The President is denying any wrongdoing after a whistleblower sounded the alarm about an inappropriate promise Trump may have made to a foreign leader. #Monologue #LSSC #Colbert
We are in tippy top shape, everybody. Tippy top. Tip tip top.
Somebody get POTUS his string cheese and juice box, please.
So, wait - Trump’s claiming that, without any preexisting program, he totally revamped our nuclear capability in only 2 1/2 years?
Right. Pull the other one.
The president asked a foreign power to help him win an election.
Again.https://t.co/EjkE84oCCF— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 20, 2019
This is SO WRONG.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
Why do I have a bad feeling this whistleblower story will come to nothing?
Oh, right. Experience.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
And when it doesn’t end? https://t.co/fkbKnlSeNc
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
McCarthy appears to misunderstand the details — the whistleblower couldn’t come directly to Congress so went the legally sanctioned route to the inspector general.
Congress wants the info but is being denied by the Trump admin. https://t.co/TWZEfn9dMv— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 20, 2019
Let us be frank - McCarthy doesn’t “misunderstand the details”. He knows exactly how the law works. He muddying the waters for Trump, insinuating that the whistleblower is a coward.
The America that voted for Trump was formed in the crucible of religiosity:
Because there are more women than men in the population, that there are more female-female couples than male-male is hardly surprising.
But you are probably just dog-whistling to your Jesus-hates-gays followers, aren’t you?— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) September 20, 2019
Hope is the thing with feathers. https://t.co/xvcBCTpPUs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
re: #6 Charles Johnson
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Looks like Speaker Pelosi took a sternly worded letter correspondence course from Susan Collins.
re: #9 Charles Johnson
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She’s letting Trump off the hook the same way she let Dumbya and THE DICK off the hook for killing my son.
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Narrator: The Republicans won’t do shit.
Maybe it’s time for the Congressional Democrats to be led by someone who isn’t a chronically cautious 79 year old?
Before the republic collapses, that is.— Scott Gilmore (@Scott_Gilmore) September 20, 2019
“Please, sir, may we have some more?” https://t.co/rfAJ2V7pof
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
re: #10 b.d.
Looks like Speaker Pelosi took a sternly worded letter correspondence course from Susan Collins.
Seriously. I’m about done with Pelosi. I gave her enough chances.
The only thing worse than spineless Republicans are spineless Democrats.
re: #1 Scottish Dragon
We are in tippy top shape, everybody. Tippy top. Tip tip top.
Somebody get POTUS his string cheese and juice box, please.
: we have top men working on it right now
Indy: who?
: tippy…top…men
re: #13 jaunte
Oh, please, while Republicans are burning everything down, let’s go after Democrats, because it’s easier.
I would love an iPhone 11, unfortunately my cell phone bill is already too damn high and I have no desire to increase it further (my current phone is paid off so upgrading would be added expense).
re: #18 Belafon
There is nothing at all wrong with criticizing both parties.
re: #18 Belafon
The Fire Chief is supposed to do more than point out there’s a fire.
re: #18 Belafon
Oh, please, while Republicans are burning everything down, let’s go after Democrats, because it’s easier.
The Dems are watching it burn and saying stern things about the fire.
When McConnell makes a statement like that, Republicans from the Koch’s down to the guy at the gas station repeat it. When a Democrat does it, Democrats turn on her.
Biden is selling a fantasy that he’s the only one who can get the GOP to change their ways. It’s delusional.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
re: #8 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The America that voted for Trump was formed in the crucible of religiosity:
Because there are more women than men in the population, that there are more female-female couples than male-male is hardly surprising.
But you are probably just dog-whistling to your Jesus-hates-gays followers, aren’t you?
if i was a women i’d prefer women to men. i know as a man i do
re: #23 Scottish Dragon
The Dems are watching it burn and saying stern things about the fire.
Yes we are, while the elected officials are in Washington, people type out stuff on twitter and blogs.
re: #24 Belafon
When McConnell makes a statement like that, Republicans from the Koch’s down to the guy at the gas station repeat it. When a Democrat does it, Democrats turn on her.
+ a bunch
this precisely and exactly!
re: #26 DangerMan
if i was a women i’d prefer women to men. i know as a man i do
Not sure it works quite like that…..
re: #2 Blind Frog Belly White
So, wait - Trump’s claiming that, without any preexisting program, he totally revamped our nuclear capability in only 2 1/2 years?
Right. Pull the other one.
Yeah, it’s total bulkshit from the first word to the last.
Obama calculated a 30 year plan to modernize the entire nuclear arsenal, including new missiles, subs, and aircraft to launch them from.
Trump hasn’t done even a fraction of the modernization needed.
How many pool boys were there?
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) September 20, 2019
Trump says we could win quickly in Afghanistan using a “certain method of war,” but that would kill “tens of millions of people,” and “we think it’s unnecessary.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 20, 2019
He continually fantasizes about launching a nuclear attack.
re: #30 lawhawk
In fact, the Arms Control Association indicates that Trump is essentially mirroring Obama’s requests, and has called for several additional new weapons to be developed.
The cost and timeline is 20-30 years.
Where we are right now:
Columbia class boomers? None under construction.
Replacement for the B-2? None under construction.
Replacement for Trident and Minuteman missiles? None under construction.
New warheads? They’re in process of extending life of existing warheads and reducing the type deployed to make it easier to maintain over life of system.
None of this makes the existing arsenal demonstrably better than it was when Obama was in office. It’s just typical Trump bluster and bulkshit.
Democrats don’t need to persuade Republicans to start acting like decent human beings. This is not going to happen.
The Republican Party needs to be BEATEN. There is no compromise with a party this corrupt and debased.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
re: #34 Charles Johnson
Seems like a lot of the Democratic leadership is still thinking the GOP is the GOP of old, from the days of Eisenhower and Rockefeller.
The GOP has morphed into an authoritarian political power that seeks to perpetuate its rule, consequences be damned. They will not forsake power in the name of democracy. They will forsake democracy for perpetual power and they will let nothing stand in their way, including the Constitution of the United States of America.
The GOP is now an existential threat to American democracy and liberty. They must be stopped. There can be no compromise with the enemies of freedom.
re: #36 Dr Lizardo
Which is why we need younger Dems in leadership.
re: #25 Charles Johnson
I have to say that this is my biggest issue with Biden…that he thinks that the old fashioned, be nice to them and they’l come to the table and be honest players in, well, anything…it just fucking outdated and impossible.
So sorry. It’s ridiculous. That horse left the barn and burned it down behind him.
Don’t know why this thought keeps coming to mind, so I’m gonna share it.
The United States Congress has the power of inherent contempt, which includes the power to fine individuals who defy Congress. The United States Supreme Court has upheld that power.#FridayThoughts— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 20, 2019
So, the president* of the US threatened to start a nuclear war again today. What is that, the 4th or 5th threat like this?
If/when he actually does, nobody can say we weren’t warned.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
“For the billionth time, religion and Christianity aren’t attached to politics.” — surely you jest.
You have to be jesting.
You can’t really believe that.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) September 20, 2019
So I guess the preparation to take initial steps to potentially hold Lewandowski in contempt hasn’t panned out? https://t.co/083ezTqBHw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
Today’s episode of “Right Wing Life Coach.” https://t.co/CykVFxKsw8
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
Pretty clear that Ted Lieu’s feeling frustrated about the lack of action too.
re: #38 MsJ
I have to say that this is my biggest issue with Biden…that he thinks that the old fashioned, be nice to them and they’l come to the table and be honest players in, well, anything…it just fucking outdated and impossible.
So sorry. It’s ridiculous. That horse left the barn and burned it down behind him.
it is (imo) just a campaign tactic. trying to tell a bunch of R’s it’s ok to vote for him
he is not stupid. he doesnt think he’s gonna govern this way - ie bipartisan with R support
John McCain would like a word…
Our history is filled with the stories of courageous men and women who went beyond the call of duty to protect and defend.
Today. we honor those who were Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action.
You are not forgotten. pic.twitter.com/8yVrRgN7zi— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 20, 2019
Also this gif was made for this story pic.twitter.com/V6T8Dkdhuk
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) September 20, 2019
Wait, though - I thought Trump “likes people who weren’t captured,” or was that somebody else who said that? https://t.co/su4cXXEN14
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
re: #49 Charles Johnson
I was about to post the same damn thing.
So I said “Mercy!” at this ran across the screen. The down thread is hilarious……
Jennifer Lopez just closed the Versace Spring 2020 show in Milan in a reimagined version of her iconic 2000 Grammy dress. pic.twitter.com/aoX2XFlHdz
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 20, 2019
re: #44 Charles Johnson
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— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@Celticlassy10) September 20, 2019
toxic - britney spears pic.twitter.com/0JiaHWfh9Q
— soviet soldiers dancing (@communistbops) September 11, 2019
lose yourself - eminem pic.twitter.com/mpRj7SuYH8
— soviet soldiers dancing (@communistbops) September 18, 2019
u can’t touch this - mc hammer pic.twitter.com/cB1qSQ8UUp
— soviet soldiers dancing (@communistbops) September 17, 2019
re: #44 Charles Johnson
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Wow, what a fabulous witness for his alleged faith. Where do I sign up?
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re: #22 jaunte
The Fire Chief is supposed to do more than point out there’s a fire.
Unless you’re Fire Marshal Bill…
re: #53 Scottish Dragon
Brenden Dilley (Republican) was a candidate for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Dilley lost the primary on February 27, 2018.
Brenden Dilley (Republican) was a candidate for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Dilley withdrew from the election before the primary scheduled for August 28, 2018.
ballotpedia.org
Next step, Success Coach!
re: #51 Dave In Austin
So I said “Mercy!” at this ran across the screen. The down thread is hilarious……
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How many hours a day, for how many thousands of days, did she have to spend in the gym to still look like that at her age?!?
Breaking via WSJ: Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden’s son, urging Volodymyr Zelensky about eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani on a probe, according to people familiar with the matter. https://t.co/V3NqZhxGAv
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 20, 2019
Feeling Froggy Asshole? Please Jump. Your tinpot dictators a fucking criminal. And you are what I consider a “Failed American”.
Who failed you?— 🦈E-Mail Terminator🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) September 20, 2019
Breaking via WSJ: Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden’s son, urging Volodymyr Zelensky about eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani on a probe, according to people familiar with the matter.
So what is the least bit illegal or improper about that?
/
re: #38 MsJ
I have to say that this is my biggest issue with Biden…that he thinks that the old fashioned, be nice to them and they’l come to the table and be honest players in, well, anything…it just fucking outdated and impossible.
So sorry. It’s ridiculous. That horse left the barn and burned it down behind him.
I like Pelosi and I understand that there are procedural and legal restrictions on things she can do with all of this as Speaker of the House. However, as we’re seeing in this very thread (and other places online that lean Democratic as well), the perception is that Pelosi’s playing way too cautious, that she has lost the fire in her belly, and that perception is steadily overtaking any reality she’s had to hew to in her position with what she knows with the party faithful.
I will agree that, overall, the older Dem leadership, after all that TrumpCo has done and continues to do to this country, its reputation, and its standing in the world, is still playing by Queensbury Rules and Robert’s Rules of Order, when the Republicans threw out the final pretenses of following rules and the law when Trump took office and took over their party. On one hand, it’s comforting to have a party who still does believe in and plays by the rules, but, on the other, it’s also a handicap because the Republicans know this and take advantage of Dems playing fair to their benefit.
It’s fucking frustrating as hell, but I don’t see any easy or simple way out of this, aside from continuing to vote Dem every chance we get, despite their perceived inaction on Trumpworld, because the GOP has got to fucking go.
re: #66 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Thanks for that post, it is a good purgative for the soul
Indeed and a very good cover of a well-known ’80s pop song.
re: #54 Scottish Dragon
u can’t touch this - mc hammer pic.twitter.com/cB1qSQ8UUp
— soviet soldiers dancing (@communistbops) September 17, 2019
Seems clear it was a deliberate “fuck you” from the GOP.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
This is sweet baby Cthulhu perfection.
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@Celticlassy10) September 20, 2019
Did any Democrats object or question why Owens was invited to testify, when her only qualifications are being a dishonest right wing propagandist?
It’s time we stopped meekly putting up with this shit.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
They will never answer that question because they can’t without confessing their white supremacy.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) September 20, 2019
I almost went there today to meet a friend for lunch. smh
So this just happened at Woodfield. I’m safe. Jesus Christ pic.twitter.com/fOfhtPkWvr
— ronin (@nipsfalloff) September 20, 2019
re: #72 gocart mozart
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Donald Trump did once answer that question; he said the 1890’s.
He wants to erase the entire 20th century. It’s not just about Civil Rights; it’s about the FDA, Social Security and Medicare, unions, etc etc etc.
ETA: Income tax. Women voting. SEC/FDIC. Direct election of Senators.
White supremacist accidentally sets own head on fire while trying to burn down synagogue#FireKarmahttps://t.co/dvOPHU8qqL
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) September 20, 2019
The estimated number in New York is over 250’000! They closed the park because there were too many people… I’m speaking soon at Battery Park. #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/YOD80SxHaa
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 20, 2019
Colleagues in Congress: if this isn’t impeachable abuse of power, what is? I’m sick of the parsing, dithering & political overcalculating. We are verging on tragic fecklessness. Time to do our job! https://t.co/27GZEpgJJi
— Rep. Jared Huffman (@JaredHuffman) September 20, 2019
re: #77 lawhawk
apropos of our yesterday’s conversation im still not sure this qualifies as the correct use of the word ‘accidentally”
White supremacist accidentally sets own head on fire while trying to burn down synagogue#FireKarmahttps://t.co/dvOPHU8qqL
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) September 20, 2019
re: #81 Charles Johnson
Well, at least somebody gets it.
I’m getting a headache. https://t.co/bc0K7ZSUHb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
Time to call it a night. Have a good one, Lizards.
re: #64 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Breaking via WSJ: Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden’s son, urging Volodymyr Zelensky about eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani on a probe, according to people familiar with the matter.So what is the least bit illegal or improper about that?
/
i saw your ‘/’ and i’d still like to make the point:
impeachment doesn’t have to be for an illegal/criminal act
its 50 different ways of improper
2. Cultivating distrust of institutions might seem like a bad idea for someone who wants to govern, but it’s quite effective if your goal is personal rule based on personal loyalty. The U.S. Right has tellingly sown distrust in the very possibility of good governance for decades.
— Chrissy Stroop (@C_Stroop) August 31, 2019
re: #73 GlutenFreeJesus
I almost went there today to meet a friend for lunch. smh
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Like Chicago Woodfield in Schaumburg?
I saw a tweet that announced he’s going on Maher’s show tonight, and I tweeted thus:
I find myself still a bit weirded out that I actually read Andrew Sullivan’s blog fairly religiously once upon a time. I even bought a subscription for $20. I feel duped, violated.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 20, 2019
re: #73 GlutenFreeJesus
I almost went there today to meet a friend for lunch. smh
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Just a little Blues Brothers cosplay…
re: #97 teleskiguy
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God, that movie just has so many quotable lines and scenes…love it always.
Jake: “You got us into this parking lot, pal, you get us out!”
Elwood: “Okay…”
“This mall has everything!”
“Disco pants and haircuts…”
“The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year!”
“They broke my watch!”
I think what we’re seeing out of Trump and the Republicans these days is confirmation that the GOP has been so corrupt for so long with respect to domestic oligarchs (via bribery made legal) that they are honestly surprised that this shit is still illegal with respect to foreign oligarchs etc.
re: #98 TedStriker
God, that movie just has so many quotable lines and scenes…love it always.
“The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year!”
The whole thing is so absurd. One of my favorite flicks, for sure.
My favorite is when Ray Charles fires a pistol at a would-be shoplifter.
re: #100 teleskiguy
Refresh my post for more that I just pulled from memory just from that chase sequence lol.
re: #101 teleskiguy
My favorite is when Ray Charles fires a pistol at a would-be shoplifter.
“Breaks my heart, a boy that young going bad.”
re: #100 teleskiguy
The whole thing is so absurd. One of my favorite flicks, for sure.
A very prescient quote:
“I hate Illinois Nazi’s”.
I know this dude only as ‘austin_blue’ who comments at https://t.co/DOM4jZzOyE and he freaking wrote down a very sobering thing on the Internet and I feel like sharing it here. pic.twitter.com/j9ltMre0WK
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 20, 2019
Wow. These crooks really feel untouchable.
“On Friday, Giuliani was seen by Reuters reporters at the Trump International Hotel, a few blocks away from the White House, sitting next to Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian businessman with whom Giuliani has recently been working. Giuliani declined comment.” https://t.co/zgbYmBkXam
— Aram Roston (@AramRoston) September 20, 2019
re: #107 Charles Johnson
They pretty much are untouchable.
re: #103 MsJ
Damn. That’s home. We go there every time we’re back home.
Sounds like it was an elderly lady behind the wheel. Ugh.
It’s best that I don’t say what I thought when I read this.
The Trump Admin is clearly violating federal statute by blocking the head of US Intelligence from providing Congress with a whistleblower complaint described as being of “urgent concern & credible.” The stonewalling must end. What is the President hiding? https://t.co/Yg0LqT5HMd
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) September 20, 2019
re: #109 GlutenFreeJesus
Sounds like it was an elderly lady behind the wheel. Ugh.
pix look like a young white male
re: #105 Eric The Fruit Bat
A very prescient quote:
“I hate Illinois Nazi’s”.
Gotta have the full exchange between Jake and Elwood and the cop:
Jake: “Hey, what’s going on?”
Cop: “Ah, those bums won their court case, so they’re marching today.”
Jake: “What bums?”
Cop: “The fucking Nazi party.”
Elwood: “Illinois Nazis…”
Jake: “I hate Illinois Nazis.”
re: #110 Charles Johnson
It’s best that I don’t say what I thought when I read this.
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I could put up with glacially slow action in the House if there were a concerted D PR effort to try to move public opinion on the issue of impeaching Trump. Having the House following public opinion rather than trying to move it all alone is a legit strategy to deal with the hostile media.
However, there is no sign of such a PR effort.
re: #37 Eclectic Cyborg
Which is why we need younger Dems in leadership.
Tulsi 38
Castro (RIP) 44
Williamson might be no longer young at 66.
re: #110 Charles Johnson
It’s best that I don’t say what I thought when I read this.
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Why can’t the head of Intel just be like “fuck you” and give it to Congress anyway?
Huh, what?!? A Republican in the Senate who’s vulnerable in a reelection year praises a law signed by Barack Obama? You clearly have no future in Republican politics. #OneTermCory
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 20, 2019
When the Mercer’s put cash in your pocket you’ll say anything!
Diamond & Silk: “Anybody that’s a millionaire or a billionaire got to be crazy to vote for a Democrat who wanna take your money. You need to be fundraising for Donald Trump, who wants you to keep more money in your pocket.” pic.twitter.com/PCQ8pANTYQ
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) September 20, 2019
re: #118 Joe Bacon 🌹
When the Mercer’s put cash in your pocket you’ll say anything!
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Wow. I think D&S are there to embody the worst things that the racist Right thinks about black women - that they’re loud, clownish, stupid, and venal.
My boss told me that random drug tests are starting on Monday. I told him “Fine. But I’m not trying meth.”
re: #118 Joe Bacon 🌹
When the Mercer’s put cash in your pocket you’ll say anything!
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youse losers who AREN’T millionaire or billionaires…Donald Trump says fuck you while he picks YOUR pockets.
On the one hand you have a whistleblower saying Trump pressured Ukraine to interfere in the US election but on the other hand you have Trump’s lawyer saying Trump pressured Ukraine to interfere in the US election and I don’t know who to believe.
— Seth Masket (@smotus) September 20, 2019
re: #119 Blind Frog Belly White
Wow. I think D&S are there to embody the worst things that the racist Right thinks about black women - that they’re loud, clownish, stupid, and venal.
I don’t think there’s any doubt about that.
New Bomb Capable Of Creating 1,500 New Terrorists In Single Blast https://t.co/IZfNafmR5I pic.twitter.com/YVvxTOGNna
— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 20, 2019
The New York Times is lying by omission saying “thousands of students across the world are on strike today” (as part of the Student Global Climate Strike; the numbers are tens of millions).
“Fox and Friends” spent the morning making fun of children down to elementary school age, and incredulous “liberal schools” would give students time off for this.
500,000 or more are in Battery Park alone, where Greta Thunberg is speaking.
(Greta Thunberg’s Facebook page)Let’s Look At Some Nice Pictures Of The Global Climate Strike! (Goes to Wonkette, where people are adding photographs in the non-comments)
re: #125 Anymouse 🌹🎃
These kids are going to be the ones to really face the consequences of humanity fucking up on climate change. Good on them for speaking up about it.
re: #118 Joe Bacon 🌹
So, the implication here is that anyone who is not a billionaire or millionaire would be crazy to vote Republican.
Works for me.
We’re going to ban military-style assault rifles in Canada.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) September 20, 2019
We cannot take 14 more months of court-packing, norms-trashing, regulation-killing, dictator-fellating, election-rigging, or any other of the high crimes and misdemeanors WHICH WE ELECTED DEMOCRATS IN 2018 TO PUT A STOP TO.
DO WHAT WE ELECTED YOU TO DO. https://t.co/nPGHNgEh49— Judith Tarr (@dancinghorse) September 20, 2019
re: #127 EPR-radar
So, the implication here is that anyone who is not a billionaire or millionaire would be crazy to vote Republican.
Works for me.
Even the billionaires and millionaires; if they’re women, if they’re non-white, if they’re not Evangelical Christian, if they care about rule of law and America’s global leadership… which a lot of very wealthy people believe are well worth an extra 5% marginal tax rate.
re: #127 EPR-radar
So, the implication here is that anyone who is not a billionaire or millionaire would be crazy to vote Republican.
Works for me.
Of course, many millionaires and billionaires vote blue: our Democratic governor Pritzker, faux Republican Bloomberg, the Kennedys, Oprah, most Democrats in the House and Senate (//), etc.
Yes, I’m sure this issue never came up in discussions with her publicist …
Who the fuck does she think she’s fooling?— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 20, 2019
re: #131 Hecuba’s daughter
Of course, many millionaires and billionaires vote blue: our Democratic governor Pritzker, faux Republican Bloomberg, the Kennedys, Oprah, most Democrats in the House and Senate (//), etc.
And practically every Democratic candidate for President is at least a millionaire (except Tulsi, Buttigieg, Castro, and Booker).
re: #131 Hecuba’s daughter
Of course, many millionaires and billionaires vote blue: our Democratic governor Pritzker, faux Republican Bloomberg, the Kennedys, Oprah, most Democrats in the House and Senate (//), etc.
The best way to guess how the Fortune 400 will vote — separate them into “inherited their money” or “earned it themselves in their own lifetimes”. For the most part, the ones who inherited vote R; the ones who earned it vote D.
Still stuck on the number of times Trump asked the Ukrainian President to investigate Biden. Only Jewish mothers and stalkers ask someone to do something eight times.
— Jordan Zakarin (@jordanzakarin) September 20, 2019
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And here we go again. Iraq Part 2.
Trump in trouble over this Ukraine outrage. Def Sec, fresh from a meeting with Trump, announces at the Pentagon that we are deploying troops to Saudi Arabia. Apparently we are doing this alone and not with other countries. @SpeakerPelosi, you still don’t see a problem?!
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) September 20, 2019
Wagging the dog.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump approves deployment of US forces to Saudi Arabia, UAE after attack on oil facilities.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 20, 2019
Democrat throws hat into the ring to run against Sen. Ben Sasse
starherald.com
(Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
He is running on the slogan “Enough.”
“I’m running because I’ve had enough,” he said. “As a small business owner, I’m on the Affordable Care Act. When our representatives started voting to take health insurance away, I knew I had to do something.”
[Chris] Janicek comes from a farm family and when he dug into what’s happening to the farm economy, he knew he’d made the right decision. He did admit it was the last thing he’d thought of doing.
“I see the destruction of our state’s farm economy and our current representatives are doing nothing,” he said. “They’re not standing up to anything that’s decimating our farm economy so I want to do the right thing for the people of Nebraska, because they deserve it.”
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Mr. Janicek is from the Omaha area. He spoke a few months ago about considering a run against Ben Sasse, saying that Sen. Sasse does not represent Nebraskans.
Ben Sasse’s approval ratings in this state have steadily dropped since he was elected.
morningconsult.com
It would be a tough slog, but if Mr. Janicek can pull it out that would flip a seat in the Senate.
re: #137 The Pie Overlord!
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Too bad it took Wal*Mart so long on guns.
Walmart to stop selling e-cigs after string of vaping deaths, illnesses (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
re: #139 teleskiguy
Wagging the dog.
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Shame that Saudi Arabia doesn’t have an army of their own, or any weapons from SOMEWHERE, to defend their selves
Daddy Bush went to war for Kuwait, now I guess we get to do it for poor, innocent, defenseless Saudi Arabia.
Chuck Schumer is lending the arsonist money to buy more matches, under the condition he buy fewer matches this time.
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) September 20, 2019
Severe thunderstorm watch just went up until 1AM Mythical Time. Severe thunderstorm warnings just went up north of Torrington, Wyo (with a warning of deadly hail larger than ping-pong balls), Scottsbluff (same hail warning) and Chadron.
re: #145 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Be careful, the climate’s getting weird.
At one point on this journey there was a zebra in front of us by a house, a calf being rescued in a flat-bottom boat, and an alligator swimming behind us. pic.twitter.com/idQU3Bwbxe
— Emily Foxhall (@emfoxhall) September 20, 2019
The bartenders like me, so I could possibly stretch this to a max of 18 minutes.
This is what they look like.
What’s a horse to do?
3/3 pic.twitter.com/LukHLNthTv— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 20, 2019
LOL political cartoon in my regional newspaper riffing on Nebraska ranking high in happiness and last in sexiness by state.
starherald.com
re: #148 Belafon
Text for those who can’t watch:
A video of Antwann Garrett and Kristopher Graham giving Michael Todd his gifts in the school’s hallways went viral on social media. The clip shows the two students handing Todd a bag of clothes and some new sneakers.
The kind act received a lot of praise from people commenting on the video saying how much they loved what the boys did for Todd.
This is some video.
If you happened to miss today’s blowup on The View, here’s a quick recap.
Yes, I’m going to hell.#NutMeg pic.twitter.com/pxNz9YqimZ— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) September 20, 2019
re: #149 Anymouse 🌹🎃
LOL political cartoon in my regional newspaper riffing on Nebraska ranking high in happiness and last in sexiness by state.
starherald.com
Paywalled.
Severe thunderstorm warning just went up for the northwest portion of my county (I live in the southeast). It includes a warning that people or animals caught outside will be injured or killed by hail.
Also, got to love the Friday night news dump of Trump sending troops to Saudi Arabia.
Tonight at his State Dinner, Trump has not a thought in his mind for the troops he’s sent to die for Saudi oil, Saudi cash. #SaudiAramco https://t.co/gk0q9UkaBz
— Kathi Smith (@threesmommy) September 20, 2019
15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. Tonight president* Orangey McFuckface announced he’s sending troops to Saudi Arabia because one of their oil plants got blown up. And Republicans are fine with this. Please vote for Democrats on 3 November 2020.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 20, 2019
re: #157 teleskiguy
It won’t be long until you go skiing again … to our west there are winter weather advisories in No. Colorado and SE Wyoming.
Meantime we’re getting trampled:
A president is sitting in the Oval Office, right now, who continues to commit crimes. He continues because he knows his Justice Department won’t act and believes Congress won’t either. Today’s news confirmed he thinks he’s above the law. If we do nothing, he’ll be right.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) September 20, 2019
IIRC, the $250 million that was allocated to Ukraine was approved by Congress. How could Trump withhold that money and not be in violation of the law? No sarcasm, serious question.
re: #132 goddamnedfrank
“Didn’t have the Internet on her phone?”
I have a flip phone with a web browser. It even works when I take it into civilisation.
Unless her producers and publicist prevented her from going on the Internet to prevent her from knowing that (LOL) in which case she should fire them.
Nasse Alpakas schauen aus, als hätten sie eine Rüstung an 😍😍
(via https://t.co/vGJCpwPQtP) pic.twitter.com/PqRlQE9drB— Wurzelmann (@Wurzelmann) September 20, 2019
Wet alpacas look like they have armor on
I see the Tulsi 2020 campaign is going swimmingly. pic.twitter.com/G6ixTDWE10
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) September 19, 2019
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Tens of mllions of people in the streets, all over the world, demonstrating to call for action on climate change.
Not a single tweet about it from Donald Trump.
Not that I want him to. If he did say something, it would be disgusting, guaranteed.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
Thread! Now *this* is a Democratic response. Every elected Democrat and presidential candidate should be saying as clearly and loudly as possible that a criminal is sitting in the Oval Office and that Republicans are actively enabling it. https://t.co/gen6aLLQ0M
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 20, 2019
re: #165 Charles Johnson
Aspen, CO. Population approximately 7,000.
Scenes from the #ClimateStrike here in Aspen. pic.twitter.com/lnFiJe0IJe
— Aspen Snowmass (@AspenSnowmass) September 20, 2019
Trump has held Zelenskyy at arm’s length, refusing to set a firm date for an Oval Office meeting with the newly minted Ukrainian president. Members of the Trump admin wanted the meeting to go ahead, but Trump personally rejected efforts to set it up.https://t.co/rx0lEF7lwh
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 21, 2019
It’s unconscionable that a president who’s under suspicion of multiple criminal acts can just order US troops into a dangerous conflict zone based on shaky intelligence. Why can’t somebody stop this runaway train of bad craziness?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2019
JFC folks, he’s sending US troops to SAUDI ARABIA. Doesn’t anyone remember that this was one of Osama bin Laden’s main reasons for targeting the US?
This will cause repercussions far beyond the oil field attack.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 21, 2019
re: #163 MsJ
I think the only reason Tulsi Gabbard even got any early attention was what I noted back in June.
When we drove back from Massachusetts to Nebraska, there was a Tulsi sign about every mile on I-80. I think she spent her whole campaign budget trying to raise her profile through billboards in Iowa for their upcoming caucuses.
I have never seen a Tulsi sign anywhere else I’ve been.
No one seems to have a pulse on what drives the USA anymore.
Between the right-wing noise machine and regular American indifference it is impossible to gauge the American feelings, especially since our usual barometers of network nightly news and newspaper headlines are no longer read.
I keep saying that this scandal is different but this scandal may be different. Bribery is to understand and encapsulate, there is no debating whether bribery is right or wrong or a crime. Bringing up bribery brings up connotations of things worse, not exonerating things.
The real teflon Don has been Don Trump.
You have baby prison buses. For babies.https://t.co/5g3on8Xf3E
— BevMarie (@evenbev) September 20, 2019
Bin Laden’s 1996 fatwa was actually titled, “Declaration of Jihad against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holiest Sites.”
Now Trump is blithely sending American troops back there again. This is beyond insane.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 21, 2019
re: #169 Charles Johnson
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Screw Saudi Arabia, there is no right horse to back in that nation. The global economy has taken over and it is time for us to regroup, reevaluate and rethink, China and Russia already have.
After the Mueller report, Congress had a duty to begin impeachment. By failing to act, Congress is complicit in Trump’s latest attempt to solicit foreign interference to aid him in US elections. Do your constitutional duty and impeach the president.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) September 20, 2019
Mitch McConnell is also complicit. The Senate must vote on the bill, already passed by the House, to help states and localities protect themselves from the foreign attacks on our elections that the President has previously welcomed.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) September 20, 2019
The man sitting in the Rose Garden now is entertaining the Australian Prime Minister at a State dinner after approving sending American troops to bolster Saudi Arabia. How about that??? pic.twitter.com/WOJO2BgRiD
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) September 20, 2019
re: #173 Charles Johnson
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re: #167 teleskiguy
Aspen, CO. Population approximately 7,000.
My state governor derided the rallies in Nebraska as people who want to outlaw beef and ruin agriculture for Nebraska.
(Omaha World-Herald, with photographs from Omaha and reports on other rallies in the state capital of Lincoln, Kearney, and other cities.)
Nebraskans for Peace, a Panhandle organisation which organised the protest in Scottsbluff today, has a Facebook page which is set to private on today’s action there (as it is set to private, I can’t see it).
As such, I can’t see how that turned out.
No media in the Panhandle is covering the event, except as something happening in distant and far away places (they’re not even covering the Omaha and Lincoln events). That’s what you get when you’re entire media apparatus is captured by conservative groups like Sinclair. (Tom Steyer, how about buying some media outlets in conservative areas? That would do a lot more good than a quixotic attempt to buy the presidency.)
So I see that even the New England Patriots have some slight standards and that there is a point too far even for Belacheat…
The chronology here is that Trump withheld the aid to Ukraine, and *then* demanded an investigation into Biden.
This demand was reiterated a few days later by Giuliani.
From the new WaPo tour de force:https://t.co/UDXbLJZPXz pic.twitter.com/9OQYKY0fGF— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 21, 2019
One year and one month apart pic.twitter.com/f2URDOVFm2
— Natalie Wolchover (@nattyover) September 20, 2019
Why are we sending troops to Saudi Arabia? Because Saudi Arabia pays cash, apparently.
This is @GretaThunberg at age 15, alone outside the Swedish Parliament about a year ago, in August 2018, holding the first school climate strike.
Only a year ago.
She’s not alone anymore.
Never underestimate the power of leadership & bravery.#ClimateStrike #ClimateCrisis pic.twitter.com/nu7s9j5qY8— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) September 20, 2019
oh myyyyyyy
Christopher Reeve training to be Superman pic.twitter.com/YhKTozYaeW
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) September 20, 2019
“One challenge will define the future for today’s young generation more dramatically than any other: Climate Change. The millions of young people worldwide who’ve organized & joined today’s #ClimateStrike demand action to protect our planet, & they deserve it.”- #PresidentObama pic.twitter.com/0cym4fcC1w
— Brook Bufa (@jupiter896) September 20, 2019
oh god here we go again https://t.co/dR6zxpXFOX
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 21, 2019
re: #186 Charles Johnson
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So the dealings by the kids of POTUS candidates are fair game now?
Asking for a friend…..
Over 4 million on #ClimateStrike today. In 163 countries. And counting…
If you belong to the small number of people who feel threatened by us, then we we have some very bad news for you:
This is just the beginning. Change is coming - like it or not. #FridaysForFuture pic.twitter.com/MHGRNx1tnH— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 21, 2019
Just unreal. Trump was withholding $250M in aid to Ukraine to extort them into investigating Biden’s son. Damn. What else is going to come out about this? https://t.co/BIq6sKA63m
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 21, 2019
When Don Corleone asks you to do something there is always an implicit threat, whether he says it or not. Same thing with Trump, who also has the power of the executive branch behind him. https://t.co/uDqBVJURlw
— Richard Stengel (@stengel) September 20, 2019
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 21, 2019
In Pictures and Video: What ‘Biggest Day of Climate Action in Planetary History’ Looks Like as Over 4 Million Strike Worldwide (goes to Common Dreams)
Includes links within to social media accounts from around the world with additional photographs and video.
re: #191 Charles Johnson
For some reason that reminds me of an old comic strip having a tag line that could be updated to be: “The president is a fink.”
.@realDonaldTrump has stonewalled the American people & Congress, repeatedly. Litigation will likely result in final decisions by Supreme Court next year. We can’t wait that long to get the #WhistleblowerComplaint.
We need to exercise our inherent contempt powers NOW. https://t.co/WfPQwho3vR— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 21, 2019
re: #155 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Sorry about that. Try the Omaha World-Herald (which is where the cartoon originated), which is not paywalled.
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re: #128 teleskiguy
We’re going to ban military-style assault rifles in Canada.
-J. Trudeau
But you wore blackface so your argument is invalid.
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