Let’s get swampy. Watch out, don’t let that gator getcher grannie.
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That asshole Ted Cruz is going to win again, isn’t he?
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
That asshole Ted Cruz is going to win again, isn’t he?
Not if we can help it.
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
That asshole Ted Cruz is going to win again, isn’t he?
I dunno. I can easily see the tactics being used backfiring especially since there’s Cruz on tape talking about global domination and DWIs aren’t exactly career killers.
Is Ted Cruz really trying to scare voters with pictures from Beto’s band days when there are pictures of him out there as a mime? pic.twitter.com/waHTLM1fi5
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 29, 2018
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
That asshole Ted Cruz is going to win again, isn’t he?
Honestly I think he will. I am guessing it’ll be by more than 5% too. Sigh.
re: #4 HappyWarrior
I dunno. I can easily see the tactics being used backfiring especially since there’s Cruz on tape talking about global domination and DWIs aren’t exactly career killers.
Well. Bragging about sexual assault, and not getting STDs while he avoided Vietnam wasn’t disqualifying for Trump. I doubt global domination and DWI talk will be disqualifying for Cruz.
mohron teevee time…
“Lanny Davis admits being anonymous source in CNN Report.” @BretBaier Oh well, so much for CNN saying it wasn’t Lanny. No wonder their ratings are so low, it’s FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
re: #4 HappyWarrior
I dunno. I can easily see the tactics being used backfiring especially since there’s Cruz on tape talking about global domination and DWIs aren’t exactly career killers.
No, I am just worried about Russia fucking everything up.
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
mohron teevee time…
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So Donald, how much do you pay Bret to suck you?
We’ve won a whole lot of close races this year, and come really close in other places we shouldn’t have. It’ll just take work. Right now, Beto’s doing exactly what he needs to do, going around the state talking to people.
For someone who complains about fake news, he’s awfully fond of using the media to justify his bs. And btw, Donnie, FNC ratings are down. I guess it’s more profitable for them to whine about HRC or Obama than to apologize for you.
re: #14 Belafon
We’ve won a whole lot of close races this year, and come really close in other places we shouldn’t have. It’ll just take work. Right now, Beto’s doing exactly what he needs to do, going around the state talking to people.
Yeah I think he’ll handle this well. No doubt at all to me that he expected this.
I curse the goddamned Republicans and conspira-liars every day but they’re still around. Pick up the pace, Hillary, a couple of fingers won’t do it.
Right-wing “journalist” Liz Crokin recently lost parts of two fingers in a surfing accident … and she is blaming it on a curse that was probably placed on her by Hillary Clinton. https://t.co/Bj7vJTojNs
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) August 29, 2018
This country is in so much goddamned trouble. Trump is taking a wrecking ball to everything decent about the US. We’re headed to a very bad place.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2018
re: #18 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I curse the goddamned Republicans and conspira-liars every day but they’re still around. Pick up the pace, Hillary, a couple of fingers won’t do it.
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She’s slacking off. Hillary should have used a shark.
re: #19 Charles Johnson
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My worry is even if we get rid of him, the cycle will repeat itself. Voter amnesia is a real problem in this country.
re: #5 Dave In Austin
Gators got your Granny!
Chomp…chomp, chomp…
Here’s a companion tune from Jerry Reed…
I try to stay positive folks. You know I do. But this shit is really getting me down. And it’s not going to end well.
re: #23 Charles Johnson
I try to stay positive folks. You know I do. But this shit is really getting me down. And it’s not going to end well.
Imagine living in a state where Democrats don’t usually win. You learn to keep fighting. Catherine Krantz is running against John Ratcliffe even though Republicans outnumber Democrats in the district by about 4:1.
It’s a music thread. So, some music…
#NowPlaying The Clinton Administration > Take You Higher > Hot Fun In The Summertime https://t.co/zZC3fAjw5c
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 30, 2018
re: #14 Belafon
We’ve won a whole lot of close races this year, and come really close in other places we shouldn’t have. It’ll just take work. Right now, Beto’s doing exactly what he needs to do, going around the state talking to people.
And current polls are within the margin of error.
At the Star Trek convention, they all said “Vote.”
A couple of months ago I bought a new tote that says, “Vote.”
Whatever else you’re doing in October and November, consider spending some time to Get Out the Vote.
I dream of a brighter day,
When Trump has gone away,
And we can stand as one to say;
“We’re proud of the U.S.A!”
Black and brown and white,
Fighting for what is right,
No hate or fear in sight,
This country: A guiding light.
Where justice reigns once more,
the felons booted out the door.
And everyone, rich and poor,
Has a future to explore.
We will honor those who fought,
And we will gladly take their spot,
Protesting, stirring up the pot,
And rid our nation of the rot.
In a brilliant, glowing wave,
America, we’ve come to save.
For liberty, the pain we gave.
We the many, the proud, the brave.
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Fight on, my friends. Fight on.
Really, I’m not sure the internet gets any better than this
here is some content I enjoy pic.twitter.com/fzFsJt3TIx
— Will🦕Menaker (@willmenaker) August 28, 2018
Aaannnd, his stellar research into Google “bias” is, of course, wrong:
Google statement to @JohnPaczkowski on Trump’s tweet pic.twitter.com/1w82mQqApg
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 29, 2018
And if you still don’t believe Google, Trump’s pals at r/The_Donald grabbed a screenshot on Jan 30, 2018 https://t.co/Jol83mb4aY pic.twitter.com/pzPPeTRWW5
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 29, 2018
He. Is. Pathetic.
Senior executive of steel plant in Russia, Bruno Charles de Kooman, falls out of window in Moscowhttps://t.co/to0lun1JY7 pic.twitter.com/sh8CwwQnWY
— crimerussia (@engcrimerussia) August 29, 2018
It must have been one of those special windows, what I call the J. Masaryk model.
cc @_JakubJanda @VeruVichova https://t.co/DR3MYg27RM— John Schindler (@20committee) August 29, 2018
re: #29 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Really, I’m not sure the internet gets any better than this
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Tonight Florida Democratic candidate for governor @AndrewGillum joins @TheLastWord 10pm.
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) August 30, 2018
Earlier this year Bureau of Prisons Assistant Director Frank Lara issued a memo directing agency staff to increase inmate populations at private prisons. His memo focused on one prison. Now he works for the company that owns it. When did your employment negotiations start, Frank? https://t.co/sChIvXVi9J
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 29, 2018
Trump launches $12 billion welfare program to bail out farmers harmed by his tariffs https://t.co/qljXah8q8y
— Salon (@Salon) August 29, 2018
One farmer in my district told me “this is a $12 billion bailout for something we didn’t do.” And that most of that money will go towards the large farms and not the small family farms. Soybean farmers will lose their profit margins for the year. https://t.co/zGbKtpeSlh
— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) August 29, 2018
Trump launches $12 billion welfare program to bail out farmers harmed by his tariffs https://t.co/qljXah8q8y
— Salon (@Salon) August 29, 2018
Soybean farmers in Pendleton Co will be hit particularly hard by these tariffs. Bailouts will mostly go to large corporate farmers at the expense of family farms & are only short-term solutions for long-term problems. Our proud KY farmers want markets to sell in not bailouts. https://t.co/f5vbMRXdm5
— Seth Hall for Congress (@HallCongress) August 29, 2018
Amy is running in KY-6 against Andy Barr.
Seth is running in KY-4 against Thomas Massie.
Amy has a good chance…Seth, not so much.
Thinking about the “monkey it up” comment. Here’s the deal: I’m going to pretend for just a little while that while he’d heard the phrase, he’d never put much stock into it. What he should do is come out and say “I’d heard that phrase, and found out today that it’s connotations have no place in 21st century America. I apologize for saying it, and I will be learning not to use it.”
Don’t worry, I’m not holding my breath.
Senior executive of steel plant in Russia, Bruno Charles de Kooman, falls out of window in Moscowhttps://t.co/to0lun1JY7 pic.twitter.com/sh8CwwQnWY
— crimerussia (@engcrimerussia) August 29, 2018
It must have been one of those special windows, what I call the J. Masaryk model.
cc @_JakubJanda @VeruVichova https://t.co/DR3MYg27RM— John Schindler (@20committee) August 29, 2018
I didn’t think it could get any better and then I got hit with a Spice Bomb pic.twitter.com/9XVJKaIkIN
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) August 30, 2018
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
$12 billion welfare program to bail out people who complain weekly about government waste.
re: #40 jaunte
$12 billion welfare program to bail out people who complain weekly about government waste.
Yep. Isn’t Trumpworld great?
“Izzie the Australian shepherd holding her bear” pic.twitter.com/4G5NXT3F9d
— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) August 30, 2018
NEWS: The White House ethics lawyer, Stefan Passantino, leaves the post *tomorrow*, sources tell me. https://t.co/kznfQeZqV8
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 29, 2018
The Trump administration is accusing hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Hispanics along the border of using fraudulent birth certificates since they were babies, and it is undertaking a widespread crackdown on their citizenship. https://t.co/bZHNzaoa3I
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 29, 2018
THIS is yet another way in which the racist Drumpf regime is *wasting* our tax dollars, people! Can you “fiscal conservatives” out there justify such profligate WASTE? Hell, no, you can’t - hence even deeper, ever more #ComplicitSilence from GOP side of the aisle! #RacistRegime https://t.co/JjdQqFI8Fb
— Marcia La Résistance 🇺🇸 (@MarciaBunney) August 30, 2018
There aren’t going to be enough lawyers willing to work for Trump to even accept service of all the lawsuits being generated.
Amazing and humbling day. Honored to make the announcement that we are bringing the ballot box to our heroes – all four of our #KYveterans centers will now be polling places in future elections! #ThankAVeteran #GoVoteKY pic.twitter.com/1s6JZmnmAu
— Alison L. Grimes (@AlisonForKY) August 30, 2018
Reminder: The consequences of family separation will far out-last this administration.
Watch one family’s reunion after months of separation. #FamiliesBelongTogether pic.twitter.com/ECahAhgOtG— ACLU (@ACLU) August 24, 2018
re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rachel Maddow had a reporter (didn’t catch her name and I think she was from WaPo) saying there are a lot of really upset people considering how fucked up everything is in the White House. Terrible working conditions because it is hurry up, rush, rush and then do nothing and it all gets changed.
Trump…such a manager, the best…but he likes chaos too.
It was never going to work…too many bought the bullshit.
As much as I appreciate @realDonaldTrump begging me to take Don McGahn’s place as his White House Counsel, my contract with @Chippendales prohibits me from engaging in outside employment until I quit dancing.@maddow pic.twitter.com/9MX6z4MTUb
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) August 30, 2018
Untitled Goose Game is my most anticipated game of 2019 pic.twitter.com/PnWsPBfJQS
— Tristan Cooper (@TristanACooper) August 28, 2018
I can’t believe people are celebrating this shameful example of animals run amok https://t.co/zlv0f1flld
— Myke Cole (@MykeCole) August 29, 2018
It’s not the goose I’m worried about, Sam.
— Myke Cole (@MykeCole) August 29, 2018
The video is evidence of that. But I’m more worried about farmers and animal handlers that will have to contend with a waterfowl population up in arms after seeing this crap.
— Myke Cole (@MykeCole) August 29, 2018
That’s my chief concern, yes.
— Myke Cole (@MykeCole) August 29, 2018
I’m dying here…
He’s been glued to the TV today (as every other day).
“Ohr told the FBI it (the Fake Dossier) wasn’t true, it was a lie and the FBI was determined to use it anyway to damage Trump and to perpetrate a fraud on the court to spy on the Trump campaign. This is a fraud on the court. The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is in……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
…charge of the FISA court. He should direct the Presiding Judge, Rosemary Collier, to hold a hearing, haul all of these people from the DOJ & FBI in there, & if she finds there were crimes committed, and there were, there should be a criminal referral by her….” @GreggJarrett
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
re: #53 teleskiguy
In storm spotter training, they tell us not to call in what is on the television because they can see it. You need to be paying attention to your intelligence services, not the TV.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) August 30, 2018
re: #53 teleskiguy
He’s been glued to the TV today (as every other day).
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LOL, Gregg Jarrett, author of “The Russia Hoax”
Good decision, Papadop, considering that you accepted and signed the plea agreement months ago. https://t.co/6wSZJZ6rPc
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) August 30, 2018
In case anyone wants an image of Ted Cruz as a mime with a transparent background perfect for editing him into other pictures… I made this for you. pic.twitter.com/icqjND7ASu
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) August 30, 2018
Ted Cruz is two years older than Beto O’Rourke. But those years are 1951 and 1952. pic.twitter.com/LWNABuQqHR
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 30, 2018
re: #54 Belafon
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The Intelligence Services hold back on telling The Yam critical information because he’ll just blurt it out in a Tweet.
re: #58 gocart mozart
Apparently Beto burns off all his Whataburgers, and Ted stores them in his face.
Fuckface Von Clownstick has tweeted 19 20 times today. Three mentions of FAKE NEWS. Only one mention of each of the following: WITCH HUNT, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. Sad!
In which @benshapiro boasts that Claremont shut down their listserv when Chuck C. Johnson started up with his white supremacist shit. Pro-tip: they shut it down because they’re not supposed to say that stuff out loud. https://t.co/nqYGjFo1w6
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2018
fell asleep mid yoga session pic.twitter.com/xqLcsPq57r
— Land of cuteness (@landpsychology) August 30, 2018
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
Who is taking notes for him or did Fox send him the pop up book?
The story in the Star earlier this week told the story of 90-year-old Elizabeth Mary Mahoney, who lost $10,000 to a con man. Columnist Martin Regg Cohn warns that we should all remember that it’s not just the elderly who fall prey to scams.https://t.co/nhS0f9NgBx
— TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) August 30, 2018
Here in the USA we lost our entire country to a scammer. #theresistance #resist #DonTheCon https://t.co/GUmfyfDCvA
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) August 30, 2018
#NowPlaying Ida Nielson > Turnitup > The Librarian https://t.co/gC07OsCs6H
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 30, 2018
re: #67 teleskiguy
I love your eclectic music tastes. :)
re: #63 Charles Johnson
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I really don’t want lectures on bigotry self policing from one of the right’s biggest transphobes and islamaphobes.
Night of the Living Ted pic.twitter.com/NjBQiirjZf
— Dan J (@RelUnrelated) August 30, 2018
— dubs (@DamienWilkens) August 30, 2018
The Gateway Pundit conference has an unbelievably good line-up. Cernovich, Posobiec, Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, O’Keefe, Molyneux, random far-right politicians from central Europe — and all headlined by cooperating witness Michael Flynn. https://t.co/91I1B6ZQcq
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 30, 2018
re: #71 Charles Johnson
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re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
mohron teevee time…
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Yeah, that non-disclosure stuff is bullshit right Donny?
re: #31 gocart mozart
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Windows have been very dangerous in Russia lately it seems.
Oh brother.
Watch: Kanye West Says Trump Wants to Be the ‘Greatest President’ for Black Americans https://t.co/ECxTzVNZeG via @BreitbartNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
re: #71 Charles Johnson
Good god, it’s the annoying racists All Star team.
He’s ranting right behind me, isn’t he.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2018
I have never given a shit about what Kanye West thinks about politics.
re: #74 Blind Frog Belly White
Dory debarking a stick. Debark is worse than de bite.
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— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) August 30, 2018
Bouncing around Youtube, just cause, and ran across Disturb’s “The Sound of Slience” remake. I know most of you have seen it, but since we’re doing music Wednesday, I’m going to include the link again. The wild part is the video has been views 420 Million times, which is 5 times their second best video.
re: #84 Belafon
Bouncing around Youtube, just cause, and ran across Disturb’s “The Sound of Slience” remake. I know most of you have seen it, but since we’re doing music Wednesday, I’m going to include the link again. The wild part is the video has been views 420 Million times, which is 5 times their second best video.
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Another good Disturbed track:
Be scared. The Trump administration’s attempt to deny passports to Hispanic Americans living on the border is a clear shift: it’s no longer about “illegals” it’s about all brown people.
We all have to vote in November. Or there might not be another election.— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) August 30, 2018
Trump is berating Sessions to “any Senator who will listen.” Hates his Southern accent, says he “talks like he has marbles in his mouth” — https://t.co/1gvRafnrIA
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) August 29, 2018
Trump also mocks Sessions’ degree from University of Alabama rather than an Ivy League law school. https://t.co/qWZAeXRUYy
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 30, 2018
All I have to say is, Sessions must REALLY hate black people if he puts up with this BS just so he can take away their voting rights.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 30, 2018
According to #QAnon #NoName may have been given a military tribunal and subsequently executed. “Did not depart of his own will” would def signal that he didn’t die of cancer. He may have dropped from public eye because he was taken into custody
— Glendon Watts (@glendonwatts) August 29, 2018
When you see “anonymous source,” stop reading the story, it is fiction!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2018
Why don’t you follow your leader’s advice?https://t.co/FhZG0pt2wf
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 29, 2018
BREAKING: JOHN MCCAIN DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE!!!!
Wow, that’s some primo insider information Q is sending you there!— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 29, 2018
#NowPlaying Clothesline Revival > Holy Cow > Far Flung https://t.co/XMD8GaHIEO
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 30, 2018
re: #84 Belafon
Bouncing around Youtube, just cause, and ran across Disturb’s “The Sound of Slience” remake. I know most of you have seen it, but since we’re doing music Wednesday, I’m going to include the link again. The wild part is the video has been views 420 Million times, which is 5 times their second best video.
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It is best live though. I’ve heard it many times, but this one gives me goosebumps still:
(Protip: LOUD)
Worthy cover if there ever was one.
And there’s a backstory to the recording:
#StopTheBias pic.twitter.com/xqz599iQZw
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2018
For the record, Mr. #FakeNews has had a proven false video pinned to his timeline for 6 hours now. https://t.co/i6TMV6S5Re
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 30, 2018
#NowPlaying Indigenous > Broken Lands > Make A Change https://t.co/aVNQAmSo7F
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 30, 2018
re: #23 Charles Johnson
I try to stay positive folks. You know I do. But this shit is really getting me down. And it’s not going to end well.
I’m optimistic that Democrats will flip the House. Schumer’s deal with Republicans to not contest 15 judicial nominees is bizarre to me though.
re: #87 jaunte
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How is Trump getting away with this blatant discrimination. This needs to be challenged in court. Let them explain this foolishness to a judge.
re: #97 Patricia Kayden
They’re counting on executive branch speed vs. judicial delay.
re: #97 Patricia Kayden
How is Trump getting away with this blatant discrimination. This needs to be challenged in court. Let them explain this foolishness to a judge.
There have been challenges that have been won, but challenges take time, money, and extract a personal cost on those who are affected.
Yeah, it’d be more fun if he didn’t have the fucking nuclear codes! pic.twitter.com/omHTuymRrO
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 30, 2018
Another thing I’ve noticed that’s big on YouTube is reaction videos, where one or more people record their first viewing of a video or listening to a song. One of the more interesting things to see is the reaction of black British citizens to “This is America,” and subsequently my reaction to theirs. They don’t have the context that even us white Americans have - the news, our neighbors, Twitter, here, etc. - so, for a lot of them, they don’t quite understand what is going on in the video. They know there’s more meaning than the can be gotten by just watching it.
re: #84 Belafon
Fun fact: Disturbed received a personal compliment from Paul Simon about how good the cover is.
Commander Babyfingers has tweeted 19 times today.
Reminder: the worse he feels, the more he tweets.
This must be a single-day record.
Nutbag McGee is off the rails.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 30, 2018
re: #71 Charles Johnson
The Gateway Pundit conference has an unbelievably good line-up. Cernovich, Posobiec, Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, O’Keefe, Molyneux, random far-right politicians from central Europe — and all headlined by cooperating witness Michael Flynn. https://t.co/91I1B6ZQcq
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 30, 2018
Weird graphic. At first glance the red background looked like an especially intense fire, perhaps Phyllis and other departed bigots burning in hell. I see now though that it is a shot of the audience.
re: #104 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
perhaps Phyllis and other departed bigots burning in hell. I see now though that it is a shot of the audience
“All of them, Kirel.”
Tupac and Steve Irwin, 1994. pic.twitter.com/zAleAK0elI
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPix) August 30, 2018
You guys might remember I like to take in street music. The guy here on violin, Jeremy Jones is pretty good. This afternoon on the red line we were treated to acoustic guitar and violin. Not great vocals by the sidekick, but hey far better than I would be.
Is it just me ‘cause Black Violin, but I have seen two other guys on violin and one on the Uke on the red line lately. String resurgence? Minstrels popular again?
Here is something beautiful: a photographer in love with the Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat, 12,000 feet up in the mountains of Bolivia. She found her photographs as taken didn’t express the unworldliness of the scene, so she started adding filters to develop what she felt.
2) Sure, the FISA Court isn’t in the business of hauling a bunch of government officials in to conduct some kind of inquiry into how they came up with the information supporting a past warrant. But his tweets contain enough very specific info that someone must be advising him.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) August 30, 2018
4) One of the few ways to get Chief Justice Roberts to rule against a Republican president is for the president to do something that makes it look like the judiciary isn’t an independent branch of government if the judiciary gives the president what he wants.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) August 30, 2018
My wife and I are in Westminster, Colo. tonight (to have our car serviced after our Yukon trip tomorrow), after which we will stay at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver over the weekend for an international meet-up.
While we’re here, the electrical contractor will be rewiring our house; he says it will be done by Sunday. (We return Sunday night.) If everything goes as hoped, we will have electricity in our house again Monday.
re: #18 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I curse the goddamned Republicans and conspira-liars every day but they’re still around. Pick up the pace, Hillary, a couple of fingers won’t do it.
A lawsuit for slander might.
That @nowthisnews clip of @BetoORourke talking about the NFL player protests has been viewed a combined *44 million times* across Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, the company told me https://t.co/UmonSn9nPF
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) August 30, 2018
To put this in perspective, Obama’s 2008 convention speech was watched by 38 million people. https://t.co/0TVQIzd4Fv
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 30, 2018
Joan Baez and Jimi Hendrix pic.twitter.com/1rwlaCqRYV
— Stereo Williams (@stereo_williams) August 30, 2018
Ha, ha!
My rep is representing!
Researchers from four American universities are seeking people who will eat avocados every single day for six months, all in the name of science https://t.co/EMYcu8QrJy pic.twitter.com/Qj6O7mbkWV
— CNN (@CNN) August 29, 2018
So my family has been doing this for generations.. but okay you do you. https://t.co/YhVBRncPTy
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) August 29, 2018
re: #116 retired cynic
Me! I can do that. Pick me!
Ohhh good point!
I’d love to be in that “study” too. Gimme that good fat!
re: #117 JordanRules
Ohhh good point!
I’d love to be in that “study” too. Gimme that good fat!
I’m actually doing that now. It is the one fat I am really allowed on my diet, and so I chow through one a day, made in guacamole, with tomatoes and onions and hot peppers. Yum!
re: #118 retired cynic
I’m actually doing that now. It is the one fat I am really allowed on my diet, and so I chow through one a day, made in guacamole, with tomatoes and onions and hot peppers. Yum!
That’s my go-to configuration too. Simple and divine guac. I use it naked, just cut-up in things too but that tomato, onion, hot pepper (I usually use serranos) is unmatched.
John McCain planned his own funeral, and his choice of Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza as a pallbearer seems to be sending a final message to Putin and Trump. (Kara-Murza twice suffered organ failure from poisoning.) https://t.co/0QUa3Hpaph pic.twitter.com/44rmrnhjB6
— POLITICO (@politico) August 29, 2018
re: #120 Teukka
“Don’t politicize McCain’s funeral!”
Well, he did it without our help.
I just hope folks notice a pattern with Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams, Randall Woodfin.
Each of these politicians built their own careers as young Southern Democrats, all endorsed HRC in 2016 while Sanders claiming Southern black votes distort reality. That history matters.— ReclaimingMyTime (@MonieTalks_1) August 29, 2018
re: #107 Unshaken Defiance
You guys might remember I like to take in street music. The guy here on violin, Jeremy Jones is pretty good. This afternoon on the red line we were treated to acoustic guitar and violin. Not great vocals by the sidekick, but hey far better than I would be.
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Is it just me ‘cause Black Violin, but I have seen two other guys on violin and one on the Uke on the red line lately. String resurgence? Minstrels popular again?
You get beautiful music. When I ride the Purple Line all I got to see was has-been Leif Garrett get arrested for black tar heroin…or Melrose Larry Green running back and forth in that car urging people to vote Republican on Election Day…
Trump is berating Sessions to “any Senator who will listen.” Hates his Southern accent, says he “talks like he has marbles in his mouth” — https://t.co/1gvRafnrIA
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) August 29, 2018
Trump also mocks Sessions’ degree from University of Alabama rather than an Ivy League law school. https://t.co/qWZAeXRUYy
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 30, 2018
Populism! https://t.co/1SZo1Fabej
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 30, 2018
Obama Official Created A CIA Office To Censor Conservatives Before Leaving Office pic.twitter.com/hRN2lNja8m
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) August 30, 2018
When the brain pills go bad in production. https://t.co/EewFbHr5Pu
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 30, 2018
.@SFBART has had a lot of highs and lows in its long history. But dreams of a transit utopia were never stronger than in 1965, when the first car was unveiled to the public: https://t.co/nqT14eXMYH
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) August 29, 2018
I lived across the street from this place. In summer months, when it was hot, we would sit in the air-conditioned BART display car after the hot bus ride home from school.
A hospital in Texas has cut ties with a nurse who apparently posted about a patient with the measles in an “anti-vaxxers” Facebook group. https://t.co/bC9lYZ3Un6
— NPR (@NPR) August 30, 2018
What if ‘Thriller’ actually happened & Michael Jackson’s date Ola Ray tweeted about the next day.
“YALL! Lemme tell you about this broke ass wolf negro that tried to maul me last night. THREAD” pic.twitter.com/Ox7lK3DrhD— Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) August 29, 2018
This thread is what we didn’t know we really needed. https://t.co/p8jJCjKRhx
— Vanessa Ramos (@thatRamosgirl) August 30, 2018
Powder skiing yesterday on Middle Teton with myself. Ski cut a small slide in the middle but otherwise great snow! Too bad it was a 6 mile, 6000 vert hike that took 4.5 hours up otherwise I’d go back today. #alwaysgo #jhdreaming @icelantic_skis @spyderactive @powder7 @bolle_eyewear.
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#jacksonhole #wyoming #thisisskiing #goatworthy #skiing #thatswy #tetons #middleteton #grandteton #gtnp #grandtetonnationalpark #findyourpark #couloir #tgrlivethedream #freeski #notoverit #neversummer #turnsallyear #returntonature #spyderlimitless #itrustlook #optoutside
How did I miss that bonkers alt-righter @LauraLoomer is now claiming she was assaulted by Maxine Waters. I hadn’t heard of the 80 year old waters roughing anyone up since she murdered Michael Tracey.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 30, 2018
re: #127 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
From the NPR article of the dipshit nurse who said even after she saw how serious measles is, but antivaxxers are still “correct in their convictions” (funny how antivax works exactly like a religion, you have to deny scientific discovery):
Another screenshot shows her saying she considered “swabbing his mouth” to bring a live measles sample home to her child.
That would be a Federal offense (transporting biohazard material without a license) along with battery (inducing an infectious disease knowingly in a child).
This nurse doesn’t need to be fired: She needs to lose her license and be blackballed. Let her suck on her convictions in the unemployment line.
#NowPlaying Monster Magnet > Dopes To Infinity > Negasonic Teenage Warhead https://t.co/HOOuUFyVmk
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 20, 2018
Any bets on whether Facebook has banned this group? (I’m betting “no”) The group is still active, simply named “Tea Party”
facebook.com
There is a whole lot of derp on that page. It has about 95,000 members.
UPDATE: Rep. Ron DeSantis has quit the Facebook group that trafficked in racist and offensive slurs, following American Ledger’s reporting on Wednesday. - 8:54 PM
Ron DeSantis, the Trump-endorsed congressman who won Tuesday’s GOP primary for Florida governor, is an administrator on an active Facebook group where conservatives share racist, conspiratorial and incendiary posts about a litany of targets, including black Americans and South Africans, the “deep state,” survivors of February’s massacre at a Florida high school, immigrants, Muslims and, in recent days, John McCain.
DeSantis was listed as one of the group’s 52 administrators and moderators as of Wednesday. His involvement in the group was first noted by a researcher for Media Matters for America on Tuesday.
DeSantis’s campaign was already defending the congressman from accusations of racial insensitivity after his primary victory.
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Four tweets, outlining moderators include Kelli Ward and Corey Stewart, others working for ACT for America, &c.
Left out the Twitter thread. The person is a researcher for Media Matters for America.
HOLY SHIT!
Ron Desantis, the Florida Republican candidate for governor who made the racist “monkey” comment about his opponent, MODERATES a racist Facebook group where members:
-Attack people of color
-Insult Parkland survivors
-Cheered on Trump’s “shithole countries” comment pic.twitter.com/49ReWzWKGg— jordan (@JordanUhl) August 29, 2018
re: #137 Single-handed sailor
Fun with Google Earth in 3D mode. The path up the east side of Mt Whitney.
You sure that’s not the Antarctic Ice Wall around the Flat Earth (tm)?
I’m going to get to bed. Gotta be up early in the morning. Y’all will just have to do without me. (Sounds of breaking out pizza and beer… .)
Guys, Facebook is pure trash
Holy hell. Facebook has reportedly been targeting users it identified as LGBTQ with gay conversion therapy advertisements. https://t.co/4VGexwknxA
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) August 29, 2018
Really curious to see how John Krasinski will do with Jack Ryan in the new Amazon series.
women aren’t weak. I discreetly waxed my ankles during a phone interview once and didn’t drop one hint. you think this shit is a game? I’ll eat your husband.
— Audrey Porne (@AudreyPorne) August 29, 2018
Nom.
Fairly amazing that the US right’s premier media outlet refers to US military exercises as ‘war games,’ the preferred locution of N Korea & China. These same folks said u supported the terrorists if u didn’t support the Iraq war.Trump’s ability to corrupt everything is disturbing pic.twitter.com/QZOklIXDMo
— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) August 30, 2018
More than 1,250,500 acres (1954 square miles) have burned in California in 2018. We still have two months of fire season at least.
I am now two degrees removed from Malala Yousafzai and her father! My stepson met them at this conference in Salt Lake City. He says Ziauddin Yousafzai is a pretty down-to-earth man and Malala is just charming.
I have requested photos and/or an autograph or two. ;-)
Been binge watching GoT. Never really got into it before. It seemed to me, and still strikes me, as just an attempt to get as many naked bodies on screen as possible, as HBO knows sex sells. That was one of the early calling cards of HBO.
Anyway, most of the stories in GoT are very filled with tropes, and the show is full of covert racism.
However, one of its redeeming qualities is that the videography at times strives to be more than just the usual TV filler:
re: #143 Single-handed sailor
More than 1,250,500 acres (1954 square miles) have burned in California in 2018. We still have two months of fire season at least.
for comparison purposes…
Rhode Island is 1545 square miles
Delaware is 2489 square miles
#FUNFACT - In this 1958 episode of the western TV series ‘Trackdown’ a con man named Trump comes to town and warns the people that the world will be destroyed and only he can save them… by building a wall.
No I’m not even kidding >> https://t.co/DsLlgxCZ63— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) August 29, 2018
re: #147 Kragar
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Also:
What about the 1990 Heavy Metal comic strip that predicted a Trump presidency including the wall! https://t.co/XYHlQgNHpW pic.twitter.com/zdvzn3dGW1
— Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) August 29, 2018
And Snopes for both:
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re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
That asshole Ted Cruz is going to win again, isn’t he?
Probably, but Texas is a big state, and if Beta can at least force the GOP to spend a lot of money to keep Cruz in the Senate, that’s money they can’t spend elsewhere. And who knows? If a Democrat can win in Alabama, they can win anywhere!
re: #140 JordanRules
Really curious to see how John Krasinski will do with Jack Ryan in the new Amazon series.
He had quite a big hit with A Quiet Place.
re: #148 Teukka
MIND. BLOWN.
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This may sound a bit woo-ish, but have you heard of the theory of “pre-echoes”, it basically goes that a big and traumatic enough causes interesting effects ahead of time?
re: #151 Teukka
This may sound a bit woo-ish, but have you heard of the theory of “pre-echoes”, it basically goes that a big and traumatic enough causes interesting effects ahead of time?
Wait, does that mean we are sometimes in the backwash of events occurring ahead in the space-time continuum?
re: #151 Teukka
This may sound a bit woo-ish, but have you heard of the theory of “pre-echoes”, it basically goes that a big and traumatic enough causes interesting effects ahead of time?
or…
the 1958 TV show could be that the scriptwriter was a Woody Guthrie fan, and knew that Woody had written an anti-Trump song a few years before (about Donald’s dad Fred)… and Fred was already famous at least in New York.
and the 1990 comic — Donald was already a “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous” famous person, Ronald Reagan had parlayed celebrity into the presidency, and Donald had given a few Larry King interviews musing about maybe running for president some day.
then again, maybe you’re right. Maybe it’s foreshocks. Or we’re living in a computer simulation that deliberately inserted clues earlier in the game.
This White House has an ethics lawyer? What has he been doing since January 2017?
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 30, 2018
re: #152 Barefoot Grin
Wait, does that mean we are sometimes in the backwash of events occurring ahead in the space-time continuum?
That’s the basic gist of it, yes. You remember the “Wreck of the Titan: Or futility”, a.k.a. “Futility” (which was the original title) written in 1898 by Morgan Robertson? It usually takes that form, uncanny coincidences. And there is said to be a relationship with the magnitude of the trauma of the event to the temporal distance to the pre-echo and number of pre-echos (tho in this instance, the cartoon may be using the TV series as a template).
Another name can be Synchronicity.
re: #154 MsJ
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— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) August 30, 2018
re: #153 sagehen
or…
the 1958 TV show could be that the scriptwriter was a Woody Guthrie fan, and knew that Woody had written an anti-Trump song a few years before (about Donald’s dad Fred)… and Fred was already famous at least in New York.
and the 1990 comic — Donald was already a “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous” famous person, Ronald Reagan had parlayed celebrity into the presidency, and Donald had given a few Larry King interviews musing about maybe running for president some day.
then again, maybe you’re right. Maybe it’s foreshocks. Or we’re living in a computer simulation that deliberately inserted clues earlier in the game.
Or simply a bug in the sim, a lá Matrix. I’ve had a handful of them in my life.
— PixelPusher (@_pushpixels) August 30, 2018
Trump appears to be a classic narcissist, but this article argues he has an antisocial personality, which is even worse.
BURN NOTICE CIA Analyst Turned Candidate Fears She’ll Get Doxxed Next
Spencer Ackerman 08.29.18
At least 34 intelligence and military veterans are running for House or Senate seats in 2018. And now, there’s a very real risk that their private lives could be exposed.
Because the doxxing has already happened to one Democrat candidate:
C.I.A. Officer-Turned-Candidate Says PAC Obtained Her Security Application By Michael Tackett Aug. 28, 2018
WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer running for Congress accused a super PAC aligned with Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday of improperly obtaining her entire federal security clearance application — a highly sensitive document containing extensive personal information — and then using it for political purposes.
Her entire SR-86 application, unredacted.
Maddow clued me in about this story.
re: #160 Dave In Austin
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re: #163 unproven innocence
BURN NOTICE CIA Analyst Turned Candidate Fears She’ll Get Doxxed Next
Spencer Ackerman 08.29.18At least 34 intelligence and military veterans are running for House or Senate seats in 2018. And now, there’s a very real risk that their private lives could be exposed.
Because the doxxing has already happened to one Democrat candidate:
C.I.A. Officer-Turned-Candidate Says PAC Obtained Her Security Application By Michael Tackett Aug. 28, 2018Her entire SR-86 application, unredacted.
Whole thing is basically what Alex Jones accuses everyone else of doing to wingnuts but it’s okay because Abigail and these people are Democrats and critics of Trump.
re: #142 JordanRules
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So though Trump mocks Sessions accents, that he’s a non Ivy lawyer but yeah white Southerners he really respects us. He doesn’t respect anyone who isn’t kissing his ass. That’s why he loves Kanye West who lol is now a Breitbart favorite agsin. Oh and btw Kanye the President who did most for African Americans just might be the President who got slavery abolished or maybe one of the ones that got civil rights legislation passed but I get it, you’re like Trump, a pathetic attention junkie.
re: #164 HappyWarrior
That bigot that lost in AZ? She’s also a moderator on that site.
re: #31 gocart mozart
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re: #148 Teukka
MIND. BLOWN.
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You have entered… The Twilight Zone…
“Where will he go next, this phantom from another time, this resurrected ghost of a previous nightmare - Chicago? Los Angeles? Miami, Florida? Vincennes, Indiana? Syracuse, New York? Anyplace, everyplace, where there’s hate, where there’s prejudice, where there’s bigotry. He’s alive. He’s alive so long as these evils exist. Remember that when he comes to your town. Remember it when you hear his voice speaking out through others. Remember it when you hear a name called, a minority attacked, any blind, unreasoning assault on a people or any human being. He’s alive because through these things we keep him alive.”
— Twilight Zone [S04E04 “He’s Alive”]
Original air date: January 24, 1963
— Katrina Stevenson (@actorkat) August 30, 2018
I realized that the reason Republicans hate McCain is because he wasn’t a depraved sociopath like Trump is. What do they hate about Mccain? He thought democracy shouldn’t be for sale, he favored treating immigrants like human beings, he opposed torture and he wouldn’t vote to ram through a bill to take health care coverage away from 20 million people without any hearings or debate. Trump is their kind of monster; he doesn’t have an ounce of compassion or empathy.
re: #168 Dave In Austin
That bigot that lost in AZ? She’s also a moderator on that site.
Conservatives keep on insisting they’re not racists until they prove it with their words and actions.
re: #172 Big Beautiful Door
I realized that the reason Republicans hate McCain is because he wasn’t a depraved sociopath like Trump is. What do they hate about Mccain? He thought democracy shouldn’t be for sale, he favored treating immigrants like human beings, he opposed torture and he wouldn’t vote to ram through a bill to take health care coverage away from 20 million people without any hearings or debate. Trump is their kind of monster; he doesn’t have an ounce of compassion or empathy.
I think you got it. I disagreed with McCain’s solutions to the problems we faced more than not but he believed in our system for everyone and you would never see him rationalize a dictator the way Trump has.
re: #50 ObserverArt
Rachel Maddow had a reporter (didn’t catch her name and I think she was from WaPo) saying there are a lot of really upset people considering how fucked up everything is in the White House. Terrible working conditions because it is hurry up, rush, rush and then do nothing and it all gets changed.
Trump…such a manager, the best…but he likes chaos too.
It was never going to work…too many bought the bullshit.
I used to work for a company where that was our daily life. HURRY! WRITE THIS! GET IT DONE!
Then…
STOP THAT! WE NEED TO DO THIS. HURRY! WRITE THIS! GET IT DONE!
Over and over.
It was so frustrating to do the hurry up and wait shuffle week after week. I felt like I was doing nothing, accomplishing nothing. It sucked.
For this WH though…accomplishing noting is far better than accomplishing anything.
Panicking
The news from the Financial Markets is even better than anticipated. For all of you that have made a fortune in the markets, or seen your 401k’s rise beyond your wildest expectations, more good news is coming!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
re: #110 Anymouse 🌹
My wife and I are in Westminster, Colo. tonight (to have our car serviced after our Yukon trip tomorrow), after which we will stay at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver over the weekend for an international meet-up.
While we’re here, the electrical contractor will be rewiring our house; he says it will be done by Sunday. (We return Sunday night.) If everything goes as hoped, we will have electricity in our house again Monday.
I love how you so casually throw out that you can move backwards and forwards along the time stream!
re: #102 Eclectic Cyborg
Fun fact: Disturbed received a personal compliment from Paul Simon about how good the cover is.
I have been a fan of that song since it came out and was impressed by D’s cover.
Sure sure.
.@OrrinHatch says @HillaryClinton would have gotten away with more than Trump: “I think if she became president I think she’d get away with a lot more because she’d be the first woman president and people would bend over backwards to help her, I’m sure I would be one of them” !
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) August 28, 2018
re: #151 Teukka
Part of the story of Childhood’s End.
Indicted GOP Congressman expected to follow Mike Flynn by pleading guilty to try and save his son: report https://t.co/lZdxPkHJ06
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 29, 2018
re: #154 MsJ
Think of someone trying to walk into a hurricane.
Good morning Lizards:
“In our primary, some of us voted for this awful Republican, and others voted for this other terrible Republican. And all of those voters likely hated the former Republican senator from the state!
Anyways, this is what’s wrong with Democrats.”— Roe V. Wade Boggs (@RoeVWadeBoggs) August 30, 2018
re: #185 b.d.(fake news! fake crimes!)
Good morning Lizards:
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re: #124 Single-handed sailor
Trump is berating Sessions to “any Senator who will listen.” Hates his Southern accent, says he “talks like he has marbles in his mouth”
plus his college education
that’s t***p. all ad hom
nothing simple like “i want him out because he’s doing a rotten job”
A smooth running machine gradually falling apart as it rolls toward a cliff …
Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner had NOTHING to do with the so called “pushing out” of Don McGahn.The Fake News Media has it, purposely,so wrong! They love to portray chaos in the White House when they know that chaos doesn’t exist-just a “smooth running machine” with changing parts!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
Re Trump’s meltdown: I wonder if Mueller’s team has told Giuliani they’re no longer interested in sitting down with Trump, and that in fact he should consider himself a target of the investigation or that he’s likely to be named as an un-indicted co-conspirator.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 30, 2018
re: #183 MsJ
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Unless…
Scum Republicans.
re: #185 b.d.(fake news! fake crimes!)
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Yes, Erick, that’s your party. They also nominated Corey Stewart in my state.
re: #189 Dr. Matt
Re Trump’s meltdown: I wonder if Mueller’s team has told Giuliani they’re no longer interested in sitting down with Trump, and that in fact he should consider himself a target of the investigation or that he’s likely to be named as an un-indicted co-conspirator.
Trump knows that he cannot open his mouth under oath without contradicting either himself or other sworn testimony.
re: #180 MsJ
Yeah, they treated the first black president so well.
The only thing James Comey ever got right was when he said that President Trump was not under investigation!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
I am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of Don McGahn as White House Councel! I liked Don, but he was NOT responsible for me not firing Bob Mueller or Jeff Sessions. So much Fake Reporting and Fake News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
also, his twitter banner pic is now one of Pence.
hmmm
re: #143 Single-handed sailor
More than 1,250,500 acres (1954 square miles) have burned in California in 2018. We still have two months of fire season at least.
do all the fires instantly go out then?
j/k - sorta
re: #195 dangerman
do all the fires instantly go out then?
j/k - sorta
that is supposed to be the start of rainy season…if it comes this year.
This, 15 months later, is the first time Trump has publicly accused Lester Holt of “fudging my tape” of the damaging interview where he said he fired Comey over the Russia investigation. That whole unedited exchange has sat online since May 2017: https://t.co/M4jQWxHbro pic.twitter.com/NySKZvqXIq
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 30, 2018
re: #187 dangerman
plus his college education
that’s t***p. all ad hom
nothing simple like “i want him out because he’s doing a rotten job”
The thing is, Sessions is executing the Trump agenda, the only problem from Trump’s pov is he won’t fire Mueller and shut down the Russia investigation. Something I noticed in terms of yet more GOP hypocrisy. Remember how the Right went crazy about Bill Clinton spending a few minutes talking to Loretta Lynn because they were sure he was telling her to stop the investigation of Hillary’s emails? Trump openly tweets every damn day about how Sessions should stop the Russia investigation, and nobody bats an eye.
Note to media: please stop treating @AndrewGillum like he’s a Bernie Sanders clone just because @SenSanders endorsed him while you ignore the fact that Mayor Gillum was a @HillaryClinton delegate who was on her list of possible VP candidates.
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) August 30, 2018
re: #149 Big Beautiful Door
Probably, but Texas is a big state, and if Beta can at least force the GOP to spend a lot of money to keep Cruz in the Senate, that’s money they can’t spend elsewhere. And who knows? If a Democrat can win in Alabama, they can win anywhere!
in 2012 cruz won 56% to 41%
whether he wins in november or not, he’s already lost
and my feeling this trend is an indiciation of the future of texas
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
Still can’t spell that one word, counsel, like he’s got some kind of psychic block against it.
re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #162 Big Beautiful Door
Trump appears to be a classic narcissist, but this article argues he has an antisocial personality, which is even worse.
porque no los dos?
re: #201 wheat-dogg
Still can’t spell that one word, counsel, like he’s got some kind of psychic block against it.
It’s how he relates to his base all the while belittling Sessions for not being an Ivy Leaguer like his pampered ass.
re: #192 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump knows that he cannot open his mouth under oath without contradicting either himself or other sworn testimony.
Donnie or his handlers? At this point I honestly believe that Donnie is suffering from one or more mental illnesses where he is incapable of differentiating between reality and fiction/lies. Certainly, his handlers are well aware that Donnie is incapable of telling the truth and should be scared shitless about the possibility of a sit down with investigators.
re: #172 Big Beautiful Door
I realized that the reason Republicans hate McCain is because he wasn’t a depraved sociopath like Trump is. What do they hate about Mccain? He thought democracy shouldn’t be for sale, he favored treating immigrants like human beings, he opposed torture and he wouldn’t vote to ram through a bill to take health care coverage away from 20 million people without any hearings or debate. Trump is their kind of monster; he doesn’t have an ounce of compassion or empathy.
i wonder if trump wasnt pres, or mccain had died before 2016 so there was no direct comparison to trump, that the right’s reaction to mccain in death would be totally different
Troopers: Mix of heroin and fentanyl sickened 29 at Ross Correctional Institution https://t.co/B5MjkedT8u pic.twitter.com/TIGsVMBOqm
— Enquirer (@Enquirer) August 30, 2018
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said a mixture of heroin and fentanyl has been identified as the substance that sickened 29 people, including staff and inmates, at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe on Wednesday.
The substance that caused an apparent overdose of one inmate and required medical attention for 27 staff members. Approximately 31 inmates who were not affected were removed from the cellblock and relocated inside the facility.
re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #207 dangerman
i wonder if trump wasnt pres, or mccain had died before 2016 so there was no direct comparison to trump, that the right’s reaction to mccain in death would be totally different
The Trump Cult has certainly made it worse, but a lot of hatred for McCain already existed on the Tea Party Right. McCain’s obvious disdain for Trump has only heightened it.
re: #210 Big Beautiful Door
The Trump Cult has certainly made it worse, but a lot of hatred for McCain already existed on the Tea Party Right. McCain’s obvious disdain for Trump has only heightened it.
It was before then too I remember. They hated that he called out Falwell, his views on torture/immigration, & that he didn’t totally support the Bush tax cuts.
re: #185 b.d.(fake news! fake crimes!)
Hmmm… 28%+19%=47%. That’s awfully close to half of Republican voters in Arizona being for lack of a better word, deplorable. You could even split the party into two roughly equal containers on that basis and end up with a basket of deplorables.
re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth
Note to media: please stop treating @AndrewGillum like he’s a Bernie Sanders clone just because @SenSanders endorsed him while you ignore the fact that Mayor Gillum was a @HillaryClinton delegate who was on her list of possible VP candidates.
Democrats in Disarray and
Democrats Lunge Far Left
are the two major media talking points
re: #205 Dr. Matt
Donnie or his handlers? At this point I honestly believe that Donnie is suffering from one or more mental illnesses where he is incapable of differentiating between reality and fiction/lies. Certainly, his handlers are well aware that Donnie is incapable of telling the truth and should be scared shitless about the possibility of a sit down with investigators.
He has never had to face negative personal consequences from anything he has ever said or done
re: #213 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Democrats in Disarray and
Democrats Lunge Far Left
are the two major media talking points
Yet nothing about how the President’s top policy aide is a protege of Richard Spencer.
re: #176 Dave In Austin
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I am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of Don McGahn as White House Councel! I liked Don, but he was NOT responsible for me not firing Bob Mueller or Jeff Sessions. So much Fake Reporting and Fake News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
Is this a public admission that Trump did, in fact, consider firing Robert Mueller? https://t.co/cJcf4Jygdw
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 30, 2018
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Good morning!
Picnicking Birds pic.twitter.com/4SwDSLVT3o
— jeffreyw (@imjeffreyw) August 30, 2018
NEW SPICEY OREOS: Oreo is adding Hot chicken wing and Wasabi flavors! Ummmm what happened to just double stuffed?! https://t.co/PPq06IB5DI
— wendy (@anchorwendyryan) August 30, 2018
Is he live tweeting F&F again?
Wow, Nellie Ohr, Bruce Ohr’s wife, is a Russia expert who is fluent in Russian. She worked for Fusion GPS where she was paid a lot. Collusion! Bruce was a boss at the Department of Justice and is, unbelievably, still there!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
— ᴿealfarmacist (@real_farmacist) August 30, 2018
It’s just after 9 am DC time, and Donnie has already made 8 batshit crazy tweets. I think we are going to see a 20+ tweet day.
He’s wrong again.
If Beto O’Rourke and Andrew Gillum both win this year, won’t they be the 2020 Democratic ticket?
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 30, 2018
re: #225 I Would Prefer Not To
I am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of Don McGahn as White House Councel! I liked Don, but he was NOT responsible for me not firing Bob Mueller or Jeff Sessions. So much Fake Reporting and Fake News!
Kristol and the GOP would love to see that, they know that they need to face a totally socialist leftist radical Democratic Party if they want to win again.
re: #224 Dr. Matt
It’s just after 9 am DC time, and Donnie has already made 8 batshit crazy tweets. I think we are going to see a 20+ tweet day.
Go go gadget “Make Trump Tweets Eight Again” engage
re: #224 Dr. Matt
It’s just after 9 am DC time, and Donnie has already made 8 batshit crazy tweets. I think we are going to see a 20+ tweet day.
I’m expecting another major Friday afternoon news drop from the Mueller investigation, or any of the other investigations into Trump & Co.
re: #224 Dr. Matt
It’s just after 9 am DC time, and Donnie has already made 8 batshit crazy tweets. I think we are going to see a 20+ tweet day.
Well, Q did say to expect a big week this week!
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re: #225 I Would Prefer Not To
He’s wrong again.
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No
One will be a governor
The other a senator
Simple. See?
The Dems do not need to go full-on Bernie socialist to win, but they do need to stress all the ways that they are not the GOP.
.@FoxNews #Poll on #2018Election #GenericHouseBallot #gendergap
Men split (44-44%), while women go for the #Democratic candidate by 19 pts. (53-34%)https://t.co/l5Tc74Zqhd— Fox News Poll (@foxnewspoll) August 27, 2018
No GOP advantage among men = the elevator sequence in The Shining. https://t.co/O0pXYuIdAq
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) August 27, 2018
re: #191 HappyWarrior
Yes, Erick, that’s your party. They also nominated Corey Stewart in my state.
Desantis in mine
re: #220 Stanley Sea
refresh, I went with a tweet embed, Imgur not working this morning.
re: #221 wheat-dogg
Is he live tweeting F&F again?
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re: #226 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Kristol and the GOP would love to see that, they know that they need to face a totally socialist leftist radical Democratic Party if they want to win again.
1. If Manchin were the Democratic nominee in 2020, it would be the most radical socialist presidential campaign the GOP has ever seen.
2. How is a Senator from Texas going to be seen as socialist, other than being a Democrat?
That said, Beto at the top of the ticket, making Texas a battleground state, would be huge. Not that I know enough about his leadership style to know if he would be a good candidate.
To give Trump some credit, he did say “fudging the tape” about Lester Holt and refrained from the more obvious “monkeying it up.” /////
re: #103 jaunte
He’s off to a flying start this morning.
He’s already had 9 tweets this morning. And it’s the same incessant yapping.
Why?
Because Papadopoulos accepted the plea deal after his wife spent weeks claiming that he was going to back out.
Because Trumpworld’s chaos continues to be the big suck.
Because Trump knows that Mueller has receipts on everything Trump’s doing.
Because Trump can’t bully Sessions out of the AG (and slagging Sessions for not being an Ivy Leaguer is hilarious when considering that Trump always claims that he hires the best people; THE BEST!).
Because Trump is being the tangerine toddler he’s been since before he launched his campaign in 2016.
Because not everyone in journalism is knuckling under his incessant attacks.
Because truth will out (but the damage is being done).
Greets and saluts from the continuing to swelter NYC metro area.
The heat must be getting to Trump with the nonstop tweets today.
Your complicit and compromised admin has everything to do with every utterance and tweet. You engage in criminal conduct every time you try interfering in the ongoing investigations.
Mueller has the receipts.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 30, 2018
It’s all he can do is rage into the internets to rile up his bigot brigade base. It’s what he’s good at doing.
a reporter should ask trump:
in your campaign you said you only hire the best
here’s the list of people who left or were fired
here’s a list of those that were indicted or admitted and took a plea
was that team the best or is the team you have now the best?
re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I heard one report on last evenings news where one guy was saying it was put into the heating/air conditioning system.
That seems rather odd, but until it is made a fact I’m not going to believe it. Though you do have to wonder how so many came into contact with it.
They had to use Narcan on some of the people affected.
Along with that occurring there were reports that 4 people on the south side of Columbus died of overdoses in a 10 hour period Tuesday evening into early Wednesday morning. They suspect they all received the same fentanyl batch.
Ohio seems to be having a real bad problem with fentanyl.
re: #209 HappyWarrior
Hate to say it but many simply won’t care because ya know inmates.
I kinda got the impression there were more than inmates that were involved. It sounded like some staff at the prison were also drugged.
Most detailed story.
They found her.
Texas authorities confirmed a connection between the woman seen ringing a doorbell last week and an apparent suicide Wednesday afternoon. https://t.co/rBirmaSzZx
— Midland Reporter-Telegram (@mwtnews) August 30, 2018
re: #213 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Democrats in Disarray and
Democrats Lunge Far Left
are the two major media talking points
Oh, that liberal media.
re: #244 ObserverArt
I kinda got the impression there were more than inmates that were involved. It sounded like some staff at the prison were also drugged.
Oh I saw that too.
When my wife flew to California on Monday, she drove to work and left her car there. When she returned home yesterday morning, the car drove her home from the airport.
Which meant I had to drive her to work this morning, experiencing the unadulterated joy that is morning rush hour on Long Island.
Which makes me happier than ever that I work from home. What a mess.
re: #241 lawhawk
What exactly is he ranting about? Hasn’t the decision about McGahn leaving been in the public domain for a while now? Grampa needs a nap.
Happy birthday Molly ivins
“The American press has always had a tendency to assume that the truth must lie exactly halfway between any two opposing points of view. Thus, if the press presents the man who says Hitler is an ogre and the man who says Hitler is a prince, it believes it has done the full measure of its journalistic duty”
re: #246 ObserverArt
Oh, that liberal media.
They simple pursue headlines that enhance readership/viewership. which is why they love having President Trump, people are fixated on him as a media star
re: #226 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Kristol and the GOP would love to see that, they know that they need to face a totally socialist leftist radical Democratic Party if they want to win again.
Wait…didn’t you just post something about the media saying the Democrats “Lunge Far Left?” And, now you are using it yourself?
Are you saying O’Rourke and Gillum are really far left by calling them socialist leftist radicals?
Are you Bernie…or are you a Republican media mogul?
re: #225 I Would Prefer Not To
He’s wrong again.
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— The Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) August 30, 2018
re: #213 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Democrats in Disarray and
Democrats Lunge Far Left
are the two major media talking points
Well, this IS the “Mainstream Media”, whose default settings for political commentary are inevitably “GOP”. Facile talking-points about how Democrats are (always) “out-of-touch” or “extremist” are their stock go-to cliches every time Dems look like they’re going to make gains. Anywhere.
Of course, if the Democratic Party really had its act together, we would be seeing a big pushback against this glib nonsense from Party hierarchy: pointing out the obvious: that the policies and programs Democrats run on and support actually ARE the “mainstream” - and popular - and that its is the Republicans who have veered off the rails (because they have been paid to).
Key word above, though: “IF”….
re: #176 Dave In Austin
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Any growth for the past few months has come via the tax cuts, not via any company growth. If I was near retirement age with a 401K I would make sure the investments were spread across many different areas. I still remember the enron employees who lost their jobs and their retirement funds - not to mention the 2008 crash.
Another molly:
“I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn’t actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.”
re: #256 dangerman
Another molly:
“I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn’t actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.”
Haha I miss her. She had a way with words.
re: #255 fern01
Any growth for the past few months has come via the tax cuts, not via any company growth. If I was near retirement age with a 401K I would make sure the investments were spread across many different areas. I still remember the enron employees who lost their jobs and their retirement funds - not to mention the 2008 crash.
My cousin Mark worked for Bell Labs which became Lucent after he left the Marine Corps. At one point his 401k was worth 750K. It was all locked into Lucent stock.
Then Carly Fiorina came in and looted not only Mark’s 401k, she also looted the health care financial reserve.
Mark wound up with nothing but his Social Security and Medicare.
Carly Fiorina can go intercourse itself.
re: #255 fern01
Any growth for the past few months has come via the tax cuts, not via any company growth. If I was near retirement age with a 401K I would make sure the investments were spread across many different areas. I still remember the enron employees who lost their jobs and their retirement funds - not to mention the 2008 crash.
Retired four years ago. Just moved a chunk from 401k to real estate, including a rental property that is like a second SS income stream and a disc golf course that is beginning to produce revenue. Planning to move yet another chunk out yet this fall if things don’t collapse before then.
re: #255 fern01
Half of my 401k is in money markets, the rest is spread out normally among stocks and bonds.
The last time I had it set like this was 2000-2001 and to a lesser extent 2009…I don’t predict the future, but I have been lucky at avoiding serious fuckery.
re: #261 The Vicious Babushka
ftfy
They did in Alabama thank goodness and Doug Jones specifically thanked them. They are our rocks. Supporting Democrats in the best and worst years politically.
White House staff are worried the president will be jealous of the attention being paid to a dead man. https://t.co/vOARTG6Z61 pic.twitter.com/YzdXgZWmdJ
— David Mack (@davidmackau) August 30, 2018
re: #262 ObserverArt
Can we make that: People of color are going to save our country?
That too. Man I hate how my demo votes. I hate that white men think the GOP has their interests at heart which is only true if you’re obscenely wealthy.
re: #264 makeitstop
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Yeah that’s normal behavior for POTUS. FFS even Nixon could handle it when LBJ, Truman, & Ike died.
lol, tough shit Chelsea
Manning pleaded guilty in 2013 to leaking more than 700,000 government files to WikiLeaks. https://t.co/DjlOoCpXZX
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) August 30, 2018
re: #264 makeitstop
White House staff are worried the president will be jealous of the attention being paid to a dead man.
well if he wants the same attention….
re: #162 Big Beautiful Door
Trump appears to be a classic narcissist, but this article argues he has an antisocial personality, which is even worse.
Ya wanna really get nervous about our future? Somewhere between a third to half of the country probably have the exact same disorder.
re: #267 b.d.(fake news! fake crimes!)
lol, tough shit Chelsea
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re: #271 Belafon
He could resign.
that too
i was going, er, elsewhere
if he wanted that kind of attention he needed to be in that situation….
re: #270 HappyWarrior
Actions have consequences who knew.
Didn’t read the comments, have the dudebros started claiming that Australia has to follow our 1st Amendment?
re: #273 dangerman
that too
i was going, er, elsewhere
if he wanted that kind of attention he needed to be in that situation….
The one difference between yours and mine is he’d get to enjoy the attention if he did mine, though there’d be more consequences afterwards.
re: #275 b.d.(fake news! fake crimes!)
Didn’t read the comments, have the dudebros started claiming that Australia has to follow our 1st Amendment?
Wouldn’t surprise me. TBH I didn’t think Obama needed to give her clemency in the first place.
re: #270 HappyWarrior
Actions have consequences who knew.
At least Chelsea has some folks in her corner!!
Rights organizations are sounding alarm, calling on Canberra not to silence whistleblower #ChelseaManning https://t.co/FqetvDnCl4
— RT (@RT_com) August 30, 2018
While I’m no hawk and believe in government transparency, I didn’t like the attempt to make Manning then Snowden into heroes especially because of how they both want to treat out country as awful while ignoring the governments and groups that pushed for and the benefits of their leakage and I do believe in the right of national governments to have secrets.
re: #279 b.d.(fake news! fake crimes!)
At least Chelsea has some folks in her corner!!
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Yeah because Russia would just permanently silence whistleblowers. I doubt Manning is okay with that but both her and Snowden and the many lefties I’ve seen laud both are unbelievably naive about national security.
re: #240 Dr. Matt
Women are going to have to save our country.
Unfortunately, some of us are nucking futs, too.
When your tweet confirms the story you’re actually trying to debunk, the Donald j Trump story. pic.twitter.com/ceaEidaVZW
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) August 30, 2018
man, I was going to read this but I decided to gouge my eyes out instead.
.@ggreenwald believes the Democrats are on the verge of collapse, the media is a joke, the security state is turning us all into mini-imperialists —but he finally admits that there might be something to this Russia business. https://t.co/X9RPrzvh4t
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) August 30, 2018
re: #274 makeitstop
I like how you think, DM.
apropos of commuting
three years ago mrs dm was on crutches and couldnt drive
and of course earlier this year there was Denver and lung surgery
i became chauffeur both times
lunacy x10 during sofla’s rush hour
the LIE’s got nothing on the Palmetto Expressway
aside from general lawlessness, no one drives like they want to get where they’re going
(ps - I did the LIRR to nyc for 20 years)
re: #276 Belafon
The one difference between yours and mine is he’d get to enjoy the attention if he did mine, though there’d be more consequences afterwards.
things should be done in their proper order
i’d settle for resignation, then interment
re: #281 HappyWarrior
Yeah because Russia would just permanently silence whistleblowers. I doubt Manning is okay with that but both her and Snowden and the many lefties I’ve seen laud both are unbelievably naive about national security.
Manning and Snowden would have been mysteriously thrown out of windows years ago if they did this against Russia.
Lre: #288 b.d.(fake news! fake crimes!)
Manning and Snowden would have been mysteriously thrown out of windows years ago if they did this against Russia.
Or came down with polonium poisoning.
re: #285 b.d.(fake news! fake crimes!)
man, I was going to read this but I decided to gouge my eyes out instead.
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re: #149 Big Beautiful Door
Probably, but Texas is a big state, and if Beta can at least force the GOP to spend a lot of money to keep Cruz in the Senate, that’s money they can’t spend elsewhere. And who knows? If a Democrat can win in Alabama, they can win anywhere!
Of course, the Russians have more than enough money to spread around to buy all these elections.
re: #286 dangerman
apropos of commuting
three years ago mrs dm was on crutches and couldnt drive
and of course earlier this year there was Denver and lung surgery
i became chauffeur both timeslunacy x10 during sofla’s rush hour
the LIE’s got nothing on the Palmetto Expressway
aside from general lawlessness, no one drives like they want to get where they’re going(ps - I did the LIRR to nyc for 20 years)
On top of the usual 80 gazillion motorists this morning, it seemed like every town decided that this would be ‘mow the grass on the median strips day.’ There were caravans of slow-moving tractors, accompanied by slow-moving dump trucks, followed by millions of pissed-off motorists.
It would have been a little amusing if I wasn’t all caught up in it. I could not get back home fast enough.
re: #291 Hecuba’s daughter
Of course, the Russians have more than enough money to spread around to buy all these elections.
From what I understand, Putin is sucking up all of Russia’s money for all of his games.
re: #280 HappyWarrior
While I’m no hawk and believe in government transparency, I didn’t like the attempt to make Manning then Snowden into heroes especially because of how they both want to treat out country as awful while ignoring the governments and groups that pushed for and the benefits of their leakage and I do believe in the right of national governments to have secrets.
I’d still like to know if Snowden in Russia had anything at all to do with the Russian hacking. Just seems awfully convenient to have a known government systems guy that available.
I am wondering perhaps glass half full if the Russian ratfucking may simply not work. I dunno. After what happened in my own state last fall, I’m trying to be optimistic because I really think a lot of people are energized.
re: #294 ObserverArt
I’d still like to know if Snowden in Russia had anything at all to do with the Russian hacking. Just seems awfully convenient to have a known government systems guy that available.
That’s a good question too.
re: #284 Hecuba’s daughter
Florida voted for Trump and has twice elected a criminal for governor and may now elect this same criminal for Senator. Voting an outright racist in for governor would seem to be in keeping with the current trend in Florida.
Hopefully the Parkland student activities can help turn that in Gillum’s favor.
re: #293 Belafon
From what I understand, Putin is sucking up all of Russia’s money for all of his games.
I hope his people turn on him and he lives in genuine fear for once in his life.
re: #293 Belafon
From what I understand, Putin is sucking up all of Russia’s money for all of his games.
I’m wondering how close Russia is to having enough of Putin. Opposition seems to have grown of late.
Maybe an overly ambitious oligarch will just decide one day that Putin needs a brain implant, of sorts. I’d love to see how Trump would react to that.
I can’t see the Russian masses yearning for Western democracy but I can see them if Vlad’s games start hurting their bottom line turning on him with great anger.
re: #299 makeitstop
I’m wondering how close Russia is to having enough of Putin. Opposition seems to have grown of late.
He is still a hero to the masses and has the broad media fully under his control.
NEW: DOJ will file a Statement of Interest in pending challenge to Harvard’s affirmative action case. This is incredibly troubling and signals the Justice Department’s growing hostility to racial diversity. We (@LawyersComm) represent a diverse coalition of students in this case. pic.twitter.com/k5CuTpWMAT
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) August 30, 2018
This case is being brought by same people who convinced Supreme Court to gut Voting Rights Act. It’s not about educational opportunity, but rolling back civil rights https://t.co/n1uDbhkVIM
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 30, 2018
It appears Trump and his own lawyers have concluded Mueller thinks he already has enough to make the case that Trump obstructed justice.
That’s the inescapable conclusion, if you put together all the strands of reporting out there right now.
New post:https://t.co/CzvbbBW2UH— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 30, 2018
After all, Trump and his own lawyers have repeatedly argued that Trump cannot commit obstruction of justice by definition. As that memo from Trump’s team put it, Trump is the “chief law enforcement officer,” and as such, anything he does toward the investigation “could neither constitutionally nor legally constitute obstruction,” meaning that “he could, if he wished, terminate the inquiry.” If so, firing Comey over the Russia probe would not constitute obstruction, either.
But Trump’s lawyers have now concluded that Mueller likely does not agree with this. Politico reports that Trump has been privately lobbying GOP senators to support him if he fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Previously, Trump’s lawyers had advised him that this could add to an obstruction case, since he’d be doing this to install a loyalist who would protect him from the probe. But now, Politico reports, his lawyers have changed their minds:
They have come to believe, however, that if Mueller wants to build an obstruction case around Sessions, he has the fodder he needs in the form of a January 2018 New York Times report indicating that the president instructed White House counsel Don McGahn to prevent Sessions from recusing himself — and that Trump aides have talked with Mueller about the episode.
The drumbeat of presidential tweets denigrating Sessions as “weak” and calling on him to “stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now” have also shaped the view among the president’s legal team. They have come to believe that if Mueller wants to build a case that the president has intimidated his attorney general, he can do so given the voluminous public record created by the president — and that firing Sessions won’t change much.
This dovetails with reporting that indicates Mueller has closely examined Trump’s conduct toward Sessions — conduct that already took place — as possible obstruction.
re: #249 Dr. Matt
Ranting about the media lying (even when media is accurately reporting everything Trumpworld is doing).
He’s raging against the machine (which he runs).
As if he needs an excuse.
He thinks the people he chose to surround himself with are incompetent and aren’t doing their job because they’re not loyal to him (being loyal to the Constitution and the rule of law is verboten if it means going against the word of Trump).
on DeSantis:
If he’s managed to make it to however old he is without learning that you never, ever use words like “monkey” or “ape” or “chimpanzee” when discussing a black person, then he really has no business being governor of the nation’s third-largest state.
likelier, and even worse is he knew exactly what he was doing, and he was stirring up the racist elements of the GOP base
BREAKING / NBC News: The FBI has arrested Robert Chain, 68, from Encino, California for threats they say he made to The Boston Globe following their recent editorial about the press.
Chain allegedly referred to the Boston Globe as “the enemy of the people” in phone calls.— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) August 30, 2018
re: #300 HappyWarrior
I can’t see the Russian masses yearning for Western democracy but I can see them if Vlad’s games start hurting their bottom line turning on him with great anger.
The Russian masses will never turn on Putin and the Russian oligarchs have it too good to challenge him, especially since they know that one false move will lead to defenestration.
re: #307 Hecuba’s daughter
The Russian masses will never turn on Putin and the Russian oligarchs have it too good to challenge him, especially since they know that one false move will lead to defenestration.
Considering they did turn on the Czar, never say nrver. They’re not going to be democratic in orientation but if Putin’s actions result in widespread hunger and joblessness, don’t underestimate them.
re: #304 lawhawk
Ranting about the media lying (even when media is accurately reporting everything Trumpworld is doing).
He’s raging against the machine (which he runs).
As if he needs an excuse.
He thinks the people he chose to surround himself with are incompetent and aren’t doing their job because they’re not loyal to him (being loyal to the Constitution and the rule of law is verboten if it means going against the word of Trump).
hence my musing at re: #242 dangerman
you said you only hire the best
here’s the list of people who left or were fired
here’s a list of those that were indicted or admitted and took a pleawas that team the best or is the team you have now the best?
re: #303 MsJ
It appears Trump and his own lawyers have concluded Mueller thinks he already has enough to make the case that Trump obstructed justice.
and now we have evangelical Christians (Falwell) turning on, an actual evangelical Christian (Sessions) in favor of a man (Trump) who does not appear to embrace a single tenet of Christianity.
the leaders of evangelical Christianity are Republican political lobbyists who use religiosity as a smokescreen.
Hear me out: kids in cages and Latino Americans being denied passports are not a separate story from Trump’s move to fire Mueller.
He is trying to rally and consolidate his hard base to force Republicans’ silence when he shuts it all down.
Democracy hanging in the balance.— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 30, 2018
re: #300 HappyWarrior
I can’t see the Russian masses yearning for Western democracy but I can see them if Vlad’s games start hurting their bottom line turning on him with great anger.
Do not underestimate their ability to endure suffering if they can be convinced it is for a greater cause. Putin has Mother Russia and Orthodoxy on his side.
re: #313 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Do not underestimate their ability to endure suffering if they can be convinced it is for a greater cause. Putin has Mother Russia and Orthodoxy on his side.
I haven’t but nothing lasts forever. I’m hoping Vlad finds that out the hard way.
re: #308 HappyWarrior
Considering they did turn on the Czar, never say nrver. They’re not going to be democratic in orientation but if Putin’s actions result in widespread hunger and joblessness, don’t underestimate them.
They are the only nation in the world that tops the British for putting up with deprivations and suffering in the name of King/Tsar and country.
re: #180 MsJ
well why don’t we put her in charge for the next two years and we can compare and contrast them… :-)
Republican elected officials, listen to this very closely: if you do not speak out against Donald Trump’s attacks on the free press, you will be responsible the next dead journalists. You.
— Oliver Griswold (@originalgriz) August 30, 2018
re: #315 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They are the only nation in the world that tops the British for putting up with deprivations and suffering in the name of King/Tsar and country.
Again I know. I’m just saying that if Vlad’s hobby of fucking around in other nations starts to get to them personally, Vlad may find himself fearing the Romanov or Stuart ending.
re: #312 JordanRules
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National Enquirer Had Decades of Dirt on Trump (NYT via politcalwire.com)
trump and cohen devised a plan to buy up all the dirt that the National Enquirer had. looks like they didnt actually go through with the plan
my point is the headline above
the Natl Enq buying and NOT printing is not biased, skewed or fake news, right?
re: #320 dangerman
the Natl Enq buying and NOT printing is not biased, skewed or fake news, right?
It is Free Enterprise.
Daniel Dale deserves a Pulitzer…and a long vacation (but not while the yam is in office—sorry, Daniel)…and a magnum of champagne…and anything else his heart desires. It has to be exhausting, not to mention soul-sucking, to keep up with the lies.
Here’s a thread on just some of Trump’s 67 false claims list week. The full list can be found here - https://t.co/d6ccH2C9hW - but the variety, audacity and absurdity is worth highlighting.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 30, 2018
re: #322 BeachDem
Daniel Dale deserves a Pulitzer…and a long vacation (but not while the yam is in office—sorry, Daniel)…and a magnum of champagne…and anything else his heart desires. It has to be exhausting, not to mention soul-sucking, to keep up with the lies.
Throwing spaghetti against the wall, and convincing his supporters that the wall is really a plate.
The thing is… Republicans would wear those murders as badges of honor.
Republicans are crooks, thieves, charlatans and traitors to everything America once stood for.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 30, 2018
re: #320 dangerman
National Enquirer Had Decades of Dirt on Trump (NYT via politcalwire.com)
trump and cohen devised a plan to buy up all the dirt that the National Enquirer had. looks like they didnt actually go through with the plan
my point is the headline above
the Natl Enq buying and NOT printing is not biased, skewed or fake news, right?
Will it all come out? All the stories? All the lies and debauchery?
re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is Free Enterprise.
of course it is - like any other news outlet
since the effect of all that supression was in trump’s favor he couldnt possibly see that as bias
all cohen / trump were trying to do was ensure it continued
re: #323 Belafon
Throwing
spaghettishit against the wall, and convincing his supporters that the wall is really a plate and what’s on it is food.
re: #305 dangerman
on DeSantis:
If he’s managed to make it to however old he is without learning that you never, ever use words like “monkey” or “ape” or “chimpanzee” when discussing a black person, then he really has no business being governor of the nation’s third-largest state.
likelier, and even worse is he knew exactly what he was doing, and he was stirring up the racist elements of the GOP base
Jonathan Capehart on Lawrence O’Donnel’s show said as a Black man he heard three dog whistles in DeSantis’ comments.
#1 was “articulate” meaning surprised Gillum speaks so well for a Black guy.
#2 was “he performed well” meaning Blacks are good for a show.
#3 of course was using “monkeying.”
Pretty thorough look by a Black man. I admit, I didn’t catch the “perform well” and I have heard about “articulate” before.
re: #329 ObserverArt
The “articulate” moved the needle on my racism detector before even getting to the “monkey it up”, which pegged the needle.
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— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) August 29, 2018
re: #329 ObserverArt
I admit, I didn’t catch the “perform well” and I have heard about “articulate” before.
That was their go-to backhanded compliment for Obama.
my thought today on why, as a remedy, impeachment of a president is not practical
It takes a long time to build a case. - this one’s been going on almost since the inauguration
Separate and either parallel to or after the investigation, it also takes time to build the necessary political will in the house and / or senate
The window is 4 years, not eight. he has to win reelection. 8 is not guaranteed
by the time the case comes up, if at all, it’s likely in the third year, or so.
How much ‘damage’ has been done by then. policies, regulations, appointments, foreign policy (some of which is likely irreversible — judges)
Watergate took 2 years from break in to resignation
and like watergate, russiagate is also about influencing the presidential election
so in that situation — a president “illegally” taking the office - even with a not quite complicit congress, he could run roughshod and game the system for 2-3 years
sure there are still other reasons to impeach
standing for rule of law
setting precedent so it doesnt happen again
and all that
re: #332 makeitstop
That was their go-to backhanded compliment for Obama.
“one who would pass a literacy test”
re: #332 makeitstop
That was their go-to backhanded compliment for Obama.
And yet it could easily be said that Trump isn’t articulate, his performance in anything is terrible and he certainly is comparable to an animal…an ass.
re: #329 ObserverArt
Jonathan Capehart on Lawrence O’Donnel’s show said as a Black man he heard three dog whistles in DeSantis’ comments.
#1 was “articulate” meaning surprised Gillum speaks so well for a Black guy.
#2 was “he performed well” meaning Blacks are good for a show.
#3 of course was using “monkeying.”
Pretty thorough look by a Black man. I admit, I didn’t catch the “perform well” and I have heard about “articulate” before.
i read that this morning too.
i’d only heard part of the quote yesterday
there’s no other interpretation for this kind of thing
anyone who tries to justify it is just lying
“articluate” by itself is always a tip off
re: #332 makeitstop
That was their go-to backhanded compliment for Obama.
h/t to whoever posted that chris rock clip yesterday about colin powell
re: #331 JordanRules
Roger Waters, you in danger girl!
re: #335 ObserverArt
And yet it could easily be said that Trump isn’t articulate, his performance in anything is terrible and he certainly is comparable to an animal…an ass.
he is both an ivy league coastal elite
and ‘genuine’ (doncha know)
though the way he’s been talking about sessions - as quoted/tweeted above (accent, marbles, law degree), he apparently hates average people and his actual supporters
i guess they just dont get that - or dont care
re: #338 Flying Squirrel Girl
Roger Waters, you in danger girl!
Ha, ha!!!
One of my favorite Trump era tweets.
JUST IN: Calif. man arrested and charged with allegedly making violent threats against Boston Globe employees “in retaliation for the newspaper’s editorial response to political attacks on the media,” US Justice Dept. says. pic.twitter.com/rEouwtoezf
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 30, 2018
Could a historian like @KevinMKruse please weigh in on the last time an American president was whipping up domestic terrorists who used his exact language like brainwashed killer drones? Genuinely curious if this has any precedent. https://t.co/M7RybJBaGd
— Greg Fish (@GregAFish) August 30, 2018
I suppose we’d have to go back to Woodrow Wilson’s encouragement of the Klan, but even then I’m not sure there was *this* much correlation.https://t.co/PUWmF4dYIn
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 30, 2018
Detroit’s Public School District Shuts Off Drinking Water, Citing Lead, Copper Risk https://t.co/WejxBcmrB0
— NPR (@NPR) August 30, 2018
“The State Department… requested a range of obscure documents — evidence of his mother’s prenatal care, his baptismal certificate, rental agreements from when he was a baby.” 👈 Can you imagine trying to find those documents to prove your citizenship?? https://t.co/zw0MC2SzQb
— Delaney Hall (@daphall) August 30, 2018
SODA (Stop Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic) is pretty hyped by Tim Scott’s statement, but I think it’s weaselly at best (basically saying his constituents don’t know what they’re talking about but, sigh, they’re his constituents, so what’s a guy to do?)
“My position is as public as it gets on offshore drilling. Offshore gas is a real possibility. (But) I have said and continue to say that as long as the coast of South Carolina is universally solidified in opposition … I will stand with them, although I believe there is some actual benefit to going offshore and seeing what’s possible. Fortunately or unfortunately, my constituents disagree with me. As a public servant, this is not a legal, ethical or moral issue. I have sided with my constituents.”
I guess it’s better than nothing…
re: #342 JordanRules
68 years old. He should have stuck with shouting at clouds. He’ll die in prison or as poor as a churchmouse.
re: #294 ObserverArt
I’d still like to know if Snowden in Russia had anything at all to do with the Russian hacking. Just seems awfully convenient to have a known government systems guy that available.
Yeah, if any old investigation needs reopened (rather than Hill’s Butter Email) it is that one. Wonder if that hasn’t been looked into already?
re: #345 Stanley Sea
I’m a third generation American (both parents born in America, half of grandparents born here, half of great-grandparents born here), of the correct color, I mean my family came from the correct counties, and I couldn’t get this information.
re: #347 MsJ
68 years old. He should have stuck with shouting at clouds. He’ll die in prison or as poor as a churchmouse.
He will continue to make a living making appearances and ghostwriting books and articles. All those associated with him will be ruined. In other words, business as usual for Donald Trump.
UNLIKELY FRIENDS: Tiger, lion and hyena cubs play with a family of Golden Retriever puppies at a Chinese zoo, after the cubs’ mothers abandoned them. https://t.co/3UEMCux0RY pic.twitter.com/S7SMcwjU51
— ABC News (@ABC) August 30, 2018
I wanna ask a question that may be worth a post of it’s own, but I’m to damn lazy. I’m sure it’s been hashed here a time or two as well. But I’ll ask it anyway.
I was born in 1954 and will be 64 in Dec. So those of us with a bit of gristle understand about growing up in a very different and wondrous (for me it was white boy w/moderate privilege) time. 4th of July , Main St. Wheaton, IL…… Late 60’s/70’s in Phoenix AZ. and into the service. 80’s were foggy as was I but there was a change.
When did shit change from what it was to where we are now? And it wasn’t Obama.
I say Reagan. Just because I do. Thoughts?
You know what great thing is happening today?
Barack Obama is putting the finishing touches on a eulogy for the ages.
re: #352 Dave In Austin
When did shit change from what it was to where we are now? And it wasn’t Obama.
I say Reagan. Just because I do. Thoughts?
Around Reagan we started seeing a decline in unions and in the quality of public education. We stopped teaching Civics, we taught science but not the Scientific Method, likewise with history.
And nobody is teaching our kids about modern media and how to use them, when to trust them. Russia was quick to take advantage of that.
[bee date]
Boy bee: you look nice
Girl bee: thanks you too
Boy bee: your knees in particular are just outstanding— Abbie (@AbbieEvansXO) August 28, 2018
re: #338 Flying Squirrel Girl
Roger Waters, you in danger girl!
I don’t agree with Waters on a lot of things, but damn. He’s got balls.
re: #352 Dave In Austin
I wanna ask a question that may be worth a post of it’s own, but I’m to damn lazy. I’m sure it’s been hashed here a time or two as well. But I’ll ask it anyway.
I was born in 1954 and will be 64 in Dec. So those of us with a bit of gristle understand about growing up in a very different and wondrous (for me it was white boy w/moderate privilege) time. 4th of July , Main St. Wheaton, IL…… Late 60’s/70’s in Phoenix AZ. and into the service. 80’s were foggy as was I but there was a change.
When did shit change from what it was to where we are now? And it wasn’t Obama.
I say Reagan. Just because I do. Thoughts?
Interesting thoughts. I think Reagan is a big part of the genesis that led us to the world of 2018 because I think Reagan was the first nationally successful national R politician to really play off the resentments of Whites about advances in civil rights. Nixon too but I think Reagan was more successful because Reagan unlike Nixon has a consensus more positive legacy. Historians I think wrongly don’t see Reagan as stroking the fires of resentment like they do with Nixon.
re: #352 Dave In Austin
I agree Reagan, followed up by Willie Horton.
I think this is the one area Dubya want an asshole… But he had Fox News and Limbaugh for that, the former which is far worse now and the latter, well, that’s the same hate; always at 110%.
re: #359 MsJ
I agree Reagan, followed up by Willie Horton.
I think this is the one area Dubya want an asshole… But he had Fox News and Limbaugh for that, the former which is far worse now and the latter, well, that’s the same hate; always at 110%.
Immigration Reform was one GW Bush initiative that I supported but even his own party would not back him up on it.
I think Reagan is to blame more than Nixon since Nixon’s domestic policies weren’t oligarchical bullshit cloaked around the flag.
re: #347 MsJ
68 years old. He should have stuck with shouting at clouds. He’ll die in prison or as poor as a churchmouse.
And Trump will continue to not give a fuck.
Remember when he offered to pay legal fees for anyone who beat up protesters? I ‘member.
re: #361 HappyWarrior
I think Reagan is to blame more than Nixon since Nixon’s domestic policies weren’t oligarchical bullshit cloaked around the flag.
His drug policies were.
re: #352 Dave In Austin
When did shit change from what it was to where we are now? And it wasn’t Obama.
I say Reagan. Just because I do. Thoughts?
I think it started under Reagan, but things really started to go sideways after 1995 and the election of the Newt Gingrich Congress. Pre-Newt, we could always count on the systems and processes of government to somewhat alleviate the worst impulses of politicians and parties.
However, after ‘95, we had one of the two parties in our two-party system not only throw out the whole notion of negotiation and compromise, but enshrine (and revel in) making those “worst impulses” the entire basis of their political “appeal”. Well, that, and pure power.
re: #351 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
UNLIKELY FRIENDS: Tiger, lion and hyena cubs play with a family of Golden Retriever puppies at a Chinese zoo, after the cubs’ mothers abandoned them
too young to have been “carefully taught”
re: #350 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He will continue to make a living making appearances and ghostwriting books and articles. All those associated with him will be ruined. In other words, business as usual for Donald Trump.
I think J is talking about the dude who threatened the Globe.
The rise of RW media in the 90’s. Where Limbaugh became an important voice to the conservative rank and file. Not that Buckley was a prize but the rise of Rush and his offspring are a big part of why anti intellectual sentiment sells on the right.
re: #364 Jay C
I think it started under Reagan, but things really started to go sideways after 1995 and the election of the Newt Gingrich Congress. Pre-Newt, we could always count on the systems and processes of government to somewhat alleviate the worst impulses of politicians and parties.
However, after ‘95, we had one of the two parties in our two-party system not only throw out the whole notion of negotiation and compromise, but enshrine (and revel in) making those “worst impulses” the entire basis of their political “appeal”. Well, that, and pure power.
Yeah Newt. Newt definitely brought down the legislative process.
re: #352 Dave In Austin
I wanna ask a question that may be worth a post of it’s own, but I’m to damn lazy. I’m sure it’s been hashed here a time or two as well. But I’ll ask it anyway.
I was born in 1954 and will be 64 in Dec. So those of us with a bit of gristle understand about growing up in a very different and wondrous (for me it was white boy w/moderate privilege) time. 4th of July , Main St. Wheaton, IL…… Late 60’s/70’s in Phoenix AZ. and into the service. 80’s were foggy as was I but there was a change.
When did shit change from what it was to where we are now? And it wasn’t Obama.
I say Reagan. Just because I do. Thoughts?
i think it’s constant - something like punctuated equilibrium (thoug that’s probably not a good metaphor)
periodic leaps forward in progress and equality
then partial slides backward
re: #370 HappyWarrior
Yeah Newt. Newt definitely brought down the legislative process.
They really thought that they were going to so dominate the government that they had no need to show anything but contempt for the Democrats, they have never really recovered from that.
re: #356 JordanRules
Boy bee: you look nice
Girl bee: thanks you too
Boy bee: your knees in particular are just outstanding
the 1920s calling on twitter.
how many people are going “huh?”
re: #367 HappyWarrior
The rise of RW media in the 90’s. Where Limbaugh became an important voice to the conservative rank and file. Not that Buckley was a prize but the rise of Rush and his offspring are a big part of why anti intellectual sentiment sells on the right.
Coordinated effort across rural America. Where there are more electoral college votes than humans.
re: #373 dangerman
then 1920s calling on twitter.
how many people are going “huh?”
I thought that joke was the cat’s pajamas…
re: #364 Jay C
I think it started under Reagan, but things really started to go sideways after 1995 and the election of the Newt Gingrich Congress. Pre-Newt, we could always count on the systems and processes of government to somewhat alleviate the worst impulses of politicians and parties.
However, after ‘95, we had one of the two parties in our two-party system not only throw out the whole notion of negotiation and compromise, but enshrine (and revel in) making those “worst impulses” the entire basis of their political “appeal”. Well, that, and pure power.
deliver chicken dinner here ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
re: #374 MsJ
Coordinated effort across rural America. Where there are more electoral college votes than humans.
Yep and it made us out to be these monsters out to get them and their Bibles. Of course, this stuff was always at play. McCarthyism after all.
re: #364 Jay C
Good points all. Jay, those years were definitely the start of the discourse. I was also thinking on the economics as well wit the advent of “Trickle-down”.
Ya know we had 8 yrs of “We want our Country Back”. And besides the enviromental rollbacks for dirty air and water. What ….. Gotamn I’m confused!! And I’m a bit angry as well. Sorry.
re: #367 HappyWarrior
Rush’s followers proudly embrace the anti-intellectual sentiment while he tells them that THEY are really the smart ones and they lap it up.
The @Space_Station crew is conducting troubleshooting and repair work today after the discovery of a tiny leak last night traced to the Russian segment of the orbital complex. All systems are stable and the crew is in no danger. Details: https://t.co/vdbN2L02Zf pic.twitter.com/NIHoSGnHk7
— NASA (@NASA) August 30, 2018
re: #375 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I thought that joke was the cat’s pajamas…
cat’s pajamas
cat’s whiskers
bees knees
1920 speak for ‘neato’
I really don’t think there’s any one event but a series of events that leads us to today. Perhaps the Genesis is ultimately in the 30’s with the fear and lies spread about the New Deal by the old right. I don’t know.
re: #379 Flying Squirrel Girl
Rush’s followers proudly embrace the anti-intellectual sentiment while he tells them that THEY are really the smart ones and they lap it up.
Yep.
After all the groundwork laid by politicians like Reagan, Gingrich and the rest, the nail in the coffin was the Communications Act of 1996. That kicked open the door for corporations like Fox, Clear Channel and Sinclair Broadcasting to start aggressively propagandizing the American people.
It’s the one thing I will never, ever forgive Bill Clinton for.
Thread!?
1. I carried first pro LEO leg by Dems in CA for decades including making murder of a police officer capital offense same as murder of pol/judge. Gang 5 took on both parties & WON w pro law enforcement push by us against residual 60/70s anti LEO feeling still horny w colleagues
— Gary Condit (@realGaryCondit) August 30, 2018
Yearbook photos of rock and heavy metal icons pic.twitter.com/RESFmNQniw
— Mood:Vintage (@moodvintage) August 30, 2018
I anticipate some anti-NATO rage tweets
Former NATO leaders call for new headquarters to be named after Sen. John McCain https://t.co/PK9OYOMeeN pic.twitter.com/LNLQGquEnm
— Defense News (@defense_news) August 30, 2018
re: #380 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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i thought this was amusing “after the discovery of a tiny leak last night traced to the Russian segment”
while the US is spinning out of control,
there’s an effing orbiting space station
we’ve sent probes to planets and other heavenly bodies
they send back information and pictures
hundreds of millions of miles
a couple (?) have left the solar system
humans are something
a bunch: awesome
a basket: loathesome
re: #387 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I anticipate some anti-NATO rage tweets
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McCain was far more hawkish than I will ever be but he did appreciate our allies.
re: #379 Flying Squirrel Girl
Rush’s followers proudly embrace the anti-intellectual sentiment while he tells them that THEY are really the smart ones and they lap it up.
while, as i said above, trump actually hates them
re: #387 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Yeah…….. This will leave a nasty taste..
White House staffer: “Moral in the White House has never been lower. It’s like a revolving door here, except most aides who leave aren’t being replaced. I’m sick of all the chaos & really concerned about how this will affect my career & my family. I didn’t sign on for this shit.”
— Jon Cooper 🌊 (@joncoopertweets) August 30, 2018
Typo in the very first word (morale), although morals in the White House aren’t doing very well, either.
Also - womp womp. Fucking quit if you hate it that much, then go public with what you know.
re: #8 wrenchwench
Tony Joe has been working on that for a few years. He’s trimmed back the sideburns lately.
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Another one of our alumni.
Right when his career was taking off, Tony let a family member take over the management of his career.
Was not a good move.
What a voice.
Even just talking, Tony’s voice would cut thru a room full of music folk conversation.
re: #384 makeitstop
After all the groundwork laid by politicians like Reagan, Gingrich and the rest, the nail in the coffin was the Communications Act of 1996. That kicked open the door for corporations like Fox, Clear Channel and Sinclair Broadcasting to start aggressively propagandizing the American people.
It’s the one thing I will never, ever forgive Bill Clinton for.
And since we did not teach our children about media and how they work, we really made a mess of things
Today, we remember 2002 #Courage winner, Anna Politkovskaya, who investigated rapes, beatings, & murders committed by the Russian military and endured arrest and death threats as a result. In 2006 Politkovskaya was killed. She would have been 60 today. https://t.co/CvBO06vwgU pic.twitter.com/ChBGBXA8bV
— IWMF (@IWMF) August 30, 2018
“MDOC officials have denied repeated requests for interviews. They have not responded to requests to tour MDOC facilities… . Hall said the department ‘appreciates the concern from the public and remains committed to transparency.’” 🤔https://t.co/8BezCiJZce
— Blake Feldman (@bfeldman89) August 29, 2018
13 people have died this month in Mississippi state prisons https://t.co/Hdw8DMmthF
— Dad (@fivefifths) August 30, 2018
Make that 14…https://t.co/FpjAFkLSBj https://t.co/htSYcHvrOX
— Hopeless Romantic 🌹 (@_Matt_Brown_) August 30, 2018
re: #386 gocart mozart
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gene simmons and alice cooper - obvious where they were going
steven tyler already had the lips
Look at everyone who Trump is taking down: James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Bruce Ohr. They all have extensive backgrounds on investigating Russians even before 2016. I’m gonna ask a question no one else has asked. Was this the quid pro quo Trump agreed to in 2016?
— Lynn The 19th Angry Democrat (@lynnv378) August 29, 2018
re: #387 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I anticipate some anti-NATO rage tweets
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“nato should have been disbanded years ago. it’s got no purpose anymore”
and yet they just built a $1.4B headquarters
The signs were all there but we didn’t see it. pic.twitter.com/8DPzOhNt2L
— Natalie Eilatan (@natalie905) August 30, 2018
re: #392 makeitstop
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Typo in the very first word (morale), although morals in the White House aren’t doing very well, either.
Also - womp womp. Fucking quit if you hate it that much, then go public with what you know.
get a new career (mine coal)
move
do like you’ve been telling us to do
opportunities everywhere!
no shortage of jobs!
full employment!
companies are fighting over applicants
No touchy da fishy 🤣 pic.twitter.com/xOyN0SCCbe
— Nature is Amazing 🌴 (@AMAZlNGNATURE) August 30, 2018
Is is me or is there a fuzzy zone developing between Dems and Bros? Something funny going on there.
That the cable nets are going wall-to-wall with coverage of Sen McCain’s funeral service in AZ — even on Fox — must be making the president … well, maybe a little unhappy.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) August 30, 2018
re: #404 Jenner7
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Good, I hope he’s miserable knowing that there’s an elected official more loved, liked, & respected than he will ever be.
I haven’t had a chance to read through the whole page, but I wanted to add my suspicions about the story of passport revocations. I think it’s a voter suppression policy. If people think the govt will revoke their passports and citizenship, they may be afraid to show up at the voting booth.
re: #241 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the continuing to swelter NYC metro area.
The heat must be getting to Trump with the nonstop tweets today.
It’s all he can do is rage into the internets to rile up his bigot brigade base. It’s what he’s good at doing.
i didnt see the bold part till i saw it pointed out on CNN
The Rigged Russia Witch Hunt did not come into play, even a little bit, with respect to my decision on Don McGahn!
it was neither voluntary nor mutual
re: #382 HappyWarrior
I really don’t think there’s any one event but a series of events that leads us to today. Perhaps the Genesis is ultimately in the 30’s with the fear and lies spread about the New Deal by the old right. I don’t know.
I think the 1930’s version was thoroughly discredited by WWII and the Nazi’s. All the adult men of that generation saw with their own eyes, and everybody else saw photos and film, what the camps and survivors looked like, the Nuremberg trials, etc.
Then in what we like to call the Civil Rights Era (more accurately known as the early television era, because Civil Rights activists had been pushing these same issues for generations already), non-Southern Americans saw on their nightly news what had previously been abstractions and theoretical ideas they’d until then been able to choose not to know about — and it looked way too Nazi for anyone’s comfort.
The Right wing had to start all over really during the Vietnam era and shortly after, and build from there. It took eliminating the draft to separate middle-class and poor whites from all the other liberal interest groups.
re: #406 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
I haven’t had a chance to read through the whole page, but I wanted to add my suspicions about the story of passport revocations. I think it’s a voter suppression policy. If people think the govt will revoke their passports and citizenship, they may be afraid to show up at the voting booth.
and / or not be allowed to vote while their ‘case’ is pending
re: #384 makeitstop
After all the groundwork laid by politicians like Reagan, Gingrich and the rest, the nail in the coffin was the Communications Act of 1996. That kicked open the door for corporations like Fox, Clear Channel and Sinclair Broadcasting to start aggressively propagandizing the American people.
It’s the one thing I will never, ever forgive Bill Clinton for.
Just that one thing? Not for repealing Glass-Steagel, or welfare “reform”, or mass incarceration from the crime bill and mandatory minimums?
re: #408 sagehen
I think the 1930’s version was thoroughly discredited by WWII and the Nazi’s. All the adult men of that generation saw with their own eyes, and everybody else saw photos and film, what the camps and survivors looked like, the Nuremberg trials, etc.
Then in what we like to call the Civil Rights Era (more accurately known as the early television era, because Civil Rights activists had been pushing these same issues for generations already), non-Southern Americans saw on their nightly news what had previously been abstractions and theoretical ideas they’d until then been able to choose not to know about — and it looked way too Nazi for anyone’s comfort.
The Right wing had to start all over really during the Vietnam era and shortly after, and build from there. It took eliminating the draft to separate middle-class and poor whites from all the other liberal interest groups.
Very true.
re: #352 Dave In Austin
I wanna ask a question that may be worth a post of it’s own, but I’m to damn lazy. I’m sure it’s been hashed here a time or two as well. But I’ll ask it anyway.
I was born in 1954 and will be 64 in Dec. So those of us with a bit of gristle understand about growing up in a very different and wondrous (for me it was white boy w/moderate privilege) time. 4th of July , Main St. Wheaton, IL…… Late 60’s/70’s in Phoenix AZ. and into the service. 80’s were foggy as was I but there was a change.
When did shit change from what it was to where we are now? And it wasn’t Obama.
I say Reagan. Just because I do. Thoughts?
I’m going with two inflection points: Reagan and Newt. Reagan separated whites from the New Deal. Newt separated Republicans and Democrats. He started the trend where you couldn’t be a Republican who listened to Democrats.
im on a tear today, so w/r/t trump and google yesterday:
that trump lied about it all (the algorithms and the sotu)
is beside the point
google has no obligation of any kind to be evenhanded
i feel better now
re: #413 Belafon
Perfect summery. The sick thing is that he’s proud of that.
Re Trump’s meltdown: I wonder if Mueller’s team has told Giuliani they’re no longer interested in sitting down with Trump, and that in fact he should consider himself a target of the investigation or that he’s likely to be named as an un-indicted co-conspirator.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 30, 2018
re: #410 sagehen
Just that one thing? Not for repealing Glass-Steagel, or welfare “reform”, or mass incarceration from the crime bill and mandatory minimums?
Glass-Steagall repeal really hit us when they further deregulated the financial industry.
A billionaire would be able to buy up these stories with spare change.
That Trump never could says even more.
And we know more tapes are out there.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 30, 2018
re: #410 sagehen
Just that one thing? Not for repealing Glass-Steagel, or welfare “reform”, or mass incarceration from the crime bill and mandatory minimums?
All bad, yes. All worthy of scorn.
But the Communications Act did the most to put us in our current position, IMO.
As bad as the rest of it was, none of them are beaming into our homes 24/7.
re: #413 Belafon
I’m going with two inflection points: Reagan and Newt. Reagan separated whites from the New Deal. Newt separated Republicans and Democrats. He started the trend where you couldn’t be a Republican who listened to Democrats.
An early inflection point was 1964, when, even though he lost the presidential election in a landslide, Barry Goldwater showed that Republicans could win in Dixie by opposing civil rights, which lead to Nixon’s “Southern Strategy.”
re: #420 makeitstop
All bad, yes. All worthy of scorn.
But the Communications Act did the most to put us in our current position, IMO.
As bad as the rest of it was, none of them are beaming into our homes 24/7.
Others were busy repossessing our homes…
re: #392 makeitstop
White House staffer: “Moral in the White House has never been lower. It’s like a revolving door here, except most aides who leave aren’t being replaced. I’m sick of all the chaos & really concerned about how this will affect my career & my family. I didn’t sign on for this shit.”
— Jon Cooper 🌊 (@joncoopertweets) August 30, 2018
They didn’t sign on for this mess?
Yes they did. Everyone warned that this would be a mess and shitshow.
They saw Trump attack minorities, women, and POWs. They were silent and complicit.
Now that indictments continue pouring in they’re worried about their future jobs? https://t.co/xYo42YLSpN— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 30, 2018
re: #392 makeitstop
White House staffer: “Moral in the White House has never been lower. It’s like a revolving door here, except most aides who leave aren’t being replaced. I’m sick of all the chaos & really concerned about how this will affect my career & my family. I didn’t sign on for this shit.”
Moral fits, too.
And, sorry, this is exactly what you signed up for. That you didn’t realize it makes you a moron and unworthy of a future anything other than asking someone if they want fries with their order.
re: #352 Dave In Austin
I wanna ask a question that may be worth a post of it’s own, but I’m to damn lazy. I’m sure it’s been hashed here a time or two as well. But I’ll ask it anyway.
I was born in 1954 and will be 64 in Dec. So those of us with a bit of gristle understand about growing up in a very different and wondrous (for me it was white boy w/moderate privilege) time. 4th of July , Main St. Wheaton, IL…… Late 60’s/70’s in Phoenix AZ. and into the service. 80’s were foggy as was I but there was a change.
When did shit change from what it was to where we are now? And it wasn’t Obama.
I say Reagan. Just because I do. Thoughts?
I’ve always heard that Roger Ailes decided after Goldwater was defeated that he needed to build a pro-conservative media infrastructure to help rig future elections in favor of Republicans. Ultimately, though the pace picked up with Reagan, the machine was in operation long before that.
I’ve long felt that if someone gave me a time machine, the first person I’d strangle in their crib would be Ailes; the second would be Ayn Rand.
re: #352 Dave In Austin
I wanna ask a question that may be worth a post of it’s own, but I’m to damn lazy. I’m sure it’s been hashed here a time or two as well. But I’ll ask it anyway.
I was born in 1954 and will be 64 in Dec. So those of us with a bit of gristle understand about growing up in a very different and wondrous (for me it was white boy w/moderate privilege) time. 4th of July , Main St. Wheaton, IL…… Late 60’s/70’s in Phoenix AZ. and into the service. 80’s were foggy as was I but there was a change.
When did shit change from what it was to where we are now? And it wasn’t Obama.
I say Reagan. Just because I do. Thoughts?
I think that time period was a bit of a change in our overall thinking.
The 80s were of course “yuppie” times…when former hippies decided to go against all that love piece and sharing and become conspicuous consumers.
Breaking up unions was another signal of not working together and every man for himself.
Yeah, it sort of does seem the 80s changed America from thinking as Americans as a group to American as individuals so screw you.
re: #392 makeitstop
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Typo in the very first word (morale), although morals in the White House aren’t doing very well, either.
Also - womp womp. Fucking quit if you hate it that much, then go public with what you know.
Since these people never actually leave I have to think this crap is put out by Trump people. Why? To make the media looks stupid, perhaps? Who knows?
re: #406 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
I haven’t had a chance to read through the whole page, but I wanted to add my suspicions about the story of passport revocations. I think it’s a voter suppression policy. If people think the govt will revoke their passports and citizenship, they may be afraid to show up at the voting booth.
That was my first thought, too.
They can’t revoke citizenship. But they can make people not want or be afraid to vote.
re: #392 makeitstop
Yes, you did sign up for that mess. Trump told you who he was long before he was elected and yet you chose to work for his administration. What did you expect? You have just wasted your time because quite a few of us won’t hire anyone with anything affiliated to Trump on his or her resume.
re: #386 gocart mozart
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I think I went to high school with a dozen people who looked like Axl Rose, James Hetfield, and Kirk Hammett. The teachers hated ‘em, and usually, they were all much better and cooler people than the kids on the student council and attending the college prep classes.
Sam Young, a Houston businessman and former Mormon bishop, has been leading a protest against one-on-one interviews by bishops of children and youth. In some cases, these interviews have included sexually explicit questions (such as, “do you masturbate? have you had sexual intercourse? what position? did you enjoy it?” and I wish I was lying but you can see reports here at protectldschildren.org).
Yesterday Sam was given a letter inviting him to his excommunication on September 9. The reasons for the excommunication is that a) he has encouraged people to vote against church leadership and he has b) encouraged more than one public action against the church. That would be the march he had in late March, and then the 23 day fast across from Temple Square in Salt Lake City to try and get the leadership to change their minds about these interviews.
Here’s a story from the Salt Lake Tribune: sltrib.com
I’d just note this is the same organization whose newish leader, Russell M. Nelson, made a big deal two weeks ago about how the name of the church was not Mormon church or LDS church, but “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” on first mention, and “The Church” or “The Church of Jesus Christ” in subsequent mentions. Nelson said he was impressed by “The Lord” to put great emphasis on this. But not on asking kids sexually explicit questions in one on one interviews???!?!?!!?
I personally hope this turns into a Streisand Effect for the church formerly known as Mormon.
LOL so frantic
CNN is working frantically to find their “source.” Look hard because it doesn’t exist. Whatever was left of CNN’s credibility is now gone!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
re: #413 Belafon
I’m going with two inflection points: Reagan and Newt. Reagan separated whites from the New Deal. Newt separated Republicans and Democrats. He started the trend where you couldn’t be a Republican who listened to Democrats.
I feel those inflection points also. I was in my early 40’s when Newt became speaker.
I can still remember Drudge and the blue dress. I had no idea what a harbinger of ill it represented.
re: #425 can’t think of a decent username
I’ve always heard that Roger Ailes decided after Goldwater was defeated that he needed to build a pro-conservative media infrastructure to help rig future elections in favor of Republicans. Ultimately, though the pace picked up with Reagan, the machine was in operation long before that.
I’ve long felt that if someone gave me a time machine, the first person I’d strangle in their crib would be Ailes; the second would be Ayn Rand.
I’d include Murdoch.
BREAKING: Michigan State University says NCAA has cleared it of any rules violations in the Larry Nassar sexual-assault scandal.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 30, 2018
Oh, okay then.
*spit*
Go beyond your rulebook assholes!
Worked with Bruce at DOJ and no one knew Russian OC better. Russians would love to see him out of DOJ, and Trump is of course doing their bidding.
— Andrew Levchuk (@AGLLegal) August 28, 2018
Back in 2015 he said in reference to Hispanics “They’ll be gone one day.” This is the plan. https://t.co/X0DNcvgIoD
— KEscribble (@KEscribble) August 29, 2018
I think when looking at what changed in America it is easy to blame politicians.
But remember we elect the politicians. They are put there by the citizens. If we don’t like what they do we vote them out.
So, since the 50s, all the politicians we want to use as changing points got away with what they did because the citizens allowed them and didn’t stop them.
The collective “we” are the problem. We are doing this to ourselves.
Why?
Well, Wendell may be closest to it because he mentioned civics/history teaching. That may be why so many people are disconnected from politics. They do not understand the actual basis of democracy.
Add greed in it, and all working together starts to go away. We (the collective) have not helped our democracy because we do not respect it.
Use it or lose it.
NEWS: President Trump says he’s eliminating a pay raise for civilian federal employees slated for 2019 in order to “put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course.” pic.twitter.com/7wNAgoMdKX
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 30, 2018
Related: Virginia is no longer seen as a swing state https://t.co/IYBQp7xtzz
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) August 30, 2018
re: #428 MsJ
That was my first thought, too.
They can’t revoke citizenship. But they can make people not want or be afraid to vote.
they can and they already are
this is just one story Link
yes, it is wrt naturalized citizens
in the current situation, theyre gonna try and claim if you cant prove it, then even though you were a baby, you got it illegally
re: #437 JordanRules
We need to point out to people that Trump is reinstating Eisenhower’s Operation Wetback.
re: #442 Belafon
Trump is a goddamned white nationalist, whose policies are a throwback to the 1850s.
He’s out to gut civil and voting rights for nonwhites. Minorities are being screwed with every move this admin makes.
Women are also getting screwed, as witnessed by DeVos’ latest move to give sex predators yet another edge in harassment/abuse cases in education settings.
re: #430 can’t think of a decent username
I think I went to high school with a dozen people who looked like Axl Rose, James Hetfield, and Kirk Hammett. The teachers hated ‘em, and usually, they were all much better and cooler people than the kids on the student council and attending the college prep classes.
national lampoon did a parody 1964 high school yearbook
first published in 1973
they nailed every kid from every high school
In response to Trump:
Make no mistake, Mr. President, CNN does not lie. We report the news. And we report when people in power tell lies. CNN stands by our reporting and our reporters. There may be many fools in this story but @carlbernstein is not one of them.
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) August 29, 2018
“CNN is being torn apart from within based on their being caught in a major lie and refusing to admit the mistake. Sloppy @carlbernstein, a man who lives in the past and thinks like a degenerate fool, making up story after story, is being laughed at all over the country!”
((carl bernstein))
degenerate
got it.
re: #439 JordanRules
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wait…
“national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare”
wth happened to this “greatest economy ever” and record stock market highs he keeps prattling on about?
re: #448 Backwoods_Sleuth
wait…
“national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare”wth happened to this “greatest economy ever” and record stock market highs he keeps prattling on about?
cough cough tarriffs
cough cough tarriff subsidy
cough cough tax cuts
cough cough - someone’s gotta pay for it
re: #445 MsJ
After the bacon is about 3/4 of the way to crispy, you drain some of the grease off and add 1/2 a shot of bourbon mixed with 1/4 cup of brown sugar and a couple of tablespoons of water. Pour over the bacon and finish cooking. You’re welcome.
re: #448 Backwoods_Sleuth
wait…
“national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare”wth happened to this “greatest economy ever” and record stock market highs he keeps prattling on about?
The whole country gets whiplash every day. A car wreck ever day.
What you need to remember about Trump saying the press is the “enemy of the people” is that once he said it, even once, it became a rallying cry for the Alt-Right.
They’ve repeated that phrase over & over & over again.
The Kremlin amplified their message.
This is the result. https://t.co/jPIncfmDUD— Jay McKenzie (@JamesFourM) August 30, 2018
re: #406 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
I haven’t had a chance to read through the whole page, but I wanted to add my suspicions about the story of passport revocations. I think it’s a voter suppression policy. If people think the govt will revoke their passports and citizenship, they may be afraid to show up at the voting booth.
This is awful, but the number of people delivered by midwives in S TX isn’t that large. It’s just more low-hanging fruit, I think.
What’s the worst thing about your name?
I always get people asking me if I’m ok.
If I’m ok.
If I’m ok.— Annie (@HairyMcFairy) August 29, 2018
“where in the world is Carmen San Diego?! HA! i found you! hi, i’m Darryl.” https://t.co/aAX1HWzIe5
— MannieFresh Destiny (@no_CEElings) August 30, 2018
That too is a lie. It will affect their ability to attract and maintain a qualified Federal workforce.
Trump’s very presence is making that more difficult. His incompetence and efforts to sabotage functioning government makes that impossible.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 30, 2018
Fucks off all morning on Twitter.
Takes the rest of the day off to go to yet another campaign rally on the taxpayer dime.
Tomorrow, heads out for his golf course for a weekend of dick rubbing.
Tell me again, when does this guy actually work? https://t.co/8vYgkd8bve— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 30, 2018
Can’t help wonder: Why today? This is the 1st time Trump has (falsely) suggested any impropriety over his Lester Holt interview, which aired 15 months ago—an interview in which he said he thought about “this Russia thing” when he fired Comey. Why make that false claim today?
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 30, 2018
I don’t know, but it’s always good to check the Fox transcripts for the day.
re: #455 lawhawk
One look at the Trump Organization and you realize Trump doesn’t know what a well-qualified workforce is.
re: #456 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I used to bitch about Trump not working then I realized that he could actually get some of his goals accomplished if he actually worked, tweet away Cheeto!
Hola! How’s life defending sanity? Just ran across this fun tidbit:
GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Ron DeSantis Moderated Racist, Conspiratorial Facebook Group https://t.co/Wuv66OZzaZ pic.twitter.com/bSiqhvDfdH
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 30, 2018
And guess who some of the other mods of that group were? If you said Corey Stewart, Pamela Geller, and Kelli Ward, you’d be right.
The Onion couldn’t have come up with this story. These assholes aren’t even hiding their bigotry anymore.
lol at a wingnut Facebook friend bitching about the McCain coverage. It’s not like she could actually switch away from FoxNews for an hour or so.
Quit covering the McCain funeral and get back to the real news of Hillary breaking some rule or something!!!
My crazy Aunt just texted my Mom and said McCain was a traitor and coward who gave info to the enemy.
My Mom is incredibly patient with her, but doesn’t let her get away with anything. She just replied, “I’m sorry you feel that way and that you sold your soul to that son of a bitch in the WH.”
re: #458 JordanRules
Here’s Betty Cracker’s take (from balloon-juice):
I think it’s related to soon-to-be former White House Counsel McGahn. In the reports about McGahn spending 30 hours talking to the Mueller team, it came out that Trump’s legal team wasn’t aware of the extent of McGahn’s cooperation with Mueller. I’m not a lawyer, but I find it astonishing that Trump’s attorneys weren’t extensively debriefing McGahn after each session with Mueller. But apparently, they weren’t.
So, in the wake of that report, I’m guessing the Trump lawyers belatedly debriefed McGahn and learned that Mueller was especially interested in Trump’s rationale for dispatching Comey as confessed to Holt. Hence the absurd claim from Trump this morning that the video was edited.
re: #437 JordanRules
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Races in Cameron County, Texas:
Hispanic or Latino (89.4%)
White Non-Hispanic Alone (9.3%)
Asian alone (0.7%)
Black Non-Hispanic Alone (0.4%)
2016 election results:
Hillary 65%
The Yam 32%
re: #461 Lidane
Hola! How’s life defending sanity? Just ran across this fun tidbit:
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And guess who some of the other mods of that group were? If you said Corey Stewart, Pamela Geller, and Kelli Ward, you’d be right.
The Onion couldn’t have come up with this story. These assholes aren’t even hiding their bigotry anymore.
Quite a four some.
NEWS: President Trump says he’s eliminating a pay raise for civilian federal employees slated for 2019 in order to “put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course.” pic.twitter.com/7wNAgoMdKX
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 30, 2018
More than 30% of all federal employees are veterans. This is yet another example of Donald Trump showing is disdain for veterans and military families. https://t.co/5WUkMDnqkV
— VoteVets (@votevets) August 30, 2018
This affects both my AF veteran daughter and her husband, who put in 20 years.
Biden’s eulogy is funny and moving and deeply genuine. Wow.
re: #465 Jenner7
My crazy Aunt just texted my Mom and said McCain was a traitor and coward who gave info to the enemy.
My Mom is incredibly patient with her, but doesn’t let her get away with anything. She just replied, “I’m sorry you feel that way and that you sold your soul to that son of a bitch in the WH.”
It really is sad how many people completely sold out their decency to him. I mean many were messed up before I’m sure but holy shit.
re: #469 jaunte
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This affects both my AF veteran daughter and her husband, who put in 20 years.
Yeah a lot of vets are federal employees. It’s why Republican double talk on the troops and fed employees has always pissed me off.
re: #452 Backwoods_Sleuth
“You going to trace my call? What are you going to do motherfucker? You ain’t going to do shit. I’m going to shoot you in the head later today, at 4 o’clock. Goodbye.”
i love the ‘Goodbye’
i know it’s weird
Ambulance at the White House. Taking stretcher into the West Wing. pic.twitter.com/nmqYagH3VX
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 30, 2018
re: #465 Jenner7
My crazy Aunt just texted my Mom and said McCain was a traitor and coward who gave info to the enemy.
My Mom is incredibly patient with her, but doesn’t let her get away with anything. She just replied, “I’m sorry you feel that way and that you sold your soul to that son of a bitch in the WH.”
I’m glad we’ve evolved beyond the idea that we should hold POWs accountable for their actions while prisoners.
re: #470 Lidane
Biden’s eulogy is funny and moving and deeply genuine. Wow.
“My name’s Joe Biden.
“I’m a Democrat.
“And I love John McCain.”https://t.co/n6wc2I0fnu pic.twitter.com/aSGwYYwEQW— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 30, 2018
It’s amazing they’re paid at all, given Trump’s notorious inability to pay people. https://t.co/YIMdAh6E3y
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) August 30, 2018
re: #477 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Couldn’t be more Biden than that. Biden was always respectful to McCain both when McCain was at the top of the opposing ticket of Biden and Obama and throughout. Both Trump and Palin, McCain’s fellow Republicans could learn some lessons in grace from Joe Biden.
re: #469 jaunte
This affects both my AF veteran daughter and her husband, who put in 20 years.
This is the same thing Republicans do to teachers, relying on their devotion to their job to give the wealthy tax breaks.
Tampa Bay Times lays off 50 staffers because of tariffs on newspaper print.
Tariffs get lifted yesterday
Newspaper says the laid off staff likely WON’T be re-hiredhttps://t.co/Uw72vLHMs7— Sam Stein (@samstein) August 30, 2018
re: #479 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Trump is certainly why I don’t apply for federal jobs anymore.
“Welcome to Paradise” <- shout out to @wrinklybulldogs on IG pic.twitter.com/Yl1jfk3cpU
— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) August 30, 2018
There is a medical emergency at the White House right now. Sarah Sanders informs us that a staffer has suffered a seizure and is being taken for evaluation by ambulance from the West Wing doors. Secret Service have pushed the media back from our usual position for the moment. pic.twitter.com/TBt4sZOCoN
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) August 30, 2018
#LandlordGoals 🙌 pic.twitter.com/3QwOVqLMsl
— Best of Nextdoor (@bestofnextdoor) August 30, 2018
re: #466 Flying Squirrel Girl
Here’s Betty Cracker’s take (from balloon-juice):
I think it’s related to soon-to-be former White House Counsel McGahn. In the reports about McGahn spending 30 hours talking to the Mueller team, it came out that Trump’s legal team wasn’t aware of the extent of McGahn’s cooperation with Mueller. I’m not a lawyer, but I find it astonishing that Trump’s attorneys weren’t extensively debriefing McGahn after each session with Mueller. But apparently, they weren’t.So, in the wake of that report, I’m guessing the Trump lawyers belatedly debriefed McGahn and learned that Mueller was especially interested in Trump’s rationale for dispatching Comey as confessed to Holt. Hence the absurd claim from Trump this morning that the video was edited.
(ianal)
what a shame that trump wont be able to use ineffective assistance of counsel as a defense
because nothing’s actually happened yet.
right now he decides he needs help with ‘stuff’?
his lawyers, his choice.
re: #465 Jenner7
My crazy Aunt just texted my Mom and said McCain was a traitor and coward who gave info to the enemy.
My Mom is incredibly patient with her, but doesn’t let her get away with anything. She just replied, “I’m sorry you feel that way and that you sold your soul to that son of a bitch in the WH.”
“thanks for your perspective. i understand why you think that way”
#APFactCheck: Did Google promote Obama’s State of the Union speeches on its homepage and ignore Trump’s? That’s what Trump claims. But he’s wrong. https://t.co/caHgTrXIIg
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 30, 2018
About that judge deal.
Dems have been stalling the judges all of August, but GOP had the votes. So the deal was to confirm 5 Obama nominees and keep his NLRB appointee as part of the deal.
Be nice if some Democrat in the Senate would scream that.— Frances Langum (@bluegal) August 30, 2018
“It is simply obscene that the same person who gave away massive amounts of money to corporations and billionaires in a tax scam now is crying that we don’t have enough money for pay raises for the Federal workforce - over 30 percent of which is made up of veterans.” pic.twitter.com/IR5ohkbjRf
— VoteVets (@votevets) August 30, 2018
re: #486 Backwoods_Sleuth
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One of my neighbors decided to be super neighborly and post a PSA to our Next Door group.
He wanted to warn people about the horrible experience he had at a strip club where he lost his cell phone. Not just any strip club, a super, grimey shady one. As you can imagine, the responses were absolutely hilarious.
re: #492 JordanRules
One of my neighbors decided to be super neighborly and post a PSA to our Next Door group.
He wanted to warn people about the horrible experience he had at a strip club where he lost his cell phone. Not just any strip club, a super, grimey shady one. As you can imagine, the responses were absolutely hilarious.
Sounds like an awesome future “Best of Next Door.”
re: #490 gocart mozart
That would definitely be good to know. McConnell probably required an NDA to make it happen, though.
.@JoeBiden “John’s code was ageless, is ageless…John’s story was the American story, grounded in respect and decency…And he could not stand the abuse of power wherever he saw it in whatever country” #JohnMcCain
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) August 30, 2018
my karma just shot past 40k
i must been sleeping
thanks y’all
Next Friday at the University of Illinois, Obama will deliver a speech that will “echo his call to reject the rising strain of authoritarian politics and policies. And he will preview arguments he’ll make this fall.”
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) August 30, 2018
Giuliani letter criticizing Romania’s anti-corruption drive draws State Department attention via @jdawsey1 @thamburger https://t.co/aJ1tMxcSGk
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 30, 2018
I think this is a big deal.
Earlier this month, John McCain and I sent a letter to Romania’s government pushing them to stand up to corruption. Then, Giuliani - Trump’s spokesman - sent a letter contradicting both our letter and the State Dept position. And he got paid for it. https://t.co/jk2EEciC9r— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 30, 2018
re: #495 Backwoods_Sleuth
Someone should start their eulogy with “Things that will never be said at Trump’s funeral.”
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 30, 2018
re: #498 Backwoods_Sleuth
Writing under the letterhead of his consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, the former New York mayor criticized the “excesses” of Romania’s anti-corruption agency
Looks like he’s on the wrong side all over the world.
Snapchat map mislabeled New York City as “Jewtropolis” https://t.co/0P9T2tteVj pic.twitter.com/8ZJBIhWGBI
— The Hill (@thehill) August 30, 2018
re: #500 gocart mozart
It’s bullshit. Trump’s tiny hands could never hold up all that weight.
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A few items are missing, but readers can see how Yeltsin secretly told Clinton how Putin became his handpicked successor—and just how concerned U.S. officials were about Putin’s ascendancy, the rollback of post-1991 reforms and the recentralization of power in the Kremlin. 6/ pic.twitter.com/2SYHB2BYLa
— Andrew S. Weiss (@andrewsweiss) August 30, 2018
Thread https://t.co/tfvNIlyRqc
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 30, 2018
Absolutely phenomenal. Biden’s eulogy for McCain was a barn burner and one hell of a speech.
I miss that level of empathy and leadership in office.
re: #444 dangerman
national lampoon did a parody 1964 high school yearbook
first published in 1973
they nailed every kid from every high school
I think I still have that around here stored away somewhere.
re: #506 Lidane
Absolutely phenomenal. Biden’s eulogy for McCain was a barn burner and one hell of a speech.
I miss that level of empathy and leadership in office.
I started crying pretty bad at the song Arizona.
This graphic is TRUE: Beto O’Rourke was twice arrested in the 1990s—once for burglary, later for DWI. https://t.co/BawZtQfmU7 via @PolitiFactTexas pic.twitter.com/mbNm7UxiNI
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) August 30, 2018
Where is his $25 million fraud settlement, or his $32 million sexual harassment settlement? It’s like Beto isn’t even trying for a conservative Republican level of crime.#Texas https://t.co/WGYtPCQBCo
— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) August 30, 2018
re: #508 Stanley Sea
I started crying pretty bad at the song Arizona.
I had to turn the feed off after Biden. I don’t want to start ugly crying at work.
I can’t help it. Memorials and funerals make me emotional.
Historical similarities to the 11th Decree, promulgated in Nov 1941. It not only stripped Jews of their citizenship but “legalized the confiscation of their property. Expect it to get worse. They aren’t citizens. They don’t own their property so seize it. https://t.co/wDWqMpzucD
— nadinevanderVelde (@nadinevdVelde) August 30, 2018
Important observation by @nadinevdVelde on the denial of passports to Latino US citizens https://t.co/0QPjg8rXIp
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 30, 2018
re: #510 Lidane
I had to turn the feed off after Biden. I don’t want to start ugly crying at work.
I can’t help it. Memorials and funerals make me emotional.
Me too. a form of release I guess.
re: #511 JordanRules
Truly disturbing. We’ve got a fascist government in all but name.
re: #484 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
(kiss kiss snuggle cuddle kiss laugh kiss kiss cuddle)
I want!!!!
re: #470 Lidane
Biden’s eulogy is funny and moving and deeply genuine. Wow.
Great to see you back on LGF.
re: #512 Stanley Sea
Me too. a form of release I guess.
I’m such a dork, I cry at goofy sentimental commercials and feel-good lessons on sitcoms. I am an absolute mess when it comes to funerals and the like. I have to take lots of deep breaths and stay armed with a full box of tissues.
re: #511 JordanRules
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And just a month or so after the 11th Decree, the Wannsee conference…
*shudders*— Teo (@Teukka72) August 30, 2018
re: #505 JordanRules
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I thought they had elections there
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There are people with far, far more offensive racial views than Donald Trump or Tucker Carlson. If Trump and Tucker are “racists,” then what do you call those other people? https://t.co/8dNSOT1qDE
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) August 30, 2018
Racists. https://t.co/E7d91J39gm
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 30, 2018
re: #511 JordanRules
Kind of like the Japanese internment.
Is this a trick question are you really this dumb?
They’re racists too.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 30, 2018
Trump has told Congress that he is canceling a pay raise that most civilian federal employees were due to receive in January, and he’s citing budgetary constraints: https://t.co/0Ha88hIRpS
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 30, 2018
Space Force got to get paid, son. https://t.co/xuwNN9a4K3
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 30, 2018
Donald Trump is canceling across-the-board pay raises for civilian workers across the federal government, citing the “nation’s fiscal situation”https://t.co/5NVdlsJmZu
— POLITICO (@politico) August 30, 2018
Call me old fashioned, but a nation which has a booming economy according to its President should be able to pay its workers what they were promised. https://t.co/2iNZKi1YMi
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 30, 2018
OMG, but people on eBay are idiots. I’m looking at this watch that’s up for auction. It’s from the last run of the last railroad-grade pocket watch that Elgin made in the US. It’s not particularly valuable for your average collector, but I want one. Mind you, that run had 22,000 watches in it, so there are plenty of them out there…
Anyway, it was just listed yesterday, so it has most of a week till the auction closes. Two idiots already ran the price up to $143, because they’re idiots.
So what we can deduce here is that s***s put in a bid of $100 yesterday at 3:43 PM. He’s got high bid, which would show up as about $38, because of Amazon’s system.
Then r***0 gets on, and starts bidding up in $3 increments, trying to top s***s’s bid. Takes him 11 bids to get there.
Then two more bidders knock him out, with c***t becoming top bidder with $141, which would show up as about $110. So d***8 starts doing the same stupid thing as r***0 - bidding up in small increments till he tops c***t by a couple bucks.
And this is all wasted time, because I have set a snipe well above that which will only be place 3 seconds before the end. And I’m not the only one, I guarantee it.2-5 bids will come in the last 4 seconds, and unless someone puts in a REALLY HIGH bid before that, one of us will win it.
So, why do idiots do this? Do they think if they outbid this one guy, they’ve won it? FIVE DAYS before it closes? All they do is run up the price, but since I and the other snipers have already determined our maximum and set our snipes, the run up in the price is largely meaningless.
Idiots.
.@KELLYWEILL on how neo-Nazis are recording robocalls with a woman impersonating Mollie Tibbetts to call for genocide. Trump is complicit in abetting these Nazis. https://t.co/QxtIoYRSqS
— we’re going to abolish ICE (@SeanMcElwee) August 30, 2018
There are people with far, far more offensive racial views than Donald Trump or Tucker Carlson. If Trump and Tucker are “racists,” then what do you call those other people? https://t.co/8dNSOT1qDE
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) August 30, 2018
The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan’s propaganda rag, brings us one of the most ludicrous attempted defenses of Trump’s racism yet. https://t.co/329jwbAIDw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2018
There are people with far, far more offensive racial views than Donald Trump or Tucker Carlson. If Trump and Tucker are “racists,” then what do you call those other people? https://t.co/8dNSOT1qDE
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) August 30, 2018
white supremacists.
next https://t.co/Y58Jf9dFsL— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 30, 2018
re: #520 JordanRules
Yeah, once you’re over the line, how far you are is irrelevant.
re: #529 Belafon
Yeah, once you’re over the line, how far you are is irrelevant.
Hey, if Goebbels was a Nazi, what do you call Hitler?
Sometimes my timeline shows me something right on time.
Sometimes people say a song made them cry when they mean a song let them cry.
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) August 30, 2018
re: #418 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Glass-Steagall repeal really hit us when they further deregulated the financial industry.
Before Glass-Steagall was repealed, LTCM almost succeeded in bringing down the entire world economy. I am not an expert on financial deregulation but it wouldn’t be surprising if due to technological changes, this Glass-Steagall may have been increasingly outmoded and its repeal may not have had a great impact on financial systems. Perhaps someone here with more expertise can address this?
re: #516 JordanRules
I’m such a dork, I cry at goofy sentimental commercials and feel-good lessons on sitcoms. I am an absolute mess when it comes to funerals and the like. I have to take lots of deep breaths and stay armed with a full box of tissues.
I’m reminded of the best James Stewart quote ever:
‘I cry at a good steak.’
re: #375 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I thought that joke was the cat’s pajamas…
I completely misunderstood
Two hours later and the bell went off
I just got this
Apologies
How many tweets is Angry Donnie up to for the day?
Unelected, overreaching. FEDERAL judges are once again trampling on our FREEDOM OF RELIGION!!!! THIS MUST END!!!
A federal judge says Pennsylvania’s state House can’t prohibit atheists and other nonbelievers from offering opening prayers on session days. https://t.co/dZsHOXIEQs
— AP Eastern US (@APEastRegion) August 30, 2018
Gotta pay for those tax cuts for the rich somehow.
First this, then killing Medicaid, then Medicare, then Social Security.
This is what Republicans have wanted for decades. They are letting the moron in the WH do it but they are all, every last one, fully onboard.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 30, 2018
Why should it be necessary to discern fine degrees of separation between racists?
“You say…”
Thank you to the cast and crew of @HamiltonWestEnd for a fantastic performance, raising awareness and funds for @Sentebale’s work with children and young people affected by HIV #HamiltonLDN pic.twitter.com/M5hmjTfhEz— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) August 29, 2018
re: #537 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Unelected, overreaching. FEDERAL judges are once again trampling on our FREEDOM OF RELIGION!!!! THIS MUST END!!!
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Reminds me of a joke a Unitarian once told me:
“How do Unitarian prayers begin? ‘To whom It May Concern…’”
The Brophy Student Ensemble sang “Arizona” at John McCain’s memorial service. https://t.co/pBCUA9Zp4N
— azcthingstodo (@azcthingstodo) August 30, 2018
re: #525 Blind Frog Belly White
I don’t even pay attention to bidding. I snipe the most I will pay and walk away. If I get it, cool. If not, idiots. :-)
re: #490 gocart mozart
Frances Langum
@bluegal
About that judge deal.Dems have been stalling the judges all of August, but GOP had the votes. So the deal was to confirm 5 Obama nominees and keep his NLRB appointee as part of the deal.
Be nice if some Democrat in the Senate would scream that.
12:25 PM - Aug 30, 2018
Does this satisfy any of the people that were upset yesterday?
re: #540 JordanRules
I saw that video earlier. I had to laugh at the cast’s reaction when Harry sang that little bit. Absolutely classic.
re: #546 Lidane
I saw that video earlier. I had to laugh at the cast’s reaction when Harry sang that little bit. Absolutely classic.
OH HAI!
Long time no see!
Long, good thread you may want to tuck away for later.
In some cases, passport applicants with official U.S. birth certificates are being jailed in immigration detention centers and entered into deportation proceedings. https://t.co/bZHNzaFKVg
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 29, 2018
A while back, I tweeted that in case anyone isn’t clear, we are well past the “first they came for” point.
This is a big story and I’m not sure it’s possible for it to get enough attention. https://t.co/oDPY3AkrHS— Alexandra Erin (@alexandraerin) August 30, 2018
Maybe Beto can’t debate Ted Cruz because he already had plans… pic.twitter.com/LdqKTh3yK4
— Texas GOP (@TexasGOP) August 28, 2018
Why is the GOP so corny?
You can front a band and run for office. You can pierce your nose, be a bartender, a teacher, a stay at home parent; wear a dress or rip your jeans - none of this disqualifies you from advancing the fight for healthcare, education, housing, and justice. https://t.co/NuVgmJmOFE— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) August 30, 2018
It’s no surprise that the socialist running in New York is supporting the socialist running in Texas. https://t.co/dl9bFg4RLd
— Texas GOP (@TexasGOP) August 30, 2018
Just keep on digging guys https://t.co/XbWUerIxlH
— Beto For Senate (@BetoSenate2018) August 30, 2018
Trump has told Congress that he is canceling a pay raise that most civilian federal employees were due to receive in January, and he’s citing budgetary constraints: https://t.co/0Ha88hIRpS
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 30, 2018
HEADS UP JOURNALISTS:
NOW is the time to push out your Signal, Dropbox, and other confidential/encrypted means for whistleblowers to contact you.
I’m not f*cking joking.
🚨🚨🚨 https://t.co/Wfxu2nXsmb— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) August 30, 2018
re: #542 JordanRules
It’s campy for sure. But when you’ve spent most of your life there. It still gives ya a feel.
re: #540 JordanRules
Hamilton is an extraordinary show. And that song is hilarious (and apt given that Harry is a direct descendant of King George).
Ryan Zinke Calls For Legislation To Slow Down Destruction Of Wildlife So He Can Truly Savor Every Minute Of It https://t.co/ybroLHP3GK pic.twitter.com/w0iZbrV2gS
— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 30, 2018
Ouch
JUST IN: Federal judge grants Mueller team more time to decide if they want to retry Manafort https://t.co/BkutwYFRlX pic.twitter.com/NX3uZ7zf2W
— The Hill (@thehill) August 30, 2018
.@DonaldJTrumpJr tells @axios that if a Trump supporter in the tech world created a conservative, Facebook-like social network, he would urge Trump supporters to switch to it https://t.co/T4ltz9oaP6
— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) August 30, 2018
Liberals are such delicate snowflakes, now please invent a special internet where they only say nice things about my dad https://t.co/TyU3be9Sch
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) August 30, 2018
I see a long thread growing
Encino man wasn’t subtle in his threats. pic.twitter.com/1NjpfnTGuF
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) August 30, 2018
#Russia’s state TV:
Alexander Romanovich, deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee:
“America is just a big collective farm, everyone from the whole world came there.”
Former Duma Deputy Boris Nadezhdin:
“And we’ve elected the head of that farm.” pic.twitter.com/BykqAdy4JB— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) August 30, 2018
re: #525 Blind Frog Belly White
Whether I bid early or late, I always put in the highest price I am willing to pay and look away. I don’t check again until the auction is over.
look at this NYT headline:
**Democrats** Embrace of Diverse Candidates…..
now guess how many Democrats are quoted in the article? 0. https://t.co/R5pPpKzBKi— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 30, 2018
NYT **only** quoted Republicans in an article abt how Dems are nominating more ethnically diverse candidates
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 30, 2018
re: #558 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Whether I bid early or late, I always put in the highest price I am willing to pay and look away. I don’t check again until the auction is over.
If you do it through the eBay GUI, it just drives the prices up in real time. Get something like AuctionSniper and use that. The prices stay low and you will likely get what you want if you put in a reasonable price.
I bid what I will most pay and then allow extra cycles (like 2x) for it to increase by like $5 a cycle. I have won almost every bid I created without paying out the nose.
Potential Tropical Cyclone Six has formed in the far eastern Atlantic. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Cabo Verde Islands of Santiago, Fogo and Brava. Full advisory: https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/vg6aFdFpEa
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 30, 2018
re: #549 jaunte
You can front a band and run for office. You can pierce your nose, be a bartender, a teacher, a stay at home parent; wear a dress or rip your jeans - none of this disqualifies you from advancing the fight for healthcare, education, housing, and justice.
obvious to everyone,
based on the current President Unindicted Co=conspirator, you can do a lot more than those things:
go bankrupt
get sued for discrimination and lose
get sued, and lose
not pay your bills
say pu$$ygate stuff
say nasty and hateful things about vets, women, poc, mexicans, judges, on and on
re: #520 JordanRules
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— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 30, 2018
Happy birthday to CNN dot com! The network launched the website on August 30, 1995. Here’s what the homepage looked like back then. pic.twitter.com/1RGy9m7SFd
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 30, 2018
re: #563 BeachDem
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People are bringing their good stuff in service to the ratio!
There are people who murdered far, far more people than Charles Manson. If Charles Manson is a “murderer,” then what do you call those other people?
— Kate (@Equivo_Kate) August 30, 2018
re: #565 JordanRules
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“Critics warn of multimedia ‘hell’”
Heh.
One article that has aged well…
re: #555 JordanRules
@DonaldJTrumpJr tells @axios that if a Trump supporter in the tech world created a conservative, Facebook-like social network, he would urge Trump supporters to switch to it axios.com
— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) August 30, 2018
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass.
‘The Ratio’: when your take is both scalding hot and very bad https://t.co/Z9vscsPGHj
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) August 30, 2018
In 1999, a drunken Boris Yeltsin wanted a secret rendezvous with Bill Clinton in a submarine. https://t.co/WhXLMCd9Mn
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 30, 2018
repeating this is just going to give Trump ideas, Jeet https://t.co/5jDlpyZsVy
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 30, 2018
re: #509 jaunte
Technically true that he was arrested for “burglary” but objectively dishonest in that the “burglary” charge was dismissed. Fact: He jumped a fence in college and set off an alarm. In re: the DUI, he completed a program and that too was dismissed.
Do better Politifact.— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 30, 2018
Kevin Stitt ran a great winning campaign against a very tough opponent in Oklahoma. Kevin is a very successful businessman who will be a fantastic Governor. He is strong on Crime & Borders, the 2nd Amendment, & loves our Military & Vets. He has my complete and total Endorsement!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
Oklahoma shares borders with Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas.
Which borders are the ones Stitt will be tough on? https://t.co/SHUpvieIIx— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 30, 2018
re: #500 gocart mozart
Even better.
Sprinkle breadcrumbs over his hands and let the pigeons do all the work.
Yes, I’m an evil bastard.
LOL silly Erick
I’m not sure who is coordinating it, but it is very clear to me that the attacks on @SalenaZito are not just being coordinated, but amplified by a mob. Not sure whether the mob is paid or otherwise, but it is organized and targeting members of the media.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 30, 2018
in their next move to topple the president, george soros’ army of professional protesters sets their sights on the keystone to the trump agenda, *clears throat* salena zito https://t.co/mjCwhqewST
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) August 30, 2018
Dude, geography is WAY beyond trump’s abilities. trump couldn’t name half of our states - if that - and the only time he “loves the military and veterans is when he can use them. I mean, he doesn’t actually do anything FOR vets.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 30, 2018
re: #576 Kragar
Oklahoma shares borders with Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas.
Which borders are the ones Stitt will be tough on?
this should be the equivalent response to any campaign that’s not an actual ‘border’ state. and forget that 100 mile, coastal zone bullshit.
rhode island? delaware? really?
re: #577 Romantic Heretic
Even better.
Sprinkle breadcrumbs over his hands and let the pigeons do all the work.
Yes, I’m an evil bastard.
But first put some olive oil on top of them to keep the crumbs from blowing away.
re: #560 MsJ
If you do it through the eBay GUI, it just drives the prices up in real time. Get something like AuctionSniper and use that. The prices stay low and you will likely get what you want if you put in a reasonable price.
I bid what I will most pay and then allow extra cycles (like 2x) for it to increase by like $5 a cycle. I have won almost every bid I created without paying out the nose.
I haven’t actually had a problem doing it the old fashioned way (not a big user of ebay).
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