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Hilarious thread, nine tweets:
Border rancher: “We’ve found prayer rugs out here. It’s unreal.” Washington Examiner People coming across the Southern Border from many countries, some of which would be a big surprise.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2019
Ahmed: At last!
Taalib: Yes! Yes! After sneaking into Guatemala and assuming these Latino disguises…
Ahmed:¿Que pasta?
Taalib: … and hiking 1600 kilometers…
AhmedMiles, bro. They use miles here.
1/ https://t.co/m68DCSpbuZ— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 18, 2019
Trump is furiously retweeting every criticism of “fake news” he can find.
re: #1 Anymouse 🌹
Hilarious thread, nine tweets:
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I mean even if we assume they are prayer rugs. It’s not a crime to be a Muslim immigrant no matter what Donnie and his friend the dipshit rancher think.
re: #2 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Trump is furiously retweeting every criticism of “fake news” he can find.
Of course he is. He’s a needy son of a bitch.
re: #2 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Trump is furiously retweeting every criticism of “fake news” he can find.
lol, it’s not like he has anything else to do ////
Senator Hirono: Trump only wants people who will do his bidding; Barr’s memo on Mueller was an ‘audition’
“The only wall that’s real is the one that’s closing in on him.” pic.twitter.com/VpagBvOPeX— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) January 19, 2019
NO COLLUSION, NO COLLUSION, BUZZFEED IS THE COLLUSION, ROBERT MUELLER SAYS SO! FAKE NEWS MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
re: #3 HappyWarrior
I mean even if we assume they are prayer rugs. It’s not a crime to be a Muslim immigrant no matter what Donnie and his friend the dipshit rancher think.
The Christian Y’all Qaeda want’s to make Islam illegal (along with every other religion and non-belief).
re: #8 teleskiguy
NO COLLUSION, NO COLLUSION, BUZZFEED IS THE COLLUSION, ROBERT MUELLER SAYS SO! FAKE NEWS MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
He’s probably thinking, “this strategy can’t backfire on me one bit, it’s foolproof”
re: #9 Anymouse 🌹
The Christian Y’all Qaeda want’s to make Islam illegal (along with every other religion and non-belief).
Of course they do. They can’t tho.
re: #11 HappyWarrior
Of course they do. They can’t tho.
For now they can’t. They’ve already gotten the courts to declare corporations have religious rights.
UPDATE: A spokesperson for the special counsel is disputing BuzzFeed News’ report. https://t.co/BEoMKiDypn pic.twitter.com/GWWfGtyhaE
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 19, 2019
I keep re-reading this statement, as a lawyer myself, and I’m getting more and more confused by it. It feels incredibly parsed to the point of not really knowing WHAT exactly they’re denying. https://t.co/MtjPo9dzko
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) January 19, 2019
I think that’s by design. https://t.co/OxX8wkrcBJ
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 19, 2019
Yes. I guess if the intent is Mueller saying “GTF away from my investigation,” then he scares the media into thinking the leaks are inaccurate, so once burned twice shy. https://t.co/gZOUUx3wU1
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) January 19, 2019
re: #3 HappyWarrior
I mean even if we assume they are prayer rugs. It’s not a crime to be a Muslim immigrant no matter what Donnie and his friend the dipshit rancher think.
Could be worse…they could be yoga mats.
It’s true that congressional delegations put a burden on embassies, and that those to Europe are sometimes vacations. Not to Afghanistan or Iraq. And it is important for members of Congress to visit places they are invading. https://t.co/F8KKBHF7WE
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) January 19, 2019
Why are these Fuckface Von Clownstick humping numbskulls so good at creating alternate realities?
re: #12 Anymouse 🌹
For now they can’t. They’ve already gotten the courts to declare corporations have religious rights.
The whole Congress shall make no law I think would be a bridge too far for Roberts. Roberts is an asshole but not that kind.
re: #15 teleskiguy
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Why are these Fuckface Von Clownstick humping numbskulls so good at creating alternate realities?
Bomgino is such a Trump lackey.
Trump Idiots ‘Debunk’ Michael Cohen Story By Shrieking HAW HAW BUZZFEED SUX! (I imagine you know which Website)
re: #18 Anymouse 🌹
Trump Idiots ‘Debunk’ Michael Cohen Story By Shrieking HAW HAW BUZZFEED SUX! (I imagine you know which Website)
The Wall Street Journal. Obviously. /s
Some history.
Every investigation has its low points.
For example: Watergate, October 25, 1972. pic.twitter.com/VXxM3cDVcN— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) January 19, 2019
What muslim would carry a prayer rug from wherever they came from, pray on it 5 times a day only to abandon it at the border?
These people are beyond stupid.
re: #16 HappyWarrior
The whole Congress shall make no law I think would be a bridge too far for Roberts. Roberts is an asshole but not that kind.
Roberts won’t be there forever.
Redefine “Congress” to mean “the states can do whatever they want”
re: #15 teleskiguy
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Facts don’t care about their feelings.
Huh. There’s no such thing as an ethics waiver to accept plane rides. There’s a gift rule that says don’t take gifts given because of your official position or by a prohibited source. There are also certain self-executing exclusions and exemptions — but no such thing as a waiver. https://t.co/1AEcWpplQ0
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 19, 2019
re: #15 teleskiguy
Weren’t there Republicans that were also supposed to be going on that trip? I was trying to find a list.
I’m watching Barrett-Jackson. I just saw an add for a “Libido Enhancer” and an old guy walking the beach with one of those old thyme surf boards….
And that a horrible yellow Corvette going across the block.
re: #22 Anymouse 🌹
Roberts won’t be there forever.
Redefine “Congress” to mean “the states can do whatever they want”
If a state ever tried to ban a religion, in my legal opinion it wouldn’t even make SCOTUS. And you’re right Roberts won’t but neither would those who would upheld.
Finding Your Roots is a fascinating show. Binge-O-Rama
re: #25 ObserverArt
Quick Photoshop from an image in the previous thread.
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Graham there to negotiate the safety of certain Kurds that worked for him, before they are all annihilated?
Repost, this is inhuman
re: #20 teleskiguy
Some history.
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“…the (Nixon) White House celebrates the error, calling into question every story Woodward and Bernstein wrote for the Post”
Huh.
re: #29 plansbandc
Finding Your Roots is a fascinating show. Binge-O-Rama
You know? It may shock some but I still haven’t watched any yet. I just talked with my third cousin. We’re finding out that our great grandfather’s who were brothers, their sister was a great aunt on both her mom and dads side. No that doesn’t mean her folks were cousins not by blood anyhow.
re: #35 Myron Falwell
“…the (Nixon) White House celebrates the error, calling into question every story Woodward and Bernstein wrote for the Post”
Huh.
Fucking Dole
A 49-year-old man named Norman Asa Garrison III, who has written under the byline Trey Garrison for publications like The Dallas Morning News, D Magazine and Reason
There must be some mistake! I mean Reason would never associate with white nationalists and their ilk.
Oh wait. Nevermind.
re: #36 HappyWarrior
I am more than a little interested in learning about my families roots. My aunt did a lot of research on my mother’s side, but no one has done any work on my father’s side.
Too bad we aren’t famous, so we could get the works on a TV show. (No, not really too bad.)
re: #26 Belafon
Weren’t there Republicans that were also supposed to be going on that trip? I was trying to find a list.
The Foreign Affairs Chair and Armed Forces Chair were part of the trip. As is customary, the ranking members of the minority party are always included on such trips.
Because the House Speaker was going, it would be customary for the minority leader to also go.
Help!
I am finding myself on HBO with Bill Maher coming on next and my wine glass is closer to me than the remote control……wish me luck.
re: #41 bd(it’s all true)
I know what I would do… :D
re: #41 bd(it’s all true)
Help!
I am finding myself on HBO with Bill Maher coming on next and my wine glass is closer to me than the remote control……wish me luck.
Reach for the remote, turn the TV off, enjoy the wine in peace. That will be 5 cents.
re: #43 EPR-radar
Reach for the remote, turn the TV off, enjoy the wine in peace. That will be 5 cents.
but, but, but!
re: #44 bd(it’s all true)
This is exactly the right thing to do. Well done.
.@BuzzFeedBen on @AC360: “We stand by the reporting in this story.” pic.twitter.com/n9WDdnctcJ
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) January 19, 2019
re: #38 bratwurst
Dallas Morning News now has a post up about him: dallasnews.com
re: #48 Belafon
Dallas Morning News now has a post up about him: dallasnews.com
“Trey Garrison came to us as a libertarian writer expressing carefully couched opinions about everything from diversity to rural life to running marathons,” said Mike Wilson, editor of The News. “His last op-ed for us ran almost nine years ago. Hatewatch has done good work exposing his overtly racist and misogynistic views. We haven’t missed him and will never have him back.”
re: #39 plansbandc
I am more than a little interested in learning about my families roots. My aunt did a lot of research on my mother’s side, but no one has done any work on my father’s side.
Too bad we aren’t famous, so we could get the works on a TV show. (No, not really too bad.)
Yeah there’s a lot of stuff I’d love to find.
(Sorry to pull pieces out) Holy shit:
During the fatal June 2018 shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., Garrison replied to one reporter’s tweeted plea for help with a meme that said, simply, “No,” and later asked whether “it’s only journalists or any real people” who got hurt, Hatewatch reported.
Wow Chuck Rosenberg saying Buzzfeed story core is accurate. That’s pretty interesting.
— Armando (@armandodkos) January 19, 2019
Rosenberg received his B.A. from Tufts University, his M.P.P. from Harvard University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia. He was hired out of law school through the U.S Attorney General’s Honors Program and has served in numerous positions throughout the Department of Justice, including as Trial Attorney for the Tax Division’s Criminal Enforcement Section (1990-94), Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia (1994-2000), Counsel to the Director of the FBI (2002-03), Counselor to the Attorney General (2003-04), and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General (2004-05). Rosenberg has also spent time working in private practice as Counsel at Hunton & Williams (2000-02), and as a partner at Hogan Lovells US LLP (2008-13).[2]
Rosenberg was presidentially appointed and unanimously confirmed as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, from 2006 through 2008, and appointed by the Attorney General to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, from 2005 through 2006.[2][3] Rosenberg served as Chief of Staff to the Director of the FBI from 2013 to 2015. In this role, he worked closely with Director James Comey and other senior FBI officials on counterterrorism, intelligence, cyber and criminal investigative issues, including with international, federal, state and local law enforcement partner
Fuck Bill Maher. When does John Oliver come back?
Michael Isikoff on Rachel was shooting the Buzzfeed story up pretty good. He’s upset with the story and thinks it hurts Mueller which is why Mueller’s people worded their statement as they did.
And he said we should have just stuck with what Mueller already got Cohen to admit to as far as lying about helping Trump, but more as a lackey buddy than a direction.
So…not looking good on the initial story.
Did someone float some BS Buzzfeeds way to get them to bite? Then use it to make everyone look bad. Anyone smell anything kind of rotten?
re: #52 gocart mozart
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Armando has enough of a stick in his ass that I tend to believe him
Dude, it’s real!
Sending lots of love to @katyperry today 😘 #HappyBirthdayKatyPerry pic.twitter.com/2cGA7rA1Zx
— Shazam (@Shazam) October 25, 2018
realDonaldTrump liked this tweet: https://t.co/7olKTm1McO
— Trump Alert (@TrumpsAlert) January 19, 2019
Literally nothing in the Steele Dossier has been disproven and much of it has been corroborated.
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) January 19, 2019
Kasich hinting around at running as an independent.
Both parties broken, MLK, Women’s suffrage, environment, blah, blah, blah……..
HE CARES! NOW!
Screw him.
Border rancher: “We’ve found prayer rugs out here. It’s unreal.” Washington Examiner People coming across the Southern Border from many countries, some of which would be a big surprise.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2019
Reporters on the border tell me migrants often carry small heavy rugs to throw over the barbed wire and then dump them when they make it to the U.S. side. Has nothing to do with Islam, Mr. President. https://t.co/8jb9GAhlAc
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 18, 2019
Good for Maher to Kasich,
We don’t need new ideas, we already have the answers to these really old questions.
re: #61 bd(it’s all true)
Kasich hinting around at running as an independent.
Both parties broken, MLK, Women’s suffrage, environment, blah, blah, blah……..
HE CARES! NOW!
Screw him.
Kasich is probably going to do it. He wouldn’t be on a show like Maher’s without doing a bit of both sides and some independent thinking to play to his audience. Gotta watch Kasich. He is real good at selling something that makes sense until he get’s in office and you read the details.
Kasich once had a TV show on Fox News. nuff said
re: #49 Belafon
Dallas Morning News now has a post up about him: dallasnews.com
“Trey Garrison came to us as a libertarian writer expressing carefully couched opinions about everything from diversity to rural life to running marathons,”
Huh, it’s almost like libertarians with opinions about “diversity” should set off alarm bells for editors or something.
The whole prayer rugs on the border thing is an ancient right-wing talking point. In 2014, another “prayer rug” was discovered on the border. It turned out to be an Adidas shirt. https://t.co/QeSApcSE4P pic.twitter.com/A1BKnyKjGT
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 18, 2019
Even if they did find prayer rugs, so fucking what?
Speaking of libertarianism…thread.
Ever think about the fact that in 1980 David Koch ran for Vice President on the Libertarian ticket, self-funded that campaign, was dismayed at getting 1% of the vote, and then took his ideological operation underground? Here are some gems from the Libertarian platform that year:
— Ezra Levin (@ezralevin) January 18, 2019
re: #64 ObserverArt
Kasich is probably going to do it. He wouldn’t be on a show like Maher’s without doing a bit of both sides and some independent thinking to play to his audience. Gotta watch Kasich. He is real good at selling something that makes sense until he get’s in office and you read the details.
His bothsiderism is nauseating. Bill called him on him saying that one party being “slightly” more crazy than the other an Kasich crawfished like an eel.
This is a math joke. Share with friends if you “get” it. pic.twitter.com/zW1Q8b4lJx
— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) January 19, 2019
bah dum tss
At least Hitler had the gumption to actually kill Hitler. All you people do is talk about it.
— The Monkey’s Paw (@TheEdMix) January 19, 2019
So wait, I’m confused.
Did Buzzfeed seriously fuck up their story and undermine Mueller?
re: #68 Ace Rothstein
Rest assured it was made up bs from the bottom up.
re: #65 teleskiguy
Kasich once had a TV show on Fox News. nuff said
I think I heard he is going to be doing something at CNN.
Anyone surprised?
He was on FOX when he was a reasonable Republican.
Now he can use CNN to bothsides it and show his deep independent streak that has always made him different from every other politician and how he learned it from his father a common man from McKees Rocks PA.
It all sounds so good to Joe Public. Ugh.
He’s gleefully whipping up the mouth breathers.
Fake News is truly the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 19, 2019
re: #75 Eclectic Cyborg
So wait, I’m confused.
Did Buzzfeed seriously fuck up their story and undermine Mueller?
Fucking up their story wouldn’t actually cause Meuller problems, just Buzzfeed. OTOH, getting information that’s close to what Mueller has might be what caused the response.
Think about how many times there have been reports about Mueller almost being done, or not investigating Trump, that haven’t gotten a response.
re: #78 teleskiguy
Then you should stay off Twitter.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) January 19, 2019
Jacob Wohl is a fascist nazi.
In a National Emergency, the President can take control of the media
Just like Abraham Lincoln did
Buzzfeed editor should be JAILED!— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) January 19, 2019
The American People want to shut down Buzzfeed!
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) January 19, 2019
re: #81 teleskiguy
Jacob Wohl is a fascist nazi.
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He really is. He loves Putin too. He’s a fascist little pig.
re: #75 Eclectic Cyborg
So wait, I’m confused.
Did Buzzfeed seriously fuck up their story and undermine Mueller?
The more you hear the more it sounds like it’s the smoke, not the fire first thought. A lot of people keep saying there is truth at the core.
And Buzzfeed is sticking to their guns.
I’m going with confusion. Because I am.
re: #22 Anymouse 🌹
Roberts won’t be there forever.
Redefine “Congress” to mean “the states can do whatever they want”
Except the 1st Amendment has been incorporated against the states, so the states can’t.
The American people want to shut down Buzzfeed? Haha. Yeah okay kid.
re: #85 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Except the 1st Amendment has been incorporated against the states, so the states can’t.
That’s correct.
Don’t ever change Bill!
Is President Trump TRYING to make the Democrats look like idiots or is that part just unavoidable?
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) January 19, 2019
Speak for yourself you putrid pustule.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 19, 2019
re: #51 Belafon
(Sorry to pull pieces out) Holy shit:
That was reported at the time, but was mostly lost in the media scrum of the day.
SPLC notes that shortly after they confirmed who he was, he deleted all his social media accounts they are aware of.
re: #85 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Except the 1st Amendment has been incorporated against the states, so the states can’t.
That really depends on the judges, doesn’t it? AgGag laws stand, money is speech, corporations can tell women and men they can’t get contraception on their company policies because of the corporate owner’s religion.
re: #88 bd(it’s all true)
Don’t ever change Bill!
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I can’t hear you Bill. Trump’s ratings are historic! -Ally low
re: #81 teleskiguy
Just wait till President Elizabeth Warren declares a national emergency and she takes control of the media while locking up people like YOU!
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) January 19, 2019
Oh for f$ck’s sake. Seriously? 😂😂😂
Lou Dobbs Accuses James Comey Of Being A Double Agent Of The Kremlinhttps://t.co/9bIRwUwxTd— Indivisible Network (@IndivisibleNet) January 18, 2019
Just a hunch, but I have a feeling a lot of these morons are gonna be eating crow sooner than later.
re: #93 Joe Bacon 🌹
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I hope someone is keeping track of these moronic statements to quote them when a Democrat takes the oval office.
re: #91 Anymouse 🌹
That really depends on the judges, doesn’t it? AgGag laws stand, money is speech, corporations can tell women and men they can’t get contraception on their company policies because of the corporate owner’s religion.
You do need some legal jurisprudence here though other than your and I get it completely bias against right wing judges.
‘Behold the Democrat Politician Protection Act’ - My op-ed in the Washington Post: https://t.co/kpSoHXGqmW
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) January 18, 2019
#ICYMI
You may want to read this BOGUS Op-Ed by @senatemajldr
Mitch “Trump’s Puppet” McConnell
This dropped the same day as Trump announced he has a message Saturday at 3pm about the #TrumpShutDown
They’re planning something…
And it doesn’t smell right 🐂💩 https://t.co/TLtZzfCnFp— 💦🌸❄💜 SuZie Q💜❄🌸💦 (@myserenity69) January 19, 2019
re: #95 Myron Falwell
Just a hunch, but I have a feeling a lot of these morons are gonna be eating crow sooner than later.
I think they’ll just change the rules and argue that (1) they won, or (2) it doesn’t matter.
Fox News: @greggutfeld says it “doesn’t matter” if BuzzFeed report that Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress is true (ignoring 18 U.S.C. § 2b): “It doesn’t matter if the story is true or not. Because it was originally about collision & it’s not even about that anymore” pic.twitter.com/GHxs9Jfpid
— Evan Rosenfeld (@Evan_Rosenfeld) January 18, 2019
re: #99 Belafon
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Mueller is a Republican as was Comey. Wanna try again, you feckless old turtle shit?
From the Department of What the Fuck:
ICE refused an order of supervision and is not budging. No criminal history. She also sees her MD weekly and the doctor’s very concerned as well. Mother and child’s life both may be in danger. @ICEgov - This makes no sense and could have tragic results. 2
— (((Greg Siskind))) (@gsiskind) January 18, 2019
re: #62 Single-handed sailor
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Agents have found many rugs. You throw the rug onto the barbed wire and crawl over. Maybe you’re even praying a bit too. Beats the hell out of the Army method, where you cover the wire with the dumbest guy in the outfit and everybody crawls over HIM. But I digress.
6/— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 18, 2019
re: #100 jaunte
I think they’ll just change the rules and argue that (1) they won, or (2) it doesn’t matter.
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Stick to being really bad at being funny Greg. You all impeached Clinton over Monica which came about from Whitewater. You are full of shit.
Ann Coulter on Bill Maher next week.
Oy….
re: #100 jaunte
I think they’ll just change the rules and argue that (1) they won, or (2) it doesn’t matter.
They have no self-awareness, so that’s a given.
re: #105 bd(it’s all true)
Ann Coulter on Bill Maher next week.
Oy….
They used to fuck, maybe still do from time to time.
re: #98 HappyWarrior
You do need some legal jurisprudence here though other than your and I get it completely bias against right wing judges.
The wall of separation of church and state isn’t gong to come down with a nuke. It will come down, chip by chip, a little at a time.
Numerous public schools are already teaching the Bible as fact, with several lawsuits going. Every time one is knocked down, another comes up.
Schools teaching abstinence-only education (an explicitly Christian viewpoint) have had their teaching upheld.
Roe v Wade is having similar problems. Originally abortion was legal until the end of the second trimester, that keeps getting chipped away by states, along with continued attempts to define a fertilised egg as a person. Women have gone to jail over so-called foetal homicide laws.
Tennessee has an “official Bible.” Oklahoma’s and Arkansas’s Ten Commandments monuments remain on the capital grounds despite court challenges (and people running them over).
The history of the USA all the way back to the colonies is replete with religions trying to assert supremacy over government, usually with the aid of elected officials.
re: #99 Belafon
Mitch has to spin his loss as a win. The Democrats run rings around his sorry ass, so of course he’s gonna whine like the old racist he is.
re: #100 jaunte
“It doesn’t matter if the story is true or not. Because it was originally about collision & it’s not even about that anymore”
Apparently Greg Guttfeld seems to think this is about a hit and run.
re: #111 Anymouse 🌹
Apparently Greg Guttfeld seems to think
this is about a hit and run.
modified for accuracy
re: #105 bd(it’s all true)
Ann Coulter on Bill Maher next week.
Oy….
Exhibit C on why I stopped watching/listening to Maher.
Exhibits A and B are his Islamophobia and anti-vaccine bullshit.
I’m still trying to find out what happened to the guy who decided to interrupt a meeting by whining about Gillette, but while I’m in the person’s thread, here’s a scorecard on the top progressive Senators (it’s from a series of threads trashing Susan Sarandon who has seen fit to go after Kamala Harris):
And the hypocrisy is that Sarandon is not judging Kamala Harris on her work in the Senate where her voting record is the most Progressive, beating that grifter Bernie by a mile, because she knows it will only remind all how not that Progressive Bernie truly is. pic.twitter.com/u59tHlEAuH
— Selena Adera🍩 (@Selena_Adera) January 19, 2019
re: #102 Belafon
From the Department of What the Fuck:
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This is the future conservatives want.
Ah, you’ve been with the professors and they’ve all liked your looks With great lawyers youhave discussed lepers and crooks You’ve been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books But something is happening hereand you don’t know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?
— The Monkey’s Paw (@TheEdMix) January 19, 2019
Worth remembering. President not only instructed his son to lie about the Trump Tower meeting. He actually wrote the fake statement himself. Didn’t instruct. He lied on his behalf over his name.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 19, 2019
re: #116 gocart mozart
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Until Corsi gets thrown in the ol’ big house, these are words from a shitty hate-filled actor.
But I’d love to see someone like Alex Jones squirm at night, worrying that the jig is up.
re: #108 Anymouse 🌹
The wall of separation of church and state isn’t gong to come down with a nuke. It will come down, chip by chip, a little at a time.
Numerous public schools are already teaching the Bible as fact, with several lawsuits going. Every time one is knocked down, another comes up.
Schools teaching abstinence-only education (an explicitly Christian viewpoint) have had their teaching upheld.
Roe v Wade is having similar problems. Originally abortion was legal until the end of the second trimester, that keeps getting chipped away by states, along with continued attempts to define a fertilised egg as a person. Women have gone to jail over so-called foetal homicide laws.
Tennessee has an “official Bible.” Oklahoma’s and Arkansas’s Ten Commandments monuments remain on the capital grounds despite court challenges (and people running them over).
The history of the USA all the way back to the colonies is replete with religions trying to assert supremacy over government, usually with the aid of elected officials.
Again give me some legal jurisprudence showing that they’d ban a religion entirely. I am seeing evidence of favoring Christianity but that’s different than allowing states to outright ban a religion.
re: #116 gocart mozart
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re: #113 Mattand
Exhibit C on why I stopped watching/listening to Maher.
Exhibits A and B are his Islamophobia and anti-vaccine bullshit.
Afuckingmen dude. He’s a sexist bigot kook who always goes out of his way to defend his former lay Coulter.
“Boys will be boys”? Isn’t it time we stopped excusing bad behavior? Re-think and take action by joining us at https://t.co/giHuGDEvlT. #TheBestMenCanBe pic.twitter.com/hhBL1XjFVo
— Gillette (@Gillette) January 14, 2019
Berniebro colleague (♂️) just interrupted our Project Manager (♀️) updating us about project to shriek his outrage at the Gillette commercial because he doesn’t need anyone telling him how to be a man.
I don’t know if I can thank you enough Gillette. You clearly hit a nerve! https://t.co/89PUMFNYnW— Selena Adera🍩 (@Selena_Adera) January 16, 2019
OMG. BernieBro just walked towards me, head down, and then all bashful stopped by my desk to tell me he brought fresh bagels for everyone…🤯 https://t.co/ZHIgE1HhPG
— Selena Adera🍩 (@Selena_Adera) January 18, 2019
re: #116 gocart mozart
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Uh, no Alex.
The people who are going to shut your worthless ass down are the Sandy Hook parents.
re: #114 Belafon
I’m still trying to find out what happened to the guy who decided to interrupt a meeting by whining about Gillette, but while I’m in the person’s thread, here’s a scorecard on the top progressive Senators (it’s from a series of threads trashing Susan Sarandon who has seen fit to go after Kamala Harris):
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Sarandon is such a hack and another of Mahers favorites.
Wait they’re complaining that Harris was a prosecutor? JFC guys.
re: #122 Belafon
I finally watched that ad. It’s saying “men, be better people.” No wonder wingnuts are all up in arms.
re: #125 HappyWarrior
Wait they’re complaining that Harris was a prosecutor? JFC guys.
It’s the old Republican play of turning a strength into a weakness.
re: #123 Joe Bacon 🌹
Uh, no Alex.
The people who are going to shut your worthless ass down are the Sandy Hook parents.
Both actually can happen.
re: #124 HappyWarrior
Sarandon is such a hack and another of Mahers favorites.
Remember who Susie Spotless backed to put Republicans in the White House
1980—Barry Commoner of the Citizens Party
2000—Nader
2016—General Flynn’s Moscow Dinner Date
re: #127 Belafon
It’s the old Republican play of turning a strength into a weakness.
Totally. I could never be one myself but prosecutors play a vital role in any justice system.
A piece of missing information about the Democratic freshmen hunting McConnell:
Huh. iiiinteresting. Katie Porter (D-CA) on The Beat w Ari Melber said that over the last few days, experienced House members were walking groups of freshmen over to Mitch McConnell’s office.
So contrary to MSM’s portrayal, this was a caucus-wide effort, not one person’s idea.— Old Lady Dem (@oldladydem) January 17, 2019
re: #119 HappyWarrior
Again give me some legal jurisprudence showing that they’d ban a religion entirely. I am seeing evidence of favoring Christianity but that’s different than allowing states to outright ban a religion.
You may recall a discussion I had here with a Muslim who Mr. Johnson has now removed. He was concerned about a mosque in North Platte being unable to expand its parking lot on its own land due to interference by the city council.
So I went researching that for him, and over four years the city council tried to use zoning laws to prevent the mosque from expanding the lot. Locals were concerned about traffic (read Muslims).
It was a harassment campaign against the mosque which ended in favour of the mosque, but took four years to resolve. Federal law is clear you cannot use zoning laws against any house of worship, and the city government simply did not care.
Yes they lost. They cost the mosque and the taxpayers millions between them, simply to enforce a restriction on their parking lot (and by extension their religion).
The point of all these “religious freedom” cases is not that they all seem fruitless. The point is harassment, and the brass ring that one gets through.
I notice you haven’t addressed the idea that corporations have religions they can impose on their workers yet.
re: #129 Joe Bacon 🌹
Remember who Susie Spotless backed to put Republicans in the White House
1980—Barry Commoner of the Citizens Party
2000—Nader
2016—General Flynn’s Moscow Dinner Date
Such great judgment she has.
re: #130 HappyWarrior
Totally. I could never be one myself but prosecutors play a vital role in any justice system.
It’s the prosecutors here in Dallas that are holding police responsible.
re: #118 Myron Falwell
Until Corsi gets thrown in the ol’ big house, these are words from a shitty hate-filled actor.
But I’d love to see someone like Alex Jones squirm at night, worrying that the jig is up.
Not sure who I want imprisoned more, Jones or Stone.
re: #132 Anymouse 🌹
You may recall a discussion I had here with a Muslim who Mr. Johnson has now removed. He was concerned about a mosque in North Platte being unable to expand its parking lot on its own land due to interference by the city council.
So I went researching that for him, and over four years the city council tried to use zoning laws to prevent the mosque from expanding the lot. Locals were concerned about traffic (read Muslims).
It was a harassment campaign against the mosque which ended in favour of the mosque, but took four years to resolve. Federal law is clear you cannot use zoning laws against any house of worship, and the city government simply did not care.
Yes they lost. They cost the mosque and the taxpayers millions between them, simply to enforce a restriction on their parking lot (and by extension their religion).
The point of all these “religious freedom” cases is not that they all seem fruitless. The point is harassment, and the brass ring that one gets through.
I notice you haven’t addressed the idea that corporations have religions they can impose on their workers yet.
Fair enough but corporations aren’t states. I’m just giving you my perspective as someone who was worked in law. All this said, it’s why we need better judges.
re: #122 Belafon
So, he’s Jayne from Firefly after Mal almost dumped him out of the airlock.
re: #135 MsJ
Not sure who I want imprisoned more, Jones or Stone.
Why not both? And reopen Alcatraz just for them?
В аэропорту скручивают опасного преступника - Настю Рыбку. Вина её велика: она была проституткой на яхте миллиардера Дерипаски и сняла видео, на которое попал вице-премьер правительства Приходько. Поэтому сейчас Рыбке крутят руки, а к Приходько и Дерипаске у полиции претензий нет pic.twitter.com/MbC7wTa3Fw
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) January 18, 2019
This is outrageous. Natalia Rybka is attested and brutally manhandled the moment she touched down in Moscow after being deported from Thailand. Just to remind you, she secretly taped Deripaska on his yacht with a senior Russian official talking about manipulating US politics https://t.co/45jiBeBPN7
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) January 18, 2019
re: #132 Anymouse 🌹
As I noted above, the wall of separation will not come down with a nuke. It will come down one chip at a time.
In the end, you have freedom of religion, but good luck trying to practise it.
Abstinence-only sex ed is explicitly a religious position which has been upheld by the courts. It has no scientific, secular, or statistical basis in fact. That wasn’t addressed either.
re: #135 MsJ
Not sure who I want imprisoned more, Jones or Stone.
It’s almost a toss-up, they are both very awful people who did a lot of ratfucking on this alone, let alone their legacy of ratfucking overall.
Jones, Stone and Corsi at once… I’d love that prospect so much.
A devotee of Unclear On The Concept speaks up:
As a Christian, I find #ExposeChristianSchools hashtag offensive.
You don’t see us tweeting #ExposeMuslimSchools, because we would be labeled an Xenophobe.— Amber 🍼 (@amber_harris16) January 19, 2019
Poor “persecuted” you. 🙄Did you attend an Islamic school? No? Then what would you possibly have to say?Those of us tweeting #ExposeChristianSchools are sharing our lived experience in response to the @VP and @SecondLady playing the victim over legitimate criticism of bigotry https://t.co/q3p2uh2yBP
— Chris Stroop (@C_Stroop) January 19, 2019
re: #75 Eclectic Cyborg
So wait, I’m confused.
Did Buzzfeed seriously fuck up their story and undermine Mueller?
Mueller’s statement is too vaguely worded to know.
Wrong. People always deserve respect, unless shown unworthy. Ideas (including religion) never deserve respect, unless shown to be true.
Any religion worth its faith should be able to withstand any criticism.
Still, someone’s faith shouldn’t be judged.
— Amber 🍼 (@amber_harris16) January 19, 2019
re: #143 Anymouse 🌹
As I noted above, the wall of separation will not come down with a nuke. It will come down one chip at a time.
In the end, you have freedom of religion, but good luck trying to practise it.
Abstinence-only sex ed is explicitly a religious position which has been upheld by the courts. It has no scientific, secular, or statistical basis in fact. That wasn’t addressed either.
Okay. Fair enough but I’m saying this. They will need jurisprudence to do it. As for absistence only. I assume they’re using common law to upheld its legality. I think A only is bullshit but I don’t see a legal way to prohibit it. The way I see is to get comprehensive sex implemented through the legislature and ballot box and cut me some slack. It’s 11 here and I’ve been up since 7. I can’t address everything instantly. I’m just giving you my perspective on how this all goes down as someone who has worked in law and studied the courts. We don’t disagree that it could happen but I think we can prevent it too.
re: #145 jaunte
A devotee of Unclear On The Concept speaks up:
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How many Muslims only schools are there in this country? The Muslims I knew growing up were fine with religious pluralism. The conservative Christians were nkt.
re: #125 HappyWarrior
Wait they’re complaining that Harris was a prosecutor? JFC guys.
The NFL player’s association, in last year’s contract negotiations, got the league to cough up a bunch of money for the players to do political advocacy. The players spent 2018, instead of endorsing candidates for governor or senator, got involved in DA races in their cities.
this forum was one in a series hosted in five different cities across the U.S. by members of the Players Coalition. The local district attorney races in 2018 have been a focal point for NFL players, since DAs control who is charged with crimes and how the person is punished.
According to Jenny Vrentas, “the three Patriots spent a week brainstorming questions about mass incarceration, the juvenile system, immigration and police-community relations. They encouraged the audience members to educate themselves and cast their vote—‘helping communities understand how they can help themselves,’ McCourty said.
It’s a really fucking smart approach. When I saw one of the players talking about it on the Daily Show, I slapped myself for not thinking of it first.
Malcolm Jenkins, inspired by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s election victory last year, is expanding his activism to district attorney races in California.
The star safety on the Super Bowl-champion Eagles told NBC10 in an interview that his appearance moderating public discussions in Sacramento Thursday and in Oakland Friday are the initial stops of what will become a prolonged effort to highlight how important district attorneys are to criminal justice reform.
“Everyone in this reform battle is realizing this is a place where we can quickly see change,” Jenkins said by phone from Oakland. “In California, DAs are being elected in Oakland, San Diego and Sacramento. This is an opportunity to start here and push that reform across the country. We’ve seen the fruits of that in Philadelphia.”
re: #151 sagehen
The NFL player’s association, in last year’s contract negotiations, got the league to cough up a bunch of money for the players to do political advocacy. The players spent 2018, instead of endorsing candidates for governor or senator, got involved in DA races in their cities.
It’s a really fucking smart approach. When I saw one of the players talking about it on the Daily Show, I slapped myself for not thinking of it first.
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President-elect Abraham Lincoln, photographed this month 1861: pic.twitter.com/781QDuWiZL
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 19, 2019
re: #154 teleskiguy
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That “ten years later” FB comparison didn’t do Abe any favors by the time 1871 rolled around…
re: #154 teleskiguy
thinking to himself, “the fuck happened to the party that supposedly began with me?”
re: #155 HappyWarrior
We could use him right now.
I was thinking, I wonder if what we’re going through right now is what America would have felt like had a Democrat won the election.
re: #91 Anymouse 🌹
That really depends on the judges, doesn’t it? AgGag laws stand, money is speech, corporations can tell women and men they can’t get contraception on their company policies because of the corporate owner’s religion.
All of that is true, but actually banning a religion goes way, way over the red line. There isn’t a single Justice on SCOTUS who would vote for that.
re: #149 HappyWarrior
Fair enough. I’ll be hitting the rack soon myself.
re: #158 Belafon
I was thinking, I wonder if what we’re going through right now is what America would have felt like had a Democrat won the election.
That’s a better what if than Baby Hitler. Depends which Democrat you’re talking about btw. Douglas would have been bad but Breckinridge would have been epically bad.
But Christians are always judging people. Always.
We’re not good enough or right enough. And if they’re gay? They want to kill them.
You’re the single collectively most judgemental people I’ve ever seen.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 19, 2019
re: #160 Anymouse 🌹
Fair enough. I’ll be hitting the rack soon myself.
Thanks. Not trying to school ya. I just think legally and there are many factors that go into decisions.
re: #156 ipsos
That “ten years later” FB comparison didn’t do Abe any favors by the time 1871 rolled around…
That Facebook 10 Year Challenge is a way for them to collect your biometric data.
Don’t do it.
re: #166 MsJ
In line with what a lot of indigenous tribes thought about cameras, online technology is ultimately what will steal our souls.
re: #161 HappyWarrior
That’s a better what if than Baby Hitler. Depends which Democrat you’re talking about btw. Douglas would have been bad but Breckinridge would have been epically bad.
True. The Civil War would have probably happened anyway. Only it would probably have been the North that seceded…
My takeaway from the SCO denial based upon discussion on Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell -
1. They did not deny the core of the argument that Trump in some way had prior knowledge and likely encouraged Cohen to lie to Congress. But better source is the SCO charging documents on Cohen.
2. They did appear to deny that the Buzzfeed descriptions of the evidence held by the SCO on Trump’s guilt are accurate.
(Ronnen Farrow seemed to imply something similar, iirc. He dropped his work on this storyline, because some of the details presented by the Buzzfeed story were denied emphatically by one of his sources.)
3. Possible SCO agenda -
a. They do not have the evidence for “Beyond a reasonable doubt”
b. They did not want to tip their hand on future prosecutions.
c. They are concerned that this might start an Impeach Trump movement prematurely.
d. The 22 hour delay might have been due to identifying the leaks, verifying that the leaks did not come from their office, and (I would guess are) probably taking actions against the leakers..
re: #170 Jay C
True. The Civil War would have probably happened anyway. Only it would probably have been the North that seceded…
The question is how does the North do? Lincoln was a brilliant organizer of men.
re: #143 Anymouse 🌹
As I noted above, the wall of separation will not come down with a nuke. It will come down one chip at a time.
In the end, you have freedom of religion, but good luck trying to practise it.
Abstinence-only sex ed is explicitly a religious position which has been upheld by the courts. It has no scientific, secular, or statistical basis in fact. That wasn’t addressed either.
I appreciate your take, however you can argue that the surest way to avoid stds and unwanted pregnancy is by abstinence without invoking any religion, and the state only needs that much of a rational basis to affirm it.
re: #173 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Boy he aged a lot the 4 years he was in office.
The war really effected him hard. His brother in laws were in the CSA and his favorite son- I know that sounds wrong died in the middle of it. I wish he could have lived so we could hear his voice just like I wish there were photos of the founders.
re: #174 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I appreciate your take, however you can argue that the surest way to avoid stds and unwanted pregnancy is by abstinence without invoking any religion, and the state only needs that much of a rational basis to affirm it.
Common law, yes. I agree A only is bs but it’s not unlawful.
re: #81 teleskiguy
Jacob Wohl is a fascist nazi.
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re: #177 Eventual Carrion
Yeah, I’m sure a whole bunch of “American people” gave him a call and expressed their desire for the government to do that. Maybe most of the voices in his head said that, but they lie.
I mean Buzzfeed is annoying because I can only read so many 90’s nostalgia listicles but their journalism while not great is pretty decent.
re: #100 jaunte
I think they’ll just change the rules and argue that (1) they won, or (2) it doesn’t matter.
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.@wxdam, writing for @outsidemagazine, gives praise to the @NWS, whose scientists and employees are still showing up to work even though the government is shut down. https://t.co/iWDdP5BPOQ
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) January 19, 2019
re: #177 Eventual Carrion
Yeah, I’m sure a whole bunch of “American people” gave him a call and expressed their desire for the government to do that. Maybe most of the voices in his head said that, but they lie.
Hipster coffee shop.
Still listening to Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq’s “I’ve No More F***s To Give!” from last thread. On a banjolele no less. What a hoot!
Thank you Ms W!
He didn’t even look back 😂😩
(via @JukinMedia) pic.twitter.com/0xLRySLGsI— Complex (@Complex) January 18, 2019
The pure unbotheredness and finesse of the older dog. I live!!!!! 🤣😂😃 https://t.co/GHUWZjBTDV
— Kimberly Bryant (@6Gems) January 19, 2019
re: #174 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I appreciate your take, however you can argue that the surest way to avoid stds and unwanted pregnancy is by abstinence without invoking any religion, and the state only needs that much of a rational basis to affirm it.
You can argue it, but the statistics don’t bear that out. The most dramatic drop in teen abortion and STDs was shown in Colorado when comprehensive sex education combined with contraception was promoted (until wingnuts got the programme suspended).
No state with abstinance-only sex ed scores better than any state with comprehensive sex-ed
Exercise time in China does not have to be boring.
Bust a move – with your school principal. 🕺 pic.twitter.com/dGpKphbcAi
— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) January 19, 2019
lol I could go for this casting call
Casting for
“All The President’s Men II” complete. pic.twitter.com/cOzHZ4NguH— St Peter (@stpeteyontweety) January 18, 2019
All the presidents men 2, the stupids. https://t.co/GcS6G3BANX
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 19, 2019
re: #189 Myron Falwell
lol I could go for this casting call
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After shuffle dancing, we can eat some generously buttered noodles, sprinkled with just a quarter cup of parsley for color and freshness, which are the perfect blank canvas for just about any stew or braise.
ok wtf is going on with these nytimes recipe comments lol pic.twitter.com/EGFox8pivT
— Ariel Dumas (@ArielDumas) January 18, 2019
re: #187 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Exercise time in China does not have to be boring.
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If they’d have fine that when I was in school is probably be 40 pounds lighter now!
re: #191 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
After shuffle dancing, we can eat some generously buttered noodles, sprinkled with just a quarter cup of parsley for color and freshness, which are the perfect blank canvas for just about any stew or braise.
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The responses. 😂😂😂😂
A lil breaking news: Kris Kobach has completed his court ordered continuing legal education, ordered after he repeatedly botched courtroom procedure in his march trial over Kansas’ documentary proof of citizenship law. pic.twitter.com/QE0VH27PQm
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) January 18, 2019
Congrats @KrisKobach1787!https://t.co/IzQkVwJT1X
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) January 19, 2019
re: #197 HappyWarrior
That’s unfair to Hutz.
true, at least Hutz is upfront about his “No, Money Down!” policy
Turns out Ben Shapiro was pitching a time travel half hour.
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 19, 2019
re: #181 MsJ
Hipster coffee shop.
what about hipster Hitler can we all at least agree we’d kill that fucker?
— Cake or Death (@Johngcole) January 19, 2019
re: #202 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
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I dunno it’s been done before already by Hitler.
I think hipster Hitler I think Dick Shawn from The Producers.
(I don’t know who they put in his part in the remake, and please don’t tell me….)
American anchor for Iranian TV is arrested on visit to US (caution for autoplay video with crappy music, goes to Yahoo News, more at the link):
A prominent American anchorwoman on Iranian state television has been arrested by the FBI during a visit to the U.S., the broadcaster reported Wednesday, and her son said she was being held in a prison, apparently as a material witness.
Marzieh Hashemi, who worked for the network’s English-language service, was detained in St. Louis, where she had filmed a Black Lives Matter documentary after visiting relatives in the New Orleans area. She was then taken to Washington, according to her elder son, Hossein Hashemi.
The FBI said in an email that it had no comment on the arrest of the woman who was born Melanie Franklin in New Orleans and has worked for Iran’s state television network for 25 years.
Hossein Hashemi said his mother lives in Tehran and comes back to this country about once a year to see her family, usually scheduling documentary work somewhere in the U.S. as well.
“We still have no idea what’s going on,” said Hashemi, a research fellow at the University of Colorado who was interviewed by phone from Washington. He also said he and his siblings had been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury.
And, another “Hold my beer” moment, brought to you from the Great State of Virginia:
Virginia man uses flamethrower to clear driveway of snow
re: #204 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I think hipster Hitler I think Dick Shawn from The Producers.
(I don’t know who they put in his part in the remake, and please don’t tell me….)
There was no LSD in the Producers musical.
re: #207 Joe Bacon 🌹
There was no LSD in the Producers musical.
Which is why the original is better. Dick Shawn was hilarious.
Trump’s shutdown has ripple effects.
Federal Contractors lose $200 million every week. And many of them will soon have to shut down.
Note—in the past, Contractors were stiffed and didn’t get back pay.
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) January 19, 2019
re: #171 ckkatz
I guess for me it seems the devil is in the details on the Buzzfeed story, so if we parse the special council’s comment on the story, they don’t say that the story is inaccurate, but rather their investigation is showing that the sources referenced in the buzzfeed story are not accurate, not that essence of the story isn’t true, just that their sourcing doesn’t jibe with the sources that the SCO is referencing or that the SCO also has those sources that Buzzfeed is referring to and the context of what is being referenced isn’t accurate.
The SCO is NOT saying that Cohen wasn’t instructed by Trump to lie in his testimony, just that the sources referenced by Buzzfeed don’t say that.
It’s like Buzzfeed received an update from their anonymous sources (say the SDNY) indicating that Trump did instruct Cohen to lie, but SDNY is trying not to be the source, so they asked Buzzfeed to throw shade. The problem is, the shade thrown implicates the SCO as the source and the SCO ain’t having any of that tyvm.
So the SCO is busy doing their part to keep any flies from landing on them, Buzzfeed has a big fat juicy that is true in subject matter, but the dots they are using don’t match the picture presented.
Wierdly, I think I’m okay with that and am in ‘truth will out” mode as I expect that dots WILL be connected, and bad guys will be hung out to dry, but we’re in legal grammar nazi mode right now and I believe that Mueller is very much in the “if you come at the King, best not miss” modus operandi.
So, big tRump announcement at three PM EST Saturday. Any bets on if he is enroute to Andrews at 3:15 to I’m a Logo?
Any bets on the content?
He’s been just busted in the chops on the shutdown.
How is he going to wheedle his way out of this without ending up with Pelosi’s political dick in his ass?
She’ll smile, slide the knife in his back and say “Of course you are welcome to present the SOTU to the full Congress now that we have an agreement refunding the government but with no agreement on the physical wall! Oh, dear! It appears you are bleeding! Would you like me to call a physician, you political lightweight?”
Re: the killing baby Hitler theme: Brian Elton’s 2014 novel “Time and Time Again” dealt with a secret organization sending a person back in time to stop World War I. Unfortunately — the outcome was even worse. A very intriguing take for SciFi fans on the law of unintended consequences.
re: #209 Joe Bacon 🌹
Trump’s shutdown has ripple effects.
Federal Contractors lose $200 million every week. And many of them will soon have to shut down.
Note—in the past, Contractors were stiffed and didn’t get back pay.
Is it too much to hope that Blackwater er Xe Services oh wait, Academi is one of the contractors going under?
In a new poll, even 45% of self-identified Republicans approved of @AOC’s 70% top marginal tax rate https://t.co/f0EfyhCWWG
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) January 19, 2019
All your base (are) belong to us 👾 https://t.co/brwNKJ8wrh
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 19, 2019
— Mansur Gidfar (@MansurGidfar) January 19, 2019
re: #215 goddamnedfrank
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#211 piratedan
I guess for me it seems the devil is in the details on the Buzzfeed story, so if we parse the special council’s comment on the story, they don’t say that the story is inaccurate, but rather their investigation is showing that the sources referenced in the buzzfeed story are not accurate, not that essence of the story isn’t true, just that their sourcing doesn’t jibe with the sources that the SCO is referencing or that the SCO also has those sources that Buzzfeed is referring to and the context of what is being referenced isn’t accurate.
The SCO is NOT saying that Cohen wasn’t instructed by Trump to lie in his testimony, just that the sources referenced by Buzzfeed don’t say that.
It’s like Buzzfeed received an update from their anonymous sources (say the SDNY) indicating that Trump did instruct Cohen to lie, but SDNY is trying not to be the source, so they asked Buzzfeed to throw shade. The problem is, the shade thrown implicates the SCO as the source and the SCO ain’t having any of that tyvm.
So the SCO is busy doing their part to keep any flies from landing on them, Buzzfeed has a big fat juicy that is true in subject matter, but the dots they are using don’t match the picture presented.
Wierdly, I think I’m okay with that and am in ‘truth will out” mode as I expect that dots WILL be connected, and bad guys will be hung out to dry, but we’re in legal grammar nazi mode right now and I believe that Mueller is very much in the “if you come at the King, best not miss” modus operandi.
Yup, that is my understanding as well.
The basic storyline is not denied. And everybody is assuming that the facts the SCO set up with Cohen pleading guilty to lying to Congress are still in place for when they are ready to prosecute others.
As you note, they are probably protecting their reputation for not saying anything. And they are probably suggesting that nobody take any actions under some assumption about the what the SCO knows or is going to do.
Likely, this is going to push the House to increase their investigations into this area as well. Remembering that the House doesn’t need to overcome the barrier of “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt”.
Apparently yesterday the DNC filed their amended civil complaint against:
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARAS ISKENEROVICH AGALAROV
EMIN ARAZ AGALAROV
JOSEPH MIFSUD
WIKILEAKS
JULIAN ASSANGE
DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC.
DONALD J. TRUMP, JR.
PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR.
ROGER J. STONE, JR.
JARED C. KUSHNER
GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS
RICHARD W. GATES, III
And it’s 111 pages of juicy content.
Mexico: Fire at illegal fuel pipeline tap kills 20 (goes to Deutche Welle, more at the link):
Some 200 people were at the scene of a pipeline blast that left at least 20 dead. Dozens of Mexican states have experienced fuel shortages since President Lopez Obrador shut down pipelines to curb fuel theft.
re: #199 Myron Falwell
true, at least Hutz is upfront about his “No, Money Down!” policy
That’s not a bad policy when dealing with criminal clients, from what I’ve observed working in a law office…
re: #216 HappyWarrior
It’s essy to see why they want to make her a boogeyman. It ain’t working tho.
Every time they complain, they bring her more attention. Conservatives don’t seem to get the Streisand Effect; they are her best publicists.
And the more her message gets out there, the more conservative voters are thinking about her ideas and why those ideas might be good for them.
She has got to be a nightmare to conservative pundits and politicians. At her age, it is unlikely they can even dig up something which might embarrass her (their pitiful attempts at shaming her for her coat, her home, her education, and her job all fell flat.)
re: #148 Anymouse 🌹
Wrong. People always deserve respect, unless shown unworthy. Ideas (including religion) never deserve respect, unless shown to be true.
Any religion worth its faith should be able to withstand any criticism.
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Not to mention somewhat anti-Biblical since Christians ARE judged by their fruits. And Christians not living up to their faith are rightly seen as poor witnesses for their faith.
E-mail from the Nebraska Democratic Party chairwoman. Note toward the end about Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE2, Omaha and South Sioux City). That goes back to the idea I had yesterday of throwing the Democratic Convention in Omaha.
If you missed Gov. Pete Ricketts’ State of the State Address, you didn’t miss much.
Ricketts said nothing bold, said nothing about Trump’s tariffs hurting farmers and said nothing about the unnecessary shutdown hurting government workers.
He did say his proposed budget would fund Medicaid expansion, which was approved by voters because of the efforts by many grassroots Democrats. We are keeping an eye on Ricketts — since he often says one thing and does another.
Meanwhile, Rep. Don Bacon tried to distance himself from all of his previous endorsements of Rep. Steve King of Iowa, who is finally being rebuked for his comments on white nationalism.
Bacon actually thought deleting the old pages on his website of endorsements from King would make the issue go away — but we know the only way we stop this endless and reckless behavior is to elect a strong Democrat to do the work of the people.
Well, I did the online income tax filing yesterday and I thought I got a tax cut of $98.
Block reviewed corrected the input, now I find out that my Federal income tax cut went down by $3 from 98 to 95. Didn’t realize that I now have to include my state tax refund from 2017 in figuring out my Federal Tax liability.
Wow. Paul Ryan didn’t even give me $2 more every week…
Meanwhile the billionaires and Wall Street pimps get another windfall…
re: #223 Anymouse 🌹
E-mail from the Nebraska Democratic Party chairwoman. Note toward the end about Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE2, Omaha and South Sioux City). That goes back to the idea I had yesterday of throwing the Democratic Convention in Omaha.
If you missed Gov. Pete Ricketts’ State of the State Address, you didn’t miss much.
Ricketts said nothing bold, said nothing about Trump’s tariffs hurting farmers and said nothing about the unnecessary shutdown hurting government workers.
He did say his proposed budget would fund Medicaid expansion, which was approved by voters because of the efforts by many grassroots Democrats. We are keeping an eye on Ricketts — since he often says one thing and does another.
Meanwhile, Rep. Don Bacon tried to distance himself from all of his previous endorsements of Rep. Steve King of Iowa, who is finally being rebuked for his comments on white nationalism.
Bacon actually thought deleting the old pages on his website of endorsements from King would make the issue go away — but we know the only way we stop this endless and reckless behavior is to elect a strong Democrat to do the work of the people.
For the record—I am NOT related to Don Bacon.
re: #225 Joe Bacon 🌹
For the record—I am NOT related to Don Bacon.
You’re not all related to Kevin Bacon? I am disappoint!
re: #226 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
You’re not all related to Kevin Bacon? I am disappoint!
He’s got less than six degrees of separation.
re: #226 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
You’re not all related to Kevin Bacon? I am disappoint!
shhhhhhhhhhhhhh…keep it on the down low…..
re: #229 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
All is well….
Hell, I’ve got four degrees to QE 2. It’s a small world, but you wouldn’t want to paint it.
Louie! (Goes to Juanita Jean’s)
Louie Gohmert (R-Asparagus) weighs in on Steve King. It was in support of King’s racist commentary.
Additionally,
Louie also is deeply offended that Steve King did not get “due process” before being removed from his committee assignments. First, King himself voted for his removal. Second, when the hell did Louie Gohmert or Steve King care about anybody else’s due process?
Back for one more thing, just to throw more bizarre on the day:
Exclusive: Kimberly Guilfoyle Left Fox News After Investigation Into Misconduct Allegations, Sources Say (Goes to Huffington Post, more at the link):
Guilfoyle’s departure was initially billed as her decision. However, as HuffPost first reported last week, multiple sources said she did not leave the network voluntarily. They said Guilfoyle was informed her time at Fox News was up following a human resources investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior including sexual misconduct, and that her lawyers had been involved since the spring. Sources also said that despite being told she would have to leave by July, Guilfoyle repeatedly attempted to delay her exit and tried to have her allies appeal to Rupert Murdoch, the executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, to let her stay at the network.
This story is based on interviews conducted over the past year with 21 sources inside and outside Fox News and 21st Century Fox. All sources spoke to HuffPost on the condition of anonymity because they aren’t authorized to speak to the press, did not want to raise Guilfoyle’s ire or have signed nondisclosure agreements that prevent them from speaking to others about their experiences.
FOX is a cesspool.
This MAGA loser gleefully bothering a Native American protestor at the Indigenous Peoples March. pic.twitter.com/jIb5K68vIs
— Talia (@2020fight) January 19, 2019
re: #236 DodgerFan1988
I hope that kid watches this clip and notes how his soul almost visibly diminishes over the course of the minute.
After all the tweets I did yesterday about the “march for life”, this morning I just went to twitter and see that I have 68 notifications… sort of afraid to look for all the derp that will be lurking in there.
Trending this morning is #ExposeChristianSchools . Don’t know why it started, but it seems to have ruffled some feathers.
I never said that “a fetus doesn’t qualify as a life”.
What I wrote is that your claim to “respect life” is not really about you respecting life. Rather, you are trying to reinforce your religious beliefs by hiding them under the label “respect life”.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) January 19, 2019
I know it’s a waste of time to argue with creationist, but…
Never claimed anything about “life”. Go read my original reply. It’s your claim about a zygote or blastocyst being a person which I am challenging.
The trillions of bacteria on you are life, but they are not persons.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) January 19, 2019
It make come as a surprise to you, but skins cells have been turned into pluripotent cells: https://t.co/o8eaJvrtih
Eventually it may be possible to successfully clone animals from skin cells.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) January 19, 2019
“look more & more like a newborn baby” - I doubt you are able to look at a group of pictures of primate embryos and be able to identify the human from the other primates. And that will be especially true also of blastocysts of any animal.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) January 19, 2019
They are creationist because of course they are:
Seriously? If you’re responding to me, then yes I accept the overwhelmingly demonstrated fact of evolution.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) January 19, 2019
Almost all the anti-abortionists in my twitter notifications are fundamentalists… and they are MAGAnuts.
Trump really knows how to work them.
And we’re off.
So you’re starting g the day with a #VanityWhine….. It’s gonna be a looooong day I see.
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) January 19, 2019
Argle the fuck Bargle. Questions?
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) January 19, 2019
re: #247 Dave In Austin
And we’re off.
Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump
· 27m.@newtgingrich just stated that there has been no president since Abraham Lincoln who has been treated worse or more unfairly by the media than your favorite President, me! At the same time there has been no president who has accomplished more in his first two years in office!
If you knew a car salesman who talked like that, you would make sure his family had the phone numbers of the county mental health resources.
re: #245 freetoken
Almost all the anti-abortionists in my twitter notifications are fundamentalists… and they are MAGAnuts.
Trump really knows how to work them.
But he didn’t create them. They’ve been sitting there, waiting for their man on horseback golfcart.
re: #219 Anymouse 🌹
Mexico: Fire at illegal fuel pipeline tap kills 20 (goes to Deutche Welle, more at the link):
This is a predictable catastrophe in developing countries. I learned of it in 1980 Korea, when a break in our USFK pipeline (Petroleum Distribution System Korea) took out a large part of a village. In the poor parts of the world, crowds with containers rush towards breached pipes, not way from them.
Wake da fuck up, y’all. I ain’t doing this by myself.
re: #247 Dave In Austin
And we’re off.
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Needy.
Pathetic.
Knows nothing. Thinks he’s a genius.
He’s THE laughingstock of America (we have many, Newt for example) and the world.
Me. Me. I. Me. I. I. I.
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 19, 2019
The last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg prosecution team (the team that prosecuted the Nazis after World War II) said that the Trump administration has committed crimes against humanity through his malignant family separation policy.https://t.co/O4JE0ca6DC
— Derek Cressman (@DerekCressman) January 19, 2019
re: #252 Decatur Deb
Wake da fuck up, y’all. I ain’t doing this by myself.
I’m up! I’m up! What are we doing? 😁
They think they’re so smart. Playing provocateur isn’t a good look.
a little news: Quip, the toothbrush company, told me they’re dropping their sponsorship of Ben Shapiro after he read their ad at the March for Life https://t.co/egMMQnstgn
— libby watson (@libbycwatson) January 19, 2019
That Hitler Baby gag did not land well, apparently. https://t.co/DhWestXu75
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) January 19, 2019
We do not align with this message. We’re pulling our sponsorship.
— Calm (@calm) January 19, 2019
Calm also pulled their ads.https://t.co/eVYBczgmmd
— Goofrider 🏳️🌈 (@goofrider) January 19, 2019
re: #255 MsJ
Down here, we’re waiting for today’s winds and rain. The map from Corpus Christi to Knoxville looks pretty grim. In the worst case, I’m going to reef the plastic cover of my grow tunnel and put lids on all the container/totes. (Also have to feed and tend myself. Wife is in Colorado for the month, plugging daughter/grandson into their new life.)
So… Even semi-following yesterday’s Baby Hitler stuff I don’t know what he said and I’m not really interested in Shapiro enough to investigate.
Anyone have a Cliff Notes version?
re: #257 Decatur Deb
Down here, we’re waiting for today’s winds and rain. The map from Corpus Christi to Knoxville looks pretty grim. In the worst case, I’m going to reef the plastic cover of my grow tunnel and put lids on all the container/totes. (Also have to feed and tend myself. Wife is in Colorado for the month, plugging daughter/grandson into their new life.)
You’ll be ok. We’ll keep you company throughout!
re: #258 MsJ
So… Even semi-following yesterday’s Baby Hitler stuff I don’t know what he said and I’m not really interested in Shapiro enough to investigate.
Anyone have a Cliff Notes version?
Shapiro was at the March for Life event and said that no one would kill baby Hitler because he was, well, a baby. I’m not sure exactly what his point was, but the remark went over like the proverbial lead balloon.
re: #258 MsJ
So… Even semi-following yesterday’s Baby Hitler stuff I don’t know what he said and I’m not really interested in Shapiro enough to investigate.
Anyone have a Cliff Notes version?
Let me check the local paper.
…
…
Here it is, after the lost-dog notices. Shapiro said something stupid.
re: #213 Hecuba’s daughter
Re: the killing baby Hitler theme: Brian Elton’s 2014 novel “Time and Time Again” dealt with a secret organization sending a person back in time to stop World War I. Unfortunately — the outcome was even worse. A very intriguing take for SciFi fans on the law of unintended consequences.
I just bought the Kindle version. Looking forward to reading it now.
re: #262 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I just bought the Kindle version. Looking forward to reading it now.
Is the alternate future so chaotic that a rich imbecile philanders his way into the White House? ‘Cause that would be pretty unbelievable.
re: #260 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Shapiro was at the March for Life event and said that no one would kill baby Hitler because he was, well, a baby. I’m not sure exactly what his point was, but the remark went over like the proverbial lead balloon.
Go after their money streams. That’s what hurts them.
re: #260 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Shapiro was at the March for Life event and said that no one would kill baby Hitler because he was, well, a baby. I’m not sure exactly what his point was, but the remark went over like the proverbial lead balloon.
I’m at a loss why this blew up. He’s said far worse. And he’s said far worse quite often.
I’m baffled.
Ben Shapiro at March for Life: “The truth is no pro-life person would kill baby Hitler. Baby Hitler was a baby.” pic.twitter.com/PPgQcbWSrq
— jordan (@JordanUhl) January 18, 2019
re: #264 ericblair
Go after their money streams. That’s what hurts them.
How anyone can admire Ben Shapiro’s intellect defies belief. Was he drunk at the time, because bringing up killing Hitler at a anti-abortion rally makes no fucking sense?
re: #154 teleskiguy
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re: #267 steve_davis
My mother’s grandfather was born while Lincoln was still alive.
It’s far too easy (especially for young people) to not have a sense of time and history.
#BREAKING: Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi https://t.co/tMulM5PEWE pic.twitter.com/e6qAR3d2hl
— The Hill (@thehill) January 18, 2019
Heck, my grandfather was born when Chester Arthur was President…
I feel old.
re: #191 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
After shuffle dancing, we can eat some generously buttered noodles, sprinkled with just a quarter cup of parsley for color and freshness, which are the perfect blank canvas for just about any stew or braise.
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Time to go back to bed. My day is made.
re: #268 freetoken
My mother’s grandfather was born while Lincoln was still alive.
It’s far too easy (especially for young people) to not have a sense of time and history.
My paternal grandfather was born before Lincoln was elected president. My parents were born just as WWI began.
FDR was my first president, by almost a year.
Speaking of Arthur, I wonder if he is where the Republican party started to go wrong. When I come across his statements the more than a little bit harbor xenophobia.
Way back in ‘81, the fear in America over immigrants was not from Mexico, but from….
Negotiations have been opened with Switzerland looking to a settlement by treaty of the question whether its citizens can renounce their allegiance and become citizens of the United States without obtaining the consent of the Swiss Government.
I am glad to inform you that the immigration of paupers and criminals from certain of the Cantons of Switzerland has substantially ceased and is no longer sanctioned by the authorities.
re: #248 Dave In Austin
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Would that be the same media that is the only reason people know who you are, Erick? You’re in the media too buddy. The media also is why Trump is more than just a sleazy Queens developer.
re: #276 freetoken
Speaking of Arthur, I wonder if he is where the Republican party started to go wrong. When I come across his statements the more than a little bit harbor xenophobia.
Way back in ‘81, the fear in America over immigrants was not from Mexico, but from….
Xenophobia was pretty rampant during that part of American history. Seems the people who got there first were worried about the millions of immigrants coming in the late 19th and early 20th century. Fear was one reason for the IQ tests given (in English) to immigrants to thin the herd, as it were. It’s a recurring pattern.
From what I gather Ben was arguing that you wouldn’t kill a baby Hitler if you were time traveling so why are you okay with abortion. It’s a ludicrous argument. It doesn’t offend me in the slightest and I’m honestly surprised he lost ads for it as he’s said much worse things. I’m more offended he really thought this was a logical argument.
CREW has found that the total number of known conflicts of interest involving the Trump Organization over the last two years now stands at more than 1,400.https://t.co/tvntNAclgX
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 19, 2019
MSNBC just reported that the entire buzzfeed story is likely incorrect. Looks like everyone here was correct in being skeptical. As we use to stay in the Navy, “Standby to standby.
re: #279 HappyWarrior
From what I gather Ben was arguing that you wouldn’t kill a baby Hitler if you were time traveling so why are you okay with abortion. It’s a ludicrous argument. It doesn’t offend me in the slightest and I’m honestly surprised he lost ads for it as he’s said much worse things. I’m more offended he really thought this was a logical argument.
Precisely my thought. This makes no sense. At all.
I wasn’t offended in the least. His statement was a complete Meh. Of all the crackpot stuff this guy spews, **this** is the hill his corporate backers (???? Why????) don’t want to climb?
I’m lost at these values.
My surname ancestors arrived in the Arthur years. I even found Great Grandfather’s Castle Garden records with his mom, brother, & sister. I’m not sure if they immediately went to Pittsburgh or not. But his uncle and family followed not long after. And I know he still spoke German since I have a 1936 letter he wrote to Germany on behalf of his brother who had died suddenly. As for when the GOP started going downhill, I give you the 1876 election.
Morning Lizardim from the bitterly cold wild north country. Do we have any additional information on that inflammatory bombshell from Buzzfeed last night?
re: #282 MsJ
Precisely my thought. This makes no sense. At all.
I wasn’t offended in the least. His statement was a complete Meh. Of all the crackpot stuff this guy spews, **this** is the hill his corporate backers (???? Why????) don’t want to climb?
I’m lost at these values.
Yeah exactly. In fact, I’m almost amused that he thought it was a good argument. It’s something you hear smoking the bong. I’m trying to think but it reminds me of another right winger who lost their ads over something more meh. I think maybe Laura Ingraham mocking Hogg? Which was childish of course but not the worst either.
re: #284 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
The Mueller statement wound up Trump and his minions… but the very fact that Mueller made a statement is itself an interesting event.
Mostly, I think we’ve concluded that Mueller doesn’t want leaks (say from the SDNY) to mess with his investigation.
re: #278 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Xenophobia was pretty rampant during that part of American history. Seems the people who got there first were worried about the millions of immigrants coming in the late 19th and early 20th century. Fear was one reason for the IQ tests given (in English) to immigrants to thin the herd, as it were. It’s a recurring pattern.
The most sad thing for me is when the descendants of those immigrants forget their mistreatments and then engage in it themselves. Some of the ugliest bigots to Chinese immigrants were Irish immigrants. I also remember reading about a chapter of the KKK in Worcester, Ma comprised of Swedish immigrants hostile to Catholics.
re: #286 freetoken
The Mueller statement wound up Trump and his minions… but the very fact that Mueller made a statement is itself an interesting event.
Mostly, I think we’ve concluded that Mueller doesn’t want leaks (say from the SDNY) to mess with his investigation.
So basically the way things were when I passed out last night. Got it. Thank you.
Out to go get Mrs. Fish her covfefe. Be back in a few.
re: #281 Dr. Matt
MSNBC just reported that the entire buzzfeed story is likely incorrect. Looks like everyone here was correct in being skeptical. As we use to stay in the Navy, “Standby to standby.
The source was probably from Trump’s team specifically to reinforce the fake news bullshit.
re: #286 freetoken
The Mueller statement wound up Trump and his minions… but the very fact that Mueller made a statement is itself an interesting event.
Mostly, I think we’ve concluded that Mueller doesn’t want leaks (say from the SDNY) to mess with his investigation.
Yes. I was reading comments to Ronan Farrow’s tweet on this. Lots of RWNJs saying “you lefties are like Q followers now!” “You’ll grab at anything cuz you hate him so much” (a little bit of truth in the second one, actually.)
This is pretty convincing to me:
1. Okay, I’m going to give a partial explanation of why I was skeptical of the “Trump instructed Cohen to commit perjury” story. And why people should stop nitpicking the Mueller statement, which is exactly the kind of denial statement from a prosecutor I have seen many times…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 19, 2019
This is interesting. The thread by Olear calls Cohen not a fixer but a bagman. Read the entire thread…
Let’s talk about Michael Cohen, perhaps the most crucial non-Trump-family figure in the Trump/Russia scandal.
[THREAD] pic.twitter.com/GYhbTeCpfb— Greg Olear (@gregolear) January 19, 2019
I was so confused by this whole thing until I read this… https://t.co/lvREOYXxvU
— Jess (@jessiwhiteside) January 19, 2019
This stands out to me:
14/ THIS is what they all lie the most about—for good reason.
If Mueller can place Cohen in southeastern Germany, or somewhere else near Prague, & demonstrate that he distributed bricks of $100 bills to Russian bagmen while there…that’s the whole enchilada.— Greg Olear (@gregolear) January 19, 2019
1. Today reminds me a lot of one of the most talked-about episodes during Woodward and Bernstein’s historic reporting on Watergate, which is probably better remembered as a key plot point in the “All the President’s Men” movie.
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) January 19, 2019
V important thread. Read all the way through. https://t.co/Iu6bvmGlkV
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 19, 2019
re: #2 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Trump is furiously retweeting every criticism of “fake news” he can find.
i love the smell of desperation in the morning….
My heart 😭
After a disabled woman with cerebral palsy was denied service at a nearby nail salon, Ebony Harris, who works as a cashier at Walmart, stepped in and stepped up to give her a manicure.
“I just wanted to make her day special.”
SALUTE
Retweet ❤️ pic.twitter.com/E42i0AufL7— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) January 18, 2019
re: #30 Dave In Austin
$98k for a fucking banana…..
i paid $2.29 for a single banana at disney last week
had a bunch in my room. they were from publix at $0.69 a pound
the room was too far to walk back to
This MAGA loser gleefully bothering a Native American protestor at the Indigenous Peoples March. pic.twitter.com/jIb5K68vIs
— Talia (@2020fight) January 19, 2019
I’m sure such an arrogant kid doesn’t realize that this image of his utter disrespect (political inclinations notwithstanding) will live on….and cause him no end of grief in the future. https://t.co/cHOultM2oE
— Brenda Flanagan (@FlanaganNJTV) January 19, 2019
a solid 25-30% of this country is comprised of utter morons with zero self-awareness, ya know, “not a cult” https://t.co/oeE1ikjyPe
— It’s Myron Falwell! (@myronfalwell) January 19, 2019
re: #35 Myron Falwell
“…the (Nixon) White House celebrates the error, calling into question every story Woodward and Bernstein wrote for the Post”
Huh.
they got one story wrong - legitimately wrong
there was confusion and haste
so the wh tried to paint everything they ever did the same way
(ps - didnt stick)
re: #299 Myron Falwell
I couldn’t even watch it. All the young, white kids in the background whooping it up in the still picture just made me sad. I don’t need to watch it to be sadder.
re: #301 MsJ
I couldn’t even watch it. All the young, white kids in the background whooping it up in the still picture just made me sad. I don’t need to watch it to be sadder.
They’ve been outed as students at an all-male Catholic high school in Covington, Kentucky that went to DC to see Ben Shapiro wax nostalgic about Baby Hitler.
Unsurprisingly, the school’s twitter account was taken private, and their VM is “full.”
re: #68 Ace Rothstein
Even if they did find prayer rugs, so fucking what?
can you tell if a rug’s been used for prayer by looking at it?
speaking of Ben, his stupid quip cost him Quip as an advertiser
They didn’t get the baby Hitler thing either https://t.co/cRNFF0h39N
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 19, 2019
re: #78 teleskiguy
He’s gleefully whipping up the mouth breathers.
Fake News is truly the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!
like it or not ‘fake news’ is one of the core functions of a free society
re: #279 HappyWarrior
From what I gather Ben was arguing that you wouldn’t kill a baby Hitler if you were time traveling so why are you okay with abortion. It’s a ludicrous argument. It doesn’t offend me in the slightest and I’m honestly surprised he lost ads for it as he’s said much worse things. I’m more offended he really thought this was a logical argument.
If f talking about abortion, the question should be aborting fetus Hitler, and taking away the agency of choice away from the mother. More directly, if YOU were carrying fetus genocidal maniac, would you abortion him?
re: #305 Myron Falwell
speaking of Ben, his stupid quip cost him Quip as an advertiser
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Not likely to happen to the folks at Crooked Media who are also sponsored by Quip.
Not Surprised One bit!https://t.co/j3dbGz831j
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) January 19, 2019
re: #100 jaunte
I think they’ll just change the rules and argue that (1) they won, or (2) it doesn’t matter.
Fox News: @greggutfeld says it “doesn’t matter” if BuzzFeed report that Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress is true (ignoring 18 U.S.C. § 2b): “It doesn’t matter if the story is true or not. Because it was originally about collision & it’s not even about that anymore”
“Whitewater”
re: #241 freetoken
I know it’s a waste of time to argue with creationist, but…
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Morning!
Freetoken, why would you even want to engage in a twitter debate with someone with the handle: Because I Said So?
I think the results are already known. You are going to be wrong no matter what. That mind is closed.
re: #311 ObserverArt
Morning!
Freetoken, why would you even want to engage in a twitter debate with someone with the handle: Because I Said So?
Because they have thousands of followers who will read my replies.
I had lots of notifications this morning, from people not originally in the conversation but who jumped in.
re: #300 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
they got one story wrong - legitimately wrong
there was confusion and hasteso the wh tried to paint everything they ever did the same way
(ps - didnt stick)
Those parallels are pretty shocking. Just substitute Nixon with Trump and Bob Dole with any RWNJ Twitter Rando.
One thing of note that I can’t help but notice: Woodward and Bernstein’s flub-up happened so early in the Watergate storyline.
The #GovernmentShutdown has reached Earth’s melting poles. IceBridge, a decadelong NASA campaign meant to secure a seamless record of ice loss, has had to sacrifice at least half of what was supposed to be its final spring deployment. @NewsfromScience https://t.co/57Hobn6GGl pic.twitter.com/87GPLWFeL6
— AAAS (@aaas) January 18, 2019
This means scientists are losing data that was supposed to help calibrate a billion-dollar satellite. What a complete and utter waste https://t.co/7ZDWL5p4wp
— Brian L Kahn (@blkahn) January 19, 2019
Ben would kill baby Hitler if baby Hitler were brown.
re: #315 GlutenFreeJesus
Ben would kill baby Hitler if baby Hitler were brown.
Ben would kill baby Hillary just because.
Yeah, everyone knew it was a lie. Sure, Jan. That’s why every need org reported it.
BOTTOM LINE OF WHAT HAPPENED:
Buzzfeed knew it published a lie. Rest of the media knew it was a lie, spread it anyway. The story was BS. They knew it. We all did.
BUT they figured there was no way they could be caught.
Because no one dreamed Mueller would fact check them.— ‘Sources Say’ is Greek for ‘Fake News’ (@NolteNC) January 19, 2019
Ben in his own words was shown to have been indifferent to civilian casualties in war.
re: #317 MsJ
Yeah, everyone knew it was a lie. Sure, Jan. That’s why every need org reported it.
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Nolte now there’s a rage baby I haven’t seen in awhile.
re: #258 MsJ
So… Even semi-following yesterday’s Baby Hitler stuff I don’t know what he said and I’m not really interested in Shapiro enough to investigate.
Anyone have a Cliff Notes version?
I have the Cliff Notes Condensed Cliff Notes Version.
Ben Shapiro opened his mouth. A lot of stupid flowed out.
You are now caught up.
re: #316 MsJ
Ben would kill baby Hillary just because.
Nah, Ben would just condescendingly talk down to Baby Hillary and the Daily Wire would proclaim how much he destroyed her and he would RT it. He’s a coward. Not the type that ever gets his hands dirty himself. You didn’t see him in Iraq despite him cheerleading for it from Harvard.
re: #320 ObserverArt
I have the Cliff Notes Condensed Cliff Notes Version.
Ben Shapiro opened his mouth. A lot of stupid flowed out.
You are now caught up.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
re: #320 ObserverArt
I have the Cliff Notes Condensed Cliff Notes Version.
Ben Shapiro opened his mouth. A lot of stupid flowed out.
You are now caught up.
Pretty much.
re: #320 ObserverArt
I have the Cliff Notes Condensed Cliff Notes Version.
Ben Shapiro opened his mouth. A lot of stupid flowed out.
You are now caught up.
and it happened on a day ending in “y”
re: #279 HappyWarrior
From what I gather Ben was arguing that you wouldn’t kill a baby Hitler if you were time traveling so why are you okay with abortion. It’s a ludicrous argument. It doesn’t offend me in the slightest and I’m honestly surprised he lost ads for it as he’s said much worse things. I’m more offended he really thought this was a logical argument.
Isn’t his argument even more simple?
I thought it was pro-life people do not kill any babies. Period.
re: #324 Myron Falwell
and it happened on a day ending in “y”
And he thinks he won. Again my observations of him isn’t that he’s stupid like Wohl or Kirk. He is something more pathetic imo. Profoundly dishonest and has no humility at all.
re: #317 MsJ
Yeah, everyone knew it was a lie. Sure, Jan. That’s why every need org reported it.
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lol, at least Buzzfeed has a standards and practices department as opposed to Nolte’s former employer
re: #325 ObserverArt
Isn’t his argument even more simple?
I thought it was pro-life people do not kill any babies. Period.
I think it’s that too but he loves trying to shame pro choice people especially women.
re: #327 Myron Falwell
lol, at least Buzzfeed has a standards and practices department as opposed to Nolte’s former employer
Seriously.
He thinks he’s this generation’s WFB when WFB was if you really knew what he stood for was no one to be admired.
re: #326 HappyWarrior
And he thinks he won. Again my observations of him isn’t that he’s stupid like Wohl or Kirk. He is something more pathetic imo. Profoundly dishonest and has no humility at all.
I haven’t checked the Daily Wire yet but have they posted a puff piece about Ben’s speechifying yesterday? I mean, they took a five-word reply tweet he sent to AOC and made a 500-word piece about how he “owned” her…
re: #132 Anymouse 🌹
You may recall a discussion I had here with a Muslim who Mr. Johnson has now removed. He was concerned about a mosque in North Platte being unable to expand its parking lot on its own land due to interference by the city council.
So I went researching that for him, and over four years the city council tried to use zoning laws to prevent the mosque from expanding the lot. Locals were concerned about traffic (read Muslims).
It was a harassment campaign against the mosque which ended in favour of the mosque, but took four years to resolve. Federal law is clear you cannot use zoning laws against any house of worship, and the city government simply did not care.
Yes they lost. They cost the mosque and the taxpayers millions between them, simply to enforce a restriction on their parking lot (and by extension their religion).
The point of all these “religious freedom” cases is not that they all seem fruitless. The point is harassment, and the brass ring that one gets through.
I notice you haven’t addressed the idea that corporations have religions they can impose on their workers yet.
it is unfortunate and true that no one (in this country) has a right not to be accused criminally, or sued civilly
people with power (the cop who pulls you over, the zealous ada, the city council, the guy who rear-ended you) can drag you over that line and into the system
then you must work with its rules
once ‘cleared’, sometimes there are mechanisms for false arrest, prosecution, frivolous lawsuits, etc. othertimes not, and it sux.
cf all those people who own land on the border, living their lives mostly quietly minding their own business. they are gonna lose their land unless they find some money and fight. they may lose, they may win. if they win, doubtful they’ll get their costs back.
re: #331 Myron Falwell
I haven’t checked the Daily Wire yet but have they posted a puff piece about Ben’s speechifying yesterday? I mean, they took a five-word reply tweet he sent to AOC and made a 500-word piece about how he “owned” her…
I’m sure they have. And that incident you’re referencing is exactly what I’m talking about with him. He can’t resist jacking himself off. TDW is full with Ben Shapiro “hyperbole verb” headlines.
re: #148 Anymouse 🌹
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im waiting for the first one…
re: #290 Barefoot Grin
Yes. I was reading comments to Ronan Farrow’s tweet on this. Lots of RWNJs saying “you lefties are like Q followers now!” “You’ll grab at anything cuz you hate him so much” (a little bit of truth in the second one, actually.)
A bit. A tiny little bit, yes.
But unlike Q followers there is pretty good evidence already that Trump was up to no good. So there is a root of logic involved to accept the Buzzfeed story. That is why it was accepted.
And, the whole story has not been shot down, just some question as to the facts behind it.
I think there is a good chance the story still comes to be true.
How is that Pizzagate story going with the Qers? Some still believe it.
I’m cool with testing this theory
The Economy is one of the best in our history, with unemployment at a 50 year low, and the Stock Market ready to again break a record (set by us many times) - & all you heard yesterday, based on a phony story, was Impeachment. You want to see a Stock Market Crash, Impeach Trump!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 19, 2019
It’s like blackmail, but for stupid people. https://t.co/o9vTp3BpYS
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 19, 2019
re: #336 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
so he did look more like ramond massey than henry fonda
Think I heard Massey did the best with the voice too as there were actually people who had heard him when the Massey movie came out.
re: #337 Myron Falwell
I’m cool with testing this theory
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You are such a drama queen. Remember when Bill Clinton claimed impeaching him would cause the stock market to crash. Oh wait.
re: #312 freetoken
Because they have thousands of followers who will read my replies.
I had lots of notifications this morning, from people not originally in the conversation but who jumped in.
Are her followers following because they are as closed minded as her or is she getting a lot of kickback for being close minded about her pro-life stances?
I only responded the way I did, because you admitted in that comment it was rather futile.
Have fun!
re: #220 Pawn of the Oppressor
That’s not a bad policy when dealing with criminal clients, from what I’ve observed working in a law office…
or those in tax trouble, cause if you already stiffed the irs…
re: #339 HappyWarrior
You are such a drama queen. Remember when Bill Clinton claimed impeaching him would cause the stock market to crash. Oh wait.
Clinton was impeached for lying under oath — not for the underlying non-crime of a consensual relationship with an adult woman. Trump’s attorneys have figured that as long as he doesn’t testify under oath, he’s free.
As to the Michael Cohen allegations, crime bosses don’t have to tell their underlings exactly what to do. Trump didn’t have to say explicitly: lie under oath. Michael knew that he was never supposed to contradict Trump’s statements.
re: #343 Hecuba’s daughter
Michael knew that he was never supposed to contradict Trump’s statements.
That’s one job Trump will always do himself.
re: #343 Hecuba’s daughter
Clinton was impeached for lying under oath — not for the underlying non-crime of a consensual relationship with an adult woman. Trump’s attorneys have figured that as long as he doesn’t testify under oath, he’s free.
As to the Michael Cohen allegations, crime bosses don’t have to tell their underlings exactly what to do. Trump didn’t have to say explicitly: lie under oath. Michael knew that he was never supposed to contradict Trump’s statements.
I’m aware. I’m saying that Clinton didn’t act like a little shit and threatened the state of the economy over his departure.
re: #344 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
louie, in that setting, he wasnt entitled to due process
dont you know the rules?
I’ll humor Louie here a little. Let’s give King his due process and his long record of saying racist shit, campaigning for European fascists, & being an all around bigot a chance for everyone to know. Scalise’s David Duke love can make a cameo too since I’m sure Duke has praised King.
re: #343 Hecuba’s daughter
Clinton was impeached for lying under oath — not for the underlying non-crime of a consensual relationship with an adult woman. Trump’s attorneys have figured that as long as he doesn’t testify under oath, he’s free.
As to the Michael Cohen allegations, crime bosses don’t have to tell their underlings exactly what to do. Trump didn’t have to say explicitly: lie under oath. Michael knew that he was never supposed to contradict Trump’s statements.
Which is what Kurt Eichenwald is sort of saying in his tweet thread Barefoot Grin posted in #292. Cohen was a foot soldier protecting his leader. He thought he needed to lie because he was directed to lie before in the Trump Affairs Pay-Off.
There will be much denial from Trump of course. I think John Gotti denied a lot of his connections too. Mueller’s FBI took care of that.
re: #246 freetoken
Speaking from the standpoint of a U of IL band member (even if decades ago) and the secretary of the U of I marching band (before grrrrls were allowed), that was our favorite number!
Edited to say I meant the St Louis Blues March, not Perfidia, as good as it is.
re: #240 freetoken
No need to complicate the issue.
Even without faith we all realize, on some basic level, that innocent lives should be protected.
Declaring that a fetus doesn’t qualify as a life may make the practice more tolerable to you, but it doesn’t make the reality any less tragic.
isnt now and never has been the issue
the issue is when, in the seamless progression from fertilization to birth, it ‘becomes’ a
single, discrete human life with constitutional rights and protections
re: #350 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
isnt now and never has been the issue
the issue is when, in the seamless progression from fertilization to birth, it ‘becomes’ a
single, discrete human life with constitutional rights and protections
And when does that fetus who can’t live outside the mother’s womb have its rights on par with the mother’s rights to determine what she wants to do with her pregnancy. TBH abortion is a messy issue but the biggest issue I have is the anti abortion movement is full of men like Shapiro who will never experience pregnancy telling women what to do.
re: #349 retired cynic
Speaking from the standpoint of a U of IL band member (even if decades ago) and the secretary of the U of I marching band (before grrrrls were allowed), that was our favorite number!
Edited to say I meant the St Louis Blues March, not Perfidia, as good as it is.
Zuppke Field!
re: #270 freetoken
Heck, my grandfather was born when Chester Arthur was President…
I feel old.
grover cleveland here (2x grandads and grandmas that is)
— Billie Bares (@BillieBares) January 19, 2019
re: #280 MsJ
CREW has found that the total number of known conflicts of interest involving the Trump Organization over the last two years now stands at more than 1,400
one would have brought down virtually anyone else
1400 is just a number with no context any more
.@newtgingrich just stated that there has been no president since Abraham Lincoln who has been treated worse or more unfairly by the media than your favorite President, me! At the same time there has been no president who has accomplished more in his first two years in office!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 19, 2019
Claiming solidarity with another old white guy who’s cheated on all his wives. At 4am. https://t.co/fEiOJxLcJ4
— Barbie Williams (@Barbie892) January 19, 2019
“…your favorite President, me!”
Can it get any more stupid? I think it can.
re: #300 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
they got one story wrong - legitimately wrong
there was confusion and hasteso the wh tried to paint everything they ever did the same way
(ps - didnt stick)
Yes, but we as humans live in the moment. We don’t get to live as historians looking back on events from the future. For all they knew, what they had been fed at that point could have been a con.
re: #334 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
im waiting for the first one…
My faith in chocolate is pretty damn strong.
re: #357 jaunte
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Can it get any more stupid? I think it can.
Your favorite President is so pathetic. And Newt is delusional. And if Trump is widely hated, he’s earned it. He’s earned it by doing shit like that where he brags and whines in the same tweet.
Imagine if Pelosi called herself your favorite Speaker.
re: #350 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
isnt now and never has been the issue
the issue is when, in the seamless progression from fertilization to birth, it ‘becomes’ a
single, discrete human life with constitutional rights and protections
a fetus does have legal rights — for example, it may be an heir with its own representation in probate court. Its lawyer may be different than the lawyer representing the woman in whose body it currently resides.
What it doesn’t have, what no person (born or unborn) has any right to, is SOMEBODY ELSE’S internal organs. Somebody else’s blood, the calcium in somebody else’s bones. Even a corpse has the right not to have its parts taken for somebody else’s benefit.
I don’t get wow’d by poll numbers, but a Pew poll came out w/ what I think is stunning: More Americans think Trump’s presidency will be unsuccessful than any presidency at any point in last 25 years (including Bush in 07 after Iraq/Katrina/06 midterms) https://t.co/gmmbdhBHcz pic.twitter.com/yzQHya5A1K
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) January 19, 2019
Trump is using the Dreamers as hostages for his fucking wall money.
Exclusive: Trump is expected to propose an immigration compromise today that includes protections for DACA and TPS holders in exchange for $5.7 billion for his border wall. https://t.co/D6k4wQ1dLL
— Axios (@axios) January 19, 2019
re: #365 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Trump is using the Dreamers as hostages for his fucking wall money.
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So now he’s asking for 1/5th of what Schumer offered last year in exchange for what Schumer wanted? What a negotiator.
re: #364 jaunte
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He has no real successes. Gorsuch was a gift from McConnell. The tax cut didn’t do shit. All he’s done is made Asshole Americans more comfortable being assholes again.
re: #367 Belafon
So now he’s asking for 1/5th of what Schumer offered last year in exchange for what Schumer wanted? What a negotiator.
The best!//
“Triggering the libs” isn’t an accomplishment no matter what your right wing uncle wants to think.
re: #349 retired cynic
Speaking from the standpoint of a U of IL band member (even if decades ago) and the secretary of the U of I marching band (before grrrrls were allowed), that was our favorite number!
Edited to say I meant the St Louis Blues March, not Perfidia, as good as it is.
And honestly… we did it better!
re: #313 Myron Falwell
Those parallels are pretty shocking. Just substitute Nixon with Trump and Bob Dole with any RWNJ Twitter Rando.
One thing of note that I can’t help but notice: Woodward and Bernstein’s flub-up happened so early in the Watergate storyline.
yup they got better at it
re: #357 jaunte
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Can it get any more stupid? I think it can.
There is. No. Derp. Limit.
And the GOP needs to fucking own this forever.
re: #347 HappyWarrior
I’ll humor Louie here a little. Let’s give King his due process and his long record of saying racist shit, campaigning for European fascists, & being an all around bigot a chance for everyone to know. Scalise’s David Duke love can make a cameo too since I’m sure Duke has praised King.
ok that works for me too
re: #367 Belafon
So now he’s asking for 1/5th of what Schumer offered last year in exchange for what Schumer wanted? What a negotiator.
Interesting to see what the Democrats do in that situation. Certainly Nancy would agree to $5 billion for border security in exchange for DACA, but not a wall. The wall should always have been part of separate legislation and not a CR.
So should the Dems even consider this deal or continue to tell Trump to fuck off on the Wall?
re: #375 Hecuba’s daughter
Interesting to see what the Democrats do in that situation. Certainly Nancy would agree to $5 billion for border security in exchange for DACA, but not a wall. The wall should always have been part of separate legislation and not a CR.
Nancy has made it clear she wants increased security at PoE but Trump has dishonestly (big shock I know) tried to claim Nancy and Chuck don’t want security. The truth is their proposal would be more effective.
So, do we think Buzzfeed just jumped to conclusions - that Cohen doing exactly what Trump wanted could have only happened if Trump told him - or do we think Buzzfeed was fed something misleading?
re: #376 Eclectic Cyborg
So should the Dems even consider this deal or continue to tell Trump to fuck off on the Wall?
Fuck the wall. The people on the border don’t want it. Don’t give an inch. I don’t trust him on DACA at all.
re: #376 Eclectic Cyborg
So should the Dems even consider this deal or continue to tell Trump to fuck off on the Wall?
IMO, they should secure all the rights for DACA recipients they can, and whatever immigration improvements they can, and take it. The odds are that whatever wall he wants to be built will be tied up in legal battles until long after he is gone.
And then they should thank him and his team for talking themselves down from $20B last year to $6B this year. Much better for the budget.
re: #365 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Trump is using the Dreamers as hostages for his fucking wall money.
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lol he had a chance to get off the exit ramp and fucking blew it
re: #380 retired cynic
The Dreamers have been yanked around enough. Again, IMO.
re: #375 Hecuba’s daughter
Interesting to see what the Democrats do in that situation. Certainly Nancy would agree to $5 billion for border security in exchange for DACA, but not a wall. The wall should always have been part of separate legislation and not a CR.
What Trump-McConnell-Jared are hoping to do is to change the narrative by wanting to claim Democrats are hypocrites by not accepting what they offered before. As much as the government needs to reopen, the GOP shutting down government to try to get what they want has to end, and it especially has to end for Trump. I would take it if and only if Trump on camera states that he will no longer shut down the government over the wall.
re: #375 Hecuba’s daughter
Interesting to see what the Democrats do in that situation. Certainly Nancy would agree to $5 billion for border security in exchange for DACA, but not a wall. The wall should always have been part of separate legislation and not a CR.
Call a primetime address tonight and call his bluff right then and there.
re: #379 HappyWarrior
Fuck the wall. The people on the border don’t want it. Don’t give an inch. I don’t trust him on DACA at all.
However, if DACA is clearly written as part of the legislation, they might be forced to implement it. OTOH I could see this criminal enterprise writing regulations that would in effect nullify the law.
re: #385 Hecuba’s daughter
However, if DACA is clearly written as part of the legislation, they might be forced to implement it. OTOH I could see this criminal enterprise writing regulations that would in effect nullify the law.
Right because otherwise government reopens, Trump gets his wall money and then promptly tells the Dems “screw you, I’m not doing DACA.”
Tell me that isn’t a Trump move all the way.
re: #385 Hecuba’s daughter
However, if DACA is clearly written as part of the legislation, they might be forced to implement it. OTOH I could see this criminal enterprise writing regulations that would in effect nullify the law.
I just don’t know. I haven’t seen seen anything on this that suggests he’d protect the DACA kids.
re: #386 Eclectic Cyborg
Right because otherwise government reopens, Trump gets his wall money and then promptly tells the Dems “screw you, I’m not doing DACA.”
Tell me that isn’t a Trump move all the way.
Exactly. And he’s more likely to do that than not.
re: #383 Belafon
What Trump-McConnell-Jared are hoping to do is to change the narrative by wanting to claim Democrats are hypocrites by not accepting what they offered before. As much as the government needs to reopen, the GOP shutting down government to try to get what they want has to end, and it especially has to end for Trump. I would take it if and only if Trump on camera states that he will no longer shut down the government over the wall.
The problem for Trump, Mitch and the GOP is that they’ve messaged the shit out of the wall, and it’s not working. Doing this at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon is fucking telling here. It’s not 9pm on a Tuesday evening.
Trump is likely offering DACA knowing that Mitch won’t go for it during the three-week CR window, forcing Pelosi’s hand. I’d still give Pelosi the decisive advantage on this, however.
re: #365 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
DOA.
re: #379 HappyWarrior
Fuck the wall. The people on the border don’t want it. Don’t give an inch. I don’t trust him on DACA at all.
There is already all the wall there can ever be that does any good. The wall is not really a wall against Mexican illegal immigration. It’s a wall perfectly designed to box in those of us with any empathy for other than white wealthy people. More politics than practical. more powerful in white separatist territory and the heartless heartland than a nuke plant.
That is what his wall does with no steel, no concrete. Break down the wall.
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TUCSON — The largest single group of migrant families and minors ever recorded in the Yuma area tunneled underneath a border fence and voluntarily turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, according to Customs and Border Protection officials in Arizona.
re: #392 retired cynic
WaPo:
Opinions
Michael Hayden and Neal Katyal: The House should investigate impeaching Trump
I hate that Hayden is such a loud anti Trump voice because he exactly wasn’t great in the Bush years which gives the Greenwald Tracey types fuel but he’s right. They absolutely should.
re: #387 HappyWarrior
I just don’t know. I haven’t seen seen anything on this that suggests he’d protect the DACA kids.
My impression was that back in early 2018 Trump was willing to do the deal but the highly racist John Kelly short-circuited it.
I shouldn’t be surprised by how Trump managed to fuck up what should have been an easy way out from this mess, but I am.
re: #396 Hecuba’s daughter
My impression was that back in early 2018 Trump was willing to do the deal but the highly racist John Kelly short-circuited it.
Kind of proves my point. Let’s say he agrees and then the evil more racist Miller gets his ear. He’s not to be trusted.
re: #397 Myron Falwell
I shouldn’t be surprised by how Trump managed to fuck up what should have been an easy way out from this mess, but I am.
His being unqualified shows every day.
re: #396 Hecuba’s daughter
My impression was that back in early 2018 Trump was willing to do the deal but the highly racist John Kelly short-circuited it.
Likely a nasty combination of Kelly, Gorba, Miller and Coulter. Because why not?
If there is one square inch for a wall in this “deal,” Pelosi should get up, say “bye bye,” and walk out.
re: #400 Myron Falwell
Likely a nasty combination of Kelly, Gorba, Miller and Coulter. Because why not?
Exactly
I wonder if he’ll threaten to declare a national emergency if the Dems don’t take his deal.
re: #401 Ace Rothstein
If there is one square inch for a wall in this “deal,” Pelosi should get up, say “bye bye,” and walk out.
I can also see her saying, “look, we have a veto-proof-in-the-senate CR, that’s our only offer” with a fuckton of snark.
re: #403 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder if he’ll threaten to declare a national emergency if the Dems don’t take his deal.
Let him. That’s the only exit ramp he has that isn’t an outright humiliation.
Let’s say Schumer suddenly wanted to cave and give Trump his wall money. Can he do that and get a bill through without involvement from Pelosi?
re: #406 Eclectic Cyborg
Let’s say Schumer suddenly wanted to cave and give Trump his wall money. Can he do that and get a bill through without involvement from Pelosi?
I very much doubt that considering the House not Senate approves appropriations.
re: #404 Myron Falwell
I can also see her saying, “look, we have a veto-proof-in-the-senate CR, that’s our only offer” with a fuckton of snark.
No — it’s not veto-proof, because the GOP will stand firm and McConnell won’t let it on the floor. After all, 42 Republicans supported the Russians this week, including Mitt, the worthless coward. These same POS members of the GOP will support the wall.
Government workers are due to miss their SECOND paycheck this coming Friday if I’m not mistaken.
re: #408 Hecuba’s daughter
No — it’s not veto-proof, because the GOP will stand firm and McConnell won’t let it on the floor. After all, 42 Republicans supported the Russians this week, including Mitt, the worthless coward. These same POS members of the GOP will support the wall.
That applies to whatever “plan” Trump asks for here.
I was referring to the CR attempt that passed the Senate but the Paul Ryan House balked on, that’s been the Democrats’ message this whole time, they’ve offered nearly the same exact CR.
Dems can’t accept the wall as a condition for re-opening the govt under any circumstances. They lose if they play his game.
re: #411 KingKenrod
Dems can’t accept the wall as a condition for re-opening the govt under any circumstances. They lose if they play his game.
I’m hoping they realize that this stupid wall is the reason they got elected - as in, nobody wants it, and we voted in people who don’t want it. They have to hold the line, or we all lose faith.
re: #378 Belafon
So, do we think Buzzfeed just jumped to conclusions - that Cohen doing exactly what Trump wanted could have only happened if Trump told him - or do we think Buzzfeed was fed something misleading?
im guessing buzzfeed and the SC statements are both true
each in their own way
i dont think buzzfeed got it wrong (though it’s possible. more likely some details may not be 100%)
and the sc statement is wonderfully nuanced and interpretable by all of us who have no actual inside information with which to gauge it
re: #401 Ace Rothstein
If there is one square inch for a wall in this “deal,” Pelosi should get up, say “bye bye,” and walk out.
Trumps next wall should be 4 sided with 2 square meals a day and 2 hours yard time.
re: #383 Belafon
What Trump-McConnell-Jared are hoping to do is to change the narrative by wanting to claim Democrats are hypocrites by not accepting what they offered before. As much as the government needs to reopen, the GOP shutting down government to try to get what they want has to end, and it especially has to end for Trump. I would take it if and only if Trump on camera states that he will no longer shut down the government over the wall.
let’s not be charlie brown here….
re: #386 Eclectic Cyborg
Right because otherwise government reopens, Trump gets his wall money and then promptly tells the Dems “screw you, I’m not doing DACA.”
Tell me that isn’t a Trump move all the way.
i get playing out the scenarios
let’s remember, nancy is not new at this
If the Dems don’t take the deal Trump will inevitably say something like: “I made Chuck and Nancy a very fair, very good offer but they still don’t care about the security of the American people and are continuing to put your children at risk. Tell them ‘no more!’ “
re: #417 Eclectic Cyborg
If the Dems don’t take the deal Trump will inevitably say something like: “I made Chuck and Nancy a very fair, very good offer but they still don’t care about the security of the American people and are continuing to put your children at risk. Tell them ‘no more!’ “
And that’s fine, but nobody’s buying that line, and I think the GOP is - very, very slowly - starting to realize that. (They are kinda thick, after all.)
re: #412 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m hoping they realize that this stupid wall is the reason they got elected - as in, nobody wants it, and we voted in people who don’t want it. They have to hold the line, or we all lose faith.
They got elected for many reasons — and the primary reason was health care. That is what they pushed nationwide. Yes — most of the people elected don’t want it, but I don’t think that had as big an impact as other reasons.
re: #401 Ace Rothstein
If there is one square inch for a wall in this “deal,” Pelosi should get up, say “bye bye,” and walk out.
he has yet to realize how he has already lost this forever
he’s not ever getting a ‘2000 mile wall’ (that mexico pays for or not)
re: #414 Unshaken Defiance
Trump will only want about 10 minutes yard time. Go out, look directly at the sun, go in.
re: #410 Myron Falwell
That applies to whatever “plan” Trump asks for here.
I was referring to the CR attempt that passed the Senate but the Paul Ryan House balked on, that’s been the Democrats’ message this whole time, they’ve offered nearly the same exact CR.
But that doesn’t matter. They voted for it because Trump promised he would sign it. Now he won’t. Trump contradicts himself on a daily basis but the GOP base doesn’t care and neither do the profiles in cowardice that populate the Republican Senate. Or maybe I’m being too generous here — maybe it’s not that they are cowards, but rather that they are unprincipled anti-democratic lice who really do like Putin and his brand of autocracy.
re: #411 KingKenrod
Dems can’t accept the wall as a condition for re-opening the govt under any circumstances. They lose if they play his game.
the first line is true
they still do have to negotiate
and that means both sides giving something and getting something
(do i have to add in good faith)
Why did Mitt Romney vote to lift the Deripaska sanctions? @pennbarker asked his office. they didn’t respond. #disappointing
https://t.co/xzHTAhdJOC— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) January 19, 2019
When Republicans view sanctions as a political move and “nothing but to embarrass the president” you’ve got to wonder why he’d be embarrassed if they weren’t lifted. https://t.co/eJSWRPqQCM
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 19, 2019
“This is a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government.”
My interview today on #AMJoy: pic.twitter.com/NaMwqEJWFD— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 19, 2019
re: #411 KingKenrod
re: #412 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
The Democrats know he’s totally incapable of being anything short of a competent negotiator. He’s fucking clueless.
Even if Trump opens the government for three weeks of “negotiations” just offer what they’ve always offered, even without DACA. Put the pressure on Mitch to cave.
re: #417 Eclectic Cyborg
If the Dems don’t take the deal Trump will inevitably say something like: “I made Chuck and Nancy a very fair, very good offer but they still don’t care about the security of the American people and are continuing to put your children at risk. Tell them ‘no more!’ “
and our response:
Threatening to declare an emergency makes no sense. Either it’s an emergency or not.
My friend has crystalized my thoughts eloquently.
Not watching the vid those racist MAGA fucks taunt that old man. Don’t need to. Anyone who clutched their pearls about people punching Nazis can go fuck themselves. And anyone who doesn’t think these folks aren’t emboldened by the racist shit stain in the WH can too.
— LegalWeedMelvinGordon (@JohnReidy303) January 19, 2019
re: #406 Eclectic Cyborg
Let’s say Schumer suddenly wanted to cave and give Trump his wall money. Can he do that and get a bill through without involvement from Pelosi?
If Schumer is stupid enough to believe that Trump will actually fulfill his part of the deal then we are fucked cubed.
Trump is somehow thinking that DACA is important enough for the Democrats to fold on. Boy is he going to be in for a surprise lol
re: #432 Skip Intro
If Schumer is stupid enough to believe that Trump will actually fulfill his part of the deal then we are fucked cubed.
Not really. Remember, anything that the Senate votes on then has to be reconciled with the House before it can be approved. And while Schumer may have a moment of political weakness, Pelosi is not about to give in.
Sarah Kendzior is close to my idea of a perfect woman. She is smart, beautiful, loves to write, has a good sense of humor and just seems like a really cool person to be around.
(Yes, I know she’s married)
re: #430 I Would Prefer Not To
Threatening to declare an emergency makes no sense. Either it’s an emergency or not.
You can only do that when you are the emergency.
So let me get this straight: the new Trump offer is “pay to build this racist wall I promised Mexico would pay for, and DACA recipients will get some consideration from my administration, which is still seeking to expel many green card holders and even naturalized citizens”?
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) January 19, 2019
re: #406 Eclectic Cyborg
Let’s say Schumer suddenly wanted to cave and give Trump his wall money. Can he do that and get a bill through without involvement from Pelosi?
The fact that Schumer hasn’t given in already is more than shocking. Pretty clear that Pelosi’s been preventing him at nearly every turn.
If he holds firm on this, then…
re: #430 I Would Prefer Not To
Threatening to declare an emergency makes no sense. Either it’s an emergency or not.
You know this.
I know this.
But we’re talking about the Mango Moron here…
re: #440 William Lewis
You know this.
I know this.
But we’re talking about the Mango Moron here…
“Son, you know that, and I know that. But the General doesn’t know that. Or at least he won’t, for another hour and a half.”
Proof that Trump is truly pathetic, part the infinity.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. WaPo reporter, Dan Balz is dining in a Paris restaurant. A man (Joe Kernen of CNBC) sitting at the next table hands him a cellphone and asks if he wants to talk with the President. Trump was supposed to do an interview with Kernen at DAVOS and called to express his disappointment that the shutdown cancelled the interview. Kernen told Trump that people in Paris were saying good things about him, and apparently, Trump asked to talk to one of his supporters.
When Balz took the phone, Trump didn’t know he was talking to a reporter. Balz tried to ask him some questions to get a newsworthy response. Sensing that he wasn’t talking to a Trumpbot, Trump asked Balz if he was a Trump or Hilary supporter. Balz revealed that he was a reporter. At this point, Balz heard other people laughing and realized he was on speakerphone. The call lasted about 2 minutes and ended when Kernen wanted his phone and the call back.
JFC
here’s another view of the smug asshole at the native american protest. Can we add the kids pic to the list of most punch-able faces? I hope the video surfaces when he’s applying to college.
A Catholic boys school on a trip to DC racially harassed Native protesters.
No chaperone stopped them, and they’ve locked their social media.
☎️[no phone numbers allowed] (@CovCathColonels)pic.twitter.com/KHDwTtjB24— Ʀogue US Mint (@RogueUSMint) January 19, 2019
re: #443 I Would Prefer Not To
Teenagers who are bused to DC every year to help their parents purposefully interfere in women’s lives.
re: #443 I Would Prefer Not To
“With a Spirit that Will Not Die! Educating Young Men Spiritually, Academically, Physically and Socially.”
Yeah, right.
re: #434 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Not really. Remember, anything that the Senate votes on then has to be reconciled with the House before it can be approved. And while Schumer may have a moment of political weakness, Pelosi is not about to give in.
This. It’s going to be a three-week battle between the House and Senate over this. While the Senate will be taking Trump’s “plan” outright, this is now a Pelosi-McConnell fight. And I like her odds.
The so-called “dealer” has to take himself out of the deal-making in order to save himself, surprising no one at all.
Now picture middle-aged men screaming at young women trying to get into the building to keep their appointments
— Stacey Burns 🦝 (@WentRogue) January 19, 2019
re: #439 Myron Falwell
The fact that Schumer hasn’t given in already is more than shocking. Pretty clear that Pelosi’s been preventing him at nearly every turn.
If he holds firm on this, then…
Just stop. Schumer made some disadvantageous deals at a time when the Dems had no leverage at all. This has changed.
re: #448 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Just stop. Schumer made some disadvantageous deals at a time when the Dems had no leverage at all. This has changed.
Yup. I’m not worried about this.
re: #447 jaunte
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re: #406 Eclectic Cyborg
Let’s say Schumer suddenly wanted to cave and give Trump his wall money. Can he do that and get a bill through without involvement from Pelosi?
Short answer is no. The correct Democratic response to this offer from the GOP is that the government should be reopened immediately so that negotiations can begin, and that’s what I expect to hear from both Pelosi and Schumer.
In any other context, you couldn’t go around telling women to keep their legs shut, calling them sluts and whores that will burn in hell, without getting slapped. But bring up abortion and then everyone has to tolerate it because it’s your religion. 🙄
— Lisa (@notmuchelse) January 19, 2019
The anti-abortion worldview is absolutely ridiculous: that women should have babies when they’re clearly not ready, against their will, because they had the nerve to have sex or because they were raped. It’s sickening.
— Lisa (@notmuchelse) January 19, 2019
re: #443 I Would Prefer Not To
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Heard there were some chants of “Build the Wall.”
I’m OK with shaming these twits in public; they made an ass of themselves in public, so they can do their penance in public.
re: #244 freetoken
They are creationist because of course they are:
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There are no post Cambrian gaps, my dude. You really need to take a paleontology class before you say silly things like this. There is no complete rock record in any once place….but taken as a whole across the planet, we have everything from the earliest Archean to the present
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) January 19, 2019
re: #454 gwangung
Heard there were some chants of “Build the Wall.”
I’m OK with shaming these twits in public; they made an ass of themselves in public, so they can do their penance in public.
Yeah I see a lot of people complaining about public shaming. These guys chose to not only do this in public but while representing their school. They definitely deserve scorn.
re: #78 teleskiguy
He’s gleefully whipping up the mouth breathers.
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Am I the only one thinking that’ it”s not a coincidence that Mueller’s team took the highly unusual decision to make a statement about the BuzzFeed article not after the article was aired, but after the President of the United States further threatened Michael Cohen’s father-in-law in a highly public fashion on Twitter?
Moreover, seeing as the statement is so vague as resemble a non-denial denial… Could Mueller’s team be testing the waters with this statement to see how their targets react?
If so, this tweet by Trump is pretty damning, as it totally fits in with the pattern of obstruction.
re: #443 I Would Prefer Not To
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Of course they had to be from Kentucky.
re: #445 Ace RothsteinHere is a Covington Catholic pep rally; seems to show about the same spirit and Christ-like love that the boys brought to DC with them - 
“With a Spirit that Will Not Die! Educating Young Men Spiritually, Academically, Physically and Socially.”
Yeah, right.
re: #443 I Would Prefer Not To
re: #443 I Would Prefer Not To
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Just sent mail to their principal: Bob Rowe, Principal Covington Catholic High School 1600 Dixie Highway Park Hills, KY 41011— Freddie (@orchidvariety) January 19, 2019
re: #457 HappyWarrior
These are Trump’s Hitler Youth, pushing for their Lebensborn program.
re: #443 I Would Prefer Not To
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The problem with Catholic schools these days is there are not enough old school nuns and priests involved in them as there used to be.
I can’t see the nuns and priests I had during the 60s and early 70s allowing that jerk to get in the face of the Native American like that. They would have walked right over to him and yanked him away giving him the what for in front of all his idiot friends.
Then when they all got back to school, they would have gotten an hour of detention every day for a week and had to write a 10 page report on why Native Americans deserve their respect.
Sure the Catholic Church has its issues, but they used to teach respect above all else. At least that was how it was done at my school in my time.
re: #412 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m hoping they realize that this stupid wall is the reason they got elected - as in, nobody wants it, and we voted in people who don’t want it. They have to hold the line, or we all lose faith.
The wall wasn’t why they got elected other than it’s one part of the Trump stupidity.
The Native elder, harrassed by the Catholic school boy mob, is Nathan Phillips, an Omaha elder who is also a Vietnam Veteran and former director of the Native Youth Alliance. He is also a keeper of a sacred pipe and holds an annual ceremony honoring Native American veterans in the Arlington National Cemetery.
re: #462 jaunte
These are Trump’s Hitler Youth, pushing for their Lebensborn program.
Yep. Guess another place where abortion was outlawed? Mind you, the ban was only for pure Aryan children.
Fetuses that came to be in the field brothels? Another story…
re: #467 Teddy’s Person
The Native elder, harrassed by the Catholic school boy mob, is Nathan Phillips, an Omaha elder who is also a Vietnam Veteran and former director of the Native Youth Alliance. He is also a keeper of a sacred pipe and holds an annual ceremony honoring Native American veterans in the Arlington National Cemetery.
The very LEAST the school should do is to invite Mr. Phillips to their school, have a day of teaching and interaction with students and INDIVIDUAL apologies with every student in that pack.
re: #467 Teddy’s Person
The Native elder, harrassed by the Catholic school boy mob, is Nathan Phillips, an Omaha elder who is also a Vietnam Veteran and former director of the Native Youth Alliance. He is also a keeper of a sacred pipe and holds an annual ceremony honoring Native American veterans in the Arlington National Cemetery.
My God.
re: #443 I Would Prefer Not To
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I tweeted to the Pope and asked for his personal attention to it. I think everyone should.
A Catholic boys school on a trip to DC racially harassed Native protesters.
No chaperone stopped them, and they’ve locked their social media.
☎️[no phone numbers allowed] (@CovCathColonels)pic.twitter.com/KHDwTtjB24— Ʀogue US Mint (@RogueUSMint) January 19, 2019
@Pontifex Holy Father, I’m not Catholic but your personal guidance would be of use here. https://t.co/Ba9r4jxgyy
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) January 19, 2019
re: #467 Teddy’s Person
Fucking little red hat shit heads.
Covington Catholic High School dierctory
Pages of staff members and email addresses.
You may have to refresh each page. It appears their pages have sen a serious spike in activity.
re: #467 Teddy’s Person
The Native elder, harrassed by the Catholic school boy mob, is Nathan Phillips, an Omaha elder who is also a Vietnam Veteran and former director of the Native Youth Alliance. He is also a keeper of a sacred pipe and holds an annual ceremony honoring Native American veterans in the Arlington National Cemetery.
Don’t even look at the comments, ffs
re: #473 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Out of a staff of 82 educators, every single one is white.
re: #469 gwangung
The very LEAST the school should do is to invite Mr. Phillips to their school, have a day of teaching and interaction with students and INDIVIDUAL apologies with every student in that pack.
I’d add some manditory public service for the Fucking little red hat shit heads (h/t Ace Rothstein).
re: #466 Belafon
The wall wasn’t why they got elected other than it’s one part of the Trump stupidity.
The wall had pretty much disappeared as an issue until wingnut pundits bullied Trump into initiating this fake crisis.
re: #474 Myron Falwell
Don’t even look at the comments, ffs
I did not get out of the boat. Read the article and skedaddled.
re: #385 Hecuba’s daughter
However, if DACA is clearly written as part of the legislation, they might be forced to implement it. OTOH I could see this criminal enterprise writing regulations that would in effect nullify the law.
trump walks around regulations like no other president has even ventured to look. He ignores legislation he disagrees with (sanctions), he keeps writing regulations to gut the ACA. The dems can’t trust him in any way at all.
re: #448 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Just stop. Schumer made some disadvantageous deals at a time when the Dems had no leverage at all. This has changed.
Schumer is a wimp seems to have stuck and I still do not understand why. Maybe the SNL depiction has stuck.
He took over the Senate Leadership during a Republican majority. How was he supposed to be Harry Reid who had a majority Senate, House and President to work with for a good portion of his leadership?
Plus, he has only been Senate Leader for two years under both Republic majorities and the MAGA crowd. How would anyone else do with that pack of political garbage to work with and around?
And, if everyone loved Harry so damn much, then accept Harry endorsed Chuck to be the leader and he was voted into the position.
re: #475 Ace Rothstein
Gosh, what a surprise.
re: #415 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
let’s not be charlie brown here….
You are correct, but I think Trump has begun to damage his brand this time. Republicans and independents have actually started blaming him. But I think he should be required to do it in a tutu riding a unicycle.
re: #475 Ace Rothstein
Out of a staff of 82 educators, every single one is white.
See my surprised face.
re: #417 Eclectic Cyborg
If the Dems don’t take the deal Trump will inevitably say something like: “I made Chuck and Nancy a very fair, very good offer but they still don’t care about the security of the American people and are continuing to put your children at risk. Tell them ‘no more!’ “
That line failed about 3 weeks ago. He has lost that argument again and again. This is a shutdown owned by trump - and increasingly McConnell.
re: #480 ObserverArt
Schumer is a wimp seems to have stuck and I still do not understand why. Maybe the SNL depiction has stuck.
He took over the Senate Leadership during a Republican majority. How was he supposed to be Harry Reid who had a majority Senate, House and President to work with for a good portion of his leadership?
Plus, he has only been Senate Leader for two years under both Republic majorities and the MAGA crowd. How would anyone else do with that pack of political garbage to work with and around?
And, if everyone loved Harry so damn much, then accept Harry endorsed Chuck to be the leader and he was voted into the position.
It definitely hurt his image when he reached that deal with McConnell to fast track judicial nominees.
Oh No You Don’t.
Upper East Side Restaurant Nello Bans Single Women From Eating At The Bar
Of course, there are layers of shittiness to unpack here. It’s not just the fact that at this so-called “sophisticated” establishment, all unaccompanied, attractive women are unquestionably considered sex workers, it’s also the fact that there’s a “sex worker seating policy” in the first place. Shouldn’t a professional woman (in any field?) who can afford her meal be allowed to eat where she pleases?
The answer is yes - and it most definitely shouldn’t be here.
re: #226 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
You’re not all related to Kevin Bacon? I am disappoint!
For the record, myself and a couple of friends of mine are two degrees of Kevin Bacon. (We were extras in an indie movie where the lead supporting actress had co-starred with Bacon.)
re: #489 Unshaken Defiance
Oh No You Don’t.
Upper East Side Restaurant Nello Bans Single Women From Eating At The Bar
I’m pretty sure this is illegal.
re: #489 Unshaken Defiance
What in the blithering fuck?
re: #492 plansbandc
What in the blithering fuck?
single woman=prostitute, and therefore must be publicly shamed.
re: #489 Unshaken Defiance
Oh No You Don’t.
Upper East Side Restaurant Nello Bans Single Women From Eating At The Bar
Welcome to 19th century NYC.
re: #480 ObserverArt
Schumer is a wimp seems to have stuck and I still do not understand why. Maybe the SNL depiction has stuck.
He took over the Senate Leadership during a Republican majority. How was he supposed to be Harry Reid who had a majority Senate, House and President to work with for a good portion of his leadership?
Plus, he has only been Senate Leader for two years under both Republic majorities and the MAGA crowd. How would anyone else do with that pack of political garbage to work with and around?
And, if everyone loved Harry so damn much, then accept Harry endorsed Chuck to be the leader and he was voted into the position.
He’s been as effective as he can be at shutting down McConnell while taking care of the other Senators.
re: #482 Eclectic Cyborg
Make Catholicism Great Again!
In a way you bring up a good point. Those little creeps should be told that a majority of the people that wear the MAGA hats do not like Catholics. They are a cult to many Evangelicals. Catholics were hated when many of their great grandparents came to this country.
They can learn that in the detention hours every day for a week.
re: #487 fern01
That line failed about 3 weeks ago. He has lost that argument again and again. This is a shutdown owned by trump - and increasingly McConnell.
And the fact that it’s starting to burn Yertle is why they huddled.
re: #490 Alephnaught
For the record, myself and a couple of friends of mine are two degrees of Kevin Bacon. (We were extras in an indie movie where the lead supporting actress had co-starred with Bacon.)
Hey, me too. I was the 3,000th soldier on the far left in this thing: en.wikipedia.org
re: #488 NO SMOCKING GUN!
It definitely hurt his image when he reached that deal with McConnell to fast track judicial nominees.
Yeah, I know. And we discussed that here before too.
I guess Schumer is a wimp is now the default setting.
Republicans fight to the death to protect a scum like Trump.
Democrats talk shit about a decent man named Schumer.
Nathan Philips of the Omaha Nation speaking on what happened from @/ka_ya11 IG. pic.twitter.com/XBf1kTf8a5
— Unceded Clothing (@UncededClothing) January 19, 2019
re: #491 NO SMOCKING GUN!
re: #492 plansbandc
Legally? Very unsure, it’s seating policy not a refusal to serve. Lawhawk, are you in da house?
But from every reasonable view, this is soaked through and through with what’s wrong with mens attitudes. About who sits at bars and why, about women in general and sex workers in particular.
Everyone posturing on this terrible website has done stupid, foolish, ignorant and downright horrible things that they surely regret as teenagers and were just fortunate enough to grow up in a world where 99% of people didn’t carry networked cameras.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) January 19, 2019
Actually my parents were goodhearted people who taught me not to be a proud racist douchebag who hung out with proud racist douchebags. They would’ve been mortified and furious to see me act with this kind of grotesque disrespect to any elder, much less an elder Native American. https://t.co/59u2T8O4KJ
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) January 19, 2019
re: #501 Unshaken Defiance
Legally? Very unsure, it’s seating policy not a refusal to serve. Lawhawk, are you in da house?
But from every reasonable view, this is soaked through and through with what’s wrong with mens attitudes. About who sits at bars and why, about women in general and sex workers in particular.
If they’re worried about prostitutes, then maybe they should also deal with the demand side, and not allow any man in who isn’t with his wife.
re: #500 jaunte
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That is so sad. It clearly upset him and for no damn reason.
Fuck those little punks. I hope that school gets hammered for years for apparently not teaching those creeps respect for your fellow man, which should be a core of their curriculum. That school is a failure.
#FirstNations needs to descend on this “School” for a purification ceremony. As well as a discussions with staff and children ( and maybe their parents). My apologies Grandfather……
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) January 19, 2019
re: #502 jaunte
Yep, regret is getting recorded throwing up after too many beers, not being an asshole.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) January 19, 2019
re: #500 jaunte
I can’t watch this. It will make me cry, and I fear I wouldn’t stop for days.
Fuck what’s happening to this country. I want to live somewhere else.
re: #497 Belafon
And the fact that it’s starting to burn Yertle is why they huddled.
Yep, they have to save Mitch’s sorry ass too. And they know it. He’s blown it as badly as Trump has.
omg
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) January 18, 2019
i think so elizabeth i think so
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) January 18, 2019
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— ULA (@ulalaunch) January 19, 2019
re: #454 gwangung
Heard there were some chants of “Build the Wall.”
I’m OK with shaming these twits in public; they made an ass of themselves in public, so they can do their penance in public.
Seriously? “Build the Wall” chanted at people whose ancestors have been here since before Stonehenge and Pyramids were built?
re: #501 Unshaken Defiance
Legally? Very unsure, it’s seating policy not a refusal to serve. Lawhawk, are you in da house?
But from every reasonable view, this is soaked through and through with what’s wrong with mens attitudes. About who sits at bars and why, about women in general and sex workers in particular.
I bet Nello serves a paleo diet menu, because that would be close to what a fucking caveman who runs the place would eat.
A MAGA hat is the new white hood. If you don’t like the generalisation, bite me. It could not be clearer that it’s a symbol of racial terrorism.
— Danielle Blake/Nancy Pelosi Stan Account (@abradacabla) January 19, 2019
Talked to a Dem this morning who said this story by @MarkLandler is setting off fire alarms on shutdown messaging.
Gist: You don’t want to be in Trump’s sandbox, wrestling, you want to be the grown-up on the outside watching him thrash around. https://t.co/gkcsUwXNBp— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) January 18, 2019
Dem messaging? every poll taken shows Americans blame Trump/GOP for shutdown. but I guess they have great messaging…. https://t.co/pOxGieHVYL
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 18, 2019
what’s unfolding is a colossal, lopsided GOP loss. so press warns Dems they’re losing
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 18, 2019
Tbh, Trump could board the helicopter from WH lawn following impeachment and NYT would still argue Dem messaging was broken
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 18, 2019
So that’s what they learn in private Catholic schools https://t.co/M5UjCIzN2p
— PZ Myers (@pzmyers) January 19, 2019
“…I work at a university that was built on the site of a Catholic boarding school for Indians, where children were ripped from their families to learn white man’s ways and follow the Pope, and this is a history we earnestly feel here — we have reminders all over the school of that legacy. Seeing little Catholic assholes shitting all over other people fills me with anger.
And despair. Look at those faces. Someday you’ll see them again in Congress, and on the Supreme Court, and maybe even the presidency. Because that’s where they’re confident they deserve to go.”
re: #514 Belafon
lol Eric is 100% right, whatever Trump does at 3pm doesn’t change the fact that Pelosi and Schumer can unequivocally continue to call his bluff. They have and it’s hurting him bigly bad.
But it’s also the early stages of the media trying to help Trump mitigate an obvious defeat in the making, so it’s not unexpected.
re: #510 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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re: #499 ObserverArt
Yeah, I know. And we discussed that here before too.
I guess Schumer is a wimp is now the default setting.
Republicans fight to the death to protect a scum like Trump.
Democrats talk shit about a decent man named Schumer.
Kind of like the image of the French as “surrender monkeys.”
re: #501 Unshaken Defiance
Legally? Very unsure, it’s seating policy not a refusal to serve. Lawhawk, are you in da house?
But from every reasonable view, this is soaked through and through with what’s wrong with mens attitudes. About who sits at bars and why, about women in general and sex workers in particular.
A policy that lets men sit wherever they want but bars single women from sitting at the bar? Sounds illegal to me.
re: #518 ObserverArt
Glad I caught your comment. Logged in and ready for a rocket launch. I hope it is a go.
I’m actually watching the broadcast with Everyday Astronaut
A reminder. You only get to watch so much of this launch mission
At customer request, #NROL71 live coverage will wrap after confirmation of payload fairing jettison, ~6 mins after liftoff #DeltaIVHeavy
— ULA (@ulalaunch) January 19, 2019
re: #508 Myron Falwell
Yep, they have to save Mitch’s sorry ass too. And they know it. He’s blown it as badly as Trump has.
Yurtle has to find a way out that saves Trump’s face. He’s afraid of being primaried next year, and he can’t allow any daylight between himself and Trump.
re: #521 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m actually watching the broadcast with Everyday Astronaut
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Looks like the same feed as at YouTube under United Launch Alliance. Just glad we get to watch these launches.
re: #519 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Kind of like the image of the French as “surrender monkeys.”
Didn’t that line originate with Groundskeeper Willie? (lol the second Simpsons reference on this thread)
An Omaha?!? They pick on a member of probably the only tribe in the country that NEVER took up arms against the US? Even their MAGAt parents SHOULD have a problem with that!
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) January 19, 2019
re: #514 Belafon
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They are just dying for any Democrat to suggest giving Trump some money for his damn wall so that they can run the “Democrats in disarray!” article you know they already have queued up.
re: #523 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Yurtle has to find a way out that saves Trump’s face. He’s afraid of being primaried next year, and he can’t allow any daylight between himself and Trump.
Matt Bevin tried to primary Mitch in 2014. Don’t think he can’t/won’t do it again, especially after a few popular years of fucking up Kentucky as governor.
re: #524 ObserverArt
Looks like the same feed as at YouTube under United Launch Alliance. Just glad we get to watch these launches.
Yeah, but he adds some “rocket fan” element to the broadcast.
We’re in a hold, launch adjusted looks like 11:10 AM PT
Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ...
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They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
