John Oliver explains how Britain’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has succeeded – not despite his bumbling persona, but often because of it.
Here is a puppy who was born with a mustache. That is all. 14/10 please appreciate her pic.twitter.com/tLeM40VjcO
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) July 29, 2019
re: #1 plansbandc
How is this dog not named “Kaiser”?
re: #2 Decatur Deb
How is this dog no named “Kaiser”?
Maybe Hercule? Especially if it was a bloodhound.
The US president spews toxic xenophobic speech.
Good people on the ground suffer the consequences.
These Punjabi Sikh truck drivers deserve better. Please show them your love. pic.twitter.com/EKalu5Q1ch— Simran Jeet Singh (@SikhProf) July 29, 2019
Police are supposed to have an articulable suspicion of wrongdoing to make a stop. This initiative is purely designed to undo that standard and normalize the idea that people can be stopped for absolutely nothing, by coating the stop in a thin patina of positivity https://t.co/mNDaFqxcqQ
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) July 29, 2019
From the previous thread:
re: #434 lawhawk
I get that; here’s the thing.
Democrats put thought into their proposals. They think them through. Sure, there are holes and issues with the plans, but it addresses the criticism that they aren’t dealing with policy.
The script gets flipped and people complain that the plans are too dense and complicated. They prefer vaporware and elect Trump who had no plan and no substance to anything he said.
The media criticisms seem especially focused on the women in the race, while Trump gets a pass on everything that pops in his head.
I am agreeing with you. Sorry if I implied otherwise. The top two women are offering real solutions, and the critique is now “they are too detailed.” I do quesiton how they hope to implement their plans, but it’s the same question that could be asked of any of the candidates, not just those with established plans.
If Ratcliffe is confirmed, we should expect to see more of this dangerous formula:
[Start with something pleasing to Trump] + [However or another similar conjunction] + [Tepid, understated, and/or begrudging statement in support of intelligence community professionals.] https://t.co/QskLeyE6RQ— Ned Price (@nedprice) July 29, 2019
Republicans would do well to obsess less over Baltimore and worry more about the rural neglect they are enabling. https://t.co/PRRaarsn5H
— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) July 29, 2019
It’s all fun and games pointing at Baltimore, then your healthcare disappears.
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
He can’t piss off the people here in Red Texas that voted for Trump and him, because those circles are exactly the same.
The police don’t know how to read a room.
Can I suggest that just pulling people over right now for just nothing is the WRONG thing to do? If I, a middle aged white woman driving a late model SUV thinks this is a problem, what about people of color targeted by the Trump Admin in various ways? NOPE. This is bad.
— Dee “Nice is not my middle name” Holmes (@mmmirele) July 29, 2019
Gotta love Rev. Al:
“If he really thought I was a ‘con man’ he’d be nominating me for his cabinet.”
Get it? Because they might be nervous about structures collapsing, ha ha! https://t.co/nPdXf85A9M
— David Roberts (@drvox) July 29, 2019
Rather than let the story play out and letting Democrats unfold a compelling narrative, journalists posing as theater critics would be issuing nasty reviews, urging the production be shut down.
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) July 29, 2019
I still think impeachment proceedings need to go through because shit deserves to be called out.
I just think there’s a point about how limited the idea that simply having them will sway public opinion, because face it, the media will use any chance they get to undermine any proceedings in order to protect their dear abusive husband leader
Is this is or is this ain’t Rand Paul’s constituency? pic.twitter.com/z6rt0Slcjp
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) July 29, 2019
Somalia: Low taxes: weak central government; well armed citizen militias; little or no government social programs; little government regulation. Perhaps @RandPaul should move to the libertarian Utopia of Somalia.https://t.co/pIwQdXliUH
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) July 29, 2019
re: #15 Citizen K
I think some political journalists might well be surprised to learn that Constitutional procedures weren’t written by the Founding Fathers as a spec script for a Marvel superhero film.
re: #17 Dr Lizardo
I think some political journalists might well be surprised to learn that Constitutional procedures weren’t written by the Founding Fathers as a spec script for a Marvel superhero film.
That might require some self-awareness, which has been spectacularly lacking in political journalists in the last decade or so.
I believe the technical term for this is “lying sack of shit.” https://t.co/HUWzucvw0E
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 29, 2019
Trump has broken the apparatus of government with almost as much glee as he’s broken behavioral norms. Which should definitely be a campaign theme amongst those trying to inherit the smoldering husk he’ll leave behind.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 29, 2019
Earlier this year, Mark Meadows thanked his friend Elijah Cummings for defending him against accusations of racism. President Trump spent the weekend attacking Cummings — and slagging him as a racist — and Meadows is nowhere to be found. https://t.co/jL9kQqqzpn
— Tim O’Brien (@TimOBrien) July 29, 2019
Exactly what should happen to every single lawmaker who has participated in and condoned 45’s immigration policies. These policies have led to separating families & detaining babies. Shameful.
— YRUMarchingTX? (@YRUMarchingTX) July 29, 2019
This is the Ratio Of The Day
Every female Democratic candidate is married to an adulterer. This is a fact. Now you know why the GOP is the party of values.
— Jack Burkman (@Jack_Burkman) July 29, 2019
Dilbert creator Scott Adams is trying to profit from the Gilroy shooting by selling interviews with witnesses. https://t.co/EEnEWWikvZ
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 29, 2019
What a scumbag.
re: #24 DodgerFan1988
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What a scumbag.
He shaves his head because his hair grows in points.
re: #23 The Pie Overlord!
Trolling drives ad dollars.
re: #23 The Pie Overlord!
This is the Ratio Of The Day
- Males that are adulterers: OK.
- Females that aren’t: Not OK.
re: #24 DodgerFan1988
Dilbert creator Scott Adams is trying to profit from the Gilroy shooting by selling interviews with witnesses.
I am glad that he keeps his politics well removed from his comic strip, which I still enjoy.
But he is getting sicker and more toxic by the minute…
re: #5 goddamnedfrank
I get sucked into watching Live PD more often than I’d like. And it pisses me off almost every single time because the cops do everything they can to search a car where they have no probable cause or even reasonable suspicion. One of the hosts is a cop and straight up says “they’re trained to do everything possible to get in the car.”
I end up just counting all the violations… questioning without Miranda warnings, unlawfully detaining people, coercing consent for searches.
“A secret report by Mr. Coats about interference in [2018] contained a harsh assessment about Russia’s efforts to influence the American public by stoking conspiracy theories and polarization. But the public statement, edited by the White House, contained little tough language.” https://t.co/btIqI6CD6i
— Jesse Lee (@JesseCharlesLee) July 29, 2019
1. What even is this?
2. Get it in my mouth NOW!
Deep-Fried Ice Cream! pic.twitter.com/ARFS42VA6g
— Tasty (@tasty) July 29, 2019
re: #24 DodgerFan1988
My favorite part about Scott Adams’s baffling start-up is that it’s based on a near-worthless cryptocurrency. Shortly before he launched it, all the characters in Dilbert started talking about how great cryptocurrencies are. What a coincidence! https://t.co/6OpGjnF9ij pic.twitter.com/tNyhrMpjGf
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 29, 2019
re: #33 Teukka
I kept waiting for the joke to drop. Instead I just kept getting the sinking feeling that this is exactly what Trump would try to do.
I’d say that the only joke is the USA right now, but the UK kinda seems to be an omnishambles right now too.
re: #32 The Pie Overlord!
I’ve always known deep fried ice cream as a Mexican dessert, but apparently it’s not actually Mexican. Might be Asian, or an early World’s Fair creation. Whatever it is, it’s usually quite good.
re: #9 jaunte
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It’s all fun and games pointing at Baltimore, then your healthcare disappears.
We have a state primary in about a week for the Governors race in November.
The Republican candidate is using the fact the Democratic candidate is IN FAVOR OF THE MEDICAID EXPANSION as a reason to vote GOP.
re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg
Sounds like he’s counting on a completely brainwashed R vote.
re: #36 Citizen K
I kept waiting for the joke to drop. Instead I just kept getting the sinking feeling that this is exactly what Trump would try to do.
I’d say that the only joke is the USA right now, but the UK kinda seems to be an omnishambles right now too.
Remember that very famous scene in Blazing Saddles? The one were Sheriff Bart puts a gun to this own head to get the citizens of Rock Ridge to back off?
That’s pretty much what Boris Johnson is trying to do. Except the leaders of the EU aren’t anywhere near as dumb as the “common clay of the New West”.
re: #40 jaunte
Sounds like he’s counting on a completely brainwashed R vote.
That’s usually what you get here in Mississippi, unfortunately.
re: #42 Eclectic Cyborg
We recently moved my wife’s parents to Texas, so Mississippi is down two Trump voters.
re: #43 jaunte
We recently moved my wife’s parents to Texas, so Mississippi is down two Trump voters.
Unfortunately that adds 2 Trump voters to Texas — and Texas already has too many.
re: #44 Hecuba’s daughter
I’m going to get some young people registered as a counterweight.
re: #38 KGxvi
I’ve always known deep fried ice cream as a Mexican dessert, but apparently it’s not actually Mexican. Might be Asian, or an early World’s Fair creation. Whatever it is, it’s usually quite good.
First time I ever had it was at a now-defunct Japanese restaurant in Portland, OR. That would’ve been in the late 1980s.
re: #34 jaunte
My favorite part about Scott Adams’s baffling start-up is that it’s based on a near-worthless cryptocurrency. Shortly before he launched it, all the characters in Dilbert started talking about how great cryptocurrencies are. What a coincidence!
I was just saying that I appreciate that he keeps his strip separate from his politics.
He started to wander into MRA territory but backed off.
Cannot say that I recall anything about cryptocurrencies in recent strips, though…
read this (or don’t)
Actually, Robert Mueller Was Awesome
History will show that he had one big goal, and nailed it.
yeah, it’s politico.
and yeah, maybe a touch of confirmation bias because it is what i think
…Mueller managed to complete the investigation without appearing to have a partisan agenda, with both sides embracing him at times. Even Trump said he acted “honorably”—before he turned on Mueller as “conflicted” and partisan—and touted “total exoneration” soon after Mueller concluded his work. Mueller’s down-the-middle, leak-free handling of the high-stakes investigation was an object lesson in professionalism.
…As a prosecutor, he had to ensure he stayed detached from the political process, presenting his findings in a manner that did not make it appear he was choosing a side or advancing an agenda. One slip of the tongue could be used to undermine his team’s work.
In the long view, the verdict of history depends most of all on Mueller being seen as nonpartisan, measured and above the fray—an operator whose work is unimpeachable and can be relied on (now, or after Trump’s term, or years from now) as a bulletproof statement of fact. So all the little details of the case that members were trying to ferret out pale in comparison to his ability to maintain that status and be seen as a reliable agent of impartiality. During the hearing, that was clearly his goal. In doing that, he succeeded, and history can thank him for it.
the facts are still the facts
(continued)
re: #46 Dr Lizardo
First time I ever had it was up a now-defunct Japanese restaurant in Portland, OR. That would’ve been in the late 1980s.
A lot of the sit down Mexican restaurants in Southern California have it as a dessert. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it at any sort of Asian restaurant.
re: #31 jaunte
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Coats is getting ousted for taking steps to prevent foreign attacks on American elections if you want to know how things are going
Meanwhile, the DNC, which was the direct target of foreign attacks, doesn’t have “Preventing Foreign Attacks” in their list of issues they care about.
The back story on Al Sharpton and Don King hanging with Donald Trump at parties and fights in Atlantic City (as told by Trump to Newfield to Barrett to Siegel) https://t.co/F8co98MCEn pic.twitter.com/W22XS3UYSV
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) July 29, 2019
This week in irony: https://t.co/x9Tynafpaw
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 29, 2019
re: #48 DangerMan
read this (or don’t)
Actually, Robert Mueller Was Awesome
History will show that he had one big goal, and nailed it.yeah, it’s politico.
and yeah, maybe a touch of confirmation bias because it is what i thinkthe facts are still the facts
We live in the New Media Reality, where we want bombshells and big breaking stories and sensations. Mueller is really old school and approaches his job slowly, methodically and in such a manner that he cannot be reproached (except perhaps in matters of style and image)
Yikes!
Major police operation underway in this area, local and Tarrant County sheriff, DPS, K-9s, and victim assistance just up the road, police chopper and newshounds overhead. They aren’t on my property yet, but dogs are leading them through the neighboring property. I called in the farm manager and we are going to hunker down here for a while.
Here’s Pompeo talking about Kim Jong-Un, who “managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment.” Ah, the thin bootstraps of primogeniture atop a brutal totalitarian dictatorship. https://t.co/8WMJWZ4sQn https://t.co/LrXq27KuS5
— Bradley Peniston (@navybook) July 29, 2019
re: #48 DangerMan
further, as to impeachment hearings (not the senate verdict/vote)
- polling is slightly shifting, but not a lot
- pelosi et al know this, which is why they arent eager to start anything too quickly
yes, they still need to proceed
from this AM’s electoral-vote.com:
Nadler feels that his court cases for forcing witnesses to obey subpoenas to testify before his committee and produce documents he wants is strengthened if he can show the judges that he needs these subpoenas to be obeyed in order to carry out legitimate congressional tasks [other than a legitimate legislative purpose], such as considering whether to impeach the president.
That said, Nadler doesn’t want to rush things until he gets his witnesses and documents, in order to sway public opinion. Yesterday, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Nadler said that there is no deadline for taking a vote on impeachment. He said: “So we have to do this [in] whatever time frame there is.” In short, there will be no articles of impeachment until he has first won his court battles and gotten his witnesses (especially former White House Counsel Don McGahn) to testify.
when they do testify, yeah, the press may throw a monkey wrench in drawn out hearings (not enough drama!)
this is the nature of things, like it or not - blanket ignoring subpoenas, ludicrous arguments of ‘privilege’, stalling, and delays at all costs and appearances
so yeah, as i said last week re: Force 10 from Navarone, nature must be allowed to take her course
re: #38 KGxvi
I’ve always known deep fried ice cream as a Mexican dessert, but apparently it’s not actually Mexican. Might be Asian, or an early World’s Fair creation. Whatever it is, it’s usually quite good.
found a simple recipe and made it once with my niece for a family dinner
it was a lot of fun and surprisingly easy
re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg
We have a state primary in about a week for the Governors race in November.
The Republican candidate is using the fact the Democratic candidate is IN FAVOR OF THE MEDICAID EXPANSION as a reason to vote GOP.
‘yes, i am in favor of you getting health care coverage’
re: #49 KGxvi
A lot of the sit down Mexican restaurants in Southern California have it as a dessert. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it at any sort of Asian restaurant.
i’ve seen it in a number of florida sushi restaurants
they call it ‘tempura ice cream’
re: #55 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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“”managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment.”
Uhh, there was no rising involved. He was BORN INTO THE FUCKING ROYAL FAMILY.
re: #52 Dread Pirate
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so if baltimore aint filled with vermin, now it soon will be….
and meanwhile the city has a dilemma
- be gracious and accommodating (though hardly anyone would notice)
- give the R’s the exact reception trump asked for
(/s)
re: #60 DangerMan
i’ve seen it in a number of florida sushi restaurants
they call it ‘tempura ice cream’
‘Hielitos Fritos’ seems to work in Spanish, so far as I can tell. I made it up. I’m illiterate in 3 languages.
re: #61 Eclectic Cyborg
“”managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment.”
Uhh, there was no rising involved. He was BORN INTO THE FUCKING ROYAL FAMILY.
Consider the Royal Siblings were trying to kill each other with varying success.
re: #61 Eclectic Cyborg
“”managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment.”
Uhh, there was no rising involved. He was BORN INTO THE FUCKING ROYAL FAMILY.
he didnt even have to poison anyone to move up a slot
Serious question: Are there any major cities that are majority Republican in terms of how they usually vote? I really can’t think of any, even in the South. Nashville maybe?
re: #65 DangerMan
he didnt even have to poison anyone to move up a slot
but he poisoned his half brother ANYWAY.
re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg
Serious question: Are there any major cities that are majority Republican in terms of how they usually vote? I really can’t think of any, even in the South. Nashville maybe?
Until 2018, there was Ft. Worth. I think Abilene might still be (115K people).
re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg
Serious question: Are there any major cities that are majority Republican in terms of how they usually vote? I really can’t think of any, even in the South. Nashville maybe?
Mobile, Huntsville (sort of major).
re: #55 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
FFS, “managed to rise to the level of leadership”?
LOL. Kim Jong-un literally inherited his position like a crown prince of medieval Europe.
re: #61 Eclectic Cyborg
“”managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment.”
Uhh, there was no rising involved. He was BORN INTO THE FUCKING ROYAL FAMILY.
Hey, be fair. He had to kill a bunch of brothers and uncles and cousins before he could rise.
re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg
San Diego is the largest city with a GOPer at the helm.
NYC had Rudy (who went D -> R -> noun, verb, 9/11 -> Trump mouthpiece) and Bloomberg (who went D -> R -> I -> ego).
CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES, THIS IS MY LAST RESORT 🎶 https://t.co/AJI0fDRovw
— Papa Roach (@paparoach) July 29, 2019
re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg
Serious question: Are there any major cities that are majority Republican in terms of how they usually vote? I really can’t think of any, even in the South. Nashville maybe?
Does Birmingham AL count as a major city? How about Little Rock AR?
re: #75 sagehen
Does Birmingham AL count as a major city? How about Little Rock AR?
Birmingham is usually Dem.
re: #74 lawhawk
NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION, TOTAL EXONERATION. DEMOCRAT WITCH HUNT!
but mueller’s incompetent
Can someone remind me how North Korea *got* nuclear weapons?
Oh right, we pulled out of a “dangerously flawed” nuclear deal in search of a better one and they reacted by withdrawing from the NPT and testing their first nuke a few years later.
Glad we’re trying that again. https://t.co/c3inz8MGbY— Nicholas Miller (@Nick_L_Miller) July 27, 2019
re: #73 lawhawk
San Diego is the largest city with a GOPer at the helm.
NYC had Rudy (who went D -> R -> noun, verb, 9/11 -> Trump mouthpiece) and Bloomberg (who went D -> R -> I -> ego).
Bloomberg’s is a loop ego->D -> R -> I -> ego
What a fucking tool
Never forget that organizations like the @NAACP cannot exist without racism. They rely on racism to fundraise and therefore do everything they can to keep it alive.
We finally have a leader, @realDonaldTrump with the courage to call these race hustlers out.— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) July 29, 2019
re: #65 DangerMan
he didnt even have to poison anyone to move up a slot
yes, that was pre-emptive to keep him from moving up
Live now on @MSNBC. pic.twitter.com/XxBwmvn1aF
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 29, 2019
re: #81 The Pie Overlord!
You seemed to appreciate the NAACP when you wanted them to help you win a lawsuit! pic.twitter.com/AQ3FApE21G
— republicaninexile (@republicinexile) July 29, 2019
I really hate these rules where a single senator can block bills. It should take several at a minimum.
Just for the record. Donald Trump hid in trump tower on 9/11, bragging about now having the tallest building….
She was there…….
He can fuck right off. pic.twitter.com/IYGQLU0tn1— JerseyCraig #SuperGay (@Jersey_Craig) July 29, 2019
re: #85 Eclectic Cyborg
I really hate these rules where a single senator can block bills. It should take several at a minimum.
Don’t worry, once Dems regain the Senate in the distant future, that rule will be gone easily.
Gilroy Garlic Festival gunman referred to ‘Might is Right’ manifesto before shooting https://t.co/XB1yAnFgdN via @nbcnews
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 29, 2019
“… Santino William Legan, who was shot dead by police Sunday before he could do more damage, posted online about an 1890 racist manifesto, “Might is Right or The Survival of the Fittest,” NBC News confirmed.
“Read Might is Right by Ragnar Redbeard,” Legan posted on his Instagram page. He then used a slur against mixed-race people and complained about “hordes” or them “overcrowding” towns.
Redbeard, which was a pseudonym, argued that only strength and violence determined what is morally right. The work, which is filled with misogyny and anti-Semitic rhetoric, is a staple among neo-Nazis and white supremacists on extremist sites. …”
re: #83 The Pie Overlord!
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Has Mitch ever taken to the Senate floor to defend himself on anything before?
I can’t remember him doing so.
re: #88 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
So, what have we learned?
Trump’s stochastic terrorism continues to add to his body count.
The shooter again was able to circumvent strong gun laws in California (including a ban on assault weapons) by going and buying his firearms in a lax gun law state (NV).
re: #81 The Pie Overlord!
What a fucking tool
Never forget that organizations like the @NAACP cannot exist without racism. They rely on racism to fundraise and therefore do everything they can to keep it alive.
We finally have a leader, @realDonaldTrump with the courage to call these race hustlers out.
took you all day to come up with this clever bit of nonsense, didnt it?
i am no longer amazed at how stunningly stupid some people are who also feel compelled to demonstrate it
re: #83 The Pie Overlord!
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mitch let me help
you, and you alone are in fact blocking the election security bills. no argument there from anyone
what you’re doing here is trying to explain/justify/excuse it
re: #91 DangerMan
These right wingers are so clever.🤪
So, that 9/11 first responder signing ceremony this morning?
Trump didn’t invite any Democrats to the ceremony, including the prime sponsors like Carolyn Maloney.
Trump is a fucking petty hack.
re: #94 lawhawk
So, that 9/11 first responder signing ceremony this morning?
Trump didn’t invite any Democrats to the ceremony, including the prime sponsors like Carolyn Maloney.
Trump is a fucking petty hack.
Of course he didn’t. God he’s such a petty asshole.
Judicial Watch, whose founder Larry Klayman just had his license to practice law suspended in DC for violating multiple rules?
Yeah, they’re a partisan hacks who give lawyers a bad name.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 29, 2019
re: #92 DangerMan
I hope to God someday that rafuckers held accountable for the damage he’s done to this country.
re: #88 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
That provoked my curiosity and it turns out, nobody really knows with 100% certainty who “Ragnar Redbeard” really was - but this guy, Arthur Desmond, is the most likely suspect.
re: #90 lawhawk
So, what have we learned?
Trump’s stochastic terrorism continues to add to his body count.
The shooter again was able to circumvent strong gun laws in California (including a ban on assault weapons) by going and buying his firearms in a lax gun law state (NV).
That would have been an illegal sale. While you are allowed to purchase long guns outside of your state of residence, it is still contingent upon the buyer being legally able to possess firearms and the firearm being legal to own in the purchasers home state. There is no way a NV gun seller does not know that a .CA purchaser can not own that AK. His ass is grass and the BATF is going to be a lawnmower.
“Facts matter. Details matter … and if our nation is losing its ability to debate public policy without screaming about treason, that really matters.” — Donald Trump’s biggest enabler in Congress pic.twitter.com/52odSH7n0L
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 29, 2019
re: #101 William Lewis
The report indicates that it was considered a legal sale.
re: #102 The Pie Overlord!
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Aww Mr. I stole a SCOTUS Seat is having to defend his compliancy in selling our election security out.
I love how Judicial Watch says they’re ‘conservative non-partisan’ like what dopes.
Trump literally talked about putting Comey, Page, & Stzrok on trial for treason. He thinks the entire investigation is treason. Moscow Mitch needs to go away from the Senate forever.
So, I’m bummed. I’ve been writing post cards to FL Democrats to encourage them to sign up to vote by mail. I picked this particular endeavor because I love voting by mail. I’m excited when my ballot arrives in the mailbox. I can research issues and candidates in my jammies while drinking a glass of wine. It also ensures that there is a paper trail.
But I just read an article that linked to a ACLU report that found that mailed in ballots were 10 times more likely to be rejected in the 2012 and 2016 general elections. Not sure if I should continue writing postcards for this project (Postcards to Voters has several project going on at any given time).
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You’ll never believe what Donald Trump just said about 9/11
cillizza gets one right (stopped clock and all that)
And as Politico’s Michael Kruse noted in a story about what Trump (and Hillary Clinton) were doing on September 11, 2001, Trump was a bystander on the day — watching the events unfold from his offices (and home) at Trump Tower, which was several miles from Ground Zero.
re: #102 The Pie Overlord!
Democrats: We want election security and no meddling from Russia.
McConnell: I want all of the Russian meddling. Can’t we just meet in the middle?
The Associated Press has exposed a group that has been aiding priests accused of child sexual abuse.
DRYDEN, Mich. (AP) — The visiting priests arrived discreetly, day and night.
Stripped of their collars and cassocks, they went unnoticed in this tiny Midwestern town as they were escorted into a dingy warehouse across from an elementary school playground. Neighbors had no idea some of the dressed-down clergymen dining at local restaurants might have been accused sexual predators.
They had been brought to town by a small, nonprofit group called Opus Bono Sacerdotii. For nearly two decades, the group has operated out of a series of unmarked buildings in rural Michigan, providing money, shelter, transport, legal help and other support to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse across the country.
*snip*
The AP unraveled the continuing story of Opus Bono in dozens of interviews with experts, lawyers, clergy members and former employees, along with hundreds of pages of documents obtained through Freedom of Information requests.
In recent months, two of the group’s founders were forced out after Michigan’s attorney general found that Opus Bono had misused donated funds and misled contributors. A third co-founder, a priest, was abruptly removed from ministry earlier this month after the AP began asking about an allegation that he had sexually abused a child decades ago.
I hope his stupid lying shows more clips of him bragging after 9/11a
Two 19-year-old Americans from San Francisco are in custody in Rome after allegedly stabbing a police officer to death over fake cocaine buy https://t.co/jF85w33YfR
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 29, 2019
U.S. teen arrested in slaying of Italian cop claims he was acting in self-defense https://t.co/KPbJCz0AXR
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 29, 2019
Volanti della @poliziadistato, a sirene spiegate, davanti al Comando Generale dei #Carabinieri, per solidarietà all’Arma che oggi perde uno dei suoi uomini. Un momento pieno di emozione che ci sembra giusto condividere, ringraziando i colleghi della Polizia per il gesto. pic.twitter.com/FvnuqKiq9O
— Arma dei Carabinieri (@_Carabinieri_) July 26, 2019
re: #110 mmmirele
The Associated Press has exposed a group that has been aiding priests accused of child sexual abuse.
- how is this not aiding and abetting?
- how are the priests not felons?
re: #108 DangerMan
“And as Politico’s Michael Kruse noted in a story about what Trump (and Hillary Clinton) were doing on September 11, 2001, Trump was a bystander on the day — watching the events unfold from his offices (and home) at Trump Tower, which was several miles from Ground Zero.”
Was he in that same office when he saw the Muslims celebrating in New Jersey?
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re: #114 Eclectic Cyborg
“And as Politico’s Michael Kruse noted in a story about what Trump (and Hillary Clinton) were doing on September 11, 2001, Trump was a bystander on the day — watching the events unfold from his offices (and home) at Trump Tower, which was several miles from Ground Zero.”
Was he in that same office when he saw the Muslims celebrating in New Jersey?
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re: #109 Belafon
Democrats: We want election security and no meddling from Russia.
McConnell: I want all of the Russian meddling. Can’t we just meet in the middle?
Did I ever mention that “Why Can’t You Meet Me In The Middle” is the worst non-Christmas mall song?
re: #5 goddamnedfrank
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if some mother f*****r pulled me over to give me a coupon, I’d be angry as hell about it. Getting pulled over is technically an arrest. Fuck that.
re: #113 DangerMan
- how is this not aiding and abetting?
- how are the priests not felons?
The groups latin name translates to: “Work for the good of the Priesthood”
Reading an article about the Gilroy shooting, and this fact stood out.
but the shooter was killed in less than a minute
And he still killed 3 people. Tell me again about good guys with guns preventing this shit.
re: #119 steve_davis
if some mother f*****r pulled me over to give me a coupon, I’d be angry as hell about it. Getting pulled over is technically an arrest. Fuck that.
Our local police force a few years back was pulling people over (again, for good behavior reasons) around Thanksgiving and offering them free Turkeys.
re: #119 steve_davis
if some mother f*****r pulled me over to give me a coupon, I’d be angry as hell about it. Getting pulled over is technically an arrest. Fuck that.
if they had no reasonable suspicion to stop you, how can anything they did find possibly hold up?
re: #14 jaunte
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I was at the Clemson/Oklahoma game in 1975, but I don’t consider myself a tight end.
re: #120 Eclectic Cyborg
The groups latin name translates to: “Work for the good of the Priesthood”
wow
not a thought for the kids
re: #16 gocart mozart
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I see mattresses, but none of them are on fire, so I’m assuming those are not West Virginia. Kentuckians are a better breed. They won’t just light anything on fire on their front porches.
re: #123 DangerMan
if they had no reasonable suspicion to stop you, how can anything they did find possibly hold up?
The point of this policy is to get a quick look inside a vehicle and then retcon a fake reason for the stop if suspected contraband is witnessed in plain sight or if the driver appears impaired or becomes combative. If nothing can be seen and the driver remains compliant in the face of this abuse of power then the cop can whip out the coupon as a way of papering over the illegal stop. It’s the thin end of the creeping authoritarianism wedge.
re: #127 DangerMan
wow
not a thought for the kids
Opus Bono established itself as a counterpoint to the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and other groups that have accused the church of trying to cover up the scandal and failing to support victims of clergy misconduct. Opus Bono focuses on what it considers the neglected victims: priests, and the church itself.
“All of these people that have made allegations are very well taken care of,” Opus Bono founder Maher said in a radio interview, contending that many abuse accusations lodged against priests are false. “The priests are not at all very well taken care of.”
re: #121 Teddy’s Person
Reading an article about the Gilroy shooting, and this fact stood out.
And he still killed 3 people. Tell me again about good guys with guns preventing this shit.
The morons who liken guns to knives selectively ignore the mass stabbing that coincided with Sandy Hook that killed no people. Yes ultimately people kill people but guns especially the ones used in mass shootings kill people at a quick rate. Among the dead is a six year old. My niece is nearly six. I’m about where Ski was last night but fuck the 2A. I don’t know if it’s worth it.
re: #131 Eclectic Cyborg
Opus Bono established itself as a counterpoint to the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and other groups that have accused the church of trying to cover up the scandal and failing to support victims of clergy misconduct. Opus Bono focuses on what it considers the neglected victims: priests, and the church itself.
“All of these people that have made allegations are very well taken care of,” Opus Bono founder Maher said in a radio interview, contending that many abuse accusations lodged against priests are false. “The priests are not at all very well taken care of.”
These people are why I can’t be a Catholic even if I believed in God.
re: #131 Eclectic Cyborg
Opus Bono established itself as a counterpoint to the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and other groups that have accused the church of trying to cover up the scandal and failing to support victims of clergy misconduct. Opus Bono focuses on what it considers the neglected victims: priests, and the church itself.
“All of these people that have made allegations are very well taken care of,” Opus Bono founder Maher said in a radio interview, contending that many abuse accusations lodged against priests are false. “The priests are not at all very well taken care of.”
The abused tend to outlive the abusers, at least many of them. The Catholics no longer write the history books.
re: #133 HappyWarrior
These people are why I can’t be a Catholic even if I believed in God.
The Catholic Church is so corrupted with power it’s ridiculous.
A long Politico article about Trump’s obsession with print media, presidential neediness (spoiler alert: He’s very, very needy), Ivanka’s West Wing slam book, and his enablers bending the knee.
… The president has even been known to sends printouts of tweets he likes. After he liked one Gaetz tweet, he had it printed by a staffer and signed it and requested that it be sent to Gaetz’s congressional office, where the now-framed tweet hangs.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of Trump’s closest congressional allies, earlier this year received several Trump-signed copies of The New York Times after it ran an editorial praising a policy on which they’d agreed, recalled a person to whom Graham has relayed this story.“Graham’s response was, ‘What am I supposed to do with these?’” this person said.
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Like other senior White House officials, Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, has “never stopped” feeding articles directly to the president, one person close to the White House said, adding that early on in Trump’s tenure, she particularly used to enjoy “bombing people out with newspaper articles.”A senior White House official denied that, but noted that in the first year of the administration, the White house adviser would sometimes share news stories with her father about colleagues she did not think were “constructive forces for good.” She would point out articles she suspected they had leaked to reporters and that were hurting Trump and his agenda — after which Trump would eventually get rid of her targets, this person said.
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Even Trump’s son-in-law, senior adviser Jared Kushner, has a framed New York Times article from Trump about the president’s proposed trade deal with Canada and Mexico that noted Kushner’s work on the issue.
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I will never, ever understand the long list of people willing to suck up to Trump when he’s demonstrated time and time again that there is not an ounce of loyalty in his bloated, orange body.
re: #135 Eclectic Cyborg
The Catholic Church is so corrupted with power it’s ridiculous.
I know. As the grand nephew of a priest, so disgusted.
re: #136 Teddy’s Person
A long Politico article about Trump’s obsession with print media, presidential neediness (spoiler alert: He’s very, very needy), Ivanka’s West Wing slam book, and his enablers bending the knee.
I will never, ever understand the long list of people willing to suck up to Trump when he’s demonstrated time and time again that there is not an ounce of loyalty in his bloated, orange body.
They’re like the henchmen to the bully. No personality. Just a bunch of ass kissers.
re: #136 Teddy’s Person
A long Politico article about Trump’s obsession with print media, presidential neediness (spoiler alert: He’s very, very needy), Ivanka’s West Wing slam book, and his enablers bending the knee.
I will never, ever understand the long list of people willing to suck up to Trump when he’s demonstrated time and time again that there is not an ounce of loyalty in his bloated, orange body.
Linky?
re: #137 HappyWarrior
I know. As the grand nephew of a priest, so disgusted.
My aunt was a nun, and I really question where she may have fallen on this issue. There was no rebellion in her when it came to the Catholic Church. She LOVED, LOVED the church, the hierarchy, the Pope, the Vatican. All of it.
She considered my brother and I illegitimate because my father married a Lutheran and they raised us outside of the Catholic Church.
Thank God.
re: #140 BlueGrl21
My aunt was a nun, and I really question where she may have fallen on this issue. There was no rebellion in her when it came to the Catholic Church. She LOVED, LOVED the church, the hierarchy, the Pope, the Vatican. All of it.
She considered my brother and I illegitimate because my father married a Lutheran and they raised us outside of the Catholic Church.
Thank God.
I didn’t know my Uncle but from what I understand he was open minded at least regarding other denominations. It just disgusts me so much that something like the RCC that has been part of my family’s experience not just in the US but Europe too is doing this stuff like this.
re: #102 The Pie Overlord!
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The fact that he’s responding means this is hurting him more than he’d like.
“It doesn’t make Republicans traitors or un-American. It makes us policy members with a different opinion.”
so tell us mitch, what is that ‘different’ opinion?
- that there’s nothing wrong with our election security?
- that there’s nothing wrong with accepting help from Putin in the next election?
or do you have something else that’s reality based and maybe benefits the entire country?
re: #142 DangerMan
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The fact that he’s responding means this is hurting him more than he’d like.
so tell us mitch, what is that ‘different’ opinion?
- that there’s nothing wrong with our election security?
- that there’s nothing wrong with accepting help from Putin in the next election?or do you have something else that’s reality based and maybe benefits the entire country?
Precisely and honestly if this is mere disagreement, why block? I’ll tell ya why. McConnell is a crooked sob who benefits from Russian meddling and will continue to do so. After Trump, there’s no one more crooked in Washington.
And the cake looks like shit too. Yes, I’m being petty.
I’m sure someone we know could make them a better looking pie…— jay (@random__name) July 29, 2019
re: #119 steve_davis
if some mother f*****r pulled me over to give me a coupon, I’d be angry as hell about it. Getting pulled over is technically an arrest. Fuck that.
In addition, I am on my way going somewhere, I might have a deadline or someone waiting for me. I do not wish to be detained and delayed unless there is some damn good reason, or one that I agree to in advance.
re: #144 Sufficient unto the day…
No freakin’ way. Literal cow pies are not my thing.
— Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) July 29, 2019
re: #142 DangerMan
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The fact that he’s responding means this is hurting him more than he’d like.
so tell us mitch, what is that ‘different’ opinion?
- that there’s nothing wrong with our election security?
- that there’s nothing wrong with accepting help from Putin in the next election?or do you have something else that’s reality based and maybe benefits the entire country?
I wonder if the billboard got to him.
re: #140 BlueGrl21
My aunt was a nun, and I really question where she may have fallen on this issue. There was no rebellion in her when it came to the Catholic Church. She LOVED, LOVED the church, the hierarchy, the Pope, the Vatican. All of it.
She considered my brother and I illegitimate because my father married a Lutheran and they raised us outside of the Catholic Church.
Thank God.
My sister married a Lutheran and got a long letter from our older sister concerning her apostasy and betrayal.
Oldest sister has since quit the Catholic church and gone Mormon
I did not send her any sort of letter
re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
My sister married a Lutheran and got a long letter from our older sister concerning her apostasy and betrayal.
Oldest sister has since quit the Catholic church and gone Mormon
I did not send her any sort of letter
One of my cousins chewed out his brother on FB for letting his (18 yr. old) daughter ‘come out’ as an atheist. In public.
re: #149 wrenchwench
One of my cousins chewed out his brother on FB for letting his (18 yr. old) daughter ‘come out’ as an atheist. In public.
Umm.
If this girl is 18, then she is a legal adult. She can do what she wants. It’s out of your brothers hands.
What the actual fuck?
NOW: The DC federal judge now handling Trump’s fight with House Dems and NY over access to his state tax returns won’t rule yet on whether to grant Trump’s emergency relief to stop Dems from requesting the docs – he just now ordered the parties to try to come to an agreement
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 29, 2019
The parties were ordered to meet and confer to see if they could reach a voluntary agreement (such as, Dems and NY agree to preserve the status quo), and to file a status report by 6pm tomorrow that either reflects an agreement or explains that they couldn’t reach one
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 29, 2019
re: #153 Eclectic Cyborg
Umm.
If this girl is 18, then she is a legal adult. She can do what she wants. It’s out of your brothers hands.
What the actual fuck?
Oh ye of little faith…
It is a Christian Father’s job to tend to the spiritual well-being of his daughter until her husband can take over that task.
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re: #153 Eclectic Cyborg
Umm.
If this girl is 18, then she is a legal adult. She can do what she wants. It’s out of your brothers hands.
What the actual fuck?
I think in some patriarchal societies, women girls don’t attain adulthood until menopause.
re: #153 Eclectic Cyborg
Umm.
If this girl is 18, then she is a legal adult. She can do what she wants. It’s out of your brothers hands.
What the actual fuck?
In the fundy mindset, women belong to their parents until marriage.
When I was in my late twenties, I moved to DC for a job. My maternal grandmother (one of those g-d and guns clingers) asked my mom how she could let me move there with all the non-white people (she left that last part unsaid). To her credit, my mom replied that she hadn’t been able to tell me what to do for a very long time.
It pains me that my awful grandmother is still alive at 101, and my mom passed at the end of last year.
re: #24 DodgerFan1988
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What a scumbag.
Why did this asshole have to ruin Dilbert for me?
None of that is true and what the hell is it supposed to mean anyway? https://t.co/mQrmIUaiXr
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 29, 2019
re: #101 William Lewis
That would have been an illegal sale. While you are allowed to purchase long guns outside of your state of residence, it is still contingent upon the buyer being legally able to possess firearms and the firearm being legal to own in the purchasers home state. There is no way a NV gun seller does not know that a .CA purchaser can not own that AK. His ass is grass and the BATF is going to be a lawnmower.
Looks like the shooter actually lived in Nevada with his family for a while, though he was originally from Gilroy. The FBI was searching a home in Walker Lake, Nevada as well.
He broke the law by taking the gun into California, but not likely the dealer broke any law.
JUST IN: Key Trump insiders have pushed proposal to build dozens of nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia while seeking to avoid restrictions on transfer of US nuclear technology and have stood to profit from the effort, Oversight investigative report says. https://t.co/DSykqk0LnK
— ABC News (@ABC) July 29, 2019
BREAKING: Chairman @RepCummings releases new documents that show corporate and foreign interests seek to influence U.S. nuclear policy towards Saudi Arabia. 📍https://t.co/SDMRttIdFx pic.twitter.com/YStisI0Y1m
— Oversight Committee (@OversightDems) July 29, 2019
re: #158 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Why did this asshole have to ruin Dilbert for me?
I used to think Dilbert was pretty funny, but then it stopped being consistently for me. Then I learned about Scott Adams through his own Twitter account, so I stopped reading it in my local paper. The paper discontinued Non Sequitor, which tbh was also starting to wear on me a little, after he supposedly spelled out “fuck Trump” in one of his cartoons. But now I wish they’d bring back Non Sequitor and discontinue Dilbert.
re: #158 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Why did this asshole have to ruin Dilbert for me?
Dilbert’s been ruined for years.
This week, 40 billion tons of ice will melt in Greenland as the European heat wave moves north — enough to measurably raise global sea levels.
This single heat wave will create a permanent change in our oceans that will linger for millennia.
We are in a climate emergency. https://t.co/ypkH6093aU— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) July 29, 2019
The tax postcard was a fraud from the get-go, and now it’s officially dead… https://t.co/HlOUBYiI0U https://t.co/3t3oQ635aB
— Seth Hanlon (@SethHanlon) July 29, 2019
re: #106 HappyWarrior
Trump literally talked about putting Comey, Page, & Stzrok on trial for treason. He thinks the entire investigation is treason. Moscow Mitch needs to go away from the Senate forever.
I will vote for his opponent. But Kentucky is old, very white and poorly educated, so I have little hope.
re: #167 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I will vote for his opponent. But Kentucky is old, very white and poorly educated, so I have little hope.
And most of Kentucky voters are registered Democrats, which is probably confusing to non-Kentuckians.
You don’t know any migrants.
But sure. Send them my way, I’ll see they get a place to sleep and a decent meal.
Say, so long as we’re on the subject, Conservative, how about I send you some of those right-to-lifer babies you love so much in return?
Hello?
Yeah. pic.twitter.com/umXAfNfo3H— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 29, 2019
re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why do they think inviting someone to stay with you is so unthinkable?
Trump painted the Mona Lisa and gave the painting away because she wasn’t his type #LostTrumpHistory
— ((Wry™)) (@RIWry77) July 29, 2019
Trump built Noah’s ark and made all the Corinthians pay for it.#LostTrumpHistory
— Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) July 29, 2019
Wow. Just before candidate Trump gave a major speech on energy policy, campaign adviser Tom Barrack shared a copy of it w/ UAE & Saudi officials — and arranged for language requested by UAE officials to be added to the speech, w/ the help of Paul Manafort. https://t.co/HP0BaSIjL7
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) July 29, 2019
re: #170 jaunte
Why do they think inviting someone to stay with you is so unthinkable?
It’s all projection with these numbnuts.
“Overall, the new documents obtained by the Committee reveal that, with regard to
Saudi Arabia, the Trump Administration has virtually obliterated the lines normally
separating government policymaking from corporate and foreign interests.” - House Oversight report pic.twitter.com/UfHuvgvbni— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) July 29, 2019
re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth
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My good friend’s mother, an immigrant herself no less is doing just that.
who among us…. https://t.co/EBJHiIJuIU
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) July 29, 2019
re: #170 jaunte
Why do they think inviting someone to stay with you is so unthinkable?
Someday we might be honoring the “Righteous Among the Gringos”.
For decades, our trade policies have been written by corporations to benefit their bottom line. It’s time for a new approach. The president has a lot of authority to remake trade policy herself. When I’m elected, I intend to use it. pic.twitter.com/KqNxzzbWWL
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) July 29, 2019
I wonder if it’s too detailed for some.
re: #51 gocart mozart
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I loved Al Sharpton’s response to Trump’s accusation that he was a con man:
Rev. Al Sharpton responds to Pres. Trump’s attack this morning: “If he really thought I was a con man, he’d be nominating me for his Cabinet.” https://t.co/BUoMi6sCOZ pic.twitter.com/ZexPVfZHUy
— ABC News (@ABC) July 29, 2019
re: #131 Eclectic Cyborg
Opus Bono established itself as a counterpoint to the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and other groups that have accused the church of trying to cover up the scandal and failing to support victims of clergy misconduct. Opus Bono focuses on what it considers the neglected victims: priests, and the church itself.
“All of these people that have made allegations are very well taken care of,” Opus Bono founder Maher said in a radio interview, contending that many abuse accusations lodged against priests are false. “The priests are not at all very well taken care of.”
Won’t anyone think of the child molesters?
re: #142 DangerMan
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The fact that he’s responding means this is hurting him more than he’d like.
so tell us mitch, what is that ‘different’ opinion?
- that there’s nothing wrong with our election security?
- that there’s nothing wrong with accepting help from Putin in the next election?or do you have something else that’s reality based and maybe benefits the entire country?
I’m very much hoping that when he speaks at the Fancy Farm picnic he is drowned out by hecklers chanting “Moscow Mitch!”
Windows interrupted my desktop by rebooting itself to install some Windows updates. It looks like it will take about a billion hours so I’m using my laptop (until it also gets interrupted with Windows updates)
EXCLUSIVE: California congressman @tedlieu has asked a Border Patrol chief who delivered contradictory testimony on the detention of Francisco Erwin Galicia to the House Judiciary last week to clarify his statement. My latest for @dallasnews:https://t.co/PyKaLPlZV8
— Obed Manuel 🌮 (@obedmanuel) July 29, 2019
Evergreen headline—“Trump Picks Unqualified but Slavishly Loyal White Male for Next Major Administration Vacancy.”
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) July 29, 2019
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
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But Twitter suspended VB for “violating the rules.” Weird.
Hey look, the Twitter account that started this harassment, and openly threatened an attack on Jews for speaking up about white nationalism, is not worthy of being taken down.
Jews are being openly threatened (and killed yesterday), and @jack’s network doesn’t care. pic.twitter.com/WwdLs4AYVJ— Elad Nehorai (@PopChassid) July 29, 2019
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
And most of Kentucky voters are registered Democrats, which is probably confusing to non-Kentuckians.
Very conservative rural Democrats, who have been voting for Republicans for federal offices for decades, and now vote for Republicans for state offices as well. Kentucky has a much smaller percentage of African-Americans than more southern states, so it has taken longer for whites here to convert to the GOP than in the deep south.
re: #190 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Very conservative rural Democrats, who have been voting for Republicans for federal offices for decades, and now vote for Republicans for state offices as well. Kentucky has a much smaller percentage of African-Americans than more southern states, so it has taken longer for whites here to convert to the GOP than in the deep south.
exactly
Why do resisters reply to Trump? I see this question often, so I will answer it. It’s not to appear in your feed; it is to dominate his. Do you remember when his timeline was dominated by Pepe 🐸 and gushing MAGA 😍? We own it now. That’s why he complains to Jack. He hates it.
— Leslie [Give me Liberty] ☠ (@Leslieoo7) July 29, 2019
17 Years of Donald Trump’s Weird Lies About 9/11 pic.twitter.com/5TMIt0QlyR
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) September 11, 2018
re: #179 Belafon
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Today I chatted with my investment adviser (handles my rollover from a 401k) and told him I was going to persuade him to vote for a Democrat. He has repeatedly said on FB that he would never vote for Trump but he also won’t vote for anyone he characterizes as a socialist or who demonizes his profession. I believe that he voted for Clinton. He really dislikes Warren and has said on FB that he would go third party if she were the nominee.
re: #107 Teddy’s Person
So, I’m bummed. I’ve been writing post cards to FL Democrats to encourage them to sign up to vote by mail. I picked this particular endeavor because I love voting by mail. I’m excited when my ballot arrives in the mailbox. I can research issues and candidates in my jammies while drinking a glass of wine. It also ensures that there is a paper trail.
But I just read an article that linked to a ACLU report that found that mailed in ballots were 10 times more likely to be rejected in the 2012 and 2016 general elections. Not sure if I should continue writing postcards for this project (Postcards to Voters has several project going on at any given time).
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I can’t tell from the article, but I would still be inclined to encourage vote by mail. My guess is that the number of votes rejected is still way less than the number of people who don’t make it to the polls before they close or are out of town or whatever. Maybe just add they should make sure to sign the ballot?
re: #195 Charmingly Persistent
I can’t tell from the article, but I would still be inclined to encourage vote by mail. My guess is that the number of votes rejected is still way less than the number of people who don’t make it to the polls before they close or are out of town or whatever. Maybe just add they should make sure to sign the ballot?
Thanks for the feedback. I was thinking of highlighting the talking point to tracking your ballot as well.
re: #170 jaunte
Why do they think inviting someone to stay with you is so unthinkable?
Because they’ll never find it in their shriveled hearts to do it, so no one should.
re: #195 Charmingly Persistent
I can’t tell from the article, but I would still be inclined to encourage vote by mail. My guess is that the number of votes rejected is still way less than the number of people who don’t make it to the polls before they close or are out of town or whatever. Maybe just add they should make sure to sign the ballot?
Wife and I worked across the border in 2016. The Dems were pushing hard for mail-in, but it did add about two more steps to the canvassing—one to make sure they had received the ballot, another to remind them just before the deadline for mailing. If the campaign has the volunteer manpower, that’s all to the good, gives a couple more conversations.
This is @ToniKamins from @HaroldItz on what would have been his 63rd birthday. If u don’t already know he died 4/22/19 of heart attack.
Thanks 4 all kind words. He is deeply missed and was much loved by so many. We were together for 37 years. Sadly, not long enough.— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) June 14, 2019
I love it when far right clowns like Gaetz congratulate themselves on winning some great war of ideas and viewpoints, when they’re really just asshole bigots pandering to the lowest common denominator.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 29, 2019
Look Up! Dazzling Double Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight https://t.co/1V5pmV84IR pic.twitter.com/arGGDH87gc
re: #200 Charles Johnson
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Invisibilia: Catching Feelings on NPR (3 minutes)
Great idea.
Let’s get #MoscowMitch trending again. It apparently gets under hooker-to-the-oligarchs Mitch McConnell’s shell. https://t.co/BLpp14kWME
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) July 29, 2019
WTFITS
I stand by the constitutional (not moral) argument I offered in my controversial oped: if a 16 year old has the constitutional right to have an abortion without state or parental interference, how could she not have the constitutional right to engage in consensual sex? 1/ https://t.co/48Thb8Uaym
— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) July 29, 2019
.@SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell gave a speech earlier today on the Senate floor to express his frustration at being accused of blocking election security legislation.
Here’s an easy way to stop being accused of blocking election security:
Stop blocking it. pic.twitter.com/jLrE2xDujn— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 29, 2019
re: #205 The Pie Overlord!
WTFITS
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— dr. talia jane (@itsa_talia) July 29, 2019
re: #205 The Pie Overlord!
WTFITS
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The nitwit doesn’t understand the law prevents adults from preying on children, but 15 year olds can still have consensual sex with each other.
re: #205 The Pie Overlord!
WTFITS
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re: #208 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The nitwit doesn’t understand the law prevents adults from preying on children, but 15 year olds can still have consensual sex with each other.
But he thinks like a pedophile because…
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HE IS ONE!!!
re: #207 DodgerFan1988
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He also doesn’t understand the difference between protecting teens from being preyed upon by adults and not forcing their immature bodies to give birth.
Mother Parrot posing with her newly hatched baby bird pic.twitter.com/qzJaEoXEE6
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) July 29, 2019
Dershowitz In 1997: Statutory Rape Laws Are Outdated - https://t.co/rTnfEYot3w pic.twitter.com/D1atNlmJy1
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) July 29, 2019
re: #208 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The nitwit doesn’t understand the law prevents adults from preying on children, but 15 year olds can still have consensual sex with each other.
The nitwit knows damn well that abortion exists in the world of 15 year olds largely because of rape. They used to make them have the baby, now they want to hide the evidence. DNA has shown that it’s not a whore of a daughter, it’s a rapist father, grandfather, brother, uncle…sometimes they don’t even know which one. But DNA talks, so hide the evidence.
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 ...
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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 ... Cheechako
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
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... 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
