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You say hamburgers, I say hamberders. Let’s call the whole presidency off!
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I’m going to guess that the WH has been busily trying to gather bereaved families of people killed by undocumented people for the SOTU gallery and are now thinking, “well hell, should they come or not….”
re: #1 Barefoot Grin
The country is being run by a vile pig. I’m not enjoying it.
16 January 2003, 15:40:21.7 UTC, T plus 00:0 1:21.7
16 January 2003, 15:39:00 UTC, T minus Zero: Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Columbia (OV-102) was America’s first space shuttle. This would be her final flight.
re: #3 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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The most horrible thing about Columbia was that Mission Control knew the flight was doomed from the beginning and there was no way to abort and return the astronauts.
I expect one of two equally childish responses from the WH to Nancy’s letter.
The first is the passive-aggressive “Well, we didn’t want to attend anyway!,” which they may try to phrase in some manner they think shows him to be the “bigger man,” but really just comes off as snotty response to being told he’s not welcome.
The second is to declare that it doesn’t matter what Nancy says now, she invited him and he’s gonna show up even if it means that only Republicans will attend. Or that, since she won’t allow him to give the SOTU before a joint session, he’ll just hold a rally on that day instead so he can tell the American people just how awesome his presidency is for them.
Do you think trump is stupid enough to hold a rally instead of the state of the union? I do. He really misses the crowds.
From downstairs:
re: #395 Myron Falwell
this is not a unified front we’re dealing with
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They’ll (the GOP, that is) crack in a couple more weeks. I’m already detecting a certain degree of panic on their part.
Their only real hope is that they cave in now and hope that their base forgets by next November.
re: #6 I Would Prefer Not To
Do you think trump is stupid enough to hold a rally instead of the state of the union? I do. He really misses the crowds.
Oh yes not a doubt in the world.
re: #5 Targetpractice
Could be a problem since she has the keys to the house.
re: #6 I Would Prefer Not To
Do you think trump is stupid enough to hold a rally instead of the state of the union? I do. He really misses the crowds.
Oh, absolutely; I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he did that.
Gee, it’s almost time again for the CPAC confab of right wing lunatics? So soon?
If you want to make sense of the #DeepState, #FusionGPS and latest on the #MuellerReport, @ChuckRossDC of The @DailyCaller is a must-read. His work is consistently well-sourced, comprehensive, and he’ll lift the curtain on what’s real and what’s #Fakenews at #CPAC2019. pic.twitter.com/sH42GIjBbu
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) January 16, 2019
They don’t yet have a list of sponsors, but I imagine it’ll be much the same as 2018.
People they’re already touting: John Batchelor, Catherine Glenn Foster, President and CEO of Americans United for Life (a radical anti-abortion group), Lisa Daftari (who?!), Larry O’Connor (who?), Lawrence Jones, Mattie Duppler. Maybe Charlie Kirk too?
This is a shitshow of right wing know nothings and extremists pandering to like minded people.
re: #10 Dr Lizardo
Oh, absolutely; I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he did that.
And I can see the spin about how it makes him more “accessible “ even though it would be in one of his safe spaces.
This edible gold chocolate bar tastes like royalty 👑 pic.twitter.com/9K1Gawc8WS
— FOOD INSIDER (@InsiderFood) January 13, 2019
The “Louis XIII Gold Plated Chocolate Brick.” You know what happened 3 Louie’s later, don’t you? https://t.co/oHljctt173
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 16, 2019
re: #11 lawhawk
Isn’t there some other confab for those RWNJ’s that were kicked out of CPAC because they were too crazy? I could swear there was.
re: #11 lawhawk
Gee, it’s almost time again for the CPAC confab of right wing lunatics? So soon?
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They don’t yet have a list of sponsors, but I imagine it’ll be much the same as 2018.
People they’re already touting: John Batchelor, Catherine Glenn Foster, President and CEO of Americans United for Life (a radical anti-abortion group), Lisa Daftari (who?!), Larry O’Connor (who?), Lawrence Jones, Mattie Duppler. Maybe Charlie Kirk too?
This is a shitshow of right wing know nothings and extremists pandering to like minded people.
Well I feel bad for the rent boys and prostitutes because we know the CPAC attendees are terrible tippers and in bed.
re: #15 HappyWarrior
Eh, maybe they’ll be like Jerry Falwell Jr., and bring their own personal cabana boy.
The school that hired Karen Pence requires applicants to disavow gay marriage, trans identity https://t.co/WIxxYKa0qN
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 16, 2019
Exactly and nobody should be allowed to force homosexuality on someone else, even a baker of cakes
— Spencer Gamble (@spegamb) January 16, 2019
Wut??
re: #14 Dr Lizardo
Isn’t there some other confab for those RWNJ’s that were kicked out of CPAC because they were too crazy? I could swear there was.
Yeah I forget the details. CPAC is so fucking lame. It’s the same shit every year. A lot of whiny white conservatives jerking each other off about how awesome conservatism is and how everything Great is due to conservatives.
An intelligent president might well response to Nancy’s letter by agreeing with it in principle if not personally, saying that time and resources that would be spent on a SOTUA would better go to furthering negotiations to get the gov’t reopened.
But Trump doesn’t give a flying fuck if the gov’t reopens and does care totally about any chance to stroke his own ego, so he’ll find some way to spin himself as the victim.
re: #17 VegasGolfer
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Except it’s not being forced. Is baking for a couple for a couple who isn’t Christian acknowledging that you agree with the tenets of said religion? My problem tho is the double standards because a gay baker refusing to serve Christians would be the outrage de year for FNC and how a lot of these so called Christian bakers or florists are hypocrites.
The whole religious liberty thing is just a cop out. If we can’t refuse service based on race, religion, etc, we shouldn’t be able to on sexuality as well.
Cake is a secular good. It’s got nothing to do with the marriage itself.
From George Osborne, who used to be the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer- effectively the number 2 in the government next to the Prime Minister. I say “used to be” as he was sacked by Theresa May. He’s now editor of the London Evening Standard. Anyway….
“The first losers of [a no deal Brexit] are the British people”.
So, after last nights defeat of Theresa May’s deal, what’s next for Brexit? Here is French President Macron outlining the possible scenarios. https://t.co/yufoxVIaJb pic.twitter.com/gVmPktc8sb— euronews (@euronews) January 16, 2019
So here’s the French President giving a more realistic summary of the Brexit options facing Britain than the British Prime Minister. I thought the Brexiteers told us that the French will cave in because we buy their wine and cheese … https://t.co/zlE3xoXuYp
— George Osborne (@George_Osborne) January 16, 2019
If you wa t to use your religion as a license to discriminate, you need consistency. I don’t see divorcees or even interfaith couples being denied services. That to me suggests it’s not scripture, it’s homophobic bs.
re: #21 HappyWarrior
The whole religious liberty thing is just a cop out. If we can’t refuse service based on race, religion, etc, we shouldn’t be able to on sexuality as well.
There is the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony and there is the legal status of marriage. They used to be more or less identical. Nobody can force you to bestow the Sacrament onto people you disagree with, but you have to recognize their legal status.
re: #23 Alephnaught
From George Osborne, who used to be the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer- effectively the number 2 in the government next to the Prime Minister. I say “used to be” as he was sacked by Theresa May. He’s now editor of the London Evening Standard. Anyway….
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The Brexiteers made a lot of bullshit promises about how the EU as a whole would give the UK a sweet deal to leave because they wouldn’t want to piss off such a “vital” trade partner.
Amazing how, just like with Trump and his trade war, the UK is now finding out in the global era that no one country is so vital that cutting it off is impossible.
re: #25 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There is the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony and there is the legal status of marriage. They used to be more or less identical. Nobody can force you to bestow the Sacrament onto people you disagree with, but you have to recognize their legal status.
Exactly. No one forced Kim Davis that she had to agree with same sex marriage’s legality or its morality but as a public servant, she had to acknowledge applicants. Imagine an animal rights activist clerk refusing hunting licenses.
The problem with this shit though is it opens a nasty floodgate of conservative Christians in any field thinking they’re free to deny gay people. That’s not the country I want to live in. As I said, if the tables were turned, the religious right would lose their shit. This along with the rise of Transphobia is the right’s response ot having lost the same sex marriage debate just like the rise of anti-busing and creating private Christian academy was a response to integration.
re: #22 HappyWarrior
Cake is a secular good. It’s got nothing to do with the marriage itself.
According to some religion(s), the marriage must be consummated upon the cake made for the occasion, in the manner the newly married couple imagine it would be done by the two beings depicted in the icon adorning the cake (which icon must be removed in advance of said consummation and archived under the pillow of the Ring Bearer), were they not cast in plastic.
That’s what I’ve heard.
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re: #29 wrenchwench
According to some religion(s), the marriage must be consummated upon the cake made for the occasion, in the manner the newly married couple imagine it would be done by the two beings depicted in the icon adorning the cake (which icon must be removed in advance of said consummation and archived under the pillow of the Ring Bearer), were they not cast in plastic.
That’s what I’ve heard.
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Yeah my head hurts a wee bit.
No Confidence vote has just started for Theresa May.
WH talking point: “The Dems are beginning to break! They want to make a deal but Nancy won’t let them!”
The reality:
Trump aides scramble to stop GOP lawmakers from signing bipartisan letter urging government reopening https://t.co/O6Ju3fiSmN
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 16, 2019
re: #32 Targetpractice
WH talking point: “The Dems are beginning to break! They want to make a deal but Nancy won’t let them!”
The reality:
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re: #31 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
No Confidence vote has just started for Theresa May.
I assume that her staff are busy packing crates at No. 10 Downing Street…
re: #29 wrenchwench
According to some religion(s), the marriage must be consummated upon the cake made for the occasion, in the manner the newly married couple imagine it would be done by the two beings depicted in the icon adorning the cake (which icon must be removed in advance of said consummation and archived under the pillow of the Ring Bearer), were they not cast in plastic.
That’s what I’ve heard.
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Somehow your take makes me reconsider the whole stuffing cake in each others’ mouths part of the ceremony.
He deleted it. An instant wingnut classic.
Screenshot of this lolwut. pic.twitter.com/8qYO0nn6Dy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2019
re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I assume that her staff are busy packing crates at No. 10 Downing Street…
The CW is that she’ll hold on. Weird. I know. You’d think that the most lopsided loss on a vote for an issue the PM wants in 100+ years would end her government, but apparently she might still eke out a win to stay in charge of this shit show just a bit longer.
re: #35 ObserverArt
Somehow your take makes me reconsider the whole stuffing cake in each others’ mouths part of the ceremony.
OMG, what kind of weddings have YOU been to?
Ever played the music at a reception?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2019
re: #37 lawhawk
The CW is that she’ll hold on. Weird. I know. You’d think that the most lopsided loss on a vote for an issue the PM wants in 100+ years would end her government, but apparently she might still eke out a win to stay in charge of this shit show just a bit longer.
My understanding is that the only reason the Tories will vote to defeat the motion is because the likely result of a snap election is a Labour minority gov’t with PM Corbyn.
re: #29 wrenchwench
Wait, what? The newlyweds are supposed to do their marital mattress mambo on the cake?!
re: #40 Targetpractice
My understanding is that the only reason the Tories will vote to defeat the motion is because the likely result of a snap election is a Liberal minority gov’t with PM Corbyn.
Destroy the country or give up power? Definitely a tough choice.
re: #41 Dr Lizardo
Wait, what? The newlyweds are supposed to do their marital mattress mambo on the cake?!
Ooops, I told them I wouldn’t say anything.
re: #42 Belafon
Destroy the country or give up power? Definitely a tough choice.
Tories (and Republicans on this side of the Atlantic):
re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I assume that her staff are busy packing crates at No. 10 Downing Street…
Well, maybe. I think she’ll survive the vote, but her authority definitely has been weakened. I noticed a couple of commentators note the speech by Michael Gove closing the the government’s side could be viewed as a leadership pitch. (Ditto the closing speech by Tom Watson for Labour.)
re: #36 Charles Johnson
He deleted it. An instant wingnut classic.
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I like to eat meat too but I’m not some delicate meat bro who thinks eating veggies makes you less of a man. People who think that way are fucking stupid.
re: #38 wrenchwench
OMG, what kind of weddings have YOU been to?
Ever played the music at a reception?
One time, in the first band I was in back like 1978.
Never wanted to do that again.
May survives No-confidence vote, just barely.
No-confidence vote defeated 306-325.
re: #41 Dr Lizardo
Wait, what? The newlyweds are supposed to do their marital mattress mambo on the cake?!
It’s what Jesus wanted.
re: #49 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
May survives No-confidence vote, just barely.
No-confidence vote defeated 306-325.
Fear of PM Corbyn overrode any anger towards PM May.
re: #36 Charles Johnson
He deleted it. An instant wingnut classic.
I still don’t get it, replace his *** with a carrot.
In the past, such a result would have only been possible with the understanding that the PM would step down as such a scenario could generally only come about due to an utter fuck-up on their part.
But May’s time in the seat shows that, much like Trump, her ego is so huge that it exerts gravitational force.
re: #54 Targetpractice
Yep. The British need a way to force a vote in spite of the PM.
re: #11 lawhawk
Gee, it’s almost time again for the CPAC confab of right wing lunatics? So soon?
They don’t yet have a list of sponsors, but I imagine it’ll be much the same as 2018.
People they’re already touting: John Batchelor, Catherine Glenn Foster, President and CEO of Americans United for Life (a radical anti-abortion group), Lisa Daftari (who?!), Larry O’Connor (who?), Lawrence Jones, Mattie Duppler. Maybe Charlie Kirk too?
This is a shitshow of right wing know nothings and extremists pandering to like minded people.
Again?
It’s still only once a year, right?
This list sounds super lame even by CPAC-lame standards.
re: #47 HappyWarrior
I like to eat meat too but I’m not some delicate meat bro who thinks eating veggies makes you less of a man. People who think that way are fucking stupid.
we were raised to believe that meat is somehow better food and that other foods were there just to fill you up because meat was too expensive to eat exclusinvely (again, proof that it was better)
If Brexit were a cat…pic.twitter.com/1BTSSX6DDy
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 16, 2019
The cat: Theresa May
The fish: A Brexit deal parliament will vote forpic.twitter.com/CJMDyQPJDZ— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 16, 2019
re: #13 The Vicious Babushka
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— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) January 16, 2019
re: #57 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
we were raised to believe that meat is somehow better food and that other foods were there just to fill you up because meat was too expensive to eat exclusinvely (again, proof that it was better)
Were we though? I mean yeah we liked eating meat when I was growing up and I would say almost too much but things like veggies were never disparaged. Modern masculinity is some weird ass shit.
re: #49 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
May survives No-confidence vote, just barely.
No-confidence vote defeated 306-325.
Wow that was fast
re: #59 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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re: #57 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
we were raised to believe that meat is somehow better food and that other foods were there just to fill you up because meat was too expensive to eat exclusinvely (again, proof that it was better)
BEEF. It’s What’s marketed by tax deductible charity organizations.
Looks like it worked.
Trump spent basically all of his career overleveraged because his costs would far outstrip the money he was taking in, and he would use the fear of default to extract more money from banks and bondholders.
Now he thinks he can pull the same trick with the wall. pic.twitter.com/io11bUDdTr— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) January 16, 2019
President Trump, who has frequently boasted about ISIS being crushed in Syria, left it to @presssec Sanders to issue a short statement acknowledging the death of four American troops there in an ISIS suicide attack
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) January 16, 2019
re: #52 Targetpractice
Fear of PM Corbyn overrode any anger towards PM May.
“We’re angry enough to hold a ‘no confidence’ vote on you, but not angry or crazy enough to allow the other crazy incompetent dude to form the government.”
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And that Greenwald Bros is why we weren’t joining you to give Trump credit for Syria.
Breaking: GOP defeats Democratic effort to maintain sanctions on key Kremlin ally Oleg Deripaska. Dems needed 60 votes, got only 57, incl 11 Republicans. Treasury accused him of election interference, bribery, ordering murder of a businessman & links to Russian organized crime
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 16, 2019
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
So who does DJT blame for this?
re: #70 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
So Pooty must have expanded his list of dependents in the US Senate.
re: #72 Kilroy was here
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I can not think of anything that sucks more than having to make that call…
Oh, man, so sorry. Be good to yourself today.
re: #1 Barefoot Grin
I’m going to guess that the WH has been busily trying to gather bereaved families of people killed by undocumented people for the SOTU gallery and are now thinking, “well hell, should they come or not….”
Not; Pelosi isn’t going to relent as long as the government remains shutdown.
One of the biggest takeaways for me from the British Parlimentary debates over the last two days is that John Bercow (Speaker of the House of Commons) is certifiably badass. I would trade Mitch McConnell for him in a heartbeat.
re: #55 Belafon
Yep. The British need a way to force a vote in spite of the PM.
My understanding is that this is exactly what happened last week: Theresa May ‘surprised’ John Bercow allowed Brexit amendment.
re: #77 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Not; Pelosi isn’t going to relent as long as the government remains shutdown.
Pelosi is censoring MAGA POTUS Free Speech!
re: #72 Kilroy was here
I’m so sorry. It’s so hard to do.
re: #79 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
One of the biggest takeaways for me from the British Parlimentary debates over the last two days is that John Bercow (Speaker of the House of Commons) is certifiably badass. I would trade Mitch McConnell for him in a heartbeat.
Dude, I’d probably take Trent Lott or Bill Frist back over McConnell. That’s a really low bar. But that does show you that the Brits do have one better thing than us though we by far have the better opposition leader in Nancy Pelosi over Jeremy Corbyn.
re: #80 ericblair
My understanding is that this is exactly what happened last week: Theresa May ‘surprised’ John Bercow allowed Brexit amendment.
I meant full government elections.
re: #72 Kilroy was here
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I can not think of anything that sucks more than having to make that call…
I feel your pain. We had to put ours down last month and it still breaks my heart.
re: #85 Sir John Barron
11 voted with the Dems.
No, I know that. I was calling the others who defeated this the assholes. My grammar implied otherwise. Sorry.
re: #87 Rocky-in-Connecticut
CPAC.
aka, the White Men Grievance Theater
White Christian Heterosexual man.
At least four Americans died *today* in Syria, and this is what Fox News is covering pic.twitter.com/d296WAlPaF
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 16, 2019
re: #62 HappyWarrior
Does Queen Elizabeth taste better than her gardener?
Deplorable though they are, a stash of these would still be a better hedge against social collapse than actual gold, since you can actually eat them. A truckload of corned beef hash would be much better though.
re: #91 lawhawk
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Maybe we could bring up the names of the men and women killed at embassies in the Bush years if FNC wants to play that sick game. Stevens’ family has repeatedly asked you to stop using their dead family member to push your fucked pu agenda.
re: #92 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Deplorable though they are, a stash of these would still be a better hedge against social collapse than actual gold, since you can actually eat them. A truckload of corned beef hash would be much better though.
Heh I know. It’s just they said the chocolate tasted like royalty. And hel lyeah corned beef hash.
re: #72 Kilroy was here
I’m going to miss that ear, and I’ve only seen those 2 pix!
re: #91 lawhawk
I can’t believe…well yes actually I can believe they’re that craven and hypocritical.
re: #93 HappyWarrior
Maybe we could bring up the names of the men and women killed at embassies in the Bush years if FNC wants to play that sick game. Stevens’ family has repeatedly asked you to stop using their dead family member to push your fucked pu agenda.
WHY ARE YOU POLITICIZING THE EMBASSY DEATHS?!
re: #96 Sir John Barron
I can’t believe…well yes actually I can believe they’re that craven and hypocritical.
They will do anything to push the narrative that no American ever died at an embassy or consulate before Benghazi. And I will never forget Mitt Romney’s shit eating grin the minute he tried to exploit that tragedy to attack Obama and Clinton and it’s why I will never want him as an ally against Trump. Romney can go fuck himself.
re: #93 HappyWarrior
Maybe we could bring up the names of the men and women killed at embassies in the Bush years if FNC wants to play that sick game. Stevens’ family has repeatedly asked you to stop using their dead family member to push your fucked pu agenda.
This vote is really hard to understand given how Very Tough DJT and the GOP has been on Russia and Putin.
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[Trumps shoots a person on Fifth Avenue]
Rudy Giuliani: “is murder even a crime? I’m not sure it is”
Mitch McConnell: *crickets*
NBC internal memo: “don’t refer to it as murder”
Maggie Haberman: “to be fair, it was only one person”
William Barr: “I am unfamiliar with this story”— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) January 16, 2019
We know about the Opossum. Screms at own ass. Good tick-eating woodland trash friend. Immune to rabies. A relatable symbol for Millennials everywhere. pic.twitter.com/kP32z9jXQs
— 🌻Elle 🐈 Gato🌻 (@ellle_em) January 16, 2019
I haven’t rtwt, I’m not sure it’s up yet. This was plenty, imho.
re: #75 wrenchwench
It can’t be ungrown. It must be boiled.
Chopped up and stir fried with other yummy vegies.
re: #29 wrenchwench
According to some religion(s), the marriage must be consummated upon the cake made for the occasion, in the manner the newly married couple imagine it would be done by the two beings depicted in the icon adorning the cake (which icon must be removed in advance of said consummation and archived under the pillow of the Ring Bearer), were they not cast in plastic.
That’s what I’ve heard.
/edited. Does it make sense now? No? good.
Many people say so!/
Pence’s statement on the Syria attack mentions Trump’s withdrawal intentions. Sarah Sanders’s statement doesn’t. pic.twitter.com/adm58jkySP
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 16, 2019
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
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FNC: Were you aware that Hillary Clinton killed Vince Foster?
Trump: Murder is okay sometimes.
re: #72 Kilroy was here
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I can not think of anything that sucks more than having to make that call…
You rescued him, and he gave you love. You returned it. It is all good. Take care.
The Center for Immigration Studies, one of the country’s most visible anti-immigration groups, has taken its feud with the SPLC to court, alleging that its inclusion on the civil rights organization’s list of known hate groups violates federal law https://t.co/64tkSSEfHl
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 16, 2019
Britain’s storage and warehouse business is seeing a windfall as people rush to stockpile before Brexit pic.twitter.com/CBblk2rZKZ
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) January 16, 2019
Meanwhile, warehouse space in Colorado rents at a premium because they’re using them to grow legal cannabis. What a time to be alive.🙄 #AnotherWorldIsPossible #VotingMatters https://t.co/jHJMoDBEiy
— Sanho Tree (@SanhoTree) January 16, 2019
re: #108 Charles Johnson
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Uh no. They’re a private organization. They mots certainly are allowed to list you as a hate group.
re: #37 lawhawk
The CW is that she’ll hold on. Weird. I know. You’d think that the most lopsided loss on a vote for an issue the PM wants in 100+ years would end her government, but apparently she might still eke out a win to stay in charge of this shit show just a bit longer.
The only thing the Tories hate more than each other is the thought of Jeremy Corbyn as PM.
re: #103 ObserverArt
Chopped up and stir fried with other yummy vegies.
I was trying not to get so graphic.
I guess I left it to a professional.
morons
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says Pelosi acting “unbecoming” of a speaker on SOTU
“It is not a security issue - that’s politics. It’s pure politics.”
Asked if Trump should still speak in House on Jan. 29 if Pelosi rescinds invite, McCarthy said: “Yes, absolutely.”— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 16, 2019
re: #108 Charles Johnson
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Fuck them. They’re the group that, among other smash hits, suggested during her nomination process that then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor was inherently un-American, because she didn’t pronounce her own goddamn last name ‘the American way’.
re: #54 Targetpractice
In the past, such a result would have only been possible with the understanding that the PM would step down as such a scenario could generally only come about due to an utter fuck-up on their part.
But May’s time in the seat shows that, much like Trump, her ego is so huge that it exerts gravitational force.
Another factor may be that no other Tory wants to preside over this shitshow.
(I suppose I missed my true calling as a creator of awful zoological rhymes but hey)
— 🌻Elle 🐈 Gato🌻 (@ellle_em) January 16, 2019
re: #60 HappyWarrior
Were we though? I mean yeah we liked eating meat when I was growing up and I would say almost too much but things like veggies were never disparaged. Modern masculinity is some weird ass shit.
I not, but I know lots of people who were.
Very disappointing to see @MittRomney did not vote to maintain sanctions on a Russian oligarch close to Paul Manafort. https://t.co/wTLMH7nUp1
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) January 16, 2019
Not sure why you’re disappointed. Were you actually expecting something else? https://t.co/QmGAd5JMTk
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2019
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
morons
It’s really a shame that Speaker Pelosi is allowing “politics” to interfere with inviting the guy on Twitter who’s busy insulting her to the House to give a speech celebrating himself during a shutdown of his making that is impoverishing some 800,000 workers.
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re: #119 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I not, but I know lots of people who were.
I dunno. it just seems like this is a new thing. Like I remember people thinking yeah vegetarianism was not the norm but not to the point of being actually enraged by veggie or vegan options. I’ve known both vegans and hardcore meatanarian types and the former is a lot more chill than the latter.
re: #112 wrenchwench
I was trying not to get so graphic.
I guess I left it to a professional.
I’m all about integrity and a just end. Boiled vegetables is a sin against both vegetables and humanity.
re: #120 Charles Johnson
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re: #47 HappyWarrior
I like to eat meat too but I’m not some delicate meat bro who thinks eating veggies makes you less of a man. People who think that way are fucking stupid.
My husband’s been vegetarian since his twenties, and he’s gone full blown vegan in recent years for health reasons. So, although I’m not vegetarian myself, I eat a lot of vegan food with him. Ditto with my veggie/vegan friends, of which I have a fair amount. The options for vegan food in Glasgow are really good at the moment. Not just dedicated vegan places, like The Flying Duck or Mono, but better vegan options at other places. I hear you can even get a vegan sausage roll at Greggs these days! And it’s really good, tasty, satisfying, quality food- light years ahead of the old stereotypes about nut cutlets.
So, when I hear all this guff about not eating meat feminising men, I think:
a) You’ve obviously never perused the burger menu in the Flying Duck.
b) Women can and do eat meat.
c) Why am I even entertaining this obviously made up vision of what it means to be a man? If you really want to embody this mythical caveman-cum-huter-gatherer cliche, what the fuck are you doing on Twitter?
re: #123 ObserverArt
I’m all about integrity and a just end. Boiled vegetables is a sin against both vegetables and humanity.
Decades ago, I had an aunt who lived in Santa Ana, CA and we’d make our once a year trek to see her. She insisted she was some great gourmet cook and she always had the one thing she’d make……stuffed cabbage. Boiled stuffed cabbage.
Boiled until the cabbage had been essentially liquified.
Then she’d take us all out to Pioneer Chicken, LOL.
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
just like the GOP controlled House during the tenure of Paul Ryan wouldn’t even let Dems introduce legislation for discussion, politics … pure politics.
With all due respect, GFY Mr. McCarthy
re: #125 Alephnaught
My husband’s been vegetarian since his twenties, and he’s gone full blown vegan in recent years for health reasons. So, although I’m not vegetarian myself, I eat a lot of vegan food with him. Ditto with my veggie/vegan friends, of which I have a fair amount. The options for vegan food in Glasgow are really good at the moment. Not just dedicated vegan places, like The Flying Duck or Mono, but better vegan options at other places. I hear you can even get a vegan sausage roll at Greggs these days! And it’s really good, tasty, satisfying, quality food- light years ahead of the old stereotypes about nut cutlets.
So, when I hear all this not guff about not eating meat feminising men, I think:
a) You’ve obviously never perused the burger menu in the Flying Duck.
b) Women can and do eat meat.
c) Why am I even entertaining this obviously made up vision of what it means to be a man? If you really want to embody this mythical caveman-cum-huter-gatherer cliche, what the fuck are you doing on Twitter?
The Greggs Vegan roll is what set off Morgan isn’t it? And I agree totally. There are a lot of delicious vegan/veggie opitions. One of my favorite places in DC is a Falafel place. Love going there after a show or barhopping for a delicious falafel sandwich. And yeah plenty of women do eat meat too. My grandmother loves bacon more than I do. And yeah if you’re such a He-man, why are you on Twitter? Shouldn’t you be chasing the mammoths?
re: #109 wrenchwench
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Former big talking Trump/Putin/Russia foe Mitt Romney caved and voted to ease sanctions against Putin ally Derispaka… Why? Here is a headline from 6 days ago. Where is a new LDS temple being built? Russia. Perhaps Romney has personal incentives to help Russia? Quid pro quo… pic.twitter.com/BW3SX1P0d3
— Nadine van der Velde (@nadinevdVelde) January 16, 2019
re: #120 Charles Johnson
One would hope that Max is finally coming to terms with the inescapable fact that everything he had worked for all his life was nothing but a lie.
re: #131 Charles Johnson
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I go with Occam’s here Charles. Romney is a loyal Republican foot soldier first and foremost.
re: #131 Charles Johnson
“Utah’s values” lol
re: #132 Myron Falwell
One would hope that Max is finally coming to terms with the inescapable fact that everything he had worked for all his life was nothing but a lie.
I would hope so. He’s better than some of them but weaker than some of them. The most legit one is Ana Navarro IMO.
re: #79 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
One of the biggest takeaways for me from the British Parlimentary debates over the last two days is that John Bercow (Speaker of the House of Commons) is certifiably badass. I would trade Mitch McConnell for him in a heartbeat.
Well, the Speaker in the House of Commons is supposed to be impartial, so there is that. BTW If you want badass Speakers of the House of Commons, check out one of his predecessors, Betty Boothroyd.
re: #134 Myron Falwell
“Utah’s values” lol
Hey Utah is just one of 50 states that Mitt Romney calls home. //
Senate Republicans have refused to vote to reopen the U.S. government, but have no problem voting to lift sanctions on a Russian oligarch. That should tell you a lot about their priorities.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 16, 2019
Am I wrong for noting Kevin McCarty often has the same ‘WTF is going on’ expression in his eyes that is seen on one Tucker Carlson’s blank face?
Is that a Californian conservative thing?
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
morons
I almost agree with some conservatives that the SOTU has become a farce anyway and that this is a ritual we can do without.
I’d much rather the WH put out a short letter/memo explaining the work of each department, what new challenges each faces, etc, more like what the WH once did a century ago. It would be eleventy-percent more informative.
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
And they’re bellyaching about Pelosi disinviting DJT to give a SOTU during his shutdown.
re: #141 Sir John Barron
And they’re bellyaching about Pelosi disinviting DJT to give a SOTU during his shutdown.
To play Ron Paul’s favorite game, there’s nothing that says the President must be present before Congress. Trump can always deliver a note.
Coulter: Trump “dead in the water” if he caves on wall https://t.co/mezzZpRbfM pic.twitter.com/Aj5JGDlfh0
— The Hill (@thehill) January 16, 2019
she looks like that alien at the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
re: #142 HappyWarrior
To play Ron Paul’s favorite game, there’s nothing that says the President must be present before Congress. Trump can always deliver a note.
That would damage Trump’s poor little ego, though. Sure he could hold a rally wherever at that time but no network that’s not named Fox would be obligated to carry it live.
So now May has to put together and present a Brexit Plan B to Parliament by Monday. What that could possibly be, I haven’t a clue. The EU has already refused to renegotiate the deal they just overwhelmingly rejected. All I can think of is, if they don’t want to crash out of the EU March 29, and they won’t schedule another referendum, is they can kick the can down the road by asking the EU for an extension on the March 29 deadline, so they can buy some time to continue to contemplate their navels.
re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth
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she looks like that alien at the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Okay, Ann. Here’s a deal. We’ll build a wall around you.
Does anybody know a good place to learn Russian? Because it sure seems like this country wants to become like them
Senate Republicans have refused to vote to reopen the U.S. government, but have no problem voting to lift sanctions on a Russian oligarch. That should tell you a lot about their priorities.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 16, 2019
Gawker will be “Relaunched Early this Year: Here Are the Media Chuds Joining Fake Gawker
Gawker, a good website which was bankrupted in 2016 and then sold last year to Bryan Goldberg, a man committed to face-tuned photos of himself, creating shitty media companies powered by exploited labor, and spouting Richard Spencer-like bullshit about immigrant birth rates on Facebook, will be relaunched early this year. It will be led by Amanda Hale, who was most recently in charge of strategy and growth at the now-shriveled website the Outline. The staff—Carson Griffith, Ben Barna, Maya Kosoff, and Anna Breslaw—was announced today (hours after I messaged them saying I was naming them in this story) and holy shit!
No news whether Rage Furby has been offered a position yet.
Think of how much of a laughingstock a president has to become to have *Burger King* make fun of him. Sad. https://t.co/aUBiBxQACr
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 16, 2019
re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth
— Maized&Confused (@MaizedConfused) January 16, 2019
Imagine what insanity the GOP and media would come up with if a Democratic Predident kept the government closed for 26 days.
re: #147 VegasGolfer
Does anybody know a good place to learn Russian? Because it sure seems like this country wants to become like them
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I was just in a hipster coffee shop where a group of TSA agents who moonlight as Benedectine monks broke out in a Gregorian chant calling on Pelosi to approve 4 trillion dollars for the solid platinum border wall.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 16, 2019
re: #151 Eclectic Cyborg
Imagine what insanity the GOP and media would come up with if a Democratic Predident kept the government closed for 26 days.
The analogy I used was this. Imagine if the Dems did nothing about health care in 09-10 and lost the House and Obama demanded that Congress pass universal health care or else he’d shut the government down. That’s what’s happening here. Trump and the Republicans did nothing about the border but then when they lost the House, they needed the wall. A Democratic President who did that would be rightfully denounced.
re: #33 HappyWarrior
or as we like to call it: tuesday
re: #153 I Would Prefer Not To
The Night’s Watch would like to remind everyone that a wall without proper staffing isn’t going to keep anyone out. The Night’s Watch would also like to remind folks that if you’re trying to enter the country lawfully, you can do so. Asylum is a legitimate reason to enter.
-Night’s Watch.
So now of course Trump is going to do the SOTU in the House regardless of security concerns just to piss off Nancy Pelosi.
Pure red meat for the base.
re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth
If she’s spouting this, that means they’re really shitting bricks over the senate GOP right now.
re: #108 Charles Johnson
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re: #132 Myron Falwell
One would hope that Max is finally coming to terms with the inescapable fact that everything he had worked for all his life was nothing but a lie.
That would require self awareness, so no.
Guess who DID NOT VOTE at all?
Bernie Sanders. https://t.co/TVJd7sahSn— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) January 16, 2019
A C&P. Worth reposting.
January 2017 = Trump inaugurated, GOP majority in both House & Senate.
01/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
02/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
03/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
04/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
05/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
06/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
07/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
08/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
08/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
09/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
10/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
11/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
12/2017 - Wall not an emergency.
01/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
02/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
03/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
04/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
05/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
06/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
07/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
08/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
09/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
10/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
11/2018 - Wall not an emergency.
11/2018 - Democratic majority in the House
01/2019 - EMERGENCY!FACT: Border apprehensions are at a 45 yr low.
There is no crisis at the border. It’s fake news…..
Erik Prince would be willing to step in and provide security for the SOTU, but he knows that Trump would stiff him.
re: #163 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Erik Prince would be willing to step in and provide security for the SOTU, but he knows that Trump would stiff him.
Erikkk would be proud to be stiffed by Donnie. Erikkk would put it on his CV.
re: #148 Dr. Matt
Gawker will be “Relaunched Early this Year: Here Are the Media Chuds Joining Fake Gawker
No news whether Rage Furby has been offered a position yet.
So in other words, they’re digging a hole in the ground and telling people it’s the stairway to heaven..
re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth
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More like the Night King in Game of Thrones, except with an icier personality and paler complexion
Gillette: Men can be awesome when they aren’t acting like douchebags.
Douchebags: Hey, fuck you! We’re buying Schick now!
Run Mitch, run.
“He seems to be running away from us,” - @AOC, as she heads to the Republican cloakroom on the Senate floor looking for Mitch McConnell
— Josh Jamerson (@joshjame) January 16, 2019
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah I’m getting suspicious about Bernie more and more.
don’t want to hear Cruz, Cornyn, Ermst, Inhofe, Lee, etc. are tough on Russia. Their vote today was a gift to Putin and Trump. Oh, and put Romney in that group. He voted no on cloture.
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 16, 2019
Rep. Diana DeGette on Pelosi’s call for a delayed SOTU: “We know the state of our union right now: It’s closed.”
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 16, 2019
Guess the ‘P’ in #GOP stands for #Putin now https://t.co/aW9Q8cMTC3
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) January 16, 2019
Putin following a long Soviet policy of supporting totalitarian guerrilla groups to undermine Western Democracy.
re: #168 Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire
Run Mitch, run.
A little bit more. The House freshmen are now taking it directly to Mitch and it’s awesome.
The House D freshmen are evidently now leaving a note on McConnell’s desk in the chamber
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) January 16, 2019
And now they are holding a press conference outside McConnell’s office. They are saying they ran on political activism and are now bringing it to Congress. pic.twitter.com/vFLGjRJLNR
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) January 16, 2019
This seems… important:
New — Inspector General for GSA, the agency that leases Trump his DC hotel, has issued report saying agency ignored the Constitution in allowing Trump to keep the deal. More coming.
— Jonathan O’Connell (@OConnellPostbiz) January 16, 2019
re: #145 NO SMOCKING GUN!
So now May has to put together and present a Brexit Plan B to Parliament by Monday. What that could possibly be, I haven’t a clue. The EU has already refused to renegotiate the deal they just overwhelmingly rejected. All I can think of is, if they don’t want to crash out of the EU March 29, and they won’t schedule another referendum, is they can kick the can down the road by asking the EU for an extension on the March 29 deadline, so they can buy some time to continue to contemplate their navels.
I have a feeling that May’s Plan B is gonna be the same thing as her Plan A - the one that was just shot down.
re: #170 DodgerFan1988
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Two things, props to Jen for calling out her old favorite Romney here. Secondly, I see she’s tweeting that from Reston! That’s technically my hometown. First place I ever lived.
re: #171 Myron Falwell
A little bit more. The House freshmen are now taking it directly to Mitch and it’s awesome.
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I like this Three Amigas better than the Three Amigos of McCain, Graham, and Lieberman.
Props to Kurt Bardella too. I’m not going to rush and invite either him or Jen to a platform making but they’re legit allies against Trump. I see them as actually being anti Trump. Not fake like Romney, Erick, and others.
re: #132 Myron Falwell
One would hope that Max is finally coming to terms with the inescapable fact that everything he had worked for all his life was nothing but a lie.
It’s not going to happen all at once. We’ll have to give him some time.
re: #171 Myron Falwell
A little bit more. The House freshmen are now taking it directly to Mitch and it’s awesome.
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How dare those Congresspeople try and get something done!
4. Not only is the group not defeated (three separate reports estimated that the terrorist group still has been 20,000 and 30,000 members just in Iraq and Syria) but there is data to indicate that ISIS has been emboldened by Trump’s pullout announcement.
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) January 16, 2019
Trump’s cartoonish threats and boasts that he’s “defeated” ISIS are having the opposite effect. https://t.co/lfhVALsbr9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2019
re: #72 Kilroy was here
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I can not think of anything that sucks more than having to make that call…
Oh damn.
Had to do that with my kits a few years back. Still tears me up when I think of it.
Sympathy & hugs.
re: #180 Charles Johnson
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And I remember a lot of lefty and libertarian types telling us that we should give Trump his due here and it’s like nope guys. But hey Glenn Greenwald whine some more about how “hawkish” Dems are getting even though asshole Trump didn’t have a clue what the hell he was doing in Syria which is exactly why this got criticized.
Today you will not be receiving your regularly scheduled paycheck. To the best of my knowledge, this marks the first time in our Nation’s history that servicemembers in a U.S. Armed Force have not been paid during a lapse in appropriations. Read more: https://t.co/5tLzGhK2nt pic.twitter.com/J2o00zWm0k
— Admiral Karl Schultz (@ComdtUSCG) January 15, 2019
I’m thinking the last time the US military had a lapse of pay that even approached this?
The US War of Independence, when the troops routinely had issues getting paid.
But please, do go on about how Trump is making us safer.
re: #183 lawhawk
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I’m thinking the last time the US military had a lapse of pay that even approached this?
The US War of Independence, when the troops routinely had issues getting paid.
But please, do go on about how Trump is making us safer.
Or that no one respects the military like Trump does.
re: #183 lawhawk
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I’m thinking the last time the US military had a lapse of pay that even approached this?
The US War of Independence, when the troops routinely had issues getting paid.
But please, do go on about how Trump is making us safer.
There was an issue in the 30’s about veterans getting paid:
stripes.com
The troops massed on the Ellipse, right outside the White House: More than two hundred soldiers on horseback, plus men on foot and five tanks.
On July 28, 1932, at the command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, they marched down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol to launch an attack on World War I veterans.
It was the height of the Great Depression. Nearly 20,000 unemployed veterans had converged on Washington to demand bonus payments from Congress and President Herbert Hoover. Led by Walter W. Waters, a former sergeant from Oregon, they called themselves the Bonus Army or Bonus Expeditionary Forces, a nod to World War I’s American Expeditionary Forces.
Many saw the Bonus Army as heroes.
“They made themselves into a symbol of the Depression - the symbol of the forgotten man,” said historian Lucy Barber, deputy executive director at the National Archives. “Their status as veterans and patriots gave them a much greater claim on the country. With the image of all the other people lining up at the soup kitchens - in some ways, they were considered the most deserving of those people.”
re: #173 Dr Lizardo
I have a feeling that May’s Plan B is gonna be the same thing as her Plan A - the one that was just shot down.
I can’t see what else it will be, given there’s no time to do anything and absolutely no reason on the EU’s part to change anything. May’s only strategy is to grind away until the opposition just gets tired of her shit and gives in, but there’s no reason why that would work now. So it’s Plan B which is Plan A but with floor mats and undercoating.
At least Corbyn is pushing for her to rule out no-deal Brexit, so that’s something. That has support on both sides of the aisle. If that happens, it’s May’s Brexit lite or Referendum II: The Referendumbing.
Individual 1 will not be permitted to deliver his state of the union address until government is reopened.
Welcome to life in the New Democratic Majority.
Get used to it.#EndTrumpShutdownhttps://t.co/DaoaW58x8A— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) January 16, 2019
re: #185 sagehen
There was an issue in the 30’s about veterans getting paid:
stripes.com
That event is part of why we got the GI Bill. And that whole incident is definitely a stain on Hoover who I think otherwise was a pretty decent man but screw MacArthur. Great general but not one of my favorite people in American military history.
re: #173 Dr Lizardo
I have a feeling that May’s Plan B is gonna be the same thing as her Plan A - the one that was just shot down.
That will go over like a wet fart.
re: #170 DodgerFan1988
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Republi-Cong?
re: #172 lawhawk
This seems… important:
Tonight on Hannity: The GSA, whatever it stands for, is an out of control, rogue agency that must be disbanded.
Trump’s corporate tax cut is now estimated to cost $600 billion more than originally projected https://t.co/4RO0KThFc2 via @bopinion pic.twitter.com/vEB3ot9Kco
— Bloomberg (@business) January 15, 2019
We told you this was a con. https://t.co/taVSO3GZMj
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) January 16, 2019
Translation: Employers are telling their employees what not to do on their own time despite the fact that said employer is NOT paying said employees.
re: #191 Sir John Barron
Tonight on Hannity: The GSA, whatever it stands for, is an out of control, rogue Deep State agency that must be disbanded.
Slight edit.
re: #186 ericblair
I can’t see what else it will be, given there’s no time to do anything and absolutely no reason on the EU’s part to change anything. May’s only strategy is to grind away until the opposition just gets tired of her shit and gives in, but there’s no reason why that would work now. So it’s Plan B which is Plan A but with floor mats and undercoating.
At least Corbyn is pushing for her to rule out no-deal Brexit, so that’s something. That has support on both sides of the aisle. If that happens, it’s May’s Brexit lite or Referendum II: The Referendumbing.
May could well be planning on grinding down opposition to her working agreement. To be fair, that strategy might work, despite the hardcore Brexiteers.
She’s playing a grand game of chicken, but I think this whole debacle is going to have repercussions for the next decade or more. And if all goes to shit, economically speaking, then in the long run, the UK might just end up re-joining the EU in about 20 years or so - much to the horror, presumably, of those who voted to leave.
NEW: T-Mobile inked a merger that needs Trump Admin’s OK.
Next day: 9 T-Mobile execs had reservations @ Trump hotel https://t.co/fRJrJAtiCd— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) January 16, 2019
Don’t call it a swamp. Swamp is so negative. These are wetlands. https://t.co/UEdvaBKU8x
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 16, 2019
re: #179 bd(it’s all true)
How dare those Congresspeople try and get something done!
I love this seeing the new freshmen be this visible and doing this type of a meaningful public attention-getter. It makes for a powerful combination with a determined leader like Pelosi. If this was an accidental setup, it’s the best possible accident, as they compliment each other brilliantly.
Nothing like seeing which party is firmly in the offense and which is firmly in the defense and starting to crack under pressure.
re: #197 Myron Falwell
I love this seeing the new freshmen be this visible and doing this type of a meaningful public attention-getter. It makes for a powerful combination with a determined leader like Pelosi. If this was an accidental setup, it’s the best possible accident, as they compliment each other brilliantly.
Nothing like seeing which party is firmly in the offense and which is firmly in the defense and starting to crack under pressure.
McTurtle: This is all about politics and very political partisan politics not like the totally disinterested, bipartisan, country above party way I’ve acted ever since I gained office.
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A big-if-true nugget buried in @peterbakernyt’s @nytimes story today—that Mueller may be investigating Trump’s interactions with Putin during his time in office. Could suggest the counterintelligence line of inquiry of Trump as a potential national security threat is ongoing. pic.twitter.com/UFqcCVBQUO
— Ned Price (@nedprice) January 16, 2019
I just read this on Wonkette and plan to use the following script when I call my senators (Cruz and Cornyn) later today:
Are you currently receiving a paycheck? Since i have a federal tax obligation that pays your wages, I don’t consider it to be a personal question.
Has the senator issued any statements about whether FDA food inspections are, in fact, essential, and that their elimination is a bad thing? No?
Has the senator issued any statements about whether FAA airplane inspections are, in fact, essential, and that their elimination is a bad thing? No?
Has the senator issued any statements about whether the FAA program ensuring that airplanes land on the correct runway (and not a taxiway) is, in fact, essential, and that its elimination is a bad thing? No?
I’m glad you will be able to enjoy your paycheck without concern for your family’s well being. But I am very concerned about furloughed workers being prohibited from working, and I’m also very concerned about others who are compelled to work without pay. That’s why I am urging the senator to vote to re-open the government as soon as possible.
re: #185 sagehen
Those were veterans who were being denied their payments. They weren’t active service members.
Active service members were with MacArthur and forced the vets to disperse.
Fox News Debuts Premium Channel For 24-Hour Coverage Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez https://t.co/2ET3x5Ibhl pic.twitter.com/uYQUeCQfYp
— The Onion (@TheOnion) January 16, 2019
re: #195 Dr Lizardo
May could well be planning on grinding down opposition to her working agreement. To be fair, that strategy might work, despite the hardcore Brexiteers.
She’s playing a grand game of chicken, but I think this whole debacle is going to have repercussions for the next decade or more. And if all goes to shit, economically speaking, then in the long run, the UK might just end up re-joining the EU in about 20 years or so - much to the horror, presumably, of those who voted to leave.
It’s a game of chicken, alright. The problem is that a few want to crash the car for insurance money, some others are quite convinced the other guy will blink, and a considerable number figure that their car will grow wings and fly off.
re: #169 HappyWarrior
Yeah I’m getting suspicious about Bernie more and more.
I’ve been saying that since 2017, when Bernie was one of two senators (the other being Rand Paul) who voted against Russian sanctions. Of course now 43 Senators would vote against sanctions (42 R + 1 D).
re: #195 Dr Lizardo
May could well be planning on grinding down opposition to her working agreement. To be fair, that strategy might work, despite the hardcore Brexiteers.
She’s playing a grand game of chicken, but I think this whole debacle is going to have repercussions for the next decade or more. And if all goes to shit, economically speaking, then in the long run, the UK might just end up re-joining the EU in about 20 years or so - much to the horror, presumably, of those who voted to leave.
We’ll see Monday, I guess. Its hard to imagine she would have the chutzpah to come back to Parliament with the exact same plan that was just overwhelmingly rejected, but its difficult to see a way though that doesn’t involve either a catastrophe or the government making a humiliating surrender, much like Trump’s position on the shutdown.
re: #205 Hecuba’s daughter
I’ve been saying that since 2017, when Bernie was one of two senators (the other being Rand Paul) who voted against Russian sanctions. Of course now 43 Senators would vote against sanctions (42 R + 1 D).
You mean 42 R + 1 I.
re: #198 Sir John Barron
McTurtle: This is all about politics and very political partisan politics not like the totally disinterested, bipartisan, country above party way I’ve acted ever since I gained office.
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Lol he probably does think that. And he better get used to it. :)
re: #185 sagehen
There was an issue in the 30’s about veterans getting paid:
stripes.com
The back story of the assault on the Bonus March is a false report MacArthur had received from Colonel Conrad Lanza, who was stationed in New York and who was G-2 (staff intelligence) for the Northeastern military district.
An Army intelligence report said that the BEF intended to occupy the Capitol permanently and instigate fighting which would be a signal for Communist uprisings in all major cities. At least part of the Marine Corps garrison in Washington would side with the revolutionaries; hence Marine units eight blocks from the Capitol were never called upon (the report of July 5, 1932 by Conrad H. Lanza in upstate New York was not declassified until 1991).
Lanza (1878-1963) was a well known military author. Where he got this story of a communist uprising is anybody’s guess, but Mac bought it lock, stock and barrel.
re: #208 Myron Falwell
Lol he probably does think that. And he better get used to it. :)
“How did all this politics get into this establishment?”
re: #206 NO SMOCKING GUN!
We’ll see Monday, I guess. Its hard to imagine she would have the chutzpah to come back to Parliament with the exact same plan that was just overwhelmingly rejected, but its difficult to see a way though that doesn’t involve either a catastrophe or the government making a humiliating surrender, much like Trump’s position on the shutdown.
A humiliating surrender will be the end of her and if the Tories agreed to revoke Article 50, they’ll be bounced out of power for the foreseeable future.
They’ve all painted themselves into one hell of a corner.
re: #207 Citizen K
You mean 42 R + 1 I.
Ooops! Caucus with Democrats though. For the past 2 years I have said that Putin owned 3 candidates with Presidential ambitions: Trump, Jill, Bernie. And nothing has happened to challenge this assertion.
So I’m reading this Vanity Fair story about Meghan Markle, and it includes the following paragraph:
“Meanwhile, the royal family’s personal wealth, which encompasses castles and endless swathes of British countryside and crown jewels, including a 530-carat cut diamond, the world largest, to squabble over, has been estimated $85 billion.”
And it strikes me that Jeff Bezos, in 25 years, has amassed a fortune twice as large as the what the royal family of the world’s 6th biggest economy needed 10 times as long to put together. (5th biggest, if we only count country’s and remove California from the rankings).
I don’t doubt that at all.
Steve King slams GOP leaders, says a “respectable” number of conservatives have expressed their support for him individually https://t.co/UwTp9x7fE0
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) January 16, 2019
re: #214 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I don’t doubt that at all.
“Many people are saying I’ve been the victim of a yuuuuge witch hunt.”
Remember when Donnie said “I alone” can keep Americans safe?
Remember when Donnie said “I can defeat ISIS in 30 days”?
Trump Lied, Troops Died
Lather.Rinse.Repeat
Folks did note this?
She’s really making enemies with the Democratic leadership, isn’t she? Getting a seat on an importation House committee with Rep. Maxine Waters…..Boy the neoliberal Democratic leadership really has it in for her….
The truth? Republicans started the #TrumpShutdown — and Democrats are working to end it. @realDonaldTrump, it’s time for you to stop standing in the way of re-opening the government. Let the Senate vote! #EndTheShutdown pic.twitter.com/8Wn438DCfM
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 14, 2019
re: #196 Single-handed sailor
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I think the term you are looking for is “cesspool”.
A swamp and wetlands both are important contributors to the ecosystem, while a cesspool is just full of excrement.
Mitch McConnell filed cloture this afternoon on a bill to permanently ban insurance coverage of abortion in Obamacare markets, Medicaid and other govt programs. A vote could happen as early as tonight (or Thursday or Friday).
— Alice Miranda Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) January 16, 2019
The right wing assault on women’s rights to choose, and to make sure coverage is available for what is often a critical health care need continues.
The shutdown is a cover for further GOP malfeasance. https://t.co/jwps8io20N— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 16, 2019
re: #169 HappyWarrior
Yeah I’m getting suspicious about Bernie more and more.
The other senators running can ask him about it.
re: #222 Belafon
So, dead in the House.
McConnell is trying to throw all the red meat out for his base to respond to, while keeping government shut down (which is also red meat to the saboteurs in the base that think government must be shrunk to give them even more tax cuts).
He’s got to continually amp up the red meat because they’re not responding - it’s already at a boiling point, and he’s going to get diminishing returns going forward.
re: #220 lawhawk
Mitch’s last stand. Throw everything but the kitchen sink to appease the red meaters while his own base is struggling to stay unfied.
re: #217 gwangung
Folks did note this?
She’s really making enemies with the Democratic leadership, isn’t she? Getting a seat on an importation House committee with Rep. Maxine Waters…..Boy the neoliberal Democratic leadership really has it in for her….
Its fascinating; any other NY politician would love that assignment because Wall Street would shower money on them to help protect the hometown industry. But I think AOC has different plans.
Truly fake news, sad to say.
Fake Washington Post newspapers reportedly circulating around downtown DC
re: #224 lawhawk
McConnell is trying to throw all the red meat out for his base to respond to, while keeping government shut down (which is also red meat to the saboteurs in the base that think government must be shrunk to give them even more tax cuts).
He’s got to continually amp up the red meat because they’re not responding - it’s already at a boiling point, and he’s going to get diminishing returns going forward.
If McConnell is doing this now, he knows he’s in over his head. A string of DOA RWNJ bills aren’t going to move the needle one bit.
He’s losing.
Senate Intel Chairman Richard Burr WON’T pursue notes from American interpreter at the Trump-Putin meetings.
“If I were the president, I would try to claim executive privilege in anything that had to do with him.”
Asked if he would try to get those notes, Burr told me: “No.”— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 16, 2019
I hate to add a lawyerly spin to this, but there cannot be “Executive Privilege” in a conversation between the President and the President of RUSSIA.
It could be puppet - puppeteer privilege, but not Executive Privilege. https://t.co/08awGgrPAF— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) January 16, 2019
First the word about the WH scrambling to stop Senate Republicans from signing the bipartisan letter, now this:
Trump will be forced to compromise: White House official https://t.co/n3SnM0QHMp
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 16, 2019
I’m predicting that Donny’s eventual cave will be to say if he can get just a bit more than the $1.6B the DNC is offering, then he’ll sign the bill just so he can tell his base that he got more for border security than he would have got if he hadn’t held out.
re: #228 Myron Falwell
If McConnell is doing this now, he knows he’s in over his head. A string of DOA RNWJ bills aren’t going to move the needle one bit.
He’s losing.
He will throw democracy away before he gives up power.
Moreover, he’s also pursuing Grover Norquist’s dream.
I missed this but Pelosi also offered up that Trump could deliver the SOTU from the Oval Office.
Pelosi calls SOTU a security issue, says Trump can deliver it “from the Oval Office if he wants” pic.twitter.com/AP5CXe4U1b
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) January 16, 2019
She’s needling Trump because he knows that a joint session of Congress is where you get a crowd response. The Oval Office? It’s just him and a teleprompter. His ego can’t handle it.
re: #37 lawhawk
The CW is that she’ll hold on. Weird. I know. You’d think that the most lopsided loss on a vote for an issue the PM wants in 100+ years would end her government, but apparently she might still eke out a win to stay in charge of this shit show just a bit longer.
Why would she want to?
In her place I’d be moving to France with a, “So long, dipshits. It’s your bed now. Bedbugs and all.”
re: #226 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Its fascinating; any other NY politician would love that assignment because Wall Street would shower money on them to help protect the hometown industry. But I think AOC has different plans.
Hm. Don’t have a problem with that.
Neither does the Democratic leadership.
What does THAT say?
re: #232 lawhawk
I missed this but Pelosi also offered up that Trump could deliver the SOTU from the Oval Office.
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She’s needling Trump because he knows that a joint session of Congress is where you get a crowd response. The Oval Office? It’s just him and a teleprompter. His ego can’t handle it.
Ayep, this is about denying him what he wants, which is a large captive audience where he’s guaranteed applause from at least half those in attendance.
re: #232 lawhawk
Oh god yes, Trump would absolutely hate having to do a SOTU speech under those circumstances.
He’d probably just have one written up and sent over to Congress and then bitch on Twitter about the Democrats.
Yet another RWNJ who is probably telling the truth. This not a good sign: They’re so sure of themselves, they have decided to give up lying, at least on a trial basis.
Richard Spencer says that he is certain he influenced White House adviser Stephen Miller while they attended Duke University together.https://t.co/msHwCEgBi5
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) January 15, 2019
re: #53 Sir John Barron
I still don’t get it, replace his *** with a carrot.
A Freudian slip.
Like most wingnuts the central motivator for his identity is how manly his penis is. So everything is about making sure his penis is powerful and manly.
Of course even they know actually saying so makes them look exactly the opposite so they never mention their inferiority complex.
But sometimes they can’t help it.
re: #238 Dr. Matt
Over at Drudge: Border Ranchers Warn: We’re Finding Prayer Rugs Out Here!
Busy replaying the hits I see.
re: #72 Kilroy was here
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Fake Washington Post Newspapers Distributed in D.C.
hollywoodreporter.com
The newspaper said it was aware someone had produced forged newspapers with fake headlines and stories inside. A fake website was also apparently created.
The newspaper said it was looking into who created the fake papers. “There are fake print editions of The Washington Post being distributed around downtown D.C., and we are aware of a website attempting to mimic The Post’s. They are not Post products, and we are looking into this,” The Post’s verified public relations account stated.
At this time, it’s unclear who created the forgery. However, in a story, the Post noted that liberal activist organization Code Pink published a video on Facebook in which copies of the fake paper were handed out. “This just in! Handing out the Washington Post paper on Trump leaving the presidency,” the video was captioned.
Maybe they should save it. I can still see this ending with Trump or McConnell or both fleeing the country.
re: #185 sagehen
There was an issue in the 30’s about veterans getting paid:
stripes.com
Actually, the Bonus Marchers were collecting in Washington to [request/demand/push the Government for] early payment on their “bonus” for WWI service, which was not scheduled to be paid until 1945. But since so many of them were broke right then, they didn’t feel like having to wait another twelve-thirteen years.
re: #240 Anymouse 🌹
Over at Drudge: Border Ranchers Warn: We’re Finding Prayer Rugs Out Here!
Busy replaying the hits I see.
And equally as oblivious to the law of diminishing returns as Trump and Mitch are.
Ramussen reporting a poll saying if Rep. Ocasio-Cortez ran against Trump in 2020, she would give him a run for his money. They claim her support is nearly equal to Trumps (LOL Trump’s not even close).
That said, she isn’t eligible to run.
re: #230 Targetpractice
First the word about the WH scrambling to stop Senate Republicans from signing the bipartisan letter, now this:
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I’m predicting that Donny’s eventual cave will be to say if he can get just a bit more than the $1.6B the DNC is offering, then he’ll sign the bill just so he can tell his base that he got more for border security than he would have got if he hadn’t held out.
Exactly what I’ve always thought would be the best way out of this mess: which would not have become such a mess if we had a real President in the WH instead of a narcissistic TV conman.
re: #245 Anymouse 🌹
Ramussen reporting a poll saying if Rep. Ocasio-Cortez ran against Trump in 2020, she would give him a run for his money. They claim her support is nearly equal to Trumps (LOL Trump’s not even close).
That said, she isn’t eligible to run.
Uh oh. That’s Trump’s favorite (and least reliable) pollster, no?
re: #72 Kilroy was here
So sorry about your loss. :(
re: #246 Jay C
Exactly what I’ve always thought would be the best way out of this mess: which would not have become such a mess if we had a real President in the WH instead of a narcissistic TV conman.
And a power-mad Senate Majority Leader.
re: #230 Targetpractice
First the word about the WH scrambling to stop Senate Republicans from signing the bipartisan letter, now this:
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I’m predicting that Donny’s eventual cave will be to say if he can get just a bit more than the $1.6B the DNC is offering, then he’ll sign the bill just so he can tell his base that he got more for border security than he would have got if he hadn’t held out.
Hey, Nancy already agreed to give him a dollar for the wall!
re: #72 Kilroy was here
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Schumer to Trump: OK, so here’s what I can offier: We will tell everyone that you are getting the amount of money for the wall necessary to fulfill all of your obligcations as president for border security.
I don’t think anyone posted this:
.@KateBolduan asks @LeaderHoyer if @SpeakerPelosi is essentially saying the State of the Union on the Hill is canceled.
“Yep!” he responds, later adding: “The State of the Union is off.”
Any chance Trump could convince them otherwise?
“No.”
(Full exchange below) pic.twitter.com/6a9QMy31LT— Ashley Killough (@KilloughCNN) January 16, 2019
re: #247 Myron Falwell
Uh oh. That’s Trump’s favorite (and least reliable) pollster, no?
Rasmussen is just jumping on the bandwagon of flaming the latest boogeyman (boogeywoman) for the hate-right.
Rasmussen could have run that poll with any Democrat who has gotten national attention.
Call me crazy but I’d rather my children go to a diverse school with tolerant faculty than to a cultish hellhole where they receive no actual education and are taught that everyone on earth is wrong but them.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) January 16, 2019
re: #252 Belafon
Schumer to Trump: OK, so here’s what I can offier: We will tell everyone that you are getting the amount of money for the wall necessary to fulfill all of your obligcations as president for border security.
Pelosi could put a bill on the House floor outlining the Democrats are completely on-board with fulfilling Trump’s promise on WALL, to ensure every peso Mexico sends for it will be directed to that and nothing else.
Miller was writing the SOTU and planning on centering it around the shutdown, blaming Democrats. Except it won’t be as effective if he can’t do it from the House.
With the government being shut down, Republicans are keeping themselves busy working on their fiction writing pic.twitter.com/jx1ngMRKzz
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 16, 2019
You’re still NOT doing your part because the senate senate still won’t hold a vote. Shut up or put up. Government employees deserve better.
— Ryan The Red (@redrummy) January 16, 2019
re: #253 Belafon
I don’t think anyone posted this:
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I say he’ll just use his office or Senate chambers. You watch.
re: #254 freetoken
Rasmussen is just jumping on the bandwagon of flaming the latest boogeyman (boogeywoman) for the hate-right.
Rasmussen could have run that poll with any Democrat who has gotten national attention.
Not a surprise. It’s also too predictable and boring AF.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but is that Chuck C. Johnson walking with Reps. Phil Roe and Andy Harris?
Both waited for him to get through security. pic.twitter.com/ybfdK8Bwqy— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 16, 2019
Oh, look two GOP congressman with a Nazi. https://t.co/FWVOMWjlHz
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 16, 2019
re: #260 Dave In Austin
I say he’ll just use his office or Senate chambers. You watch.
With no audience and no must-carry for the networks? A replacement speech would be just another regular prime-time address in front of the camera that he can’t do right at all.
re: #262 jaunte
Where is the twitter mob to flood their timelines with questions of “why are you giving time to a white supremacist?”
re: #262 jaunte
LOL
With all the furloughed security guards this is his big chance to poop on the floor of the Capitol
— Joe Muto (@JoeMuto) January 16, 2019
I am profoundly enraged with:
*spins bingo cage, releases bingo ball*
a razor blade company, because:
*empties bag of rat bones and crow beaks onto ouija board*
they said good dudes can be better dudes.
Yes. Yes. This is logical.— Neil Grayston (@neilgrayston) January 16, 2019
Have Poe or Harris said anything about King?
re: #262 jaunte
I think Rage Furby stole one of father’s ties from the 70s.
re: #270 Dr. Matt
I think Rage Furby stole one of father’s ties from the 70s.
Those things on his feet look like turds.
A day after the House overwhelmingly voted to condemn white supremacy, at least one GOP Congressman seems to be granting a white supremacist exclusive access.
Here’s Chuck Johnson throwing up a white power symbol with Richard Spencer. pic.twitter.com/loR403fGky— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 16, 2019
re: #269 HappyWarrior
Have Poe or Harris said anything about King?
They’ve done the bare minimum by voting for the resolution, but other than that… doubt it.
re: #72 Kilroy was here
I am so very sorry to hear that. My heart goes out to you and yours.
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re: #271 The Vicious Babushka
Those things on his feet look like turds.
And they look different. The left shoe looks square toed and the right curved….?
re: #275 Dr. Matt
It looks like one is brown and one is black.
And in reasoning of why the GOP might want to throw out treaties signed with the Soviet Union on missile defence, exhibit A.
Trump to unveil Missile Defense Review at Pentagon after multiple delays: report https://t.co/kWPARzmvkk pic.twitter.com/ek8dF4Jj6n
— The Hill (@thehill) January 16, 2019
Another hole for republicans to throw gobs and gobs of money down. https://t.co/CsBRAEmxp2
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 16, 2019
If you need lots of donations from defence corporations for your party, throwing scads of money at systems proven to be ineffective is just the ticket for corporate socialism.
re: #275 Dr. Matt
And they look different. The left shoe looks square toed and the right curved….?
Improperly dressing myself to own the libs.
re: #275 Dr. Matt
And they look different. The left shoe looks square toed and the right curved….?
The right shoe looks like a cowboy boot and the left shoe is a wingtip.
Actually the “cowboy boot” is just motion blur.
Or is it?
re: #280 The Vicious Babushka
The right shoe looks like a cowboy boot and the left shoe is a wingtip.
Actually the “cowboy boot” is just motion blur.
Or is it?
it looks like he’s taking tiny steps.
also, he still dresses like a slob
From 4 weeks ago, this is one of the GOP hacks Rage Furby is hanging out with….
As protests continue in Hungary, Andy Harris doubles down on his support for Viktor Orban
But even people who see the need to go to extremes for ideological balance might pause, or even shudder, at Harris’ support of Viktor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary and kindred spirit of Vladimir Putin. Whatever your party affiliation, if you’re an American who believes that the United States stands for freedom — and I think that’s still most of us, right? — you should be appalled at Harris’ adoration of an authoritarian ruler who appears to be one shoeshine away from full dictator status.
This article is INFURIATING!
Bringing back government workers piecemeal so they can sell public lands for oil and mining, open public lands for hunters and approve loans because a powerful lobby asked them to.
REPUBLICANS suck at governing.
.https://t.co/clNMQSLAuE— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 16, 2019
Look who’s hanging out with Congressmen.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but is that Chuck C. Johnson walking with Reps. Phil Roe and Andy Harris?
Both waited for him to get through security. pic.twitter.com/ybfdK8Bwqy— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 16, 2019
re: #278 retired cynic
I see “The polar vortex has fractured, and the eastern US faces a punishing stretch of winter weather.” Oh, joy.
Yikes. I see the map splits my state into two parts: Where I live will be slightly above average for this time of year, while Omaha will be -20°F off normal.
This timeline is the floor-poopingest of all possible timelines.
re: #282 Dr. Matt
From 4 weeks ago, this is one of the GOP hacks Rage Furby is hanging out with….
Paging Dana Rohrabacher…
re: #284 Charles Johnson
They just don’t care, do they? So why censure Rep Steve King and then hang around with Johnson?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but is that Chuck C. Johnson walking with Reps. Phil Roe and Andy Harris?
Both waited for him to get through security. pic.twitter.com/ybfdK8Bwqy— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 16, 2019
Dear @DrPhilRoe and @RepAndyHarrisMD : would you care to comment on this photo showing you walking with notorious white supremacist Chuck C. Johnson today? https://t.co/vD6u43LLq8
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2019
re: #283 MsJ
On the hunting issue, living in an area where hunting is a big deal, if there were no conservation officers, poaching would skyrocket.
As for calling back workers to work on oil and gas drilling contracts, that has no part of essential work.
Harris is my cousin’s Congressman. She and her husband are some of the few sane voices there. It’s a pity because I enjoy Maryland’s Eastern Shore but politically it’s awful.
re: #280 The Vicious Babushka
The right shoe looks like a cowboy boot and the left shoe is a wingtip.
Actually the “cowboy boot” is just motion blur.
Or is it?
I would say motion blur. But come on, brown shoes with a dark suit?
re: #288 Patricia Kayden
They just don’t care, do they? So why censure Rep Steve King and then hang around with Johnson?
Because they know most people don’t know who he is.
re: #282 Dr. Matt
From 4 weeks ago, this is one of the GOP hacks Rage Furby is hanging out with….
Harris’ father is from Hungary apparently. I’ve learned a little about Hungarian politics through a friend. Beautiful country but holy shit terrible politicians.
Why is white supremacist/Holocaust denier ChuckC. Johnson allowed into the Cannon House office building?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2019
re: #293 HappyWarrior
Because they know most people don’t know who he is.
I don’t know him either. I see that you state that he’s from my state of Maryland. Shocking, tbh. I hope Democrats run a good candidate against him the next time around.
“People are talking about the shutdown in terms of poll numbers, Trump’s base, Democrats’ potential compromises. All of that is irrelevant. No one has leverage. Trump doesn’t care about his voters. The shutdown is not a means to an end. It is the end.” https://t.co/SxuacXFzb0
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 16, 2019
re: #288 Patricia Kayden
They just don’t care, do they? So why censure Rep Steve King and then hang around with Johnson?
Rage Furby isn’t that known a quantity. And if you actually tried to describe his exploits to someone who’s never heard of him, they’d think you were reading off a rejected SNL skit script.
Seriously typical GOP. Fauxrage at King and false dichotomies about Farrakhan but sure CCJ come on over. I hate that shitty party.
re: #299 Myron Falwell
Rage Furby isn’t that known a quantity. And if you actually tried to describe his exploits to someone who’s never heard of him, they’d think you were reading off a rejected SNL skit script.
That’s true. He’s a more laughable Roger Stone.
NEW: Senate just BLOCKED a Chuck Schumer measure that would prevent the Trump admin from lifting sanctions on three firms linked to Russian oligarch and Putin ally Oleg Deripaska.
The vote in the GOP-led Senate was 57-42, short of the 60 needed to move it to a final vote.— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) January 16, 2019
This is what it looks like when Republicans are busy protecting and working for Putin’s interests. Unreal!
Why did @senatemajldr and others want to help Mnuchin and Trump make sure that sanctions get lifted for Deripaska’s companies after he helped Manafort attack our elections? https://t.co/Fk70oLhDcL— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) January 16, 2019
I’ve been telling you since November of 2016. Let me speak more slowly.
McConnell.
Is.
Leader.
Of.
The.
Coup.
He.
Invited.
Russia.
In.
.
Russia.
Brought.
Trumpov.
See link below. https://t.co/OQeymCsdTQ— Jeff McFadden (@homemadeguitars) January 16, 2019
It’s kind of making me nervous that the Prime Minister is responding to tweets now. 🤣
Hey @JustinTrudeau. 👋 pic.twitter.com/uo2kjqnUxt— Mike Gibbs 🏳️🌈 (@Mikeggibbs) January 16, 2019
Trudeau starts answering tweets, much to the delight of many Canadians. The Orange Fuckface tweets incessantly, sending many Americans into trauma therapy. #OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOther https://t.co/8ZSomX5WUE
— Garthim Wrangler (@missbanshee) January 16, 2019
re: #296 Patricia Kayden
I don’t know him either. I see that you state that he’s from my state of Maryland. Shocking, tbh. I hope Democrats run a good candidate against him the next time around.
It’s the Eastern Shore. Very conservative there unfortunately. Maybe someone should let Hogan know and he’d support a primary challenger. Hogan has some integrity.
re: #302 Patricia Kayden
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And the one abstention you ask. Bernie Sanders. Way to go Bernie. Marco Rubio showed more courage than you.
Is it my monitor, or did the Furby brown-up his formerly red facial and cranial hair?
re: #306 wrenchwench
Is it my monitor, or did the Furby brown-up his formerly red facial and cranial hair?
I see what you did there
re: #284 Charles Johnson
Look who’s hanging out with Congressmen.
Phil Roe, one of my state’s reps.
*facepalm*
re: #305 HappyWarrior
What’s up with Bernie Sanders? This is not the first fishy vote for him.
At 21:00 @AndreaChalupa coins a new piece of @GaslitNation lexicon: “The Comey Effect” — “When you’re so overcome with misogyny, and so derelict in your own duty, that you bring the republic to the brink and basically destroy the Western alliance” https://t.co/SxuacXFzb0
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 16, 2019
AOC is trolling Mitch big time.
800,000 workers are missing their paychecks and we’re pushing to get them paid ASAP.
We’re here doing our job - the House has voted to reopen government whole or in part several times - so why can’t we find GOP Senators to ask them do theirs? #WheresMitch pic.twitter.com/FogCPg6ayZ— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 16, 2019
re: #310 Patricia Kayden
What’s up with Bernie Sanders? This is not the first fishy vote for him.
I know others have said similar, but he’s always been acting fishy. Always.
Quite willing to destroy the country for power and Wingnut Welfare.
“I’ve been advising the president whether on Twitter, in columns, or in private conversations you’re not allowed to know about, since Election Day.”
Here’s Awful Ann Coulter telling @vicenews tonight she does in fact have the president’s ear on immigration. pic.twitter.com/gBItcHWvbO— Justin Kanew (@Kanew) January 16, 2019
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re: #310 Patricia Kayden
What’s up with Bernie Sanders? This is not the first fishy vote for him.
Read about Tad Davine and Manafort. Something is really fishy about Bernie.
re: #313 Myron Falwell
I know others have said similar, but he’s always been acting fishy. Always.
He’s very much so on this subject. What I didn’t know is there were clues before hand too.
re: #314 Anymouse 🌹
Quite willing to destroy the country for power and Wingnut Welfare.
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She’s freaking out because she knows they’re in deep deep trouble and poised to lose outright.
re: #314 Anymouse 🌹
Quite willing to destroy the country for power and Wingnut Welfare.
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Ann Coulter should not be advising any President.
re: #314 Anymouse 🌹
Quite willing to destroy the country for power and Wingnut Welfare.
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She looks like she has had some facial surgery or botox. Or maybe just her regular dose of virgin’s blood.
re: #312 Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire
AOC is trolling Mitch big time.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has not been alive long enough to see what conservatives have laid out for decades. The point is the shutdown. They are doing their jobs. They want the government destroyed so they can sell it off for parts.
re: #147 VegasGolfer
Does anybody know a good place to learn Russian? Because it sure seems like this country wants to become like them
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When I was a teenager back in the 1970s, I read several political potboilers by Allen Drury. One of them was how a weak president basically became a thrall of the Soviets, and the book ended with a mashed-up Russian/American flag flying over the Capitol. I’ve thought about that book a lot in the last couple of years, but I can say that Drury had it hella wrong. He thought the destruction was going to come from the “left” (such as it existed in the mid 70s). And, as we know, that’s not the case. But still, hard to shake that out of my head. (The book was “Come Nineveh, Come Tyre” and is only available in Kindle format.)
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re: #320 Anymouse 🌹
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has not been alive long enough to see what conservatives have laid out for decades. The point is the shutdown. They are doing their jobs. They want the government destroyed so they can sell it off for parts.
At the same time, she’s helping perform a hostile takeover of the narrative. It’s now all about owning the optics and the GOP senate is increasingly in a position that’s untenable and unsalable.
re: #320 Anymouse 🌹
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has not been alive long enough to see what conservatives have laid out for decades. The point is the shutdown. They are doing their jobs. They want the government destroyed so they can sell it off for parts.
The first surprise is usually how damn long everything takes. AOC may or may not know what she’s in for, but I think she has the stamina to succeed in a long battle.
re: #320 Anymouse 🌹
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has not been alive long enough to see what conservatives have laid out for decades. The point is the shutdown. They are doing their jobs. They want the government destroyed so they can sell it off for parts.
Well she’s pointing out what their jobs are supposed to be and I love the trio of AOC, Katie Hill, & Lauren Underwood. Showing my age here but the four of us would have been at high school at the same time and Lauren and Katie are impressive too.
re: #323 Myron Falwell
At the same time, she’s helping perform a hostile takeover of the narrative. It’s now all about owning the optics and the GOP senate is increasingly in a position that’s untenable and unsalable.
And I think it’s working.
Good afternoon, just dropping in to mention an incident that CL would have had a great time just freaking shredding those involved. My skills will never be like hers but this guy is a freaking idiot.
Islamophobic man is Islamophobic.
Christian conservative vultures at it again in this thread:
RBG cancels 2 upcoming events https://t.co/lzYQ0uJ4tT via @CNN
— Sarah Boxer (@Sarah_Boxer) January 16, 2019
re: #327 Unshaken Defiance
Good afternoon, just dropping in to mention an incident that CL would have had a great time just freaking shredding those involved. My skills will never be like hers but this guy is a freaking idiot.
Islamophobic man is Islamophobic.
I wasn’t aware of the alliance between devout Muslims and drug dealers. Now I know better. Rancher is one ignorant dude.
re: #320 Anymouse 🌹
Somehow I think she is very aware of the history of the what she is fighting against and would be quite able to express the theory of this class struggle in classic Marxist language. Would that work for you?
re: #324 wrenchwench
The first surprise is usually how damn long everything takes. AOC may or may not know what she’s in for, but I think she has the stamina to succeed in a long battle.
It’s not even her fight. Pelosi’s doing the dirty work. She couldn’t ask for a better mentor.
re: #323 Myron Falwell
At the same time, she’s helping perform a hostile takeover of the narrative. It’s now all about owning the optics and the GOP senate is increasingly in a position that’s untenable and unsalable.
Maybe. The narrative for conservatives all my life was to get elected. Their point is to end democracy. Once that happens, the narrative really doesn’t matter.
re: #330 William Lewis
Somehow I think she is very aware of the history of the what she is fighting against and would be quite able to express the theory of this class struggle in classic Marxist language. Would that work for you?
You don’t get a degree in economics and IR without knowing what the right in this country does.
re: #315 HappyWarrior
Read about Tad Davine and Manafort. Something is really fishy about Bernie.
I’ve said that for two years now. Fishy doesn’t start to cover it.
re: #332 Anymouse 🌹
Maybe. The narrative for conservatives all my life was to get elected. Their point is to end democracy. Once that happens, the narrative really doesn’t matter.
McConnell is an elected official. Calling him out for not doing his job is fine. No need to nitpick that it’s not really his job. I think Alexandria gets that McConnell is a pawn for powerful interests.
re: #334 MsJ
I’ve said that for two years now. Fishy doesn’t start to cover it.
I’m agreeing more and more.
re: #243 Jay C
Actually, the Bonus Marchers were collecting in Washington to [request/demand/push the Government for] early payment on their “bonus” for WWI service, which was not scheduled to be paid until 1945. But since so many of them were broke right then, they didn’t feel like having to wait another twelve-thirteen years.
Here’s a good clip from a documentary that I show my students. Some good film footage from the march.
re: #330 William Lewis
Somehow I think she is very aware of the history of the what she is fighting against and would be quite able to express the theory of this class struggle in classic Marxist language. Would that work for you?
I can do without the classic Marxist language, thanks. My question was merely if she understood that the goal of conservatism was power for its own sake, and the answer to that question is probably “yes she knows that.”
re: #337 Teddy’s Person
Here’s a good clip from a documentary that I show my students. Some good film footage from the march.
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I didn’t know you taught. Thanks for teaching that and being a teacher.
re: #339 HappyWarrior
I didn’t know you taught. Thanks for teaching that and being a teacher.
Yep, teach history at a community college, although most of my students are high schoolers taking classes for college credit.
re: #212 Hecuba’s daughter
Ooops! Caucus with Democrats though. For the past 2 years I have said that Putin owned 3 candidates with Presidential ambitions: Trump, Jill, Bernie. And nothing has happened to challenge this assertion.
I definitely figured tRump and Jill. And as I have said before, I had my suspicions about Bernie.
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