Hi. In today’s episode, we discuss how billionaires react to something the majority of Americans want, and how other billionaires react to being extorted via photographs that zero Americans want.
He is a disgusting excuse of a government official. Where did they all come from.? pic.twitter.com/XK07rdFOSX
— MO Nanny (@320Nanny) February 14, 2019
re: #2 Joe Bacon 🌹
He’s not just blind in the literal sense.
So time for some more popcorn as the National Emergency Boogaloo plays out.
Did someone throw the winning MegaMillions ticket away????
President Racist Grandpa is actually going to declare a National Emergency, BASED ENTIRELY ON A XENOPHOBIC FEAR-MONGERING FANTASY.
Sorry for shouting, but damn.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 14, 2019
Trump says Mount Everest ‘a lot easier’ to climb than border wall
OFFS, Part #84449161
Opinion: “Venezuela’s regime is using death squads today. Where is Ilhan Omar’s outrage?” https://t.co/AXBKvC0ZNs
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 14, 2019
re: #8 Citizen K
OFFS, Part #84449161
“Maybe you should be redirecting your rage at the death squads.”
re: #8 Citizen K
Trump’s fine with those folks dying. And then preventing them from seeking asylum here.
That’s the point of his fucking wall - keeping the nonwhites out of the US by any means necessary, including creating a bogus national emergency to reallocate appropriations from disaster relief to fund his nonsensical boondoggle wall.
The GOP and white supremacists (I’m repeating myself) are cheering this bulkshit on.
They’ll be in for a nasty surprise when they learn that if you call for a national emergency here, and you let it stand, that means a Democrat could come in and cut the military budget or eliminate all energy incentives for oil companies and shift it to renewables and infrastructure to deal with an actual climate change crisis. Or any number of other moves that Trump’s creating precedent with in his effort to destroy functioning government by any means necessary.
There is no crisis at the border. None. His own admin admits as much. But he wants one and is calling the shots, so every last GOPer is falling into goose step.
re: #10 lawhawk
Trump’s fine with those folks dying. And then preventing them from seeking asylum here.
That’s the point of his fucking wall - keeping the nonwhites out of the US by any means necessary, including creating a bogus national emergency to reallocate appropriations from disaster relief to fund his nonsensical boondoggle wall.
The GOP and white supremacists (I’m repeating myself) are cheering this bulkshit on.
They’ll be in for a nasty surprise when they learn that if you call for a national emergency here, and you let it stand, that means a Democrat could come in and cut the military budget or eliminate all energy incentives for oil companies and shift it to renewables and infrastructure to deal with an actual climate change crisis. Or any number of other moves that Trump’s creating precedent with in his effort to destroy functioning government by any means necessary.
There is no crisis at the border. None. His own admin admits as much. But he wants one and is calling the shots, so every last GOPer is falling into goose step.
But a Dem said something that isn’t 100% verifiable and/or could be misinterpreted as support for something else that is questionable, therefore Dems are evli and that’s the REAL story that needs to be told!!
re: #10 lawhawk
There is no crisis at the border. None. His own admin admits as much. But he wants one and is calling the shots, so every last GOPer is falling into goose step.
GOP Delenda Est!
How is there a weather delay in my shipment? It’s 45 degrees and sunny where my package is at.
re: #6 Charles Johnson
President Racist Grandpa is actually going to declare a National Emergency, BASED ENTIRELY ON A XENOPHOBIC FEAR-MONGERING FANTASY.
Sorry for shouting, but damn.
i got CL’d. or is it one’s own fault (I CL’d myself)? anyway
- forget all the arguments that ‘prove’ there’s no emergency
- go with ‘congress and the president disagree’ - which means congress knows what it was doing when it debated, decided, and passed legislation
so you:
- sign what congress appropriated
- ‘at the same time’ try to end run around congress’s explicit decision that you just approved
yeah, that’ll hold up in court
imagine being the lawyer who has to argue that
re: #14 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
i got CL’d. or is it one’s own fault (I CL’d myself)? anyway
- forget all the arguments that ‘prove’ there’s no emergency
- go with ‘congress and the president disagree’ - which means congress knows what it was doing when it debated, decided, and passed legislationso you:
- sign what congress appropriated
- ‘at the same time’ try to end run around congress’s explicit decision that you just approvedyeah, that’ll hold up in court
imagine being the lawyer who has to argue that
But that’s ok, since Trump’s managed to stuff the courts with his guys so he’ll get away with it anyway.
re: #14 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
i got CL’d. or is it one’s own fault (I CL’d myself)? anyway
- forget all the arguments that ‘prove’ there’s no emergency
- go with ‘congress and the president disagree’ - which means congress knows what it was doing when it debated, decided, and passed legislationso you:
- sign what congress appropriated
- ‘at the same time’ try to end run around congress’s explicit decision that you just approvedyeah, that’ll hold up in court
imagine being the lawyer who has to argue that
It’s not meant to hold up, that’s just a small benefit if it does. At this point, it’s about keeping his base happy, as it seems the efforts to get Faux to cover his ass have fallen flat.
(Responding to a comment from the previous thread)
#42 Happy Warrior
re: #40 jaunte
She asked him if he would uphold human rights in the foreign policy decision process and he at first temporized, and then said it was “always” the policy of the United States.
He walked into that one and she did her homework. The Reagan administration is why there are a lot of problems in Central America and that’s another thing the Never Trumpers don’t want to own up to because it would mean admitting that the Reagan administration cared more about anti-communism than pro-democracy in that part of the world.
The screwing of Central America started much earlier though. I recently read about the history of the United Fruit Company and their sleazy dealings there. In the 50’s, both the Secretary of State and the head of the CIA were brothers who were on the payroll of the UFC. They used their offices to help the company by engineering an “anti-communist” coup in Guatemala among other things.
From Wikipedia: John Foster Dulles, who represented United Fruit while he was a law partner at Sullivan & Cromwell - he negotiated that crucial United Fruit deal with Guatemalan officials in the 1930s - was Secretary of State under Eisenhower; his brother Allen, who did legal work for the company and sat on its board of directors, was head of the CIA under Eisenhower; Henry Cabot Lodge, who was America’s ambassador to the UN, was a large owner of United Fruit stock; Ed Whitman, the United Fruit PR man, was married to Ann Whitman, Dwight Eisenhower’s personal secretary. You could not see these connections until you could - and then you could not stop seeing them.[16]
Sadly, too much of our foreign policy is aimed at helping plutocrats plunder people out of sight of the American citizenry.
I am continually fascinated that 199 criminal charges against 37 defendants with 7 pleading/being found guilty and 4 people sentenced to jail within 2 yrs means “nothing is happening.”
People understand that prosecutors start from the bottom and work their way up, right? https://t.co/vOxj73pGxk— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) February 14, 2019
re: #17 KerFuFFler
(Responding to a comment from the previous thread)
The screwing of Central America started much earlier though. I recently read about the history of the United Fruit Company and their sleazy dealings there. In the 50’s, both the Secretary of State and the head of the CIA were brothers who were on the payroll of the UFC. They used their offices to help the company by engineering an “anti-communist” coup in Guatemala.
Sadly, too much of our foreign policy is aimed at helping plutocrats plunder people out of sight of the American citizenry.
Unfortunately the citizenry has never given a fuck.
BREAKING: Trump will declare a national emergency at the Southern border tomorrow from the White House. He will be taken to court, and he will likely lose. This is a complete abuse of power and Trump should be impeached for it. He will sign bill to avert shutdown, same time tmrw.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) February 14, 2019
I’ve already asked more than 30 House Republicans about Trump declaring a national emergency to go around Congress and build his wall, and they were all pretty much fine with it.
You know, because they’re Constitutional conservatives or something.https://t.co/h2ZSCyqMLs— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) February 14, 2019
re: #21 Charles Johnson
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They’re cool with it now, but will lose their fucking minds when President Harris declares a national emergency over climate change or gun violence.
re: #21 Charles Johnson
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Because of course they’d be ok. It’s never about consistency, principle, or good governance. Every single fucking thing they do is about grinding their boot on someone that isn’t them. This allows all of them to indulge in their hate of the other while getting some graft in their pockets, so it’s fucking win-win. Not like they’re hurting people* after all.
*Because to Republicans, brown people necessarily are lesser than people.
re: #22 Targetpractice
They’re cool with it now, but will lose their fucking minds when President Harris declares a national emergency over climate change or gun violence.
IOKIYAR.
They’ll move to impeach the moment a Democrat tries to do anything half approaching what Trump has done - including the widespread criminality of the Trump crime syndicate.
“You want to talk about a national emergency?” Speaker Pelosi says. “Let’s talk about today, the one-year anniversary” of the Parkland shooting.
“Why don’t you declare that a national emergency? I wish you would. But—a Democratic president can do that.” https://t.co/47mhr4iLAE pic.twitter.com/3vxEzeYjBm— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) February 14, 2019
Just read a single tweet from a president like Barack Obama and it’s jarringly clear, yet again, that Donald Trump is miles below the office he holds. Compare this to the garbage Trump was tweeting this morning about McCabe. https://t.co/oJgEuMljhK
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) February 14, 2019
The 44th and 45th Presidents of the United States, two representative tweets, within 12 hours of one another. pic.twitter.com/hd4bqEn6j4
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) February 14, 2019
re: #5 Joe Bacon 🌹
Did someone throw the winning MegaMillions ticket away????
Either that or they moved to a State with a lower tax burden and are waiting to meet residency requirements before they claim their winnings.
re: #27 Single-handed sailor
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*sigh* Who knew we’d end up pining for the days when the guy in the Oval Office could string together sentences in a fashion that made sense.
So if the president* doesn’t get the legislation he wants, he’ll just circumvent Congress by inventing a phony crisis and declaring a National Emergency, when there is no emergency.
Pretty sure that’s not how the Executive Branch is supposed to work.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 14, 2019
re: #30 Charles Johnson
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That’s how dictators work, circumventing the legitimate government when they fail to get their way. Perhaps that’s the reason Trump has so much hate for Maduro: Envy.
Oh man,
Trump has no idea what kind of precedent he’s setting by calling a National Emergency.
re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh man,
Trump has no idea what kind of precedent he’s setting by calling a National Emergency.
He doesn’t really care, it’s all about getting what he wants. The GOP are the ones who are squirming, but they’re gonna allow it to happen because they live in absolute fear of their base.
re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh man,
Trump has no idea what kind of precedent he’s setting by calling a National Emergency.
It’d matter if the GOP or the media which continually gives the GOP the benefit of the doubt cared about precedent at all. All that seems to matter is the almighty narrative.
re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh man,
Trump has no idea what kind of precedent he’s setting by calling a National Emergency.
You just needed the first four words.
re: #13 Sufficient unto the day…
How is there a weather delay in my shipment? It’s 45 degrees and sunny where my package is at.
it stopped to get a tan?
We’ve been monitoring a number of open Russian databases for changes related to the birth identities of the three Skripal suspects — Chepiga, Mishkin, and Sergeev. Russian authorities have tried to erase all of their tracks in the last few months. More on this next week!
— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) February 14, 2019
Great work by the folks at @bellingcat, who just ID’d a third GRU officer involved in the #Skripal poisoning. Perhaps this has something to do with Russia’s push to limit military officers’ use of social media… https://t.co/WnclXNbVEu
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) February 14, 2019
Trump finally took the exit ramp and avoided the prospect of another humiliating defeat.
The courts will need to overturn Youngstown Steel in order for his lost cause gambit to actually work. If that actually happens, I’ll eat my black felt beret and upload the evidence here lol
You don’t need a doctorate in political science to see that this shit is fucked up.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 14, 2019
re: #16 Targetpractice
It’s not meant to hold up, that’s just a small benefit if it does. At this point, it’s about keeping his base happy, as it seems the efforts to get Faux to cover his ass have fallen flat.
surely
when he does leave office i would be it’s gonna be with at least one record better than any other president: most administration court cases lost
re: #33 Targetpractice
That’s how dictators work, circumventing the legitimate government when they fail to get their way. Perhaps that’s the reason Trump has so much hate for Maduro: Envy.
The GOP continues to count on the idea that a Democrat in power will not do what a Republican does.
re: #17 KerFuFFler
(Responding to a comment from the previous thread)
The screwing of Central America started much earlier though. I recently read about the history of the United Fruit Company and their sleazy dealings there. In the 50’s, both the Secretary of State and the head of the CIA were brothers who were on the payroll of the UFC. They used their offices to help the company by engineering an “anti-communist” coup in Guatemala among other things.
Sadly, too much of our foreign policy is aimed at helping plutocrats plunder people out of sight of the American citizenry.
re: #19 Old Liberal
Unfortunately the citizenry has never given a fuck.
FYI, United Fruit never went away, it was just renamed Chiquita Brands in the 80s.
Narrator: He’s in the golf simulator. https://t.co/592MI1AKKU
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) February 14, 2019
Yes, we’re wary of never-trumpers, but this thread is 🔥
6/ So when some future Republican Congress passes a spending bill they REALLY love, and a Democratic President says, “Nope. Emergency. Taking the money for the Dr. Atheist Von Clinton Celebrity Abortion Center and Vegan Advocacy Farm kthnxbye” y’all can just sit the eff down.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019
9/ What you’re saying is, “I can’t get the Wall I want, so screw the Constitution and the law.” Don’t pretend otherwise.
When a Dem President says, “Congress won’t pass my gun confiscation bill, but I want it, so I’m declaring a national emergency” y’all cry to someone else.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019
This is fucked. The police say they’re just “escorting” the senators to the vote. In effect, they’re shielding them from taking questions. Never seen this before.
— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) February 14, 2019
There’s lots of fucked up nonsense going on today.
re: #43 Belafon
The GOP continues to count on the idea that a Democrat in power will not do what a Republican does.
And that’s because the media and actual Washington ‘establishment’ would not let a Dem do what Republicans do. Remember Obama EOs and ‘czars’? How they were screamed about by GOP and very ‘concerned’ ‘serious people’, and how that shit hamstrung Obama about what he was actually allowed to do? It’ll be the same exact thing when a Dem president gets the chair again, because it’s all about the double standards and feeding the idea that anything and everything a Republican does, no matter how batshit insane or incompetent they are, must be rightly valid by default, and anything a Dem does must be suspicious and foreign from the start.
re: #35 Targetpractice
He doesn’t really care, it’s all about getting what he wants. The GOP are the ones who are squirming, but they’re gonna allow it to happen because they live in absolute fear of their base.
They live in absolute fear of Fox “News”, which controls the base.
re: #17 KerFuFFler
(Responding to a comment from the previous thread)
#42 Happy WarriorThe screwing of Central America started much earlier though. I recently read about the history of the United Fruit Company and their sleazy dealings there. In the 50’s, both the Secretary of State and the head of the CIA were brothers who were on the payroll of the UFC. They used their offices to help the company by engineering an “anti-communist” coup in Guatemala among other things.
Sadly, too much of our foreign policy is aimed at helping plutocrats plunder people out of sight of the American citizenry.
a great book on the history from the food perspective:
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
and yeah, it’s got all those players in it
re: #22 Targetpractice
They’re cool with it now, but will lose their fucking minds when President Harris declares a national emergency over climate change or gun violence.
‘that’s different’
Perhaps coincidentally and perhaps not, “sign the deal and also declare a national emergency” was Sean Hannity’s preferred option here. https://t.co/PZCqqFbl94
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 14, 2019
re: #24 lawhawk
IOKIYAR.
They’ll move to impeach the moment a Democrat tries to do anything half approaching what Trump has done - including the widespread criminality of the Trump crime syndicate.
if we elect a D woman president, im not too worried about the makeup of congress. certainly not the house
More baffling BS.
With the president’s consent, the WH Physician releases more details on the president’s annual physical last Friday.
Shows his weight 243 pounds, up 4 from last year.
Blood Pressure 118/80. Was 122/74 a year ago.
Cholesterol 196 - down from 223 last year.— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 14, 2019
re: #30 Charles Johnson
So if the president* doesn’t get the legislation he wants, he’ll just circumvent Congress by inventing a phony crisis and declaring a National Emergency, when there is no emergency.
Pretty sure that’s not how the Executive Branch is supposed to work.
it will be up to the other two co-equal branches of the government to say so
re: #45 Single-handed sailor
Narrator: He’s in the golf simulator.
sorry Rep Swalwell, I was hours ahead of you on that
re: #52 lawhawk
When Speaker Pelosi dog walked him the way she did, what else was there besides giving up?
This is punting the issue because anyone with a brain can see that another shutdown would yield the exact same result as the last one. But he can’t give up outright as it is the lone issue his hard-right base is enthusiastic over, he needs it for 2020. A court overturning this declaration is really what he needs most.
U.S. Senate passes government funding/border security plan, 83-16.https://t.co/yycgKe8gyG
Goes now to House. pic.twitter.com/lpnYxnr6EP— CSPAN (@cspan) February 14, 2019
The nay votes:
Booker
Hawley
Lee
Sasse
Warren
Paul
Toomey
Rubio
Cotton
Gillibrand
Harris
Cruz
Markey
Scott (SC)
Inhofe
Braun
Right winger gets it (broken clock moment):
If you debated declaring a national emergency for several months, then it wasn’t really a national emergency.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) February 14, 2019
re: #59 lawhawk
Right winger gets it (broken clock moment):
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He’ll be tweeting insults at the Dem candidates too soon enough.
re: #1 plansbandc
Look, it’s Pig-Eyes, the human blob-fish.
re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh man,
Trump has no idea what kind of precedent he’s setting by calling a National Emergency.
Of course I am not sure if it will happen, but it would be justice if the Supreme Court gets a case about this ‘national emergency’ and then tells Trump to pound some sand and all of them but Beer Kavanaugh are in majority with the majority written by Gorsuch.
I want Trump stinging and then bitching about The Fucking Supreme Court not being loyal to him.
And I want Beer Kavanaugh proving he is nothing but a lackey for Trump.
Yeah, I can dream.
*WAS* democratic. I have no faith in SCOTUS overturning the dictatorship that’s being declared tonight or tomorrow morning.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 14, 2019
re: #36 Citizen K
It’d matter if the GOP or the media which continually gives the GOP the benefit of the doubt cared about precedent at all. All that seems to matter is the almighty narrative.
And that narrative is mainly the one about being his own man and willing to shake things up. The media loves that crap because they don’t have to form an opinion and it is bait for both backers and haters.
Bring on the hits! Bring on the subscriptions, who gives a goddamn about the country? Money is to be made.
re: #58 lawhawk
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The nay votes:
Booker
Hawley
Lee
Sasse
Warren
Paul
Toomey
Rubio
Cotton
Gillibrand
Harris
Cruz
Markey
Scott (SC)
Inhofe
Braun
Why is every presidential candidate voting against it?!? Because it funds 55 new miles of non-wall barrier?
…because in my opinion that is not an excuse to force a shutdown on your terms; shutdowns always hurt the team that has to own them.
re: #64 ObserverArt
And that narrative is mainly the one about being his own man and willing to shake things up. The media loves that crap because they don’t have to form an opinion and it is bait for both backers and haters.
Bring on the hits! Bring on the subscriptions who gives a goddamn about the country. Money is to be made.
while the objective truth to anyone with the brain of a rock can see he’s a not-up-to-the-job bullshitter who’s trying to bluff his way through
re: #65 Chrysicat
It’s the so-called principled stand… They knew it was passing, but wanted to show displeasure over funding the boondoggle wall. That’s also even as they fund other aspects of govt to keep it from being shut down.
Strategically, not great.
re: #66 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
while the objective truth to anyone with the brain of a rock can see he’s a not-up-to-the-job bullshitter who’s trying to bluff his way through
That was just as true in the 2016 election, but Republicans didn’t care because magic (R) and enough swing/inconsistent voters crapped out one way or another to give the election to Trump. Aided and abetted of course by the usual massive (R) favoring tilt in the media and various other establishments.
re: #67 lawhawk
It’s the so-called principled stand… They knew it was passing, but wanted to show displeasure over funding the boondoggle wall. That’s also even as they fund other aspects of govt to keep it from being shut down.
Strategically, not great.
This is why it is usually difficult for a Senator to get elected president — too many difficult votes to maintain the purity that too many voters think is too important.
Obama was a rare exception to this rule, likely because he got it right on his most significant Senate vote (against the Iraq war).
Edited to add: Oops. Got it wrong. The Iraq vote was done before Obama was a Senator.
re: #70 EPR-radar
This is why it is usually difficult for a Senator to get elected president — too many difficult votes to maintain the purity that too many voters think is too important.
Obama was a rare exception to this rule, likely because he got it right on his most significant Senate vote (against the Iraq war).
He was also in for a very short time.
re: #49 Skip Intro
They live in absolute fear of Fox “News”, which controls the base.
And maybe a sign of life is the fact FOX News is losing ratings to of all people MSNBC.
With Rachel Maddow taking over the top political news program. Just think about that.
I sure hope that trend continues. I know a lot of people do not like Rachel’s style but fuck that shit.
Style is not important right now. Getting the message out, actually looking at the Constitution, teaching people a real viewpoint and comparing it against those like FOX is what is important.
There is a lot of age involved in all of this too. A lot of the problems we are seeing are the death throes of old bastards trying to get their last way for their families and money. An way to get in their last control and power of those they see as lesser. And they sold that to their age group that watches FOX, and it is all going away but not without a titanic fight.
re: #70 EPR-radar
This is why it is usually difficult for a Senator to get elected president — too many difficult votes to maintain the purity that too many voters think is too important.
Obama was a rare exception to this rule, likely because he got it right on his most significant Senate vote (against the Iraq war).
Obama wasn’t in the Senate in 2003 when the Iraq War was voted on which I think supports your point.
Roses are red
In a vase on the shelf
Listen, this Reichstag
Ain’t gonna burn itself!— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 14, 2019
re: #48 Citizen K
Sure, but the trump precedent is ignore and do anyway.
Let the fuckers in the press and DC lose their minds. Tough shit for them.
re: #73 HappyWarrior
Obama wasn’t in the Senate in 2003 when the Iraq War was voted on which I think supports your point.
Thanks for the correction. Hillary voted the wrong way on that, and that was a legitimate problem for her in future (D) primaries.
re: #70 EPR-radar
This is why it is usually difficult for a Senator to get elected president — too many difficult votes to maintain the purity that too many voters think is too important.
Obama was a rare exception to this rule, likely because he got it right on his most significant Senate vote (against the Iraq war).
And timing. He got into a run before he spent too much time in the senate.
re: #67 lawhawk
It’s the so-called principled stand… They knew it was passing, but wanted to show displeasure over funding the boondoggle wall. That’s also even as they fund other aspects of govt to keep it from being shut down.
Strategically, not great.
Also possible that they bill didn’t have the caps they wanted on detention beds or they may have wanted DACA protections included…
re: #43 Belafon
The GOP continues to count on the idea that a Democrat in power will not do what a Republican does.
IMO Democrats must be harsh and unwielding or this shit never ends until our democracy is dead. We can do that and still live according to our best ideals. Leading by example doesn’t work with a bad-faith partner
re: #54 lawhawk
Such bullshit. More like 243 stone.
re: #76 EPR-radar
Thanks for the correction. Hillary voted the wrong way on that, and that was a legitimate problem for her in future (D) primaries.
Definitely. If she voted differently. She wins the nomination in 2008.
A very short story at that. “Because he is guaranteed at least 2 more SCOTUS appointments, which will mean that even bringing back SOCIAL SECURITY let alone anything more leftist will require either a constitutional amendment or an expanded SCOTUS until everyone over 20 dies.”
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 14, 2019
re: #6 Charles Johnson
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re: #79 Old Liberal
IMO Democrats must be harsh and unwielding or this shit never ends until our democracy is dead. We can do that and still live according to our best ideals. Leading by example doesn’t work with a bad-faith partner
Minimally, Faux News and Hate Radio are a legit national emergency that would justify bringing back the fairness doctrine and extending its reach to cable.
Mars. He weighs 243 on Mars.
— jay (@random__name) February 14, 2019
re: #79 Old Liberal
IMO Democrats must be harsh and unwielding or this shit never ends until our democracy is dead. We can do that and still live according to our best ideals. Leading by example doesn’t work with a bad-faith partner
I’m not saying we should follow them. It’s a pattern the GOP continues to follow. “We’ll cut taxes, and if it tanks the economy, the Democrats will fix it.” “We can ignore the constitution, because Democrats will do the right thing when they’re in power.”
re: #86 Belafon
I’m not saying we should follow them. It’s a pattern the GOP continues to follow. “We’ll cut taxes, and if it tanks the economy, the Democrats will fix it.” “We can ignore the constitution, because Democrats will do the right thing when they’re in power.”
That pattern will be the death of us all. It must end.
re: #46 Interesting Times
Yes, we’re wary of never-trumpers, but this thread is 🔥
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If this were personally addressed to McConnell and McCarthy with a cc to John Roberts I’d be impressed. Otherwise it is just waving your arms around. CALL THESE FUCKERS OUT BY NAME UNTIL THEY ANSWER OR GFY RICK
This is crazy
I just filled out my taxes, and although my my capital gains and dividends increase by over 100% this year, my tax liability is less than last year.
My return is about 30% less than last year. But, I was expecting to need to pay additional taxes.
Pretty obvious it’s the near doubling of the standard deduction that helped me.
I’m going to have to fill out a different online filing to see if Tax Act is calculating correctly. I’ve gotten differing results between them and H&R Block or Turbo Tax before. I just ain’t buying this yet.
hey..if it’s an emergency, why are you waiting a whole day to announce it?
//
Dave Cullen, the author of Columbine, was on Nicole Wallace and he was talking about one of the Parkland students was asked “what are you going to do when the media goes away?”
The student answered they don’t need the old media they are connected already. He made it sound like that was made in a matter of fact, we got this manner.
Cullen then talked about how Parkland student activists are connected through social media and are keeping the whole thing alive, just underground.
He said they are attached to youth from middle schools up through college and other supporters. They will be heard during elections seems to be their goal.
I hope they can be true to their mission. They can make changes if they stay together. That is always the challenge too.
IMO it’s time for Rick Wilson and Rubin to take down McConnel et al. That’s where the problem lies. But they won’t. And that says it all.
Parkland survivor @DavidHogg111’s goal for 2020 is to encourage more young people to vote. His goal is 71% youth turnout, up from 50% in 2016. Help reach that goal today by sharing this registration link far and wide: https://t.co/onyjsbGE7y pic.twitter.com/flwclpGAZj
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 14, 2019
re: #93 jaunte
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They’re not going to all vote Democrat, but that would crush the GOP.
re: #74 jaunte
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Emergency powers
Are what tyrants do.
re: #54 lawhawk
More baffling BS.
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The crazy part is that the doctor probably accidentally transposed the 4 and the 3, and Trump had meant it to read to 234…
re: #85 Sufficient unto the day…
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Doubt it. Luna? Maybe. Ceres? Yeah. I could imagine it there.
re: #65 Chrysicat
Why is every presidential candidate voting against it?!? Because it funds 55 new miles of non-wall barrier?
…because in my opinion that is not an excuse to force a shutdown on your terms; shutdowns always hurt the team that has to own them.
Klobuchar, Bernie, Sherrod Brown — all appeared to vote yes so there were some who supported the legislation.
re: #74 jaunte
Wait, wait. I’ve got one… pic.twitter.com/nKhUoEd1OL
— Jody Wilson (@gdlittledorf) February 14, 2019
re: #96 Mike Lamb
The crazy part is that the doctor probably accidentally transposed the 4 and the 3, and Trump had meant it to read to 234…
Did someone actually weigh Trump or did they just ask him to tell them his weight?
Roses are red
My wife likes flowers
Both Palpatine and Trump
Took emergency powers pic.twitter.com/TRO2NyyuFo— Michael (@BravesAndBirds) February 14, 2019
“What other President ever kept so many campaign promises?” - Trump said Mexico was going to pay for “the wall”.
But they are not.
And yet here you are claiming Trump has kept his promises.
You are maliciously delusional.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) February 14, 2019
What are the odds he declares a national emergency to suspend the next election and cites “illegals voting”?
I honestly think that an increasing number of them are just waiting for Trump to issua an ultimatum that 🇲🇽 reimbursese’s coffers or he goes to war with them. After all, 🇲🇽’s only potential ally would be 🇪🇺, with 🇷🇺probably actively fighting on Trump’s side and at best being neut
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 14, 2019
re: #101 Scottish Dragon
Yeah, but Palpatine was competent.
re: #103 Scottish Dragon
What are the odds he declares a national emergency to suspend the next election?
As near to 100% as to be a rounding error, I’m afraid. If SCOTUS doesn’t stop him and the Senate doesn’t convict upon his now-inevitable impeachment, we’ll be relying on his successor eventually willingly surrendering power back to Congress.
Or on a military coup, since at that point, I’m no longer sure that it’s better to continue the illusion that “this is civilian rule” and their oath is still to the Constitution, not the King.
re: #106 Chrysicat
As near to 100% as to be a rounding error, I’m afraid. If SCOTUS doesn’t stop him and the Senate doesn’t convict upon his now-inevitable impeachment, we’ll be relying on his successor eventually willingly surrendering power back to Congress.
Or on a military coup, since at that point, I’m no longer sure that it’s better to continue the illusion that “this is civilian rule” and their oath is still to the Constitution, not the King.
I’m sick of being terrified every day that we are circling the drain as a country.
“Reimburses 🇺🇸’s coffers”. Stupid glitchy interface. Also, note the decided lack of “our” in that statement. At the point where we have a dictator is the point where “our/my” and “USA” do not belong in the same sentence until democracy is restored.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 14, 2019
re: #103 Scottish Dragon
What are the odds he declares a national emergency to suspend the next election?
Elections are run by states. There are no compelling reasons any state would follow such a declaration.
re: #62 ObserverArt
Of course I am not sure if it will happen, but it would be justice if the Supreme Court gets a case about this ‘national emergency’ and then tells Trump to pound some sand and all of them but Beer Kavanaugh are in majority with the majority written by Gorsuch.
I want Trump stinging and then bitching about The Fucking Supreme Court not being loyal to him.
And I want Beer Kavanaugh proving he is nothing but a lackey for Trump.
Yeah, I can dream.
Thomas will also be with the dissent because…Thomas…
re: #96 Mike Lamb
The crazy part is that the doctor probably accidentally transposed the 4 and the 3, and Trump had meant it to read to 234…
Don’t you mean transposed the 2 and the 3 (or 4…)?
re: #109 freetoken
Elections are run by states. There are no compelling reasons any state would follow such a declaration.
Elect Democrats to County Clerk positions. They matter. (We have a great one.)
re: #103 Scottish Dragon
What are the odds he declares a national emergency to suspend the next election and cites “illegals voting”?
That is either: 1) coup or 2) armed insurrection. Very possibly both.
More responsble gun owners.
Man dies after asking friend to shoot him while he wore bulletproof vest
A man has been killed in Arizona after he asked a friend to shoot him while he wore a bulletproof vest, officials have said.
Parker Ray Lynch, 25, died after Steven Watson fired a round into his chest.
Lynch suffered abdomen wounds and died in hospital, the Graham County Sheriff’s Office said.
The death on Monday evening came after the pair and a third friend had been firing a shotgun at the vest in the state’s rural Central area.Reports suggest Lynch then donned the vest and accompanying plate in order to be shot himself.
This is actually a fairly common occurrence. It was even more common when surplus military flak jackets were widely available. As every GI knows, these will not stop bullets, nor were they meant to. Many a yokel did not know, though, and “hold mah beer,” became their final words.
House Judiciary chairman Jerry Nadler says he’d support joint resolution terminating nat’l emergency. pic.twitter.com/Sg0km2BtjG
— Mike Warren (@MichaelRWarren) February 14, 2019
Funny thing. When an enemy state is openly committing acts of (cyber)war against you and conventional war against countries whose alliance you desire, it’s not exactly warmongering to admit that you’ve ALREADY BEEN AT WAR with them.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 14, 2019
When Black Boxes are recovered from plane crash sites, the last words on a majority of them are “OH SHIT!!”
Just went on television to talk with a former CIA director about a book by a former FBI director about whether the sitting president is a threat to national security. All seem to agree that answer is yes. #2019
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) February 14, 2019
He won’t be around that long
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) February 14, 2019
re: #106 Chrysicat
As near to 100% as to be a rounding error, I’m afraid. If SCOTUS doesn’t stop him and the Senate doesn’t convict upon his now-inevitable impeachment, we’ll be relying on his successor eventually willingly surrendering power back to Congress.
Or on a military coup, since at that point, I’m no longer sure that it’s better to continue the illusion that “this is civilian rule” and their oath is still to the Constitution, not the King.
re: #103 Scottish Dragon
What are the odds he declares a national emergency to suspend the next election and cites “illegals voting”?
I have repeated joked about this possibility but I don’t think that will happen. They may have the Russians cheat again, this time to guarantee he wins the popular vote but I do not believe that they will actually cancel the elections.
re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth
Thomas will also be with the dissent because…Thomas…
I thought he would suck up to Roberts.
And in my dream it is Kavanaugh sticking out alone.
re: #114 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
More responsble gun owners.
Man dies after asking friend to shoot him while he wore bulletproof vestThis is actually a fairly common occurrence. It was even more common when surplus military flak jackets were widely available. As every GI knows, these will not stop bullets, nor were they meant to. Many a yokel did not know, though, and “hold mah beer,” became their final words.
Thanks for a good-news story. Made my day. No thoughts, no prayers, no fucks.
The southern border is such a tinderbox of emergency that the president is, uh, flying to Florida to play golf. #NationalEmergency https://t.co/RZvVZeuo5y
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) February 14, 2019
Just heard audio of Mitch McConnel saying he told trump he will support his national emergency order. McConnell is the problem.
re: #112 wrenchwench
Elect Democrats to County Clerk positions. They matter. (We have a great one.)
Depends on the state/county/municipality.
Here in Nashville/Davidson County, our county election commission (as well as the election commissions for the other 94 counties) is appointed by the TN state election commission, who themselves are elected into their positions by a vote of the entire General Assembly, with the party holding a majority in the GA having a one-seat majority on the commission out of seven seats total (which has been the Republicans for the past fifteen years or so).
The Chicago police have located the persons of interest in the Jussie Smollett case and are questioning them. One of them is an Extra on Empire and apparently a friend of Jussie’s. Be prepared for a shitstorm. It just doesn’t look good.
re: #123 jaunte
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So, he’ll sign the bill to keep government open, etc. first thing in the morning.
Then out to bullshit the press for a few questions and then on to the ‘copter to hit AF1 and fly to FLA by noon. Maybe earlier.
He’ll be raring to go tomorrow.
Got so much important executive time and he can do a lot of work on the flight. He’s amazing that way.
“Hello Sean? What do you think…”
re: #125 TedStriker
Depends on the state/county/municipality.
Here in Nashville/Davidson County, our county election commission (as well as the election commissions for the other 94 counties) is appointed by the TN state election commission, who themselves are elected into their positions by a vote of the entire General Assembly, with the party holding a majority in the GA having a one-seat majority on the commission out of seven seats total (which has been the Republicans for the past fifteen years or so).
Sometimes other things need fixing first. Then get Democratic county clerks. Or whathaveyou. I thought counties were all supposed to be the same. Was that just 3%er propaganda?
re: #124 Old Liberal
Just heard audio of Mitch McConnel saying he told trump he will support his national emergency order. McConnell is the problem.
He’s been the problem since, roughly, November 2010.
re: #124 Old Liberal
Just heard audio of Mitch McConnel saying he told trump he will support his national emergency order. McConnell is the problem.
I saw a bit of that video. I get the feeling Mitch is hoping to hang Trump on this emergency. So many are saying he has been trying sell that all along, but even Mitch has no real control on Orange Foolious. Does Mitch allow this, steps back and when it gets slammed and shown for the damn stretch it is he can say, I told you Mr. President? Just feels that way.
re: #130 ObserverArt
I saw a bit of that video. I get the feeling Mitch is hoping to hang Trump on this emergency. So many are saying he has been trying sell that all along, but even Mitch has no real control on Orange Foolious. Does Mitch allow this, steps back and when it gets slammed and shown for the damn stretch it is he can say, I told you Mr. President? Just feels that way.
Here’s something interesting about the national emergency law, per 50 USC 1622:
Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared, and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter that such emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a joint resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be terminated.
So, let’s say that Trump declares his national emergency tomorrow, that means on August 15, the Senate will have to vote on whether to continue the national emergency. Then again on February 15, 2020 (in the middle of the presidential primary) and then again in August 2020 right in time for the conventions.
That is assuming, of course, that it’s not struck down in the Courts. And since one of the most well known (among lawyers) cases on presidential powers is directly on point, I’m guessing it’s going to get struck down.
re: #70 EPR-radar
This is why it is usually difficult for a Senator to get elected president — too many difficult votes to maintain the purity that too many voters think is too important.
Obama was a rare exception to this rule, likely because he got it right on his most significant Senate vote (against the Iraq war).
Edited to add: Oops. Got it wrong. The Iraq vote was done before Obama was a Senator.
that hasnt stopped the other side from pillorying him his senate vote on the war anyway
no snark tags because that is what many of the ignorati did
Saying the quiet part loud. https://t.co/GE5oer227x
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 14, 2019
Matt Schlapp, celebrating the crime a little early.
re: #130 ObserverArt
I saw a bit of that video. I get the feeling Mitch is hoping to hang Trump on this emergency. So many are saying he has been trying sell that all along, but even Mitch has no real control on Orange Foolious. Does Mitch allow this, steps back and when it gets slammed and shown for the damn stretch it is he can say, I told you Mr. President? Just feels that way.
He doesn’t have to say he supports it if he wants to hang trump. He can say “it’s the presidents decision”. But he said “I support it”. I won’t hold my breath waiting for Wilson or Rubin to rain pain on him personally. Fuck them.
re: #65 Chrysicat
Why is every presidential candidate voting against it?!? Because it funds 55 new miles of non-wall barrier?
…because in my opinion that is not an excuse to force a shutdown on your terms; shutdowns always hurt the team that has to own them.
Every presidential candidate, Republican and Democrat (I see you Paul, Cruz, and Rubio)
re: #114 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Moreone less responsble gun owners.
Man dies after asking friend to shoot him while he wore bulletproof vestThis is actually a fairly common occurrence. It was even more common when surplus military flak jackets were widely available. As every GI knows, these will not stop bullets, nor were they meant to. Many a yokel did not know, though, and “hold mah beer,” became their final words.
ghoulish?
re: #124 Old Liberal
Just heard audio of Mitch McConnel saying he told trump he will support his national emergency order. McConnell is the problem.
Republicans are the problem. Sure McConnell is an especially rancid piece of festering pus-shit, but if he were gone any plausible GOP replacement as GOP Senate majority leader would be just as bad.
The Republican party is a death cult, and it will either be excised from America like the cancer that it is, or it will destroy the country.
re: #134 jaunte
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Yeah because Sessions wasn’t subservient enough for Herr Crap Schlapp.
re: #130 ObserverArt
I saw a bit of that video. I get the feeling Mitch is hoping to hang Trump on this emergency. So many are saying he has been trying sell that all along, but even Mitch has no real control on Orange Foolious. Does Mitch allow this, steps back and when it gets slammed and shown for the damn stretch it is he can say, I told you Mr. President? Just feels that way.
I disagree. Mitch is totally on board with this President. He has been trying to sabotage this country since he became Majority Leader; he wants single party rule and he sees Trump as the means to attain this objective.
re: #139 HappyWarrior
Yeah because Sessions wasn’t subservient enough for Herr Crap Schlapp.
Sessions had to recuse himself; Barr doesn’t.
South American country in turmoil? Check.
Elliot Abrams back in government? Check.
Plane full of weapons landing in said country with potential CIA ties? Check.https://t.co/MSNjpuBFGu— Mieke Eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) February 14, 2019
re: #138 EPR-radar
Republicans are the problem. Sure McConnell is an especially rancid piece of festering pus-shit, but if he were gone any plausible GOP replacement as GOP Senate majority leader would be just as bad.
The Republican party is a death cult, and it will either be excised from America like the cancer that it is, or it will destroy the country.
I agree but you take them one at a time starting from the top by attacking, revealing, ridiculing by never trumpers. Sniping at trump is fun but futile.
re: #142 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Yeah. I’m not a fan of Maduro’s government but this isn’t going to end well.
Which is Nathan Lane and which is William Barr? pic.twitter.com/ovG34P7v4d
— The Monkey’s Paw (@TheEdMix) February 14, 2019
re: #138 EPR-radar
Republicans are the problem. Sure McConnell is an especially rancid piece of festering pus-shit, but if he were gone any plausible GOP replacement as GOP Senate majority leader would be just as bad.
The Republican party is a death cult, and it will either be excised from America like the cancer that it is, or it will destroy the country.
the way the senate is run - essentially by one person, and the house whose speaker (so far) has been elected by less people than the senate majority leader, plus the moronic hastert rule in the house are the major bottlenecks to getting anything done
it was never intended that unless you were the majority party you had absolutely no power to do anything (except filibuster)
RadioFreeTom not totes on our side yet after all:
Yeah, it’s not like Trump is out there firing people who are investigating him, or dangling pardons and if he did either I’m sure the GOP Senate would stop him immediately.
— Transitive Taco (@maplehulk) February 14, 2019
re: #144 Old Liberal
I agree but you take them one at a time starting from the top by attacking, revealing, ridiculing by never trumpers. Sniping at trump is fun but futile.
I’m starting to think the very existence of Trump in the role of President right now is a distraction from the real dirt that’s going on. And I’m not a very paranoid person.
re: #147 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
the way the senate is run - essentially by one person, and the house whose speaker (so far) has been elected by less people than the senate majority leader, plus the moronic hastert rule in the house are the major bottlenecks to getting anything done
it was never intended that unless you were the majority party you had absolutely no power to do anything (except filibuster)
This is a relatively recent development, and may have something to do with the parties becoming more ideologically stable. Liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats are about as common as the Mammoth these days. As a result there’s less need to bring in members of the minority to help move legislation.
re: #145 HappyWarrior
Yeah. I’m not a fan of Maduro’s government but this isn’t going to end well.
Yeah, but the “Plane full of weapons” was a tad hyperbolic too.
That tag is a bit much for a 19 rifles supposedly delivered via a 757
re: #134 jaunte
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JFC, you don’t say that outloud!
re: #67 lawhawk
It’s the so-called principled stand… They knew it was passing, but wanted to show displeasure over funding the boondoggle wall. That’s also even as they fund other aspects of govt to keep it from being shut down.
Strategically, not great.
Okay, that explains some of them, but Tim Scott?? Can’t find anything that explains his no vote—very uncharacteristic of his sycophantic ways.
Real story is probably that they can’t get financing
Trump Organization drops plans to open new hotels due to political “climate”: report https://t.co/gckrbohho4 pic.twitter.com/0VLA5BsxCc
— The Hill (@thehill) February 14, 2019
re: #135 Old Liberal
He doesn’t have to say he supports it if he wants to hang trump. He can say “it’s the presidents decision”. But he said “I support it”. I won’t hold my breath waiting for Wilson or Rubin to rain pain on him personally. Fuck them.
Trump only likes positive answers. “I support it” is just that. Trump wouldn’t like Mitch that say’s it’s the presidents decision because that shows he doesn’t have Donny’s back. Donny likes that loyalty. One way loyalty.
Put another way. Who ever would trust fucking McConnell anyway?
It’s snakes all the way down.
re: #114 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
More responsble gun owners.
Man dies after asking friend to shoot him while he wore bulletproof vestThis is actually a fairly common occurrence. It was even more common when surplus military flak jackets were widely available. As every GI knows, these will not stop bullets, nor were they meant to. Many a yokel did not know, though, and “hold mah beer,” became their final words.
Well shucks! We done got ourselves Another Darwin Award Winner®!
re: #154 BeachDem
Okay, that explains some of them, but Tim Scott?? Can’t find anything that explains his no vote—very uncharacteristic of his sycophantic ways.
Maybe he doesn’t think it goes far enough? That’s probably why Cotton, Cruz, and I suspect Rubio voted against it.
Tulsi “Stopped Clock” Gabbard, ladies and gentlemen. Now let’s see if she can take that necessary step from “dictatorship HERE is good” to “a world safe for authoritarianism is a BAD thing”!
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 14, 2019
re: #151 KGxvi
This is a relatively recent development, and may have something to do with the parties becoming more ideologically stable. Liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats are about as common as the Mammoth these days. As a result there’s less need to bring in members of the minority to help move legislation.
I remain deeply discouraged by a historical point I saw some time ago, to the effect that the two party system in America is able to function in a normal way (i.e., rational political compromises etc.) only when the two parties don’t essentially differ on issues of race.
E.g., from 1877 to roughly 1955 or so, the system worked because the parties agreed that racists in the South could do what they pleased, as long as they didn’t bring back literal black slavery. In fact, racists nationwide had a free hand anywhere they had enough local control (yay federalism?), because of lack of meaningful Federal civil rights laws and enforcement thereof.
In the decades before 1860, the Whigs died out and the new two party system was dominated by an intractable division over slavery.
Since 1955, the two party system had been mostly defined by Republican pandering to resentments of racists and other discontented bigots, creating another intractable division in US politics.
re: #111 Jebediah, RBG
Don’t you mean transposed the 2 and the 3 (or 4…)?
I vote for reading the 234 backwards…
re: #128 wrenchwench
Sometimes other things need fixing first. Then get Democratic county clerks. Or whathaveyou. I thought counties were all supposed to be the same. Was that just 3%er propaganda?
Hell if I know ;-)
County clerks here in TN are a different beast then what you may be familiar with in NM, which is why I laid out the election commissions setup here in TN; at least to the Davidson County Election Commission and TN Election Commission’s credit, elections pretty much happens as they should, with no partisan fuckery, such as what happened in GA last year, that I’m aware of).
Here in TN, county clerks collect fees and taxes for things like vehicle registrations, business permits, marriage licenses, and notary public licenses; in other counties, they may also collect property taxes, but here in Nashville, there’s a separate trustee for those.
re: #112 wrenchwench
Elect Democrats to County Clerk positions. They matter. (We have a great one.)
and Secretaries of State
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
I vote for reading the 234 backwards…
Amusing, but 280-290 is probably where Trump weighs in.
re: #152 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Yeah, but the “Plane full of weapons” was a tad hyperbolic too.
That tag is a bit much for a 19 rifles supposedly delivered via a 757
Exactly. This could be as simple as someone getting the cargo containers mixed up and putting guns on the wrong plane.
re: #160 EPR-radar
That’s an interesting point, and I’m going to have to think on it for a bit. It is fair to say that as a nation we’ve never really been “good” on issues of race - from slavery to the Chinese Exclusion Act, to Jim Crow, to the treatment of any immigrants not deemed sufficiently “white” upon their arrival (the Irish, Italians, Mexicans, Cubans).
re: #121 ObserverArt
I thought he would suck up to Roberts.
And in my dream it is Kavanaugh sticking out alone.
naw…Thomas will never agree with the majority if there is at least one other dissenter.
re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth
and Secretaries of State
Yeah, ours here in TN (Tre Hargett) is a standard-issue trad GOP peach, with a (expected, for the South) twist:
In September 2017, Hargett said he was in favor of keeping the Nathan Bedford Forrest Bust inside the Tennessee State Capitol.
re: #135 Old Liberal
He doesn’t have to say he supports it if he wants to hang trump. He can say “it’s the presidents decision”. But he said “I support it”. I won’t hold my breath waiting for Wilson or Rubin to rain pain on him personally. Fuck them.
I’m still suspicious of all the never-Trumpers, but Rubin has, at least, been consistent in calling out the assholes in Congress as well as the thing in charge.
his fig leaf will be challenged in court. R’s utter hypocrisy on exec power underscored. McConnell did more to destroy the Senate than any other majority leader https://t.co/RTtIxeBhgR
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 14, 2019
re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth
and Secretaries of State
We have a good Democrat now. The Republican before last went to jail, then we had an acting SoS, then another R, then we took care of business. And politics.
Amazon will pay $0 in federal income taxes on $11.2 billion in profit. https://t.co/Kmfv6TMzJV
— FORTUNE (@FortuneMagazine) February 14, 2019
I’m never buying anything from Amazon ever again. Ever.
re: #129 KGxvi
He’s been the problem since, roughly, November 2010.
1984, actually…
what a freaking coincidence!!!!
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
naw…Thomas will never agree with the majority if there is at least one other dissenter.
For what it’s worth, the Youngstown Steel case was a 6-3 decision. The official majority opinion was by Justice Black, but there were five concurrences, with Jackson’s being the most famous/cited.
I’m curious if any members of the conservative block on the Court have written about and/or cited Youngstown Steel, but alas, I do not have access to westlaw or lexis these days.
re: #169 BeachDem
I’m still suspicious of all the never-Trumpers, but Rubin has, at least, been consistent in calling out the assholes in Congress as well as the thing in charge.
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re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
1984, actually…
what a freaking coincidence!!!!
I went with 2010 because that’s the election he became majority leader.
re: #164 EPR-radar
Amusing, but 280-290 is probably where Trump weighs in.
I’ve been fat. He’s well over 300 pounds. And he’s not 6’3”, either!
re: #171 DodgerFan1988
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I’m never buying anything from Amazon ever again. Ever.
Unfortunately most other big corporations do the same thing. If you boycotted them all, you’d have very few options left.
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
I vote for reading the 234 backwards…
It’s 234 Kilograms…or 515.88 pounds which means he’s in Orson Welles territory
GOP under Obama: Unappointed Czars! Muh democracy! Bring me my fainting couch! Impeachment!
GOP under Trump: A national emergency to confiscate money and land for the wall is totes the democraciest.
re: #173 KGxvi
For what it’s worth, the Youngstown Steel case was a 6-3 decision. The official majority opinion was by Justice Black, but there were five concurrences, with Jackson’s being the most famous/cited.
I’m curious if any members of the conservative block on the Court have written about and/or cited Youngstown Steel, but alas, I do not have access to westlaw or lexis these days.
You think, other than possibly Roberts, the GOP SC judges care about precedent, unless it supports their view?
In Greater Bumfuck, Alabama, a mattress store owner just donned a garish yellow wig and lampooned a sacred figure for his Presidents’ Day TV comercial.
re: #164 EPR-radar
Amusing, but 280-290 is probably where Trump weighs in.
I think it was probably 324.
re: #158 KGxvi
Maybe he doesn’t think it goes far enough? That’s probably why Cotton, Cruz, and I suspect Rubio voted against it.
Checked his website, twitter account, local papers—not a word about his nay vote. Curiouser and curiouser.
re: #180 Hecuba’s daughter
You think, other than possibly Roberts, the GOP SC judges care about precedent, unless it supports their view?
Depending on the case, yes. This is one of those cases where even the most partisan members of the Court are going to have to stop and think about what happens when the other party is in control of the executive branch. Beyond that, these types of cases about this type of executive power don’t get a lot of attention even within Federalist Society circles (I know, I’ve been in those circles). It’s not sexy.
re: #134 jaunte
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Sessions wasn’t “a fully confirmed operational Attorney General”?
Well, I’m shocked…
re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sessions wasn’t “a fully confirmed operational Attorney General”?
Well, I’m shocked…
I think the important - and scary - word here is “operational”.
Operational for what being the frightening part….
WINNING ! ! !
The U.S. budget deficit totaled $318.9 billion in the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year, a 41.8% increase from the same period last year, according to Treasury Department datahttps://t.co/eQl6X6QlD6
— Axios (@axios) February 14, 2019
re: #184 KGxvi
Depending on the case, yes. This is one of those cases where even the most partisan members of the Court are going to have to stop and think about what happens when the other party is in control of the executive branch. Beyond that, these types of cases about this type of executive power don’t get a lot of attention even within Federalist Society circles (I know, I’ve been in those circles). It’s not sexy.
Out of curiosity, is there more to the Federalist society than a desire to let anti-choice nut jobs eliminate the idea of unenumerated rights, combined with striking down all regulations on big business as somehow infringing on (unenumerated) ‘rights’ of corporations.
re: #137 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
ghoulish?
Perhaps, but with 50 or more completely innocent people being shot dead every day largely so untrained, un-licensed, and unintelligent yahoos can have guns to play with, I just don’t have much sympathy left when the latter happen to self-eradicate without hurting anyone else.
Wingnuts already having a big ol’ racist party on Twitter over the Jussie Smollett news.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 15, 2019
re: #186 Jay C
I think the important - and scary - word here is “operational”.
Operational for what being the frightening part….
Operational for the purpose of ending the Mueller investigation. Because the most important thing for Trump and his supporters is ending that investigation.
We really do have a situation where a mob boss is also the boss of the most relevant anti-mob law enforcement, and Trump’s incompetence in running with the hounds and the hares simultaneously may be the only thing that finally does him in.
re: #134 jaunte
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Matt Schlapp, celebrating the crime a little early.
They seem to forget Mueller has already prepared for this.
re: #190 Charles Johnson
Isn’t every day a day for wingnuts to be festering racists on Twitter?
re: #184 KGxvi
Depending on the case, yes. This is one of those cases where even the most partisan members of the Court are going to have to stop and think about what happens when the other party is in control of the executive branch. Beyond that, these types of cases about this type of executive power don’t get a lot of attention even within Federalist Society circles (I know, I’ve been in those circles). It’s not sexy.
But maybe they are plotting to make sure that Democrats will no longer be able to control Congress or Presidency through voting rules that would provide for widespread disenfranchisement of minorities. The damage that the RW takeover of our judicial system may be unlimited.
re: #188 EPR-radar
Out of curiosity, is there more to the Federalist society than a desire to let anti-choice nut jobs eliminate the idea of unenumerated rights, combined with striking down all regulations on big business as somehow infringing on (unenumerated) ‘rights’ of corporations.
With the disclosure that it’s been about a decade since I’ve been deep in those circles…
Most FedSoc members are just attorneys looking to get MCLE credit and/or network. Among those that think about the “big questions” there used to be a decent amount of debate about things like unenumerated rights (Randy Barnett wrote a lot about it back in the day), and there was a real split between conservatives and libertarians on those kinds of issues. I’m not entirely sure how or why it changed in the last decade, perhaps I need to reach out to some people I used to know back then and see).
Probably the strangest thing I remember hearing at a FedSoc event was a speaker talking about repealing the 17th Amendment - all of the law students at my table looked at each other like “wow, that’s crazy.”
re: #157 Joe Bacon 🌹
Well shucks! We done got ourselves Another Darwin Award Winner®!
And he did win.
re: #193 EPR-radar
Isn’t every day a day for wingnuts to be festering racists on Twitter?
They are celebrating today because they did not beat up an African-American and put a noose around his neck, it’s not every day they can celebrate that.
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re: #169 BeachDem
I’m still suspicious of all the never-Trumpers, but Rubin has, at least, been consistent in calling out the assholes in Congress as well as the thing in charge.
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She called out McConnell explicitly. I hope that’s good enough for some here.
Sen. Richard Burr has been seen as relatively bipartisan compared to Devin Nunes. This is a good article reminding us that Burr has repeatedly contradicted what he has been told by intelligence community in order to deflect from Trump since serving Trump’s campaign as national security advisor.
re: #196 KGxvi
Repealing the 17th amendment is definitely a hard core right wing nut job view. About the only way to get crazier than that would have been to start entertaining sovereign citizen legal crankery.
re: #103 Scottish Dragon
No question. Martial Law too. If he gets away with this, this country is over.
Best headline alert in a while. pic.twitter.com/UbWPNsgHSd
— Travon Free (@Travon) February 14, 2019
re: #155 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
There is no doubt in my mind that if Dump was to liquidate everything tomorrow, he would have a negative net worth. His business(es) probably “make” just enough to cover the interest payments, nothing more.
re: #196 KGxvi
With the disclosure that it’s been about a decade since I’ve been deep in those circles…
……
Probably the strangest thing I remember hearing at a FedSoc event was a speaker talking about repealing the 17th Amendment - all of the law students at my table looked at each other like “wow, that’s crazy.”
They are assiduously working on that — that’s one of the proposals from the “Convention of States” that ALEC and the Koch Bros are working on establishing. My Texas brother thinks that’s a great idea. These people really want a plutocracy and are devoting their lives to make it a reality.
re: #203 Skip Intro
Six feet tall, 300 plus tax.
re: #199 Belafon
She called out McConnell explicitly. I hope that’s good enough for some here.
The problem with never-Trump Republicans is that they are still Republicans. Since Republicans are the Party of Trump, their being Republicans is still effectively supporting Trump.
Just imagine if every Republican member of Congress and talking head that has made a strong statement vs. Trump actually followed through on that with some action. E.g., for the members of Congress, caucus with the Democrats or GTFO.
The talking heads can’t act so directly, but it would still make a difference if they abandoned the GOP en masse.
re: #203 Skip Intro
Best headline alert in a while. pic.twitter.com/UbWPNsgHSd
— Travon Free (@Travon) February 14, 2019
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Officially obtuse, too, according to all qualified observers (ie non-GOPers).
I see we’re going down the “the country is over” route again. How many times has it been over since 2016?
If you’re worried, make sure you join some group to resist all of the stuff he migh try. Find a group that is ready to sue his ass and donate. Write your congresscritter to block it and file impeachment. Help David Hogg get young adults registered and voting
re: #164 EPR-radar
I think he’s easily 3 bills.
re: #208 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Should be a Fox News Alert! Won’t be though.
Police keeping reporters away from senators by force while they consider a state of emergency declared by an angry authoritarian simpleton president is fine https://t.co/cqP6d9qD7i
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) February 14, 2019
Yes, Because they’re sure that at least as far as when we stop using Christian dates, that they’ll be seen as HEROES because the editors of history will answer to Moscow, not London, Berlin or an independent Washington.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 15, 2019
re: #208 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Officially obtuse, too, according to all qualified observers (ie non-GOPers).
Obese, Obtuse and Obnoxious.
NO3.
re: #176 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
I’ve been fat. He’s well over 300 pounds. And he’s not 6’3”, either!
I’m 6’ & 320. He weighs quite a bit more than I do, I would bet.
Random thoughts.
If we can somehow imagine circumstances such that we could occupy their shoes, and that scenario disturbs & horrifies our own intrinsically valued self identity, then it becomes all too easy to reject the idea that those people have any genuine value or indeed should even exist.
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) February 15, 2019
re: #176 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
I’ve been fat. He’s well over 300 pounds. And he’s not 6’3”, either!
Well, I’m old, and short (5’) and two years ago, weighed 232. There is no frickin’ WAY he is 243! And my “son” is just under six feet, and weighs in the 260 range. And Trump sure looks heavier than my “son” does, even if he is 6’1” or so. I’m guessing the 280 range.
And I have lost about 40 pounds; just a heck of a long way to go!
Cc @POTUS — remember Mattis also thought the US wouldn’t unilaterally withdraw from Syria https://t.co/NuTyFUi9YZ
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) February 14, 2019
Kushner is reportedly set to unveil his “peace plan” and said both sides have to compromise. But has he spoken to any Palestinians about the plan? https://t.co/F1LuMPqpXH
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) February 14, 2019
It’s been nearly a week since Trump had his physical, and no data have been released.🤨
They’re probably still negotiating what to report for his height and weight.😉 pic.twitter.com/2z2Xup7wv5— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) February 13, 2019
Trump will declare a National Emergency tomorrow, then fly to a secret location in Florida to command operations from the Trumper Bunker.
Roses are red
Lilacs mean peace pic.twitter.com/iFQup9jNXT— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) February 14, 2019
re: #222 Interesting Times
But he’s got the blood pressure of a 30 year old athelete.
Currently locked down in our offices at #Netflix, due to an active shooter.
Hopefully, this won’t impact some idiot’s gun rights.#BoyIMissCanada— David Hayter (@DavidBHayter) February 15, 2019
Sweet Jesus: “McCabe writes. ‘[Trump] thought that North Korea did not have the capability to launch such missiles. He said he knew this because Vladimir Putin had told him so.’” https://t.co/Srwg6EbsVo
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) February 15, 2019
re: #220 The Vicious Babushka
OK. With that photo, I’ll go for the over 300 bet….
re: #114 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
More responsble gun owners.
Man dies after asking friend to shoot him while he wore bulletproof vestThis is actually a fairly common occurrence. It was even more common when surplus military flak jackets were widely available. As every GI knows, these will not stop bullets, nor were they meant to. Many a yokel did not know, though, and “hold mah beer,” became their final words.
re: #157 Joe Bacon 🌹
Well shucks! We done got ourselves Another Darwin Award Winner®!
re: #197 Belafon
And he did win.
#1 with a bullet!
*ducks*
re: #223 Skip Intro
But he’s got the blood pressure of a 30 year old athelete.
He has the heart of an 18 year old. It was a present from Kirstjen Nielsen and he keeps it in a jar on his desk.
Happy Valentines day everyone! Emergency? What emergency?
OH HAI MY PIE
Blueberry Pie @KosherSoul pic.twitter.com/w4AeUVoJHK
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 15, 2019
re: #114 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
More responsble gun owners.
Man dies after asking friend to shoot him while he wore bulletproof vestThis is actually a fairly common occurrence. It was even more common when surplus military flak jackets were widely available. As every GI knows, these will not stop bullets, nor were they meant to. Many a yokel did not know, though, and “hold mah beer,” became their final words.
They shot the shit out of the vest with a shotgun first. I mean it was a stupid goddamned stunt to begin with but kevlar and plates absorb energy via permanent deformation. After it had been shot once it should have only ever been used as a target.
re: #199 Belafon
She called out McConnell explicitly. I hope that’s good enough for some here.
Good start. More needed. The nation is threatened. Good start.
re: #223 Skip Intro
But he’s got the blood pressure of a 30 year old athelete.
Trump may be on meds that have lowered blood pressure as a side effect.
re: #231 goddamnedfrank
They shot the shit out of the vest with a shotgun first. I mean it was a stupid goddamned stunt to begin with but kevlar and plates absorb energy via permanent deformation. After it had been shot once it should have only ever been used as a target.
Without someone in it.
Morons gonna moron.
Colorado man who strangled mountain lion describes life-or-death struggle https://t.co/yGBd86VCNE pic.twitter.com/rspoH3M3fx
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 15, 2019
The cold-hearted bastard in me wished the mountain lion got a good dinner. Instead dude crushed its neck with his boot.
re: #237 teleskiguy
The cold-hearted bastard in me wished the mountain lion got a good dinner. Instead dude crushed its neck with his boot.
Uhh, did you read the whole story? The cougar attacked him and had his jaw locked on one of his arms; the dude wasn’t out looking to kill a damn cougar in a trophy hunt, this was self-defense. Also, if he hadn’t killed or incapacitated it, chances are it would’ve still went after him if had had gotten it to break its grip, maybe killing him.
Kauffman said he was running at the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, about 65 miles northwest of Denver, when he heard pine needles rustling and turned his head only to come face-to-face with a young cougar.
“I was bummed out to see a mountain lion,” he said at a news conference in Fort Collins, Colorado, where the environmental consultant lives with his girlfriend.
Kauffman raised his arms and shouted at the cougar, but it pounced and locked its jaw on his right wrist and clawed at his face. His attempts to halt the attack by stabbing the predator with sticks and hitting it on the head with a rock were to no avail.
Ultimately, he was able to pin the cougar down and put his foot on its neck and choke it until it stopped thrashing. He worried during the struggle that another cougar would come along and join the tussle.
“My fear response turned into more of a fight response,” he said.
I’m sorry, but I can’t see that the guy did anything wrong, given the situation; he had a right to defend himself and end the threat by any means at his disposal.
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
That seems right…
re: #238 TedStriker
I know what happened. I still think humans are a garbage species and the mountain lion should have prevailed. I guess I’m a horrible asshole.
What I see: President Coin sending roses to Katniss after bombing District 13.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 15, 2019
Feathers of the Spot-bellied eagle-owl appear as tiny black hearts #HappyValentinesDay pic.twitter.com/74G9d8KCvI
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) February 14, 2019
I think I’ve seen this movie.
State Police: Man On The Run After Escaping Psychiatric Hospital Van:https://t.co/bFAG5i6OTQ
Police say the 21-year-old is considered a danger to himself and others.— WWJ950 (@WWJ950) February 15, 2019
re: #240 teleskiguy
I know what happened. I still think humans are a garbage species and the mountain lion should have prevailed. I guess I’m a horrible asshole.
Cheer for whatever team you wish.
re: #244 The Vicious Babushka
I think I’ve seen this movie.
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re: #245 Old Liberal
Cheer for whatever team you wish.
More wild animals need to try and kill more human beings. #StateYourUnpopularOpinion
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) February 15, 2019
re: #246 Old Liberal
At least it is difficult to buy a gun.
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It’s Detroit: the most violent border city in the nation.
re: #234 Ace Rothstein
May be late but, “Better dead than Red!”
re: #240 teleskiguy
I know what happened. I still think humans are a garbage species and the mountain lion should have prevailed. I guess I’m a horrible asshole.
The nihilist in me tends to agree with this assessment. We have become an intestinal parasite on the surface of the planet.
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