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Big day in drug crime yesterday in Nebraska.
Troopers find cocaine, heroin, marijuana in western Nebraska traffic stops (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
In the first, a Ford Mustang was traveling at 105 mph east on I-80 near Paxton (pop 520, right on the NE corner of Colorado). The state police started to give chase, the Mustang exited at Paxton and tried to re-enter I-80, went airborne, and landed and crashed in the eastbound lanes. The driver and passenger survived and escaped on foot, but were captured. Both men are from Illinois. They impounded a large quantity of heroin and cocaine.
In the second, a car was stopped on I-76 when speeding at mile marker 2 (that Interstate has no exits in Nebraska and dead-ends into I-80 eastbound at mile marker 3). The men in that car are from Chicago and Philadelphia, and also were carrying large quantities of cocaine and heroin.
One in the morning and one in the afternoon, within a couple miles of each other. I’m curious if they were part of a larger drug operation.
ERDMAN: Western Nebraska paying the price for Colorado’s marijuana legalization
My state senator (Steve Erdman, R-District 47) weighing in on the so-called evils of maryane being legal in Colorado. Lots of scary stuff here (with no support for his assertions):
What we already know about Colorado’s love for weed has not been good for that state. For instance, among teens age 12-17 marijuana use has risen by 39 percent, and traffic fatalities involving users have also dramatically climbed. From 2007-2012 traffic fatalities increased by 100 percent among those testing positive for the drug. Emergency room visits related to marijuana use also increased 57 percent from 2011 to 2013. Therefore, I reject the argument that marijuana usage, whether it be for medical reasons or for recreational reasons, bears no social consequences.
He’s trying to make the case that voters in the next election should reject the legalisation referendum which will be on our ballot.
He also makes the argument of “it’s on Schedule 1 of the DEA, I believe it, that settles it.” I’m glad Sen. Erdman is such a supporter of the law he feels Donald Trump should be investigated (LOL no).
I personally know Steve Erdman. He’s a nice enough guy, but like other conservatives, he treats conservative tenets like a religious holy text (never to be questioned).
re: #3 Anymouse 🌹
ERDMAN: Western Nebraska paying the price for Colorado’s marijuana legalization
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I personally know Steve Erdman. He’s a nice enough guy, but like other conservatives, he treats conservative tenets like a religious holy text (never to be questioned).
A personality trait that is diagnostic of self-declared “conservatives”. They are very much into an escapist view of life, one in which religious urges are thought of as the most important of human action.
The ability to question oneself intensely enough to make oneself uncomfortable is the opposite of what American conservatism is all about. American conservatism is about finding surety, even if the object of that surety is imaginary.
This also is why good artists tend to not be “conservative”, as the creation of art is directly tied to the angst one allows oneself to feel. Art is about communication through expression, and expression is the opposite of repression.
re: #4 freetoken
A personality trait that is diagnostic of self-declared “conservatives”. They are very much into an escapist view of life, one in which religious urges are thought of as the most important of human action.
The ability to question oneself intensely enough to make oneself uncomfortable is the opposite of what American conservatism is all about. American conservatism is about finding surety, even if the object of that surety is imaginary.
This also is why good artists tend to not be “conservative”, as the creation of art is directly tied to the angst one allows oneself to feel. Art is about communication through expression, and expression is the opposite of repression.
He’s also full of crap on those traffic fatality statistics about Colorado.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has a vested interest in keeping track of those numbers, because they use those to set car insurance rates across the industry.
The key metric on traffic fatalities is number per hundred thousand population.
Nebraska (where maryjane is illegal) has consistently been higher in fatalities than Colorado (where it is legal).
Looks like I will need to limber up the “liberal letter pen” for another letter to the editor of the Star-Herald. I’m not sure if they will print a letter from me calling my state senator either misinformed or a liar, even if I’m nice about it. It seems worth a try though.
re: #4 freetoken
This also is why good artists tend to not be “conservative”, as the creation of art is directly tied to the angst one allows oneself to feel. Art is about communication through expression, and expression is the opposite of repression.
Witness Ben Garrison and Jon Laughton, conservative “artists” without a lick of artistic expressiveness.
re: #6 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Witness Ben Garrison and Jon Laughton, conservative “artists” without a lick of artistic expressiveness.
Ben Garrison’s political cartoons look like the meme with the crazy-looking guy with the cards and yarn going everywhere.
re: #7 Anymouse 🌹
Ben Garrison’s political cartoons look like the meme with the crazy-looking guy with the cards and yarn going everywhere.
re: #7 Anymouse 🌹
Garrison’s labeling his various elements is very old-fashioned, like political cartoons from decades ago. It also presupposes the viewer is not smart enough to see the symbolism (which is his case is zero, anyway). Modern political cartoonists go for a more focused look, with no more than three elements in a panel, instead of Garrison’s one or two dozen. Laughton also overdoes it when it comes to elements or figures in a painting. It’s like he can’t decide which are the important ones, so he puts them all in. The result is confusing and very ugly composition.
On the surface this is such a minor detail but it perfectly illustrates the beltway press’ blindness to their own unconscious biases and double standard when it comes to language. On it’s face the word scurry may have a neutral definition but in modern practice it evokes the movements of vermin hiding from light and threat.
Just ran into @NancyPelosi, scurrying into her new speaker’s suite — and on the way to dinner in her honor.
Asked about her meeting with Trump. “Well,” she said wryly, “we exchanged some candid ideas.”— Sheryl Gay Stolberg (@SherylNYT) January 2, 2019
You’ve been on twitter since 2009 and this is the first time you used the word.
— 2019 we’re counting on you (@Soldier_Cynic) January 3, 2019
re: #5 Anymouse 🌹
Letter submitted.
State Senator Steve Erdman had a recent article in the Star-Herald decrying the death rate from automobile accidents where the driver tested positive for marijuana has steadily climbed. He cites this as proof that legalization is bad for Nebraska.
Politicfact already dealt with his argument: It was a flawed study from the conservative Heritage Foundation. Georgia conservatives are using the same talking point (fatalities are up 100%). That study cites the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, but NHTSA itself says they have no such data.
The important metric in highway deaths is the number per 100,000 people. Nebraska has consistently scored above Colorado in that, both before and after legalization in Colorado.
That information can be found from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. They have a vested interest in those figures, as the numbers are used to set car insurance rates.
re: #15 freetoken
There’s always Hawaii.
For all my complaints about the cold nights here, looking at the national map for this week, the high temps across the country look rather above normal, especially in the snow states.
re: #20 freetoken
For all my complaints about the cold nights here, looking at the national map for this week, the high temps across the country look rather above normal, especially in the snow states.
Well, looking at the national map right now I see a winter storm warning in southern Oklahoma and northern Texas. A winter storm watch stretches south to near the Mexican border.
Here is 16°F (-9° Commie). That’s about normal. That said, we had record-breaking snowfall and cooler-than-average temperatures in November, so checkmate libtards, no global warming.
re: #21 Anymouse 🌹
It will get warmer this week.
re: #21 Anymouse 🌹
That said, we had record-breaking snowfall and cooler-than-average temperatures in November, so checkmate libtards, no global warming.
Increased fall precipitation is one of the predictions for your part of the world, as surface temps increase.
re: #21 Anymouse 🌹
Well, looking at the national map right now I see a winter storm warning in southern Oklahoma and northern Texas. A winter storm watch stretches south to near the Mexican border.
Here is 16°F (-9° Commie). That’s about normal. That said, we had record-breaking snowfall and cooler-than-average temperatures in November, so checkmate libtards, no global warming.
It’s 35 here in sunny warm bay area.
Okay, my bathtub is weird. It is a nightlight.
Specifically, that 300W light bulb which keeps my kitchen pipes from freezing is directly under the drain. The drain pipe is PVC, which allows a limited amount of light to shine through it.
Thus, there is a light beam from my bathtub drain shining up to the ceiling.
On that note, I think I will go to bed. G’night, y’all.
It does certainly look like a snowman to me:
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NASA’s New Horizons Mission Reveals Entirely New Kind of World
Morning Lizards. For those who are interested it’s 9 degrees F here in Twinky Flats
re: #28 Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire
Ain’t sayin’ nuthin’ except we’ll pay for it in August, here in Baja Alabama.
Perfectly fine winter weather here in Chicago suburbs. 25 degrees now and scheduled to reach 41 later today. Maybe will wear my light coat!
He was drummed out, and for some rather spectacularly-shitty acts. I think that’s the one instance where ‘ex’ is supposed to be a legitimate modifier for that noun?
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) January 3, 2019
re: #29 Decatur Deb
Ain’t sayin’ nuthin’ except we’ll pay for it in August, here in Baja Alabama.
Yep same here. We’ll be in triple digits by the middle of July.
It has just turned 2019 and the TV newstalkers can’t shut up about Mitt Romney, I want to try another universe please.
Great Job by Santi with the RAM…. I need to say this though, as a guy, I think most of us know a Santi or 2……. And we hate them!! Especially at parties…
// (maybe)….
re: #5 Anymouse 🌹
Looks like I will need to limber up the “liberal letter pen” for another letter to the editor of the Star-Herald. I’m not sure if they will print a letter from me calling my state senator either misinformed or a liar, even if I’m nice about it. It seems worth a try though.
Do post it. Your liberal letter pen is always excellent.
re: #35 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Do post it. Your liberal letter pen is always excellent.
I see that did. Excellent.
re: #14 Anymouse 🌹
Letter submitted.
State Senator Steve Erdman had a recent article in the Star-Herald decrying the death rate from automobile accidents where the driver tested positive for marijuana has steadily climbed. He cites this as proof that legalization is bad for Nebraska.
Politicfact already dealt with his argument: It was a flawed study from the conservative Heritage Foundation. Georgia conservatives are using the same talking point (fatalities are up 100%). That study cites the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, but NHTSA itself says they have no such data.
The important metric in highway deaths is the number per 100,000 people. Nebraska has consistently scored above Colorado in that, both before and after legalization in Colorado.
That information can be found from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. They have a vested interest in those figures, as the numbers are used to set car insurance rates.
So, according to conservatives, gun deaths are nothing to worry about, or at least nothing for which anything can be done, but auto deaths where marijuana may be involved are.
Following Jane Curtin’s joke about her New Year’s resolution to “make sure the Republican Party dies,” #FoxAndFriends invited a purported humor expert to argue that it “wasn’t a joke” and that Curtin was genuinely hoping to kill GOP members https://t.co/2OrXn2rysT
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 3, 2019
Humor Expert https://t.co/QmYll2tWrf
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) January 3, 2019
I believe I remember reading about this sometime last month, but I guess this is the official release:
The Florida state commission—tasked with investigating last February’s Parkland shooting—urged a change in the law to allow teachers to carry guns https://t.co/5WRaKMDXn8
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 3, 2019
Yep. Per always, the only answer is more gun. Gun is literally the only safety and security in this country ever, and if you don’t like gun, you hate your fellow man and baby Jesus and want them to die, apparently.
In Gun and Gun Alone We Trust .
Aaaagh!!!
Acting AG Matt Whitaker had breakfast at the Willard Hotel this AM with former AG Ed Meese, who tells me Whitaker told him John Huber continues his investigation into various FBI-related concerns raised in the last year by GOP lawmakers, including claims of improper surveillance
— Eric Tucker (@etuckerAP) January 2, 2019
Whitaker briefed someone outside DOJ on an ongoing investigation? 🤔
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 3, 2019
re: #39 Patricia Kayden
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And FNC is probably also at the same time calling people who had a problem with CK’s set snowflakes. FFS wanting a political entity to die is pretty common. And they got a “humor expert.” Your network should die FNC.
This Was The chyron on Tucker Carlson’s Show Last Night
THIS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE pic.twitter.com/nU17EPZDaw— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) January 3, 2019
Typical @foxandfriends @FoxNews misogyny. Why @TuckerCarlson still has any advertisers is what should be shocking. https://t.co/RMtG83rmwM
— Michele: Out of the Closet and into the fire (@BubbleheadII) January 3, 2019
“If you don’t compromise, then why isn’t the shutdown partially your responsibility as well?” @savannahguthrie asks @NancyPelosi pic.twitter.com/QW67MVrxvh
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 3, 2019
The media is a vampire, and their lifeblood is demanding Dems be blamed for everything.
re: #44 Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire
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It’s oerfectjy believable because it’s Tucker and FNC. Racist fucks.
re: #45 Citizen K
The media is a vampire, and their lifeblood is demanding Dems be blamed for everything.
Media 2009-2016: Why won’t President Obama reach out to Republicans?
Media 2017-2019: Why won’t Dems compromise with DJT?
re: #45 Citizen K
The media is a vampire, and their lifeblood is demanding Dems be blamed for everything.
“OK, here’s our compromise: three dollars for The Wall, which Mexico is supposed to pay for.”
How does Elizabeth Warren avoid a Clinton redux — written off as too unlikable before her campaign gets off the ground? https://t.co/E6zfTkzNYy
— POLITICO (@politico) January 1, 2019
I’m still waiting for the weekly analysis on why Republicans have been able to win the popular vote for President only ONCE in the last 30 years. What does that say about the useless metrics used to make inferences about “likability”? https://t.co/7D3pfdXAtS
— Not Individual-1, Client-1 or Candidate-1 (@yottapoint) January 1, 2019
Warren offered up one of the harshest critiques of Obama’s administration & the Dem Party Establishment. She decried Wall Street’s “tight grip over the Democratic Party’s economic policymaking apparatus.” That kind of honesty is laudable — and takes guts. https://t.co/5YHc7OrpKl
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) December 31, 2018
IMO the desire by Rs to turn Warren into Hillary suggests the GOP has not yet figured out how to beat a Democrat who is not the 2016 iteration of Hillary. https://t.co/QfYcV6aIEX
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 31, 2018
The guy who puts the babies in the cages isn’t racist enough for Ann Coulter. https://t.co/34KzH0mOUQ
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 3, 2019
Duck landing on ice 😂 pic.twitter.com/Ik4pQ12j7f
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) January 2, 2019
LOL
Breaking: Live shot of Nancy Pelosi entering the Capitol Building. pic.twitter.com/6PsoRicmaB
— Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) January 3, 2019
His first day on the job, reform DA in St. Louis County, Wesley Bell, fires prosecutor who presented Mike Brown case to grand jury, says he will no longer prosecute marijuana, will not seek death penalty, will not seek bail in misdemeanor cases. https://t.co/srMzGZP8F2
— David Menschel (@davidminpdx) January 3, 2019
I have to find more things like this to remind myself that good things are actually happening state level even in dire places like Missouri.
Oh boy: House Judiciary is seeking “an attorney with several years of investigative or litigation experience,” according to a listing on a Capitol Hill jobs board. “Litigation experience” is partly in anticipation of the possibility of impeachment proceedings, per @axios.
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 3, 2019
re: #54 Citizen K
The prosecutor’s office there needs a total house cleaning given the way that they’ve prosecuted cases under McCulloch.
re: #45 Citizen K
The media is a vampire, and their lifeblood is demanding Dems be blamed for everything.
“A functioning government is not a barganing chip, it is our job. Trump doesn’t get to trade that for a wall. What he is doing is hostage taking. Compromise is when Democrats offered $25B for the wall in exchange for citizenship for DACA recepients, which Trump refused twice. We won’t bargain with the basic functions of government.”
re: #56 lawhawk
The prosecutor’s office there needs a total house cleaning given the way that they’ve prosecuted cases under McCulloch.
And a bunch of those prosecutors recently joined the police union. Unreal.
re: #56 lawhawk
The prosecutor’s office there needs a total house cleaning given the way that they’ve prosecuted cases under McCulloch.
Bell seems to be off to a running start on that from the looks. Good to see.
Somewhere in the White House Trump is shouting, “WHAT DO THEY MEAN I CAN’T FIRE PELOSI?” as Sarah Huckabee fetches the soothing rub.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 3, 2019
re: #54 Citizen K
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I have to find more things like this to remind myself that good things are actually happening state level even in dire places like Missouri.
This is why local elections matter.
Trading opened, what, two minutes ago?
The Dow is down 242 points.
re: #60 darthstar
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Well when people like Phil get their news from FNC and Trump, no wonder they think this. Btw Phil, we’re going to fire Donnie and your tears will be glorious.
This seems kinda pointless right now. Get a bunch of investigations done and publish those and do the impeachment then.
JUST IN: Dem lawmaker to introduce articles of impeachment against Trump on first day of new Congress https://t.co/xqUV0r9QJ5 pic.twitter.com/67tt822MWy
— The Hill (@thehill) January 3, 2019
re: #60 darthstar
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They don’t want a president, they want an unaccountable God-King.
re: #62 MsJ
Trading opened, what, two minutes ago?
The Dow is down 242 points.
At least Trump can blame Pelosi today. //
re: #45 Citizen K
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We have
We’ve separated the wall and border security issue from the rest of the shutdown
Tell the senate to pass the six bills send them to the wh and end the damn shutdown
re: #64 MsJ
This seems kinda pointless right now. Get a bunch of investigations done and publish those and do the impeachment then.
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Token impeachment. Let him have his fun. It’ll make a few people happy.
I’ve looked at this a dozen times and still can’t believe it’s real. pic.twitter.com/bQ0cgFqwoN
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) January 3, 2019
re: #62 MsJ
Trading opened, what, two minutes ago?
The Dow is down 242 points.
Seven minutes in and we’re down 355.
WINNING!
So my Assad loving state senator is leaving. Good riddance to a disgusting asshole. Post thinks it means the GOP nominate a moderate but I dunno.
good!
Who leaked info about Hillary Clinton’s emails to Rudy Giuliani? We’re suing the FBI to find out. https://t.co/UyRsXZGod0
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 2, 2019
Fucking trump.
Toronto added more tech jobs in 2017 than San Francisco Bay area, Seattle and Washington, DC, combined https://t.co/QCCI5mt2zc
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) January 2, 2019
As America squanders its main competitive advantage, Canada becomes the location of the new American dream. https://t.co/sJoBthKzUq
— Sarah Cone (@impcapital) January 3, 2019
re: #73 MsJ
Fucking trump.
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That’s what happens when you have a xenophobic asshole and what happens when you’ve got an inclusive guy too.
Head of Department of Hens and Hatcheries: Mr. Fox….
As of Thursday, DOD will be run by a former senior Boeing executive. EPA is run by a former coal lobbyist. HHS is run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. And Interior will be run by a former oil-industry lobbyist. Welcome to 2019.
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) January 3, 2019
re: #40 Citizen K
I believe I remember reading about this sometime last month, but I guess this is the official release:
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Yep. Per always, the only answer is more gun. Gun is literally the only safety and security in this country ever, and if you don’t like gun, you hate your fellow man and baby Jesus and want them to die, apparently.
In Gun and Gun Alone We Trust .
as long as private sales go unchecked, anyone can get a gun
any other paperwork, bg check, waiting period, database, list, whatever is totally meaningless
The Shutdown is only because of the 2020 Presidential Election. The Democrats know they can’t win based on all of the achievements of “Trump,” so they are going all out on the desperately needed Wall and Border Security - and Presidential Harassment. For them, strictly politics!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2019
BREAKING: Area man doesn’t understand jack shit. https://t.co/nOhXwbrC1a
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 3, 2019
i’ve watched this for days and it only just occurred to me
trump is ‘negotiating with’ / ‘meeting with’ pelosi and schumer
not mcconnell
i just kept passing over it as nothing. this morning i said, whoa
what does this say and what does it look like?
sure, we all know
and it’s still really stupid
aside from conflating the shutdown with the wall, that pelosi will in short order separate,
trump should be meeting with the *leaders* of both houses
trump has publicly tipped his hand about who he thinks is in control - it’s schumer, not mcconnell
re: #79 dangerman
It’s also this: He’s not negotiating, he’s grandstanding. He’s trying to shift the blame. “Why can’t Schumer get this through the Senate? He’s a bad negotiator.”
re: #78 darthstar
Presidential Harassment - could mean three things. The president is harassing people. People are harassing the president. People are harassing other people presidentially. I’m going with number one.
re: #78 darthstar
The Shutdown is only because of the 2020 Presidential Election. The Democrats know they can’t win based on all of the achievements of “Trump,” so they are going all out on the desperately needed Wall and Border Security - and Presidential Harassment. For them, strictly politics!
Sean McCabe
@darthstar99
BREAKING:AreaFlorida man doesn’t understand jack shit.
(mar-a-grifto) / west palm beach
This is just so cool.
It’s a new day in America.#116thCongress #Ilhan pic.twitter.com/n6BufJesTD
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 3, 2019
This is the America I want, not the Wall-building xenophobic dystopia of the Trumpistas.
re: #82 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Presidential Harassment - could mean three things. The president is harassing people. People are harassing the president. People are harassing other people presidentially. I’m going with number one.
He’s just getting warmed up. Just tweeted about billions coming in from tariffs. It’s as if his little library of tweeting points got put in random order while he was sleeping and he can’t get them back in order.
That’s some crazy shit from the always crazy man in DC.
Unhinged and dumb as a stone. Just what we need in a president.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 3, 2019
re: #40 Citizen K
I believe I remember reading about this sometime last month, but I guess this is the official release:
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Yep. Per always, the only answer is more gun. Gun is literally the only safety and security in this country ever, and if you don’t like gun, you hate your fellow man and baby Jesus and want them to die, apparently.
In Gun and Gun Alone We Trust .
Yeah give teachers guns…watch what happens when a couple football players on roads jump a teacher, take the gun and then go on a shooting spree because they flunked a test…
re: #81 Belafon
It’s also this: He’s not negotiating, he’s grandstanding. He’s trying to shift the blame. “Why can’t Schumer get this through the Senate? He’s a bad negotiator.”
no doubt
and the polls say that aint sticking
re: #84 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
This is just so cool.
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This is the America I want, not the Wall-building xenophobic dystopia of the Trumpistas.
Indeed. If Trump has his way, she wouldn’t be here.
Crap…better walk the dogs…got the long commute today. See you all in a couple of hours. Enjoy the ride…it’s going to be a news day.
So excited to see the swearing in of 35 new women. First woman I saw in the Capitol today.: pic.twitter.com/M9VldgMqle
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) January 3, 2019
I like to call this photo: Donald J Trump’s worst nightmare. pic.twitter.com/1QT8BxvG39
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 3, 2019
Natasha set Sherriff Flair straight on Manafort.
Don’t remember ANY Lying Lib News outlet writing sob stories about Paul Manafort being held in solitary confinement 24-7 as a form of torture to squeeze him into making something up about @realDonaldTrump. Where was the concern for HIS mental well-being? https://t.co/WrQfjMwPhj
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) January 3, 2019
Manafort had a personal laptop, a cell phone, a separate workroom, his own bathroom & shower facility, wasn’t required to wear a prison uniform, and told someone in a monitored call that he was being treated like a “VIP,” according to Mueller. https://t.co/SehYZoLkuO https://t.co/v7iKWYxqOG
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 3, 2019
The Shutdown is only because of the 2020 Presidential Election. The Democrats know they can’t win based on all of the achievements of “Trump,” so they are going all out on the desperately needed Wall and Border Security - and Presidential Harassment. For them, strictly politics!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2019
You’re not getting your fucking wall and what you are calling harassment is what normal people call holding you accountable for your actions . Also known as oversight. Something the House will now be doing much to the Senates embarrassment and your dismay. https://t.co/wVKFlgoRFL
— Michele: Out of the Closet and into the fire (@BubbleheadII) January 3, 2019
Standoff between a Black Swan and Shoebill Stork. pic.twitter.com/NMtboQpY64
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) January 2, 2019
re: #93 makeitstop
Natasha set Sherriff Flair straight on Manafort.
It’ll be the cherry on the cake when Mueller reveals what he has on Ex-Sheriff Shithead!
Swearing - A Scotsman speaks pic.twitter.com/BVi5PggwrN
— Jim (@BarcaJim) January 3, 2019
re: #47 Sir John Barron
Media 2009-2016: Why won’t President Obama reach out to Republicans?
Media 2017-2019: Why won’t Dems compromise with DJT?
NBC Today…5 minutes to put up a lame question as to why the shutdown isn’t also the Democrats responsibility.
But they can spend a half hour talking about what their “talent” did over the holidays.
I used to like the first half hour or The Today Show because that was their news segment.
Reading 10 posts here first thing in the morning and I know more and in better depth.
Dow now -513.
^VIX jumping past 24 and rising.
Oh, it’s gonna be another Bette Davis day on Wall Street!
re: #99 ObserverArt
NBC Today…5 minutes to put up a lame question as to why the shutdown isn’t also the Democrats responsibility.
But they can spend a half hour talking about what their “talent” did over the holidays.
I used to like the first half hour or The Today Show because that was their news segment.
Reading 10 posts here first thing in the morning and I know more and in better depth.
Matt Liar may be gone but the Republican talking points continue unabated…
Dow down 575. Weeeeee.
And off to a meeting I go. BBIAB.
re: #70 MsJ
Seven minutes in and we’re down 355.
WINNING!
I’m thinking the markets are going to be freaking today because of the new Democrat House of Reps taking their seats for the new 116th Congress.
Uncertainty and the fact that shit is about to hit the fan politically. Buckle up!
Trump is so scared…he’s munching on a half dozen Big Macs and fries right now while he’s watching FAUX and FIENDS!
re: #79 dangerman
i’ve watched this for days and it only just occurred to me
trump is ‘negotiating with’ / ‘meeting with’ pelosi and schumer
not mcconnell
i just kept passing over it as nothing. this morning i said, whoa
what does this say and what does it look like?
sure, we all knowand it’s still really stupid
aside from conflating the shutdown with the wall, that pelosi will in short order separate,
trump should be meeting with the *leaders* of both houses
trump has publicly tipped his hand about who he thinks is in control - it’s schumer, not mcconnell
I would suggest you should have made that Pelosi and Schumer as far as who Trump thinks is in control.
And since your post is about who is not in the negotiations, you forgot Kevin McCarthy.
Both Republican Congressional leaders.
Then again…Trump may know there is no reason to have McConnell and McCarthy involved.
They already have been beaten down and put in their places by Trump and Russia!
re: #108 ObserverArt
I would suggest you should have made that Pelosi and Schumer as far as who Trump thinks is in control.
And since your post is about who is not in the negotiations, you forgot Kevin McCarthy.
Both Republican Congressional leaders.
Then again…Trump may know there is no reason to have McConnell and McCarthy involved.
They already have been beaten down and put in their places by Trump and Russia!
yes i was not clear. that’s what i meant
in charge: pelosi and schumer
should be negotiating with: pelosi and mcconnell
you want to bring in the two minority leaders as well, that’s fine, probably a good idea
i was talking mostly about the optics
for such a brilliant ‘negotiator’ he shoots himself in the foot constantly
he’s really bad at the thing he thinks he’s great at
re: #93 makeitstop
Natasha set Sherriff Flair straight on Manafort.
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Oh go fuck yourself Clarke.
The Whelan case heats up…
Breaking from Russian news agency Interfax: Russia has indicted American Paul Whelan for spying, which Whelan denies https://t.co/Bos1A3Wa0V
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 3, 2019
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re: #112 makeitstop
They must want Butina back really bad.
So much for border security.
“Twelve days into the standoff over Trump’s $5 billion border-wall demand, major components of the U.S. immigration system are offline” https://t.co/io8LsbmqRp
— Teddy Amenabar (@TeddyAmen) January 3, 2019
re: #115 Dr Lizardo
They must want Butina back really bad.
That dude’s a hard core Red Hat. ‘God Save President Trump’ on his Twitter feed.
What are the chances that the ‘indictment’ and subsequent ‘swap’ (if it comes to that) are basically using this guy, with his permission, as a chip to get Butina back on Russian soil?
The whole thing smells funny. Staged, even.
re: #117 makeitstop
That dude’s a hard core Red Hat. ‘God Save President Trump’ on his Twitter feed.
What are the chances that the ‘indictment’ and subsequent ‘swap’ (if it comes to that) are basically using this guy, with his permission, as a chip to get Butina back on Russian soil?
The whole thing smells funny.
I’d say the chances are good.
If he says anything at all about Butina in the next few days it is on. You can always count on Trump giving off a very noticeable tell.
re: #117 makeitstop
That dude’s a hard core Red Hat. ‘God Save President Trump’ on his Twitter feed.
What are the chances that the ‘indictment’ and subsequent ‘swap’ (if it comes to that) are basically using this guy, with his permission, as a chip to get Butina back on Russian soil?
The whole thing smells funny.
I really wouldn’t be surprised.
Graham: “If [Trump] gives in now, that’s the end of 2019 in terms of him being an effective President. That’s probably the end of his presidency.” pic.twitter.com/g8yTkueG7Z
— Matt Shuham (@mattshuham) January 3, 2019
Your proposal is satisfactory, Senator.
I bet she can sell more #Soybeans than you……. @SenWarren @ewarren #TrumpShutdown #RepairAmerica #Glitch
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) January 3, 2019
Indeed.
Every single woman running for president in 2020 should announce by saying: “My name is [@KamalaHarris/@SenWarren/@amyklobuchar], and I’m not here to be likable. I’m here to fix this sh*t.”
— Andrea Chalupa (@AndreaChalupa) January 3, 2019
re: #117 makeitstop
That dude’s a hard core Red Hat. ‘God Save President Trump’ on his Twitter feed.
What are the chances that the ‘indictment’ and subsequent ‘swap’ (if it comes to that) are basically using this guy, with his permission, as a chip to get Butina back on Russian soil?
The whole thing smells funny. Staged, even.
Agreed. The FBI can throw a giant size spanner into the works by persuading Butina to refuse the exchange. There are several ways to do this. One, obviously, is to sweeten her deal. The other would be to convince her of the consequences to her if the Russians can be made to believe that she has already revealed too much.
re: #122 makeitstop
Graham: “If [Trump] gives in now, that’s the end of 2019 in terms of him being an effective President. That’s probably the end of his presidency.”
Your proposal is satisfactory, Senator.
shorter graham: fuck the workers and fuck the nation. This is about trump!
re: #127 dangerman
shorter graham: fuck the workers and fuck the nation. This is about trump!
Yeah but it’s the Dems being about politics, DJT just said so.
///
re: #122 makeitstop
Your proposal is satisfactory, Senator.
Don’t worry, Graham, he’s already a lame duck president, he just doesn’t know it yet.
The church is in no position to dictate what happens.
They church knowingly engaged in a multidecade cover-up of abuse, shifting abusers from parish to parish, and continued to hinder investigations and victims from getting justice.
The church should lose it’s tax exemption.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 3, 2019
re: #130 lawhawk
The Catholic Church is effectively a protective racket for child molesters. How they’ve gotten away with this outrageous conduct for so long is beyond me. They should have been bankrupted based on all the settlements for sexual abuse cases long ago.
Trump, the fucknut who thinks that being a misogynist and bigot will endear him to a fraction of the population, thinks that it’s funny that he’s being a bigot with respect to Warren?
Yeah, removing all doubt that Trump’s a misogynistic bigot. Not that the media or the pundits give a shit. They’re too busy looking to magic balance fairy the hell out of things - or that somehow Warren is to blame.
I agree with the above sentiment - that every Democrat running (not just the women) should be saying that they’re here to repair the damage done by the GOP and Trump specifically. They’re here to call out the deplorables and bigots. They’re here to remind everyone that Equal Protection under the law means that depriving women and minorities of their rights isn’t tolerated - and that the GOP has sought to gut the protections for women and minorities. Explicitly call for reenactment of the VRA, VAWA, and move to roll back all the environmental damage done by Trump and his deplorable band of buffoons, bigots, and bros.
re: #125 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Agreed. The FBI can throw a giant size spanner into the works by persuading Butina to refuse the exchange. There are several ways to do this. One, obviously, is to sweeten her deal. The other would be to convince her of the consequences to her if the Russians can be made to believe that she has already revealed too much.
Why does the FBI have to agree to the exchange anyway, with or without Butina’s cooperation?
re: #133 Sir John Barron
Why does the FBI have to agree to the exchange anyway, with or without Butina’s cooperation?
Because it will be ultimately up to Trump unless she refuses.
I don’t think it’s up to them.
Edited: Read your question wrong.
re: #134 Belafon
Because it will be ultimately up to Trump unless she refuses.I don’t think it’s up to them.
Edited: Read your question wrong.
Yeah I was wondering about that, too.
Can DJT just order an exchange? Nothing weird or corrupt about that, no sirree.
re: #122 makeitstop
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Your proposal is satisfactory, Senator.
Putin is really yanking L’il Lindsay’s chain
re: #130 lawhawk
They church knowingly engaged in a multidecade cover-up of abuse, shifting abusers from parish to parish, and continued to hinder investigations and victims from getting justice.
And Cardinal Ratzinger was rewarded with the tiara for orchestrating that, never forget….
re: #132 lawhawk
Trump, the fucknut who thinks that being a misogynist and bigot will endear him to a fraction of the population, thinks that it’s funny that he’s being a bigot with respect to Warren?
Yeah, removing all doubt that Trump’s a misogynistic bigot. Not that the media or the pundits give a shit. They’re too busy looking to magic balance fairy the hell out of things - or that somehow Warren is to blame.
I agree with the above sentiment - that every Democrat running (not just the women) should be saying that they’re here to repair the damage done by the GOP and Trump specifically. They’re here to call out the deplorables and bigots. They’re here to remind everyone that Equal Protection under the law means that depriving women and minorities of their rights isn’t tolerated - and that the GOP has sought to gut the protections for women and minorities. Explicitly call for reenactment of the VRA, VAWA, and move to roll back all the environmental damage done by Trump and his deplorable band of buffoons, bigots, and bros.
- liberty and justice for all
- When it’s better for everyone, it’s better for everyone - Eleanor Roosevelt
re: #136 Sir John Barron
Yeah I was wondering about that, too.
Can DJT just order an exchange? Nothing weird or corrupt about that, no sirree.
i’d hope mueller’s got most of what he needs out of her already
re: #136 Sir John Barron
Yeah I was wondering about that, too.
Can DJT just order an exchange? Nothing weird or corrupt about that, no sirree.
He already fired Comey, and people seem to have decided that trying to stop an investigation to get away with criminal conduct isn’t that big a deal. It wasn’t even a campaign issue.
This presser is essentially Grandpa screaming at Fox after reading something on a Facebook group called Real True Eagle Patriotic Patriots for Patriotism Right Hook Totally Not Russia Bot Chum Newz 9000 Blog For 4G Memewar Dot Ru.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 2, 2019
re: #137 Joe Bacon 🌹
Putin is really yanking L’il Lindsay’s chain
The one thing I’m noticing is that Trump’s minions are getting more and more dramatic (‘end of his presidency!!!’ ‘Crisis at the border!!!’), and it doesn’t seem to stick like it used to.
I think people are starting to wise up to the bogus drama, which is a good thing.
re: #117 makeitstop
That dude’s a hard core Red Hat. ‘God Save President Trump’ on his Twitter feed.
What are the chances that the ‘indictment’ and subsequent ‘swap’ (if it comes to that) are basically using this guy, with his permission, as a chip to get Butina back on Russian soil?
The whole thing smells funny. Staged, even.
Kind of a weird comment from Whelan’s lawyer about Maria Butina, when asked whether he would welcome a prisoner exchange. “I myself hope that we can rescue and bring home one Russian soul.” https://t.co/NYoKQY0EpC
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 3, 2019
Fox & Friends: Parents are Worried About Immigrants Killing Children in Their Sleep https://t.co/4ppk7oJRyM
re: #144 MsJ
They must have the same lawyer
re: #144 MsJ
“I myself hope that we can rescue and bring home one Russian soul.”
Well, there you fucking go. Kayfabe.
Let ‘em keep Whelan for all I care.
re: #147 makeitstop
Well, there you fucking go. Kayfabe.
Let ‘em keep Whelan for all I care.
That is my take, too.
Creepy ex-marine who was drummed out for shady shit…a bunch of shady shit.
Repeatedly goes to Russia for years.
In a security position.
I am thinking the fucker is a Russian asset.
re: #145 Patricia Kayden
Fox & Friends: Parents are Worried About Immigrants Killing Children in Their Sleep
i read these kinds of headlines and i cant help but….
- so they dont worry about immigrants killing children who are awake?
- they dont worry about children (awake or asleep) being killed by the 300+million “not-immigrants”?
boneheads
re: #146 Sir John Barron
They must have the same lawyer
Looks like Whelan’s representation is Russian.
Nope. Nothing weird going on here at all…
re: #147 makeitstop
Well, there you fucking go. Kayfabe.
Let ‘em keep Whelan for all I care.
Yeah we don’t want ‘em or need ‘em.
re: #150 dangerman
re: #145 Patricia Kayden
Fox & Friends: Parents are Worried About Immigrants Killing Children in Their Sleep
i read these kinds of headlines and i cant help but….
- so they dont worry about immigrants killing children who are awake?
- they dont worry about children (awake or asleep) being killed by the 300+million “not-immigrants”?boneheads
Bad editing: what it sounds like is the parents’ fear is that immigrants will kill children in THEIR (the immigrants’) sleep: i.e. we should be worried about an “invasion” of somnambulistic murderers.
Paging Doctor Caligari…..
“boneheads” is putting it (much too) mildly.
re: #149 MsJ
That is my take, too.
Creepy ex-marine who was drummed out for shady shit…a bunch of shady shit.
Repeatedly goes to Russia for years.
In a security position.
I am thinking the fucker is a Russian asset.
Or Whelan nominated himself for Super Duper CIA Spy of the Year and the Russians believed him.
Good god. We’re so fucked.
With the Dow down 500+ points…A major warning about corporate earnings from @WhiteHouseCEA who just told me “a heck of a lot of U.S. companies that have sales in China are going to be watching their earnings being downgraded…until we get a deal with China.” WATCH: pic.twitter.com/JiClOpaHso
— Poppy Harlow (@PoppyHarlowCNN) January 3, 2019
Trump economic adviser says “a heck of a lot” of U.S. companies are going to see reductions in their earnings because of Trump’s hard line on China — but he suggests that’s a good thing, since “that puts a lot of pressure on China to make a deal.” https://t.co/1FJNJ4f7Sj
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 3, 2019
re: #136 Sir John Barron
Yeah I was wondering about that, too.
Can DJT just order an exchange? Nothing weird or corrupt about that, no sirree.
Weird and corrupt hasn’t bothered him, or his weird and corrupt base, yet. He can in fact order the exchange since the FBI is under his authority. In a pinch he and that MAGAts can sell a refusal as the Deep State callously letting an innocent American rot in the Gulag just to advance their witch hunt. If she refuses, though, it becomes a violation of her due process rights, as well as her right to asylum, and the courts would step in.
re: #124 makeitstop
Indeed.
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Every single woman running for president in 2020 should announce by saying: “My name is [@KamalaHarris/@SenWarren/@amyklobuchar], and I’m not here to be likable. I’m here to fix this sh*t.”11.9K
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Elizabeth Warren was on last with Rachel night and she made a good point.
She acknowledged there will be many Democrat candidates running this 2020 election. Which I am fearful off myself. I think she knows a way to maybe cut back on all the different candidates and all those different ideas they would bring being pitted against each other.
She suggested they all need to get together and pound out a common theme and common platform points they can all agree too to show a strong party unity.
In a way it may show that they all have the same goal on very important issues like climate, voting rights, election reforms and outside money, economy/wages and health care and insurance.
It may help cut back on the outside attacks and on all the questions by our meddlesome media. And it may cut down on Bernie Bros-like far left criticisms.
— Charming Persistence (@Charmingly2020) January 3, 2019
Trump’s take is one that directly harms Israel. I’m sure Israelis know the score, and know how Bibi threw his lot in with Trump.
That shouldn’t be forgotten by voters when they go to the polls in April.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 3, 2019
Dan Crenshaw: I Know Walls Work Because Even Navy SEALs Have to Work Around Them https://t.co/lz41vAdaki pic.twitter.com/KXgeIzjvyx
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 2, 2019
My entire branch laughs at this. https://t.co/rK4r01ktCC
— PuckThePilot (@puckthepilot) January 2, 2019
re: #155 MsJ
“I’m gonna hit myself in the balls with your baseball bat and make you watch, maybe this will show you and force you to take me seriously!” - Trump admin’s economic foreign policy.
— Gun Control Now, K? (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 3, 2019
re: #155 MsJ
Good god. We’re so fucked.
Trump economic adviser says “a heck of a lot” of U.S. companies are going to see reductions in their earnings because of Trump’s hard line on China — but he suggests that’s a good thing, since “that puts a lot of pressure on China to make a deal.”
yeah - sheriff bart holding the gun to his own head and demanding the town give him the job
So I have spent the past 15 weeks prepping for a powerlifting meet, slept good, ate good, trained hard. I managed to not get hurt. Today…I broke my damn thumb when it got pinned between the bar and the squat rack.
re: #164 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Damn. Upding only for Mr. Murphy and his fool law.
re: #165 Ferdinand
yup. I jinxed it when I joked the other day saying I made it through without getting hurt.
re: #150 dangerman
i read these kinds of headlines and i cant help but….
- so they dont worry about immigrants killing children who are awake?
- they dont worry about children (awake or asleep) being killed by the 300+million “not-immigrants”?boneheads
But don’t you know, immigrants are a monolithic savage mass of singleminded pyscho criminals! Let one in and all of them will have their programming triggered to kill Real American(tm) and bathe in their blood as a ritual to their Immigrant God!
…Imma stop there because I’m worried I’m not actually making it outlandish enough compared to what these folks actually believe.
re: #158 ObserverArt
Elizabeth Warren was on last with Rachel night and she made a good point.
She acknowledged there will be many Democrat candidates running this 2020 election. Which I am fearful off myself. I think she knows a way to maybe cut back on all the different candidates and all those different ideas they would bring being pitted against each other.
She suggested they all need to get together and pound out a common theme and common platform points they can all agree too to show a strong party unity.
In a way it may show that they all have the same goal on very important issues like climate, voting rights, election reforms and outside money, economy/wages and health care and insurance.
It may help cut back on the outside attacks and on all the questions by our meddlesome media. And it may cut down on Bernie Bros-like far left criticisms.
i think that most of them could meet and have productive even ‘compromising’ / agreeing conversations
sorry i see bernie walking in saying “here’s what we need, the rest is nonsense” and drowning the rest of them out. look i should know i’ve already done this. and i shoulda won. so if you all just get behind me…..
re: #168 dangerman
i think that most of them could meet and have productive even ‘compromising’ / agreeing conversations
sorry i see bernie walking in saying “here’s what we need, the rest is nonsense” and drowning the rest of them out. look i should know i’ve already done this. and i shoulda won. so if you all just get behind me…..
Group: We need univeral health care.
Bernie: Yeah, I agree, but -
Group: We need to provide a living minimum wage for everyone.
Bernie: I agree with that, too, but -
Group: We need to make sure minorities get the treated like everyone else.
Bernie: Now, now, we have to deal with the economy.
re: #161 MsJ
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I assume they just turn around and go home once they encounter a wall, right?
re: #168 dangerman
i think that most of them could meet and have productive even ‘compromising’ / agreeing conversations
sorry i see bernie walking in saying “here’s what we need, the rest is nonsense” and drowning the rest of them out. look i should know i’ve already done this. and i shoulda won. so if you all just get behind me…..
Yep. It pissed me off a couple months ago when I went to the Moose club to put my name in for the board president election. They told me I couldn’t put my name in for the position. I told them I was just as qualified as the other candidates. Yet they kept throwing in my face the fact that I wasn’t even a dues paying member of the club. Fucking establishment cronies!
The GOP/Trump shutdown cuts economic output by 0.1% every two weeks. Or
White House says *its* shutdown will cut U.S. economic output by about 0.1% every two weeks
There, fixed the headline for you.
Trump said he takes credit for the shutdown, so put it where it belongs.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 3, 2019
re: #164 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
So I have spent the past 15 weeks prepping for a powerlifting meet, slept good, ate good, trained hard. I managed to not get hurt. Today…I broke my damn thumb when it got pinned between the bar and the squat rack.
Dude. That sucks! I hope you’re ok.
re: #170 Mike Lamb
I assume they just turn around and go home once they encounter a wall, right?
The stupid burns like napalm.
Historic wins? What nonsense are you talking about. The GOP got a historic drubbing in the House, and barely managed to eke out a win in the Senate where the seats were stacked in your favor.
Your party got pasted at the state/local level too.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 3, 2019
re: #164 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
So I have spent the past 15 weeks prepping for a powerlifting meet, slept good, ate good, trained hard. I managed to not get hurt. Today…I broke my damn thumb when it got pinned between the bar and the squat rack.
i feel your pain (and i know it’s not the same thing)
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re: #173 MsJ
thanks. I’ll be alright, just pushes out competing for a while
re: #170 Mike Lamb
I assume they just turn around and go home once they encounter a wall, right?
bangalore torpedo
re: #171 Eventual Carrion
Yep. It pissed me off a couple months ago when I went to the Moose club to put my name in for the board president election. They told me I couldn’t put my name in for the position. I told them I was just as qualified as the other candidates. Yet they kept throwing in my face the fact that I wasn’t even a dues paying member of the club. Fucking establishment cronies!
kid doing homework: ma, do you know how lions make love?
ma: no, son. we’re rotarians.
re: #161 MsJ
The dumbassery is strong with that one…
SEALs… they encounter walls and go home?
Walls worked out great for OBL, didn’t they.
SEALs don’t train for climbing walls and other obstacles?
Oh wait, he says that they’ve got workaround for that. It’s known as ropes, ladders, and teamwork. These are skills everyone around the world knows.
This seems like a big deal.
Trump Organization allegedly shielded its undocumented workers from Secret Service scrutiny so they wouldn’t get busted. @mirjordan: https://t.co/Awl901nAUG
— Matt Katz (@mattkatz00) January 3, 2019
re: #172 lawhawk
The GOP/Trump shutdown cuts economic output by 0.1% every two weeks. Or
White House says *its* shutdown will cut U.S. economic output by about 0.1% every two weeksThere, fixed the headline for you.
on top of the direct damage to the furloughed workers, etc, the WH is willing to tank the economy by .1% a week because he hasnt got his wall
re: #181 MsJ
As an aside, is that pic one of Trump’s 4xl shirts shown there?
re: #180 lawhawk
The dumbassery is strong with that one…
SEALs… they encounter walls and go home?
Walls worked out great for OBL, didn’t they.
SEALs don’t train for climbing walls and other obstacles?
Oh wait, he says that they’ve got workaround for that. It’s known as ropes, ladders, and teamwork. These are skills everyone around the world knows.
Simplistic fixes is all they can consider.
re: #175 lawhawk
Historic wins? What nonsense are you talking about. The GOP got a historic drubbing in the House, and barely managed to eke out a win in the Senate where the seats were stacked in your favor.
one of his “Acting” bozos said yesterday he did about average for a president in the midterms
nope. not even that.
he got pasted
re: #184 b_sharp
Simplistic fixes is all they can consider.
The conservative mind in seven simple words.
re: #177 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
thanks. I’ll be alright, just pushes out competing for a while
That was the worst part of getting my finger broken a couple of years ago - sitting in a room full of guitars and not being able to play them.
Hope you heal quick! Nothing is worse than being unable to do the thing you love.
re: #178 dangerman
That’s if you want to go through/under one.
You can just climb it… or vault over it… or scale it with ladders or ropes… the possibilities are endless.
Even the Urak Hai knew you could blow up walls - walls that have never been breached at Helm’s Deep. And they broke into Minas Tirinth too. And Osgiliath.
re: #185 dangerman
one of his “Acting” bozos said yesterday he did about average for a president in the midterms
nope. not even that.
he got pasted
2020 is going to kill Republicans. They could avoid it but seem intent on going down with trump.
I’ve never seen such lack is self preservation.
re: #177 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
thanks. I’ll be alright, just pushes out competing for a while
If a digit offends you, cut it off.
Leather strap it.
You got to love @SenatorSinema at her swearing in just now in the Senate chambers. pic.twitter.com/BA7eeS2Rac
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) January 3, 2019
re: #175 lawhawk
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the wins WERE historic…just not for the GOP
China has paid zero in tariffs.
Only American consumers pay American tariffs. Tariffs are simply a sales tax. https://t.co/acGmLGLhEI— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) January 3, 2019
re: #189 MsJ
2020 is going to kill Republicans. They could avoid it but seem intent on going down with trump.
I’ve never seen such lack is self preservation.
Mind you, I’m totally fine with this.
Please proceed Republicans.
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
Who is she?
She’s fabulously dressed. I’ll give her that. Quite the flair on that gal.
“Madam Clerk, it is my high honor today to have the great privilege to nominate the gentleman from California, Mr. McCarthy to lead us in that work as Speaker of the united States House of Representatives,” @RepLizCheney says https://t.co/J1V4WNXj2G pic.twitter.com/KTnfEyzwUE
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 3, 2019
The first lawmaker to go off script is Rep Justin Amash R-MI, who votes for fellow Rep Thomas Massie R-KY as Speaker, instead of Rep Kevin McCarthy R-CA
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) January 3, 2019
re: #194 MsJ
Who is she?
She’s fabulously dressed. I’ll give her that. Quite the flair on that gal.
Democratic Senator replacing McCain Flake
re: #192 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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A tariff’s purpose it to make the goods too expensive to buy so sales drop. That hurts the source. It’s also supposed to make the local goods more attractive. However, the idea depends on local good’s cost being marginally higher than the goods under tariff, not a shit load higher.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE VOTE: Starting now. This goes one-by-one, a roll call.
It will take some time. (An hour plus…)— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) January 3, 2019
The Shutdown is only because of the 2020 Presidential Election. The Democrats know they can’t win based on all of the achievements of “Trump,” so they are going all out on the desperately needed Wall and Border Security - and Presidential Harassment. For them, strictly politics!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2019
You’re not getting your fucking wall and what you are calling harassment is what normal people call holding you accountable for your actions . Also known as oversight. Something the House will now be doing much to the Senates embarrassment and your dismay. https://t.co/wVKFlgoRFL
— Michele: Out of the Closet and into the fire (@BubbleheadII) January 3, 2019
re: #168 dangerman
i think that most of them could meet and have productive even ‘compromising’ / agreeing conversations
sorry i see bernie walking in saying “here’s what we need, the rest is nonsense” and drowning the rest of them out. look i should know i’ve already done this. and i shoulda won. so if you all just get behind me…..
bernie is already looking at some very nasty accusations of sexual harassment/discrimination by his 2016 campaign staff. Hopefully it will be enough to derail him in 2020.
re: #188 lawhawk
That’s if you want to go through/under one.
You can just climb it… or vault over it… or scale it with ladders or ropes… the possibilities are endless.
Even the Urak Hai knew you could blow up walls - walls that have never been breached at Helm’s Deep. And they broke into Minas Tirinth too. And Osgiliath.
i know we’re talking amongst ourselves here
i think in general that arguments like:
- walls dont work because
- the logistics would be….
- eminent domain…
in my mind sort of miss the point
a wall is not who we are
It’s a reminder that you don’t have to be a member of the House in order to be Speaker of the House
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) January 3, 2019
re: #199 Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire
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bernie is already looking at some very nasty accusations of sexual harassment/discrimination by his 2016 campaign staff. Hopefully it will be enough to derail him in 2020.
He made a weak sauce apology. He had a chance for real leadership on this issue and he blew it….again.
First Baptist Dallas Members Melt Golden Jewelry Down Into Towering Donald Trump Statue
DALLAS, TX—In a powerful show of devotion to the president of the United States, members of First Baptist Dallas passed their golden jewelry, watches, and personal trinkets down to the front of the sanctuary Sunday morning, where Pastor Robert Jeffress melted the large pile of golden knickknacks into a towering statue of President Donald Trump.
Even without knowing the Babylon Bee, I would have recognized this as satire because:
-Since gold is about 8 times as dense as fat, a life-size statue of Trump would weigh a ton and a half and it’s unlikely the congregation would have quite that much gold on them.
-The Southern Baptist Convention intervened to stop the idolatry, which also seems less than likely.
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
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the wins WERE historic…just not for the GOP
John McCain died
The guy they gave the job to doesn’t want it
You lost your election
That’s why you’re here
Nothing historic about it
For those who may have clear skies tonight:
Spread the word and let’s get the world looking up tonight! pic.twitter.com/lTZy2Ch7Cf
— VirtualAstro (@VirtualAstro) January 3, 2019
re: #197 b_sharp
A tariff’s purpose it to make the goods too expensive to buy so sales drop. That hurts the source. It’s also supposed to make the local goods more attractive. However, the idea depends on local good’s cost being marginally higher than the goods under tariff, not a shit load higher.
So, the iPhones and iPads manufactured in China… are those considered “imports”?
re: #197 b_sharp
A tariff’s purpose it to make the goods too expensive to buy so sales drop. That hurts the source. It’s also supposed to make the local goods more attractive. However, the idea depends on local good’s cost being marginally higher than the goods under tariff, not a shit load higher.
As you describe this is wounds like ‘Import Substitution Economy’ which was done in South America in the 60s-80s (Pinochet and Peron etc) and was at times tied to dictatorships to . It has taken South America until recently (with the exception of Venezuela which is still in a hole) to get themselves out of that hole.
re: #197 b_sharp
A tariff’s purpose it to make the goods too expensive to buy so sales drop. That hurts the source. It’s also supposed to make the local goods more attractive. However, the idea depends on local good’s cost being marginally higher than the goods under tariff, not a shit load higher.
And, the breadth of the Trump tariffs on manufacturing materials has also driven the prices of local manufactured goods higher, eroding any possible competitiveness with imported goods
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
Democratic Senator replacing
McCainFlake
She delivered the ass-whupping to Martha McSally.
In the front row of the speaker’s section of the House chamber: Tony Bennett.
Another one of Pelosi’s guests: Mickey Hart, the drummer of the greatest rock and roll band to ever exist, the Grateful Dead.— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 3, 2019
re: #195 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m sick and I’m a shitty mood. Best not to get anywhere near my face let alone in it. Goddamn flu shot gave me the fucking flu. I’m unhappy today.
Well it would be more honest and intelligent than anything that every came out of Paul Ryan’s mouth. So there’s that.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 3, 2019
re: #204 dangerman
John McCain died
The guy they gave the job to doesn’t want it
You lost your election
That’s why you’re here
Nothing historic about it
Ok my bad I didn’t read……
Having the House vote playing in the background (now 65-52 Pelosi, with 5 Other) I had to note that the GOP wins the “Reps with names starting with A and B” demographic. McCarthy was up by 10 votes at one point. Heh.
Former US speaker Paul Ryan now exploring multiple opportunities to be colossal failure and disgraceful coward in private enterprise. pic.twitter.com/5owm2KQNSe
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) January 3, 2019
re: #212 MsJ
I’m sick and I’m a shitty mood. Best not to get anywhere near my face let alone in it. Goddamn flu shot gave me the fucking flu. I’m unhappy today.
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It didn’t give you the flu. It triggered your immune responses and that’s what is making you feel like shit.
Holy crap: Ship Carrying 3500 Nissan Cars Ablaze and Adrift in Pacific
A massive cargo ship carrying thousands of brand new Nissan cars remains ablaze and adrift in a remote corner of the Pacific Ocean after a catastrophic fire broke out on New Years Eve, according to the Associated Press. Nearby merchant vessels responded to the distress call and rescued 16 crew members, while another five mariners are presumed dead.
re: #216 b_sharp
It didn’t give you the flu. It triggered your immune responses and that’s what is making you feel like shit.
I know.
You’re not helping. ☹️
FUN UPDATE 😂👮🍩 @KrispyKreme has stepped in to comfort Kentucky police officers mourning the loss of a doughnut truck that caught fire.
READ MORE -> https://t.co/sobqqjxs2m pic.twitter.com/GNIEPB7KS9— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) January 3, 2019
re: #214 Ferdinand
Having the House vote playing in the background (now 65-52 Pelosi, with 5 Other) I had to note that the GOP wins the “Reps with names starting with A and B” demographic. McCarthy was up by 10 votes at one point. Heh.
Joseph?
//
re: #187 makeitstop
thanks man! I’m just going to focus on what I can do and helping my wife get through the competition. Also waiting to talk to my coach and the specialist.
— Bloom County (@bloomcounty) January 3, 2019
re: #164 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
So I have spent the past 15 weeks prepping for a powerlifting meet, slept good, ate good, trained hard. I managed to not get hurt. Today…I broke my damn thumb when it got pinned between the bar and the squat rack.
OWTCH! 😖
I know the feeling. Please take care!
JUST HAPPENED: Sen. @ChuckGrassley is now third in line to be president. (He’s the new President Pro Tem of the Senate.)
— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) January 3, 2019
and we thought Orrin Hatch was a nightmare third in line…
re: #220 sagehen
Kevin McCarthy, for the young’uns who don’t remember Joseph McCarthy, looks like such an empty suit. Of course the GOP pulls out one of their few women (Liz Cheney) to present his nomination. Currently 96-88 Pelosi over McCarthy. 8 Other.
re: #218 MsJ
I know.
You’re not helping. ☹️
Sorry, too much contact with anti-vax shit. My mind is permanently in ‘explain their shit’ mode.
On a brighter note, I forgot today is my 42nd wedding anniversary. I actually forgot today is Jan 3.
re: #224 Backwoods_Sleuth
JUST HAPPENED: Sen. @ChuckGrassley is now third in line to be president. (He’s the new President Pro Tem of the Senate.)
and we thought Orrin Hatch was a nightmare third in line…
nancy gonna cut in front of him soon
My Rep, Kilmer of Washington, puts Pelosi at 106. Lotsa Kellys in Congress.
re: #225 Ferdinand
The Democrats who are voting for other are getting on my dang nerve.
The weirdest thing about the Paul Whelan detention is still the muted response from the U.S. government, including Pompeo’s statement that “if the detention is not appropriate, we will demand his immediate return.” https://t.co/uJ5rBUzCFi
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) January 3, 2019
re: #230 Patricia Kayden
The Democrats who are voting for other are getting on my dang nerve.
Seems like only a small number. Lots of happy Pelosi votes. Some of the “Other” category is GOP.
this little girl is VERY EXCITED that people are voting for nancy pelosi pic.twitter.com/uApGGuabak
— David Mack (@davidmackau) January 3, 2019
Deb Haaland will be sworn in wearing her traditional Pueblo clothing. She is here with her family, including her mother. Swearing in ceremony starts at 12pm Eastern. #NativeCongress #SheReady @Deb4CongressNM pic.twitter.com/VLQAEey4fr
Another dirtbag Trump crony may end up in prison: Justice Dept. investigating whether Zinke lied to inspector general https://t.co/IFW189cd4k
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 3, 2019
re: #231 Backwoods_Sleuth
Translation: We’re waiting for the Twitterer in Chief to tell us what he and Putin want.
Another GOP “other”, as Massie (spelling?) votes for Jordan. I think somebody in the GOP voted for Massie earlier. McCarthy votes for McCarthy. Heh. 133-116, with 12 Other.
re: #226 b_sharp
Sorry, too much contact with anti-vax shit. My mind is permanently in ‘explain their shit’ mode.
On a brighter note, I forgot today is my 42nd wedding anniversary. I actually forgot today is Jan 3.
🍰
re: #131 Patricia Kayden
The Catholic Church is effectively a protective racket for child molesters. How they’ve gotten away with this outrageous conduct for so long is beyond me. They should have been bankrupted based on all the settlements for sexual abuse cases long ago.
I’m not Catholic but I do know a lot about Church politics so believe me when I say they are often a highly closed off and protective construct who protect their own at almost all costs.
So the handful of newbie Democrats who were vocal opponents of Pelosi are deciding that Pelosi isn’t their choice. That’s a tactical move on their part, and shouldn’t stop Pelosi from being named speaker either. 8 so far have cast ballots for someone other than Pelosi.
Dem Rep. Ben McAdams votes Stephanie Murphy for speaker
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 3, 2019
#AOC votes for Pelosi!
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) January 3, 2019
re: #242 lawhawk
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Remember that one-day mutual masturbation session when the “liberal media” engaged in the fantasy that AOC was going to lead a socialist revolution against Pelosi?
There does not appear to be a single Hispanic or person of color at this table despite the entire debate focusing on immigration https://t.co/96fBE0dRf6
— Sam Stein (@samstein) January 3, 2019
re: #243 Targetpractice
That’s what happens when the punditry and media don’t get actual politics or that Pelosi is far more clever than most of them. AOC might be new to all this, but she’s got some skills, and could go quite far. Pelosi senses that too. Watch for them to use each other to maximum effect.
Ol’ Lindsey Graham says that if Trump caves to his wall demands it’ll be the end of his presidency and the end of the GOP.
Graham says this like it’s a bad thing.
Tim Ryan of Ohio, another longtime Pelosi adversary, votes for Pelosi. He ran against her in the past
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 3, 2019
There’s a whole lot of sad looking white dudes on the Republican side of the aisle. pic.twitter.com/T4PVP5YzqV
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) January 3, 2019
re: #233 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Apparently, that very happy little girl is Pelosi’s granddaughter
Nancy Pelosi’s granddaughter jumps up and down, holding her grandmother’s hand, as the California Democrat votes for herself as the next Speaker of the House. https://t.co/fBg4gwrQf2
WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/ddfsk7bjG4 pic.twitter.com/fdoCdsOVdt— ABC News (@ABC) January 3, 2019
re: #224 Backwoods_Sleuth
and we thought Orrin Hatch was a nightmare third in line…
Yeah, but he has to get through Pelosi first.
re: #246 Ace Rothstein
Ol’ Lindsey Graham says that if Trump caves to his wall demands it’ll be the end of his presidency and the end of the GOP.
Graham says this like it’s a bad thing.
The Drump Administration depends on…..a $5 billion appropriation.
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
There does not appear to be a single Hispanic or person of color at this table despite the entire debate focusing on immigration
That doesn’t make the debate/discussion irrelevant. There’s a wide variety of opinion within the Latino communities about immigration. Though it would be nice to have someone in the room who is a bit closer to the real issues than “oh, my nanny is from Bolivia”.
On another note, I get somewhat annoyed by the argument that you can only be represented by someone who is exactly like you. If that’s the case, as a man living in California, I haven’t been represented in the Senate since I was in junior high school. It is a net positive to have people with different live experiences and perspectives in the room, but to act like a white person can’t represent black people, or vice versa, is to object to the entire concept of representative democracy.
re: #245 lawhawk
That’s what happens when the punditry and media don’t get actual politics or that Pelosi is far more clever than most of them. AOC might be new to all this, but she’s got some skills, and could go quite far. Pelosi senses that too. Watch for them to use each other to maximum effect.
The media will love that there were votes against Pelosi. That will be their story, probably for the next two years.
re: #256 Sir John Barron
The Drump Administration depends on…..a $5 billion appropriation.
That will never be built anyway because of all the eminent domain lawsuits for at least a decade. The land grabs alone would cost twice what THE WALL would cost, minimum.
From Republican side - truly a strange moment. https://t.co/pTNDL2nUKq
— Jackie Kucinich (@JFKucinich) January 3, 2019
Should Bernie Sanders stand down in the interest of uniting the party’s populist forces behind Elizabeth Warren? @EricLevitz writes on what the left stands to gain — and lose — from the two competing in 2020 https://t.co/if2i6DWcP0
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) January 3, 2019
Of course he should. Of course he won’t. https://t.co/CeTXUem1SF
— Armando (@armandodkos) January 3, 2019
re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why did Republicans think AOC wasn’t going to support an effective, dynamic strong leader like Pelosi? She’s not stupid.
re: #262 Patricia Kayden
Why did Republicans think AOC wasn’t going to support an effective, dynamic strong leader like Pelosi? She’s not stupid.
Because Republicans only have FNC on in their offices now and FNC has been telling them that AOC is an egotistical communist bent on world domination, so obviously she would have voted for someone other than Pelosi, possibly even herself.
re: #242 lawhawk
I’m waiting for calls that AOC’s now a corporate sellout.
re: #261 Patricia Kayden
Neither of them are going to win the nomination, so whatever.
re: #262 Patricia Kayden
Why did Republicans think AOC wasn’t going to support an effective, dynamic strong leader like Pelosi? She’s not stupid.
They’re looking for a wedge.
Not today, Old White Dudes. Not today.
re: #257 KGxvi
That doesn’t make the debate/discussion irrelevant. There’s a wide variety of opinion within the Latino communities about immigration. Though it would be nice to have someone in the room who is a bit closer to the real issues than “oh, my nanny is from Bolivia”.
On another note, I get somewhat annoyed by the argument that you can only be represented by someone who is exactly like you. If that’s the case, as a man living in California, I haven’t been represented in the Senate since I was in junior high school. It is a net positive to have people with different live experiences and perspectives in the room, but to act like a white person can’t represent black people, or vice versa, is to object to the entire concept of representative democracy.
i agree, and you are right, in principle
in practice there are 14 people at that table….and their makeup wasnt by accident or even electoral fortunes
re: #258 Sir John Barron
The media will love that there were votes against Pelosi. That will be their story, probably for the next two years.
good. that’s instructive
as in there were votes against trump - in fact more than he actually got
re: #258 Sir John Barron
But she won comfortably 219 to 192 with 19 others and 2 voting present.
Should Bernie Sanders stand down in the interest of uniting the party’s populist forces behind Elizabeth Warren? @EricLevitz writes on what the left stands to gain — and lose — from the two competing in 2020 https://t.co/if2i6DWcP0
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) January 3, 2019
Should he? Of course. Will he? Well, he doesn’t exactly have a history of doing things that will help candidates who aren’t him. https://t.co/4Vzzu90MVX
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 3, 2019
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ) just votes…no
— Rebecca Kaplan (@RebeccaRKaplan) January 3, 2019
Maybe he voted for Dr. No. There is nothing in the constitution forbidding the Speaker from being a fictional character https://t.co/QvrpP2radx
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 3, 2019
.@VanDrewForNJ votes “No.” I’m not even sure what that means. Dr. No for speaker?
— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) January 3, 2019
Toledo couple arrested for planning a mass attack on a bar:
—Corresponded with Dylann Roof and attempted to send him Nazi literature
—Posted photos/messages glorifying Roof and Columbine shooters
—Had an AK-47, shotgun, handguns, pipe bomb materialshttps://t.co/zfmrrHsYkg— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) January 3, 2019
re: #271 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
.@VanDrewForNJ votes “No.” I’m not even sure what that means. Dr. No for speaker?
— Cameron Joseph
“Yes”
and…. Nancy Pelosi is again our Speaker of the House! Let the actual legislating begin.🇺🇸🍾🙌🏽 pic.twitter.com/a9g9hoPpcx
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 3, 2019
Mostly posting for the vote scoreboard
Is this the first dab on the House floor?@RashidaTlaib pic.twitter.com/JyqwJWet8l
— jordan (@JordanUhl) January 3, 2019
re: #272 MsJ
Terrorists. Thank goodness they were stopped.
re: #259 Ace Rothstein
That will never be built anyway because of all the eminent domain lawsuits for at least a decade. The land grabs alone would cost twice what THE WALL would cost, minimum.
yeah but now were at the gotta do something, anything to make the campaign promise ‘true’
- even if he extends some sections by just a mile or few
- even if he tears down and rebuilds already existing sections with the new money
he has to be able to say ‘i promised it and i did it’
(still what happened to “mexico will pay for it”?)
re: #273 Sir John Barron
update: the chair ruled that Van Drew could not vote no, and they changed his vote to present. https://t.co/JBn52zlfbv
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 3, 2019
re: #261 Patricia Kayden
Should Bernie Sanders stand down in the interest of uniting the party’s populist forces behind Elizabeth Warren? @EricLevitz writes on what the left stands to gain — and lose — from the two competing in 2020
heck, lgf was on this 2 hours ago
re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth
The GOP talking points they were handed by their leaders just went *poof*.
They were counting on AOC to publicly stand against Pelosi. That didn’t happen, and everyone who was paying attention months ago knew that wouldn’t happen.
Pelosi knows her caucus better than most.
BREAKING: Majority of House backs Nancy Pelosi as speaker for 2019-2020 pic.twitter.com/Jiln11Sj8C
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) January 3, 2019
re: #261 Patricia Kayden
The problem with that for Bernie is that when the nomination is over, Warren will support whoever wins.
Having a medical day today highlights this swearing in of a Speaker who secured the #ACA for all Americans, the most sweeping #healthcare legislation since LBJ and #Medicare/#Medicaid.
I and many other people with #cancer would be dead without #NancyPelosi working for us.— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) January 3, 2019
re: #280 lawhawk
The GOP talking points they were handed by their leaders just went *poof*.
They were counting on AOC to publicly stand against Pelosi. That didn’t happen, and everyone who was paying attention months ago knew that wouldn’t happen.
Pelosi knows her caucus better than most.
Everybody will have to save that ‘Dems in Disarray’ for another day.
re: #280 lawhawk
The GOP talking points they were handed by their leaders just went *poof*.
They were counting on AOC to publicly stand against Pelosi. That didn’t happen, and everyone who was paying attention months ago knew that wouldn’t happen.
Pelosi knows her caucus better than most.
she talks to them and with them
she doesnt command them
i know press hearts Dems in Disarray, but there are 235 Dem members in the House and this article quotes exactly two re: an internal Dem “revolt” https://t.co/EX2fHSggTX
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 3, 2019
re: #280 lawhawk
The GOP talking points they were handed by their leaders just went *poof*.
They were counting on AOC to publicly stand against Pelosi. That didn’t happen, and everyone who was paying attention months ago knew that wouldn’t happen.
Pelosi knows her caucus better than most.
And AOC has had a job. And what you know at the end of the day if you have a real job is that, no matter what your views are on your coworkers, at the end of the day you work with the boss to accomplish what you want, not against them.
Dog sees best friend after a week pic.twitter.com/Uss87xtcEq
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) January 3, 2019
re: #261 Patricia Kayden
Should Bernie Sanders stand down in the interest of uniting the party’s populist forces behind Elizabeth Warren? @EricLevitz writes on what the left stands to gain — and lose — from the two competing in 2020
New York Magazine (@NYMag) January 3, 2019
What party? Bernie isn’t a Democrat. He merely uses the Democratic Party label when it’s convenient for his own self-interests.
heh
“Reclaiming my time,” said Rep. Maxine Waters in casting her vote for Nancy Pelosi!
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) January 3, 2019
Nancy Pelosi elected Speaker.
Pelosi: 219
McCarthy: 192
Jordan: 5
Bustos: 4
Present: 3
Duckworth: 2
Abrams: 1
Fudge: 1
Biden: 1
Lewis: 1
Kennedy: 1
Murphy: 1
Massie: 1— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 3, 2019
It sounds like there was more turmoil on the GOP side.
For goodness sake, how much of a snowflake do you have to be in order to be triggered by a new vegan sausage roll from Greggs?
The wait is over… 3.1.19 #vegansausageroll 🌱😍 pic.twitter.com/UWcXFCtxdE
— Greggs (@GreggsOfficial) January 2, 2019
Nobody was waiting for a vegan bloody sausage, you PC-ravaged clowns. https://t.co/QEiqG9qx2G
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 2, 2019
My friends from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence weigh in:
Its not like their sausage rolls actually have any meat in them anyway :-D
— XorA (@GandGandG) January 3, 2019
re: #291 lawhawk
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Media story: “Pelosi barely wins election to Speakership, sparking worries of an internal revolt.”
re: #285 dangerman
she talks to them and with them
she doesnt command them
That and the fact that she will probably be a mentor to AOC and the other freshmen Reps so they will be prepared to take over when she does step down. A cadre of Pelosi trained women in the House isn’t something the rethuglicans are going to be happy about.
Is Kevin McCarthy going to cry? That’s just like him to not be able to control his emotions.
Also, why is he so stiff and inauthentic?— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 3, 2019
Here is America’s favorite commie know-it-all acting like the clueless nitwit she is…
…High School video of “Sandy” Ocasio-Cortezpic.twitter.com/s723Vga9zF— AnonymousQ (@AnonymousQ1776) January 2, 2019
Oh shit, now that they’ve found a [spins wheel] video of her [spins wheel] remaking the dance scene from The Breakfast Club, set to [spins wheel] a Phoenix song, she’s done for! https://t.co/WvP6XLbzeC
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 3, 2019
Nothing about the Washington today is more important than this: For the first time ever, the Democratic House caucus will look like America - majority women and people of color. Power shifts. A new game will be played. #NotAnExxageration #DemsTakeTheHouse #TimesUp
— Hilary Rosen (@hilaryr) January 3, 2019
THIS. https://t.co/uN0plDxtbv
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) January 3, 2019
re: #293 Alephnaught
it’s not like Piers has any meat in his own sausage roll…
re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s not like Piers has any meat in his own Vienna sausage roll…
More accurate!😉
so much #winning
The U.S. Treasury Department says that the national debt has increased by $2 trillion ($2,000,000,000,000) since President Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2017. That’s with Republicans in control of the House and Senate. The national debt is now almost $22 trillion.
— Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) January 3, 2019
re: #297 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Do we really want to start digging up people’s high school years, Q?
today, private citizen Paul Ryan is free to rake in millions as a lobbyist, but in my vision of a just and perfect world this venal sociopath shitfuck would be stripped of all his money and be forced to spend the rest of his life trying to survive on the social programs he gutted
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) January 3, 2019
Guess what the comment section looks like for this article at Tucker Carlson’s garbage website?
Mexican Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Temple Of Brutal Fertility God Whose Priests Flayed Humans And Wore Their Skin https://t.co/voIsH6Ex3p pic.twitter.com/YLFib8a9RP— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 3, 2019
re: #301 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is the moment when the GOP start caring about the debt again, and demand that the debt must be Democrats’ top priority, and that they must adhere to the most rigid financial measures - spending cuts must be their top priority.
re: #305 Patricia Kayden
today, private citizen Paul Ryan is free to rake in millions as a lobbyist, but in my vision of a just and perfect world this venal sociopath shitfuck would be stripped of all his money and be forced to spend the rest of his life trying to survive on the social programs he gutted
or at the very least be forced to wait 4-5 years…
Who can help? Never seen something like this before, looks very specialised, references/links to support your claims always helps please. https://t.co/oMogubeYKZ
— Tool Of The Day (@toolotheday) January 3, 2019
Remember the City Hall office raid around a month ago?
BREAKING: Ald. Ed Burke has been charged with one count of attempted extortion for alleged trying to use his powerful position on the City Council to solicit business for his private law firm, @SeidelContent & @mitchdudek report. https://t.co/KWUOsUi9KS
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) January 3, 2019
One of President Trump’s former lawyers: https://t.co/Sv04uVgkLb
— Tim O’Brien (@TimOBrien) January 3, 2019
The wait is over… 3.1.19 #vegansausageroll 🌱😍 pic.twitter.com/UWcXFCtxdE
— Greggs (@GreggsOfficial) January 2, 2019
Nobody was waiting for a vegan bloody sausage, you PC-ravaged clowns. https://t.co/QEiqG9qx2G
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 2, 2019
Imagine being such a snowflake that you’re triggered by a new vegan sausage roll from @GreggsOfficial … https://t.co/raSbXPPpi8
— Michael James (@alephnaught) January 3, 2019
re: #310 Targetpractice
And that’s without a major recession as an excuse for the spending.
cmon
trumps a financial expert
thats why they all voted for him - businessman
he knew this was gonna happen
he saw it coming
it’s all part of his plan because only he can fix it
oh wait
Rashida Tlaib’s son dabbing in the House is my entire 2019 mood board pic.twitter.com/mWkWZfAaSV
— julia reinstein 🚡 (@juliareinstein) January 3, 2019
re: #297 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Oh, noes! A young woman having fun!
If this is the worst they’ve got, AOC is going to run right over them.
re: #316 makeitstop
Oh, noes! A young woman having fun!
If this is the worst they’ve got, AOC is going to run right over them.
Yeah… because no one ever does dumb/funny stuff when they’re in high school.
re: #318 b_sharp
What is AOC?
Alexandria Acasio-Cortez, which I have to look up every time I need to write her name out completely.
re: #316 makeitstop
Oh, noes! A young woman having fun!
If this is the worst they’ve got, AOC is going to run right over them.
She needs to find a way to incorporate that footage in her re-election campaign videos.
re: #308 lawhawk
This is the moment when the GOP start caring about the debt again, and demand that the debt must be Democrats’ top priority, and that they must adhere to the most rigid financial measures - spending cuts must be their top priority.
Or repealing the tax cut for the wealthy.
Why Democrats need illegals:
For every 770,000 illegals who filled out the 2010 census in a leftist state, the Democrats got another vote in the electoral college
Foreign nationals should NOT be counted in the census. It rewards law breaking and gives Democrats a upper hand!— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 2, 2019
This is THE REAL REASON Democrats support open borders! I think most people don’t realize that, even if illegals can’t vote, they still are counted in the census and give left leaning states more electoral votes. #buildthewall https://t.co/kkOcskiVL3
— Jerry Falwell (@JerryFalwellJr) January 2, 2019
This ugly tweet is not an outlier, and neither is Jerry Falwell. White evangelicals are far and away America’s most racist, nativist, Trumpist demographic, and the primary reason Americans can’t have nice things.https://t.co/QgRPs8NXx0#Exvangelical #EmptyThePews #Resist https://t.co/vs5jYS1yya
— Chris Stroop (@C_Stroop) January 3, 2019
re: #319 Belafon
Alexandria Acasio-Cortez, which I have to look up every time I need to write her name out completely.
Female Bernie?
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
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wild-ass guess here (while making unsupported assumptions about the size):
the pointy end is to poke holes in the dirt to drop seeds into, the knobs at the other end are handles to provide leverage to press down and make a deeper hole packed tighter at the bottom.
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
Time to revoke Jerry Falwell Jr’s tax exemption status.
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
For every 770,000 illegals who filled out the 2010 census in a leftist state, the Democrats got another vote in the electoral college
FFS. At least as many contributed to the capitation for Republican-dominated states, like mine.
Here’s the full Video. A BU version of the Lisztomania/Breakfast club dance video, which was a thing, apparently. https://t.co/zZhOJNnJcz
— Sam Leverenz 🌐 (@SamLeverenz) January 3, 2019
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is your pool boy an illegal alien?
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) January 3, 2019
Legislation passed last time Pelosi was speaker:
Affordable Care Act
Dodd-Frank
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay
Econ stimulus
Don’t ask don’t tell repeal
Dream act
Cap & trade
CHIP reauthorization
Employee Free Choice Act
Fair sentencing act
Disclose act
That’s quite a record— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 3, 2019
re: #328 sagehen
wild-ass guess here (while making unsupported assumptions about the size):
the pointy end is to poke holes in the dirt to drop seeds into, the knobs at the other end are handles to provide leverage to press down and make a deeper hole packed tighter at the bottom.
Depends on the scale. I see them as 3-4 inches long, tuning pegs for an oriental instrument, perhaps.
re: #327 b_sharp
Female Bernie?
I think a lot of people, including some here, were thinking that when she got the nomination, but she not only voted for Pelosi today, she’s been saying the kinds of things a smart people who actually knows how to get things done talks. She’s the one who told everyone about the economic introduction that Congressional freshmen get that only had CEOs and no labor representation.
2020 election cycle starts today in the House too: NRCC already sending out material targeting Democrats who voted for Pelosi.
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) January 3, 2019
Wait until he finds out macdonalds are doing a veggie range too, im personally building a twitter shelter to ward off the fallout.
— Blue (@Bluemeanie72) January 3, 2019
re: #337 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
And that’s different from how they conducted the 2018 election how?
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And we get to the real reason that the GOP fears “illegals”: When they eventually become citizens, the GOP’s absolutely fucked.
re: #115 Dr Lizardo
They must want Butina back really bad.
They’re afraid she’ll testify in open court against their puppets: Trump and the NRA.
I once spent several anxious minutes with my fingers laced atop my head in Sheremetyevo Airport for overstaying my visa by a day.
Would not want to be working a consulting job there right now.
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
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They deleted that tweet about what kind of tool that is?
Not satire:
Trump says he could be ‘most popular person in Europe’ and ‘run for any office’
President Donald Trump has claimed he could be “the most popular person in Europe” and could “run for any [European] office” if he wanted - as he dismissed how lowly he is thought of across the continent.
re: #313 Alephnaught
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True story: friend of mine is a vegan who says he’s so sick of this Greggs Vegan Sausage Roll fiasco he’s gone back to eating meat. Can’t get enough meat now. Willl kill and eat ANYTHING.
No, really.
[not really FFS]— The Poke (@ThePoke) January 3, 2019
re: #210 makeitstop
She delivered the ass-whupping to Martha McSally.
Wouldn’t really call it an ass-whupping. 2.38m votes cast, and Sinema won by 55,900 votes, about 2.3%.
re: #337 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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**shrugs**
That didn’t work in 2018 and it won’t work in 2020. I’m hoping that by 2020, Trump will be out of office having had to leave in disgrace and that he drags down Republicans with him.
re: #336 Belafon
I think a lot of people, including some here, were thinking that when she got the nomination, but she not only voted for Pelosi today, she’s been saying the kinds of things a smart people who actually knows how to get things done talks. She’s the one who told everyone about the economic introduction that Congressional freshmen get that only had CEOs and no labor representation.
she and pelosi had a meeting
they talked to each other
face to face
no, i dont know what was said. i do know what was reported
neverthless i can guarantee two things:
they both talked
they both listened
and im guessing they probably didnt talk over each other
they are not adversaries in any sense of the word
they dont work or think the way republicans do (or think they should)
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
Always a helpful reminder that they don’t care about the actual text of the constitution. From the 14th Amendment:
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.
Nothing in there about just counting citizens.
re: #340 Targetpractice
And we get to the real reason that the GOP fears “illegals”: When they eventually become citizens, the GOP’s absolutely fucked.
given their argument, the Census should not count children either, or anyone else who does not have proof they have voted
re: #151 makeitstop
Looks like Whelan’s representation is Russian.
Nope. Nothing weird going on here at all…
How about an exchange of Butina for Snowden?
Ha. That’ll throw a wrench in the gears.
They get Butina, we get Snowden back to run him through the justice system.
Whalen…too bad dude. The bait wasn’t good.
re: #345 KGxvi
Wouldn’t really call it an ass-whupping. 2.38m votes cast, and Sinema won by 55,900 votes, about 2.3%.
Yeah, but McSally complained at one point how she was getting her ass kicked over ACA. I was making an oblique reference to that.
re: #345 KGxvi
Wouldn’t really call it an ass-whupping. 2.38m votes cast, and Sinema won by 55,900 votes, about 2.3%.
plus the swing - flake won by about 3 points in 2012
Here is America’s favorite commie know-it-all acting like the clueless nitwit she is…
…High School video of “Sandy” Ocasio-Cortezpic.twitter.com/s723Vga9zF— AnonymousQ (@AnonymousQ1776) January 2, 2019
Oh shit, now that they’ve found a [spins wheel] video of her [spins wheel] remaking the dance scene from The Breakfast Club, set to [spins wheel] a Phoenix song, she’s done for! https://t.co/WvP6XLbzeC
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 3, 2019
re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth
Useless twunt being a useless twunt.
re: #294 Targetpractice
Media story: “Pelosi barely wins election to Speakership, sparking worries of an internal revolt.”
We snark, but I’m guessing this header will actually be seen in some “MSM” outlet or other tomorrow. Along, I’m sure, with one or another pre-loaded thumbsucker for the Op-Ed pages ready for the first time some vote or other doesn’t go Nancy’s way. One of the following, probably:
* “Dems in Disarray”
* “Leftists Pull Dem Party Off Course”
* “Why no bipartisanship??”
* “Pelosi’s rocky start”
You get the drift….
re: #342 bd(Redacted)
They deleted that tweet about what kind of tool that is?
don’t know why, but they did a different one:
We also usually copy in the @TheMERL too
— Tool Of The Day (@toolotheday) January 3, 2019
re: #142 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
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This graf here is the kind of invective I expect from Democrats, but am gratified to see coming from conservative Republicans.
Who knows? In a couple of years, Rick Wilson might be like my dad: a lifelong Republican so disgusted by the rank criminality and incompetence that he’s fled into the arms of liberal big-D Democrats.
“As I wrote in my book, the typology of Republican electeds goes like this; just as in the electorate, about 35 percent of GOP electeds are true-believer Trumphadis. They’ve bought into the nationalist-populist claptrap, dumb tropes like the Wall and the caravan, and Trump’s dictator-fellating authoritarian-curious style. Roughly 50 percent suffer from FOMT: Fear of Mean Tweets and are cowed by the Trump-Fox-talk radio Axis of Assholes. The remaining types are opportunists and hacks, hoping to salvage personal political gain from the trainwreck of Trumpism. They’re delighted by table scraps, sloppy seconds, and ancillary, ephemeral victories.”
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why Democrats need illegals:
For every 770,000 illegals who filled out the 2010 census in a leftist state, the Democrats got another vote in the electoral college
Foreign nationals should NOT be counted in the census. It rewards law breaking and gives Democrats a upper hand!
cmon, chuck. think.
- many foreign nationals are residents and pay taxes
- also i dont think this is what you meant.
- people move from state to state - if 770k people move from a red state to a blue…
but that’s different
- there are 538 elector slots. new ones arent created out of whole cloth if 770k people move into a particular state.
unless you’re suggesting that the nefarious dems are packing the country every 1 year out of every 10 years to rig the census by letting so many millions of people in (and telling them where to settle) that they can skew the representation
ps - trump estimated the other day something like 30-35m illegals in the country
yeah we know it’s high. still 35m/770k = say 45 electors
1 - how’d that work out for the dems in 2016
2- cause you know there wasnt any sort of 45 elector reapportionment between 2012 and 2016
re: #75 Barefoot Grin
Head of Department of Hens and Hatcheries: Mr. Fox….
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re: #44 Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire
And son of a gun, Tucker Carlson has attended the DT school of skin coloring.
re: #350 ObserverArt
How about an exchange of Butina for Snowden?
Ha. That’ll throw a wrench in the gears.
They get Butina, we get Snowden back to run him through the justice system.
Whalen…too bad dude. The bait wasn’t good.
A wooden shoe! You’re supposed to throw a wooden shoe in the gears!
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