Seth Meyers: Trump’s Witness Tampering and the Wisconsin GOP’s Power Grab
Seth takes a closer look at the how Donald Trump along with Republicans in Michigan and Wisconsin pose a threat to democracy.
Seth takes a closer look at the how Donald Trump along with Republicans in Michigan and Wisconsin pose a threat to democracy.
Just amazed at seeing my Apple Watch perform an EKG and it lets me send a PDF of the test to my doctor…
1,000 votes destroyed and who knows how many votes altered or totally fabricated. At this point, suggesting rerunning the election would be like giving the NC GOP a mulligan and saying “This time, don’t let us catch you.”
re: #2 Targetpractice
As I’ve said repeatedly—there is NO difference between Republicans and Soviet Communists. Both believe that a tiny elite should have absolute power over the masses and they will do anything to secure and increase that power.
re: #1 Joe Bacon 🌹
Just amazed at seeing my Apple Watch perform an EKG and it lets me send a PDF of the test to my doctor…
So if you were to say “Kick the Bucket” heaven forbid, your watch would call the funeral home on auto-dial and send the gps coordinates for a speedy pickup?
So my girlfriend sent me this on Facebook & I haven’t stopped laughing yet😂😭 pic.twitter.com/ibNYhzqjzX
— Yart 🙂 (@iAmYart) December 5, 2018
I would LOLs so hard..!!
Opinion & speculation from a left-leaning but factually accurate source: Mueller Hints That Mike Pence May Be Indicted Soon https://t.co/kdcUwMR0Mv via @politicususa
— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) December 7, 2018
I have said that we might well have gotten a better president by picking someone at random out of the phone book. In fact, one of the political comedy shows should do just that: Pick a random person over 35 years old, interview the candidate on camera about his/her ideology, background, and politics and compare the results to Trump.
re: #2 Targetpractice
1,000 votes destroyed and who knows how many votes altered or totally fabricated. At this point, suggesting rerunning the election would be like giving the NC GOP a mulligan and saying “This time, don’t let us catch you.”
But other than rerunning the election, what options are there? You could disqualify the Republican because of his knowing participation in this criminal scheme but then do you just automatically seat the Democrat? This is likely to cause equal controversy. Or do you replace the Republican candidate with the man who should have won the primary but for the illegal actions on behalf of Harris?
re: #6 Dave In Austin
That would be so nice!!
Caller told CNN headquarters that they placed 5 bombs in the building. Bomb squad is on standby. Anchors just got the all clear to go back in.
Sidenote: Don Lemon looks cold as hell. He needs a STOP TWEETING SHIT THAT INCITES PEOPLE TO THREATEN TO BOMB US, DONALD hat.— Karen DaltonBeninato (@kbeninato) December 7, 2018
re: #3 Joe Bacon 🌹
As I’ve said repeatedly—there is NO difference between Republicans and Soviet Communists. Both believe that a tiny elite should have absolute power over the masses and they will do anything to secure and increase that power.
But were the Communists insane gun nuts??
re: #8 Hecuba’s daughter
But other than rerunning the election, what options are there? You could disqualify the Republican because of his knowing participation in this criminal scheme but then do you just automatically seat the Democrat? This is likely to cause equal controversy. Or do you replace the Republican candidate with the man who should have won the primary but for the illegal actions on behalf of Harris?
In light of the revelation today that the executive head of the NC GOP knew about allegations of electoral fraud by the Harris campaign and did nothing, I’d say that it’s relatively impossible to run a fair and legal rerun election in NC-09.
You know, if Mueller takes out Trump and Pence, we won’t have to worry about the GOP anymore. All their heads will simultaneously implode the first time they have to say “President Pelosi.”
— shauna (@goldengateblond) December 5, 2018
I always have a bad feeling about the thing pretending to be our leader, but tonight the sense of foreboding is really strong. Shit is going to go down.
So yeah, Fallout 76 has been a total trainwreck, but surely the bad news has sto…
Bethesda Accidentally Leaks Players’ Personal Info Via Fallout 76 Support Tickets - https://t.co/YWWyHTkjuN pic.twitter.com/1djHcbW7qc
— Game Informer (@gameinformer) December 6, 2018
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re: #14 Single-handed sailor
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We can’t convict them both at the same time, and I suspect the only way we will get the right number of GOP senators to agree will be to remove Pence, then appoint a new VP, then remove Trump.
re: #16 Targetpractice
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“The breach was so bad, in fact, these strangers could go in and resolve the support tickets themselves.”
Bethesdas head of PR right now: Fuck it…I quit!
re: #17 Belafon
We can’t convict them both at the same time, and I suspect the only way we will get the right number of GOP senators to agree will be to remove Pence, then appoint a new VP, then remove Trump.
Like Mitt Romney? He certainly wants it.
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
“The breach was so bad, in fact, these strangers could go in and resolve the support tickets themselves.”
Bethesdas head of PR right now: Fuck it…I quit!
That’s alright, their day only got worse because then Obsidian threw major shade their way:
Hello, world!#TheOuterWorldshttps://t.co/HnUeHecGv9
— The Outer Worlds (@OuterWorlds) December 7, 2018
We’re very happy to announce The @OuterWorlds! A new single-player RPG coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC in 2019! https://t.co/jZ4nFvDL4y
— Obsidian (@Obsidian) December 7, 2018
Well, this is strange.
Looking over the agenda for the village board meeting Monday night, they have swearing in the new board as the last item on the agenda. (It usually comes right after approving minutes of the previous meeting, which is normally first.)
It would appear they’re trying to get one more board meeting out of me.
re: #22 makeitstop
Agnew him.
Well, there is the issue that although Paul Manafort recommended Mike Pence as the VP candidate, it could have been for other reasons than alleged Russian rodent copulation (off the top of my head I can think of one reason: Shore up the Christian vote).
If that was the case, then Mike Pence isn’t really guilty of anything (unless Robert Mueller has something, or the state of Indiana moves forward with its E-mail case against him).
re: #23 Anymouse 🌹
Well, there is the issue that although Paul Manafort recommended Mike Pence as the VP candidate, it could have been for other reasons than alleged Russian rodent copulation (off the top of my head I can think of one reason: Shore up the Christian vote).
If that was the case, then Mike Pence isn’t really guilty of anything (unless Robert Mueller has something, or the state of Indiana moves forward with its E-mail case against him).
What Pence would be guilty of is knowing what is going on and I believe participating in some of the joint activities.
— Very Legal & Very Cool Frank (@goddamnedfrank) December 7, 2018
Assange rejects deal between UK, Ecuador for him to leave embassy https://t.co/n99TT1UUSf pic.twitter.com/PWXYSKKEOy
— The Hill (@thehill) December 7, 2018
Let me get this straight … Julie has been in hiding in the basement of the Ecuadorian embassy for 6 1/2 years on British soil, and he has veto authority over the conditions of his eviction? You literally can’t spell “Assange” without “Ass.” https://t.co/Ug9lPwUGHY
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) December 7, 2018
Maybe they should ask the Saudis to help get him out.
re: #23 Anymouse 🌹
Well, there is the issue that although Paul Manafort recommended Mike Pence as the VP candidate, it could have been for other reasons than alleged Russian rodent copulation (off the top of my head I can think of one reason: Shore up the Christian vote).
If that was the case, then Mike Pence isn’t really guilty of anything (unless Robert Mueller has something, or the state of Indiana moves forward with its E-mail case against him).
Agnew wasn’t involved in any Watergate-related criminal activities; it would be great if Pence could be thrown out for tax evasion like Agnew but that would be too unlikely.
re: #26 Single-handed sailor
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Maybe they should ask the Saudis to help get him out.
The house guest that just would not leave.
Trump campaigned on ending the U.S. trade deficit. Under Trump, it has hit historic proportions.@highbrow_nobrow https://t.co/cGtYIRnSaf
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) December 7, 2018
re: #7 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I have said that we might well have gotten a better president by picking someone at random out of the phone book. In fact, one of the political comedy shows should do just that: Pick a random person over 35 years old, interview the candidate on camera about his/her ideology, background, and politics and compare the results to Trump.
{raises hand}
re: #30 austin_blue
{raises hand}
I couldn’t do much worse. I’m an ex-AF pilot, a retired Licensed Professional Geologist, a political junkie, and a pragmatic Liberal who believes that the rich should pay more into the Government that helps make them rich.
Let’s face it, Bill Fucking Clinton, for all his failings as a human being, put the Government into a surplus trajectory while raising taxes on people who made the most money in any given year and the economy didn’t collapse. It prospered.
Conservative: You PC liberals are far too sensitive
Liberal: Happy Holidays
Conservative: BEGONE SATAN!!!!!!!!— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 7, 2018
🎶 191 criminal charges
32 indictments
5 GUILTY PLEAS
4 city lawsuits
3 hot wives
2 stupid sons
And a daughter he finds sexy 🎶— Judah Maccabeyoncé (@OhNoSheTwitnt) November 29, 2018
after plastic surgery
Political correctness is a cancer killing this country
Kevin Hart has nothing to apologize for
He is hilarious and shouldn’t be shut down by the leftist mob— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 7, 2018
Oh yeah, conservatives never get upset over a comedian…https://t.co/1P00GskBhP
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 7, 2018
Elizabeth Warren tried to take the Native American issue off the table.
She failed.https://t.co/FIM4TVPrZJ— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 6, 2018
Fuck off, Chris.
re: #39 Single-handed sailor
Fuck off, Chris.
Trump tried to take the orange off the table. He failed.
Why does Chris Cillizza have a job?
Rachel Maddow covered Dan McCready’s unconcession in NC-9, along with a former story from “This American Life” covering previous electoral fraud in the same district.
msnbc.com (14:49)
We were evacuated in the middle of my live show. Bomb threat. We’re running taped programming. NYPD is investigating. Stay tuned. #cnn #nypd
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) December 7, 2018
Standing by to go on while hearing of this threat – hoping the @cnn family is safe.
A reminder that these threats are a(nother) attack on our free press, a fundamental pillar of our democracy, and prevent the American public from being informed. Enough is enough. https://t.co/r3nNx8suB5— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) December 7, 2018
Would not surprise me a bit if this is an inside job!! CNN is more about making the news than reporting it!! @realDonaldTrump is blamed for every single thing bad that happens in the world by Fake News CNN. People are so tired of hearing it, boring.
— Rebecca Portier {GOD BLESS AMERICA} (@BeckyPortier) December 7, 2018
Hey guys! Our friend Rebecca is currently orbiting the earth – wish her well when the shuttle lands! 🚀 https://t.co/b8nRVjOlMV
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) December 7, 2018
Donald Trump has issued a half-mast notice in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The flag is already at half-mast for the death of President Geo. HW Bush.
Yet another so-called Cletus Safari:
“They Say We’re White Supremacists”: Inside the Strange World of Conservative College Women (Goes to Vanity Fair)
Young Republican women are aggrieved, outnumbered, defiant. And they aren’t going to apologize for loving the guy in the White House.
“They say we’re white supremacists, racist, misogynistic, and we have internalized misogyny,” said Cammie McMahan, 19, the College Republicans’ secretary, who wore a G.O.P. T-shirt, and a frown. I’d asked her and her friend Caitlyn McKinney, 19, what it was like being a conservative woman on their overwhelmingly liberal campus. “Name-calling is the first place they go,” said Caitlyn, who has that lilting North Carolina accent that makes everything sound gentle, even when it’s not. “They say they want to be all intersectional and everything,” said Cammie, “except when it’s us.”
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I don’t think she understands what the term “intersectionality” means.
re: #26 Single-handed sailor
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In one piece, or in sections?
re: #44 Anymouse 🌹
Why are they always named Caitlyn and Cammi?
re: #46 Dave In Austin
Why are they always named Caitlyn and Cammi?
Factory production models? Sort of like that Sarah Silverman skit with Lawrence O’Donnell and Brambi Streeter? (5:21)
This mornings #PoopTweet is…….. Loose!
— 🦈Dave’s Rakin’ Now🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 7, 2018
re: #48 Dave In Austin
….Will Robert Mueller’s big time conflicts of interest be listed at the top of his Republicans only Report. Will Andrew Weissman’s horrible and vicious prosecutorial past be listed in the Report. He wrongly destroyed people’s lives, took down great companies, only to be……..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
re: #49 Dave In Austin
(Still waiting for him to push the rest out……..)
re: #50 Dave In Austin
(Still waiting for him to push the rest out……..)
Wow, synchronicity. I’m reading it from my own throne.
re: #50 Dave In Austin
(Still waiting for him to push the rest out……..)
Here we go. He’s not making any sense……
…..overturned, 9-0, in the United States Supreme Court. Doing same thing to people now. Will all of the substantial & many contributions made by the 17 Angry Democrats to the Campaign of Crooked Hillary be listed in top of Report. Will the people that worked for the Clinton….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
re: #51 Barefoot Grin
Tang the Constipated is impacted this morning.
re: #26 Single-handed sailor
Assange rejects deal between UK, Ecuador for him to leave embassy https://t.co/n99TT1UUSf pic.twitter.com/PWXYSKKEOy
— The Hill (@thehill) December 7, 2018
Then kick his useless ass out.
re: #44 Anymouse 🌹
Yet another so-called Cletus Safari:
“They Say We’re White Supremacists”: Inside the Strange World of Conservative College Women (Goes to Vanity Fair)
Young Republican women are aggrieved, outnumbered, defiant. And they aren’t going to apologize for loving the guy in the White House.
(more)
I don’t think she understands what the term “intersectionality” means.
They complain about name calling yet they’re the ones who invited people like Milo to their campuses. College Republicans really need to stop fucking whining all the time. You complain about P.C., invite truly reprehensible people, etc, and you can’t take name calling?
re: #44 Anymouse 🌹
I’m disappointed to see Vanity Fair joining the “interview ever deplorable” craze. I’ve subscribed for years and usually love their insightful take on politics. Sigh.
re: #58 Patricia Kayden
I’m disappointed to see Vanity Fair joining the “interview ever deplorable” craze. I’ve subscribed fir years and usually love their insightful take on politics. Sigh.
I mean I get it a little. The GOP is losing women. FWIW I wouldn’t go out of my way to be hostile to these young women simply for being Republicans but I bet they’re nowhere near as innocent as they claim in their own actions. Republicans of all ages can’t take it when they’re called out on their shit like you know Trump.
This is from WAY downstairs (which was up on my computer from yesterday)…
re: #347 goddamnedfrank
This is the worst thing I’ve ever seen and remember I’ve been to Palmdale.
We have to burn it all down and start over. https://t.co/GLle6dxiYl
— Very Legal & Very Cool Frank (@goddamnedfrank) December 6, 2018
Here’s my addition…and yes, both of these are real and for sale.
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
there’s more…
Robert Mueller and Leakin’ Lyin’ James Comey are Best Friends, just one of many Mueller Conflicts of Interest. And bye the way, wasn’t the woman in charge of prosecuting Jerome Corsi (who I do not know) in charge of “legal” at the corrupt Clinton Foundation? A total Witch Hunt…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
….Will Robert Mueller’s big time conflicts of interest be listed at the top of his Republicans only Report. Will Andrew Weissman’s horrible and vicious prosecutorial past be listed in the Report. He wrongly destroyed people’s lives, took down great companies, only to be……..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
…..overturned, 9-0, in the United States Supreme Court. Doing same thing to people now. Will all of the substantial & many contributions made by the 17 Angry Democrats to the Campaign of Crooked Hillary be listed in top of Report. Will the people that worked for the Clinton….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
….Foundation be listed at the top of the Report? Will the scathing document written about Lyin’ James Comey, by the man in charge of the case, Rod Rosenstein (who also signed the FISA Warrant), be a big part of the Report? Isn’t Rod therefore totally conflicted? Will all of….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
and he’s still not finished with his rant.
moron
re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth
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and he’s still not finished with his rant.
moron
He’s losing it even more. Someone close to him must be about to be indicted.
re: #59 HappyWarrior
I mean I get it a little. The GOP is losing women. FWIW I wouldn’t go out of my way to be hostile to these young women simply for being Republicans but I bet they’re nowhere near as innocent as they claim in their own actions. Republicans of all ages can’t take it when they’re called out on their shit like you know Trump.
It’s sort of noted in the article, where the women they interviewed were complaining about being able to get dates because of their conservative views. (That echos the complaints of White House interns.)
The article title also notes that problem, people assuming they are white supremacists because they are conservative. Apparently the women interviewed do not see that if you align yourself with a party which promotes that, and you say “that’s my party,” then you will be seen that way. (I would have asked how they feel about Reps. Steve King or Steve Scalise.)
The one woman interviewed about the Silent Sam statue holding forth on “law and order” being the reason it needs to be put back up also seems to be unaware or disingenuous about how that might be viewed as a white supremacist position.
re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s shitting bricks.
Either there’s something really bad coming out later today or he strongly suspects that’s going to happen.
Shame I have to work ‘til later this afternoon - hopefully, by the time I get home, it’ll be a Mueller F5 Friday.
re: #63 HappyWarrior
He’s losing it even more. Someone close to him must be about to be indicted.
Please, please, please let it be Donnie, Jr.
Or actually better yet, Ivanka.
re: #64 Anymouse 🌹
It’s sort of noted in the article, where the women they interviewed were complaining about being able to get dates because of their conservative views. (That echos the complaints of White House interns.)
The article title also notes that problem, people assuming they are white supremacists because they are conservative. Apparently the women interviewed do not see that if you align yourself with a party which promotes that, and you say “that’s my party,” then you will be seen that way. (I would have asked how they feel about Reps. Steve King or Steve Scalise.)
The one woman interviewed about the Silent Sam statue holding forth on “law and order” being the reason it needs to be put back up also seems to be unaware or disingenuous about how that might be viewed as a white supremacist position.
They just have no idea about why their party is received the way it is. Maybe they need to leave their safe spaces.
re: #66 Dr Lizardo
Please, please, please let it be Donnie, Jr.
Or actually better yet, Ivanka.
Yes!
Donald, you keep saying “Report.” Three unhinged tweets in a row this morning. Tsk tsk. It’s almost as if you are worried about this “Report.” https://t.co/aiukf5BBVR
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 7, 2018
FYI, the Comey closed congressional hearing is today
re: #42 Single-handed sailor
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.@donlemon reports from outside CNN’s New York offices after an evacuation was ordered due to a phoned bomb threat https://t.co/fR31rrQtzZ pic.twitter.com/UXtFWuxreR
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) December 7, 2018
This is not true. A scared man is lying. https://t.co/q12J2cLm93
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 7, 2018
still giggling over “bye the way…” and the insistence that he DOES NOT KNOW Corsi.
re: #71 Dr Lizardo
Trump’s near future visualized:
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Yeah, only the Coen Brothers could do a film version of this justice.
It’s the story they were born to direct.
and he finally squeezes out the last bit of turd:
…the lying and leaking by the people doing the Report, & also Bruce Ohr (and his lovely wife Molly), Comey, Brennan, Clapper, & all of the many fired people of the FBI, be listed in the Report? Will the corruption within the DNC & Clinton Campaign be exposed?..And so much more!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
I’m off to bed … later y’all. The temperature is 6F now, and we’re going to get all the way up to a blistering 32F.
Jerome Corsi: ”This is not justice, this is not America. This is a political prosecution. The Special Prosecutor (Counsel), to get this plea deal, demanded I lie and violate the law. They’re the criminals.” He is not alone. 17 Angry Dems. People forced to lie. Sad! @Trish_Regan
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
Presidential Panic Level: 10.3 out of 10 on the Manafort Scale https://t.co/IfL9oB6Ve6
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 7, 2018
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
and he finally squeezes out the last bit of turd:
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Look at this way Donnie. Your trial will get the best ratings ever.
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ohr’s wife isn’t even named Molly. Her name is Nelly. LOL. Trump is so pathetic and out of his depths. He is going to rue the day that he dared to run for President. He should have stayed in NY ripping off small businesses and kissing up to the Russians.
Gee wasn’t even two days ago when he thought he deserved good grades for not throwing a tantrum at the funeral. He embarrasses me not merely as President or an American but as an adult.
re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth
and he’s still not finished with his rant.
moron
Hadn’t expected this during Special Infrastructure Week.
re: #78 Patricia Kayden
Presidential Panic Level: 10.3 out of 10 on the Manafort Scale
Result: Coffee out nose. Gross.
re: #78 Patricia Kayden
Quoting Jerome Corsi as a defense is never a good look.
re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth
Foundation be listed at the top of the Report? Will the scathing document written about Lyin’ James Comey, by the man in charge of the case, Rod Rosenstein (who also signed the FISA Warrant), be a big part of the Report? Isn’t Rod therefore totally conflicted? Will all of….
— Donald J. Trump
So is Rosenstein a good guy or a bad guy here?
C’mon, Donny, try to write with more clarity. //
Come on Mueller Claus 🤶!!!! I’d like to see so many indictments and documents released you could cover all those blood red trees at the White House with them. Today, just in time for Holiday Magic. I mean, I don’t ask for much and I have, for once, been a very good girl this year…so come ON…
BREAKING: John Kelly is expected to resign in the coming days, two sources familiar with the situation unfolding in the West Wing tell CNN. via @kaitlancollins
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) December 7, 2018
All the racist, lying, demented adults are abandoning the ship. https://t.co/0FeRZdwQPr
— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) December 7, 2018
re: #87 MsJ
We’re entering the “I never knew DJT, never worked in the WH, I only got coffee there” stage of the investigation.
And if he can’t be jailed or tried for anything while in office(so I am told) , then can there PLEASE be a couple of LEOs with a warrant for his arrest and some handcuffs the prescise second he’s no longer protected by that shit? Please?
I find this a humorous discussion. But that’s just me.
New Jersey is trying to figure out how to tax weed https://t.co/WiUqljzX2q
— Bloomberg (@business) December 7, 2018
Wait a second, did Trump only go to the funeral to look for an Attorney General? https://t.co/Jx6dMF6SgF
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) December 7, 2018
re: #92 Backwoods_Sleuth
Let’s be thankful he hasn’t named that former Fox News woman who’s a Spokesperson at the State Department to the AG post. Yet.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
China talks are going very well!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
Could it be a deflection tactic? As long as everyone’s concentrating on the Mueller investigation, they’re not concentrating on the trade deficit (with China) and the enormous rise in the National debt. If he’s good at anything, it’s setting the agenda.
— Mark Hurley (@MarkHur56549260) December 7, 2018
He’s not that clever. https://t.co/w4AdvijyCU
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 7, 2018
re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Raging shitstorm of nervous as fuck tweets, and then “Oh, by the way, things with China are going well.”
get yer popcorn ready…it begins…
It’s Friday, people. https://t.co/jrS6xEAjpR
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 7, 2018
John Kelly is expected to resign soon, I’m told. Trump and Kelly are essentially at a stalemate in their relationship and it’s no longer seen as tenable by either party. They have stopped speaking in recent days, I’m told. Of course, it’s all ultimately up to Trump.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 7, 2018
re: #87 MsJ
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Evergreen tweets:
John Kelly is resigning at any moment.
Julian Assange will be kicked out of the embassy at any moment.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
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meanwhile in Kentucky:
Should we teach our kids slavery was evil? (Let’s just go ahead and say “Yes.”) Critics say social studies standards must go deeper than describing slavery as important for economic development. https://t.co/eREodcz3bq ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) December 7, 2018
“Didn’t share a common value system”
You see the irony of this, right? The staggering irony of Rex Tillerson, FORMER HEAD OF FUCKING EXXON, saying this, right? https://t.co/wvjEOcnwBO— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 7, 2018
OPINION: President Trump’s early morning tweetstorm shows he’s very, very worried about what Robert Mueller is going to reveal later today in the cases of Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort. https://t.co/RNwY2xzCTe via @RonnBlitzer pic.twitter.com/EQU3T6lP7O
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) December 7, 2018
re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth
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moron
It has been incorrectly reported that Rudy Giuliani and others will not be doing a counter to the Mueller Report. That is Fake News. Already 87 pages done, but obviously cannot complete until we see the final Witch Hunt Report.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
meanwhile in Kentucky:
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Uhhh. If slavery was good for economic development, why are most of the slaveholding states still at the bottom of most social/economic scales?
re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
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87 is a lot of pages to scream “THEY’RE ALL A BUNCH OF FUCKING LIARS!” on.
re: #109 Decatur Deb
I had a snarky reply, but even with about a million /// it wouldn’t have been enough.
re: #110 Targetpractice
87 is a lot of pages to scream “THEY’RE ALL A BUNCH OF FUCKING LIARS!” on.
It’s easy when each letter is using a 105 point type. :-)
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area.
I come bearing gifts:
Part of the journey is the end. pic.twitter.com/vejn1Bx8Nz
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) December 7, 2018
Oh, you were expecting me to drop the latest on Mueller’s indictments and sentencing statements and the like?
Naw… that’ll come. With a snap.
re: #106 HappyWarrior
He was not the adult in the room and he went along with this corrupt admin for far too long and didn’t speak out about it. He doesn’t get to rehabilitate his image now as Mueller goes to town on everyone in Trump’s inner circle.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 7, 2018
More GOP corruption:
Hawley, who beat McCaskill in Missouri, is now under investigation for using state funds to bolster his campaign. The Republican AG in Missouri, Ashcroft, will be looking into the matter, although it’s not clear he has ability to truly investigate (lacks subpoena powers).
Ashcroft has now agreed to investigate. As the Star notes, it’s unclear how deeply this inquiry will probe: “Ashcroft’s office has authority to investigate election-related offenses but lacks subpoena power.”
And yes, in case you were wondering, Jay Ashcroft is the son of former Senator and U.S. Attorney General, John Ashcroft. If he hasn’t been in the legal or political big leagues before, he’s certainly been in the vicinity.
re: #118 lawhawk
More GOP corruption:
Hawley, who beat McCaskill in Missouri, is now under investigation for using state funds to bolster his campaign. The Republican AG in Missouri, Ashcroft, will be looking into the matter, although it’s not clear he has ability to truly investigate (lacks subpoena powers).
The GOP have become so desperate to hold onto power that they’ve broken laws and now are actually writing new ones to void the results of elections. When I said four weeks ago that the numbers were so stacked against them that the efforts they’d engage would be obvious, I never thought it would turn out like this.
re: #116 lawhawk
Tillerson’s statements about Trump not caring about the Law would seem a liability.
Not so with about 35% of America. Trump’s 35% fan base doesn’t care one bit about laws, ethics, human rights, or basic civility. All they want is a White Power agenda pushed forward.
re: #110 Targetpractice
87 is a lot of pages to scream “THEY’RE ALL A BUNCH OF FUCKING LIARS!” on.
It shouldn’t take more than 1 page to debunk a witch hunt
Ran out of space, but in Michael Cohen’s case the prosecutors in SDNY are also due to file their sentencing memo today.
And maybe we’ll get clarity on what’s going on with Maria Butina? And maybe we’ll get something else from Mueller? And maybe we’ll get an AG nominee? And maybe— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 7, 2018
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
meanwhile in Kentucky:
If they’re going to discuss the economic implications of slavery, the should mention how detrimental is was for poor whites.
re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth
I kind of buy that, actually. Tillerson represents the business side of the GOP, Trump represents the white supremacist side. The two sides had only held together as long as the klan side kept its voice down.
re: #123 Belafon
If they’re going to discuss the economic implications of slavery, the should mention how detrimental is was for poor whites.
If they’re going to discuss the economic implications of slavery, they should mention how it induces US Grant and WT Sherman to come down and break all your shit.
Rant on:
So last night the Bernie bros swarmed my twitter feed, and I began blocking them en mass. They spewed all the usual nonsense, and I’ve got to wonder how many of them voted for Trump over Hillary in 2016 just to prove the point. Because they can’t get over fact that Bernie lost.
One of them even trotted out a map of the 2016 general election outcome, which shows lots of red to be sure, but doesn’t reflect that the red isn’t where most people actually live.
Empty space is what the GOP are good for - between the ears and the like, but the Bernie bros are the leftist equivalent. And they’re just as dangerous because they too are impervious to facts and logic.
That Bernie’s also doing the misogynistic thing too isn’t all that surprising. It’s patronizing and demeaning - and meant to show primacy and that she should be put in her place.
Thing is, that she’s more a Democrat than Bernie ever was, and she’s already doing more to shake up the system than Bernie has done in decades of serving in Congress or public office. I don’t even have to agree with 90% of what AOC says or believes, but she’s already doing her district proud by identifying what’s wrong with Congress, politics, and the redistribution of wealth to the rich from everyone else that is the driving goal of the GOP.
Good morning from SoCal. You folks east of Los Angeles best watch that storm. It had a bigger kick than predicted on the coast. Tough week for a vacation in China if you a highly placed tech exec.
American tech executives warned about travel to China
gizmodo.com
Executives in the tech industry are being warned about traveling to China as some experts speculate that the Chinese government could retaliate over the arrest of Huawei’s Meng. The 46-year-old Meng, who sometimes goes by the name Sabrina or Cathy, isn’t just the CFO of Huawei. She’s also the daughter of founder Ren Zhengfei, who has close ties to the People’s Liberation Army, the name for China’s armed forces.Shaun Rein of the China Market Research Group told the Sydney Morning Herald today, “If I were a high level exec at Google or Cisco I wouldn’t visit China anytime soon.”
re: #16 Targetpractice
So yeah, Fallout 76 has been a total trainwreck, but surely the bad news has sto…
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we were just laughing about this yesterday at one of my gigs. that, and apparently the Blizzard news that their big reveal this year is allowing people to play Diablo on their smartphones. Yeah, that’s gonna be great.
Let’s be honest, if Jeffrey Epstein was Trump’s next nominee for the Supreme Court, every Republican Senator would vote to confirm him.
— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) December 7, 2018
.@SenatorCollins would have “concerns.” https://t.co/FYeACQRGne
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 7, 2018
re: #129 Barefoot Grin
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re: #128 steve_davis
A Diablo game made by a studio that is best known for making…Diablo clones to run on smart phones. Except they’re rebranding one of their Diablo clones as Diablo.
I feel there’s an Inception joke to be made there…
What awful misfit replaces Kelly as Chief of Staff on this island of misfit assholes?
It’s quite obvious Whitaker called Donnie this morning to let him know about the pending shoe to drop. Donnie doesn’t have a poker face. His tell can be seen from outer space.
re: #121 bd(Redacted)
It shouldn’t take more than 1 page to debunk a witch hunt
Unless the witches are real.
re: #130 HappyWarrior
Senator Collins: “Well, I have concerns about Mr. Epstein but the liberal opponents of his confirmation told me to vote against him, therefore Mr. Speaker I vote Aye.”
“Some of the things I’ve learned about him concerned me, but we had a private meeting to address my concerns, so I feel comfortable spiting my Democratic colleagues by voting to confirm him.”
re: #134 HappyWarrior
What awful misfit replaces Kelly as Chief of Staff on this island of misfit assholes?
Chris Christie?
re: #137 Targetpractice
“Some of the things I’ve learned about him concerned me, but we had a private meeting to address my concerns, so I feel comfortable spiting my Democratic colleagues by voting to confirm him.”
There was a good argument that someone showed here via Twitter that Collins and the “GOP moderates” are actually the most partisan of them all.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kaitlan Collins ✔
@kaitlancollins
John Kelly is expected to resign soon, I’m told. Trump and Kelly are essentially at a stalemate in their relationship and it’s no longer seen as tenable by either party. They have stopped speaking in recent days, I’m told. Of course, it’s all ultimately up to Trump.7:43 AM - Dec 7, 2018
Morning!
I am looking at the ATT front page getting ready to check my email and I am reading a story from CNN about Kelly resigning and it uses the very same exact wording that Ms. Kent State Gun Girl is using.
Or, so I am told.
Fake tweet.
Tom. Tom. Tom.
Trump is freaking out because he knows the First Family is about to experience Robert Mueller’s family separation policy.
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 7, 2018
re: #143 I Would Prefer Not To
Tom. Tom. Tom.
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Hahaha. Oh please be an indictment against Ivanka, Don Jr, and or Jared. I’ve been good Santa.
Is Gen Kelly the last grown-up in the room? Who is left to babysit Donnie?
re: #141 ObserverArt
And there are other reports claiming that this is a bogus story and there’s nothing to it.
I’m at the stage of not trusting anything about anyone in Trumpworld until there’s multiple independent confirmations of the firings/resignations and we physically see them booted/escorted/resigning publicly.
Everyone in Trumpworld is using media to snipe at everyone else - this admin leaks like a sieve because that’s how you show loyalty to Trump - by throwing everyone else under the bus.
All the while, Mueller’s counting up receipts.
re: #109 Decatur Deb
Uhhh. If slavery was good for economic development, why are most of the slaveholding states still at the bottom of most social/economic scales?
Because they no longer have slavery.
(I’m catching up…probably already snarked)
re: #143 I Would Prefer Not To
Tom. Tom. Tom.
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re: #145 Dr. Matt
Is Gen Kelly the last grown-up in the room? Who is left to babysit Donnie?
I think calling Kelly a grown up is pushing it after he went out of his way to lie about Rep. Wilson. Don’t let the general title fool ya.
re: #55 Dr Lizardo
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re: #143 I Would Prefer Not To
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re: #150 HappyWarrior
I think calling Kelly a grown up is pushing it after he went out of his way to lie about Rep. Wilson. Don’t let the general title fool ya.
Agreed. It’s a relative term compared to the rest of the misfits, delinquents, losers, and scum in Donnie’s regime.
re: #144 HappyWarrior
Hahaha. Oh please be an indictment against Ivanka, Don Jr, and or Jared. I’ve been good Santa.
Preferably all three indicted & each held in solitary in a different city with a bail hearings on Dec 26th…
re: #154 Dr. Matt
Agreed. It’s a relative term compared to the rest of the misfits, delinquents, losers, and scum in Donnie’s regime.
True, true.
Let’s play guess the fascist. She’s a racist who enjoys white nationalist talking points and being on TV. He’s an alt right zealot desperate to stay relevant. They both went to Dartmouth where they enjoyed keg parties and outing gay students. Guess the Fascists. pic.twitter.com/RXIdqdoJuj
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 7, 2018
So Trump’s nominating a Bush Sr. retread who thinks Trump was right to fire Comey and a blond woman whose only qualification is she used to work for Faux. The confirmation hearings for these two should be an absolute treat.
re: #157 Barefoot Grin
Dinesh de Felon and Ingraham.
re: #159 Targetpractice
So Trump’s nominating a Bush Sr. retread who thinks Trump was right to fire Comey and a blond woman whose only qualification is she used to work for Faux. The confirmation hearings for these two should be an absolute treat.
Translation: Status quo for the Donnie Regime.
re: #159 Targetpractice
So Trump’s nominating a Bush Sr. retread who thinks Trump was right to fire Comey and a blond woman whose only qualification is she used to work for Faux. The confirmation hearings for these two should be an absolute treat.
Wait, he’s nominating Barr?
re: #161 Dr. Matt
Translation: Status quo for the Donnie Regime.
Ayep. Barr will likely sail through simply because of his past record as AG and his connection 41, but Nauert will probably get drug out a little bit because of “moderate” Republicans having “concerns” about her wafer-thin qualifications.
re: #164 Targetpractice
Ayep. Barr will likely sail through simply because of his past record as AG and his connection 41, but Nauert will probably get drug out a little bit because of “moderate” Republicans having “concerns” about her wafer-thin qualifications.
Bingo. Even though it’s obvious that Barr is only getting this job since he wrote that defense of firing Comey.
re: #134 HappyWarrior
What awful misfit replaces Kelly as Chief of Staff on this island of misfit assholes?
A lot of people are saying Pence’s COS, some 36 year old.
re: #166 Belafon
A lot of people are saying Pence’s COS, some 36 year old.
Yeah I read about him. Seems like a very opportunistic guy.
This all sounds very much like a mobster, and very little like a President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/EXtQnf9RkU
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) December 7, 2018
Trump’s wealth was created on the foundation of laundering money for the Russian Mafia. Putin doesn’t need a pee pee tape; Trump is a Russian asset.
re: #168 lawhawk
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If Al Capone and John Gotti had Twitter, they would sound like Trump. And Gotti would literally be raving about Mueller too since he was part of that prosecution team if I recall. I wonder what Rudy’s old buddies who took part in the Five Families prosecution think about him joining one of the mobsters.
re: #169 Big Beautiful Door
Trump’s wealth was created on the foundation of laundering money for the Russian Mafia. Putin doesn’t need a pee pee tape; Trump is a Russian asset.
It was always my thought that the pee tape was just the sex part of it and that the real damage was something like this.
re: #170 HappyWarrior
If Al Capone and John Gotti had Twitter, they would sound like Trump. And Gotti would literally be raving about Mueller too since he was part of that prosecution team if I recall. I wonder what Rudy’s old buddies who took part in the Five Families prosecution think about him joining one of the mobsters.
I disagree. Neither of them would take to Twitter other than to claim that they’re legitimate and honest businessmen, and they’d let their lawyers do the rest. Both of those two mobsters were smarter than Trump ever could be and knew that their silence was how they maintained their power.
Rudy’s buddies in the SDNY are also at the FBI, and both were busy feeding Trumpworld bogus claims about Hillary investigation while avoiding all mention of Trump being under actual investigation.
re: #172 lawhawk
I disagree. Neither of them would take to Twitter other than to claim that they’re legitimate and honest businessmen, and they’d let their lawyers do the rest. Both of those two mobsters were smarter than Trump ever could be and knew that their silence was how they maintained their power.
Rudy’s buddies in the SDNY are also at the FBI, and both were busy feeding Trumpworld bogus claims about Hillary investigation while avoiding all mention of Trump being under actual investigation.
Ahhh true, true. I had forgotten about the NY field office.
…waiting for the kaboom over here. Judging by this morning’s twitterhea, it might even be earth-shattering.
re: #138 Big Beautiful Door
Chris Christie?
No way. Christie is competent and knowledgeable, even if corrupt but Jared would never approve the man who put his father in prison.
re: #174 makeitstop
…waiting for the kaboom over here. Judging by this morning’s twitterhea, it might even be earth-shattering.
Certainly something seems to have shattered. Seemed like an awful difficult shit Donny took earlier.
re: #175 Hecuba’s daughter
No way. Christie is competent and knowledgeable, even if corrupt but Jared would never approve the man who put his father in prison.
Not to mention at this point the administration has the smell of death on it, and Christie tends to be risk adverse. He probably still thinks he’s got a chance at running for the Oval Office again.
re: #175 Hecuba’s daughter
No way. Christie is competent and knowledgeable, even if corrupt but Jared would never approve the man who put his father in prison.
Remember Trump loves chaos.
And that would surely create some chaos…
re: #173 HappyWarrior
Ahhh true, true. I had forgotten about the NY field office.
Me, too. That’s a loose end that needs tying up.
re: #172 lawhawk
I disagree. Neither of them would take to Twitter other than to claim that they’re legitimate and honest businessmen, and they’d let their lawyers do the rest. Both of those two mobsters were smarter than Trump ever could be and knew that their silence was how they maintained their power.
Rudy’s buddies in the SDNY are also at the FBI, and both were busy feeding Trumpworld bogus claims about Hillary investigation while avoiding all mention of Trump being under actual investigation.
They were the reason Comey felt pressured to write and release that outrageous letter before the election, leading to Trump’s victory.
re: #179 Barefoot Grin
Me, too. That’s a loose end that needs tying up.
There’s a show I remember watchign when I was younger called the FBI Files. Host was the former director of the NY FIeld office named Jim Kellstrom. Googled him to find out he’s a huge Trumper and loved going on Hannity to call HRC a criminal.
re: #177 Targetpractice
Not to mention at this point the administration has the smell of death on it, and Christie tends to be risk adverse. He probably still thinks he’s got a chance at running for the Oval Office again.
Given what will be left of the GOP after the Trump scandal finally blows up, he may be right. Every single one of them will be tainted, and the ones who aren’t will be despised by the Trump cultists who are the GOP base.
re: #181 HappyWarrior
Kallstrom was the lead investigator on the TWA Flight 800 crash, and guess he liked being in front of the cameras so much that he decided to go all in… and let his politics guide his investigations, rather than the facts.
re: #181 HappyWarrior
There’s a show I remember watchign when I was younger called the FBI Files. Host was the former director of the NY FIeld office named Jim Kellstrom. Googled him to find out he’s a huge Trumper and loved going on Hannity to call HRC a criminal.
Jim Kallstrom.
I watched that show.
Interesting that he is a Trumper.
re: #184 ObserverArt
Jim Kallstrom.
I watched that show.
Interesting that he is a Trumper.
Yeah. I would think an old Mafia buster like him while certainly no liberal would have no patience for Trump’s bs.
re: #183 lawhawk
Kallstrom was the lead investigator on the TWA Flight 800 crash, and guess he liked being in front of the cameras so much that he decided to go all in… and let his politics guide his investigations, rather than the facts.
Yep sounds right to me.
Rex Tillerson repeatedly had to stop Trump from breaking the law in the White House
“So often, the president would say here’s what I want to do and here’s how I want to do it and I would have to say to him, Mr. President I understand what you want to do but you can’t do it that way. It violates the law,” Tillerson said.
Trump would get very frustrated when they would have those conversations, he said.
“I’d say here’s what we can do,” Tillerson said. “We can go back to Congress and get this law changed. And if that’s what you want to do, there’s nothing wrong with that. I told him I’m ready to go up there and fight the fight, if that’s what you want to do.”
Tillerson said Trump rose to power by tapping into something that the American people felt very strong about and using the tools of the day such as Twitter to do it.
“I will be honest with you, it troubles me that the American people seem to want to know so little about issues, that they are satisfied with a 128 characters,” Tillerson told Schieffer.
re: #164 Targetpractice
Ayep. Barr will likely sail through simply because of his past record as AG and his connection 41, but Nauert will probably get drug out a little bit because of “moderate” Republicans having “concerns” about her wafer-thin qualifications.
And both will likely get confirmed. Even if only by party-line vote (I agree with you about Barr).
Which only highlights the minuscule grain of truth in Trump’s meadow-muffins of tweets about the recent midterms: control of the Senate is way more important than the House - since A), that Chamber can be a near-impassable roadblock for any progressive legislation if they want to (And I’m certain that under Mitch McConnell’s Leadership, they will want to), and B) the Senate has to approve appointments. And if they can party-line a hack like Brett Kavanaugh through, they’ll confirm anybody…
This Wu Tang Tiny Desk concert is real good. Taking me way back.
keep talking, moron
We will be doing a major Counter Report to the Mueller Report. This should never again be allowed to happen to a future President of the United States!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
A grand jury in Virginia is looking at more information on efforts by Michael Flynn’s private intelligence company to discredit (and kidnap) U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen on behalf of the Turkish government. https://t.co/QY2oDmxNMV
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) December 7, 2018
re: #187 Dr. Matt
Rex Tillerson repeatedly had to stop Trump from breaking the law in the White House
We are going to hear more and more about Donnie’s behind-the-scene insanity as more people are fired or quit.
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
keep talking, moron
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re: #192 Dr. Matt
We are going to hear more and more about Donnie’s behind-the-scene insanity as more people are fired or quit.
The tell-all books that will be written in the first year after his ass is gone will be fucking epic.
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #193 Targetpractice
Unless that president is a Democrat, then the GOP will be ready on Day One with pliers and a blowtorch, ready to go medieval on their ass.
Especially if that President does something awful like getting mustard on a burger.
re: #182 Big Beautiful Door
re: #177 Targetpractice
Not to mention at this point the administration has the smell of death on it, and Christie tends to be risk adverse. He probably still thinks he’s got a chance at running for the Oval Office again.
Given what will be left of the GOP after the Trump scandal finally blows up, he may be right. Every single one of them will be tainted, and the ones who aren’t will be despised by the Trump cultists who are the GOP base.
Or else Big Chris is going to try to hedge his bets, and audition for the role of “token Republican” in the next Democratic President’s Admin.
Secretary of Traffic, maybe??
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
keep talking, moron
He is about ready to start actually crying isn’t he?
Oh whoa is The Don.
Sniff. “All I wanted was to make more money, why are they treating me so!!!”
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
keep talking, moron
Amusing. This week Rudy told The Atlantic there are no plans for a Ccounter Rreport.
re: #192 Dr. Matt
All of them are complicit and compromised, and aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. They knew Trump was engaging in widespread criminal acts, sought to break the law repeatedly, and didn’t care to listen to anyone who wouldn’t tell him what he wanted to hear.
Everyone associated with Trumpworld is in a world of shit, entirely of their own making. Tillerson included. He doesn’t get to rehabilitate his position now, because he’s talking honestly. He had opportunity to do it in the WH - and to publicly rebut the criminality and misconduct, but chose not to.
He violated his oath of office in the process.
His allegiance wasn’t to the President but the Constitution.
re: #194 Targetpractice
The tell-all books that will be written in the first year after his ass is gone will be fucking epic.
No one will believe any movies that are made about this asshole decades from now.
re: #199 Dr. Matt
Amusing. This week Rudy told The Atlantic there are no plans for a
CcounterRreport.
I guess the Trump Counter-Report will just be Donnie rage tweeting on Twitter.
re: #201 Dr. Matt
No one will believe any movies that are made about this asshole decades from now.
“I dunno Grandpa, this seems a lot like that movie Fargo you showed me and they really should have gotten Walter from the Big Lebowski to play him.”
O_o
Over a five month period, I spoke to over 50 women who work in politics. There was an almost-universal common thread: They’re mad as hell. https://t.co/KbCoXYtlDT
— Abby Livingston (@TexasTribAbby) December 7, 2018
I listened to a ton of appalling stories about how women were repeatedly disrespected in campaigns. This one might have been the most startling: pic.twitter.com/fk4kpgKeZU
— Abby Livingston (@TexasTribAbby) December 7, 2018
re: #201 Dr. Matt
The tell all from Omarosa was epic, and it’s already forgotten. Woodward’s book was epic, and no one cares.
Everything this admin does is a dumpster fire, and he remains around precisely because the media doesn’t treat him as the clear and present danger he is - and keeps trying to MBF the hell out of events to prop up his corrupt admin.
re: #197 Jay C
Or else Big Chris is going to try to hedge his bets, and audition for the role of “token Republican” in the next Democratic President’s Admin.
Secretary of Traffic, maybe??
I cannot conceive that any Democrat would give Christie any role in the federal government.
re: #206 Big Beautiful Door
I cannot conceive that any Democrat would give Christie any role in the federal government.
I can’t either. If a heavy set blue state Republican gets any job with a Dem administration, it’s Larry Hogan.
re: #200 lawhawk
All of them are complicit and compromised, and aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. They knew Trump was engaging in widespread criminal acts, sought to break the law repeatedly, and didn’t care to listen to anyone who wouldn’t tell him what he wanted to hear.
Everyone associated with Trumpworld is in a world of shit, entirely of their own making. Tillerson included. He doesn’t get to rehabilitate his position now, because he’s talking honestly. He had opportunity to do it in the WH - and to publicly rebut the criminality and misconduct, but chose not to.
He violated his oath of office in the process.
His allegiance wasn’t to the President but the Constitution.
And people want to know why the report isn’t written yet.
How long did it take to write “War and Peace” anyway?
That report is going to be long and they probably are still coming up with more chapters.
GOP avoids third shutdown on their watch as Trump signs 2-week extender to December 21.
The GOP controls Congress and the WH, and it has twice shut down because they’re fucking incompetent and incapable of legislating and governing. All they are are a bunch of a saboteurs who want to watch the government burn so that they can deliver tax breaks for their billionaire backers while everyone else gets the burdens.
re: #208 ObserverArt
And people want to know why the report isn’t written yet.
How long did it take to write “War and Peace” anyway?
That report is going to be long and they probably are still coming up with more chapters.
If it’s rushed and errors are made people complain, if it’s thorough and accurate, people will complain. I’m glad we have Mueller on top of this. Could not have asked for a better pick. And it’s proof why you don’t necessarily want the most ideological person in charge always but the most capable.
re: #205 lawhawk
The tell all from Omarosa was epic, and it’s already forgotten. Woodward’s book was epic, and no one cares.
Everything this admin does is a dumpster fire, and he remains around precisely because the media doesn’t treat him as the clear and present danger he is - and keeps trying to MBF the hell out of events to prop up his corrupt admin.
Is her book worth reading? I had been avoiding it because — well, it’s Omarosa.
re: #205 lawhawk
The tell all from Omarosa was epic, and it’s already forgotten. Woodward’s book was epic, and no one cares.
Everything this admin does is a dumpster fire, and he remains around precisely because the media doesn’t treat him as the clear and present danger he is - and keeps trying to MBF the hell out of events to prop up his corrupt admin.
The majority of America will likely try to just move on and forget about the nightmare of the last 4 years…..like they did with dubyah. Which is a bad thing, because the GOP is doomed to repeat themselves: Nixon, dubyah, Donnie. Lather.Rinse.Repeat
re: #202 HappyWarrior
I guess the Trump Counter-Report will just be Donnie rage tweeting on Twitter.
Probably: or its near-equivalent (my guess): an expanded/updated version of the Nunes Memo from earlier this year: though probably not any more credible. Or likely to get a better response outside Cult 45.
re: #205 lawhawk
The tell all from Omarosa was epic, and it’s already forgotten. Woodward’s book was epic, and no one cares.
Everything this admin does is a dumpster fire, and he remains around precisely because the media doesn’t treat him as the clear and present danger he is - and keeps trying to MBF the hell out of events to prop up his corrupt admin.
People do care. That’s why Trump’s approval rating stays around 42% despite the good economy, and why the Democrats delivered an epic beat down on the GOP in the midterms. People care, and they are mad as hell.
Trump “writing” his Rudy Report. He’s up to page 87! pic.twitter.com/aNEjJUqcM8
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 7, 2018
re: #212 Dr. Matt
The majority of America will likely try to just move on and forget about the nightmare of the last 4 years…..like they did with dubyah. Which is a bad thing, because the GOP is doomed to repeat themselves: Nixon, dubyah, Donnie. Lather.Rinse.Repeat
You forgot Reagan and the epic Iran-Contra scandal.
re: #212 Dr. Matt
The majority of America will likely try to just move on and forget about the nightmare of the last 4 years…..like they did with dubyah. Which is a bad thing, because the GOP is doomed to repeat themselves: Nixon, dubyah, Donnie. Lather.Rinse.Repeat
The GOP repeats itself? No, it’s the idiotic American voter who repeats themselves by forgetting all the ills of the prior GOP administration. And given the GOP mischief in Wisconsin and Michigan and North Carolina (including the Congressional race), and widespread voter suppression, let’s not be confident that we will regain control of the Presidency, let alone both Houses at the same time.
After everything with Trump - and his inability to comprehend basics of governance, you think someone who lacks experience governing should be taken seriously?
Oh, and yeah, we know why Abrams isn’t a contender. Racism/misogyny— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 7, 2018
re: #214 Big Beautiful Door
People do care. That’s why Trump’s approval rating stays around 42% despite the good economy, and why the Democrats delivered an epic beat down on the GOP in the midterms. People care, and they are mad as hell.
It’s why I’m pretty optimistic about 2020 TBH. I think HRC was the right candidate but Trump is going to suffer without Crooked Hillary as his foil.
re: #217 Hecuba’s daughter
The GOP repeats itself? No, it’s the idiotic American voter who repeats themselves by forgetting all the ills of the prior GOP administration. And given the GOP mischief in Wisconsin and Michigan and North Carolina (including the Congressional race), and widespread voter suppression, let’s not be confident that we will regain control of the Presidency, let alone both Houses at the same time.
The two are one and the same here.
re: #219 HappyWarrior
It’s why I’m pretty optimistic about 2020 TBH. I think HRC was the right candidate but Trump is going to suffer without Crooked Hillary as his foil.
And Donnie is running out of new juvenile insults to label people.
re: #201 Dr. Matt
No one will believe any movies that are made about this asshole decades from now.
The definitive movie about the Trump administration will have English subtitles.
re: #221 Dr. Matt
And Donnie is running out of new juvenile insults to label people.
That and his next opponent won’t have years of hatred built up against her or him.
re: #222 Decatur Deb
The definitive movie aboutthe Trump administration will have English subtitles.
Will they at least film on set the prologue interview from Putin’s prison cell where he gives our protagonist a cryptic answer that sets the beginning of our story.
re: #223 HappyWarrior
That and his next opponent won’t have years of hatred built up against her or him.
Unless Bernie or Warren get the nod.
This was Rudy’s idea, so I’m sure it’ll be comedy gold. No evidence, lots of “believe me” and “this I can tell you,” plus, hand-drawn illustrations, and very large type. https://t.co/MX0grP04m0
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 7, 2018
re: #209 lawhawk
GOP avoids third shutdown on their watch as Trump signs 2-week extender to December 21.
The GOP controls Congress and the WH, and it has twice shut down because they’re fucking incompetent and incapable of legislating and governing. All they are are a bunch of a saboteurs who want to watch the government burn so that they can deliver tax breaks for their billionaire backers while everyone else gets the burdens.
Which means we either get a government shutdown just days before Christmas or another extension sometime between now and then. Because the market always responds well when the government limps along from crisis to crisis.
re: #225 Dr. Matt
Unless Bernie or Warren get the nod.
It won’t be either of them. I like Warren more than I do Bernie but I don’t like her at all as a presidential candidate.
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
This was Rudy’s idea, so I’m sure it’ll be comedy gold. No evidence, lots of “believe me” and “this I can tell you,” plus, hand-drawn illustrations, and very large type.
And copy and paste tweets from his Nazi Fan Clubs.
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Based on everything we’ve seen so far, odds are the “counter-report” will consist largely of attempts to attack the credibility of the witnesses against him, accusing Mueller’s team of having conflicts of interest, repeating for the nth time the frothing madness about the Steele Dossier, and overall just a rerun of all the greatest hits of the past two years of total denial.
re: #230 Targetpractice
And the compare/contrast will be huge, as Mueller has receipts for everything - from Flynn’s hours of testimony, Manafort records, audio, emails, etc., and Trump’s own statements implicating him in crimes and the subsequent coverup.
re: #230 Targetpractice
Based on everything we’ve seen so far, odds are the “counter-report” will consist largely of attempts to attack the credibility of the witnesses against him, accusing Mueller’s team of having conflicts of interest, repeating for the nth time the frothing madness about the Steele Dossier, and overall just a rerun of all the greatest hits of the past two years of total denial.
And 1/3 the way through the counter-report will be the accidental admission of a new crime.
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Funny they always have to pose him for photos like this, because they can never catch him doing it for real. Tells ya something. And they have him pull up the edge of the pad because they have learned enough about posting stuff like this, someone would notice that there is nothing written on the pad.
Rudy translator: Trump spends more time tweeting and watching Fox than he does doing his job. And if you insisted on reducing that time, you were gone. So, we’ll complain about Mueller doing his job thoroughly and completely.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 7, 2018
re: #234 lawhawk
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You’re right, Rudy, the media should be fair. You and the President are both embarrassments to this country beyond words.
re: #233 Eventual Carrion
Funny they always have to pose him for photos like this, because they can never catch him doing it for real. Tells ya something. And they have him pull up the edge of the pad because they have learned enough about posting stuff like this, someone would notice that there is nothing written on the pad.
That’s a photo from way back at the beginning. He wass sitting at the reception desk at Mar-A-Lago pretending to write his inaugural speech.
It’s been a short bit, let’s check in on Alan “How did that little girl end up in my bed?” Dershowitz:
Trump defender Dershowitz claims president can’t be attacked for witnesses tampering because Mueller is ‘literally’ bribing people https://t.co/nU9PVeZice
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 7, 2018
“You know it’s so ironic, people complain all the time that President Trump may have dangled pardons in front of people and that constitutes tampering with witnesses and bribery,” Dershowitz attempted. “Think about what the government does every day, what prosecutors do every day? They literally bribe witnesses, by their freedoms, sometimes their lives and their money.”
“When the government offers less time in prison to a witness to get their testimony, that constitutes bribery,” he asserted before backtracking and saying a court of appeals that previously made that ruling saw it struck down.
Just how much is Epstein holding over your head, Alan?
re: #237 Targetpractice
It’s been a short bit, let’s check in on Alan “How did that little girl end up in my bed?” Dershowitz:
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Just how much is Epstein holding over your head, Alan?
Creepy lying bastard.
Heh
Rex Tillerson makes rare public appearance in Houston https://t.co/GIZQuvKDr4 via @houstonchron
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 7, 2018
So we are to have six more weeks of treason. https://t.co/Zfcunjs5hD
— Quinn Cummings (@quinncy) December 7, 2018
Not so fun fact: Jeff Sessions served as US Attorney in Alabama under William Barr. This was after Sessions had wrongfully prosecuted African Americans for voting fraud & after Strom Thurmond’s Judiciary Committee rejected him for federal judgeship based on civil rights record.
— Leslie Proll (@LeslieProll) December 7, 2018
re: #237 Targetpractice
It’s been a short bit, let’s check in on Alan “How did that little girl end up in my bed?” Dershowitz:
Just how much is Epstein holding over your head, Alan?
Can you imagine how many people will love it if giving someone a plea bargain to testify against someone else was ever declared unconstitutional? I know that keeps getting tried in court and failing.
re: #241 Belafon
Can you imagine how many people will love it if giving someone a plea bargain to testify against someone else was ever declared unconstitutional? I know that keeps getting tried in court and failing.
Criminals actually would like that.
“It is impossible for these consultants to have established firewalls in their brains,” says CLC’s @brendan_fischer. Read more from @teamtrace: https://t.co/9eQQbRnrnc pic.twitter.com/VGzIWotGuf
— Campaign Legal Center (@CampaignLegal) December 7, 2018
….and one of the most highly respected lawyers and legal minds in the Country, he will be a great addition to our team. I look forward to having him join our very successful Administration!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
And now another moment in “Now you’re just messing with me” news:
Ammon Bundy leaves militia movement after ripping Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric https://t.co/44AGQTj0Jx pic.twitter.com/e2k0l1CvvN
— The Hill (@thehill) December 7, 2018
Probably posted before:
FAKE NEWS - THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
1. Today I did the annual story on holiday decorations at the Governor’s residence. I’ve done it every year, for years. A very light but very fun story. Every year my reporting partner was Wendi Winters. This year, it was Selene. Wendi was murdered in June. https://t.co/hDlixzieht
— Joshua McKerrow (@joshuamckerrow) December 7, 2018
But the dead need remembering.
I am pleased to announce that Heather Nauert, Spokeswoman for the United States Department of State, will be nominated to serve as United Nations Ambassador. I want to congratulate Heather, and thank Ambassador Nikki Haley for her great service to our Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“I want to congratulate Heather, but her lawyers have warned me that if I do they’ll be filing sexual assault charges.”
re: #109 Decatur Deb
Uhhh. If slavery was good for economic development, why are most of the slaveholding states still at the bottom of most social/economic scales?
General Sherman
re: #245 Targetpractice
And now another moment in “Now you’re just messing with me” news:
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I guess Ammon found out that they’re not really anti government.
re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth
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You picked someone as qualified as you were to be President for this. Does Heather remind you of Ivanka?
re: #251 HappyWarrior
You picked someone as qualified as you were to be President for this. Does Heather remind you of Ivanka?
Dumb, blond, and female. Yeah, I’d say he didn’t stray too far off the mark.
re: #251 HappyWarrior
You picked someone as qualified as you were to be President for this. Does Heather remind you of Ivanka?
No. I figured out why she looked familiar. She looks like Elizabeth Smart!
re: #253 Sionainn, Too Exhausted to be a Nasty Devilbitch
No. I figured out why she looked familiar. She looks like Elizabeth Smart!
Trump knows who Elizabeth Smart is? :)
Another busy day of sleeping for @OhMeatball. The little smile on her face, though. 🥰 pic.twitter.com/th2xlrlDW6
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) December 7, 2018
What the hell is wrong with you? Her vet says Meatball is at a healthy weight, her belly is like that because he had puppies before I got her, and Kayla and I absolutely do treat her well. Don’t do this crap. https://t.co/auq054RBia
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) December 7, 2018
Who fat-shames a dog?
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) December 7, 2018
WHO FAT-SHAMES A DOG?
The Oral History Of Twitter— Quinn Cummings (@quinncy) December 7, 2018
re: #252 Targetpractice
Dumb, blond, and female. Yeah, I’d say he didn’t stray too far off the mark.
And she was one of Roger’s girls at FNC.
Winning, yo
US Atlanta Fed GDPNow Q4: 2.4% (prev 2.7%)
— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) December 7, 2018
From 3.0%
To 2.8%
To 2.7%
To 2.4%
.. in about 6 weeks. https://t.co/fVHdl4KeD4— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) December 7, 2018
looks like economy will not reach full-year growth of 3% after all
3% is the level Trump and GOP have ripped Obama for not reaching https://t.co/vvoJxM5NmC https://t.co/5JGT5yVd1o— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 7, 2018
Oh, and in keeping with theme of being totally fucking predictable, Trump supporters are already preparing to defend Nauert’s nomination…by accusing critics of being sexist:
CNN panel explodes when Trump supporter lectures Democrats on feminism to defend new UN ambassador pickhttps://t.co/sGx7J5aoox
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 7, 2018
re: #258 makeitstop
Winning, yo
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Best economic miracle huh Trumpers. I guess the good news is you feel more comfortable being racist in the coal mine that you never worked in anyway until Trump told you coal mines were great.
re: #259 Targetpractice
Oh, and in keeping with theme of being totally fucking predictable, Trump supporters are already preparing to defend Nauert’s nomination…by accusing critics of being sexist:
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They’re so fucking predictable. They claim to be against feminism, “identity politics”, and all that bs but the minute Trump picks an unqualified woman to be UN Ambassador, they cry sexism. Such bullshit. She’d be unqualified if she were a guy too.
re: #259 Targetpractice
Nauert is unqualified to be Ambassador to the UN. Full stop.
Doesn’t matter that she’s a woman. She’s not qualified. Full stop.
Haley was at least a governor before taking a trip into Trumpworld to destroy her reputation. Nauert’s a talking head from Fox who Trump likes because he saw her face regularly on Fox. That’s it.
!!!
Florida
A shaking woman secretly slips a handwritten note to a veterinarian – the vet realizes she has to act immediately…
I’m shaking watching this. This should never be the reality of any woman. 😭💔
Retweet this pic.twitter.com/JRgGjy1NbB— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) December 7, 2018
Oh, more economic news:
DJIA is down nearly 400 points today.
Oil prices surge as OPEC announces further cuts.
Trump’s trade war with China now appears to include potential for tit-for-tat arrests of business executives after Canada arrests Huewei official on grounds company sold tech to Iran in violation of sanctions. Canada’s supposed to extradite to US to face trial on those charges. China’s sending not so subtle warning that they’ll arrest American business execs.
Want to watch the markets spasm more - that last bit will do it.
re: #262 lawhawk
Nauert is unqualified to be Ambassador to the UN. Full stop.
Doesn’t matter that she’s a woman. She’s not qualified. Full stop.
Haley was at least a governor before taking a trip into Trumpworld to destroy her reputation. Nauert’s a talking head from Fox who Trump likes because he saw her face regularly on Fox. That’s it.
Exactly. If it were Tucker Carlson or Jesse Walters or Lumpy Hannity getting the job, it would be the same problem. It’s not because she’s a woman. It’s because she’s a FNC bot. That’s profoundly insulting to the women who have held this job who were qualified.
COMING SUNDAY: #EXCLUSIVE @startelegram investigation has uncovered over 400 allegations of sexual misconduct in hundreds of fundamental Baptist churches across at least 40 states — and the culture of fear that kept it quiet. #MeToo #ChurchToo pic.twitter.com/u2pBERF3u2
— Steve Coffman (@SteveCoffman1) December 7, 2018
re: #266 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If anyone thought this was just a Catholic thing. They were kidding themselves.
re: #246 Danack
Probably posted before:
But the dead need remembering.
30 mins after Donnie ranted about the media being the enemy of the people, a bomb threat was called into CNN.
re: #212 Dr. Matt
The majority of America will likely try to just move on and forget about the nightmare of the last 4 years…..like they did with dubyah. Which is a bad thing, because the GOP is doomed to repeat themselves: Nixon, dubyah, Donnie. Lather.Rinse.Repeat
They repeat themselves because ever since the political reorganization of Civil Rights Era they prioritize a tribal White Power agenda above scientific knowledge, facts, history, and the Law.
re: #268 Dr. Matt
30 mins after Donnie ranted about the media being the enemy of the people, a bomb threat was called into CNN.
He really needs to be investigated for inciting violence and threats.
re: #258 makeitstop
Winning, yo
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Q2: 4.2%
Q3: 3.5%
Q4: 2.7% (estimated)
Beginning to notice a trend?
McCrae Dowless, the political operative at the center of the NC-09 election fraud investigation, now appears to be connected to a 2nd county in the district where a suspiciously high number of absentee ballots were never returned to election officials. https://t.co/kWZwxIVlap
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 7, 2018
re: #272 Targetpractice
Trade wars are easy to win.
As I warned, companies were recognizing the threat of a trade war so bought then to avoid paying more, at a cost of building up inventories. Now that the economy is slowing, they’re watching it all start to come apart at the seams.
New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the top Democrat on the Judiciary panel, said as he walked into the Comey interview that he will end the investigation when he takes over in January.
“There is no evidence whatsoever of bias at the FBI or any of this other nonsense,” Nadler said.— Mary Clare Jalonick (@MCJalonick) December 7, 2018
re: #272 Targetpractice
Q2: 4.2%
Q3: 3.5%
Q4: 2.7% (estimated)Beginning to notice a trend?
As soon as it goes to shit, Trump will blame the Dems.
re: #276 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #266 Backwoods_Sleuth
COMING SUNDAY: #EXCLUSIVE @startelegram investigation has uncovered over 400 allegations of sexual misconduct in hundreds of fundamental Baptist churches across at least 40 states — and the culture of fear that kept it quiet. #MeToo #ChurchToo pic.twitter.com/u2pBERF3u2
— Steve Coffman (@SteveCoffman1) December 7, 2018
No surprise there. Actually it’s a long time pattern, though a single bust on this scale is unusual. Pizzagate and the Q-Anon gibberish were obviously covering for something.
re: #274 Backwoods_Sleuth
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There’s pretty much no way at this point to rerun the election. The number of people who either were involved or knew but did nothing is growing, the scope of the investigation is growing, and the number of votes affected is growing.
re: #261 HappyWarrior
They’re so fucking predictable. They claim to be against feminism, “identity politics”, and all that bs but the minute Trump picks an unqualified woman to be UN Ambassador, they cry sexism. Such bullshit. She’d be unqualified if she were a guy too.
‘unqualified’ is way too kind in this case
it’s entirely the wrong word
re: #277 HappyWarrior
As soon as it goes to shit, Trump will blame the Dems.
It’s already going to shit and has been for awhile. That we haven’t hit the ground yet only means we have further to fall before we get to that point. And every step of the way, he’s going to sabotage any possible recovery by…well, being Donald J. Trump.
re: #280 Targetpractice
There’s pretty much no way at this point to rerun the election. The number of people who either were involved or knew but did nothing is growing, the scope of the investigation is growing, and the number of votes affected is growing.
There’s no need to rerun the election. The Republican candidate is disqualified. His opponent wins by default.
Who says conservatives aren’t tackling our biggest national challenges? pic.twitter.com/UXKPHTnhD1
— Evan DeSimone (@Smorgasboredom) December 7, 2018
If you stick a drinking straw in a cocktail, it should dissolve as a matter of principle https://t.co/MAiajtXjGD
— more like Individual Fun (@jesseltaylor) December 7, 2018
re: #283 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
There’s no need to rerun the election. The Republican candidate is disqualified. His opponent wins by default.
“Disqualified” is putting it lightly. Given the evidence, it’s arguable he never should have been on the ballot to begin with.
Nova Scotia provides Boston with its official yuletide tree as a thank you for the city’s response to the 1917 explosion in #Halifax Harbor. An estimated 2,000 people died & 9,000 more were hurt.
Aid from #Boston was the 1st to arrive, and the response has not been forgotten. pic.twitter.com/SPuiEU0o34— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) December 7, 2018
re: #282 Targetpractice
It’s already going to shit and has been for awhile. That we haven’t hit the ground yet only means we have further to fall before we get to that point. And every step of the way, he’s going to sabotage any possible recovery by…well, being Donald J. Trump.
I guess what I mean as soon as it’s shit even to a pathetic nutcaes like him.
re: #265 HappyWarrior
Exactly. If it were Tucker Carlson or Jesse Walters or Lumpy Hannity getting the job, it would be the same problem. It’s not because she’s a woman. It’s because she’s a FNC bot. That’s profoundly insulting to the women who have held this job who were qualified.
not even because that
it’s that all she is is a fnc bot
oh yeah, and a gov’t spokesperson for a few months
she has zero bona fides for this job
What does wind sound like on Mars? Now we know, courtesy of @NASAInSight. A haunting low rumble was captured on the Red Planet last week, caused by vibrations from the wind. Put on your headphones & listen to the #SoundsOfMars: https://t.co/rGItMwWQczhttps://t.co/Cfj3THf273
— NASA (@NASA) December 7, 2018
I predict right now that Trump is going to end up blaming Mueller for the economy before this is all over, claiming that the time and energy he’s “wasting” on his defense could be spent instead trying to work out trade deals or device economic policy. If you think that’s a stretch, I should point out that that’s exactly what Nixon tried to do with Watergate, blaming the recession and stagflation on the ongoing investigation.
re: #284 Backwoods_Sleuth
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You could not use a straw at all or you could stop being a whiny fucking bitch over a paper straw and then stop complaining that liberals are too sensitive. Having to sip from a paper straw is far from the worst thing that could happen to you but I get it, your conservative fee fees were hurt.
And @nytimes had a great find: the Harris campaign owes $34,310 to the consulting firm for disputed absentee ballot and turnout workhttps://t.co/l9RfLh2HFy
— Ashley Balcerzak (@abalcerzak) December 7, 2018
For background, these counties were pummeled by Hurricane Florence.
In Robeson, citizens felt left behind by the federal government and like their voices didn’t matter. The allegations that their votes may have been tampered with probably doesn’t helphttps://t.co/iIv6TkKvGE— Ashley Balcerzak (@abalcerzak) December 7, 2018
re: #267 HappyWarrior
If anyone thought this was just a Catholic thing. They were kidding themselves.
It’s a common nominator organizations where the power structure is unsound, be it a family, a corporation or a congregation. And in fanatic circles, the power structure just about always is unsound.
Did you know that the few surveys which had religious and political extremism on the list of possible common denominators for child sexual abuse, it always made it to the top 5 common denominators?
I would imagine the numbers are similar for sexual abuse across the board.
*takes deep breath and attempts to calm down*
Ha:
I don’t know if this is referring to Oscar host, new Louis CK, or U.S. president but I agree https://t.co/212qF9HPkz
— DeAnne Smith (@DeAnne_Smith) December 7, 2018
re: #290 Targetpractice
I predict right now that Trump is going to end up blaming Mueller for the economy before this is all over, claiming that the time and energy he’s “wasting” on his defense could be spent instead trying to work out trade deals or device economic policy. If you think that’s a stretch, I should point out that that’s exactly what Nixon tried to do with Watergate, blaming the recession and stagflation on the ongoing investigation.
as if he’s spending any time on this other than tweeting
re: #279 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
No surprise there. Actually it’s a long time pattern, though a single bust on this scale is unusual. Pizzagate and the Q-Anon gibberish were obviously covering for something.
I think it’s part that they are blind for the stuff that happens in their midst, part that the higher echelons of the power strata encourage it as it keeps people chasing ghosts and not asking difficult questions about the effects of policy.
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Cool. I put that on and my dog got quiet arching her eyebrows. My wife on the other hand said, “it’s just wind.”
re: #293 Teukka
It’s a common nominator organizations where the power structure is unsound, be it a family, a corporation or a congregation. And in fanatic circles, the power structure just about always is unsound.
Did you know that the few surveys which had religious and political extremism on the list of possible common denominators for child sexual abuse, it always made it to the top 5 common denominator?
I would imagine the numbers are similar for sexual abuse across the board.
*takes deep breath and attempts to calm down*
Agree completely. And no I wasn’t aware of that commonality between abuse. Not surprised though.
A leading Tory Brexiteer says UK should threaten Ireland with food shortages to get it to capitulate on the Backstop.
Someone will be needing the history books out over in Whitehall.https://t.co/lEsxjcsEx2 pic.twitter.com/aQMsvLImqJ— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) December 7, 2018
Dear UK politicians,
Threatening to starve Ireland is a bad, bad look.
Regards,
The neighbours. https://t.co/6ZDYr8wje5— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) December 7, 2018
re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Twitter really is an amazing resource for a writer. These screen caps will be a useful reference should I need to create a character of quiet strength, facing his tribulations calmly, fortified by his clear conscience. pic.twitter.com/STT9dQUJKn
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 7, 2018
Please don’t apologise, or I’ll have to accept responsibility for Farage, and I refuse to.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 7, 2018
That right there though is why I support Scottish independence and NI being reunited with Ireland and maybe even Wales going its own way should they want to.
re: #298 HappyWarrior
Agree completely. And no I wasn’t aware of that commonality between abuse. Not surprised though.
Mental illness, substance abuse, unsound power structures and religious and political extremism invariably make it to the top 5 for child sexual abuse. Not to mention that when actually tested and not relying on self-reporting on sexual offenders, interesting patterns emerge…
re: #293 Teukka
It’s a common nominator organizations where the power structure is unsound, be it a family, a corporation or a congregation. And in fanatic circles, the power structure just about always is unsound.
Did you know that the few surveys which had religious and political extremism on the list of possible common denominators for child sexual abuse, it always made it to the top 5 common denominator?
I would imagine the numbers are similar for sexual abuse across the board.
*takes deep breath and attempts to calm down*
note the sexual aspect is only one
anytime the power structure (of any org, whether profit or not for profit) is ‘unsound’ or immoral or questionable in some way there will likely be abuses all over the place
because it creates a culture that pervades
and that culture becomes approving and accepting of all sorts of bad behavior
- cutting corners
- financial
- human resources
- compliance
- regulatory
Snitches get stitches, amirite?
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) December 7, 2018
re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“If we don’t get a better deal, we’ll starve the Irish!”
“*clears throat* We’re the second most food-secure nation in the world. We produce more food domestically than our population could hope to consume annually. So not only would you look like assholes for this, but you’d be cutting off your own damned food imports in the process. If anything, you’re making a convincing argument to Brussels that sitting back and watching you morons eat each other in 9 months would be a better use of their time. Say hello to political oblivion, you gobshites.”
re: #305 dangerman
note the sexual aspect is only one
anytime the power structure (of any org, whether profit or not for profit) is ‘unsound’ or immoral or questionable in some way there will likely be abuses all over the placebecause it creates a culture that pervades
and that culture becomes approving and accepting of all sorts of bad behavior- cutting corners
- financial
- human resources
- compliance
- regulatory
Yep. Hence why I see fanaticism as a threat, regardless of nation, race, religion, ethnicity, political opinion… Any time there is a place where you have places and times that are in obscura (Intel community term actually), you have the potential for corruption and abuse. Transparency is the key, ridiculous amounts of it.
re: #306 Scottish Dragon
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Gee, I can’t imagine why John might be considering a hasty exit:
Mueller investigators questioned John Kelly in obstruction probe - CNNPolitics https://t.co/JrXk4PGLgE
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) December 7, 2018
re: #306 Scottish Dragon
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re: #283 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
There’s no need to rerun the election. The Republican candidate is disqualified. His opponent wins by default.
That should be the outcome.
You cheat and get caught…you lose.
re: #290 Targetpractice
I predict right now that Trump is going to end up blaming Mueller for the economy before this is all over, claiming that the time and energy he’s “wasting” on his defense could be spent instead trying to work out trade deals or device economic policy. If you think that’s a stretch, I should point out that that’s exactly what Nixon tried to do with Watergate, blaming the recession and stagflation on the ongoing investigation.
Bill Clinton would like a word about BlowJobGate.
re: #308 Teukka
Yep. Hence why I see fanaticism as a threat, regardless of nation, race, religion, ethnicity, political opinion… Any time there is a place where you have places and times that are in obscura (Intel community term actually), you have the potential for corruption and abuse. Transparency is the key, ridiculous amounts of it.
exactly
It is dangerous for the rest of us when any powerful person thinks he has the ultimate ideology
re: #196 HappyWarrior
Especially if that President does something awful like getting mustard on a burger.
Dijon mustard!
re: #310 Targetpractice
Gee, I can’t imagine why John might be considering a hasty exit:
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I read this AM that trump and kelly dont even speak to each other
puerile children running the country
(no that’s not redundant)
I just want to remind everybody that Donald Trump is a guy who exercises presidential power by inviting people to dinner and then making sure everyone sees that he got twice as much ice cream as they did for dessert.
— Anomynous Tweeter-1, LLC™ (@KagroX) December 7, 2018
re: #291 HappyWarrior
You could not use a straw at all or you could stop being a whiny fucking bitch over a paper straw and then stop complaining that liberals are too sensitive. Having to sip from a paper straw is far from the worst thing that could happen to you but I get it, your conservative fee fees were hurt.
And as tRumpsters are fond of saying, “Fuck your feelings!”
re: #318 Eventual Carrion
And as tRumpsters are fond of saying, “Fuck your feelings!”
But not our feelings. Our feelings matter whether it’s paper straws, bring wished a happy holidays on a paper cup, or two women kissing.
re: #283 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
There’s no need to rerun the election. The Republican candidate is disqualified. His opponent wins by default.
I’m guessing this is the largest election fraud in US history? Should be no surprise that it’s from the GOP.
re: #313 MsJ
Bill Clinton would like a word about BlowJobGate.
that’s the line: trump cant handle it while a dem had no problem
twice, when an R president was investigated he cried and whined - too much work, tanking the economy!
when it happened to a dem, he managed to do his job (executive time my ass) and balance the budget
OT-time!
A friend of mine is working on this comic. Sounds interesting:
Thought it might peak the interest for some.
re: #321 Dr. Matt
I’m guessing this is the largest election fraud in US history that we know of? Should be no surprise that it’s from the GOP.
FIFY
Sorry for the OT and lazy question: What metrics should one use to gauge a quality charity?
re: #325 Dr. Matt
I always at least checkout https://www.charitynavigator.org/
re: #314 dangerman
exactly
It is dangerous for the rest of us when any powerful person thinks he has the ultimate ideology
They can’t all be right, but they could all be wrong.
re: #327 jimmyvluv4u
I always at least checkout https://www.charitynavigator.org/
Thanks. I’m looking at: charitynavigator.org
3 out of 4 stars
Financial 83.74 (can’t figure out why this is low)
Accountability & Transparency 97.00
I like their Program Expenses at 88.3% (As a comparison, Doctors without Borders is at 89%).
re: #325 Dr. Matt
Sorry for the OT and lazy question: What metrics should one use to gauge a quality charity?
Charity Navigator ratings is a good place to start.
How much of the money they collect goes to the purpose asserted, how much to overhead, fundraising, etc.
There are a couple of charities I refuse to donate to based on longstanding issues that don’t always show in the ratings - such as the ARC issues and there were issues around Wounded Warrior Project a few years back too.
re: #245 Targetpractice
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Jesus, I am agreeing with Ammon Bundy…
re: #329 Dr. Matt
Thanks. I’m looking at: charitynavigator.org
3 out of 4 stars
Financial 83.74 (can’t figure out why this is low)
Accountability & Transparency 97.00I like their Program Expenses at 88.3% (As a comparison, Doctors without Borders is at 89%).
10-15% is pretty good.
re: #331 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Jesus, I am agreeing with Ammon Bundy…
What he did was criminal no doubt but at least he’s not a hypocrite like some of these self fancied anti government militia types who hate the feds but love the idea of strict federal anti immigration laws.
re: #321 Dr. Matt
I’m guessing this is the largest election fraud in US history? Should be no surprise that it’s from the GOP.
Surely the election fraud in Ohio in 2004 that kept John Kerry from winning the Electoral Vote was larger?
re: #333 HappyWarrior
What he did was criminal no doubt but at least he’s not a hypocrite like some of these self fancied anti government militia types who hate the feds but love the idea of strict federal anti immigration laws.
Have a slightly different take.
Bundy sees those illegals as cheap labor and doesn’t want to see that end thanks to the harsh immigration policies held by the others.
They all just want to selectively pick and choose the laws they want to follow and enforce so that they can benefit personally.
Fuck ‘em all.
re: #333 HappyWarrior
What he did was criminal no doubt but at least he’s not a hypocrite like some of these self fancied anti government militia types who hate the feds but love the idea of strict federal anti immigration laws.
Yeah. He is a wacko…but here is nothing insecure about him, I have to admit.
Facebook needs to fucking die. Regulations are not sufficient. They are absolutely evil.
Another money element, slightly buried: Facebook allowed Tommy Robinson to receive donations (possibly hundreds of thousands of pounds) using a tool meant only for charities. When we contacted them, they switched it off within hours: https://t.co/3jJyDsKTMV
— Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday) December 7, 2018
Beginning to think these @facebook folks aren’t who they’re telling us they are. https://t.co/nsii4pXLBc
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 7, 2018
re: #335 lawhawk
He strikes more as a genuine libertarian with a consistent value system in that regard.
I don’t agree with much of it (and I still think he should be in jail), but I don’t think he is being cynical in his stance.
re: #333 HappyWarrior
Agreed.
re: #330 lawhawk
Charity Navigator ratings is a good place to start.
How much of the money they collect goes to the purpose asserted, how much to overhead, fundraising, etc.
There are a couple of charities I refuse to donate to based on longstanding issues that don’t always show in the ratings - such as the ARC issues and there were issues around Wounded Warrior Project a few years back too.
Navigator is solid, but must be used with some sophistication. Habitat didn’t used to score high on dollar distribution. That’s because their task involved the marshalling of volunteer labor rather than routing cash or services to the partner families. There is a wrong expectation that HFH gives away houses. They don’t—they sell simple houses and make long-term interest-free mortgages.
re: #335 lawhawk
Fuck ‘em all.
That’s my professional opinion; these criminals got off scot (not Scott) free for threatening law enforcement, trespass, damaging federal lands, violating federal law in the Malheur NWR, etc.
re: #340 Decatur Deb
They require those seeking housing from them in the US to actually work for the houses - they have to put in sweat equity.
Their overseas operations work a little differently, but the ultimate object is the same.
re: #335 lawhawk
Have a slightly different take.
Bundy sees those illegals as cheap labor and doesn’t want to see that end thanks to the harsh immigration policies held by the others.
They all just want to selectively pick and choose the laws they want to follow and enforce so that they can benefit personally.
Fuck ‘em all.
That’s possible too. He still should be in jail nd at all.
re: #342 lawhawk
They require those seeking housing from them in the US to actually work for the houses - they have to put in sweat equity.
Their overseas operations work a little differently, but the ultimate object is the same.
Yup. Ours required 500 hours from the family, on their own house or anothers. That also gave them basic home repair skills. At our completion celebrations the family gets the keys, a bible, and a hammer.
Anyone know if Little Marco is in the habit of tweeting bible verses?
On that day…the deaf shall hear the words of a scroll & out of gloom & darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. For the tyrant shall be no more, the scoffer shall cease to be; All who are ready for evil shall be cut off…
Isaiah 29: 18-20— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 7, 2018
Seems like it could be quite apt if Mueller is publishing stuff today.
re: #345 Danack
Anyone know if Little Marco is in the habit of tweeting bible verses?
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Seems like it could be quite apt if Mueller is publishing stuff today.
Yeah he does it a lot.
What’s it like to live inside D’Souza’s head and pay no rent?
— Joseph Ruscitti (@josephruscitti) December 7, 2018
Attack memes on fire off the FB feed from Laura Ingrahm!
I’ve watched MAGA bling glitter in the dark at The Trump Tower gate!
All those moments will be lost in time, like K Street lobbyists in the Swamp…— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) December 7, 2018
re: #345 Danack
Yeah, he pulls bible quotes out of his arse regularly, thinking that somehow insulates him from actually doing the heavy lifting of following through on those bible verses, let alone making sure that Trumpworld follows the rule of law.
Everyone is wise to his BS, but he persists.
re: #340 Decatur Deb
Navigator is solid, but must be used with some sophistication. Habitat didn’t used to score high on dollar distribution. That’s because their task involved the marshalling of volunteer labor rather than routing cash or services to the partner families. There is a wrong expectation that HFH gives away houses. They don’t—they sell simple houses and make long-term interest-free mortgages.
The local chapter started a home fixing program, for current homeowners in need of serious repairs. They require citizenship in the US from their applicants. Name should be changed to ‘Habitat for Citizenry’, at least locally.
Bad year for 2018 @GOP…
Three National Finance Co-chairs :
1. Wynn resigned after accusations of sexual assault
2. Broidy resigned after paying hush money to a playboy bunny he got pregnant
3. Cohen resigned after pleading guilty to 8 counts.
Oh, and you lost 40 House seats. https://t.co/Uw1sFOCVd3— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) December 7, 2018
re: #345 Danack
Anyone know if Little Marco is in the habit of tweeting bible verses?
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Seems like it could be quite apt if Mueller is publishing stuff today.
Said the guy who’s been fellating said tyrant for a couple of years now.
re: #284 Backwoods_Sleuth
Who says conservatives aren’t tackling our biggest national challenges? pic.twitter.com/UXKPHTnhD1
— Evan DeSimone (@Smorgasboredom) December 7, 2018
I, for one, am glad to see that the Will of the People has largely eradicated the odious bourgeois practice of drinking elitist “cocktails” through plastic tubing. It is a small start but today the straws, TOMORROW THE WORLD! (cue The Internationale)
re: #266 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Not just with Southern Baptists! Plenty of churches shield molesters
re: #350 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah Ronna it was such a bad year for Dems. I wish it could have been a worse year for your famliy because your uncle didn’t deserve that Senate seat just like you don’t deserve to be anywhere near presidential power.
re: #352 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
What kind of an idiot:
1. Pays $25 for a gin & tonic
2. Drinks a gin and tonic through a straw?
re: #349 wrenchwench
The local chapter started a home fixing program, for current homeowners in need of serious repairs. They require citizenship in the US from their applicants. Name should be changed to ‘Habitat for Citizenry’, at least locally.
That’s a weird one, unless it’s driven by local banking regs. (Our no-interest notes are usually managed pro bono by local banks.)
Addendum: Some of our best volunteers almost certainly weren’t citizens. Construction trades, y’all.
re: #350 Backwoods_Sleuth
Broidy’s also implicated in the 1MDB mess. While media loves to point out that one of the Fugees got wrapped up in that financial scandal, Broidy’s the name that actually stands out.
re: #355 jaunte
What kind of an idiot:
1. Pays $25 for a gin & tonic
2. Drinks a gin and tonic through a straw?
Same person who thinks they’re owning libs by destroying keurigs.
Ana may be wrong. It may be 41 if this NC business is as fishy as it looks.
re: #265 HappyWarrior
Every time he appoints someone who is unqualified, which is the case for nearly every position he’s filled, it is profoundly insulting to the good qualified people who did the job previously.
I can’t imagine how it must feel to be so utterly disrespected by the alleged Commander in Chief.
re: #352 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I, for one, am glad to see that the Will of the People has largely eradicated the odious bourgeois practice of drinking elitist “cocktails” through plastic tubing. It is a small start but today the straws, TOMORROW THE WORLD! (cue The Internationale)
At those prices, they ought to be sipping their gin drinks through fancy twisty glass straws, not plastic or paper.
Also, who drinks a cocktail through a straw? The fruity cocktails with a little parasol stuck in them that one sips poolside, maybe, but real cocktails? I’ll admit I don’t drink many cocktails, but it seems odd to me. People have taken up drinking way too many things through straws and from adult sippy cups (aka travel mugs.)
I’ve always seen a strong pro-immigrant attitude among most of the members of the Mormon Church. Not so strong as to make citizenship any easier, but they send kids out all over the world on missions, requiring them to learn the local language before they get there, to some extent at least. They want to bring people from everywhere to Utah, at least for a visit.
Not saying Bundy deserves any hint of slack.
And their church needs to let women wear pants, to church and everywhere.
re: #360 plansbandc
Every time he appoints someone who is unqualified, which is the case for nearly every position he’s filled, it is profoundly insulting to the good qualified people who did the job previously.
I can’t imagine how it must feel to be so utterly disrespected by the alleged Commander in Chief.
It’s the whole way he treats this. IT’s all a rating game to him. We’ll see how he feels when he’s lumped in behind Buchanan.
re: #352 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I, for one, am glad to see that the Will of the People has largely eradicated the odious bourgeois practice of drinking elitist “cocktails” through plastic tubing. It is a small start but today the straws, TOMORROW THE WORLD! (cue The Internationale)
You’re welcome:
re: #362 wrenchwench
I’ve always seen a strong pro-immigrant attitude among most of the members of the Mormon Church. Not so strong as to make citizenship any easier, but they send kids out all over the world on missions, requiring them to learn the local language before they get there, to some extent at least. They want to bring people from everywhere to Utah, at least for a visit.
Not saying Bundy deserves any hint of slack.
And their church needs to let women wear pants, to church and everywhere.
During the Romney campaign we learned that there is a very “porous” relationship between the LDS and the Mexican border. Some of Romey’s forbears did time-out in a Mormon Mexican enclave, IIRC.
re: #356 Decatur Deb
That’s a weird one, unless it’s driven by local banking regs. (Our no-interest notes are usually managed pro bono by local banks.)
We’re close enough to Mexico, culturally and geographically, to get plenty of hard stares from the Feds and certain local corners.
re: #365 Decatur Deb
During the Romney campaign we learned that there is a very “porous” relationship between the LDS and the Mexican border. Some of Romey’s forbears did time-out in a Mormon Mexican enclave, IIRC.
His father was born there. His father also should be remembered as the Romney who wasn’t a poiitcal coward like his son and granddaughter and grandsons.
re: #366 wrenchwench
We’re close enough to Mexico, culturally and geographically, to get plenty of hard stares from the Feds and certain local corners.
“Cool” would be learning to build HFH houses in modern adobe. They use rammed earth in India and other suitable climates.
Slightly O.T. i read this yesterday. it was a comment. i cant attribute it
similar to my thinking wrt 2A
Why isn’t the penalty for not following FARA, Foreign Agent Registration Act, first offense, mandatory minimum, is you can never in your life, register as a Foreign Agent for any country, and a fine equal to 3x the money your received as that illegal agent?
Why do we tolerate such blatant corruption.
It’s not like the average Joe or Jane, without noticing, finds themselves negotiating with a foreign government. People who do this are highly connected. That’s why the foreign government is willing to deal with them.
This should be talked up and presented as a bill, and make the Republicans defend the root of much of the Trump corruption.
Nobody doing things above board would be harmed or even inconvenienced by this.
[shifts impatiently from foot to foot…]
Come onnnnnnnnnnn, Mueller. I ain’t got all day…
re: #360 plansbandc
Every time he appoints someone who is unqualified, which is the case for nearly every position he’s filled, it is profoundly insulting to the good qualified people who did the job previously.
I can’t imagine how it must feel to be so utterly disrespected by the alleged Commander in Chief.
well it’s the R senate that’s letting him do it
they’re the ones that’ll consent to this nimrod
and likely it’ll be all the ‘rs
So the Confederate statue of “Silent Sam” has to be re-erected at UNC according to state law and people are wondering where to put it and in what context.
I have the following proposal:
Put him right back where he was…but with one addition. Place a nearby statue of an African American soldier of the 54th Mass Regt with bayonet fixed and rifle leveled at the charge coming right at him.
re: #365 Decatur Deb
During the Romney campaign we learned that there is a very “porous” relationship between the LDS and the Mexican border. Some of Romey’s forbears did time-out in a Mormon Mexican enclave, IIRC.
And Mitt served his mission in France.
The Mormon border-crossing was full of illegalities, mostly centered on polygamy, which was also illegal in Mexico, but there wasn’t much enforcement. There was a revolution going on. Great book: Fourth Wife: Polygamy, Love, and Revolution
There was also an outpost of on-the-run polygamists in Canada.
re: #373 Scottish Dragon
So the Confederate statue of “Silent Sam” has to be re-erected at UNC according to state law and people are wondering where to put it and in what context.
I have the following proposal:
Put him right back where he was…but with one addition. Place a nearby statue of an African American soldier of the 54th Mass Regt with bayonet fixed and rifle leveled at the charge coming right at him.[Embedded content]
I really want there to be a memorial to George Thomas in Virginia, preferably his hometown. It’s infuriating how Lee became a secular saint here and practically no one but the Civil War buffs knows General Thomas.
re: #371 makeitstop
[shifts impatiently from foot to foot…]
Come onnnnnnnnnnn, Mueller. I ain’t got all day…
Everyone waiting for Mueller to release Manafort and Cohen docs is like: pic.twitter.com/DTPvpEv1F4
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 7, 2018
JUST IN: The US economy added 155,000 jobs in November. The unemployment rate remained at 3.7%. The report was weaker than expected but still a sign of a strong labor market. https://t.co/gCvGWwtrrd pic.twitter.com/6FP9JwDNm9
— CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) December 7, 2018
Weaker than expected November jobs report.
Around 200k jobs expected. 155k added.
Any economist with a brain knew we were going to face headwinds after the long recovery under Obama.
We needed to invest in growth.
Instead, Republicans looted the treasury to feed the rich. https://t.co/IiYt1miObN— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 7, 2018
re: #375 HappyWarrior
I really want there to be a memorial to George Thomas in Virginia, preferably his hometown. It’s infuriating how Lee became a secular saint here and practically no one but the Civil War buffs knows General Thomas.
NC supplied two regiments for the Union Army. Where are their monuments?
A friend sent this pic of a C-130 over Lubbock yesterday. It looks like an MC-130J special ops type from Cannon AFB at Clovis NM. It’s probably doing touch-and-goes at the under-utilized Preston Smith International Airport and Municipal Boondoggle. Otoh, it could be there to haul the local Q-Anoners and Alex Jones fans to FEMA camp when the great Mueller/Deepstate putsch breaks in a few days. We can always hope.
re: #369 Decatur Deb
“Cool” would be learning to build HFH houses in modern adobe. They use rammed earth in India and other suitable climates.
They’re going to save some oooollld family homes. New adobe is being used in Santa Fe. Here it’s cinder blocks and stucco. Hopefully not for any repairs of the old stuff.
re: #378 Scottish Dragon
NC supplied two regiments for the Union Army. Where are their monuments?
Every state in the Union did but you’d never know that if you only talked to the Lost Causers.
re: #376 lawhawk
Yeah, I’m waiting too. I’m genuinely curious. It’s quarter to eight in the evening here.
re: #382 Dr Lizardo
And this is how it’s going at the WH right now: pic.twitter.com/3wxO2ygy8s
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 7, 2018
We will be doing a major Counter Report to the Mueller Report. This should never again be allowed to happen to a future President of the United States!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
Someone who’s really innocent would say something like, “I’m confident Mueller’s report will exonerate me, because I’ve done nothing wrong.”
Donnie, though, assumes he’s going to be accused of crimes before he even sees the report - because he knows he’s in big trouble. https://t.co/TENP8sH8b6— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 7, 2018
Tim Matheson. LOL!!
Oh, come on. She meant Pearl Harbor. Lots of people make that mistake:https://t.co/DFx230RuuQ (BLUTO in ANIMAL HOUSE) https://t.co/uppcNZlD2U
— Tim Matheson (@Tim_Matheson) December 7, 2018
re: #381 HappyWarrior
Every state in the Union did but you’d never know that if you only talked to the Lost Causers.
There was a Union 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment, and a Confederate one with the same designation. The Union one raided towns near here, ranging out of Pensacola.
re: #385 MsJ
Tim Matheson. LOL!!
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I want to see bros attacking him for this and not knowing Tim was in Animal House.
re: #385 MsJ
Tim Matheson. LOL!!
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I should be shocked that Trump is seriously considering a wholly unqualified FNC ConservaBarbie to represent the US at the UN.
But I’m not. If anything, I’d be shocked if he actually nominated someone genuinely qualified.
Why does Kid Rock look like Dr. Phil dressed up as Kid Rock pic.twitter.com/BGgyLyyOqu
— Jacob Shaw (@jakesaysyousuck) October 15, 2018
“Kid” Rock is looking a little long in the tooth. More like “Gramps” Rock. https://t.co/dWjXxVCeSV
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 7, 2018
re: #387 HappyWarrior
I want to see bros attacking him for this and not knowing Tim was in Animal House.
And also the voice of Johnny Quest.
re: #388 Dr Lizardo
I should be shocked that Trump is seriously considering a wholly unqualified FNC ConservaBarbie to represent the US at the UN.
But I’m not. If anything, I’d be shocked if he actually nominated someone genuinely qualified.
Most of his appointees have just been bad. Ironically, one of the least bad ones could be the lady who specializes in selling fake fighting as real.
re: #382 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I’m waiting too. I’m genuinely curious. It’s quarter to eight in the evening here.
How many times have we been told Mueller was going to do this, Mueller was going to do that, on such and such a day, and such and such a week, and those days and those weeks go by and nothing happens? I’ve completely lost whatever hope I might have once had. Mueller is a myth, or maybe an urban legend….
re: #389 Charles Johnson
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Is that John Carpenter? And yeah he looks like he’s aged badly here. But I wouldn’t put it past teh GOP to try a hey you kids with him as a candidate.
re: #392 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
How many times have we been told Mueller was going to do this, Mueller was going to do that, on such and such a day, and such and such a week, and those days and those weeks go by and nothing happens? I’ve completely lost whatever hope I might have once had. Mueller is a myth, or maybe an urban legend….
Some of this, today at least, is driven by court imposed deadlines. Or could all be redacted Anna we learn nothing…who knows, but this is why all the chatter is going on today.
re: #389 Charles Johnson
“Kid” Rock is looking a little long in the tooth. More like “Gramps” Rock.
More like Kid Charlemagne. Is there gas in the car?
re: #367 HappyWarrior
His father was born there. His father also should be remembered as the Romney who wasn’t a poiitcal coward like his son and granddaughter and grandsons.
George Romney refused to support Goldwater.
He also stood up and said he was lied to about Vietnam.
He had a backbone.
Something his kids don’t have.
re: #389 Charles Johnson
Conservatives whine and moan about people who express different gender identities and sexual orientations. Yet, “Kid Rock” is a white boy from upper middle class suburbs of Detroit who started off pretending he was a gangster rapper and is today believes is a southern country act. Talk about fluid identity.
re: #396 Joe Bacon 🌹
George Romney refused to support Goldwater.
He also stood up and said he was lied to about Vietnam.
He had a backbone.
Something his kids don’t have.
Don’t forget that he stood up against his church on Civil Rights. He also wasn’t a total dick on labor isseus. Mitt wishes he were his father but he’s Tagg, Josh, and all his kids. A coward that just runs wherever it may suit him.
re: #397 Dr. Matt
Conservatives whine and moan about people who express different gender identities and sexual orientations. Yet, “Kid Rock” is a white boy from upper middle class suburbs of Detroit who started off pretending he was a gangster rapper and is today believes is a southern country act. Talk about fluid identity.
Rod Dreher especially.
re: #399 Seafaring, coquito drinking Santa!
Damn, dude got old!
Being a Republican shill is a hard lifestyle. Being around Trump and Romney aged him considerably.
OPEC sends oil prices higher, defying Trump with big output cut https://t.co/zGaJxLLNXA
— Bloomberg (@business) December 7, 2018
re: #379 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
A friend sent this pic of a C-130 over Lubbock yesterday. It looks like an MC-130J special ops type from Cannon AFB at Clovis NM. It’s probably doing touch-and-goes at the under-utilized Preston Smith International Airport and Municipal Boondoggle. Otoh, it could be there to haul the local Q-Anoners and Alex Jones fans to FEMA camp when the great Mueller/Deepstate putsch breaks in a few days. We can always hope.
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re: #389 Charles Johnson
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It’s the Charmin bathroom tissue squeezing fetish guy with a wig and a hat.
Evangelicals are always yelling about how we need to put the Christ back in Christmas.
RT and like if you think we need to put the Christ back in Christian.— Travis Allen 🇺🇸 (@TravisAllen02) December 7, 2018
OK, I admit it. She’s turning me into a fan with tweets like this. This lady don’t take no shit.
Donald Trump Jr. trolls Ocasio-Cortez with meme implying socialists eat dogs https://t.co/DZJg4RYKxN
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 7, 2018
I have noticed that Junior here has a habit of posting nonsense about me whenever the Mueller investigation heats up.
Please, keep it coming Jr - it’s definitely a “very, very large brain” idea to troll a member of a body that will have subpoena power in a month.
Have fun! https://t.co/oQ6MsdJYCk— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 7, 2018
— driftglass (@Mr_Electrico) December 7, 2018
re: #406 Charles Johnson
OK, I admit it. She’s turning me into a fan with tweets like this. This lady don’t take no shit.
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So he makes a racist and stupid tweet. And yeah I’m a fan of hers. She doesn’t take shit and she’s a much better voice than Bernie ever was.
What a fucking slap on the wrist does…
NEW: George Papadopoulos has been released from prison — he’s expected to travel to DC this weekend with his wife to speak at the conservative American Priority conference
— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) December 7, 2018
Nothing. It does nothing.
This fucker should have gone to prison and for a lot longer than two fucking weeks.
re: #408 Barefoot Grin
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re: #410 MsJ
What a fucking slap on the wrist does…
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Nothing. It does nothing.
This fucker should have gone to prison and for a lot longer than two fucking weeks.
How many of these conservative circle jerk conferences do tehy have?!? There’s CPAC, Value Voters, and this one now too?
Siri, show me “A Modest Proposal”…
Britain should use the threat of food shortages in Ireland to secure a better Brexit deal from the EU, a former cabinet minister has said.
re: #412 HappyWarrior
How many of these conservative circle jerk conferences do tehy have?!? There’s CPAC, Value Voters, and this one now too?
It’s hard work grifting is.
re: #384 Charles Johnson
We will be doing a major Counter Report to the Mueller Report. This should never again be allowed to happen to a future President of the United States!
— Donald J. Trump
Counter Report. Dude, you’re nominating a former Fox News spokesmodel to the UN.
re: #406 Charles Johnson
OK, I admit it. She’s turning me into a fan with tweets like this. This lady don’t take no shit.
I’m starting to think she’s the Hillary Clinton of the future - a woman who is good at her job and sends wingnuts out of their mind by being smarter than they are.
re: #414 MsJ
It’s hard work grifting is.
It certainly is. Give Eminem credit, he’s still making music rather than cynically using his past fame to help a shitty party.
BREAKING: Rudy Giuliani says special counsel Robert Mueller has accused Paul Manafort of lying about President Trump https://t.co/qgykQyVBMv pic.twitter.com/HBI96pIsHU
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 7, 2018
When a proven liar makes a claim, that’s not “BREAKING” news. It’s just a proven liar making another claim. https://t.co/D5xIHe80aS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 7, 2018
re: #412 HappyWarrior
How many of these conservative circle jerk conferences do tehy have?!? There’s CPAC, Value Voters, and this one now too?
Haven’t heard of this one before.
re: #416 makeitstop
I’m starting to think she’s the Hillary Clinton of the future - a woman who is good at her job and sends wingnuts out of their mind by being smarter than they are.
They simply hate that she won’t give them what they want to hear about economics. I don’t consider myself a Dem socialist like Alexandria is but I resent the hell out of people who have studied economics much less than she has saying she’s some stupid dummy. She’s lived much more in the real world than any of those assholes.
re: #419 Sir John Barron
Haven’t heard of this one before.
They hate our capital city but man they’re always there. I guess good for the rent boys, they’ll make some good dough this weekend.
re: #384 Charles Johnson
We will be doing a major Counter Report to the Mueller Report. This should never again be allowed to happen to a future President of the United States!
trump et al dont quite get that mueller’s been serializing his ‘report’ through the court filings. we’re already in like chapter 4 while they’re waiting for the bound copy release
would be interesting if mueller’s issues a ‘report’ that just says simply: see the following list of indictments, sentencing memos, etc
- 2nd - if a future president breaks the law, this damn well better happen to him/her
#WINNING: @DineshDSouza destroys fake historian @KevinMKruse in this must-see video 👇🏻
📀 https://t.co/HYVwczXZJl pic.twitter.com/vrTZqCRZAr— Death of a Nation (@doanfilm) December 6, 2018
It is with the deepest regret that I must announce I have not only been “destroyed” but I have also been exposed as a “fake historian.”
Ugh, this is terrible. What will I do with all these unused business cards? https://t.co/Ndbl1pzI8C— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) December 7, 2018
Sorry, man, when you’re running a big scam like mine, all you can think about is how to keep the grift going as long as it can.
I had it all! The tweediest of jackets, that sweet J-STOR access. My desk *covered* in a pile of pure uncut student papers. https://t.co/iZxOGTKBq3— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) December 7, 2018
The Google Scholar fix just didn’t last like it used to and I had to get the uncut pure stuff from JSTOR and now I’m jonesing for obscure doctoral dissertations on the 30 Years War. There is a 12 step program in my future…
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) December 7, 2018
OMFG! Brain-eating amoeba linked to nasal rinse https://t.co/dxh1cgz3gC
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) December 7, 2018
Hurr hurr stupid Alexandria doesn’t know what capitalism is. Yeah? Because I’m pretty sure she did come age during the Great Recession and knows the stupidity that deregulation can cause far better than yourself who thinks just because you can quote Milton Friedman and Frederich Hayek, you’re somehow profound.
re: #418 Charles Johnson
“According to Giuliani, investigators told Manafort they don’t believe that the President did not know about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting” https://t.co/ZCemEtCBfo
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) December 7, 2018
hahahahaha
Which means Mueller has evidence that trump knew. And evidence that Manafort knew trump knew. https://t.co/zDrtZ2KVsq— Tina-Elevator Screamer🌊 (@trcfwtt) December 7, 2018
Trump’s dumb little acronym for “Make America Great Again” should always be pronounced like a pterodactyl’s scream: MAGAAAA!
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 7, 2018
You left out: “Its the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine!”
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) December 7, 2018
re: #413 Scottish Dragon
Siri, show me “A Modest Proposal”…
Britain should use the threat of food shortages in Ireland to secure a better Brexit deal from the EU, a former cabinet minister has said.
I don’t think a revival of the Corn Laws are going to work in the 21st Century (though I’m sure there’s a bunch of Brexiteers who’d love to try)…
re: #421 HappyWarrior
They hate our capital city but man they’re always there. I guess good for the rent boys, they’ll make some good dough this weekend.
And the hookers.
John Kelly is one of a long list of failed & incompetent Trump appointees that served in a dysfunctional White House. Kelly leaves with a cloud over his head because of the lie that he told on Congresswoman Frederica Wilson. He refused to apologize. Leaves WH in disgrace.
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) December 7, 2018
Who did this? pic.twitter.com/cqogq4ieUF
— ALT- Immigration 🛂 (@ALT_uscis) December 7, 2018
re: #389 Charles Johnson
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Dr. Phil was a college football player and literally one of the worst in history. He was a starting linebacker on the Tulsa team that lost to Houston 100-6 in 1968. Lubbockite and future CW singer Larry Gatlin also played in that game and scored Houston’s next to last touchdown.
Remembering the 1968 Tulsa-Houston game at the Astrodome, where TU lost 100-6
— Jim Voss (@vossect) December 7, 2018
Looks like Daily Caller is coming for Rick Wilson.
I know I’ve struck blood in the Trump universe when they start deploying their little minions to write pathetic hit pieces. pic.twitter.com/8X1JEeoiRe
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 7, 2018
He’s definitely gotten under someone’s skin.
re: #406 Charles Johnson
OK, I admit it. She’s turning me into a fan with tweets like this. This lady don’t take no shit.
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I agree: AOC definitely has a handle on the right uses of social media (and a refreshingly TNS attitude - for a Democrat).
But IMO she’s still just a bit too raw: she ought to able to troll Twitter jackwads like Donny Jr. without the implicit threats (‘cuz you just know he’s going to go off and whine about it)
re: #409 HappyWarrior
So he makes a racist and stupid tweet. And yeah I’m a fan of hers. She doesn’t take shit and she’s a much better voice than Bernie ever was.
“Time to walk the walk” said the other day when she announced $15/he for her workers.
It is absurd to suggest that Great Britain would attempt to threaten Ireland by disrupting their food supply. There is simply no historical precedent for such a callous act.
— Liam Fox (@LiamFoxOnTour) December 7, 2018
Incidentally - has Trump mentioned Pearl Harbor yet today, or is he too busy railing about the Witch Hunt?
re: #438 William Lewis
“Time to walk the walk” said the other day when she announced $15/he for her workers.
That almost made me want to go work for her TBH. But I think she’d prefer giving it to someone in her district anyhow.
Just another completely normal Trump supporter. pic.twitter.com/SeWyN45jNi
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 7, 2018
re: #442 Charles Johnson
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Okay if Trump is so opposed to this Deep State, why appoint a man who was AG nearly 30 years ago? He’s not anti-deep state. The deep state is just Trump speak for public officials who took their oath to protect the coutnry against enemies foreign and within seriously and that is Trump.
“Good show. I approve.” - seriously…fuck this guy. pic.twitter.com/hDtEAg4qJV
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 7, 2018
re: #442 Charles Johnson
Just at like he fought that umbrella trying to storm onto AF1.
Trump supporters are SO easy to troll. pic.twitter.com/kWhtwxExNj
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 7, 2018
re: #444 darthstar
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“Great ratings, maybe you all can come to my funeral and the ratings will be even higher. It will be great. You’ll talk nice about me like how people did Bush.”
re: #443 HappyWarrior
Okay if Trump is so opposed to this Deep State, why appoint a man who was AG nearly 30 years ago? He’s not anti-deep state. The deep state is just Trump speak for public officials who took their oath to protect the coutnry against enemies foreign and within seriously and that is Trump.
Freepers are debating this exact question. Some think if Trump does it, it must be right and good. Others disagree, citing Sessions as a poor choice.
Mongo, we’re sorry, but you were only pawn in game of Attorney General replacement. pic.twitter.com/7FMRWhgEP1
— The Left (@norbiznesss) December 7, 2018
Take that, Twitter! pic.twitter.com/IkPTSO7vag
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 7, 2018
re: #448 calochortus
Freepers are debating this exact question. Some think if Trump does it, it must be right and good. Others disagree, citing Sessions as a poor choice.
Ah the true believers versus the people who think Trump can just do whatever. Barr will backfire on him. He only got this job because he got Trump’s attention with that op-ed praising the Comey firing.
re: #450 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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So you’re posting on the platform of a pedo-satanic cabal? BTW you can’t complain about the fucking “elite” and then worship Donald Trump for being a successful businessman and support his cabinet full of other rich fuckers.
re: #452 HappyWarrior
So you’re posting on the platform of a pedo-satanic cabal? BTW you can’t complain about the fucking “elite” and then worship Donald Trump for being a successful businessman and support his cabinet full of other rich fuckers.
Logic is not a strong suit for these people.
re: #304 Sufficient unto the day…
So, I heard this wonderful singer for the first time when I heard her do covers of the songs of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim…
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I know where there’s a Vietnam vet’s hand that would slap this buffoon cross-eyed if given a legal chance.
re: #447 HappyWarrior
“Great ratings, maybe you all can come to my funeral and the ratings will be even higher. It will be great. You’ll talk nice about me like how people did Bush.”
“Big crowd…looks like it sold out every seat…not as fast as if I was in the box…”
Which is true I suppose. I’d pay a thousand bucks to attend that party.
re: #440 makeitstop
Incidentally - has Trump mentioned Pearl Harbor yet today, or is he too busy railing about the Witch Hunt?
He did… but Heather Nauert thinks that D-Day was the height of German-US relations. /yield the floor to Senator Blutarsky.
re: #458 lawhawk
He did… but Heather Nauert thinks that D-Day was the height of German-US relations. /yield the floor to Senator Blutarsky.
Can you imagine how she’ll react when ambassadors from other countries get her in front of them and start to explain the human toll of Trump’s policies? If she doesn’t tune them out completely, she should crumble in shame.
re: #452 HappyWarrior
So you’re posting on the platform of a pedo-satanic cabal? BTW you can’t complain about the fucking “elite” and then worship Donald Trump for being a successful businessman and support his cabinet full of other rich fuckers.
Maybe they are complaining about the elite who believe in laws and regulations; real Trumpsters could be Ayn Rand aficionados who worship pure capitalism where the wealthy make all the rules and everyone else must subordinate themselves to the oligarchy. After all the oligarchy is working diligently to replace the Constitution with something more favorable to their business interests and their progeny.
re: #459 darthstar
Can you imagine how she’ll react when ambassadors from other countries get her in front of them and start to explain the human toll of Trump’s policies? If she doesn’t tune them out completely, she should crumble in shame.
I would be surprised if she were capable of shame. I think if you are a Fox News talking head you are basically shameless.
re: #437 Jay C
I agree: AOC definitely has a handle on the right uses of social media (and a refreshingly TNS attitude - for a Democrat).
But IMO she’s still just a bit too raw: she ought to able to troll Twitter jackwads like Donny Jr. without the implicit threats (‘cuz you just know he’s going to go off and whine about it)
You mean like Chelsea responds? That’s not AOC’s style.
Here’s the president* being very presidential* again. He seems very worked up today.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 7, 2018