concluded that Trump thinks he can drag the US back to the early 1950s - races knowing their place, women knowing their place, heavy smokestack industries booming, etc. He wants to undo the global supply chains, international cooperation, etc.

He thinks if he drags US back there, the rest of the world has to follow. This is the basis of him offering Macron a sweetheart deal if France leaves the EU. But, you know, we’re not Frances biggest trading partner. That’s Germany. Put together all the EU countries, and the total dwarf trade with the US. Why would France fuck up relations with its biggest trading partners for the sake of #3 or 4?

Add in that trading between European countries was a great way to have stopped all the hate between the countries from the major wars of the 20th Century. Cooperation is much better than France and Germany hating on each other.

Also, I’m kind of wondering, is Trump trying to drive a wedge between Macron and Merkel?

Sir John Barron Jul 5, 2018 • 1:11:24pm

re: #13 Kragar

Always the victim.

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 1:12:26pm

Today’s mandatory 30-second mental exercise for all GOP House and Senate members. Ask: why left/media so focused on destroying certain Trump officials —Pruitt, Mulvaney, Zinke. Answer: Because they are most effective reformers. Remember: Support is how to reward that courage.

— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) April 26, 2018

lawhawk Jul 5, 2018 • 1:12:27pm

Statement from CREW on the resignation of Scott Pruitt: “Good.” pic.twitter.com/TZHMHBFAQo

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 5, 2018

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 1:13:12pm

That’s 30 seconds their brains will never get back, Kimberley.

Sir John Barron Jul 5, 2018 • 1:13:13pm

re: #36 jaunte

Can I have Takes That Didn’t Age Well for $800, Alex?

Dr Lizardo Jul 5, 2018 • 1:13:28pm

re: #23 jaunte

Trump forgets, or maybe never knew, that most of the rest of the world was still recovering from the devastation of WW2 in the early fifties. But not any more.

It was a singularly unique moment in history - just as new powers gradually arose in the wake of the Late Bronze Age collapse or in the aftermath of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, so America reached its zenith in the wake of WWII, the most destructive war in human history.

Sir John Barron Jul 5, 2018 • 1:14:20pm

re: #36 jaunte

Remember, blind and uncritical support of everyone Trump is the only acceptable course of action.

Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 1:14:47pm

Pruitt takes absolutely no responsibility for anything unethical in that letter. He blames the whole thing on “the unrelenting attacks on me and my family.”

HappyWarrior Jul 5, 2018 • 1:15:38pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

Pruitt takes absolutely no responsibility for anything unethical in that letter. He blames the whole thing on “the unrelenting attacks on me and my family.”

No shock there.

BeachDem Jul 5, 2018 • 1:16:00pm

And in her lengthy mag-splaining about Pruitt, Mags lets us know that if you are around people who are wealthier than you, you just naturally become a fucking thief.

Pruitt once harbored political ambitions. Then he joined a Cabinet that was vastly wealthier than he was.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 5, 2018

Sir John Barron Jul 5, 2018 • 1:16:04pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

Pruitt takes absolutely no responsibility for anything unethical in that letter. He blames the whole thing on “the unrelenting attacks on me and my family.”

Buh bye

mmmirele Jul 5, 2018 • 1:16:52pm

re: #29 jaunte

The evangelical underpinning to all the Pruitt thievery is sickening.

This. He tried to cloak himself in God, all the way to his resignation letter. He’s disgusting.

Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 1:17:09pm

re: #36 jaunte

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Good on Liberals for getting all the trash out. We still need to work on getting Trump out of the White House though. He’s the biggest piece of trash.

lawhawk Jul 5, 2018 • 1:19:56pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

Pruitt takes absolutely no responsibility for anything unethical in that letter. He blames the whole thing on “the unrelenting attacks on me and my family.”

That’s as he was trying to take everything that wasn’t bolted down with him and profit from his position in every way he could - including trips on the taxpayer dime, foisting his expenses on to his underlings instead of official travel accounts, hiding his business from public scrutiny, etc.

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 1:20:10pm

Seriously? You’re going to try this again, after what @KevinMKruse did to you?

OK then. Let’s take a look at the history of the Republican Party, shall we?

— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) July 5, 2018

From 1854-1865, Lincoln and the GOP took a stand against rich oligarchs who had taken over the country. The GOP pioneered an active government that helped regular Americans, believing that a democratic government should give equal access to resources so everyone could rise.

— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) July 5, 2018

marxists.org

“Address of the International Working Men’s Association to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America”
- Karl Marxhttps://t.co/cuD5mMrBPV

— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) July 5, 2018

lawhawk Jul 5, 2018 • 1:20:25pm

re: #36 jaunte

Trump and GOP were cheering those three on because their ultimate intent is to do away with EPA, CPFB, and DOI - or hobble them to such an extent that they are impotent to protect the environment, protect consumers, or protect wildlands and manage federal lands generally.

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 5, 2018

HappyWarrior Jul 5, 2018 • 1:21:07pm

re: #49 gocart mozart

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Lincoln’s GOP was also welcoming towards immigrants too.

Sir John Barron Jul 5, 2018 • 1:21:17pm

re: #36 jaunte

Ask: why left/media so focused on destroying certain Trump officials

Holding Trump officials accountable = “destroying” them.

BeachDem Jul 5, 2018 • 1:21:55pm

re: #45 Sir John Barron

Buh bye

That letter is absolutely nauseating—“you are serving as president because of God’s providence…my desire in service to you has always been to bless you…I pray that as I have served you I have blessed you”

Talk about a god-emperor complex.

HappyWarrior Jul 5, 2018 • 1:22:26pm

re: #53 BeachDem

That letter is absolutely nauseating—“you are serving as president because of God’s providence…my desire in service to you has always been to bless you…I pray that as I have served you I have blessed you”

Talk about a god-emperor complex.

Yep.

Dave In Austin Jul 5, 2018 • 1:25:49pm

You helped make that Joe. You will now own it. The Marmilade Menace is the stinking Albatross around your neck. Good luck removing it.

— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 5, 2018

HappyWarrior Jul 5, 2018 • 1:27:10pm

re: #55 Dave In Austin

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Welcome to your movement, Joe. Maybe we weren’t wrong about them being you know deplorable.

EPR-radar Jul 5, 2018 • 1:27:12pm

re: #49 gocart mozart

Has this gem shown up in that twitter timeline yet?

Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. — that communist, Abraham Lincoln, in his first SOTU speech

RexMundi Jul 5, 2018 • 1:29:18pm

re: #32 Sir John Barron

He would have to be reconfirmed by the Senate for the AG spot in any event, resignation or not.

I hope you’re right. The reason why I bring this up is from reading this article
nymag.com

See excerpt:

The straightest shot he has is by using something called the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. This 1998 law allows Trump to fill a vacated Cabinet position with any person who has been confirmed by the Senate for another position. So, if Sessions were to leave — how he leaves could matter a lot, but put that aside for the moment — Trump could install, say, Pruitt in his place, since the Senate already confirmed Pruitt for EPA administrator. And Pruitt could serve for up to 210 days without Senate confirmation — long enough to fire Mueller and all his staff, or at least seriously derail their work.

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 1:30:48pm

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jul 5, 2018 • 1:32:19pm

re: #55 Dave In Austin

This is what American “conservatism” is. Basing politics on hating modern Americans and minorities was never going to end well. You helped build this.

— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 5, 2018

BigPapa Jul 5, 2018 • 1:32:51pm

If Trump was chosen by divine providence, then he must be protected at all costs.

That’s how it works.

The hamfisted authoritarian narcissist is supported by theocrats.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 1:32:56pm

If he names Pruitt to the Supreme Court we know that Armageddon is just around the corner…

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 1:37:55pm

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ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 1:38:02pm

I see The Daily Caller has the can of slime out and is using it against Jim Jordan’s accusers. Looks pretty messy.

Here is a link…I am not going to post any of it, even if it does shine a bad light on the two former wrestlers.

The Daily Caller - JIM JORDAN’S ACCUSERS HAVE A SKETCHY HISTORY, RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR ‘AUTHENTICITY’

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 1:38:25pm

NEWS - @LannyDavis, the Clinton-era White House official, tells me he’s been retained by @MichaelCohen212 as he prepares for a potential legal onslaught from prosecutors and a potential PR onslaught from Trump associates.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 5, 2018

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 1:40:33pm

This didn’t age well. https://t.co/eTZ1kgtsZ4 pic.twitter.com/PZEZDddVQD

— Mike Warren (@MichaelRWarren) July 5, 2018

Unless you’re watching Fox News right now, in which case it affirms exactly what you’re hearing: Pruitt was mistreated by the media and basically run out of office by a woman in a restaurant with a baby. https://t.co/iemExpanoQ

— Ginger Gibson (@GingerGibson) July 5, 2018

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 1:41:17pm

Now that Scott Pruitt is out, this coal lobbyist will take his place https://t.co/8WWQ78Xg3y pic.twitter.com/vD3aF0XqDq

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 5, 2018

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 1:41:48pm

Hey @realDonaldTrump where are you going to lunch tomorrow?

— Kristin Mink (@KristinMinkDC) July 5, 2018

LOL, this is the woman who confronted Pruitt at lunch last week. https://t.co/ymQhDKtQL0

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) July 5, 2018

Big Beautiful Door Jul 5, 2018 • 1:42:14pm

re: #16 Belafon

He took the job to damage the department. Grabbing money while there was just one of his tools.

Part of the plan. Money wasted isn’t spent on environmental protection

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 1:43:38pm

Voldemort, Bellatrix Lestrange, Dumbledore and Harry Potter smiling for a photo. pic.twitter.com/HIXnvMviCa

— Mood:Vintage (@moodvintage) July 5, 2018

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 1:44:57pm

Will Scott get to work at his wife’s Chick-Fil-A?

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 1:55:58pm

THIS JUST IN!

The sole casualty of the Second Civil War is James Woods…

Archangelus Jul 5, 2018 • 1:56:56pm

Good riddance to a locust named Scott Pruitt. Sadly for those of you in Congress who enabled his rampage by abdicating your duty, this departure closes the door on your opportunity for redemption. You’ve set a new bar for government ethics, and we‘d need shovels to fall below it.

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 5, 2018

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 1:57:30pm

When you know you’re the next distraction. pic.twitter.com/12r0vwQInb

— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 5, 2018

Varek Raith Jul 5, 2018 • 1:57:38pm

Lions kill suspected rhino poachers who sneaked onto South African game reserve
Karma.

lawhawk Jul 5, 2018 • 1:58:15pm

re: #67 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

BREAKING: White House introduces Scott Pruitt’s replacement pic.twitter.com/r3sCwCGm1W

— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) July 5, 2018

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 1:59:52pm

re: #68 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Ha…her Twitter bio: Pissed Off Mom.

Hell yeah. Go Kristin Mink!

I hope what she did inspires a whole new pissed off mom movement.

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 2:01:45pm

.@summerbrennan is right. It DOES look more ridiculous when you frame it this way. pic.twitter.com/Ci5kajZ7rL

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) July 5, 2018

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 2:02:51pm

FUN FACT: A business can not effectively function with a 30% turnover rate. The Trump White House is hoverin’ right around 60%. #PruittBooted

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) July 5, 2018

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 2:03:39pm

re: #66 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

If that’s all it takes, then we need to deploy mothers everywhere.

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 2:04:41pm

re: #72 Joe Bacon 🌹

THIS JUST IN!

The ~~sole~~ soul casualty of the Second Civil War is James Woods…

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 2:04:50pm

re: #72 Joe Bacon 🌹

James Woods is the Carter Page of Stephen A. Douglases

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 2:06:21pm

re: #79 jaunte

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THAT explains the Navy.

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 2:07:09pm

Now that he’s gone, what’s your favorite Scott Pruitt crime? I think mine is when he fired an underling for refusing to cover up for him. But really, there are so many it’s hard to pick. https://t.co/cMBv3Y0IXE

— Roy Edroso (@edroso) July 5, 2018

You could have entire award categories.

For weirdness: “it puts the lotion on expenses”
For brass balls: demanding his wife get a $200k gig and his daughter a college place
For moustache twirling evil: putting hotel bills on 25 year old staffers’ cards and refusing to reimburse https://t.co/gldYqLMtuR

— Danielle “OK FINE IT’S COMING HOME” Blake (@abradacabla) July 5, 2018

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 2:07:51pm

I’m pretty sure a “small amount” of tuberculosis is capable of infecting a crap load of people

A “small amount of tuberculosis” may have been released as a frozen lab sample was being transported in an internal bridge at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, a hospital spokesperson says https://t.co/1NswTRMNrj pic.twitter.com/ZgggKNi7q7

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 5, 2018

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 2:08:04pm

hey i don’t know if you noticed but my food bowl is completely empty.

LOOK AT IT KAREN.

(marutheshiba IG) pic.twitter.com/APSZ0HMwQr

— Clint Falin (@ClintFalin) July 5, 2018

Varek Raith Jul 5, 2018 • 2:08:24pm

re: #85 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

I’m pretty sure a “small amount” of tuberculosis is capable of infecting a crap load of people

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 2:12:15pm

Pruitt mistakenly wrote his resignation letter as if he was stepping down from the majestic of court of a absolute monarch, not the President of the United States. https://t.co/LZebkdwBbB

— David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) July 5, 2018

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 2:15:05pm

Your Faithful Special Friend.

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 2:16:18pm

This is Evangelical thinking 100%. The God-chosen nature of elected officials was drilled into us when I was a kid.#Exvangelical voices like @brchastain @C_Stroop and many more really need amplification right now.

We can explain so much of this.

— Susan Money (@susanemoney) July 5, 2018

Varek Raith Jul 5, 2018 • 2:17:11pm

re: #91 jaunte

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DAMN YOU LOKI!

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 2:17:32pm

Pruitt resignation letter. pic.twitter.com/rPkWBlmsV4

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 5, 2018

The obsequious suck-uppery; blaming it all on “unrelenting attacks on me personally, [and] my family” (Nixon had more class!); finally, the references to God and Providence meant to sanctify his bullshit; yeah, he’s written the new Republican template for high office. https://t.co/qhCEk2DYNU

— Roy Edroso (@edroso) July 5, 2018

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 2:18:00pm

In footage from Charlottesville, a man fighting alongside white supremacists is seen pushing an African-American man to the ground and beating him. FRONTLINE & @ProPublica identified the assailant as someone who has U.S. government security clearance. https://t.co/0BxkAtyT1M pic.twitter.com/JIaC60MTza

— FRONTLINE (@frontlinepbs) July 5, 2018

We do not tolerate hatred or illegal conduct and we condemn racist activities in any shape or form.

We are taking immediate action to look into the very serious issues raised by these reports.

— Northrop Grumman (@northropgrumman) July 5, 2018

Mike Lamb Jul 5, 2018 • 2:18:23pm

In a normal administration (let’s say something similar to GHW, Clinton, or Obama), Pruitt alone would be enough to completely alter the perception of that particular president to an objective observer, right? As in Pruitt alone would shift that president appreciably on the scandals/ethics scale. Is even on the top 10 list of the Trump Admin?

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 2:18:50pm

Lesson to other Trump officials from Pruitt resignation: Give the left/media/organized greens any molehill and they will turn it into K2. Most of the accusations were overwrought, but the barrage was overwhelming. Let’s hope an equally reformist successor denies them a repeat.

— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) July 5, 2018

whole lotta molehills https://t.co/WoqPDtI8Sk

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 5, 2018

Dave In Austin Jul 5, 2018 • 2:19:11pm

After stronger mind prevail what’s your opinion on reversal and repair (and timeline). I’m hearing several yrs. per month on the administration as a whole.

— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 5, 2018

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 2:19:37pm

Overwrought bribe-seeking.

blueraven Jul 5, 2018 • 2:23:00pm

re: #96 jaunte

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I know Strassel has always been a hack, but when did she totally lose her fucking mind as well as her soul? Was she always this way?

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Dave In Austin Jul 5, 2018 • 2:24:06pm

So really, really bad American whose parents failed her.

— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 5, 2018

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jul 5, 2018 • 2:24:53pm

That’s a weird way to speak of breathtaking corruption.

— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 5, 2018

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Dr Lizardo Jul 5, 2018 • 2:24:59pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

Good lord, what a cringing lickspittle Pruitt is.

Obsequious toady.

103

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 2:25:21pm

He’s too corrupt for DC. He’s too corrupt even for Donald Trump, which I gotta admit, I didn’t see that coming.
He’s not too corrupt for OKGOP though.
He’ll run for governor.

— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) July 5, 2018

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Dave In Austin Jul 5, 2018 • 2:27:41pm

Shoot someone on 5th Ave and no one would care. All that stuff applies. Another #FailedAmerican.

— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 5, 2018

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Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 2:27:49pm

re: #91 jaunte

Democrats can now end their infighting. We can officially blame God for Trump, not @SusanSarandon

— Joseph Saltarelli (@JoeJSaltarelli) July 5, 2018

106

Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 2:32:30pm

Two reminders. 1) this is what happens when Tucker Carlson mentions you on his show 2) there is still no way on FB to report death threats that come to your public page (as opposed to personal acct) pic.twitter.com/jJCABRAFHR

— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) July 5, 2018

107

Dave In Austin Jul 5, 2018 • 2:38:20pm

Pruitts replacement will prolly be worse. Big coal guy

108

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 2:38:39pm

Shocked, shocked I say

Fox News host who is dating Trump Jr. photographed with Pizzagate conspiracy theorist https://t.co/9iLms4YSiv pic.twitter.com/P8QE8vvZdO

— The Hill (@thehill) July 5, 2018

109

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 2:38:41pm

In my experience, very good men are rarely the target of fifteen separate ethics investigations. https://t.co/10oWOT8h2s

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) July 5, 2018

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 2:41:27pm

Scott Pruitt?

— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) July 5, 2018

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PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 2:42:43pm

NPR version of explanation of Pruitt resignation by way of WHYY’s website:
whyy.org

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 2:43:31pm

Again.
Shocked, shocked I say

Per pool, Trump on the allegations that Rep. Jim Jordan did not take action about sexual abuse he knew about at Ohio State: “I don’t believe them at all. I believe him.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

113

fern01 Jul 5, 2018 • 2:43:36pm

re: #18 blueraven

Ugh…that sloppy, pathetic, love letter to Trump!

I thought it was a parody when I saw it. It’s obvious trump encourages the grift - ensures people have to worship him to get the pardons.

The worst administration of my lifetime - way worse than the Nixon years

114

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 2:45:23pm

I’ll be reporting all day from the Trump Rally in Great Falls, Montana. This is the first rally for about 400 miles in any direction, and people have driven here from all over. This guy drove 12 hours from Gillette, Wyoming. pic.twitter.com/ThHCOPu52c

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) July 5, 2018

This woman’s husband is in the Air Force, stationed at the base here in Great Falls. “A lot of people are excited for him, but a lot are miffed - he came all the way here and he’s not visiting the base? He just wants to campaign for this Easterner?” pic.twitter.com/MePxZplkUB

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) July 5, 2018

I’m now inside the press pen inside, where you’re not allowed to get water or go to the bathroom. Celine Dion is playing!

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) July 5, 2018

115

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 2:45:24pm

Fuck Hugh Hewitt.

As long as someone calls themselves Christian, Hugh is all in on celebrating and protecting them.

This goes to show you how much Hewitt is willing to accept as long as the person calls themself a godly Republican.

MSNBC did the right thing kicking his stupid show off the air. They should have never given to to him in the first place. Maybe they can make up for it by also kicking him to the curb as a contributor.

116

Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 2:46:00pm

re: #44 BeachDem

And in her lengthy mag-splaining about Pruitt, Mags lets us know that if you are around people who are wealthier than you, you just naturally become a fucking thief.

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That rule doesn’t excuse poor people, just less rich white assholes.

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jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 2:46:37pm

re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth

This guy drove 12 hours from Gillette, Wyoming.

That’s a real smart one.

118

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 2:49:18pm

OMG, this article. I love you, @MarinaHyde .

Re: Sarandon’s theory of political change:

“It’s basically the Schengen Area of only-slightly-delineated types of twattery.”https://t.co/iPKIbg2Ixk

— Karoli (@Karoli) July 5, 2018

119

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 2:53:20pm

Trump said re N. Korea: “You can ask President Obama, he was very close to going to war and he would have lost 50 million people.”

I did ask Obama’s office about these claims. They declined comment but referred me to former Obama assistant Ned Price, who said it’s total fiction.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 2:53:41pm

Here’s Trump’s full quote on the Jim Jordan allegations: pic.twitter.com/pSabRd0cwD

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

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Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 2:54:19pm

re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth

Considering how few people live on that 12 hour stretch he drove, we’re not full.

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Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 2:54:32pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Of course that is a total fiction just like 99% of anything Trump claims. Trump must think the entire country has gone mad.

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Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 2:55:16pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And yet, I bet Obama would have known where they all were.

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Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 2:55:16pm

re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth

Notice how Trump repeats himself? Something ain’t right.

125

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 2:57:02pm

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jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 2:57:26pm

Heading the DOJ Criminal Division is a critically important job. This person will supervise over 600 federal prosecutors handling thousands of cases and investigations, and will oversee sensitive matters such as the criminal investigation of Michael Cohen.

— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) July 5, 2018

Why does President Trump want Brian Benczkowski for this important job? Why not find an attorney who has actual prosecutorial experience and who is free and clear from Russian connections? And we still don’t know the full story behind Alfa Bank and what they did in 2016.

— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) July 5, 2018

127

jaunte Jul 5, 2018 • 2:58:10pm

Watch this vote next week. Republicans will try to confirm Benczkowski while attention is focused on SCOTUS. This could be a pivotal moment in the Russia investigation.

— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) July 5, 2018

128

Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 2:59:47pm

re: #103 gocart mozart

Oklahoma can have him. That would be their problem.

129

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 3:00:00pm

A quick Photoshop that came about after reading Pruitt’s resignation letter. The view of Trump from the Fundamentalists that support and excuse him.

Trump is Golden in the eyes of Fundamentalist Christian.

130

Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 3:03:31pm

re: #94 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Thank god for PBS and Frontline for exposing this violent White Supremacist. Hope there are more exposures to come.

131

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:04:30pm

Donald Trump says the now former EPA Chief was doing an “outstanding job.”

Not since Bush complemented “Brownie” for his great job mismanaging Hurricane Katrina relief has a President been so oblivious to the malfeasance of his staff.

Pruitt was a disaster from start to finish.

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 5, 2018

132

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:04:56pm

Not a joke, but an accurate reflection of his tenure.

This photo shows a water fountain at Scott Pruitt’s EPA. Details: https://t.co/z0UHpZmHwi pic.twitter.com/AzDJqFdru0

— Richard Hine (@richardhine) July 5, 2018

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Mike Lamb Jul 5, 2018 • 3:05:30pm

re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He missed the part where Trump said “I know he wasn’t involved in any type of sexual misconduct because we can smell our own.”

134

Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 3:08:09pm

Can someone from the other side of the Divide tell me if the #Coloradomonsoon is back online or if the showers we’re getting here are merely the result of fire-caused thunderheads? Thanks in advance…

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 5, 2018

He’s a 50-something named Wheeler? If he had red hair in his youth, then the heroes may have gone bad instead 😈

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 5, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:10:20pm

EPA staff still has not received official notice of Scott Pruitt’s resignation.

— Zack Colman (@zcolman) July 5, 2018

I did just hear from a career staffer: “It was very openly celebratory” in the halls of EPA today
https://t.co/Qr5bAnJZm2

— Robin Bravender (@rbravender) July 5, 2018

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Barefoot Grin Jul 5, 2018 • 3:11:57pm

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Uh-oh, a ploy to smoke em out.

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A Mom Anon Jul 5, 2018 • 3:11:58pm

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

I hope that shitheel Zinke is next.

138

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:12:15pm

“In the minutes following the announcement of the resignation, The Daily Beast received numerous messages from multiple former EPA staffers, and current White House officials, celebrating the news.” https://t.co/S7WEOWPYMw

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 5, 2018

“Some EPA staffers were simply in shock that his ouster from the Trump administration actually, finally happened” GRATIFYING to know Pruitt was LOATHED and DESPISED at the EPA. Damn, I hope he gets prosecuted for stealing, lying, sneaking around and being an all-around DOUCHEBAG https://t.co/y9vYQHcrWi

— Kim M. ☮️ (@Blacklace40) July 5, 2018

139

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:13:25pm

The bar has just been well and truly raised on anti Trump banners pic.twitter.com/cL7aRYMqBP

— The Poke (@ThePoke) July 5, 2018

140

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 3:14:21pm

A heartbeat is a sound, like a cough.
A cough contains bacteria, which is life
A drop of blood contains many blood cells, each of which is alive.
If you prick your finger, have you committed a mass murder?

— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) July 5, 2018

141

fern01 Jul 5, 2018 • 3:15:27pm

re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m now inside the press pen inside, where you’re not allowed to get water or go to the bathroom

The media accepted this “pen” when trump was campaigning. They should have walked out and refused to cover him. They elected this fraud through their stupidity

142

Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 3:15:39pm

re: #79 jaunte

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But it’s functioning just fine, according to wingnuts everywhere.

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Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 3:15:47pm

Fredo is warming up the crowd for Daddy in Montana. pic.twitter.com/BJDwzWQTHL

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2018

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 3:16:27pm

re: #140 gocart mozart

“A drop of blood contains many blood cells, each of which is alive.
If you prick your finger, have you committed a mass murder?”

How about if you finger your prick?

A drop of ejaculate contains hundreds of millions of spermatozoa, all alive.
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145

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 3:17:08pm

re: #143 Charles Johnson

I’m not stupid! I’m, like, a smart guy!

146

fern01 Jul 5, 2018 • 3:17:20pm

re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump on the allegations that Rep. Jim Jordan did not take action about sexual abuse he knew about at Ohio State: “I don’t believe them at all. I believe him.”

And when Jim Jordan resigns?

“I never liked the guy, what was his name again?

147

PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 3:17:32pm

re: #143 Charles Johnson

Hmm. Very few women in the crowd and it appears to be all white. Another hand-picked crowd to support DT.

148

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 3:17:52pm

re: #140 gocart mozart

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Does he really want to compare fetuses to Martian bacteria? Because, if it’s found, we will never let it get here.

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 3:18:00pm

re: #144 Blind Frog Belly White

The tubesock holocaust

150

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 3:19:24pm

re: #149 gocart mozart

The tubesock holocaust

The Handlotion’s Tale

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:19:31pm

re: #147 PhillyPretzel

Hmm. Very few women in the crowd and it appears to be all white. Another hand-picked crowd to support DT.

smh at the fashion statement incel wearing plaid shirt, overalls, and a MAGA hat over his cowboy hat.

He’s a real catch ladeeees!!!

152

Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 3:20:59pm

There’s a “Drain the Swamp” sign behind him. How quaint. As if.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2018

153

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:22:06pm

Donald Trump Jr. is speaking first. “Big shooter, big hunter, big fisherman,” he says of himself, to cheers. “That’s why I also feel ridiculous in this suit.” He accuses Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of being a fake hunter.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

Donald Trump Jr. warns Montana voters to be wary of Jon Tester donors’ “New York money.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

154

Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 3:23:46pm

re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth

Joo money?

155

Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 3:24:21pm

re: #147 PhillyPretzel

Hmm. Very few women in the crowd and it appears to be all white. Another hand-picked crowd to support DT.

Montana is probably all White which is why Trump is rallying there in the first place.

156

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jul 5, 2018 • 3:24:59pm

Evening Lizardim.

157

PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 3:25:23pm

re: #155 Patricia Kayden

Most likely. DT’s people told him this is a good place for a speech.

158

Barefoot Grin Jul 5, 2018 • 3:26:20pm

“New York dark money”—Heh. Because they couldn’t get any and had to turn to Russia and Deusche Bank.

159

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 3:26:38pm

re: #154 Winston_Smith

Joo money?

Please! Rootless Cosmopolitan Money.

160

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:27:05pm

Trump walks on, as usual to God Bless The USA - no sign of Rosendale yet, which makes me think he’s going to intro him during the speech to make a point re: Tester

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) July 5, 2018

161

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:28:01pm

AP NewsBreak: The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship. https://t.co/OFMawYeMRm

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 5, 2018

162

Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 3:30:27pm

re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth

Wow. That’s ugly.

163

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:30:50pm

Trump begins, as he regularly does, by talking about the “thousands” of people he says have been stranded outside the rally. “I said to my people, why didn’t you get a larger arena?”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

164

William Lewis Jul 5, 2018 • 3:31:08pm

re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I have been known to say “Time to make another Trump voter” when on the way to the toilet.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:32:14pm

Michael Cohen has told friends lately that he does not believe Trump will give him a presidential pardon. “He’s certain in his mind that he has been dismissed,” one Cohen friend says. https://t.co/OYgFRVGABK

— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) July 5, 2018

166

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:32:39pm

Trump introduced Matt Rosendale, who’s running against Tester (and ostensibly the reason Trump is here today. Rosendale was one of the early Bannon-endorsed candidates and speaks with a heavy Maryland accent that is arguably his biggest liability

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) July 5, 2018

167

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 3:33:17pm

Since I had Photoshop open, I just had to do this…

What the shirt really says…

168

Eventual Carrion Jul 5, 2018 • 3:35:22pm

re: #9 Sir John Barron

Doesn’t really seem the ideal resume of an environmental protector.

/

Yeah, good thing that is not what he is there for.

169

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:35:40pm

re: #154 Winston_Smith

Joo money?

Donald Trump Jr. warns Montana voters to be wary of Jon Tester donors’ “New York money.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

That’s a strange way to spell “Jews” https://t.co/kaCnocXHP2

— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) July 5, 2018

170

Dave In Austin Jul 5, 2018 • 3:36:09pm

It’s been an honor serving as Okla Attorney General, please continue to follow my work as EPA Administrator @EPAScottPruitt

— Scott Pruitt (@ScottPruittOK) February 18, 2017

Now boarding group D. See you in coach🤣 https://t.co/3IBACQR0Sd

— Stiles (@PeteStiles) July 5, 2018

171

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 3:39:16pm

re: #155 Patricia Kayden

Montana is probably all White which is why Trump is rallying there in the first place.

And as mentioned earlier, a state that just happened to have a Senator that went to Russia with the Anti-American Republican Group to set up Trumps meeting with Vlad. That would be Steve Daines.

172

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 3:41:46pm

re: #162 Patricia Kayden

Wow. That’s ugly.

That is a broken promise. There is nothing in that any American should feel good about.

Who can trust America any more?

Who would have believed that could even be asked 2 years ago?

Disgusting.

173

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:42:35pm

Trump says Tester tried to take away the 2nd Amendment - “tried to take it away.” No idea what he’s talking about, and not sure if he does.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

Trump is attacking Tester for revealing alleged wrongdoing by White House doctor and VA nominee Ronny Jackson: “He actually said I was healthy. You know, he was the one.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

174

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 3:46:34pm

re: #155 Patricia Kayden

Montana is probably all White which is why Trump is rallying there in the first place.

Damn near. Funny story - I was invited by an online friend to hunt with him in Montana, around Bozeman. One morning we stopped by a Burger King, and went through the Drive-Thru. When the voice came over the speaker, there was not a hint of an accent. After 3 decades plus in California, that was actually jarring!

Also reminds me of what a friend and I, both of us grew up in ultra-white areas, agreed is weird about going back - all the White People! It actually feels creepy that there are so few people who aren’t white! It feels good to get back to California after visiting.

175

Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 3:47:13pm

Trump currently into a long stream-of-consciousness fantasy about how much Dr. Ronnie Jackson admires him and what a wonderful guy he is, and how loyal he was. “I said, Doc, you’ll be great!” pic.twitter.com/plMnRtpQkD

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2018

176

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:47:57pm

Trump complains that the U.S. is paying “anywhere from 70 to 90 percent to protect Europe.” As of this year, U.S. defence spending represents 72% of total NATO defence spending. There’s no basis for the “90 percent” estimate.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

Trump on NATO: “The Secretary General, Stoltenberg, is Trump’s biggest fan.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

Trump on NATO: “We’re the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

177

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:50:57pm

Trump just mentioned that he’s meeting with Putin next week - and there was a huge cheer for Putin. “Getting along with other countries is a good thing” (Trump just wrapped up 10 minutes of talking about why NATO is unfair)

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) July 5, 2018

178

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 3:51:10pm

The President’s son, ladies and gentlemen

Actual live footage of @realDonaldTrump right now. 😂🇺🇸😂🇺🇸😂🇺🇸 #4thJuly #america pic.twitter.com/1JlVxuqRgc

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 4, 2018

179

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:52:59pm

Trump says it’s smart to get along with Russia, then adds without finishing his sentence: “For stupid people or for political people - because they’re not stupid - all they are is good at obstruction…but every time it comes up, I will say this, I’m gonna have to ask them…”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 3:53:37pm

re: #178 gocart mozart

Trump at a Montana rally says “for the most part you will have no estate tax to pay.” You can leave your farm to your children - or not, he said.
“If your children aren’t good children leave them to somebody else.”

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) July 5, 2018

Subtweeting Don Jr while he’s standing on stage. https://t.co/dhRVMC2166

— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) July 5, 2018

181

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:55:09pm

Trump just gestured at the press pen and called us the “crooked media.” Boos in our direction. “They’re the fake news.”

In case you were wondering about how the Maryland shooting has or hasn’t affected the discourse

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) July 5, 2018

182

Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 3:56:02pm

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

So why allow him to keep doing that to you?

183

Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 3:57:00pm

NEWS: Trump on Rep. Jim Jordan allegations: “I don’t believe them at all. I believe him. Jim is one of the most outstanding people I’ve met since I’ve been in Washington. I believe him 100 percent. No question in my mind. I believe Jim 100 percent. He’s an outstanding man.”

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) July 5, 2018

just like Roy Moore https://t.co/0UZHg2NazV

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 5, 2018

184

Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 3:57:02pm

So he’s semi-officially stating that his successor will be Jared, then? As Trix says, what a glove to throw down with one of your Fredo’s on the stage…

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 5, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:57:12pm

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

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President Trump: 75% of those people [pointing at us in the press pen again] are dishonest.

“These are really bad people.”

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) July 5, 2018

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Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 3:57:47pm

re: #182 Winston_Smith

So why allow him to keep doing that to you?

What’s the alternative? Refusing to cover him in any way will just accelerate his quest to outlaw all but the state media…

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 3:58:22pm

re: #184 Chrysicat

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That would explain Fredo’s veiled stab at Teh Jooze.

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Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 3:59:20pm

“Democrats want anarchy! They really do! They don’t know who they’re playin’ with, folks.” pic.twitter.com/7OZwGsKya5

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2018

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 3:59:22pm

re: #186 Chrysicat

What’s the alternative? Refusing to cover him in any way will just accelerate his quest to outlaw all but the state media…

Why allow him to literally put you in a cage?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 3:59:25pm

“They make the sources up, they don’t exist, in many cases.” Trump is again falsely accusing newspapers of inventing sources in his administration. Of reporters, he adds: “These are really bad people.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 4:00:43pm

Trump, who has sought to cut legal immigration, calls for more legal immigration: “We need people! We don’t have the workers anymore!…We need people that come in under the merit system.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

as Mar-A-Largo puts in a purchase order for 40 foreign workers…

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 4:01:17pm

Wait. I thought we were supposed to be the ones who want to control everything.

President Trump just now: “Democrats want anarchy.”

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 5, 2018

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Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 4:03:23pm

Now explaining that the New York Times and Washington Post are going to endorse him in 2020 because they’d go out of business otherwise. Then gets in a random racist comment about “Pocahontas” out of nowhere. pic.twitter.com/WBBeyj1mg0

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:04:26pm

re: #182 Winston_Smith

So why allow him to keep doing that to you?

For folks on Twitter, perhaps it’s time to “re-purpose” the Russian bot hashtag “Walkaway.”

Every time a press person complains about attacks on the from Trump, they should be buried in a flurry of “walkaway” hashtags.

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Dave In Austin Jul 5, 2018 • 4:04:38pm

Shit’s getting a little spooky. The rubes in Great Falls will eat this shit up. Notice how all his rallies are in Far North remote areas?

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PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 4:05:07pm

re: #193 Charles Johnson

Now he threatens the press. Oy Vey this stinks.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:05:36pm

And now we have yet another Cracker Trump Supporter making an asshole of herself!

Presenting #BusStopBrenda!

Woman launches into shocking racist rant on New York bus

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:06:25pm

re: #186 Chrysicat

What’s the alternative? Refusing to cover him in any way will just accelerate his quest to outlaw all but the state media…

He’s trying to do that anyway. The alternative is to quit covering Trump with the “views from nowhere” and actually start doing investigative journalism.

The press is the only business guaranteed in the Constitution. If they don’t exercise their right, they will lose it.

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Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 4:06:32pm

Except that by definition, anarchism also includes the lack of existence of property for anyone, and they’re out to make property the one thing that can barely be transferred under any circumstances short of inheritance or ‘as a gift’…

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 5, 2018

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Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 4:08:30pm

“We do without, like, the musical instruments. This is the only musical, the mouth. And hopefully the brain, attached to the mouth, right? The brain more important than the mouth is the brain. The brain is much more important.” pic.twitter.com/pg9xnghuqM

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 4:08:59pm

re: #195 Dave In Austin

Shits getting a little spooky. The rubes in Great Falls will eat this shit up. Notice how all his rallies are in Far North remote areas.

He spreads the hate around the country.
en.m.wikipedia.org

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 4:09:40pm

I hear Ben Shapiro is on the short list pic.twitter.com/RapuioHOkY

— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) July 5, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 4:09:49pm

re: #200 Charles Johnson

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Wha???!!?!?!

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 4:09:53pm

And yet, NeverTrumpers wonder why it is that we don’t really trust them.

I’m glad all Republicans are finally waking up to the fact that Mitch is one of the most effective leaders we’ve ever had at moving the ball. There’s a reason Dems hate him so much. He’s capable and ruthless.

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 5, 2018

Safest bet in Washington. Bet on McConnell https://t.co/IPDVWOpJ1I

— John Noonan (@noonanjo) July 5, 2018

I have said this for a decade. https://t.co/mgsMNSwt5B

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 5, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:10:37pm

re: #197 Joe Bacon 🌹

And now we have yet another Cracker Trump Supporter making an asshole of herself!

Presenting #BusStopBrenda!

Internet to do its thing on outing where she works in 5 …

You know, I don’t really have a problem with doxxing intolerant bigots. That fits in with Karl Popper’s paradox of tolerance.

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 4:11:02pm

https://t.co/lR22hczIP1

— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) July 5, 2018

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Jason Munro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:11:09pm

re: #200 Charles Johnson

The brain more important than the mouth is the brain.

OFFS. Tell me this is not an accurate fucking quote. Right now my mouth full alcohol more import mouth than is brain.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Jul 5, 2018 • 4:11:13pm

re: #200 Charles Johnson

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Jeezus, he’s totally fucking losing it….

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:11:50pm

re: #208 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Jeezus, he’s totally fucking losing it….

We say that every single day and it doesn’t matter.

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freetoken Jul 5, 2018 • 4:12:23pm

re: #208 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Jeezus, he’s totally fucking losing it….

“It” was lost a long time ago.

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PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 4:12:44pm

re: #203 JordanRules

His addle mindedness is showing badly.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 4:13:02pm

re: #200 Charles Johnson

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 4:13:43pm

re: #209 Winston_Smith

We say that every single day and it doesn’t matter.

Until ‘it’ is the Presidency.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 4:14:52pm

re: #209 Winston_Smith

We say that every single day and it doesn’t matter.

Right but it reminds *me* that shit isn’t normal when I keep acknowledging the crazy. It tethers me to reality.

One thing about creeping authoritarianism is how it changes you, without you realizing it.

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ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 4:14:55pm

Is he going to finally melt down tonight?

He really seems to be rambling more than usual and lately it has been real bad. He is slipping in self control. And he talks about the mouth and brain? His brain is not controlling that mouth.

You know, there was a day when the White House staff would cover for this kind of behavior. But he has no controls just like he said he wouldn’t. He can do this, it’s easy.

And so this is what we get. No one that has the ability to pull the plug on these events and to limit his own damage.

What a mess he is.

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goddamnedfrank Jul 5, 2018 • 4:15:41pm

re: #200 Charles Johnson

pic.twitter.com/sVjOkZXtbe

— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 5, 2018

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Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 4:15:55pm

AP NewsBreak: The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship. https://t.co/OFMawYeMRm

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 5, 2018

JFC https://t.co/KenMvWhmAn

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2018

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Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 4:16:12pm

He isn’t unaware. This is his intent, to make the profession as dangerous as in Russia and “the” Ukraine or more so, so that only his state media remain to tell us HIS “truth”.

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 5, 2018

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Jul 5, 2018 • 4:16:16pm

re: #209 Winston_Smith

We say that every single day and it doesn’t matter.

I suppose President* Word Salad Shooter™ emits random syllabification like this constantly, but to see an actual verbatim quote is shocking.

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:17:15pm

re: #215 ObserverArt

His 40% LOVE IT. If he peed on the floor they’d LOVE IT EVEN MORE.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:17:17pm

re: #217 Charles Johnson

And if the military won’t keep a promise made to some recruits, why would any applicant trust any recruiter or the military’s promises?

Something like that would have had me flipping over my desk when I was a recruiter.

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Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 4:17:38pm

Now I would’ve gone with “brain and brain, what is brain?”, but Zardoz “the penis and the gun” is a good second choice…

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 5, 2018

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Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 4:20:05pm

You can always tell when he starts paying attention to the teleprompters again because he starts speaking in complete, coherent sentences without repeating everything four times. pic.twitter.com/bCd4hNY4xa

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2018

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 4:21:23pm

Bold move, to argue that Donald Trump wrote his own book when you’re speaking to the man who wrote Donald Trump’s book. pic.twitter.com/idLfxzPxrt

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 4, 2018

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ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 4:21:46pm

re: #220 Winston_Smith

His 40% LOVE IT. If he peed on the floor they’d LOVE IT EVEN MORE.

I’d rather he pee on them. He is in a way…so they dance in the showers.

But it has to get ugly for those idiots that voted for this mess because they voted R and they voted to protest and send any kind of message.

They are the real asses. And maybe they finally realize they are getting pissed on. They are a joke to Trump too, everyone is because Trump only cares about Trump.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 4:22:22pm

Bill Clinton had the amazing ability to make everyone who spoke with him feel like he understood them.

Trump has the amazing ability to make everyone who listens to him talking think THEY understand HIM.

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Cheechako Jul 5, 2018 • 4:23:00pm

re: #217 Charles Johnson

Already made this a page.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:24:17pm

re: #226 Blind Frog Belly White

Bill Clinton had the amazing ability to make everyone who spoke with him feel like he understood them.

Trump has the amazing ability to make everyone who listens to him talking think THEY understand HIM.

The 40% love Trump because he actually does kick them colored people down.

That is all the 40% live for.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 4:24:23pm

re: #225 ObserverArt

I’d rather he pee on them. He is in a way…so they dance in the showers.

But it has to get ugly for those idiots that voted for this mess because they voted R and they voted to protest and send any kind of message.

They are the real asses. And maybe they finally realize they are getting pissed on. They are a joke to Trump too, everyone is because Trump only cares about Trump.

I swear, if he pissed on them, they’d take it as a blessing. Pretty soon, his rallies would be like the old Gallagher shows, where everyone in the first few rows knows they’re gonna get soaked, and they’re excited about it.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:25:57pm

re: #227 Cheechako

Some of the service members say they were not told why they were being discharged. Others who pressed for answers said the Army informed them they’d been labeled as security risks because they have relatives abroad or because the Defense Department had not completed background checks on them.

Relatives living abroad is not a reason to call someone a security risk. If they were told that, it is a straight-up lie.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jul 5, 2018 • 4:27:00pm

re: #220 Winston_Smith

His 40% LOVE IT. If he peed on the floor they’d LOVE IT EVEN MORE.

I guess they’re really looking forward to the unveiling of the pee tape then.

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ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 4:27:45pm

re: #229 Blind Frog Belly White

I swear, if he pissed on them, they’d take it as a blessing. Pretty soon, his rallies would be like the old Gallagher shows, where everyone in the first few rows knows they’re gonna get soaked, and they’re excited about it.

Then let the absurdity of it all show. We are at that point anyway.

It is going to take a shocking public display of some kind to wake people the hell up.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jul 5, 2018 • 4:29:32pm

re: #232 ObserverArt

Then let the absurdity of it all show. We are at that point anyway.

It is going to take a shocking public display of some kind to wake people the hell up.

Honestly, it’s not like that. This is literally deprogramming a cult. Trump was oddly cognizant of this when he said he could go out and shoot somebody and they’d still love him for it. There is literally nothing that he can do that will dissuade those who want to believe. The only hope we have is to get enough of them to get him out of office peaceably.

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:29:51pm

re: #229 Blind Frog Belly White

I swear, if he pissed on them, they’d take it as a blessing. Pretty soon, his rallies would be like the old Gallagher shows, where everyone in the first few rows knows they’re gonna get soaked, and they’re excited about it.

They’d collect it as holy water. Honest to god, they would.

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Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 4:31:18pm

“You know all the rhetic (sic) you see here the thousand points of light. What the hell was that, by the way? ‘Thousand points of light.’ … What the hell is that? Has anyone ever figured that one out? Oy and it was put out by a Republican [unintelligible mutter…]” pic.twitter.com/vwHbIXWGYa

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2018

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Dizzy Jul 5, 2018 • 4:32:01pm

Heh.

Breaking: We just hit the point in the plot where Donald Trump’s top lawyer is hiring Hillary Clinton’s top lawyer.

That’s not good news for Donald Trump.

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) July 5, 2018

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 4:32:02pm

re: #234 Winston_Smith

They’d collect it as holy water. Honest to god, they would.

They’d be hawking vials of it outside his rallies, like Deadheads selling T-shirts. Or 12th Century scam artists selling slivers of the True Cross.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:34:24pm

re: #237 Blind Frog Belly White

They’d be hawking vials of it outside his rallies, like Deadheads selling T-shirts. Or 12th Century scam artists selling slivers of the True Cross.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Franky Graham leading the Pulpit Pimps to bow down before Trump and proclaim him the Messiah.

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:35:06pm

re: #238 Joe Bacon 🌹

I wouldn’t be surprised by anything any more.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 4:35:15pm

Pres Trump passes hour-mark in his campaign rally speech in Montana. pic.twitter.com/wmohiI8M2n

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 5, 2018

THE PEOPLE’S FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR BEET PRODUCTION HAS EXCEEDED ALL OF OUR SCIENTISTS’ GREATEST EXPECTATIONS https://t.co/OFDwRpb9OS

— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) July 5, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 4:36:00pm

re: #235 Charles Johnson

Still mad he wasn’t allowed to go to Babs funeral I see.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 4:36:04pm

re: #239 Winston_Smith

I wouldn’t be surprised by anything any more.

Mrs. FBW says “Nothing would surprise me.”

I respond, “Then you’ll be surprised by what I got you for Christmas!”

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wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 4:37:40pm

re: #217 Charles Johnson

One of my former students from China may get caught up in this. He was just reassigned from Hawaii to Georgia. Army Reserves Medical Corps.

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:39:24pm

re: #242 Blind Frog Belly White

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:39:29pm

Cheechacko:

We’re scheduled to leave for Saskatachewan and points north and west on Tuesday.

The VA shorted me on my epilepsy meds. I was on the phone with them a few minutes ago, they are going to UPS them (allegedly to arrive Monday).

I swear, the pharmacist over in Cheyenne thinks I’m getting my medications out of his personal stash of barbiturates.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 4:40:44pm

“anybody want to sublet my $50 a night apartment LOL!” pic.twitter.com/KkcATAAu7X

— darth™ (@darth) July 5, 2018

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 5, 2018 • 4:41:20pm

re: #245 Anymouse 🌹

Cheechacko:

We’re scheduled to leave for Saskatachewan and points north and west on Tuesday.

The VA shorted me on my epilepsy meds. I was on the phone with them a few minutes ago, they are going to UPS them (allegedly to arrive Monday).

I swear, the pharmacist over in Cheyenne thinks I’m getting my medications out of his personal stash of barbiturates.

Maybe if it were Oxycontin, they’d ship you extra.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 4:42:20pm

Internet is getting older. This classic New Yorker cartoon by @plsteiner turned *25* today. pic.twitter.com/fhvorpXNcO

— Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) July 5, 2018

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Ace Rothstein Jul 5, 2018 • 4:42:44pm

JFC, is he still going? He’s like a ferret on meth.

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EPR-radar Jul 5, 2018 • 4:42:53pm

re: #238 Joe Bacon 🌹

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Franky Graham leading the Pulpit Pimps to bow down before Trump and proclaim him the Messiah.

I bet stories about Obama (or H. Clinton) being the AntiChrist and Trump being the Second Coming of Jesus per Revelations are already circulating in the more floridly deranged segments of US evangelical Christianity.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 4:43:45pm

Trump says he heard so much about Montana skies that he made sure to look up on his way in. He then suggests he is responsible for them: “Not seeing pollution is a wonderful thing.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

Trump has concluded. Most notable moments: 1) Attack on value and quantity of NATO spending, then a “Putin is fine” 2) Rant about making Elizabeth Warren take an ancestry test on a hypothetical 2020 debate stage but not in a sexually harassing way

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

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EPR-radar Jul 5, 2018 • 4:44:02pm

re: #249 Ace Rothstein

JFC, is he still going? He’s like a ferret on meth.

Trump lives for this shit. It’s the one thing he can get as president or as a political candidate that he couldn’t get as a rich asshole in the private sector.

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BeachDem Jul 5, 2018 • 4:44:40pm

re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Someday I need to send Daniel Dale a big bouquet of flowers…or perhaps a large bottle of vodka. Some of my favorites:

Trump falsely says wages are rising “for the first time in 18 years.” He has recently used “19 years” and “22 years.” It’s all wrong - wages have been rising since 2014.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

Trump lies of his association health plans: “Millions of people are already signing up.” The plans will not be offered at all until September 1.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

Trump says it’s helpful when “the little ones,” such as “a senator who was forced out of office because he didn’t like me” (?), are not sniping at him on trade.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

Trump: “I’m good at getting things passed. Remember we had repeal and replace passed - except for one person.”

To be clear, he just said “I’m good at getting things passed” and then cited something he did not get passed.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

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Bubblehead II Jul 5, 2018 • 4:45:14pm

re: #245 Anymouse 🌹

Cheechacko:

We’re scheduled to leave for Saskatachewan and points north and west on Tuesday.

The VA shorted me on my epilepsy meds. I was on the phone with them a few minutes ago, they are going to UPS them (allegedly to arrive Monday).

I swear, the pharmacist over in Cheyenne thinks I’m getting my medications out of his personal stash of barbiturates.

You may be.

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:46:07pm

re: #252 EPR-radar

He’s also increasing the frequency of his hate rallies.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:46:14pm

cbc.ca

Canada’s federal government looking into an incident where US Border Patrol entered Canadian waters and boarded two Canadian fishing vessels, ostensibly looking for “illegal immigrants”

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jul 5, 2018 • 4:46:50pm

re: #255 Winston_Smith

He’s also increasing the frequency of his hate rallies.

He’s feeling threatened and insecure by the impending blue wave and the Mueller investigation and needs to have his ego stroked by his adoring fans in order to reassure himself that he is everything he thinks he is.

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 4:46:59pm

What Trump Doesn’t Get About Conservatism
by Roger Scruton https://t.co/JQ88stevgY

— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) July 5, 2018

Scruton - a salad garnish shaped like a testicle (LOL)

https://t.co/rM3qYcoqsA

— ParticularVernacular (@Yastreblyansky) July 5, 2018

“True conservative” Brit and obvious fop Roger Scruton (a salad garnish shaped like a testicle?) pisses off Yas by trying to claim French Rev.-admiring Jefferson as a “conservative.” Big mistake Scruty. What does that make Burke? Genghis Crown? @Mr_Electrico @Yastreblyansky https://t.co/qwvB8tgkFZ

— Boswood (@Bosengood) July 5, 2018

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:47:35pm

re: #257 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I’m not so sure about that.

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Ace Rothstein Jul 5, 2018 • 4:47:44pm

re: #255 Winston_Smith

I’ve noticed that. What, five in the last ten days? More?

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:50:05pm

re: #260 Ace Rothstein

Sure seems like it.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 4:51:46pm

re: #260 Ace Rothstein

I’ve noticed that. What, five in the last ten days? More?

5 since June 20th.

Only 1 in June 2017.

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Cheechako Jul 5, 2018 • 4:51:54pm

I have a real hard time understanding today’s journalists. Did Journalism Schools drop the Class Journalism 101 - Society of Professional Journalist’s Code of Ethics?

For any Journalist to agree to stand in a cattle pen so they could be ridiculed by trump is certainly unprofessional. Do they actually expect trump to answer any questions from them? Or, do they expect to ask trump any questions? Hell no! The reason they’re there is to be trump’s foil.

Any Journalist could just stay in their A/C motel room and watch trump on faux news and get all the info they need. If they wanted “man on the street” interviews they could wait outside the event and find all the trumpsters they need.

Walter Cronkite, we miss you.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 4:52:41pm

still butthurt over the NFL, too…

Trump Wraiths NFL: “They passed this stupid thing. You don’t have to do this anymore. If you don’t respect the flag or don’t like the country, just go into the locker room. I think in many respects, that’s worse.” pic.twitter.com/i0oxUJjkp6

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 5, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:53:50pm

re: #258 gocart mozart

LOL.

Conservatism is about one thing: Conserving power.

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Deep State SuperElite Satinist Jul 5, 2018 • 4:54:27pm

re: #250 EPR-radar

A fundamentalist preacher on the internet enumerated the characteristics of the Antichrist;
He would be vain and egotistical, constantly talking about how great he was.
He would surround himself with ostentatious luxury
He would have problems with his relationships with women.
Who does that describe?
Barack Obama, of course!
(The same preacher claims Trump is the true messenger of God because his name is Trump.)

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:54:59pm

re: #263 Cheechako

Also, other than their tweets, do they expect their organizations to actually use any of the material they collect, other than the pure pap, while completely ignoring what Trump says and how he says it?

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PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 4:55:03pm

re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yes. That and the fact that the Eagles won. That really must hurt him bad. :)

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 4:55:04pm

re: #263 Cheechako

I have a real hard time understanding today’s journalists. Did Journalism Schools drop the Class Journalism 101 - Society of Professional Journalist’s Code of Ethics?

For any Journalist to agree to stand in a cattle pen so they could be ridiculed by trump is certainly unprofessional. Do they actually expect trump to answer any questions from them? Or, do they expect to ask trump any questions? Hell no! The reason they’re there is to be trump’s foil.

Any Journalist could just stay in their A/C motel room and watch trump on faux news and get all the info they need. If they wanted “man on the street” interviews they could wait outside the event and find all the trumpsters they need.

Walter Cronkite, we miss you.

Every time a journalist complains about Trump’s cattle pens the answer should be #walkaway

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 4:55:08pm

D’Souza returns for another spanking

Seriously? You’re going to try this again, after what @KevinMKruse did to you?

OK then. Let’s take a look at the history of the Republican Party, shall we?

— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) July 5, 2018

From 1854-1865, Lincoln and the GOP took a stand against rich oligarchs who had taken over the country. The GOP pioneered an active government that helped regular Americans, believing that a democratic government should give equal access to resources so everyone could rise.

— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) July 5, 2018

If you liked my response to D’Souza’s idiocy on party realignment, you’ll love this rebuttal to his claim that Trump’s GOP is still the “party of Lincoln.” https://t.co/EuuizmAtLL

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 5, 2018

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Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 4:55:50pm

This is so comforting.

Trump’s campaign manager embraces Gab, a social media app that serves as a safe space for white nationalists and neo-Nazis https://t.co/8mdBn0D5iK pic.twitter.com/MqtLlyJsF0

— Media Matters (@mmfa) July 5, 2018

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Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 4:57:20pm

re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth

Tough. You can’t force people to be patriotic — not even Black people.

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 4:57:26pm

re: #271 Patricia Kayden

Someday, some reporter is going to connect the dots. I’m not holding my breath waiting for it to happen, though.

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EPR-radar Jul 5, 2018 • 4:58:14pm

re: #263 Cheechako

I have a real hard time understanding today’s journalists. Did Journalism Schools drop the Class Journalism 101 - Society of Professional Journalist’s Code of Ethics?

For any Journalist to agree to stand in a cattle pen so they could be ridiculed by trump is certainly unprofessional. Do they actually expect trump to answer any questions from them? Or, do they expect to ask trump any questions? Hell no! The reason they’re there is to be trump’s foil.

Any Journalist could just stay in their A/C motel room and watch trump on faux news and get all the info they need. If they wanted “man on the street” interviews they could wait outside the event and find all the trumpsters they need.

Walter Cronkite, we miss you.

The mainstream media has ways of dealing with reporting in countries where the ruling regime is fundamentally untrustworthy. They just need to take the fateful step of applying those same rules to their reporting on US politics, with special reference to Trump and the Republicans.

The main issue is that Trump or the like was an absolutely inevitable consequence of the prion disease of bigoted resentments that Republicans have been deliberately fostering in what passes for their minds for decades by consuming nothing but their own propaganda.

275

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 5:00:08pm

re: #270 gocart mozart

Getting spanked by historians is a rather unique fetish, I’ll give him that.

— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) July 5, 2018

276

Single-handed sailor Jul 5, 2018 • 5:01:16pm

‘Trump Baby’ blimp approved to fly over London during Trump visit: https://t.co/4bCKz5pBVT pic.twitter.com/3iNbjJCOeG

— The Hill (@thehill) July 5, 2018

Are these Trump-baby blimps, available for sale in the United States?
Asking for 66 million Americans…. https://t.co/FOEMR5tuz0

— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) July 5, 2018

277

Bubblehead II Jul 5, 2018 • 5:01:31pm

re: #256 Anymouse 🌹

cbc.ca

Canada’s federal government looking into an incident where US Border Patrol entered Canadian waters and boarded two Canadian fishing vessels, ostensibly looking for “illegal immigrants”

Time for the Canadian Coast Guard to step up patrols on both coasts. Interdict these assholes and impound their boats if they are found to be in Canadian waters.

278

Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 5:05:57pm

279

PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 5:07:14pm

re: #278 Winston_Smith

…

280

Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 5:09:52pm

Let’s try that again.

281

JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 5:11:22pm

re: #279 PhillyPretzel

Really? He can explain that one. That will one of the few things he can explain.

Borowitz is satire.
With Pruitt it can be hard to tell though.

282

BeachDem Jul 5, 2018 • 5:11:24pm

re: #270 gocart mozart

D’Souza returns for another spanking

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283

JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 5:11:32pm

“Michelle Obama said when they go low, we go high. And I went as high as I could.” The Statue of Liberty climber speaks out for the first time since her apparent protest: https://t.co/jwvTjjJt6S pic.twitter.com/6T1aGPFsst

— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) July 5, 2018

284

Big Beautiful Door Jul 5, 2018 • 5:12:00pm

re: #200 Charles Johnson

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Good God, he is like an evil Michael Scott (watching The Office reruns.)

285

The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Jul 5, 2018 • 5:13:06pm

re: #256 Anymouse 🌹

cbc.ca

Canada’s federal government looking into an incident where US Border Patrol entered Canadian waters and boarded two Canadian fishing vessels, ostensibly looking for “illegal immigrants”

Isn’t this how the War of 1812 started? Only reversed?

286

Unshaken Defiance Jul 5, 2018 • 5:13:58pm

Remember when “you can keep your doctor” was the lie of the year? Agree or disagree at the time or since, that was nothing on what we got today.

287

Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 5:14:06pm

re: #274 EPR-radar

Prion disease libelz. vCJD doens’t make a bigot out of you.

This reminds me of a @Stonekettle post from a while back where he was asked if he’d recommend someone to join the military now… and he said no. I imagine this would just be further support of that answer. https://t.co/WezVTWgsD5

— tenaciousmonkey (@tenaciousmonkey) July 5, 2018

Your post from February was the first thing I thought of… why should ANYONE sign up at this point seeing they won’t even uphold this, maybe the easiest promise to keep. https://t.co/Idx0dQQcRH

— tenaciousmonkey (@tenaciousmonkey) July 6, 2018

288

Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 5:17:12pm

It was even worse. Apparently he’s breaking Elton John records. Psychopath. pic.twitter.com/agSjDnf3zq

— TerryHasAnOpinon (@Terrysagirl) July 6, 2018

BREAKING: Donald Trump admits he has no organ. https://t.co/hGEgzdUNIc

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 6, 2018

289

JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 5:17:35pm

Next month’s job report is probably gonna show a net loss due to Pruitt’s 24/7 security detail being laid off.

— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) July 6, 2018

290

goddamnedfrank Jul 5, 2018 • 5:18:12pm

Lions ate three poachers after breaking into South African game reserve to hunt rhinos https://t.co/DokfWOjpla pic.twitter.com/0JPttnOCIe

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) July 5, 2018

Squad goals. https://t.co/Yx1xdFW6Xq

— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 6, 2018

291

Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 5:18:31pm

The worst part about rain in Colorado is that if you have to go out in it, you can only safely protect yourself with a jacket and a hat because all of it comes with lightning. Mine are now soaked through because the dog had to do her business.

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 6, 2018

292

Barefoot Grin Jul 5, 2018 • 5:19:02pm

re: #200 Charles Johnson

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This is seriously Nazi shit. Did anyone really read “Mein Kampf”? Historians say, not really. Rather it was the visceral reaction to the rantings about Jews, Marxists, and lebensraum in his many many speeches that excited the bulk of the Nazi supporters. Trump has studied this or knows it instinctively.

293

Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 5:21:09pm

re: #288 Charles Johnson

Well, Grover Norquist said they only needed someone as President who could hold a pen and sign things. That about sums up Trump.

294

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 5:21:28pm

re: #233 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Honestly, it’s not like that. This is literally deprogramming a cult. Trump was oddly cognizant of this when he said he could go out and shoot somebody and they’d still love him for it. There is literally nothing that he can do that will dissuade those who want to believe. The only hope we have is to get enough of them to get him out of office peaceably.

I wasn’t saying you could change the Trump base. The people I was talking about are the voters that took a flyer on Trump.

There is a percentage of people that voted for Trump that are not his crazy loyalists. I want them to be stripped away from his base so they don’t vote for him again. They are the ones to embarrass.

Then we need to get people on the left out to vote like they haven’t done in years.

I will never deny there is a too large group of people that buy into Trump.

295

JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 5:21:45pm

Trump just said that Maxine Water’s IQ is somewhere in the mid 60s…which would place her in the range of “mild mental retardation”

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 5, 2018

.@realDonaldTrump, instead of making despicable attacks on @RepMaxineWaters, why don’t you focus on reuniting the children you put into cages back with their families? It’s been 9 days since a federal judge ordered you to. #FamiliesBelongTogether https://t.co/YO1tTFg6gM

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) July 5, 2018

296

Dave In Austin Jul 5, 2018 • 5:22:09pm

Spencering again

BOOM!
White Supremacist Richard Spencer, an advocate of not allowing immigrants into the U.S., was told by Poland that he is not allowed to visit Poland, and was then sent back home, per @hopenothate.

Nothing like a taste of your own medicine!

I really don’t care, do u?

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) July 5, 2018

297

PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 5:23:35pm

re: #295 JordanRules

Go Nancy Go.

298

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 5:24:22pm

re: #250 EPR-radar

I bet stories about Obama (or H. Clinton) being the AntiChrist and Trump being the Second Coming of Jesus per Revelations are already circulating in the more floridly deranged segments of US evangelical Christianity.

Christians have been doing that to Hillary and Obama for years.

299

Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 5:24:27pm

[deleted because it didn’t post correctly]

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 5:28:13pm

Skills gap idea perpetuated by unquestioning regurgitation of complaints of execs, not labor mkt analysis @pdacosta https://t.co/codx1nb6Py

— Maureen Conway (@conway_maureen) July 7, 2017

301

Unshaken Defiance Jul 5, 2018 • 5:29:04pm

They say tomorrow will be much hotter. LA area lizards proceeded accordingly.

forecast.weather.gov

Heat wave has begun, at least for inland areas today as strong
high pressure builds from the east and gradients start turning
offshore. Gradients are trending that direction and will continue
to do so through tonight and into Friday before trends reverse on
Saturday. Noticed a rare 40C contour at 950mb reaching the coastal
valleys south of Pt Conception Friday and combined with offshore
gradients to the north and east those are the two major
contributing factors that will push temps to record levels
tomorrow. For this reason highs have been nudged upwards again a
couple more degrees, especially for coastal areas where it`s clear
now that the offshore component will easily push any maritime
influence well away from the beaches and allow that compressional
heating to reach the coast. Valleys still expected to reach 110 in
the warmer locations with highs up to 114 in the western San
Fernando Valley.

302

Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 5:30:08pm

re: #288 Charles Johnson

“Goodbye yellow pricked chode”

— DCharlie (@DCharlieJP) July 6, 2018

303

PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 5:30:19pm

re: #301 Unshaken Defiance

Be careful. Drink water and stay in an air conditioned environment if possible.

304

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 5:31:09pm

re: #255 Winston_Smith

He’s also increasing the frequency of his hate rallies.

I hope that can be used as a measure of proportion to the problems that are creeping up that worry him in all the investigations.

The taking down of Trump is not going to be pretty

305

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 5:32:27pm

‘Hey, Donald Trump! I wanna know why you’re such a cunt!’ https://t.co/uasD4HWMje via @YouTube

— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) July 6, 2018

306

JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 5:32:43pm

Ha!

Doesn’t Barack Obama still have his law license ? Can’t he rep Michael Cohen, just to see Trump truly go ballistic ?

— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) July 5, 2018

As noted in the comments, Hillary and Michelle can be co-counsel.

307

Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 5:33:09pm

Wait. Why does anyone need an alternative to Twitter that serves as an even *safer* space for the #altwhite anyway?
(Though I still ain’t movin’ to #Mastodon because it’s also almost-safe for the dissidents here too).

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 6, 2018

308

Big Beautiful Door Jul 5, 2018 • 5:34:01pm

re: #301 Unshaken Defiance

They say tomorrow will be much hotter. LA area lizards proceeded accordingly.

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forecast.weather.gov

Glad I’m in Chicago this week. Heat index in Louisville was 108°.

309

JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 5:34:21pm

BREAKING: Media reports say Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara, mastermind of deadly Tokyo subway gassing, is executed.

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 6, 2018

310

PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 5:35:25pm

re: #308 Big Beautiful Door

Rain in Philly tomorrow.
weather.gov

311

JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 5:36:06pm

*please insert chip*
Is this a debit card?

Is the total amount correct?

Would you like cash back?

Would you like a receipt?

Do you love this shit?

Are you high right now?

Do you ever get nervous?

— Blake Commanchee (@Jeremy_Wesch) July 3, 2018

312

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 5:37:16pm

re: #285 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Isn’t this how the War of 1812 started? Only reversed?

Think of it more like Washington starting the French-Indian War.

313

Unshaken Defiance Jul 5, 2018 • 5:37:31pm

re: #303 PhillyPretzel

Oh yes. Heat wave protocol we jokingly call it.

314

BigPapa Jul 5, 2018 • 5:38:05pm

Just heard @POTUS at this rally complaining about the use of anonymous sources. For the record he was one of mine over the years.

— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) July 5, 2018

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ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 5:39:11pm

re: #286 Unshaken Defiance

Remember when “you can keep your doctor” was the lie of the year? Agree or disagree at the time or since, that was nothing on what we got today.

Maybe to us, but not to Trump supporters and the media that favors him. They use that as a comeback if anyone says Trump is lying.

316

Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 5:39:51pm

Spencer is already banned from the EU.

Good on Poland for deporting his Nazi butt.

It’s too bad we have to take him back.

317

BigPapa Jul 5, 2018 • 5:41:50pm

The Trump era has utterly destroyed the concept of hypocrisy. It’s as if it doesn’t exist any more.

318

Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 5:42:37pm

re: #286 Unshaken Defiance

Remember when “you can keep your doctor” was the lie of the year? Agree or disagree at the time or since, that was nothing on what we got today.

And that was a quote mine from conservatives.

blogs.wsj.com

319

JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 5:45:11pm

Record Number Of Native Americans Running For Office In Midterms https://t.co/qpzMyHNl90

— jamiaw (@jamiaw) July 5, 2018

320

PhillyPretzel Jul 5, 2018 • 5:46:14pm

re: #319 JordanRules

That is good news. :)

321

Eventual Carrion Jul 5, 2018 • 5:47:20pm

re: #117 jaunte

That’s a real smart one.

12 hours, 100’s of miles through mostly uninhabited land.

322

Unshaken Defiance Jul 5, 2018 • 5:47:42pm

re: #315 ObserverArt

Maybe to us, but not to Trump supporters and the media that favors him. They use that as a comeback if anyone says Trump is lying.

That’s when I like to remind myself that Trump got millions fewer votes, and I do think it was all downhill from there, Zero pickup in support among citizens since. Just IMHO. We just gotta turn the legislature around. And seriously hit the streets. Keep the pressure on. Maybe accept some allies we might not love.

323

ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 5:48:31pm

re: #306 JordanRules

Ha!

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As noted in the comments, Hillary and Michelle can be co-counsel.

Put Barack on the team as a law adviser and just have him around at important times. And make sure he is seen in the media and in all images.

Trump will be seething.

324

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 5:51:08pm

For all of these speeches, we need to remind people that Trump just pull topics out of his butt that he thinks they will like and tries to put them together, and use the golf course-military kludge as the example

325

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jul 5, 2018 • 5:51:28pm

Kim Dotcom loses New Zealand extradition appeal (AFP via Yahoo)

326

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 5:51:44pm

For any of you Steven Universe fans: WEDDING!

327

wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 5:54:26pm

I don’t know who this guy is, but Jim Hoft re-tweets him, so I figure he deserved to be refused service.

I’m shaking right now. I just went into a camera store to buy a camera and a light and mic, etc. and they recognized me from tv. I was refused service because they said it was for “alt right” purposes. That literally just happened.

— Brandon Straka (The Unsilent Minority) (@usminority) July 5, 2018

I really don’t care. Do you?

328

Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Jul 5, 2018 • 5:56:11pm

re: #309 JordanRules

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Japan Times: Aum Shinrikyo guru Shoko Asahara hanged for mass murder: reports

329

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 5:57:15pm

re: #301 Unshaken Defiance

They say tomorrow will be much hotter. LA area lizards proceeded accordingly.

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forecast.weather.gov

Right now it is 89 here in Los Angeles. They had previously projected that it would only get to 82.

Now they are saying it will be 103 on Friday, 98 on Sunday and 93 on Monday.

330

Barefoot Grin Jul 5, 2018 • 5:57:49pm

re: #328 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Japan Times: Aum Shinrikyo guru Shoko Asahara hanged for mass murder: reports

Whoa. So that’s how you keep him from levitating. (Sorry, bad joke. Hate death penalty but couldn’t resist.)

331

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 5:58:15pm

re: #327 wheat-dogg

I don’t know who this guy is, but Jim Hoft re-tweets him, so I figure he deserved to be refused service.

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I really don’t care. Do you?

Bull and shit. Didn’t happen. And since that’s a common thing among the tweets people put up about the kindness of others they saw, I told him it didn’t happen.

332

EPR-radar Jul 5, 2018 • 5:58:21pm

re: #327 wheat-dogg

Isn’t it the US right that is perpetually going on about the supposed ‘right’ of businesses to refuse service for any reason whatsoever?

Why, yes. Indeed it is. But of course the US right applies its decoder ring to the above ‘right’ to arrive at businesses having the ‘right’ to refuse service to n*****s.

333

makeitstop Jul 5, 2018 • 5:58:27pm

re: #253 BeachDem

Trump lies of his association health plans: “Millions of people are already signing up.” The plans will not be offered at all until September 1.

Wow, that’s right out of the Trump apartment sales script that nearly got Beavis and Evita indicted.

Tell the marks that a lot of people have bought in to get them to move.

Con artists, all of them.

334

Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 6:02:05pm

re: #327 wheat-dogg

He’s probably lying.

335

JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 6:04:51pm

re: #331 Belafon

Bull and shit. Didn’t happen. And since that’s a common thing among the tweets people put up about the kindness of others they saw, I told him it didn’t happen.

336

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 6:05:28pm

If you haven’t seen this, John Mulaney’s bit from last year about Trump being a horse in a hospital is pretty spot on:

John Mulaney: Trump Is ‘A Horse Loose In A Hospital’

Edit: Having trouble finding a clip of the part in the actual comedy sketch. If you have netflix, it’s John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, at about the 44 minute mark.

337

Bubblehead II Jul 5, 2018 • 6:05:50pm

re: #326 Belafon

For any of you Steven Universe fans: WEDDING!

Saw this earlier on twitter.

Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe features lesbian proposal

338

BeachDem Jul 5, 2018 • 6:06:16pm

re: #327 wheat-dogg

I don’t know who this guy is, but Jim Hoft re-tweets him, so I figure he deserved to be refused service.

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I really don’t care. Do you?

He’s the bullshit walkaway guy

Conservative and Russian media outlets — amplified by sketchy Twitter accounts — are pushing a social media campaign intended to drive Democratic voters away from the party.

rawstory.com

339

Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 6:06:30pm

Oy. I’m not quite qualified to explain why anarchocapitalism is #NotActuallyAnarchism; someone else want to tell her for me?

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 6, 2018

340

gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 6:06:42pm

Abbey Sidewalk

The moment before the most famous album cover ever was photographed. 1969. pic.twitter.com/JCJzWmkuXW

— Mood:Vintage (@moodvintage) July 6, 2018

341

fern01 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:06:54pm

re: #182 Winston_Smith

So why allow him to keep doing that to you?

The USA political media - “Dear Leader - please lock me up”
They should STOP attending all and any of his “campaign rallies”

342

BigPapa Jul 5, 2018 • 6:06:58pm

re: #327 wheat-dogg

He’s the #walkaway campaign dude. Russo-wingnut fuquery.

343

wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 6:08:27pm

re: #338 BeachDem

He’s the bullshit walkaway guy

Conservative and Russian media outlets — amplified by sketchy Twitter accounts — are pushing a social media campaign intended to drive Democratic voters away from the party.

rawstory.com

Ah, OK. So, yeah, he’s probably making it all up. Thought I could see the people at B&H Camera in NY telling him to shove off. Not sure where he is based, though.

344

fern01 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:09:05pm

re: #186 Chrysicat

What’s the alternative? Refusing to cover him in any way will just accelerate his quest to outlaw all but the state media…

No - they can stop going to his so-called campaign rallies. They can attend the white house every day to be told - there is no briefing today.

The media is no longer the protector of the people - they work for trump.

345

Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 6:09:54pm

Every day, the brave men and women of ICE are liberating communities from savage gangs like MS-13. We will NOT stand for these vile Democrat smears in law enforcement. We will always stand proudly with the BRAVE HEROES of ICE and BORDER PATROL!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 6, 2018

Look up “jingoism” in the dictionary, and there’s a screenshot of this tweet. https://t.co/NZ3u6qwHDU

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 6, 2018

346

Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 6:10:38pm

re: #332 EPR-radar

Isn’t it the US right that is perpetually going on about the supposed ‘right’ of businesses to refuse service for any reason whatsoever?

Why, yes. Indeed it is. But of course the US right applies its decoder ring to the above ‘right’ to arrive at businesses having the ‘right’ to refuse service to n*****s.

Well, and f*gs. This time around they’re even bigger on that than on Mobile having 20 all-white motels again…

347

Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Jul 5, 2018 • 6:10:42pm

re: #330 Barefoot Grin

Whoa. So that’s how you keep him from levitating. (Sorry, bad joke. Hate death penalty but couldn’t resist.)

I would register my usual protest against the death penalty for this case but I can’t find that picture of the world’s smallest violin. Several of Asahara’s fellow cultists are also on death row and could swing at any time. Execution times are not announced in advance in Japan and the condemned does not even know until immediately beforehand.

348

fern01 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:10:49pm

re: #201 JordanRules

He spreads the hate around ~~the country.~~ the world
en.m.wikipedia.org

349

BeachDem Jul 5, 2018 • 6:11:37pm

re: #343 wheat-dogg

Ah, OK. So, yeah, he’s probably making it all up. Thought I could see the people at B&H Camera in NY telling him to shove off. Not sure where he is based, though.

Once, at least, was in NY

…Straka, a nearly broke New York hairstylist, in his first video.

350

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 6:12:05pm

re: #337 Bubblehead II

Saw this earlier on twitter.

Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe features lesbian proposal

The actual episode, including the proposal, aired yesterday, on the 4th, we just didn’t get to watch it until today.

351

wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 6:12:15pm

It begins in earnest. From my WaPo email feed:

Trump administration poised to impose tariffs on China tonight, plunging two countries into costly and unpredictable trade war
U.S. officials will begin collecting tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese industrial goods as of 12:01 a.m. Friday. Chinese officials have said they will respond with equivalent action against a range of American goods, including pork, poultry, soybeans and corn, and President Trump last month vowed to hit an additional $200 billion in Chinese goods if Beijing did so.

The moves will mark a historic break with nearly a quarter-century of growing integration between the U.S. and Chinese economies.

352

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 6:13:48pm

re: #182 Winston_Smith

So why allow him to keep doing that to you?

I think it’s important that they keep going and reporting on what is being said. We need to know about the crap coming from his mouth, especially because it’s psychotic.

353

Big Beautiful Door Jul 5, 2018 • 6:14:10pm

re: #329 Joe Bacon 🌹

Right now it is 89 here in Los Angeles. They had previously projected that it would only get to 82.

Now they are saying it will be 103 on Friday, 98 on Sunday and 93 on Monday.

Not to gloat, but tomorrow in Chicago it will be sunny and 76°.

354

The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Jul 5, 2018 • 6:16:02pm

re: #352 Belafon

I think it’s important that they keep going and reporting on what is being said. We need to know about the crap coming from his mouth, especially because it’s psychotic.

All his hate rallies are live on FAUX Noise, right? All they need is a VCR…Oh. Right.

355

BeachDem Jul 5, 2018 • 6:17:13pm

Right, Maggie—because the yam is ever so concerned with legalities. Jeez. The magsplaining has gone to 11ty today.

There wasn’t just one thing that sank Pruitt, and conservative senators and radio hosts gave Trump cover to move. But scrubbing the record of his meetings moved scandals into possible illegality and helped focus Trump https://t.co/9xClR1a3NU

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 6, 2018

356

Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:18:37pm

re: #321 Eventual Carrion

12 hours, 100’s of miles through mostly uninhabited land.

I’ll be driving through that next week. US-212 in Wyoming is real lonely. There is a post office in the middle of it between SD and MT. I sent a post card from there to my mother last time we went to Canada, to assure my mother we were alive.

357

Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 6:19:08pm

re: #355 BeachDem

Right, Maggie—because the yam is ever so concerned with legalities. Jeez. The magsplaining has gone to 11ty today.

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The story stopped being about Trump, which he cannot stand. Trump will be on the deck of the Titanic shouting “I ran into that iceberg on purpose! It was me!”

358

Mattand Jul 5, 2018 • 6:19:29pm

re: #329 Joe Bacon 🌹

Right now it is 89 here in Los Angeles. They had previously projected that it would only get to 82.

Now they are saying it will be 103 on Friday, 98 on Sunday and 93 on Monday.

Freaking 84° with 73% humidity at 9:20pm in South Jersey.

359

Bubblehead II Jul 5, 2018 • 6:21:23pm

Whine fucking whine asshole.

Tough shit. You and your ilk support the the religious right to refuse service to the LGBTQ community because of their “deeply held religious beliefs” So don’t whine when a store refuses you service because of YOUR beliefs. Turn about is fair play asshole.

— Bubblehead II Wants Twiter to ban Nazis now! (@BubbleheadII) July 6, 2018

360

JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 6:23:07pm

re: #348 fern01

Rallies have only been in the U.S. so far.
Maybe we’ll get one in Moscow though.

361

wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 6:25:00pm

re: #360 JordanRules

Rallies have only been in the U.S. so far.
Maybe we’ll get one in Moscow though.

Crimea. Great place for a hotel.

362

Charles Johnson Jul 5, 2018 • 6:26:25pm

A vote for Democrats in November is a vote to let MS-13 run wild in our communities, to let drugs pour into our cities, and to take jobs and benefits away from hardworking Americans. Democrats want anarchy, amnesty and chaos - Republicans want LAW, ORDER and JUSTICE!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 6, 2018

Uh.

Has anyone noticed how disturbingly, dangerously unhinged comments like this are — coming from the president of the US?

I mean, damn. https://t.co/Rvj51tQvhi

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 6, 2018

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fern01 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:26:46pm

re: #360 JordanRules

Rallies have only been in the U.S. so far.
Maybe we’ll get one in Moscow though.

They are reported world wide in the media - not to mention on social media. White supremacists in other countries applaud his behavior and in many cases copy it. I pray that the protests in the UK will be massive.

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wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 6:27:14pm

re: #362 Charles Johnson

It’s the modern version of demonizing the Jews.

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EPR-radar Jul 5, 2018 • 6:27:27pm

re: #360 JordanRules

Rallies have only been in the U.S. so far.
Maybe we’ll get one in Moscow though.

Perhaps Trump really is a pit fiend from the depths of hell, who needs to regularly feed on the massed hatreds of his deplorables at these profoundly stupid rallies.

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Big Beautiful Door Jul 5, 2018 • 6:27:30pm

re: #356 Anymouse 🌹

I’ll be driving through that next week. US-212 in Wyoming is real lonely. There is a post office in the middle of it between SD and MT. I sent a post card from there to my mother last time we went to Canada, to assure my mother we were alive.

When the Democrats regain power, they need to play hardball to end white minority rule. Give DC and Puerto Rico statehood and break California into three states, add 2 seats to the Supreme Court, and expand the size of the House.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:28:52pm

re: #342 BigPapa

He’s the #walkaway campaign dude. Russo-wingnut fuquery.

And we can hijack that Russian hashtag, tweeting it at the press every time they whinge about being caged or gaslit.

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makeitstop Jul 5, 2018 • 6:30:43pm

re: #327 wheat-dogg

I don’t know who this guy is, but Jim Hoft re-tweets him, so I figure he deserved to be refused service.

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I really don’t care. Do you?

I think that’s the dude who started the #walkaway hashtag. (Sorry if someone already pointed this out, late to the party.)

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Skip Intro Jul 5, 2018 • 6:31:13pm

re: #362 Charles Johnson

Not one Republican says a word. Not a single one.

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 6:32:23pm

Trump: “You know President Putin is KGB… Putin is fine. He’s fine. We are all fine, we’re all people” pic.twitter.com/EHJktcEZu4

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 5, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:32:37pm

re: #358 Mattand

Freaking 84° with 73% humidity at 9:20pm in South Jersey.

81°F here in the Nebraska Panhandle with 57% humidity at 7:30. Thunderstorms on the schedule tonight, and flash flood watches going up to our south in Colorado due to the fires and burned areas.

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lawhawk Jul 5, 2018 • 6:33:12pm

re: #362 Charles Johnson

Trump lies are getting more grandiose and bellicose. He’s goading at this point.

And he knows his base takes it as an article of faith.

The fact is that MS-13 is less than 1% of people considered to be gang members. Their numbers have been stable for nearly 20 years. Nearly all recruits are here in the US. They aren’t getting numbers from across the border and they aren’t a reason for border crossings.

In fact, border crossings overall are down to near multidecade lows. This was never a crisis until Trump created one by putting kids in cages.

MS-13 is the bogeyman, and even those in places hit by that gang violence know that what Trump says is a pack of lies. Even the law enforcement agencies in those places knows it is a lie.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 6:33:21pm

re: #363 fern01

They are reported world wide in the media - not to mention on social media. White supremacists in other countries applaud his behavior and in many cases copy it. I pray that the protests in the UK will be massive.

Indeed. He’s spreading hate across the globe via Twitter and his existence. No rallies needed.
I was specifically speaking to the locations of his rallies and how they aren’t exclusive to any region of the country.

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meteor Jul 5, 2018 • 6:33:30pm

the human invited many guests. to the household this evening. but i reserved a whole room to myself. i have special headphones. to ward off the sky booms. i have my stuffed fren sebastian. to keep me company. and the human plans to check in on me. every other minute

— Thoughts of Dog (@dog_feelings) July 4, 2018

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Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 6:35:01pm

re: #362 Charles Johnson

It’s odd, how, after 60+ years of a successful and yet humane border policy, you suddenly want to turn it into the invasion of the fluid snatchers. How can they both be taking our jobs away and our benefits? I’m beginning to think it has nothing to do with jobs or benefits.

— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) July 6, 2018

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 6:35:21pm

Asshole is not a protected class, snowflake.

— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) July 6, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:37:17pm

That’s the BMW corporate jet in. We know it’s BMW because the pilot went through a red light, flashed his lights while tailgating a 737 then played ‘smack my bitch up’ loudly through the rolled down tinted windows of his cockpit as he gave the finger to the control tower.

— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) June 22, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 6:37:43pm

re: #366 Big Beautiful Door

When the Democrats regain power, they need to play hardball to end white minority rule. Give DC and Puerto Rico statehood and break California into three states, add 2 seats to the Supreme Court, and expand the size of the House.

End felon disenfranchisement, electoral college. Simplify primary election calendar. Make Presidential election day a holiday. Paper ballots. Etc…

Lots of stuff to do before breaking up Cali.

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I Would Prefer Not To Jul 5, 2018 • 6:39:31pm

Not real,but funny.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Jul 5, 2018 • 6:41:46pm

re: #378 JordanRules

End felon disenfranchisement, electoral college. Simplify primary election calendar. Make Presidential election day a holiday. Paper ballots. Etc…

Lots of stuff to do before breaking up Cali.

Breaking up states is a GOP tactic—they’ve tried it a couple of times, but it’s so unprecedented it didn’t pass. Don’t set that precedent or they’ll split every red state into units of 70,000 population, each with two unearned electoral votes and two Senators.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:41:49pm

Don’t engage with Trump supporters, it’s a waste of time, most of them are FSB-operated bots based in Russia. Twitter activity of most Trump supporters dwindles to zero in the evening when it’s nighttime in Moscow. #AdviceForNewTwitterUsers

— imfabulous (@imfabulous13) July 5, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 6:43:22pm

Thread…

AP NewsBreak: The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship. https://t.co/OFMawYeMRm

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 5, 2018

The one tangible act I can recall proudly in my time in Iraq was putting together a naturalization ceremony for downrange foreign-born troops on Camp Victory on the 4th of July, 2009. For America to renege on its promises to these members for service is 100% retrograde asshattery https://t.co/vbs3nqep5G

— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) July 5, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 6:43:56pm

re: #380 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Breaking up states is a GOP tactic—they’ve tried it a couple of times, but it’s so unprecedented it didn’t pass. Don’t set that precedent or they’ll split every red state into units of 70,000 population, each with two unearned electoral votes and two Senators.

Yep. I definitely don’t want to go there.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:45:59pm

re: #382 JordanRules

Here’s some US #Veterans deported to a country they don’t even know. Be sure and thank them for their service. pic.twitter.com/lHcyGzWZVB

— John Moffitt (@JohnRMoffitt) July 6, 2018

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Jul 5, 2018 • 6:46:15pm

It’s karma-licious!

Lions kill and eat rhino poachers at South Africa nature reserve https://t.co/mGDCOMY9cs

— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 5, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 6:47:53pm

re: #381 Anymouse 🌹

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Automated bots can and do run at all hours. It’s evening in Phoenix right now and Friday morning in Moscow so the overnight troll shift is about to hand off to the morning troll shift.

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Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 6:47:57pm

re: #385 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

It’s karma-licious!

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I like the ones showing the pride, because it’s most likely the case the females hunted them down.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 6:49:08pm

re: #384 Anymouse 🌹

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Pics like these make me so sad and angry!

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BigPapa Jul 5, 2018 • 6:51:36pm

re: #379 I Would Prefer Not To

Not real,but funny.

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Real funny.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:52:26pm

Things that make you go “hmmmm” - NRA TV has a spokesliar on from FAIR.

.@RangerHolton talks with Robert Najmulski of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) to discuss the economic consequences of illegal immigration. #NRATV pic.twitter.com/ayJvfwGgc6

— NRATV (@NRATV) July 5, 2018

Why is the NRA spreading propaganda about immigration?

What does immigration have to do with guns?

Is there a tie between white nationalism and gun fetishism?

Throw in the NRA’s Russian ties, and there’s some odd convergences going on. https://t.co/bwcXNg7kIX

— Augustus 11 (@Augustus709) July 5, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 6:54:07pm

Megyn girrrrl, you know I don’t like you but this type of rebuttal from the likes of you and other Foxers is necessary.

To Darla Shine - yes, it was indeed an “awkward hug” between me (then a 2d year reporter) & my then-boss, the CEO Ailes, especially when in his locked office he tried to make out w/me & then demanded to know when my contract was up after I shoved him off. https://t.co/7aqJjTk7DZ

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) July 6, 2018

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Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 6:55:12pm

re: #390 Anymouse 🌹

There’s a tie between guns and white everything these days. Whites can’t make others scared with just their presence any more, so they’re adding guns.

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lawhawk Jul 5, 2018 • 6:55:28pm

As we approach the 2018 November general election, how can states help improve election security? Here’s everything you need to know. #ProtectTheVote https://t.co/T0XH8jkMOi

— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) July 6, 2018

While Trump is busy allowing Russia to interfere in our elections with no repercussions, there are things that states must do to improve election security - protecting the very right to vote. https://t.co/F2TqF0pyDS

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 6, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 6:55:44pm

re: #388 JordanRules

Pics like these make me so sad and angry!

Just more conservative support of vets and the troops (tm).

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Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 6:56:25pm

re: #390 Anymouse 🌹

The economic consequences are that they add more to the economy than they take, as discovered by the White House.

— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) July 6, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 5, 2018 • 6:56:31pm

I live in a border town. So weird I don’t live in fear from illegals swarming across the border, even though the people on the other side are building a humongous bridge to accommodate MOAR border swarms.

They are coming here to go shopping and fuel their vehicles. Plenty of “Yours To Discover” license plates in the parking lot of the Allen Park Meijer.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:00:17pm

re: #396 The Vicious Babushka

I live in a border town. So weird I don’t live in fear from illegals swarming across the border, even though the people on the other side are building a humongous bridge to accommodate border swarms.

They are coming here to go shopping and fuel their vehicles. Plenty of “Yours To Discover” license plates in the parking lot of the Allen Park Meijer.

You’re on the “good” border though. It’s not remotely the same. The racism is the story, not the actual border.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:01:28pm

Dear Media, now that Trump is calling Jim Jordan’s accusers “liars,” and now that a 4th accuser just stepped forward to accuse Jordan of knowing about the serial sexual abuse at @OhioState & refusing to help, this is officially a HUGE story. Cover it as if Jordan were a Democrat.

— John Aravosis (@aravosis) July 6, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:01:54pm

re: #396 The Vicious Babushka

I live in a border town. So weird I don’t live in fear from illegals swarming across the border, even though the people on the other side are building a humongous bridge to accommodate MOAR border swarms.

They are coming here to go shopping and fuel their vehicles. Plenty of “Yours To Discover” license plates in the parking lot of the Allen Park Meijer.

Wait ‘til they send the Coast Guard to look for “illegals” in Canadian waters in the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:02:52pm

One of the greatest tragedies of our modern era is the way perpetual crisis forces the most brilliant/innovative minds of our generation to dedicate nearly all their waking hours to harm reduction, hours that could be spent in invention.

— Mark Gonzales (@markgonzalesco) July 6, 2018

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Jul 5, 2018 • 7:04:07pm

re: #398 JordanRules

Dear Media, now that Trump is calling Jim Jordan’s accusers “liars,” and now that a 4th accuser just stepped forward to accuse Jordan of knowing about the serial sexual abuse at @OhioState & refusing to help, this is officially a HUGE story. Cover it as if Jordan were a Democrat.

Oh they will! If this story ever makes it to FAUX Noise, they’ll put a big “D” next to Jordan’s name.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:04:54pm

33 people have died in Quebec from one of the worst heat waves to hit eastern and central Canada in decades https://t.co/E37ZWGnrGQ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 5, 2018

Many folks most impacted by heat waves are kids, older adults, & people w/ disabilities or chronic illnesses. Climate change, poverty, social inequality, ableism interconnected.

Ya’ll be careful out there this summer and if you can, watch out for one another #CripTheVote https://t.co/4Dxav5L6Bu

— Alice Wong (@SFdirewolf) July 6, 2018

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Ace-o-aces Jul 5, 2018 • 7:08:53pm

I believe this is the first time the words Dick Morris and loyal have been used in the same sentence.

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) July 6, 2018

That’s right Glenn, Dick Morris is well known for his unwavering fidelity to the Clintons.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:09:28pm

Speaking of a naturalisation ceremony he helped put together for servicemembers during the Iraq War, he came across this:

Completely unrelatedly: Just went back to a 2012 clip of mine to find a link to USCIS data I’d used on servicemember naturalizations since 9/11 (almost 75,000 in a decade). That gov’t link now 404s pic.twitter.com/Gw7MHTZYQu

— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) July 5, 2018

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Barefoot Grin Jul 5, 2018 • 7:10:35pm

re: #391 JordanRules

Megyn girrrrl, you know I don’t like you but this type of rebuttal from the likes of you and other Foxers is necessary.

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Agreed. Better late than never. But I’m afraid that in other ways that matter, Megyn is still the Fox Megyn.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:10:52pm

re: #403 Ace-o-aces

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That’s right Glenn, Dick Morris is well known for his unwavering fidelity to the Clintons.

Gawd he’s such a dolt!

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 5, 2018 • 7:11:20pm

re: #399 Anymouse 🌹

Wait ‘til they send the Coast Guard to look for “illegals” in Canadian waters in the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair.

I learned in school that “One More River To Cross” was the Detroit River.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 7:13:10pm

he’s shouting again

Thanks to REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP, America is WINNING AGAIN - and America is being RESPECTED again all over the world. Because we are finally putting AMERICA FIRST!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 6, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 7:14:04pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren fires back at heritage challenges made at a Montana rally, telling President Trump to worry less about her genes and more about separated families at the border.

Read more: https://t.co/LK2Qog5Hdc pic.twitter.com/MzVFkCBrjO

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 6, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:14:38pm

Troll Farms and Russian Bots Are ‘Fixing’ Google (Wonkette, more at the link):

A campaign to influence the 2018 election is in full effect using a combination of Google trickery and Twitter bots, and it looks a lot like the 2016 Russian fuckery. The Daily Beast reports that since September 2017, an anonymous source has been paying bloggers in Indonesia and India to write a ton of nice stories about about people involved in Trump-Russia. The intent is to bury any bad stories about Trump, his kids, Felix Sater, former Russian trade minister Tevfik Arif, and Bayrock Group, the mob-owned real estate group used to launder dirty dollars into repatriated rubbles (and vice-versa).

The scheme is pretty simple: Write a bunch of blog posts for dummy websites. Because of the way Google’s algorithm works, the mass of junk will appear before something more reputable, like a WaPo report detailing how Bayrock was used as a transnational money laundering operation.

Think of it like looking for a needle in a haystack, except someone keeps pouring more and more hay on top of you.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 7:15:06pm

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort requests permission to hire 40 foreign workers https://t.co/D9noRb0NzP pic.twitter.com/q21O16YVnC

— The Hill (@thehill) July 5, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:16:15pm

re: #405 Barefoot Grin

Agreed. Better late than never. But I’m afraid that in other ways that matter, Megyn is still the Fox Megyn.

For sure. I consider her a Foxer still. Its why she got the NBC gig. She isn’t late on this per se. She’s responding immediately to rebut new slander from Shine’s wife.

She followed Gretchen once the door was kicked open.

And I still hate her and she’s still a bigot.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 5, 2018 • 7:16:44pm

Get you a prescription for Ambien. Seems to work for the rest of your party. https://t.co/p7u9QkhqL9

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 6, 2018

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ObserverArt Jul 5, 2018 • 7:18:05pm

re: #368 makeitstop

I think that’s the dude who started the #walkaway hashtag. (Sorry if someone already pointed this out, late to the party.)

It is kind of interesting watching how that whole thing is working. It seems to be getting around and getting reaction. There have been at least three or four mentions of that today just here at LGF. I can only imagine all the churning it is getting in the Twitterverse.

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makeitstop Jul 5, 2018 • 7:20:31pm

re: #414 ObserverArt

It is kind of interesting watching how that whole thing is working. It seems to be getting around and getting reaction. There have been at least three or four mentions of that today just here at LGF. I can only imagine all the churning it is getting in the Twitterverse.

I do like Anymouse’s idea to appropriate it and point it at wobbly Republicans.

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 5, 2018 • 7:20:53pm

14. Months. Old. https://t.co/Z3srt7KVco pic.twitter.com/uUgcxgbR0L

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 6, 2018

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Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 7:21:04pm

.@RealCandaceO: There Will Be a ‘Major Black Exit’ From the Democratic Party https://t.co/4Ql6UXK9a4 pic.twitter.com/h4xSbG9pMz

— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 5, 2018

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 … 🤔 … 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/U8jFD7wPD7

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) July 5, 2018

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:22:53pm

re: #382 JordanRules

Thread…

AP NewsBreak: The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship. https://t.co/OFMawYeMRm

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 5, 2018

Associated thread (Horton)

If you’re shocked the Army would cut loose immigrant recruits and expose them to deportation through incredible indifference, buddy, you haven’t been paying attention. This began to erode last June https://t.co/IPBLhCkiNA

— Alex Horton (@AlexHortonTX) July 5, 2018

Last October, Army Chief Gen. Milley called for inclusion: “It doesn’t matter if you are black or white or Asian or Indian or any other ethnic group. It doesn’t matter what the country of your origin is or the spelling of your last name.” Hmm. https://t.co/T44bZIUaSh https://t.co/PUnIG4UXox

— paul mcleary (@paulmcleary) July 6, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 5, 2018 • 7:22:55pm

You know what is disgusting & a disgrace? Your old man pointing to the press pen, calling them “Enemy of the People” less than a week after 5 newspaper employees were murdered. #resist #TrumpRussia

— The Uncivil Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 6, 2018

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:23:47pm

re: #417 Belafon

Damn. Nobody even told me about Blexit. Rude!

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Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 7:31:47pm

re: #416 The Vicious Babushka

What? I hope she’s wrong about them not bathing him. It keeps getting worse with this lawless, xenophobic regime.

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wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 7:34:28pm

re: #379 I Would Prefer Not To

I gather there are some people upset about Scarlett playing a trans person in a movie.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:35:25pm

re: #366 Big Beautiful Door

When the Democrats regain power, they need to play hardball to end white minority rule. Give DC and Puerto Rico statehood and break California into three states, add 2 seats to the Supreme Court, and expand the size of the House.

No.

Breaking California into 3 states which is on the ballot this November would result in 4 more Republican Senators!

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 5, 2018 • 7:36:50pm

oh no

BREAKING: Thai authorities say navy SEAL working to rescue boys trapped in cave has died from lack of oxygen.

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 6, 2018

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Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 7:37:58pm

re: #362 Charles Johnson

The MSM will tell us that we have to be civil to Trumo and his supporters if we point out that Trump’s rhetoric is increasingly dangerous and unhinged.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:38:20pm

A few folk are speculating that Susan Sarandon’s photo with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is actually edited … noting it appears that most of Ocasio-Cortez’s right arm appears to be missing in the photograph.

So inspired after meeting with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. On June 26th we have a chance to prove that real Democrats who only answer to their constituents, can win against Dems beholden to corporate money. If you believe in Democracy, learn more & donate at https://t.co/6wD2XrKyXG pic.twitter.com/WTB9AMm9Hg

— Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) June 7, 2018

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wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 7:38:47pm

re: #424 The Vicious Babushka

oh no

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I was worried about such a thing happening. Cave diving is very risky. That’s why they plan to keep the kids in the cave until the water levels are lower. Diving is not for amateurs.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:41:03pm

re: #413 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well, if Rosanne Barr is to be believed, it turns you into a racist.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:41:26pm

re: #426 Anymouse 🌹

A few folk are speculating that Susan Sarandon’s photo with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is actually edited … noting it appears that most of Ocasio-Cortez’s right arm appears to be missing in the photograph.

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She worked on her campaign. Why would she fake a photo? Weird.

So inspired by @Ocasio2018 and her incredible, progressive, grassroots campaign for NY-14. And as a fabulous bonus, icon @SusanSarandon arrived to support Alexandria too! If you can, sign up here: https://t.co/jsztrg8NBN to volunteer. The primary to defeat Joe Crowley is 6/26! pic.twitter.com/UMH4siRquL

— Natalie Holme Elsberg (@NatalieElsberg) June 8, 2018

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Single-handed sailor Jul 5, 2018 • 7:42:32pm

.@POTUS confirmed to press pool that $34B in tariffs against China will kick in tonight as planned. He adds that there is “another $16 in 2 weeks” & another “200B in abeyance” & then another “300 billion in abeyance.”

— margaret brennan (@margbrennan) July 5, 2018

He used the word abeyance? https://t.co/CIuzKwsnlK

— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) July 5, 2018

Ron Howard, “He didn’t.”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:44:13pm

While Trump rails against US born children of undocumented immigrants, his FL properties are a playground for birth tourists from Russia’s upper crust.
Privately owned Trump condos are subleased to expectant Russian parents, whose babies then are Americanshttps://t.co/IdpWu0FnCB pic.twitter.com/by7GivUzpK

— Maggie Jordan: (@MaggieJordanACN) July 6, 2018

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wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 7:44:50pm

re: #430 Single-handed sailor

I’m predicting the markets will be most unhappy about this on Friday.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:45:19pm

Today the president, who was accused of sexual harassment and abuse, hired someone accused of covering up sexual harassment (Shine) and defended someone accused of ignoring sexual abuse (Jordan).

— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) July 5, 2018

A reminder why it’s so challenging for survivors to come forward with allegations against men in power. https://t.co/QfCPE3aFUa

— ACLU (@ACLU) July 6, 2018

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Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 7:46:25pm

re: #426 Anymouse 🌹

A few folk are speculating that Susan Sarandon’s photo with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is actually edited … noting it appears that most of Ocasio-Cortez’s right arm appears to be missing in the photograph.

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While it might be possible, I don’t think it’s something that needs to be pursued. Unless Ocasio-Cortez denies it, I would assume it happened. And, in the grand scheme of things, this meeting doesn’t really mean much. She was nominated by her constituents because she ran a real campaign. She will have to make the decisions that will help her constituents, which is what we want of her.

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Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 7:47:39pm

re: #366 Big Beautiful Door

Great suggestions. If only the Democrats had your passion and fight. I don’t think they have it in them to be so nakedly political. Sigh.

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KGxvi Jul 5, 2018 • 7:51:03pm

re: #366 Big Beautiful Door

When the Democrats regain power, they need to play hardball to end white minority rule. Give DC and Puerto Rico statehood and break California into three states, add 2 seats to the Supreme Court, and expand the size of the House.

No on California being three states. That’s just stupid. Too many people do business across county lines that would suddenly be state lines that would drive up the cost of business and needlessly complicate people’s lives. And that’s before you would have to figure out how to divide state agencies into parts for these new states to use.

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Chrysicat Jul 5, 2018 • 7:51:04pm

re: #422 wheat-dogg

I gather there are some people upset about Scarlett playing a trans person in a movie.

It’s probably not the 21st-century equivalent of blackface (not least because give these morons another two years in power and actual blackface will be acceptable again), but it’s probably on a level with redface and just below yellowface in terms of insensitivity. It’s not like there aren’t MtF actresses.

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Interesting Times Jul 5, 2018 • 7:51:28pm

re: #366 Big Beautiful Door

When the Democrats regain power, they need to play hardball to end white minority rule. Give DC and Puerto Rico statehood and break California into three states, add 2 seats to the Supreme Court, and expand the size of the House.

I agree with all of this EXCEPT breaking up California - that would help GOPers, not hurt them. Don’t be fooled into thinking all of California is Democratic - like most states, it’s urban blue, rural red -_-

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unproven innocence Jul 5, 2018 • 7:51:38pm

re: #431 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

This needs more attention and emphasis.

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KGxvi Jul 5, 2018 • 7:51:41pm

re: #429 JordanRules

She worked on her campaign. Why would she fake a photo? Weird.

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Yeah, just an optical illusion as they are both turned slightly inward for the photo.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:51:47pm

re: #435 Patricia Kayden

Great suggestions. If only the Democrats had your passion and fight. I don’t think they have it in them to be so nakedly political. Sigh.

Minus breaking up California, I’m on board with that. Puerto Rico already voted for statehood. No territory which ever voted for statehood has been voted down in the past.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:51:55pm

re: #434 Belafon

While it might be possible, I don’t think it’s something that needs to be pursued. Unless Ocasio-Cortez denies it, I would assume it happened. And, in the grand scheme of things, this meeting doesn’t really mean much. She was nominated by her constituents because she ran a real campaign. She will have to make the decisions that will help her constituents, which is what we want of her.

I’m sorry, but it it’s barely in the realm of possibility.
Hollywood actress, documented in several places as supporting an upstart campaign with very low odds of winning, photoshops a picture of herself during a campaign event even though there are other pictures of her at said event??

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:53:42pm

re: #442 JordanRules

I’m sorry, but it it’s barely in the realm of possibility.
Hollywood actress, documented in several places as supporting an upstart campaign with very low odds of winning photoshops a picture of herself during a campaign event even though there are other pictures of her at said event??

Well, I’ll put that idea back on the shelf then. It wasn’t mine to begin with, anyway.

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Patricia Kayden Jul 5, 2018 • 7:54:44pm

re: #431 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Those are White babies so it’s all good.

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JordanRules Jul 5, 2018 • 7:54:54pm

re: #443 Anymouse 🌹

Well, I’ll put that idea back on the shelf then. It wasn’t mine to begin with, anyway.

Oh I gotcha. I know you were passing along what you saw out there and likely didn’t know other pics existed.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:56:19pm

The Great State of Arkansas, seldom singled out as an innovator in anything, was among the first states to impose work requirements for people receiving Medicaid, and tonight marks an exciting step in the effort to bone people who have made the poor choice to be poor while needing medical care: It’s the very first deadline for Medicaid recipients to document that they worked or volunteered 80 hours during June, or were otherwise exempt from the work requirement. And that documentation can only be submitted online, in a state with some of the lowest internet access in the country. And of the 11,000 people required to submit records tonight, a good 8,000 hadn’t yet done so as of late last week. Finally, a chance to whittle down the number of people dependent on public assistance — somewhere, Paul Ryan is beatifically smiling.

wonkette.com (more)

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 7:56:40pm

re: #424 The Vicious Babushka

oh no

BREAKING: Thai authorities say navy SEAL working to rescue boys trapped in cave has died from lack of oxygen.

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 6, 2018

BREAKING: Thai rescue diver dead after falling unconscious at cave where trapped boys wait to be rescued - Thai Navy seals pic.twitter.com/MP5PBB5qJb

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 6, 2018

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Deep State SuperElite Satinist Jul 5, 2018 • 7:58:00pm

re: #366 Big Beautiful Door

When the Democrats regain power, they need to play hardball to end white minority rule. Give DC and Puerto Rico statehood and break California into three states, add 2 seats to the Supreme Court, and expand the size of the House.

Breaking California into 3 states is an even worse idea than jettisoning a Democratic senator over a gag photo he posed for with a cheesecake model when he was a comedian

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Interesting Times Jul 5, 2018 • 7:59:35pm

*chef’s kiss*

pic.twitter.com/igXDKRlFMV

— Mike is Happy (@mikeishappy) July 5, 2018

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KGxvi Jul 5, 2018 • 8:00:56pm

re: #441 Anymouse 🌹

Minus breaking up California, I’m on board with that. Puerto Rico already voted for statehood. No territory which ever voted for statehood has been voted down in the past.

I believe the statehood vote last year was called into question because of an organized boycott by those opposed to statehood. There was only 23% turnout and statehood got 97% of the vote.

The 2012 vote is a better indicator, but also flawed. Just under two million people voted on two issues. First 54% voted that PR should not maintain it’s territorial status. On the second question of statehood/free association/independence, 61% chose statehood, but about a half million ballots were left blank. Now, it’s safe to assume that most of those blank ballots were people who voted to stay a territory, but it did complicate things and led to the 2017 referendum.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 8:01:58pm

re: #418 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Associated thread (Horton)

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And, another thread (Mehta)

.@realDonaldTrump said July 4 that America was “eternally in .. debt” to our veterans. New immigration data shows Trump’s rejection rate of veteran requests to protect spouse/dependents from deportation is now twice that of Obama’s. https://t.co/cgKA4146qA

— Tara Copp (@TaraCopp) July 5, 2018

Some examples, starting here: https://t.co/HROgMgM3WG

— Aaron Mehta (@AaronMehta) July 5, 2018

And in March @TaraCopp reported how the Pentagon was shuttering naturalization centers at basic training sites. https://t.co/yuGimVWH24

— Aaron Mehta (@AaronMehta) July 5, 2018

And it IS Mattis. Regardless of if it’s orders from the White House, Mattis is the Secretary of Defense. He has the option of not being the man to execute these orders. He’s stayed, so he owns them.

— Aaron Mehta (@AaronMehta) July 5, 2018

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 8:03:04pm

re: #447 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Some more clarification

A former Thai Navy diver helping with the rescue of a soccer team trapped in a cave has died, running out of oxygen after a supply run, Thai officials say https://t.co/JGcCS57FhR

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) July 6, 2018

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Cheechako Jul 5, 2018 • 8:08:37pm

Adding seats to the Supreme Court only solves today’s problem. Adding seats will only temporary benefit the party in power. Once that party is kicked out what’s to prevent the succeeding party to add 2-3 more seats to favor their views. Pretty soon the Court will have 27 Justices (and look like Congress) and the same ‘ol problem of getting anything done continues.

What’s needed is a Congressional and Presidential approved process in filling vacancies. That process should include a firm time frame to fill a vacant seat and public vetting (including taxes, families, and review of prior decisions) of all candidates. The President could still nominate whoever he wants but the Congress would have a firm process and time frame for their “advise and consent”.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 8:13:45pm

re: #450 KGxvi

I believe the statehood vote last year was called into question because of an organized boycott by those opposed to statehood. There was only 23% turnout and statehood got 97% of the vote.

The 2012 vote is a better indicator, but also flawed. Just under two million people voted on two issues. First 54% voted that PR should not maintain it’s territorial status. On the second question of statehood/free association/independence, 61% chose statehood, but about a half million ballots were left blank. Now, it’s safe to assume that most of those blank ballots were people who voted to stay a territory, but it did complicate things and led to the 2017 referendum.

Choosing not to vote is still a choice. Too bad, if a person was opposed to statehood for Puerto Rico and didn’t vote, well, that’s their problem.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 8:14:45pm

I would anticipate a reaction from cult members still at large.

オウム事件：教団元代表の松本智津夫死刑囚の刑を執行 - 毎日新聞 https://t.co/8rwl2qXmth

— 木野龍逸 (Ryuichi KINO) (@kinoryuichi) July 5, 2018

Breaking: Japan has executed Shoko Asahara, leader of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which unleashed a deadly sarin attack in Tokyo in 1995 https://t.co/CFW59zMW8d

— Hiroko Tabuchi (@HirokoTabuchi) July 6, 2018

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Belafon Jul 5, 2018 • 8:16:04pm

Question for anyone who speaks Spanish: I’m making a shirt that says “Estudio español. Por favor habla mas despacio.” What’s the best way to emphasize “mas”? Would I capitalize it?

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 8:19:49pm

For generations, liberals championed free speech, privacy & due process. Now they lead the charge against civil liberties & all who dare defend them. What happened to liberals? They lost power. That drove them off the deep end. They plan to get it back, no matter what it takes.

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 6, 2018

You really need to get over not winning Dancing With The Stars. Let it go, man. Move on. Maybe join a scrapbooking club. I hear they’re nice.https://t.co/QmMCeKhy9E

— TBogg - more or less (@tbogg) July 6, 2018

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 8:21:47pm

Yes @KimStrassel: I hear that some real honest investigative journalists plus related disclosures from the USG will make tomorrow a big day.

In the words of Churchill, seems like the “riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” is starting to unravel.https://t.co/VIY4UaFLRb

— Carter Page, Ph.D. (@carterwpage) July 6, 2018

Zelig has a new pen pal. https://t.co/Ujdv7jypvF

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) July 6, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 8:23:24pm

LOL

I have no idea who you are and to get me to actually meet with you after insulting me- no , I don’t think so. And it’s Pimm’s BTW ,not Pyms….enjoy the tennis, hope it won’t be boring;)

— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) July 2, 2018

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KGxvi Jul 5, 2018 • 8:24:33pm

re: #454 Anymouse 🌹

Choosing not to vote is still a choice. Too bad, if a person was opposed to statehood for Puerto Rico and didn’t vote, well, that’s their problem.

Should have added, the 2012 vote had 78% turnout, vs the 23% in 2017. And apparently the reason for the mass boycott was that the non-statehood parties believed the referendum was rigged by asserting positions that they do not hold as legally correct with respect to the status quo and free association.

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 8:26:46pm

Phyllis Diller in The Pruitts of Southampton

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I Would Prefer Not To Jul 5, 2018 • 8:27:29pm

re: #446 Anymouse 🌹

The Great State of Arkansas, seldom singled out as an innovator in anything, was among the first states to impose work requirements for people receiving Medicaid, and tonight marks an exciting step in the effort to bone people who have made the poor choice to be poor while needing medical care: It’s the very first deadline for Medicaid recipients to document that they worked or volunteered 80 hours during June, or were otherwise exempt from the work requirement. And that documentation can only be submitted online, in a state with some of the lowest internet access in the country. And of the 11,000 people required to submit records tonight, a good 8,000 hadn’t yet done so as of late last week. Finally, a chance to whittle down the number of people dependent on public assistance — somewhere, Paul Ryan ~~is beatifically smiling.~~ masturbating

wonkette.com (more)

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ipsos Jul 5, 2018 • 8:27:31pm

re: #453 Cheechako

It would have been such an un-Obama thing to do, but after the Senate refused to hold hearings on his SCOTUS nomination, it would have been delightfully ballsy if he’d declared that if the Senate declined to honor its “advise and consent” duties, he would consider Justice Garland seated.

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Dave In Austin Jul 5, 2018 • 8:27:41pm

When you vote, think of the Gov who had the time, the money, and the land to clean the water in Florida but failed to do so. Remember, our biggest industry is tourism. People don’t come here for Hertz, American Express, or American airlines. They come here for the water. pic.twitter.com/mFbN4t6R7I

— Brad Turek (@BradTurek) July 5, 2018

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BeachDem Jul 5, 2018 • 8:28:56pm

To combat the massive heatwave, here’s a little shade courtesy of Michael Beschloss.

“The Pruitts of Southampton” was a 1966 ABC sit-com, starring Phyllis Diller, about a family trying to live beyond its means: pic.twitter.com/3ybN351GeY

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) July 6, 2018

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gocart mozart Jul 5, 2018 • 8:29:25pm

On stage with Willie Nelson last night! pic.twitter.com/wJ6HSGih8G

— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) July 6, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 8:31:33pm

Okay, that’s weird. I type in huffingtonpost.com and I get a Yahoo page saying “that page doesn’t exist.” What’s up with that?

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BeachDem Jul 5, 2018 • 8:32:25pm

re: #461 gocart mozart

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Damn, you beat me to it!

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wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 8:37:01pm

re: #467 Anymouse 🌹

Okay, that’s weird. I type in huffingtonpost.com and I get a Yahoo page saying “that page doesn’t exist.” What’s up with that?

I had no problem.
Make sure it’s huffingtonpost.com You may need the s: part in your URL.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 8:37:54pm

Trump challenging Elizabeth Warren to a Native American heritage test: “We will take that little kit, we have to do it gently because we’re in the “Me Too” generation. We will slowly toss it, hoping it doesn’t hit her and injure her arm.”

pic.twitter.com/Df5LA8rTHT

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 6, 2018

JFC https://t.co/luzKhJKRha

— Melissa Hanham (@mhanham) July 6, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 8:43:52pm

re: #469 wheat-dogg

I had no problem.
Make sure it’s huffingtonpost.com You may need the s: part in your URL.

It’s working now. I don’t know what happened. Perhaps I mistyped it and didn’t notice. Still not sure why Yahoo’s “can’t find it” page came up though.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Jul 5, 2018 • 8:51:53pm

Measles case confirmed in Portland, about 500 people exposed #LiveOnK2 https://t.co/BuT9dRt5AT pic.twitter.com/JvOMIF0vML

— KATU News (@KATUNews) July 2, 2018

Measles was all but ERADICATED as as a disease but some dipshit with a kale smoothie shop who never took a science class made up some bullshit about autism and here we are. https://t.co/FFeiGSPQEV

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) July 6, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 9:06:00pm

Libertarians suggest one way to assuage the unfounded fears of conservatives about migrants at the Mexican border are to send them to Puerto Rico, because after all, they speak Spanish.

reason.com

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 9:09:01pm

LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!

The trade war has officially begun with China.

And the Hang Seng Index has just dropped by 150+…

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wheat-dogg Jul 5, 2018 • 9:10:01pm

re: #473 Anymouse 🌹

Libertarians suggest one way to assuage the unfounded fears of conservatives about migrants at the Mexican border are to send them to Puerto Rico, because after all, they speak Spanish.

reason.com

Oh, yeah, that’d work out just fine.

Do the libertarians understand that riqueños have been leaving PR in droves for years? There’s no jobs there.

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austin_blue Jul 5, 2018 • 9:10:32pm

re: #473 Anymouse 🌹

Libertarians suggest one way to assuage the unfounded fears of conservatives about migrants at the Mexican border are to send them to Puerto Rico, because after all, they speak Spanish.

reason.com

Of course they do. Because Puerto Ricans are US citizens and they speak Spanish and Mexicans and other Spanish speakers are…are…okay, I got distracted and lost the thread.

What the fuck?

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austin_blue Jul 5, 2018 • 9:19:40pm

re: #474 Joe Bacon 🌹

LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!

The trade war has officially begun with China.

And the Hang Seng Index has just dropped by 150+…

Trade wars are easy to win, said the Jizz-spewing SpunkTrumpet. Okay, you’re on, Donny. Win it. It’s easy. Get after it! We should be done with it by Saturday, right?

What a fucking ignorant shit stain.

Golly! Sorry, I’m being un-civil.

Pulls forelock, kneels to the Prexy’s Hegemonic Authoritay.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 5, 2018 • 9:25:23pm

re: #475 wheat-dogg

Oh, yeah, that’d work out just fine.

Do the libertarians understand that riqueños have been leaving PR in droves for years? There’s no jobs there.

The article notes that the highest population in Puerto Rico was in 2004, and has been falling ever since.

What they are arguing for is a way to replace population (they don’t mention jobs). It’s also a mighty convenient method of Jim Crow for refugees (put ‘em all in PR).

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jul 6, 2018 • 3:47:05pm

That’s pure fiction, and just serves to increase the radicalization of the right. You’re the most irresponsible person I’ve ever encountered.

— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 6, 2018

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