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oh and Rudy,
it doesn’t matter what order the witnesses are called.
you’d tell the same truth in any case, right?
Kristian Matsson sounds a little like Bruce Cockburn.
re: #198 goddamnedfrank
not only that, it’s 400M of taxpayer money, not even his own…
I hate that these fuckers call themselves patriots instead of what they truly are, henchmen.
Someone say Civil War? pic.twitter.com/mXJHYLdLGH
— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 30, 2019
re: #5 jaunte
Dear Lindsey:
Forsooth, our most recent golf outing failed to confirm your undying loyalty to me. Absent reinforcement through the media that is social, I will doubt forever your undying love for me.
Please send adoration through the imprint of your fingers ASAP.
Yours,
Donald https://t.co/l5bldMaxuM— Elizabeth C. McLaughlin (@ECMcLaughlin) September 30, 2019
re: #4 piratedan
not only that, it’s 400M of taxpayer money, not even his own…
I hate that these fuckers call themselves patriots instead of what they truly are, henchmen.
That’s what makes it graft instead of bribery, the manipulation of public funds for a corrupt purpose.
what’s most telling about this is how idiotic and feeble a defense this is. they are two weeks into this and they haven’t gotten a footing on any real defense. at this point they’re in a disorganized retreat and unable to find anywhere to dig in. https://t.co/xORXnOdo0m
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 30, 2019
For sure the best way to bolster morale among the White House staff right now was for the President to rant about how he wants to destroy everybody working there who might have told the IC Whistleblower things in passing that got put in report.
That’s some Leadership 101 shit!— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2019
re: #6 Interesting Times
My Dearest Donald,
I regret that I can only send you this impression of my toes, as my fingers have been scalded by the righteous anger that you wield in the face of this ongoing Democratic Perfidy. I am having to dictate this to that earnest young Cotton boy, as he is also an ardent admirer of yours, I know that he will convey upon you my most heartfelt meanings.
At home, I’m afraid that the squirrels have accessed the attic again and have made a nuisance of themselves among your hairpieces, I’m afraid that the one that was crafted from the finest chestnut steed may be forever lost. Please send news when you can as I understand that Washington is a wicked place and that you can return to my arms once again in our beloved Mar-a-Lago my benevolent Cuadillo.
Earnestly yours, your adoring Lindsey….
Dude is so happy about being impeached as all the savvy people predicted
— Crewman Number Guy (@Atrios) September 29, 2019
a brief story of transphobia in action for your friday afternoon: i have this customer who comes in to the food service job that i work. let’s call him eddie.
— dylan morrison 🍓 (@dylan_thyme) September 27, 2019
re: #8 jaunte
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The biggest obstacle to putting together a coherent defense? They don’t feel he did anything wrong and they can’t articulate that in a way that doesn’t sound like they’re crooked bastards. In their minds, shaking down foreign leaders for “favors” is not only a totally valid form of diplomacy, their base often wonders aloud why we’re not using it to extract way more things from the rest of the world. When you spend all your time in an echo chamber, it can lead to serious confusion when you venture outside and find out nobody thinks the way you do.
I just keep coming back, again and again, to the thought: THIS guy? You’re going to sell your soul, flush your integrity & reputation down the toilet, go down in history as an autocrat’s lackey … for THIS guy?
— David Roberts (@drvox) September 30, 2019
re: #12 jaunte
That is an excellent thread.
re: #12 jaunte
Excellent Touching thread…….
re: #14 jaunte
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They’re doing it for one simple reason: This is the one means of getting rid of him where they’d have their prints on the murder weapon. If he loses next November, they throw up their hands and whine about “election security” and “voter fraud.” If he resigns from office, he becomes a martyr to the cause, a poor victim hounded out of office before his time. And he drops dead, well then they can sit around for coming years and opine about the “greatness” he’d have brought America if he wasn’t taken before his time.
But if they vote to remove him? The walking, talking embodiment of all this is dark and rotten about their party? Their base will see it as the greatest betrayal ever visited upon them and never forgive any Republican who voted for it.
10 days till surgery and I said I wasn’t going to let this happen.
My shit is starting to get a bit edgy…….
re: #18 Dave In Austin
It’ll be good! You will hurt, but it’s a transient hurt, and you know you are making an improvement in your life.
🚨PSA🚨: “Fox News has learned that the Pentagon, State Department, and National Security Council were ‘unanimous’ in supporting the aid to Ukraine, and that Trump acted alone in withholding the aid over the summer.”https://t.co/3SMkjyEaxk
— Elaine Luria (@ElaineLuriaVA) September 30, 2019
Folks if you think last week was off the hook…as ol’ Al Jolson said, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!”
Clown feet….. Pennywise in disguise!
— 🦈And the Wind Cries “Impeach Him”🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) September 30, 2019
re: #23 Joe Bacon 🌹
That too….. All I saw was a clown
If you want to understand the Repub mindset, just go to a wingnut and ask them “What did Nixon do wrong?”
While you might get one or two honest ones who admit his crimes, by and large the majority will say some variation of three simple words: “He got caught.” Even if they’ll admit he was a crooked SOB, they will still believe he was the victim because decades of repetition by his contemporaries and their successors has burned that victim complex into their brains. To the GOP, Nixon was not doing anything that the other side wasn’t already doing, “he just got caught.”
re: #24 Dave In Austin
That too….. All I saw was a clown
WAIT!
I don’t see Matt’s reflection in the mirror!
QUICK! GET A CRUCIFIX!
I think I’ll take a poke at this tonite.
Just out of THE IRISHMAN. Running time is 3 hours and some change. For me, it flew by. And if I could go in and see it again right now, I would in a heartbeat. A film made by a filmmaker who feels free. Who has all the tools. All the time. All the talent. And lives up to it. Wow. pic.twitter.com/gPsfn4OyS8
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) September 30, 2019
re: #20 Dread Pirate
In addition to Giuliani, Washington, D.C., lawyers Joe DiGenova and his wife, Victoria Toensing, worked alongside the former New York City mayor. According to a top U.S. official, the three attorneys were working “off the books” — not within the Trump administration — and only the president knows the details of their work.
Hmmmmm. What is Fox backing away from?
re: #27 Dave In Austin
All the reviews I’ve seen up until now are pretty much saying it’s Scorsese’s best work since Goodfellas.
Unfortunately there is now a 25% tariff on imported morality. https://t.co/S0gnH1gX4t
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) September 30, 2019
I logged off for the whole day today because I was sick at what I saw downstairs. Oh, so we have to pander to ammosexuals and the NRA and disavow Beto’s idea of mandatory buybacks of weapons of war or else we will handily reelect Fuckface Von Clownstick?
FUCK THAT NOISE!
Goddamnit! Beto is standing up for what he believes in. TAKE A FUCKING STAND, DO WHAT’S RIGHT!
But no, we have to shut Beto up and pander to the lunatic gun culture otherwise… what? What, exactly? Are they going to come and kill all of us? Is Shitbrains McOrangetaint going to get 65% of the vote?
That shit made me sick and angry. I live in the Colorado mountains. I own guns. I have friends with assault weapons, of which I have fired. I’m no fucking dove when it comes to guns. But if you come around HERE and talk about “confiscations” and “we need to not piss off the ammosexuals,” well, FUCK OFF! Take a fucking stand! Fucking cowards!
I’m sick of this shit. Born and raised in Colorado. Columbine. Aurora Theater. New Life Church. Chuckie Cheese. Fucking something needs to be done, and pandering to ammosexuals because of some fucking fantasy of blanket weapon confiscation is stupid and cowardly.
re: #31 teleskiguy
And The Irishman is pretty much all lies. Good filmmaking, good storytelling, sure. But it’s not “based on a true story” by any stretch of the imagination.
A good description of a fictionalization of a story. Film makers do this all the time to make a better story. It’s entertainment. If it’s good entertainment, it’s successful.
That’s all it is. Entertainment. Bread and circuses for the masses. If the people walk out and say “I liked that!”, then the maker did something that worked. That is the fundamental basis of successful art. No different than a good concert.
re: #31 teleskiguy
And The Irishman is pretty much all lies. Good filmmaking, good storytelling, sure. But it’s not “based on a true story” by any stretch of the imagination.
Yeah, I’ve read about Sheeran being a notorious bullshitter, and while he may have been involved in the Hoffa matter, it’s most likely in some tangential or purely incidental way.
That being said, I’ll still see it when it comes out. Probably the last time we’ll ever see De Niro, Pacino, Pesci and Keitel working together in a Scorsese mobster film.
re: #31 teleskiguy
And The Irishman is pretty much all lies. Good filmmaking, good storytelling, sure. But it’s not “based on a true story” by any stretch of the imagination.
“Based” just means that it’s not an original idea, but upon something that the scriptwriters and director heard about.
“True” means that the people referenced (for the most part) existed, some of the shooting locations were involved, and there might best some basis in historical fact.
It’s “Story” that’s doing all the work in that phrase, because most often the people involved in the production are going off (at best) second-hand accounts of what happened and usually even less than that.
re: #20 Dread Pirate
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— Susan Keckler (@SusanKeckler) September 30, 2019
re: #27 Dave In Austin
I think I’ll take a poke at this tonite.
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DeNiro, Pacino, Pesci, Scorcese… and the film is called THE IRISHMAN?!?
I got questions. Starting with the obvious.
I’m sure The Irishman is excellent. Big fan of Scorsese over here! I’m going to watch it.
If it says “Based On A True Story” or “Adapted From A True Story” during the title sequence, I’mma call that a taint on the production. And you know what? It’s Marty Scorsese’s most expensive film he’s ever made, $160 million.
re: #38 sagehen
I think it’s probably only gonna be a matter of time (and not much time at that) before the FNC honchos decide to throw Trump under the bus.
I wonder how the FNC Trumpites are going to react? Thinking about Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Hannity of course, Lou Dobbs and whoever else is still in the tank for him.
Will they quit? Will they comply? Things might start getting interesting in the big meeting room.
We do hear a lot of tough talk from Trump. And yet he has cut and run every time things became inconvenient.
I suspect that the folks in the Republican leadership have done the calculation on how long Trump will be with them should they go to the barricades. Dying on a hill can be awfully lonely when the fearless leader ain’t very fearless.
On the other hand, we may see close up who honors their oath to the Constitution. We already seem to have found a few who do not.
From “A Man for All Seasons”
Roper: So now you’d give the Devil benefit of law?
More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
Roper: I’d cut down every law in England to do that!
More: Oh? And, when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you - where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country’s planted thick with laws from coast to coast - man’s laws, not God’s - and, if you cut them down - and you’re just the man to do it - d’you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
Goodfellas was “Based On A True Story” as the screenplay was adapted from a piece of journalism, Nicholas Pileggi’s “Wiseguy.” Casino was “Adapted From A True Story.” Those are different, no?
I’m thinking maybe, for fun, I should read “I Heard You Paint Houses” before I watch The Irishman.
I gotta say, I love the austere summary of Casino on Wikipedia.
I’ve been off-line all day. It appears that Drumpf retweeted a bunch of bullshit early this morning, went to play a round of golf where he took 37 mulligans, kicked his ball out of the rough 19 times, picked up his ball eight times out of sand traps and tossed them on the green right next to the hole, and shot a one under round of 71.
Brilliant!
Then he returned to the WH, where he realized that his surrogates, especially Oberst Gym Jordan and Reichsfuhrer Miller, got eviscerated on national TV and left the studios holding their intestines in their hands and spitting on them to keep them moist.
At which point the POTUS went on a tirade against unknown enemies and one known enemy (Schiff, a Jew!) and demanded that these known and unknown enemies should be investigated as SPIES! And TRAITORS!
Have I got this right? As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been off-line all day.
Oh, and Stonekettle has got a brilliant and very scary essay up today. You should read it.
re: #30 Belafon
Don’t Know…. Fox Poop by the looks of it.
It’s Bette Davis time folks! Fasten your seat belts ‘cause it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!
re: #39 sagehen
DeNiro, Pacino, Pesci, Scorcese… and the film is called THE IRISHMAN?!?
I got questions. Starting with the obvious.
Peter O’Toole is dead. Albert Finney is dead. He could have gone with Gabriel Byrne, but let’s face it, Scorcessi has his stable of actors and what they do is *act*.
If they do the job, and people believe it, that’s enough.
Apparently, the film is getting raves. Which means they did their jobs.
Although Albert Finney in Miller’s Crossing was the best Irish gangster ever portrayed in the history of film.
We’re in a dark place. MAGA cultists with AR-15s are busy cleaning and oiling their weapons after they saw Fuckface Von Clownstick’s “civil war” tweet tonight. They’re itchin’ for blood.
Well over a dozen men have carried out violence in Trump’s name since he was elected. Mass shootings. Mail bombs. Beatings. This is not sustainable.
There’s been over 30 men just in a fucking *month* who’ve been arrested for terroristic threats, bomb making, weapons violations, and they’re all red hats.
re: #50 austin_blue
Peter O’Toole is dead. Albert Finney is dead. He could have gone with Gabriel Byrne, but let’s face it, Scorcessi has his stable of actors and what they do is *act*.
If they do the job, and people believe it, that’s enough.
Apparently, the film is getting raves. Which means they did their jobs.
Although Albert Finney in Miller’s Crossing was the best Irish gangster ever portrayed in the history of film.
Liam Neeson
Kenneth Branagh
Daniel Day-Lewis
Michael Fassbender
But no. Don’t piss off AR-15 owners. Or Trump will get reelected.
*spit*
I rarely do this. I’m doing it now. Good night Lizards.
Meanwhile, I’m fully expecting Sweet Potato Hitler to shut the Government down on Tuesday…
re: #57 Joe Bacon 🌹
What happens Tuesday beside #MadPresident?
re: #58 Dave In Austin
What happens Tuesday beside #MadPresident?
Funding for the Federal Government expires at midnight Monday 9/30 unless Congress passes a CR and Sweet Potato Hitler signs it.
I fully expect ol SPH to veto any CR and then lets see how many Republicans uphold the veto…
Be honest, do you really see Donald Trump lasting the next 13 months to the election without experiencing a full blown clinical mental breakdown & being institutionalized? Because at the current rate of cognitive & behavioral degradation I just don’t see how he possibly makes it.
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2019
re: #59 Joe Bacon 🌹
Funding for the Federal Government expires at midnight Monday 9/30 unless Congress passes a CR and Sweet Potato Hitler signs it.
I fully expect ol SPH to veto any CR and then lets see how many Republicans uphold the veto…
Didn’t he already sign it?
ETA Yes, he did. We’re good until December (at least).
re: #51 teleskiguy
We’re in a dark place. MAGA cultists with AR-15s are busy cleaning and oiling their weapons after they saw Fuckface Von Clownstick’s “civil war” tweet tonight. They’re itchin’ for blood.
I have a perfectly serviceable rifle. It’s my Russian deer gun. I had an H&K machine gun gun when I was in the Air Force, which I sold five years ago to a collector. I made sure he could pass a background check. He was cool with that. The Russian meat rifle was found in a junk store in Hot Springs, Arkansas, now out of business, which stocked dozens of rifles, Mausers, Moisants, and Garands.
I found a Moisant, a 1939 model, which somehow made it through the war as a ceremonial gun. The barrel wasn’t shot to shit. It cost me $125. I brought it back to Austin, and had it gapped and scoped. The barrel was pristine. I put a Picatinny rail on it,
and mounted a scope and a laser sight on it.
That cost three times what I paid for the rifle, but I had a really good meat gun. The Moisant is basically a Russian 30.06 with a 5-shot stripper clip inserted from the top.
I’ve got twenty 5-shot clips.
This is a six-hundred meter gun with an eight-inch circle.
There are many hunters like me with similar weapons. I hope to dog that I don’t have to use it on people. But I do know how to use it. I’m really good at it.
Trump is super mad that people are treating the transcript he released is if it was some kind of transcript he released.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 29, 2019
Turns out there are rules to cosplaying government.
— Stephen Boo-len 👻 (@sbolen) September 30, 2019
re: #50 austin_blue
Always love Finney’s scene where he rubs out the would-be assassins while making sure to keep his stogie safe. Miller’s Crossing got overlooked because of Goodfellas (both released in 1990). The Coen brothers originally wanted Trey Wilson (Raising Arizona, Bull Durham) to play Leo, but he had suddenly died in 1989. Other fun fact: Finney is dressed as one of the ladies in the powder room that Tom chases out early in the movie.
re: #14 jaunte
The entire GOP: Yes. Hell yes.
re: #66 dirkdigglerjr
Always love Finney’s scene where he rubs out the would-be assassins while making sure to keep his stogie safe. Miller’s Crossing got overlooked because of Goodfellas (both released in 1990). The Coen brothers originally wanted Trey Wilson (Raising Arizona, Bull Durham) to play Leo, but he had suddenly died in 1989. Other fun fact: Finney is dressed as one of the ladies in the powder room that Tom chases out early in the movie.
Easily in my top five movies.
America is too fat for a Civil War.
— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) September 30, 2019
re: #69 Barefoot Grin
The question is this…. Just what are they going to shoot at??
— 🦈And the Wind Cries “Impeach Him”🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) September 30, 2019
Thugs.
Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers militia, is already embracing Trump’s “Civil War” tweet. pic.twitter.com/YyPfBPWxaR
— Nick Martin (@nickmartin) September 30, 2019
Boris Johnson is one step ahead of Trump now:
Boris Johnson knows he has lost the Brexit battle, that’s why he needs a war
Johnson is deliberately trying to make Brexit a civil war so that he can be the winner even if the country is the loser
However, the UK is not full of heavily armed nuts like OathKeepers.
re: #73 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Boris Johnson is one step ahead of Trump now:
Boris Johnson knows he has lost the Brexit battle, that’s why he needs a war
However, the UK is not full of heavily armed nuts like OathKeepers.
And has more conservatives who reside in reality.
re: #39 sagehen
DeNiro, Pacino, Pesci, Scorcese… and the film is called THE IRISHMAN?!?
I got questions. Starting with the obvious.
I’m familiar with the plot. The only Irish-American character among those three will be played by DeNiro. Pacino is playing Hoffa and Pesci is playing some Mafia boss. I can’t wait. I loved Goodfellas .
re: #52 teleskiguy
Well over a dozen men have carried out violence in Trump’s name since he was elected. Mass shootings. Mail bombs. Beatings. This is not sustainable.
It’s scary. I have never seen so much violence committed in the name of an American President who furthermore encourages violence.
re: #5 jaunte
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re: #14 jaunte
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hey, hitler was a greasy little corporal, and yet tens of dozens of the best officers at the highest levels gave themselves up to him. The Ring of Power is a potent thing indeed.
re: #69 Barefoot Grin
All the conservative nutbars on that thread are still going on about how “liberals are afraid of guns” and whatnot.
Mostly they’re a whole bunch of members of the 101st Keyboard Commando Division.
However, the idea “liberals are afraid of guns” still seems to be an article of conservative religion.
Throughout American history there have been violent acts perpetrated in the name of conservatism and it has always been put down. They just don’t seem to get it.
Moreover, if there was some sort of shooting civil war (rather than the intellectual civil war the country has always fought against those who would stop progress), it would be the same as the last one. Most of the population lives in liberal areas, controls most of the finance and manufacturing, &c. Additionally, liberals in conservative areas would be the same as last time (either formations loyal to the government, or partisans behind the lines).
I’m glad that orange piece of human garbage doesn’t have a dog. He would kick it every chance he got.
re: #81 Scout
I’m glad that orange piece of human garbage doesn’t have a dog. He would kick it every chance he got.
Better he takes out his anger on staffers who willingly serve him than a dog.
re: #77 HappyWarrior
It’s scary. I have never seen so much violence committed in the name of an American President who furthermore encourages violence.
I haven’t seen so much in the name of a President per se, but I’ve seen plenty in the name of conservative ideologies.
Abortion clinic bombings and murders. The Atlanta Olympics bombing. The Oklahoma City bombing. The National Alliance. The Phineas Priesthood. The Order.
Left-wing violence has been comparatively rare. Violence is built in to conservative ideology and religion: They will thrown democracy under the bus any time they don’t get their way.
re: #83 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I haven’t seen so much in the name of a President per se, but I’ve seen plenty in the name of conservative ideologies.
Abortion clinic bombings and murders. The Atlanta Olympics bombing. The Oklahoma City bombing. The National Alliance. The Phineas Priesthood. The Order.
Left-wing violence has been comparatively rare. Violence is built in to conservative ideology and religion: They will thrown democracy under the bus any time they don’t get their way.
No doubt. I’m not saying the violence is unprecedented nor is right wing violence but this is scary because Trump both encourages it and has no problem with it done in his name. It’s scary because it’s enabled from the very top.
The pogroms in Revolutionary Russia were much worse when it was done in the Czar’s name and when he was seen as being okay with the violence. It’s no coincidence that the greatest numbers of Russian Jews left during the rule of Nicholas II and his father Alexander III.
re: #84 HappyWarrior
No doubt. I’m not saying the violence is unprecedented nor is right wing violence but this is scary because Trump both encourages it and has no problem with it done in his name. It’s scary because it’s enabled from the very top.
Ronald Reagan encouraged it as well, though he used dogwhistles that did not penetrate well with those on the left.
Aside from his heinous campaign announcement in Philadelphia, Mississippi, he declared himself a “Sagebrush Rebel.”
The Sagebrush Rebellion started in 1976 when the Federal Land Use Act became law, ending the Homestead Act and establishing management by the Bureau of Land Management [BLM].
Orrin Hatch joined in their cause as a newly elected senator in 1977, seeing Sagebrush Rebels as a way to conserve and advance his power. He would frequently pander to them, but rarely voted for anything which actually advanced their cause (carrot and stick).
Libertarians, sovereign citizens, and conservative ranchers out here in the Old West declared they were “Sagebrush Rebels” and took up a low level war against the Feds, particularly BLM.
When Reagan declared himself a Sagebrush Rebel, that was an instant flag to those who had already taken up arms against the Federal government’s land use policies.
Sagebrush Rebels thought that federal lands should be turned over to states, local governments, or even sold as private lands. That thought lives on today in the Libertarian Party, small (l) libertarians, and wingnuts like the Oath Keepers and the Y’all Qaeda groups which went all in for Cliven Bundy and took over Mahleur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
re: #87 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Additionally, Ronald Reagan appointed James Watt as his Interior Secretary, who also pandered to the Sagebrush Rebels (and the oil companies who were the money behind the push to privatise public lands). While James Watt never actually privatised any land, he dramatically slowed the acquisition of Federal land under the Antiquities Act and other vehicles.
Fair enough but this really is uniquely bad. And as craven as Reagan was, he never was outright about it. Don’t get me wrong. Reagan and Reaganism needs to be re-examined as an ideological ancestor of Trump and Trumpism but in this age of rabid information communications, Trump’s danger stands out.
What’s that…about a hundred tweets in the past 24 hours? He’s flailing at shadows. He’s talking to himself. He’s screaming into the wind. He’s impaired. He’s unfit.
Hey Republicans, it’s going to get worse. Much worse.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) September 30, 2019
re: #90 MsJ
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If Walsh who is an asshole in his own ways can prevent Trump from being unanimously renominated, that would be a small feather in his cap. Still an asshole who I never want to hear from again but I’m all for him, Weld, & Sanford attacking him from the Republican sid too.
re: #89 HappyWarrior
Fair enough but this really is uniquely bad. And as craven as Reagan was, he never was outright about it. Don’t get me wrong. Reagan and Reaganism needs to be re-examined as an ideological ancestor of Trump and Trumpism but in this age of rabid information communications, Trump’s danger stands out.
I agree. Times have changed since Cliven Bundy first took up his war against the government in 1993.
All these so-called militia groups that exist now are based on previous militia groups like the Montana Freedmen, the Tenther Movement, and the Posse Comitatus.
What’s different today is they have the Internet and the World Wide Web to spread their anti-government propaganda, along with libertarian tech bros running the principle companies used for that (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, &c).
Such propaganda isn’t allowed on broadcast television or radio, but the FCC’s remit does not extend to the Internet.
Until such time as we can crowbar the conservatives out of the FCC, the tools we have available as liberals facing down libertarian fascism are primarily boycotts of the companies which enable these groups.
Their ideologies aren’t new, and the groups today are actually less violent than they were in the Seventies and Eighties. That said, the law needs to change with the technology. These guys aren’t spreading their propaganda with Mimeograph machines in a basement anymore: One YouTube video can reach potentially billions of people for virtually no cost.
In particular, the Tenther Movement (that refers to the X Amendment) argues that states are sovereign and unless the Constitution shows a specific enumerated power, a power is reserved to the states.
Thus the Tenther Movement opposes Social Security, New Deal and Great Society laws, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, uniform federal bankruptcy law, &c. (In other words, they’re racists.)
Reason Magazine argues the term should not be applied to libertarians, because they oppose these laws strictly on “ideological grounds” rather than misinterpretations by Tenthers of case law of the country (which essentially states the X Amendment is a tautology).
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹🎃
The most prominent Tenther in the US Government today is Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who specifically ran on a Tenther platform to win her seat in the Senate (despite being part of the National Guard, which is not authorised in the Constitution, but hypocrisy never stopped a conservative).
Reuters is reporting that China has quietly doubled its troop strength in Hong Kong, including adding specialized protest-suppression personnel who have a command structure separate from the regular military.
I sure hope calm heads prevail down there.
Here’s the article in my hometown paper:
re: #95 Scout
That doesn’t read well for Hong Kong.
I hope the protestors who are exercising their rights under Hong Kong’s Basic Law keep violent protestors and anarchists under control, because Beijing and the PLA don’t need much of an excuse to steamroll over the city.
The only thing it seems to me that has prevented that up to now is the relative openness of Hong Kong: Anything the PRC does there is instant news throughout the world.
Since China is trying to exercise soft power in the form of aid to foreign countries and investment, a brutal crackdown would probably backfire on their foreign affairs efforts.
re: #95 Scout
Reuters is reporting that China has quietly doubled its troop strength in Hong Kong, including adding specialized protest-suppression personnel who have a command structure separate from the regular military.
I sure hope calm heads prevail down there.
Here’s the article in my hometown paper:
There’s no way this ends well. I won’t be surprised if many end up warehoused somewhere in Xinjiang.
Winter is coming.
Prediction for Friday here is a freeze with widespread frost.
Yesterday it was 88°F, but today the temps will not get above the fifties. Lows will be in the thirties tonight.
Good morning Lizards!
Y’all ready for the Jeffress rebellion?
Hmmmmm, wonder how all of those patriots will be able to spot the lefties?
Better not wear my Birkenstocks for a while.
Yay, the weather radio is calling for widespread freezing rain on Monday night/Tuesday morning.
Yesterday was +17°F above average here. No global weather weirding though.
Fortunately the dead half of our double elm tree is now gone.
I miss the old days, when the funeral of Jacques Chirac would have been the biggest news story today.
Another page out of Trump’s book, Boris promised “Infrastructure”:
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Today is “spend, spend, spend” day, with the chancellor Sajid Javid centre stage. He is promising “an infrastructure revolution” on roads and broadband, on top of more money for the NHS, schools and the police. In a round of interviews, Javid said he would not break his fiscal rules, but would change them. It’s called moving the goalposts. He dismissed doubts about turning on the spending taps while the prospect of a no-deal exit still hangs over the economy. He hinted at tax cuts, spending rises and interest rate reductions (the Bank of England’s job, not his) in the event of no deal. There is little expectation here that Johnson will get a deal.
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Tenther, Libertarian… whatever. i have yet to discern any real difference between these types of groups when distilling how to best go about implementing specifically white supremacy.
I have yet to see any such group like these whose members are not specifically male white-identifying and females who desire a (spectrum) of male-dominated white supremacy. They are all patriarchal white supremacists at heart. They just have differences ranging from revolutionary violence to malignant lawful discrimination on how to best achieve it. Oathkeepers represent the former. Paul Ryan types represent the latter.
This seems like a big deal.
Boris Johnson will be dismissed by Queen if he tried to ignore court order to implement Benn Act, says Grieve
Dominic Grieve, one of the 21 Tories who had the whip removed after rebelling over Brexit last week and one of the MPs involved in drafting the Benn Act to rule out a no-deal Brexit on 31 October, has said that he thinks the legislation is robust, and that ministers will not find loopholes in it.
In an interview with Sky News, Grieve said that, if Boris Johnson tried to ignore the law, the courts could force him to comply.
[Johnson] would be taken to court and a writ of mandamus would be issued against him and he would be told, as a matter of law, that he has to write the letter [to the EU requesting a Brexit delay]. The case could go to the supreme court and I suspect the courts could do with it very quickly.
Grieve also said that, if Johnson tried to ignore the courts, ultimately he could be dismissed as PM by the Queen.
re: #104 MsJ
I was about to post about that.
I think Dominic Grieve is doing more wishful thinking than a real analysis of what will happen.
No tweets yet this morning?
Maybe he threw his phone and broke it, and is now seething.
Here’s hoping he’s experiencing misery like he’s never felt in his long, miserable life.
re: #106 makeitstop
No tweets yet this morning?
Maybe he threw his phone and broke it, and is now seething.
Here’s hoping he’s experiencing misery like he’s never felt in his long, miserable life.
nah, he’s up
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re: #107 b.d.
nah, he’s up
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Again, the President of Ukraine said there was NO (ZERO) PRESSURE PUT ON HIM BY ME. Case closed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2019
he must have deleted the previous one (which is illegal too btw)
Again, the President of Ukraine said there was NO (ZERO) PRESSURE PUT ON HIM BY ME. Case closed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2019
(ZERO)
This also seems like a big deal.
Johnson’s making friends in high places…
Queen ‘sought advice’ on sacking Prime Minister, source claims…
The monarch reportedly asked aides for first time in her reign just how and when should could dismiss a PM.
The Queen sought advice on the circumstances in which she could sack a prime minister ahead of Tuesday’s incendiary Supreme Court ruling, i has been told.
Republican politicians are sticking with their malignant clown because they’re afraid of their malignant base
Cowardshttps://t.co/uelaL3JRzO— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) September 30, 2019
re: #108 b.d.
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I read tweets like these, then I laugh at every memory of being told that impeaching this man would be “giving him what he wants.”
re: #112 Targetpractice
I read tweets like these, then I laugh at every memory of being told that impeaching this man would be “giving him what he wants.”
I actually think he wishes he was gone but his ego wouldn’t let it happen unless it was on his terms.
Remember, he wasn’t supposed to win at all. He was supposed to go on to create his own Fox News (with Ailes, likely) and make a ton of money off the anger that Fox wasn’t developing deeply enough.
re: #103 Florida Panhandler
Tenther, Libertarian… whatever. i have yet to discern any real difference between these types of groups when distilling how to best go about implementing specifically white supremacy.
I have yet to see any such group like these whose members are not specifically male white-identifying and females who desire a (spectrum) of male-dominated white supremacy. They are all patriarchal white supremacists at heart. They just have differences ranging from revolutionary violence to malignant lawful discrimination on how to best achieve it. Oathkeepers represent the former. Paul Ryan types represent the latter.
Well, the Libertarian Party (the most respectable of such groups) notes it has a real problem recruiting women into its party. My wife was a campaign treasurer for a Colorado US House candidate, but since she’s been married to me, she’s gradually given up libertarian ideas and abandoned the Libertarian Party for the Democratic Party. (She officially switched her party affiliation in time for the 2016 Democratic caucus here.)
re: #109 jaunte
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It’s a public service. He’s providing some much-needed education for his base.
Don’t forget that one of the talking points pushed by Russia’s troll farm was that there would be a civil war if Democrats tried to impeach Trump. An interesting coinkydink, right?
From the criminal complaint filed in federal court: https://t.co/yX98qVTLjF https://t.co/1WiVXin6fs pic.twitter.com/W2BF3RWb6x— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 30, 2019
re: #115 Scout
It’s a public service. He’s providing some much-needed education for his base.
He had to define “no” for them.
re: #116 jaunte
??? Michael Savage is roped into this?
He’s a wingnut, but I didn’t think he was a stupid wingnut.
Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part of my call to the Ukrainian President, and read it aloud to Congress and the American people. It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call. Arrest for Treason?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2019
No, Don. The answer is no.
Anyone seen this new ad?
Yeah… That one is gonna run into a S&P wall. https://t.co/9SUPz6Z2S8
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 30, 2019
re: #119 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I think they just saw some ravings they thought it would be effective to magnify.
The Fake Whistleblower complaint is not holding up. It is mostly about the call to the Ukrainian President which, in the name of transparency, I immediately released to Congress & the public. The Whistleblower knew almost nothing, its 2ND HAND description of the call is a fraud!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2019
“Immediately” does not mean after weeks of requests, subpoenas, and a pathetic attempt to plead for Pelosi to “make a deal.”
Good thread on an alternative way to think about “civil war.”
But Trump is escalating the violence, institutionalizing it, bringing it out from the shadows & encouraging those who agree to drop even the barest veneer of social empathy.
America’s #CivilWar2 has been raging for decades & it will get worse if we don’t act— Elle Maruska (they/them) (@ellle_em) September 30, 2019
re: #120 Targetpractice
No, Don. The answer is no.
Even if he did make a “fake statement,” that would not be illegal.
If it was, Donald Trump would have been in prison decades ago.
I have never seen such delicious whining in my life.
You released the transcript. It shows illegality. My dog is smarter than you are.
Please…keep whining. It’s delicious.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 30, 2019
Surely we can’t gone on with the POTUS acting like this?
things are going great and nobody’s panicking https://t.co/Eg7Kl7cAIP
— kilgore trout will be the hero (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 30, 2019
See, this is the reason why the Repubs are flailing so badly in trying to defend this goober, because they can’t get him or his dime store mafia lawyer wannabe to shut up. Every time they think they’re getting somewhere, Donny or Rudy comes along with another bucket of rocket fuel to dump on the fire.
England encapsulated in one photo.
A bunch of (mostly) old, (all) white people in line to see a bigot speak about Brexit…being served by brown people.
((chef’s kiss)) Perfect.
Huge queue for the recording of @brexitbroadcast with @Jacob_Rees_Mogg and @DavidGauke #cpc19 pic.twitter.com/17pa0lMGVL
— Owen Bennett (@owenjbennett) September 30, 2019
re: #129 Targetpractice
See, this is the reason why the Repubs are flailing so badly in trying to defend this goober, because they can’t get him or his dime store mafia lawyer wannabe to shut up. Every time they think they’re getting somewhere, Donny or Rudy comes along with another bucket of rocket fuel to dump on the fire.
You’d think at some point, if only to save their own careers, they’d dump this fool.
re: #134 Anymouse 🌹🎃
You’d think at some point, if only to save their own careers, they’d dump this fool.
I don’t know if they have a career if they dump Orange Foolius.
Corrupting the entire Executive Branch into betraying the United States is the opposite of “faithful execution” of the laws, the president’s core obligation under Article II of the Constitution https://t.co/ReZBzaKdli
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 30, 2019
“…Take a step back from all the details and look at the big picture: Trump has corrupted practically the entire executive branch of our government. And this corruption is a far greater danger to our democracy than his clumsy quid pro quo with Ukraine.
Do the math:
The president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani
The attorney general
Multiple White House officials
Three people from the Situation Room
Two or three members of the national security adviser’s leadership team
A State Department surrogate for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Senior representatives from the Russia and Ukraine directorate
More than half a dozen U.S. officials
Multiple State Department and intelligence community officials
The White House counsel
Multiple White House lawyers
The acting director of National Intelligence
The Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Vice President Mike PenceDespite the participation and/or knowledge of all these people, only one—the anonymous whistleblower—had the courage and integrity to stand up against the president’s misconduct.”
He’s a bit manic this morning
WHO CHANGED THE LONG STANDING WHISTLEBLOWER RULES JUST BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF THE FAKE WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT? DRAIN THE SWAMP!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2019
re: #138 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
He’s a bit manic this morning
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GDF made a good point last night - he’s not going to make it election day before the stress takes him out. Hell, he might not make it through two weeks of this.
re: #138 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
He’s a bit manic this morning
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He is on quite the tirade, isn’t he?
re: #140 makeitstop
GDF made a good point last night - he’s not going to make it election day before the stress takes him out. Hell, he might not make it through two weeks of this.
Better yet, imagine if this shit drags into next year. Do you think he’s really going to give a State of the Union Address where he doesn’t go bugfuck insane on camera if the matter hasn’t been resolved?
re: #138 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
He’s a bit manic this morning
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Isn’t he supposed to be invading Iran or something?
Champagne smash for Sir David Attenborough polar ship
The Sir David Attenborough’s commemorative coin includes an image of Boaty pic.twitter.com/CKRLEAGTSh
— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) September 30, 2019
This is genuinely the stupidest defense imaginable. The main claims of the whistleblower are all already corroborated either by White House documents or White House admissions. It’s simply bizarre to try to discredit what they’ve already admitted. https://t.co/Fx0EXYMeF7
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) September 30, 2019
if the United States were no longer a sovereign nation, this might be true https://t.co/gA1ecNMVRW
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 30, 2019
Translated, if Trump releases them, we’ll publish all of our Trump files. https://t.co/sXk2A5SRSH
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) September 30, 2019
Looks like I’m going to need an AR-15 to deal with the RWNJ zombie hordes when witch-doctor Jeffress sends them to get the liberals.
Nah, that’s kid’s stuff ( I actually had an M-16 when I was 19, as did many other kids like me, though it didn’t exactly belong to me.)
I would rather have a water-cooled Vickers machine-gun. There are some for sale on high-roller gun sites, including a rare Swiss 7.5 mm model. Wish I could get a Rolls-Royce armored car to mount it in, but there are none for sale. It’s too expensive or I could get a Silver Ghost running chassis and have an armored body built for it. I actually know a guy in Midland who does that sort of thing, armoring vans and such for cash delivery companies. He uses welding of course but we could always add some fake rivets for the sake of authenticity. It would really put the fear of Cthulhu into the Russo-Baptist heretics, just ask TE Lawrence.
This will likely not make Donny happy either
Bolton says North Korea “has not made a strategic decision to give up its nuclear weapons” and in fact, the opposite is true. “The strategic decision that Kim Jong Un is operating through is he will do whatever he can to keep his nuclear weapons capacity” and enhance it further.
— Deirdre Shesgreen (@dshesgreen) September 30, 2019
It remains unacceptable for North Korea to have nuclear weapons, ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton says at @CSIS event.
US has seen nothing concrete from KJU.
He jokes he’s also sure leadership in North Korea is delighted he’s now speaking in a private capacity. https://t.co/yF0jJl0Ape— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) September 30, 2019
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🎃
All the conservative nutbars on that thread are still going on about how “liberals are afraid of guns” and whatnot.
We’re not so afraid of guns that we feel we must carry one in public.
re: #89 HappyWarrior
Fair enough but this really is uniquely bad. And as craven as Reagan was, he never was outright about it. Don’t get me wrong. Reagan and Reaganism needs to be re-examined as an ideological ancestor of Trump and Trumpism but in this age of rabid information communications, Trump’s danger stands out.
It’s not just Trump that has encouraged them. The open carry laws are in place because women, minorities, and others just aren’t afraid of a white man for being white and male, so those in charge are allowing the threat of death to be displayed.
“It is difficult to overstate just how abnormal and suspicious treating the call in that manner would be. It strongly suggests White House staff knew of serious wrongdoing by the president and attempted to bury it.” Via @kellymagsamen @washingtonpost https://t.co/5RQAIfgObR
— Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) September 30, 2019
re: #127 b.d.
Surely we can’t gone on with the POTUS acting like this?
I can’t go on with bronchitis, but I do anyway.
Trump vowed to defend the Constitution “to the best of [his] ability.” And he’s doing just that.
re: #148 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Do you think there was any U.S. voter dumb enough to think trump actually gives a tinker’s cuss about North Korean nukes? Even the truest believer understands he doesn’t care.
re: #131 Targetpractice
El Chupacabra!
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Naw, the neighbor is raising lab rats. They break out every now and again.
re: #156 jeffreyw
Naw, the neighbor is raising lab rats. They break out every now and again.
They like to play hide-and-seek.
re: #158 Barefoot Grin
They like to play hide-and-seek.
Wouldn’t you if you were a lab rat?
I’d be making a beeline to freedom.
re: #110 MsJ
This also seems like a big deal.
Amazing. Queen Elizabeth II has sat on the British throne for 67 years ,reigning by the rules all this time; and only NOW - having to deal with BoJo The Clown and the Brexit mess - has she felt the need to have to even think about flexing some Royal authority?
I wonder if some of the options HM has been exploring involve getting the old block and axe out of the Tower basement…?
Okay so Tara and I have been trying to come up with a proper name for this scandal (___gate, etc) and I think she finally succeeded: Ukraine Clown Posse
— Virginia Bauman (@vaisfourlovers) September 29, 2019
Seeing a lot of the cultists pushing out the lie about the whistle blower form today, claiming that it was mysteriously “changed” just before this whole affair. It has been debunked, repeatedly….don’t let them continue to spread this lie. Or, just point and laugh, either way…..
re: #140 makeitstop
GDF made a good point last night - he’s not going to make it election day before the stress takes him out. Hell, he might not make it through two weeks of this.
I made the same point to my wife, that I don’t think he will be able to mount a serious campaign, if he is able to mount one at all.
You might notice it’s been a couple weeks since he had a serious Nuremberg Rally.
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re: #162 Egregious Philbin
Seeing a lot of the cultists pushing out the lie about the whistle blower form today, claiming that it was mysteriously “changed” just before this whole affair. It has been debunked, repeatedly….don’t let them continue to spread this lie. Or, just point and laugh, either way…..
Even if that were true, it’s irrelevant because Donny has admitted that the key points of the complaint are accurate: He called Zelensky and pushed him to investigate a political opponent.
re: #145 jaunte
I can imagine stupider defences. For example, Trump could use the Chewbacca Defence to explain away his alleged crimes.
re: #163 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Yeah, except all he has to do is show up, stir up some shit, and leave. His followers will eat it up with a spoon.
Shit, he could have a fucking complete breakdown, heart attack, or stroke on stage and they’d eat it up.
re: #167 MsJ
Yeah, except all he has to do is show up, stir up some shit, and leave. His followers will eat it up with a spoon.
Shit, he could have a fucking complete breakdown, heart attack, or stroke on stage and they’d eat it up.
That would seem to be the tough part: Mustering the energy to show up seems to be beyond him now.
I imagine if any of those things happened liberals would eat it up more than his supporters.
Allow me to say what the president won’t: Americans don’t need Russian permission for a goddamn thing. https://t.co/yLGVW0bxzV
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) September 30, 2019
re: #169 makeitstop
Just let it leak out. It works every time. :)
Another paper steps up and calls for Trump’s resignation:
“The time has come for Republicans to stand up for the Constitution, stand up for America, and tell Trump to step down.”https://t.co/A4FbFIJP13— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) September 30, 2019
re: #167 MsJ
Yeah, except all he has to do is show up, stir up some shit, and leave. His followers will eat it up with a spoon.
Shit, he could have a fucking complete breakdown, heart attack, or stroke on stage and they’d eat it up.
Maybe, but the big problem with that is that those core “followers”, I.e. the red-hat cultists- are a definite (if quite large and cohesive) minority. And pretty much of a personality cult as well. And gaming/abusing the system to maintain power from a minority position has been the Republicans’ SOP for decades. If public opinion shifts just enough that a critical mass of GOPers - and I’m thinking that may be just a dozen or so Senators - see electoral disaster looming on a national or any-but-the-reddest-of-red states level, they’re likely to turn on King Orangeanus in a heartbeat. They will just have give themselves enough time to craft a reasonably-deniable exit strategy.
re: #13 Targetpractice
The biggest obstacle to putting together a coherent defense? They don’t feel he did anything wrong and they can’t articulate that in a way that doesn’t sound like they’re crooked bastards. In their minds, shaking down foreign leaders for “favors” is not only a totally valid form of diplomacy, their base often wonders aloud why we’re not using it to extract way more things from the rest of the world. When you spend all your time in an echo chamber, it can lead to serious confusion when you venture outside and find out nobody thinks the way you do.
Even with that they’d still have to deal with the obstruction, the corruption of the record keeping, the campaign finance violations, the public trust, the oath of office
Oh and everything we knew before last week
Emoluments
Muellers report..more obstruction
Ad infinito
Comes a hero— (////)
“There was overwhelming evidence Russian operatives hacked American computers and defrauded American citizens, and it is only the tip of the iceberg of a comprehensive Russian strategy to influence elections, promote social discord, and undermine America” https://t.co/KrlDFabI8T
— Rod Rosenstein (@RodRosenstein) September 29, 2019
re: #172 Jay C
Maybe, but the big problem with that is that those core “followers”, I.e. the red-hat cultists- are a definite (if quite large and cohesive) minority. And pretty much of a personality cult as well. And gaming/abusing the system to maintain power from a minority position has been the Republicans’ SOP for decades. If public opinion shifts just enough that a critical mass of GOPers - and I’m thinking that may be just a dozen or so Senators - see electoral disaster looming on a national or any-but-the-reddest-of-red states level, they’re likely to turn on King Orangeanus in a heartbeat. They will just have give themselves enough time to craft a reasonably-deniable exit strategy.
I hope you’re right but the elected republicans are not the smartest of people. And, I do honestly believe that there is Kompromat on some of them and those people have to go down with the ship…otherwise they are truly and deeply screwed. You can only scream FAKEGNUS for so long.
re: #162 Egregious Philbin
Seeing a lot of the cultists pushing out the lie about the whistle blower form today, claiming that it was mysteriously “changed” just before this whole affair. It has been debunked, repeatedly….don’t let them continue to spread this lie. Or, just point and laugh, either way…..
Doesn’t matter. The only issue is whether or not what the Whistleblower claims is true.
re: #41 Dr Lizardo
I think it’s probably only gonna be a matter of time (and not much time at that) before the FNC honchos decide to throw Trump under the bus.
I wonder how the FNC Trumpites are going to react? Thinking about Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Hannity of course, Lou Dobbs and whoever else is still in the tank for him.
Will they quit? Will they comply? Things might start getting interesting in the big meeting room.
They’ll twist like pretzels and find a pathway thru
Not something you see every day.
A brief tour of downtown Brisbane…
In a C-17
Some additional tweets with images, and short videos (from above the planes flight path)
In da move ! RAAF C-17 low pass at Brisbane River Fire Air Show
Cc pic.twitter.com/tgHXmPdJyz— Harry Boone (@towersight) September 29, 2019
— monitoring (@warsmonitoring) September 29, 2019
Stonekettle roundly mocking Gingrich, which is all he deserves at this point.
re: #179 makeitstop
Yes and with all of that the late Senator Arlen Spector still voted “Not Proven.” (I know it is recorded as “Not Guilty.)
re: #130 jeffreyw
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Good morning!
You can’t fool me, that’s not morning. The light in the big blue ceilinged room is clearly still off.
re: #108 b.d.
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he must have deleted the previous one (which is illegal too btw)
Probably not. The White House has indicated that they archive Trump’s tweets, my guess probably using RSS to grab them or something. As long as they keep the record he can delete the public tweets all he wants.
re: #179 makeitstop
Stonekettle roundly mocking Gingrich, which is all he deserves at this point.
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Right, Newt: and your impeachment crusade against Bill Clinton was a bipartisan enterprise? With “rules for fairness”? C’mon, man, it was only 1998, you think no one remembers how shit went down?
Sad old clown, indeed….
It’s ranting again.
The Fake News Media wants to stay as far away as possible from the Ukraine and China deals made by the Bidens. A Corrupt Media is so bad for our Country! In actuality, the Media may be even more Corrupt than the Bidens, which is hard to do!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2019
re: #183 Jay C
Republicans couldn’t find anything wrong from Whitewater, so they went on an actual witch hunt to find Monica. The information that led them to it was second-hand, from Linda Tripp. So, yeah, they did everything they’re complaining about now.
re: #184 MsJ
As he as for a couple of years now.
re: #184 MsJ
Keeping trying that misdirect, Donnie. It’s not working but by all means, stick with it.
re: #184 MsJ
It’s ranting again.
He really wants us to bring up the trademarks Ivanka has in China, doesn’t he?
BREAKING: Rep. @MacThornberry has announced he will not seek re-election. #txlege pic.twitter.com/1LD2UPYMmp
— Brittney Cottingham (@bbcott) September 30, 2019
re: #169 makeitstop
Allow me to say what the president won’t: Americans don’t need Russian permission for a goddamn thing.
— Adam Parkhomenko
Americans don’t. Trump probably does.
re: #188 Belafon
Can someone tweet that to him? I hope a few tweeters are pushing back against his stupidity to his face via Twitter.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are having a press conference in Burkman’s driveway tomorrow, this time claiming they’ve been digging up dirt in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/xbZyoWO54s
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) September 30, 2019
re: #192 Belafon
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Let me guess: There will be an ACTUAL pile of dirt in the driveway.
re: #184 MsJ
It’s ranting again.
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BTW, I realize it’s almost certainly just lying bullshit spewed out by our Moron-in-Chief, but what, exactly are the “China deals” “the Bidens” are supposed to have been involved in? I get the Ukraine stuff, mostly (mostly lying BS, but understandable), but Trump keeps babbling about “China” as well? What is/was Joe/Hunter (/Jill?) supposed to have done?
re: #192 Belafon
Should there be US Marshalls at the event to arrest and detain Wohl?
re: #189 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
This is what we’re up against:
So you hope to avoid calling out Trump by blaming everybody?
Trumpers are having a hard time dealing with reality (that Trump is a terrible person and a terrible President.)— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) September 30, 2019
re: #181 John Hughes
You can’t fool me, that’s not morning. The light in the big blue ceilinged room is clearly still off.
To an escaped lab rat, every morning is a good morning. To be fair, he was pretty happy inside the cage insofar as I could tell.
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Guy Fawkes Day, annual celebration of revolutionary psychopath plotting to destroy England, will be observed on November 1. pic.twitter.com/fFEKhFBn0K
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) September 27, 2019
LOL
You know what? Fuck it. Bring a civil war to the coastal cities. I’ve had a baby boomer ask me where Times Square is while they were standing in Times Square. We’ll be fine
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) September 30, 2019
re: #200 makeitstop
lol. That reminds me of a Candid Camera type question.
THORNBERRY told me a few weeks ago he was running for reelection in 2020. It seems something changed recently pic.twitter.com/VdT0ieVbLe
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) September 30, 2019
Remember the mass arrests in DC during Trump’s inauguration day in January 2017? A judge ruled that certain claims in two civil lawsuits filed against the police can move forward. Previously: https://t.co/LF2bTIIH40 pic.twitter.com/WSgiJ0I8ZP
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) September 30, 2019
re: #194 Jay C
BTW, I realize it’s almost certainly just lying bullshit spewed out by our Moron-in-Chief, but what, exactly are the “China deals” “the Bidens” are supposed to have been involved in? I get the Ukraine stuff, mostly (mostly lying BS, but understandable), but Trump keeps babbling about “China” as well? What is/was Joe/Hunter (/Jill?) supposed to have done?
The claim is he flew to China on air force two with his father and secured $1.5 billion in funding from the bank of China fore a private equity firm. It’s from Schweizer’s book, so like most everything from Clinton cash, take it with a grain of salt.
re: #189 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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how many Texas R’s is that now?
(also… do the D’s have a good candidate for that district?)
Whether or not you believe the President’s actions and behavior warrant impeachment, you cannot believe that his actions and behavior merit reelection.https://t.co/DiMvw5v78i
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) September 30, 2019
re: #205 sagehen
how many Texas R’s is that now?
(also… do the D’s have a good candidate for that district?)
Apparently 6
Sixth Texas Republican announces retirement ahead of 2020 election: ‘Time has come for a change’ https://t.co/CgsS1hJZh7
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 30, 2019
I don’t usually weigh in on Trump, but when a president actively threatens whistleblowers, suggesting they are treasonous spies, we’re seeing the attempted development of a police (or mafia) state where political dissent is met with “Big Consequences!” The 25th is called for now. https://t.co/rC8Q1NJlsj
— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) September 30, 2019
re: #204 danarchy
OK: got it, thanks.
The claim is he flew to China on air force two with his father and secured $1.5 billion in funding from the bank of China fore a private equity firm. It’s from Schweizer’s book, so like most everything from Clinton cash, take it with
a grainseveral 55-gallon drums of salt.
re: #205 sagehen
how many Texas R’s is that now?
(also… do the D’s have a good candidate for that district?)
I believe that makes six.
re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth
I agree with Alice. Something has to be done.
re: #208 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Factoid: Mac Thornberry was the last Republican Congressman elected in the Gingrich Wave of 1994 still holding his seat.
And, apparently, getting in on the tail end of the TX GOP exodus. Not sure what this bodes for the D/R chances in next year’s election, but it’s still interesting.
#CivilWarSignup is trending…pretty funny.
re: #205 sagehen
how many Texas R’s is that now?
(also… do the D’s have a good candidate for that district?)
Six
Via Wikipedia, Collins was the first sitting U.S. Representative to endorse Donald Trump for President of the United States, and he served on Trump’s presidential transition team.
His co-defendants – his son and another man – are set to change their pleas Thursday, according to court filings.
— erica orden (@eorden) September 30, 2019
re: #130 jeffreyw
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we got lucky this morning ourselves.
in addition to the usual rabble, this morning we were greeted by 4 spot breasted orioles and one very good sized pileated woodpecker
the orioles generally hang out in some dense trees behind the house - we see them flit from tree to tree. today they came out to the front of the house and hung out for all to see
not bad shots with a phone cam through a window screen
re: #200 makeitstop
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And on the West Coast, there’s about 30K Crips, 20K Bloods, and 100K black military veterans — about 2/3 in the LA basin, 1/3 in the Bay Area. Heavily armed, fearless, experienced in small-unit maneuvers and familiar with traffic patterns. The out-of-state Red Hat invaders will find themselves stuck on the 405 and the 110, unable to move, while the defenders surround them. (even if they take off their hats, they’ll have out-of-state plates and their auto emissions should make them visible)
re: #219 sagehen
And on the West Coast, there’s about 30K Crips, 20K Bloods, and 100K black military veterans — about 2/3 in the LA basin, 1/3 in the Bay Area. Heavily armed, fearless, experienced in small-unit maneuvers and familiar with traffic patterns. The out-of-state Red Hat invaders will find themselves stuck on the 405 and the 110, unable to move, while the defenders surround them. (even if they take off their hats, they’ll have out-of-state plates and their auto emissions should make them visible)
I’m now imagining Crips wearing automobile emission detection goggles going from car to car.
re: #134 Anymouse 🌹🎃
You’d think at some point, if only to save their own careers, they’d dump this fool.
Peter Wehner: …”As the psychologist I spoke to put it to me, many Republicans ‘are nearly unrecognizable versions of themselves pre-Trump. At this stage it’s less about defending Trump; they are defending their own defense of Trump.’”
“‘At this point,’ this person went on, ‘condemnation of Trump is condemnation of themselves. They’ve let too much go by to try and assert moral high ground now. Calling out another is one thing; calling out yourself is quite another.’”
and
Rory Cooper: If we Republicans cannot condemn Trump, we’re screwed.
re: #219 sagehen
The out-of-state Red Hat invaders will find themselves stuck on the 405 and the 110, unable to move,
The 405 and the 110? Good plan, but in fairness, the “defenders” will likely be just as stuck….
re: #218 DangerMan
Pileated woodpeckers are the most awesomest birds.
Trump is panicking tonight and tweeting about “civil war” if he’s removed from office. It tells us one very important, immediate thing: He’s not convinced McConnell’s Senate won’t vote to convict him.
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) September 30, 2019
For every single person who says Kamala Harris would be a great AG I’m going to say Elizabeth Warren would make a great Secretary of Treasury.
— Somebody (@sogreat1989) September 30, 2019
I just finished looking up where I am going to take Election Day lessons. Normally it is a mile from my house at Northeast High School. I think because of the new equipment they have it at a vocational school.
re: #223 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Pileated woodpeckers are the most awesomest birds.
Not when they are pecking on the trim on your house.
Source which also has good ones, like “Virus rights activist”…
re: #162 Egregious Philbin
Seeing a lot of the cultists pushing out the lie about the whistle blower form today, claiming that it was mysteriously “changed” just before this whole affair. It has been debunked, repeatedly….don’t let them continue to spread this lie. Or, just point and laugh, either way…..
doesnt matter
doesnt matter doesnt matter doesnt matter doesnt matter doesnt matter doesnt matter!
the information is out now. how it got out doesnt matter
what matters is whether it’s true
there is no relevant system of rules of evidence or procedure
re: #222 Jay C
The 405 and the 110? Good plan, but in fairness, the “defenders” will likely be just as stuck….
They’re on skateboards.
re: #176 Patricia Kayden
Doesn’t matter. The only issue is whether or not what the Whistleblower claims is true.
gmta
you said it with less ‘doesnt matter’s
re: #230 garzooma
Old fashioned but it works.
re: #218 DangerMan
we got lucky this morning ourselves.
in addition to the usual rabble, this morning we were greeted by 4 spot breasted orioles and one very good sized pileated woodpecker
the orioles generally hang out in some dense trees behind the house - we see them flit from tree to tree. today they came out to the front of the house and hung out for all to see
not bad shots with a phone cam through a window screen
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We get the (very) occasional pileated woodpecker but never any of those orioles. Nice!
Give ‘em the old flimflam flummox.
Fool an’ fracture ‘em!
How can they hear the truth above the roar?
Give ‘em the old three-ring circus.
Stun and stagger ‘em.
When you’re in trouble, go into your dance: pic.twitter.com/s47ue2Ze8f— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) September 30, 2019
re: #192 Belafon
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are having a press conference in Burkman’s driveway tomorrow, this time claiming they’ve been digging up dirt in Ukraine.
all you need to know
re: #221 DangerMan
Bingo!
Peter Wehner: …”As the psychologist I spoke to put it to me, many Republicans ‘are nearly unrecognizable versions of themselves pre-Trump. At this stage it’s less about defending Trump; they are defending their own defense of Trump.’”
“‘At this point,’ this person went on, ‘condemnation of Trump is condemnation of themselves. They’ve let too much go by to try and assert moral high ground now. Calling out another is one thing; calling out yourself is quite another.’”
It’s what I’ve thought for a long time now: unfit, incompetent crook as Donald Trump may be, all too many of his nominal “supporters” (outside of the Crazy-27% nut base), may hate him, but will still support/contribute/vote for him if for no other reason that they will be constantly barraged with RW media propaganda to convince them that being anti-Trump/pro-impeachment will mean “the librulz [will] own them”.
re: #235 Joe Bacon 🌹
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How do you illegally make up a statement? Arrest for treason? Uh no you fascist fuck.
Them #CivilWar2 memes are getting dark and dank *fast*! pic.twitter.com/u7FardpXvm
— KF (@d0tslash) September 30, 2019
Trumps tweets as usual make no goddamn sense.
I’ll bring paper plates. There are never enough paper plates.#CivilWarSignup
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 30, 2019
re: #239 sagehen
Real Americans are the ones who Get Out The Vote and serve on Election Day Boards.
Hundreds more black people were arrested; some were forced to dig mass graves for their murdered neighbors. The massacre led to a mass exodus of black Phillips County residents worried it would happen again.
— Olivia Paschal (@oliviacpaschal) September 30, 2019
These crosses at the Elaine Legacy Center memorialize the known dead; the photo on the right is of the Elaine Twelve. There are still hundreds of victims whose names remain, thus far, lost. pic.twitter.com/Cq8myDkbqy
— Olivia Paschal (@oliviacpaschal) September 30, 2019
re: #206 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Jeff Flake:Whether or not you believe the President’s actions and behavior warrant impeachment, you cannot believe that his actions and behavior merit reelection
sorry jeff
if you dont believe the President’s actions and behavior warrant impeachment, you can easily believe that his actions and behavior merit reelection
and further, knowing what i know about red hats
even believing the President’s actions and behavior warrant impeachment, they can still easily believe that his actions and behavior merit reelection
there’s even a mechanism for that (but they probably dont know it). senate does in fact vote to impeach/convict, but does not vote that he can never again hold federal office. (the reverse is also true and even possible - no impeachment but he can never hold another office - ie let him ride out the meager rest of his one term)
re: #223 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Pileated woodpeckers are the most awesomest birds.
i like to call them pixelated (from gary cooper / mr deeds goes to town)
mrs dm rolls her eyes
re: #238 HappyWarrior
How do you illegally make up a statement? Arrest for treason? Uh no you fascist fuck.
And if I were Adam Schiff, I’d tweet right back something like:
Arrest for Treason?
No, Mr. President, we are going to remove you legally, via impeachment.
If Brexit was a cat…
(Video @savannah_moon_)pic.twitter.com/qVTetDEqzE— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) September 30, 2019
I suspect the original poster knows that this is a protest against Isis from 2017https://t.co/MGtVCYLYmJ
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) September 29, 2019
Larry, @KTHopkins wouldn’t know the truth if it rose up and bit her on the arse.
— Paul Kemp (@59kemppaul) September 29, 2019
re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth
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There’s fake news all right and the right are the biggest spreaders of it.
re: #227 danarchy
Not when they are pecking on the trim on your house.
the everyday ones around here love to jackhammer on the rain gutters
doesnt do any damage
makes a hell of an echoing racket in the house
some figure it out. some dont
Trump is a mess today!!!
There is no sound on
this short clip,
what do you notice? pic.twitter.com/33Vu9FqWXc— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) September 30, 2019
re: #138 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
He’s a bit manic this morning
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Well, you can’t just quit a raging adderall habit overnight.
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is he….is he falling asleep WHILE standing up?
Here’s Mitch McConnell on CNBC saying that if the House passes articles of impeachment, “under the Senate rules we’re required to take it up … I would have no choice but to take it up. How long we’re on it is a whole different matter.” pic.twitter.com/lTVQHZrGxS
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2019
Joke’s on Flake.
They don’t have any principles. https://t.co/7YUSHO8lyB— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) September 30, 2019
re: #206 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Too bad you didn’t do more when you could have, flake.
He’s technically correct.
— Bryan A. Ellis (@slntknght) September 30, 2019
re: #263 GlutenFreeJesus
Too bad you didn’t do more when you could have, flake.
Not exactly a profile in courage is he?
Speaking at the welcome ceremony for his new Joint Chiefs chairman, Trump just boasted of the time he, “believe it or not,” got “a big award from the Marines.” The award was from the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, a charitable organization, not the Marines itself.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 30, 2019
This is Stella. She’s a superhero. You can tell because of the cape. Main power is a cute sneeze. 14/10 definitely saved me pic.twitter.com/F1IlGm1Cft
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) September 30, 2019
He’ll claim next he was raised by his single anthropologist mother after his dad went back to Kenya.//
Ah, the Please Don’t Put Me In Jail move. An effort to convince House and Senate investigators that he’s not _really_ part of the Trump Ukraine/Russia scheme, no matter how much evidence Rudy might have to the contrary. https://t.co/vRyvRXPHui
— Hunter (@HunterDK) September 30, 2019
When you know you’re not allowed in the baby’s room but didn’t know they’d installed a security camera.
📹: Imgur user IncandescentlyHappy pic.twitter.com/hy29wKfjVD— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) September 30, 2019
Ukraine’s president fires head of national security council: decree https://t.co/vgptoOfCIk pic.twitter.com/JcuheyIkoG
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 30, 2019
re: #205 sagehen
how many Texas R’s is that now?
(also… do the D’s have a good candidate for that district?)
It’s Amarillo. The chance of a Demoncrat getting elected in Texas District-13 is somewhere between none and winning a Powerball jackpot.
re: #274 austin_blue
It’s Amarillo. The chance of a Demoncrat getting elected in Texas District-13 is somewhere between none and winning a Powerball jackpot.
Now, now. Don’t go turning into one of THEM.
:P
re: #140 makeitstop
He lives on stress. Stress is oxygen to him.
Serendipity. I was clearing some brush and saw this Mariposa Lily had been cut. Took the seeds home and placed them in the window. The seeds popped out after a few days. For some reason, I saw lifeboats from a stricken ship. Returned the seeds back to the area from where they came. Perhaps one will germinate and send a bloom up into the world - thus completing the cycle.
The crazier it gets - the more important it is to dive into the mysteries of Nature. I took this on my kitchen table with a macro lens and natural light.
This is lovely. <3
In this beautiful way, a Palestinian teacher receives her students at a children’s educational institution.⚘❤😍🇵🇸✌🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/oWaZHkvs35
— ✌️🇵🇸✌️Mohammed pal (@hamada_najar) September 28, 2019
Shanah Tova to those celebrating #RoshHashanah today! 🍎🍯
This Hebrew Bible bears the signature of David ha-Kohen Coutinh[o], who penned his name in its pages on Rosh Hashanah in 1366.
👉 See it on view at The #MetCloisters in Gallery 14 or online at https://t.co/r9YJzWGHZc. pic.twitter.com/9XctKytXJk— The Met (@metmuseum) September 30, 2019
The president is a corrupt human tornado.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 30, 2019
re: #278 plansbandc
That is precious. Thanks for cheering me up. :)
re: #260 HappyWarrior
He’ll make it a farce.
1. Democrats in the House will do their part.
2. If the Senate doesn’t, then we run on that. But Democrats did their part.
But my emails. (Thank you.)
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 30, 2019
Ways And Means Mulling Release Of Trump Tax Whistleblower Complaint
Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) said on Friday that he has consulted House attorneys about releasing the complaint, which his committee received in July. Bloomberg first reported the remarks on Friday.
The complaint purportedly comes from a federal employee and focuses on allegations of impropriety in the Internal Revenue Service’s mandatory audit of Trump’s tax returns.
re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is beautiful.
How does Eric trump not see the irony here? pic.twitter.com/jxD94hSase
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) September 30, 2019
Eric Trump’s “charity?” Is that the one that was shut down after it was sued by the state of NY for “persistently illegal conduct,” including diverting money for kids with cancer into the Trumps’ own pockets? Yeah, that charity. https://t.co/Yc8mjaCkI3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 30, 2019
Jeff Flake: Fellow Republicans, there’s still time to save your souls https://t.co/KDeNDjJg49 pic.twitter.com/n40FAWpHYg
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 30, 2019
AND YOU’RE SURPRISED???
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 30, 2019
re: #290 Backwoods_Sleuth
I hate to ask, because it’s a limitation of my browser, but what is Dale replying to? I can’t see the source tweet.
“Ex-Senator Lindsey Graham” has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? https://t.co/bLusGrVIGd
— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) September 30, 2019
re: #291 Belafon
I hate to ask, because it’s a limitation of my browser, but what is Dale replying to? I can’t see the source tweet.
One of the detestable but somewhat amusing things about this website: If you tweet one thing about X, dozens of people people say “WELL WHAT ABOUT Y?” or “WHY DIDN’T YOU TWEET ABOUT Y?” or “YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT Y!” Even if you have tweeted about Y 500 times before.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 30, 2019
Well, whaddayaknow. The first congressman to endorse Trump is a criminal. What are the odds? https://t.co/CfszRq3O7T
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 30, 2019
re: #291 Belafon
I hate to ask, because it’s a limitation of my browser, but what is Dale replying to? I can’t see the source tweet.
Josh Dawsey:
One of the detestable but somewhat amusing things about this website: If you tweet one thing about X, dozens of people people say “WELL WHAT ABOUT Y?” or “WHY DIDN’T YOU TWEET ABOUT Y?” or “YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT Y!” Even if you have tweeted about Y 500 times before.
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wow. I had never heard of that massacre before. Man, the American past is so bloody racist. Just horrific.
Right wing graft… in Northern Ireland, associated with the DUP… who uphold Johnson’s coalition in Parliament btw:
A RACIST pipe-bomber has been awarded a lucrative contract to run a restaurant at a golf club owned by a council on which his DUP father serves as mayor.
Sunday Life can reveal that John Smyth Jnr - who was sentenced to eight years for waging a hate campaign against Polish families in Antrim town - is now boss at the Yew Tree Cafe Bistro at Allen Park golf club.
[…]
re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth
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An ‘Eksh-Shenator?’
Rudy must have gotten his dentures at the same place Trump got his. :)
Jests concerning homo-sexual sodomy and oral pleasures form only part of repertoire of United States television clown Mike Huckabee.
Main act is child-friendly. https://t.co/7CYhqRbH5r— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) September 30, 2019
The new right wing excuse for getting caught hanging out with white supremacists: “I was confronting some of the attendees.” https://t.co/gCV5ZYysHl
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 30, 2019
Another Republican Asshole Bites The Dust!
Bye Chris Collins! Jail’s waiting for you!
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received a letter of resignation from Collins on Monday, a senior Democratic aide said. The resignation will be effective when the letter is officially filed at a scheduled House session Tuesday.
The New York congressman is expected to plead guilty to insider-trading charges on Tuesday, following allegations last year that the Republican schemed with his son to avoid significant losses on a biotechnology investment.
re: #304 TedStriker
Uh-huh.
“Actually, I was undercover there, getting proof of their White nationalism, which I was very, very concerned about.”
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re: #301 Skip Intro
Sounds like media former fake governor wingnuts are taking their cue from Drumpf and labeling the whistleblower as having “betrayed” King Trump.
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
“I got a really, really Yuuuge award from the Marines. The real Marines. No many people know that. Believe me.”
/
Oaf Creepers….. MORON LABIA!!!!!
Oaf Creepers Creeping….
Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers militia, is already embracing Trump’s “Civil War” tweet. pic.twitter.com/YyPfBPWxaR
— Nick Martin (@nickmartin) September 30, 2019
re: #309 Dave In Austin
Oaf Creepers….. MORON LABIA!!!!!
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Let him try and then cut and run when the National Guard goes after them!
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wrong. There are always, way too many paper plates, and paper cups. And napkins. Nobody brings any food to these things. That’s the problem.
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re: #238 HappyWarrior
How do you illegally make up a statement? Arrest for treason? Uh no you fascist fuck.
Treason is defined in the U.S. Constitution as criticism of Donald Trump.
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re: #309 Dave In Austin
Oaf Creepers….. MORON LABIA!!!!!
Oaf Creepers Creeping….
The Oaf Keepers “militia”. Is that what they’re calling the Klan now?
re: #315 Sir John Barron
The Oaf Keepers “militia”. Is that what they’re calling the Klan now?
It’s time to blow the dust off of President Grant’s Force Acts and KKK Act.
Round ‘em up and put them out of business!
Does these militia idiots not realize they are no match for the U.S. military?
Like, okay you morons, you got a bunch of AR-15s and tactical gear. Yeah, that’s totally going to help you when we start dropping laser guided bombs on your ass.
re: #311 Joe Bacon 🌹
Let him try and then cut and run when the National Guard goes after them!
When you have to remind the middle of the nite mouth breathers who are having hot political snuff fantasies with AR in hand.
Regardless how you feel, IT’S STILL MURDER TO KILL INNOCENTS IN AMERICA (and elsewhere).
re: #314 Joe Bacon 🌹
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re: #312 Sir John Barron
Wrong. There are always, way too many paper plates, and paper cups. And napkins. Nobody brings any food to these things. That’s the problem.
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It’s HOT CIVIL WAR v2.0)!!
The paper plates, cups and napkins ARE the food…..
re: #229 DangerMan
doesnt matter
doesnt matter doesnt matter doesnt matter doesnt matter doesnt matter doesnt matter!the information is out now. how it got out doesnt matter
what matters is whether it’s true
there is no relevant system of rules of evidence or procedure
1. The Whistleblower’s complaint is no big deal, underwhelming, unimpressive.
2. OK, maybe the Whistleblower’s complaint is troubling, but it’s false.
3. OK, not saying the Whistleblower’s complaint is false, but it was done on the wrong form that was illegally changed by former Sec of State Hillary Clinton who should be arrested for treason because of emails.
re: #305 Sir John Barron
“Actually, I was undercover there, getting proof of their White nationalism, which I was very, very concerned about.”
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“Your honor, my client merely found these drugs and was apprehended on his way to the police station to turn them in.”
h/t Cheech and Chong
re: #317 Eclectic Cyborg
Does these militia idiots not realize they are no match for the U.S. military?
Like, okay you morons, you got a bunch of AR-15s and tactical gear. Yeah, that’s totally going to help you when we start dropping laser guided bombs on your ass.
They expect the military to join them.
re: #319 Dave In Austin
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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
