The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump (Day 8): All the President’s Liars
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The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump continues with opening arguments by the President’s defense team.
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i’m tired of this fight.
the answer is thin mints.
i’m not denigrating house samoa.
the cookie has all the elements of top tier goodness, even for the coconut skeptics around us.
but the fact remains-
thin mints withstand the test of time.
literally.
freeze them & be renewed. https://t.co/5rBsa0NM11— fooler initiative (@metroadlib) January 28, 2020
Exclusive from @ErinBanco: key Zelensky aide, in first public comments since impeachment inquiry, says Ukrainian officials were rattled by Trump requests to investigate Bidens, says the one person in the Trump administration he trusted was Bolton. https://t.co/51GwkleCbu
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) January 28, 2020
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Nice timing. This feels like a test nibble just to see how weak Trump really is, the Ukrainians must sense a little blood in the water.
If the Ukrainans start talking… ah, screw it. I can’t predict shit anymore. We’re so far down the wormhole reality is completely fluid.
Dosidos or ya’ll are pineapple on pizza lovin recalcitrants.
From last thread:
re: #337 Citizen K
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[Twitter rip on a stupid NY Times article about “How the GOP became the Party of the left-behind” - focusing on Dayton, OH]
I’m glad somebody else saw this piece of drivel for what it is: I read it this morning , intrigued by the title, and found it as lame a piece of lazy, trite, stereotyped “reportage” as the NYT has ever wasted space on.
Shorter: Working-class Joe in Dayton has serious economic woes, but loves Trump and will reliably vote (R) because reasons. Meanwhile, Dayton itself is more-or-less a “blue” city because other reasons.
I would have expressed my opinion in the comments, but the NYT didn’t enable any for this thumbsucker: no surprise why.
Trump’s defense is arguing essentially that no President can be impeached ever, because reasons Ouija-boarded from the Framers.
A brilliant plan that’ll both broadcast how desperate the White House is to keep the president’s own aides from revealing what they know about this scandal *and* keep the impeachment trial hanging over Trump’s head for months during his re-election campaign.
I say, go for it. https://t.co/Exu7wIU6ep— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) January 28, 2020
re: #9 jaunte
Trump’s defense is arguing essentially that no President can be impeached ever, because reasons Ouija-boarded from the Framers.
That’s it. I’ve been looking for a (X) Constitutional Law precedence.
Ouija Constitutional Law rolls off the tongue pretty well in focus groups.
re: #10 jaunte
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Break out a CGI Ted Koppel and they can do “Truth Held Hostage: Day XXX” every night at 11:30pm.
Did wonders for Carter in 1980.
This is what four more years of Trump looks like. https://t.co/ciEiuCXej1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 28, 2020
Now Philbin is explaining how the transcript — the REAL transcript — is in the secret server. This is after three months of referring to the summary memorandum as “the transcript.”
Amazing.— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 28, 2020
re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m all in on the Thin Mints. We bought their Lemonades this year, so we’ll see how those taste.
WHAT?
This Bolton leak* was a game changer.
boom https://t.co/M5DULdxmY6— Dennis Herring (@dcherring) January 28, 2020
#Philbin saying Lt Col Vindman testified he didn’t think there was malicious intent in deep sixing the 7/25 call. Nor did Morrison: 1. Ignores the crux of the case is what Trump said on the call; 2. Context is constant & blanket #obstruction #ImpeachmentTrial
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) January 28, 2020
re: #15 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
He should be prosecuted for opsec violations and putting those members of the military and their families in harm’s way with his asinine attacks.
Trump continues to enable the very worst sorts of people across the nation and our government. He corrupts everything he touches.
re: #16 jaunte
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Now Philbin is explaining how the transcript — the REAL transcript — is in the secret server. This is after three months of referring to the summary memorandum as “the transcript.”
Amazing.— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 28, 2020
re: #9 jaunte
Trump’s defense is arguing essentially that no President can be impeached ever, because reasons Ouija-boarded from the Framers.
Except for that guy the GOP impeached a few years ago, which was supported by the guy now saying impeachment is unconstitutional.
Two criminals trying to make apartheid for Palestinians permanent. https://t.co/PU9pFTie2Y
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
“An administrative error” to explain hiding the July 25th call on a secure server is a huge piece of nonsense. We still haven’t seen the full call transcript. We only have seen a memo of the call, which we know is incomplete. #impeachment
— JackiSchechner (@JackiSchechner) January 28, 2020
A huge piece of horseshit is what it is.
re: #22 lawhawk
He should be prosecuted for opsec violations and putting those members of the military and their families in harm’s way with his asinine attacks.
Trump continues to enable the very worst sorts of people across the nation and our government. He corrupts everything he touches.
What movie or TV show did i see where they recalled a retired officer just to court martial him
re: #27 jaunte
Like the missing seventeen minutes from the Nixon tapes.
re: #29 Ace Rothstein
Back when it was “secretarial error.”
Sekulow claims that John Bolton’s memoir, based on his meticulous notes, is an “unsourced manuscript.”
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 28, 2020
re: #30 jaunte
Like the missing seventeen minutes secretarial error from the Nixon tapes.
“This witness we’re afraid to hear from would be an unsourced witness.”
re: #29 Ace Rothstein
Like the missing seventeen minutes from the Nixon tapes.
Dude, 18 1/2 minutes!
Yeah this is a load of bs. They insisted that what they provided was the transcript. The people of Ukraine were screwed over by Trump’s power lust and we would have been too if not for the WP.
re: #34 jaunte
“This witness we’re afraid to hear from would be an unsourced witness.”
Meanwhile they can’t present any witnesses that actually back up Trump’s version of events.
re: #36 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah this is a load of bs. They insisted that what they provided was the transcript. The people of Ukraine were screwed over by Trump’s power lust and we would have been too if not for the WP.
Yeah with ellipses in it
And vindman confirming missing parts
believe it or not, the Gaza Strip has been redrawn, by extending it along the US-290 corridor, to enclose 7% of Austin
— Christopher Hooks (@cd_hooks) January 28, 2020
This is the most fucked up shit I’ve ever seen from the U.S. Federal Government.
re: #38 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Yeah with ellipses in it
And vindman confirming missing parts
They knew this wasn’t a real transcript but they presented it as such,
Did I fall into a dimensional vortex and emerge during the impeachment trial of President Robert Mueller and Vice President James @Comey?
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) January 28, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu…….
Speak you me of Corruption one more time Ted. pic.twitter.com/ZaGBcFr2J1— And the Wind Cries “We Have All the Documents!!” (@DaveoutofAustin) January 28, 2020
re: #44 Dave In Austin
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Then do it without threatening to withhold aid. Stop being a gaslighting coward, Ted.
Regret the error: Johnson’s initial, emphatic remarks about wanting to hear Amb. Bolton suggested a call for testimony that the senator ultimately walked back a short time later.
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 28, 2020
Cowards all
Because they know the truth coming out will sink them
Allow a cover up and you become a part of it
Yeah it’s totally normal to extort countries to investigate corruption. Wonder how Ted would feel about Ukraine investigating him.
re: #46 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
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Cowards all
Because they know the truth coming out will sink them
Allow a cover up and you become a part of it
Stop making us have to hold Trump accountable because we may have to face him and the cult we helped create!
Put a top hat and monocle on Jay Sekulow and he’d be a dead ringer for The Penguin.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
re: #42 jaunte
And President Joe Biden and Vice President Son of Joe Biden.
re: #45 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Then do it without threatening to withhold aid. Stop being a gaslighting coward, Ted.
Do it through channels
With a paper trail
And allow congressional oversight
re: #44 Dave In Austin
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There are methods of investigating such corruption, Ted. Methods that are not only entirely legal, but far more effective than backdoor extortion of our allies. But we know the Repub hatred of federal institutions and international cooperation, preferring to instead operate this nation as a thugocracy.
re: #51 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Do it through channels
With a paper trail
And allow congressional oversight
Exactly. And why bring Rudy into it?
I’ve been thinking of a Titanic analogy for Trumps impeachment.
It’s like the Democrats felt the iceberg hit, went below decks, surveyed the impact zone, asked the engineers for details of what happened, surveyed the passengers to see what they thought and wrote everything down in explicit detail…only to take it to Captain Smith of the GOP on the bridge whereupon he and his officers accused the Democrats of lying while maintaining the ship never actually hit anything…despite the now noticeable list of her bow.
“I’m not going to go through a detail by detail analysis of the facts.” LOL! Yeah, better not do that, Jay. https://t.co/KiC8zjiPs6 pic.twitter.com/Qp5ER5VJQW
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
re: #46 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
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Cowards all
Because they know the truth coming out will sink them
Allow a cover up and you become a part of it
Sorry this here was the money quote
To sum up, Senator Johnson emphatically, even passionately, wants to hear Bolton’s side of the story—just not through the constitutional mechanism available for it at this time.
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 28, 2020
re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve been thinking of a Titanic analogy for Trumps impeachment.
It’s like the Democrats felt the iceberg hit, went below decks, surveyed the impact zone, asked the engineers for details of what happened, surveyed the passengers to see what they thought and wrote everything down in explicit detail…only to take it to Captain Smith of the GOP on the bridge whereupon he and his officers accused the Democrats of lying while maintaining the ship never actually hit anything…despite the now noticeable list of her bow.
That’s not the cold waters of the Atlantic, it’s from my bath.
Matt Gaetz knew how bad their defense was gonna be iirc. And he voiced as such. Well Matt, the shitbrain you’ve attached your career to isn’t smart.
re: #32 jaunte
And it was perfectly OK for POTUS to withhold Ukraine aid anyway because Investigations of POTUS opponents is a valid and constitutional and not ILLEGAL reason to withhold aid
re: #57 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Sorry this here was the money quote
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IOW, Johnson doesn’t really give a flying fuck what Bolton has to say, he’s just saying aloud whatever he thinks the rubes will believe in order to make the sham easier to accept.
re: #54 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Exactly. And why bring Rudy into it?
Instead of calling the FBI trump called Rudy Lev and Igor
Didn’t you say that yesterday?
re: #57 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Sorry this here was the money quote
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Wisconsin, how the fuck do you pass up Feingold twice for this dime store McCarthy?
Hmmm.
update: my attempt to open Giuliani’s website last week seems to have left my desktop computer with a persistent “spoofing” virus that’s requiring many days and multiple IT Department interventions to fix. I am not joking. https://t.co/BYyTbsztnP
— Laura Nahmias (@nahmias) January 28, 2020
re: #57 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Sorry this here was the money quote
Too bad Senator Johnson isn’t a U.S. Senator or hold a similar position of authority within a U.S. federal government.
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re: #63 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Instead of calling the FBI trump called Rudy Lev and Igor
Didn’t you say that yesterday?
I think so. No respect for separation of powers and agencies.
re: #61 Targetpractice
IOW, Johnson doesn’t really give a flying fuck what Bolton has to say, he’s just saying aloud whatever he thinks the rubes will believe in order to make the sham easier to accept.
..is what they’re all doing
re: #65 Charles Johnson
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But Rudy knows cyber, Charles. He’s the best to run an anti cyber warfare task force because he once got spyware looking at incest porn on Pornhub!
Again, we’re left with the impression that Senate Repubs figured once they got past the “acquittal,” then any new info could be met with a shrug and even a sneer that the blame for that not coming to the nation’s attention lay with the House Dems.
“Unsourced manuscripts”
The source (the man who wrote the manuscript) is JOHN BOLTON.— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) January 28, 2020
Sekulow: “You cannot impeach a president on an unsourced allegation.”
Okay, then let’s bring in Bolton and look at his notes. #ImpeachmentTrial— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 28, 2020
“Unsourced allegation” … again Sekulow acting like Bolton’s book doesn’t have an author.
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) January 28, 2020
re: #70 Targetpractice
Again, we’re left with the impression that Senate Repubs figured once they got past the “acquittal,” then any new info could be met with a shrug and even a sneer that the blame for that not coming to the nation’s attention lay with the House Dems.
EXONERATED!
Barr didn’t want the wider Jewish community involved, let alone local leaders or politicians.
He’s pushing this partisan hackery all while Trump’s statements enable more violence via stochastic terrorism.https://t.co/pp5vxZyN7n— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 28, 2020
Of course Jordan rejects this ludicrous “peace plan.” https://t.co/4mYinbrR8v
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
re: #70 Targetpractice
Again, we’re left with the impression that Senate Repubs figured once they got past the “acquittal,” then any new info could be met with a shrug and even a sneer that the blame for that not coming to the nation’s attention lay with the House Dems.
They totally underestimated how serious this is.
I used to listen to Sekulow’s call-in show on the way home from work before he became a Trump toady. It was non-stop Haterade on Obama, where Sekulow regularly called for Obama (and Hillary’s) impeachment because reasons (mostly because of the gays and the scary mooslims). He is a real piece of work.
Absolutely right.
But they never will. That’s become very, very clear. https://t.co/IF1BaGvSPN— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
re: #72 Sir John Barron
EXONERATED!
Ayep.
“He was tried! He was acquitted! Get over it!”
Or, we’d get the “moderate” version:
“It would have been nice to see this weeks/months ago, but Dems ‘rushed’ the impeachment and so my hands were tied!”
re: #82 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Shhhhh
Don’t worry. No one ever listens to me not even me.
re: #81 Scottish Dragon
I really need to begin watching this season of DW
re: #80 Targetpractice
Ayep.
“He was tried! He was acquitted! Get over it!”
Or, we’d get the “moderate” version:
“It would have been nice to see this weeks/months ago, but Dems ‘rushed’ the impeachment and so my hands were tied!”
While the subpoena cases are still in court and not nearly settled
The house managers addressed this very point
The r’s were probably playing with their spinners
God I know this sounds redundant since all of us knew this four years ago during the campaign but we know he was a corrupt and power lusting asshole. We knew it. We warned those we knew and so many didn’t listen.
Make no mistake.@UtahSenateGOP are trying to save their jobs.
They passed an extremely regressive tax bill a couple months ago, so unpopular it was going to set a record for time to referendum.
Maybe don’t cut taxes on the richest and raise sales taxes on food next time? https://t.co/rwQ7uJcSAv— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) January 28, 2020
re: #85 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
While the subpoena cases are still in court and not nearly settled
The house managers addressed this very pointThe r’s were probably playing with their spinners
Too bad checkmate libtards!
POTUS should not be impeached anyway so Shutup reasons
Peak Trump. https://t.co/0kCcQ4BwMn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
re: #76 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
They totally underestimated how serious this is.
No, I think they have, and still do. They just don’t care.
AFAICT, to the Senate GOP, the whole impeachment affair is just another piece of political theater: a show conducted mainly for themselves and their “base”; and their main piss-off seems to be that reality doesn’t seem to be following their script.
Harsh but fair….
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@mandalorchick) January 28, 2020
Aand we’re off to the landing point!
re: #87 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
This is exactly what my state senator is trying to do now (I put it on the last thread).
He filed a bill to repeal the entire state income tax and property taxes, and replace them with a “consumption tax” (which he insists is not a sales tax).
For the poorest of the poor, the bill would set up a means-testing thingy to exempt them from some of the tax.
He insists that no property taxes and no sales taxes would bring business to Nebraska.
What brought new business to Nebraska? Kansas doing that and destroying its economy.
I’ll be writing a sternly-worded letter to the newspaper later today.
re: #91 Scottish Dragon
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So it’s the plan for a Trump Gaza Plaza, West Bank Resort and Dead Sea Casino!
Just wondering if anyone around Trump had the balls to let him know that this ludicrous “peace plan” is a complete non-starter?
Guessing not. “Yes, sir, yes, this is genius! The Middle East will sing your glories forever!”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
re: #96 Charles Johnson
re: #95 Joe Bacon 🌹
So it’s the plan for a Trump Gaza Plaza, West Bank Resort and Dead Sea Casino!
A floating Dead Sea casino! Make it a Mississippi River paddle boat but with more gold trim!
re: #90 Jay C
No, I think they have, and still do. They just don’t care.
AFAICT, to the Senate GOP, the whole impeachment affair is just another piece of political theater: a show conducted mainly for themselves and their “base”; and their main piss-off seems to be that reality doesn’t seem to be following their script.
Mitch McConnell has gotta be the worst week of his life right now. He put together this entire farce in what he likely believed was total cooperation from the WH, setting it up in a way to avoid any votes that would put his caucus at odds with The Don. And since last week, he’s been patting the “moderates” on the back and assuring them that if they could just get through til the end of this week, it would all be over and they’d no longer have impeachment hanging over their heads.
Then Sunday happened…and his entire plan went to shit. The WH had been lying to him for weeks, sitting on info that he now realizes means that vote in 1-2 days on witnesses went from “relatively painless” to “career-ending.” And now those “moderates” and even some of the reliable votes are screaming in his ear, demanding to know whether he knew Trump was lying to them. And the cherry atop this shitcake is that WH is just plowing forward like they don’t give a shit, they want this over and expect the Senate to make it happen.
re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Haven taken those jobs from Kansas, it’s only neighborly that Nebraska gives them back.
re: #100 Targetpractice
Then Sunday happened…and his entire plan went to shit. The WH had been lying to him for weeks, sitting on info that he now realizes means that vote in 1-2 days on witnesses went from “relatively painless” to “career-ending.” And now those “moderates” and even some of the reliable votes are screaming in his ear, demanding to know whether he knew Trump was lying to them. And the cherry atop this shitcake is that WH is just plowing forward like they don’t give a shit, they want this over and expect the Senate to make it happen.
This is it right here. Trump has made it abundantly clear he expects the Senate to back him up NO MATTER WHAT.
re: #95 Joe Bacon 🌹
So it’s the plan for a Trump Gaza Plaza, West Bank Resort and Dead Sea Casino!
In a case of life imitating art, I’m now watching for the second time this week an arrogant, self-obsessed real-estate mogul who’s way over-leveraged trying to sell investors on a gaudy theme park situated in the Holy Land.
For those who are wondering, the movie’s named For Richer Or Poorer. Bonus points, the Trump expy is played by Tim “Hollywood’s So Biased Against Me!” Allen.
re: #101 Weaselone
Haven taken those jobs from Kansas, it’s only neighborly that Nebraska gives them back.
We just borrowed them. /s
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— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch_ALM) January 28, 2020
They’re making the settlements permanent.
Wasting no time. https://t.co/r55xQjKeJG
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
BREAKING: Just hours before he was set to meet Trump for the unveiling of the U.S. administration’s long-anticipated Middle East plan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been formally indicted on corruption charges. https://t.co/oFQwlcDIa6
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) January 28, 2020
Then it isn’t a peace plan.
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@mandalorchick) January 28, 2020
re: #105 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
“Those aren’t serious injuries, not from what I’ve seen.” Trump, definitely.
Netanyahu doesn’t give a shit, apparently. https://t.co/GquGhwrZCX
— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) January 28, 2020
re: #106 Charles Johnson
They’re making the settlements permanent.
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Because the best way to move a peace process forward…is to declare that your annexation of your neighbor’s land is permanent and it will not be part of any negotiated settlement.
re: #106 Charles Johnson
They’re making the settlements permanent.
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The illegal land grab will keep right on going.
So at what point does the United States have to stop kissing Israel’s ass on all this stuff?
re: #108 Scottish Dragon
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So basically it’s a “peace plan” in the post-WWI colonial sense: The major nations agree on the lines and the terms, while the natives are told “take it or leave it.”
Because that has led to nothing but stability and friendship in the region for decades.//////
All these gelded Republicans must be aware that MUCH more info about Trump’s crimes will be coming out. It’s inevitable now. They’re riding a tiger that’s eventually going to turn on them and tear them apart. https://t.co/hWmaWvnOF7
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
re: #114 Targetpractice
So basically it’s a “peace plan” in the post-WWI colonial sense: The major nations agree on the lines and the terms, while the natives are told “take it or leave it.”
Because that has led to nothing but stability and friendship in the region for decades.//////
A peace plan that cements the preposterous land theft and ignores peace completely since it is premised on the Palestinians not even being party to the agreement.
re: #111 Targetpractice
Because the best way to move a peace process forward…is to declare that your annexation of your neighbor’s land is permanent and it will not be part of any negotiated settlement.
This move ends UN SCR 242/338 and Oslo. Nails in coffin. Iron crosses and wooden stakes in the body. Holy water drowning, and torching the whole thing for good measure.
re: #117 lawhawk
It’s basically saying, Israel won, here’s the peace. You get no piece of what you’ve aspired to and Israel doesn’t have to negotiate.
This is the mindset of a crime boss and crime syndicate, so of course Trump hopes to profit with a golf resort somewhere.
re: #113 Eclectic Cyborg
So at what point does the United States have to stop kissing Israel’s ass on all this stuff?
Another Arab Oil Embargo might do it.
re: #115 Charles Johnson
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They weren’t blindsided in the sense that this info was released, because I don’t believe a single one of them believed that what’s been presented is all there is. No, they were blindsided in that they thought they’d get through the “acquittal” vote this week and then spend the next 10 months repeating the same three words over and over again: “Get over it.”
re: #113 Eclectic Cyborg
1) When Evangelicals STOP being dispensationalists that support Israel simply because they think Israel will kickstart the Rapture.
2) When we get different and better governments here and in Israel.
I support the Jewish people.
I do not support the current Israeli leadership.
re: #118 lawhawk
It’s basically saying, Israel won, here’s the peace. You get no piece of what you’ve aspired to and Israel doesn’t have to negotiate.
This is the mindset of a crime boss and crime syndicate, so of course Trump hopes to profit with a golf resort somewhere.
Ayep, this isn’t a “peace plan,” this is terms of surrender. This is Treaty of Versailles-level humiliation, where the “victors” negotiate between themselves what sort of punishment they’re going to impose upon the “losers.”
re: #122 Eclectic Cyborg
I support the Jewish people.
I do not support the current Israeli leadership.
Quoted for truth.
re: #118 lawhawk
It’s basically saying, Israel won, here’s the peace. You get no piece of what you’ve aspired to and Israel doesn’t have to negotiate.
This is the mindset of a crime boss and crime syndicate, so of course Trump hopes to profit with a golf resort somewhere.
Melian Dialogue
re: #65 Charles Johnson
Hmmm.
People doing serious online research like this should learn how to use some type of virtualization so that they can just delete the running copy and start from a clean instance. Even better, they should run it like a live CD so that everything happens in memory.
Robert Mugabe is smiling from hell.
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@mandalorchick) January 28, 2020
M 7.7 - 125km NNW of Lucea, Jamaica
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re: #128 goddamnedfrank
Aw, damn. That’s quite the shaker.
A 7.7 magnitude #earthquake has occurred in the Caribbean. The epicenter is between Jamaica and Cuba @weathernetwork
— Jaclyn Whittal (@jwhittalTWN) January 28, 2020
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake
Affected countries: The Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Honduras, and Cuba
87 miles from Montego Bay, Jamaica * 2:10 PM
So far no word of a tsunami threat. A quake that size could cause a significant tsunami depending on whether it was a slip-strike fault or a normal or reverse. The latter two would cause water displacement that could lead to a major tsunami, with little time to warn the affected areas.
re: #130 Eclectic Cyborg
Aw, damn. That’s quite the shaker.
It briefly stopped the KSM hearing at Guantanamo apparently. I saw mentioned on twitter.
Dropping spiders on him would be entertaining though.
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@mandalorchick) January 28, 2020
My wife got an interesting phishing E-mail.
It purports to be from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3, the FBI’s reporting service for spam and criminal scams).
Beyond impersonating the FBI and claiming IC3 was found to be “corrupt,” it’s the standard sort of phishing E-mail asking for personal information so you can be paid your share of corrupt funds (1.9 million United States Dollars was the way it was written).
re: #134 Anymouse 🌹🎃
My wife got an interesting phishing E-mail.
It purports to be from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3, the FBI’s reporting service for spam and criminal scams).
Beyond impersonating the FBI and claiming IC3 was found to be “corrupt,” it’s the standard sort of phishing E-mail asking for personal information so you can be paid your share of corrupt funds (1.9 million United States Dollars was the way it was written).
So it’s meant to target Republicans, then?
/
The new head of video strategy for Facebook News spent 12 years as a senior producer for Fox & Friends and later became executive producer for Gretchen Carlson’s and Dana Perino’s weekday afternoon Fox News programs. https://t.co/O0q9V9hfh7 pic.twitter.com/fGo9Epk2jC
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 28, 2020
re: #79 Charles Johnson
That’s all Pompeo really wants, to not have an audience.
Honestly, if Trump were a smarter man, I’d assume the point of this “peace plan” was to get the Palestinians to reject it in order to push forward with the annexation of their land by proclaiming “They were offered peace and rejected it!”
It’s disgusting. The entire room erupted into laughter then applause and Pompeo got a standing O. This is such a disgrace. When is the press going to deal with this head on?
— Joyce Faraone (@factsfaraone) January 28, 2020
Good God.
re: #139 Scottish Dragon
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Good God.
“When is the press going to deal with this head on?”
Never. The answer is never. Because their bosses are selling entertainment, not news.
One problem anti-Bernie forces have in making the electability argument is that their most visible public voices are Never Trump former Republicans & neo-lib Dems. These are the not voices persuadable Sanders-leaning voters will trust.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) January 28, 2020
I’m beginning to resign myself to the distinct possibility that we are going to have a Bernie/Trump match and lose in a 40-10 state wipeout.
And that still wouldn’t shut the Berners up.
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
re: #131 lawhawk
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake
Affected countries: The Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Honduras, and Cuba
87 miles from Montego Bay, Jamaica * 2:10 PMSo far no word of a tsunami threat. A quake that size could cause a significant tsunami depending on whether it was a slip-strike fault or a normal or reverse. The latter two would cause water displacement that could lead to a major tsunami, with little time to warn the affected areas.
I’m telling you, that damn meteor that killed the dinosaurs was a freakin’ egg. And it has hatched a MUTO, which has been tunneling all around the Caribbean, working it’s way to the surface
We’re gonna be needing Godzilla. To bad he won’t qualify for a worker’s Visa now
re: #143 Scottish Dragon
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I’m beginning to resign myself to the distinct possibility that we are going to have a Bernie/Trump match and lose in a 40-10 state wipeout.
And that still wouldn’t shut the Berners up.
It’ll be Hillary’s fault 10 ways from Sunday. Whatever that means.
re: #143 Scottish Dragon
I’m beginning to resign myself to the distinct possibility that we are going to have a Bernie/Trump match and lose in a 40-10 state wipeout.
And that still wouldn’t shut the Berners up.
Dear Jeet, Bernie isn’t a Democrat. Right now. Warren is a Democrat. Yes, she was a Republican, but she’s a Democrat. And neo-liberal is a crap label that means nothing.
I would tweet that, but I’m at work.
re: #143 Scottish Dragon
I’m beginning to resign myself to the distinct possibility that we are going to have a Bernie/Trump match and lose in a 40-10 state wipeout.
And that still wouldn’t shut the Berners up.
I’m not resigning myself because this crap is crap.
re: #40 Eclectic Cyborg
I agree. This whole scenario with Trump is just unbelievable. The GOP is just lying to cover up lies that cover up lies. What the fuck happened to our government. I’m sure this is not what the founding fathers fought for. What a sad perversion of a wonderful idea.
re: #143 Scottish Dragon
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I’m beginning to resign myself to the distinct possibility that we are going to have a Bernie/Trump match and lose in a 40-10 state wipeout.
And that still wouldn’t shut the Berners up.
It is still my assertion that there are more people who want to see Bernie as the Democratic nominee than there are people who actually want him to win…
Read Hussein’s entire thread https://t.co/hp66cW3Gs5
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) January 28, 2020
re: #148 marcusgorillius
I agree. This whole scenario with Trump is just unbelievable. The GOP is just lying to cover up lies that cover up lies. What the fuck happened to our government. I’m sure this is not what the founding fathers fought for. What a sad perversion of a wonderful idea.
People got sick of politicians and politics as usual. A lot of them grew indifferent and apathetic, other grew rabid and voted for the most anti-political candidate out there, who presented himself in the guise of a “successful businessman”.
re: #116 Scottish Dragon
A peace plan that cements the preposterous land theft and ignores peace completely since it is premised on the Palestinians not even being party to the agreement.
also, sets precedent for Russia to keep the Crimea and Dombass.
re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is still my assertion that there are more people who want to see Bernie as the Democratic nominee than there are people who actually want him to win…
I think there is way too much signal interference. It’s feeling too much like ‘04, with the last days heading into Iowa being consumed with talk about how Dean was gonna win big.
re: #135 Eclectic Cyborg
So it’s meant to target Republicans, then?
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She reported it to the real FBI IC3 site. The FBI takes a real dim view of people impersonating them, and I imagine they would take a dimmer view of characterising their anti-spam reporting service as corrupt.
re: #150 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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When I compared it to the Treaty of Versailles, I honestly didn’t realize I was making an accurate comparison. FFS.
re: #136 Barefoot Grin
But I get slammed when I suggest deleting Facebook accounts. /s
Seeing reports of buildings being evacuated in downtown Miami after tremors from 7.7 quake near Jamaica. Our bureau was told to leave building, then about 90 seconds later instructed to stay inside.
Maybe I missed it, but felt nothing.— Morgan Chesky (@BreakingChesky) January 28, 2020
re: #156 Anymouse 🌹🎃
But I get slammed when I suggest deleting Facebook accounts. /s
It had some value for me as a way to connect with family, but it’s not really worth it anymore.
re: #156 Anymouse 🌹🎃
But I get slammed when I suggest deleting Facebook accounts. /s
I deleted mine a few years ago when FB’s toxicity became so clear. I have not missed it an iota.
re: #115 Charles Johnson
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Republicans are immune to pretty much any criminal activity these days because their own constituents ignore horrible behavior and terrible policy in favor of prioritizing the guarantee of white entitlement.
This was confirmed to me once again in a conversation last night with a extended family member who stated he does not care at all about anything pertaining to impeachment. As long as his white upper middle class income station in life is secure, he is voting Republican and backing Trump. Screw everyone else.
re: #150 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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It’s a South African apartheid plan…but manages to be even worse.
Make sure you bring up Gallagher’s actions today and Trump pardoning him to your conservative associates.
re: #161 Florida Panhandler
As long as his white upper middle class income station in life is secure, he is voting Republican and backing Trump. Screw everyone else.
This is why I don’t feel the least bit of guilt when I root for such people to get their just desserts (hopefully before Nov 2020, though I suspect these cultists won’t learn even then).
re: #150 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Clearly designed soley for Trump’s and Bibi’s base; no-one could think this is a serious peace proposal.
A tsunami warning has been issued for Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman Islands after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off the Jamaican coast.
The powerful tremor struck 72 miles (117 km) northwest of the coastal town of Lucea at a depth of around six miles (10 km), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.The International Tsunami Information Center warned that “hazardous tsunami waves” could occur “within 186 miles (300 km) of the epicenter along the coasts of Jamaica… Cayman Islands and Cuba.”
I was right herehttps://t.co/NbHSdr5Pgq
Participating in Kindle Liberty ‘86
Jan. 28 is also my late father’s birthday.
So, pretty hard to forget— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) January 28, 2020
re: #159 Patricia Kayden
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Bonus point for anyone that can include the word “stampede” in something the GOP does that goes haywire XD
re: #160 Ming5000
I deleted mine a few years ago when FB’s toxicity became so clear. I have not missed it an iota.
when you lose a means to get something done, you find another way
re: #162 Scottish Dragon
It’s a South African apartheid plan…
butand manages to be even worse.
CARIBBEAN: 7.7-magnitude earthquake about 77 miles northwest of Lucea, Jamaica, in the Caribbean Sea. There is no tsunami threat to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Source: USGS/PTWC)
— U.S. Emergency Alert (@ENSAlerts) January 28, 2020
re: #163 Belafon
Make sure you bring up Gallagher’s actions today and Trump pardoning him to your conservative associates.
I suspect they’ll only applaud the move because durr hurr tough on terrorists trigger the libz
re: #144 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m telling you, that damn meteor that killed the dinosaurs was a freakin’ egg. And it has hatched a MUTO, which has been tunneling all around the Caribbean, working it’s way to the surface
We’re gonna be needing Godzilla. To bad he won’t qualify for a worker’s Visa now
Map:
earthquake.usgs.gov
re: #143 Scottish Dragon
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I’m beginning to resign myself to the distinct possibility that we are going to have a Bernie/Trump match and lose in a 40-10 state wipeout.
And that still wouldn’t shut the Berners up.
I’m not a Bernie fan, but if he has the sense to campaign on popular stuff, and not radical stuff that won’t pass anyway, I think he can win.
re: #173 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I’m starting to think that 2020 is being directed by Roland Emmerich. What’s next? Extraterrestrial invasion? Supervolcano eruption? Giant meteor?
re: #172 Interesting Times
I suspect they’ll only applaud the move because durr hurr tough on terrorists trigger the libz
Explain that he’s put other SEALS in danger. The conservative guy here at work wasn’t to thrilled with it, and said Gallagher needs to watch what could happen to him.
re: #131 lawhawk
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake
Affected countries: The Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Honduras, and Cuba
87 miles from Montego Bay, Jamaica * 2:10 PMSo far no word of a tsunami threat. A quake that size could cause a significant tsunami depending on whether it was a slip-strike fault or a normal or reverse. The latter two would cause water displacement that could lead to a major tsunami, with little time to warn the affected areas.
The January 28, 2020, M 7.7 earthquake in the Caribbean Sea to the south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica occurred as the result of strike-slip faulting on the plate boundary between the North America and Caribbean tectonic plates. Preliminary focal mechanism solutions for the earthquake indicate slip occurred as the result of left-lateral motion on a steep fault striking towards the east-northeast, or as the result of right-lateral motion on a steep fault striking towards the south-southeast. The fault plane striking approximately east-west is consistent with the orientation of the regional plate boundary; this transform structure is named the Oriente Fault. At the location of this earthquake, the North America plate moves to the west-southwest with respect to the Caribbean plate at a rate of approximately 19 mm/yr.
While commonly plotted as points on maps, earthquakes of this size are more appropriately described as slip over a larger fault area. Strike-slip-faulting events of the size of the January 10, 2018, earthquake are typically about 170x25 km (length x width).
LETS HEAR IT FOR THE RED INK BORROW AND SPEND REPUBLICANS!!!!!
The U.S. government’s budget deficit is projected to reach $1.02 trillion in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, as the federal government continues to spend much more than it collects in tax revenue.
A combination of the 2017 tax cuts and a surge in new spending has pushed the deficit wider.
This year would mark the first time since 2012 that the deficit breached $1 trillion, a threshold that has alarmed some budget experts because deficits typically contract — not expand — during periods of sustained economic growth.
re: #174 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I’m not a Bernie fan, but if he has the sense to campaign on popular stuff, and not radical stuff that won’t pass anyway, I think he can win.
He has decades of crazy shit he has said and done and almost all of it is unknown to the general public. The teen porn fiction from the early 70s. The honeymoon in Moscow. The stuff with the Sandinistas and praising Marxists. Claiming breast cancer is caused by sexual repression.
The GOP is going to make him look utterly insane and they won’t have a hard time doing it.
re: #179 Backwoods_Sleuth
About 4/5 of an inch a year.
The Daily Show has a truck going around the Capitol playing clips of Trump insulting senators sitting in his impeachment trial. pic.twitter.com/a8FGnpFRmm
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) January 28, 2020
re: #180 Joe Bacon 🌹
Party like it’s 2007 again!
Man I’m glad I’m too poor to own stocks. Also glad I don’t owe anyone money.
re: #180 Joe Bacon 🌹
LETS HEAR IT FOR THE RED INK BORROW AND SPEND REPUBLICANS!!!!!
The U.S. government’s budget deficit is projected to reach $1.02 trillion in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, as the federal government continues to spend much more than it collects in tax revenue.
A combination of the 2017 tax cuts and a surge in new spending has pushed the deficit wider.This year would mark the first time since 2012 that the deficit breached $1 trillion, a threshold that has alarmed some budget experts because deficits typically contract — not expand — during periods of sustained economic growth.
Which the Tea Party has no objection to at all. Funny, that.
re: #185 sagehen
Which the Tea Party has no objection to at all. Funny, that.
Why would the Teabaggers object to a deficit enacted by white men?
A South African Christianist making the case that all of the Holy Land has to belong to the Jewish people and nobody else because teh Bible.
Except its not their own sovereign territory. Try again, starting from the beginning.
— Nathan Barnes (@GreenNWhiteGoon) January 28, 2020
re: #180 Joe Bacon 🌹
LETS HEAR IT FOR THE RED INK BORROW AND SPEND REPUBLICANS!!!!!
The U.S. government’s budget deficit is projected to reach $1.02 trillion in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, as the federal government continues to spend much more than it collects in tax revenue.
A combination of the 2017 tax cuts and a surge in new spending has pushed the deficit wider.This year would mark the first time since 2012 that the deficit breached $1 trillion, a threshold that has alarmed some budget experts because deficits typically contract — not expand — during periods of sustained economic growth.
It’s funny, I remember 2012, and I don’t remember Repub responses to trillion dollar deficits being “That’s cool.”
re: #185 sagehen
Which the Tea Party has no objection to at all. Funny, that.
Almost as if the Tea Party’s opinion was coloured by who was President. /s
re: #188 Targetpractice
It’s funny, I remember 2012, and I don’t remember Repub responses to trillion dollar deficits being “That’s cool.”
That’s because a colored person was in the Oval Office.
re: #188 Targetpractice
It’s funny, I remember 2012, and I don’t remember Repub responses to trillion dollar deficits being “That’s cool.”
It’s almost as if they were arguing in bad faith.
#Foxbook is starting to gain traction on Twitter.
Or even better. Live #FacebookSober, and don’t talk to your family.
LOL
The Witch Hunt continues! https://t.co/7zkUnuPlw6
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2020
re: #180 Joe Bacon 🌹
LETS HEAR IT FOR THE RED INK BORROW AND SPEND REPUBLICANS!!!!!
The U.S. government’s budget deficit is projected to reach $1.02 trillion in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, as the federal government continues to spend much more than it collects in tax revenue.
A combination of the 2017 tax cuts and a surge in new spending has pushed the deficit wider.This year would mark the first time since 2012 that the deficit breached $1 trillion, a threshold that has alarmed some budget experts because deficits typically contract — not expand — during periods of sustained economic growth.
And this is why I support the wealth tax. The government has been borrowing money to give to the wealthy. They can pay it back.
Dude is now claiming palestinians can’t have territory because they were never a country in the first place.
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 28, 2020
re: #196 goddamnedfrank
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Don’t think of it as suicide, think of it as chlorinating the gene pool.
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re: #195 Scottish Dragon
Dude is now claiming palestinians can’t have territory because they were never a country in the first place.
So basically his understanding of history goes back no further than 1948.
re: #199 Targetpractice
So basically his understanding of history goes back no further than 1948.
Biblical triumphalism can never fail. It can only be failed.
Kids, seriously, you don’t want to be the sad 68-year-old dude playing dress-up with the youngsters and trying to relive his glory days. Don’t be Michael. https://t.co/ucmUkIHWtF
— Jerry (@js_edit) January 28, 2020
I’d say unfu… but yeah, totally fucking believable.
Welp. twitter investigated the rape threat directed at me and sanctioned the account.
That’s something.
re: #201 goddamnedfrank
LOL
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Their parts as co-conspirators in a cover-up were going so well, then John Bolton had to go and send the WH a manuscript.
re: #196 goddamnedfrank
Since Donald Trump occasionally retweets Qanon nonsense, and he seems to be anti-science when it comes to medicine, he might retweet this MMS crap as well.
re: #185 sagehen
Which the Tea Party has no objection to at all. Funny, that.
It really goes back to why the Tea Party exploded. Obama’s legislative agenda while liberal was not radical economically. It was all about who Obama was. So many Washington Republicans we loathe are products of this- Jim Jordan, Mike Pompeo, Mick Mulvaney, & I’m sure there are others who come to mind. I think we’ll look back at the Tea Party Movement as an ugly reactionary social movement that full circle what Atwater talked about in terms of race and abstraction. Trump himself is a product of this too.
re: #197 Targetpractice
Don’t think of it as suicide, think of it as chlorinating the gene pool.
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“Fat Donny and the Masters of Corruption”
That seems to strike a note with some people.
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL
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It’s nice that his majesty Donald the Great of Mar Al Lago has jesters from the Earldom of Breitbart to entertain him as his heretical foes spread false truths.
re: #209 Dave In Austin
“Fat Donny and the Masters of Corruption”
That seems to strike a note with some people.
Think my Dad saw them in Georgetown in ‘71. /
re: #181 Scottish Dragon
He has decades of crazy shit he has said and done and almost all of it is unknown to the general public. The teen porn fiction from the early 70s. The honeymoon in Moscow. The stuff with the Sandinistas and praising Marxists. Claiming breast cancer is caused by sexual repression.
The GOP is going to make him look utterly insane and they won’t have a hard time doing it.
He’s a:
communist!
marxist!
socialist!
the socialists will never take over america!!!!!
and that’s before breakfast
re: #205 Scottish Dragon
Daaaaaamn.
The bros are already in there trying to justify what the five did because “ThEy WeRe TaLkInG aBoUt HeAlTh CaRe!”
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police cited five people Monday night who refused to leave the Des Moines campaign office for Democrat Joe Biden after demanding to talk to him about health care and his campaign donors.
The five were among about two dozen people who’d entered the building and remained for at least three hours despite requests that they leave, police said. When officers showed up, all but five protesters left. They were arrested on suspicion of criminal trespassing and then released at the scene with summonses to appear in court later, police said.
A news release from the Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund said the five were members of the organization or Iowa Student Action. The two groups were demanding an audience with the former vice president to challenge what they said were his lies about the Medicare for All proposals being advanced by U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, two other candidates remaining in the Iowa caucuses campaign.
(more at USA Today)
Ben Garrison has a very strange brain.
This is real and it is the most insane thing I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/45DTOYS4rM
— Jake Flores (@feraljokes) January 27, 2020
re: #187 Scottish Dragon
A South African Christianist making the case that all of the Holy Land has to belong to the Jewish people and nobody else because teh Bible.
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so whose sovereign territory is what is currently known as the USA?
i mean if you ‘start from the beginning’
Except its not their own sovereign territory. Try again, starting from the beginning.
— Nathan Barnes (@GreenNWhiteGoon) January 28, 2020
re: #190 Joe Bacon 🌹
That’s because a colored person was in the Oval Office.
…and he bailed out the previous white guy and the white guy’s party
My wife is going into town. Y’all will be alone with me. (I cannot walk today after what was apparently a seizure which affected one of my legs.)
JFC
While campaigning in Burlington, Vermont yesterday, Fmr. Mayor Michael Bloomberg met a dog. #Campaign2020 pic.twitter.com/AKAj8nMZhv
— Nicole Sganga (@NicoleSganga) January 28, 2020
A new Quinnipiac poll finds 75% of Americans think that witnesses should be allowed to testify in President Trump’s impeachment trial, while 20% do not.
Support for witness testimony includes 49% of Republicans, 95% of Democrats, and 75% of independents.
re: #220 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
I wonder what the GOP’s internal polling looks like.
re: #215 goddamnedfrank
Ben Garrison has a very strange brain.
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I guess we should be glad that Trump isn’t there consoling Kobe’s widow but maybe that’s Jon McNaughton.
re: #221 Belafon
What’s in the pic?
A picture surprisingly not a racial caricature of Kobe Bryant with a big basketball crying. Oops
re: #221 Belafon
What’s in the pic?
A short video clip of Bloomberg playing with a dog’s snout in what looks like a conference room with a couple suits.
Real Trump followers lie about size, too https://t.co/bcHvdB4OxJ
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 28, 2020
there are now an estimated 13,000 U.S. troops based in Afghanistan. to Trump they’re all just props for campaign ads and photo ops.
the end. https://t.co/lt0pMsdXI0— 𝚋𝚊𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚗 (@TheBaxterBean) January 28, 2020
It’s astounding how people keep wanting to believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that Trump-era Republicans are capable of operating in good faith https://t.co/7Gt8FgGX8w
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 28, 2020
re: #217 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
…and he bailed out the previous white guy and the white guy’s party
THIS.
re: #228 goddamnedfrank
Bloomberg greeting a dog by grabbing its snout and shaking it.
Which the dog appears to accept as an appropriate greeting
A trail of termites (above) and a trail of 🐜 ant (below), both protected by a row of their soldiers in a stand-off ,without fighting.
Credit Mehdi Moussaid pic.twitter.com/flU1JjE7fV— Domenico Calia (@CaliaDomenico) January 28, 2020
re: #222 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I wonder what the GOP’s internal polling looks like.
Are you talking about what Trump sees or the internals? Because I’m pretty sure Trump’s have him at 110% approval and negative bigly who support removal.
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
So, he’s acting like every other Republican in my lifetime.
re: #139 Scottish Dragon
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Wow. Time to picture a new President in that room. We can do this. https://t.co/LDy4UdtJxe
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) January 28, 2020
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
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But you know, how dare Schiff suggest he threatens people. Why, that’s as absurd as berating a reporter and then lying about it and hiding behind a judgmental bible verse as stories come out about how you’re a hot headed asshole who no one likes at Foggy Bottom.
imagine being this proud of having this many despot besties
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) January 28, 2020
.@RepAdamSchiff on the need for John Bolton to testify: “Are we really going to require the country to wait until his book comes out to find out information that Senators could’ve used to make the right decision on conviction or acquittal?” pic.twitter.com/5SPde5qjxP
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) January 28, 2020
re: #215 goddamnedfrank
Ben Garrison has a very strange brain.
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The basketball looks more like Kobe than Garrison’s rendition.
Everyone’s yucking it up about Pompeo’s failed intimidation of an NPR reporter. To me the laughter is out of proportion to anything remotely amusing in the episode itself, or in Trump’s treatment of it. They sound nervous. Too nervous not to laugh. https://t.co/3eZVHDLEau
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 28, 2020
re: #238 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The House Intel Dems social media is excellent. To the point and fast.
Just checking to make sure the Trump tax cuts are still paying for themselves https://t.co/z69sX5LUHq
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) January 28, 2020
re: #241 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
The House Intel Dems social media is excellent. To the point and fast.
Perhaps that social media lesson that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez gave to Democrats was useful.
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
They’re all afraid of being the first to stop clapping not being the one to laugh.
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Nothing will stop the DC Press Corpse from kissing Trump’s ass!
How’d they even Ketchup with him? https://t.co/7H5yuapviN
— Hal Sparks (@HalSparks) January 28, 2020
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
When UT legislators saw the warning signs from the massive tax changes they imposed at the end of last year, they came back and voted to repeal the whole thing - tax cuts, tax hikes on food, all of it. That bill goes to the Governor for his signature (and would face a veto-proof legislature if he vetoed the plan).
Meanwhile, Kansas took a bit longer, but they too had a regressive tax scheme imposed under Brownback, and they ultimately repealed that mess, because state revenues cratered.
Congress wont do anything to stop the tax scam from blowing holes in the debt. That’s GOP fiscal responsibility for you. They don’t care unless a Democrat’s in charge.
Reminder:
- #NepotismBarbie and #NepotismKen had no experience in government
- No experience in anything but swindling and grifting
- “Working” in the White House, they obtained trademarks from China and benefited from laws that helped them make $135 million in a single year https://t.co/92BB81eVr1— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 28, 2020
re: #243 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Perhaps that social media lesson that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez gave to Democrats was useful.
Certainly along with more staff who have experience with it in general. But Schiff is a former federal prosecutor, he wants to be thorough as possible in his case.
re: #113 Eclectic Cyborg
So at what point does the United States have to stop kissing Israel’s ass on all this stuff?
Until Jesus returns. Our foreign policy is “Israel must exist so Jesus can return.”
re: #248 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This from the party whose chairwoman is the niece of its last nominee too. And tons more.
“That is defamation” — Rand Paul wants you to believe Trump’s kids aren’t really profiting off their dad’s presidency, despite foreign governments and businesses pumping money into their properties and the millions spent on security when the president visits them pic.twitter.com/ZGpdygEJyi
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 28, 2020
re: #247 lawhawk
They don’t care if a Democrat’s in charge. Look at what they argued when Clinton actually reached a budget surplus.
re: #247 lawhawk
When UT legislators saw the warning signs from the massive tax changes they imposed at the end of last year, they came back and voted to repeal the whole thing - tax cuts, tax hikes on food, all of it. That bill goes to the Governor for his signature (and would face a veto-proof legislature if he vetoed the plan).
Meanwhile, Kansas took a bit longer, but they too had a regressive tax scheme imposed under Brownback, and they ultimately repealed that mess, because state revenues cratered.
Congress wont do anything to stop the tax scam from blowing holes in the debt. That’s GOP fiscal responsibility for you. They don’t care unless a Democrat’s in charge.
Kansas only repealed it after repeated court challenges for gutting the state education budget, and eventually ousting the GOP in the Govenor’s mansion in the last election. The Brownback subsidiary of Koch Industries did everything he could to delay it.
Now my state senator is introducing a bill even more draconian than Kansas’s.
this is very stupid but also, honestly, its an example of how republicans say “why the fuck not” while democrats talk themselves out of far more possible, popular, practical things https://t.co/VxP5H8TWUL
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 28, 2020
re: #248 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Again, what is the crime associated with Hunter Biden landing a cushy gig on a corporate BOD based on familial connections?
re: #239 makeitstop
The basketball looks more like Kobe than Garrison’s rendition.
I wouldn’t be surprised a bit if that is the best rendition Garrison can do without slipping into racial caricature.
And for those of you who are nominating for the Hugo Awards right now, please consider selecting Mike Resnick’s (RIP) and @stonekettle’s in this antho. Both are, IMO, worthy stories written by deserving people.
— Clayton Hackett (@Hackett) January 28, 2020
re: #257 Mike Lamb
Hunter Biden landed a cushy gig on a corporate BOD based on familial connections.
That’s the crime. That’s it right there. That’s what the GOP wants people to think is the crime.
Let’s just ignore the millions flowing into Trumpworld coffers thanks to emoluments violations, lobbyists and foreign powers puffing up Trump by staying at Trump businesses and touting this to Trump to get him to do what they want.
It’s all a grift.
re: #257 Mike Lamb
Again, what is the crime associated with Hunter Biden landing a cushy gig on a corporate BOD based on familial connections?
His father is a threat to Trump in the election. That’s the crime.
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wow. Time to picture a new President in that room. We can do this. https://t.co/LDy4UdtJxe
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) January 28, 2020
If Palestinian leaders reject this proposal, then Kushner says “they’re going to screw up another opportunity, like they’ve screwed up every other opportunity that they’ve had in their existence.”
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) January 28, 2020
diplomacy…it’s what jared does…
re: #247 lawhawk
When UT legislators saw the warning signs from the massive tax changes they imposed at the end of last year, they came back and voted to repeal the whole thing - tax cuts, tax hikes on food, all of it. That bill goes to the Governor for his signature (and would face a veto-proof legislature if he vetoed the plan).
Meanwhile, Kansas took a bit longer, but they too had a regressive tax scheme imposed under Brownback, and they ultimately repealed that mess, because state revenues cratered.
Congress wont do anything to stop the tax scam from blowing holes in the debt. That’s GOP fiscal responsibility for you. They don’t care unless a Democrat’s in charge.
they’ll blame it on the dem who inherits it
re: #260 lawhawk
Hunter Biden landed a cushy gig on a corporate BOD based on familial connections.
That’s the crime. That’s it right there. That’s what the GOP wants people to think is the crime.
Let’s just ignore the millions flowing into Trumpworld coffers thanks to emoluments violations, lobbyists and foreign powers puffing up Trump by staying at Trump businesses and touting this to Trump to get him to do what they want.
It’s all a grift.
the crime is that years after “Hunter Biden landed a cushy gig on a corporate BOD based on familial connections” his dad started running for president, did well and scared the shit out of trump.
re: #262 Anymouse 🌹🎃
His father is a threat to Trump in the election. That’s the crime.
oh, yes. you first
gmta
Sons of Confederate Veterans are now saying Nathan Bedford Forrest was NOT a KKK GRAND WIZARD.
FACT: He is called one in the TENNESSEE STATE MUSEUM, which also refers to him as one who “terrorized” black people. pic.twitter.com/qXtaIUjUGI— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) January 28, 2020
re: #267 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
oh, yes. you first
gmta
I had to look up the definition of “gmta.” :)
Reporter: Are you concerned about the senators calling you for your testimony and dragging you into this?
.@RepAdamSchiff: “No. I can tell you what my testimony is. He’s guilty and should be removed.”pic.twitter.com/jn7esxLDF8— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) January 28, 2020
Trevor, dying from liver damage and opposed Obamacare, perfectly demos the power of whiteness: “I would rather die. We don’t need any more government in our lives. And in any case, no way I want my tax dollars paying for Mexicans or welfare queens.” https://t.co/Cs0oy4akKf
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) January 28, 2020
rock: allow witnesses. The GOP is almost surely going to let him off anyway, no matter how compelling the testimonies and evidence. responding message would be “He did it. It was proven but the GOP let him off”.
hard place: don’t allow witnesses. The GOP lets him off. Responding message would be “the sham trial was rigged. The GOP are in on the cover-up”. followed by the now inevitable drip, drip, drip of damning information till election day cementing that condoning a cover-up is complicity in it.
re: #274 goddamnedfrank
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Spoken like someone who’s never been to war. Just like his boss. https://t.co/6jxr8rwe1V
— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) January 27, 2020
welp…
New: “We categorically reject this deal,” says Palestinian leader Abbas of Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan, adding “We will not kneel down…Annexation of 30% of our territory is nonsense.”
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 28, 2020
re: #278 Backwoods_Sleuth
welp…
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— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 28, 2020
or the Palestinians:
Well, when you put it like that, GO FUCK YOURSELF!!
ps - i hope this isnt seen as an invitation for someone to get angry and do something foolish
LOL!
Woke up a bit ago to some angry texts from Rudy Giuliani.
He’s pissed Dems aren’t considering calling him as a witness and says “they are afraid of my physical presence.”
“Why do they want Bolton if not me,” he says. “Again I really should stop wasting my time.” #impeachment— Chris Sommerfeldt (@C_Sommerfeldt) January 28, 2020
re: #274 goddamnedfrank
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This is exactly the viewpoint of a large percentage of older people in my family. They would rather die (because they are all going to white Christian Heaven anyway) than see their precious tax dollars go to all those dirty subhumans, gays and atheists.
re: #279 Joe Bacon 🌹
Give that cracker a well deserved Darwin Award!
I honestly think it’s sad. But it really goes to show you how wrong the “economics can fix all” crowd is.
re: #283 Florida Panhandler
This is exactly the viewpoint of a large percentage of older people in my family. They would rather die (because they are all going to white Christian Heaven anyway) than see their precious tax dollars go to all those dirty subhumans, gays and atheists.
I find that so sad.
re: #282 goddamnedfrank
LOL!
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Someone is feeling neglected. I guess he’ll have to do another round of TV hits to make himself feel better.
She does not say she is “leaning towards” acquittal. Not even close. pic.twitter.com/sM6LULrRL7
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) January 28, 2020
re: #283 Florida Panhandler
This is exactly the viewpoint of a large percentage of older people in my family. They would rather die (because they are all going to white Christian Heaven anyway) than see their precious tax dollars go to all those dirty subhumans, gays and atheists.
Just like my family won’t participate in Obamacare because they hate the N-word that much.
Why the fuck did Boxer have to retire instead of DiFi?
“Nine months left to go, the people should judge. We are a republic, we are based on the will of the people — the people should judge,” Feinstein said Tuesday, after the president’s team finished a three-day presentation in his defense. “That was my view and it still is my view.”
Still, she indicated that arguments in the trial about Trump’s character and fitness for office had left her undecided. “What changed my opinion as this went on,” she said, is a realization that “impeachment isn’t about one offense. It’s really about the character and ability and physical and mental fitness of the individual to serve the people, not themselves.”
Asked whether she would ultimately vote to acquit, she demurred, saying, “We’re not finished.”
Chinese scientists freely released the genetic sequence of a coronavirus 10 days after the first reported case, to help researchers worldwide better understand and combat the pathogen. After the disclosure, Purdue University’s Andrew Mesecar instructed his laboratory to analyze the genome, while researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories asked a company to convert the information from a string of letters on a computer screen into DNA for research. The Purdue scientists are about to scale up production of experimental anti-coronavirus drugs, while Northwestern University researchers have ordered the synthesis of about 12 viral genome segments to facilitate development of drugs, vaccines, and rapid diagnosis methods. Rocky Mountain Laboratories’ Michael Letko said, “This is one of the first times we’re getting to see an outbreak of a new virus and have the scientific community sharing their data almost in real time, rather than have to go through the classic route of going through the journals.”
re: #289 goddamnedfrank
Why the fuck did Boxer have to retire instead of DiFi?
We have this provision for a reason.
Final response to all the warm & lovely MAGA messages.
1. I’ll gladly go back to my country if you can pay my mortgage in the Bay Area.
2. Thank you. Smelling like curry means I’m delicious.
3. “You’re an idiot” not “your.”
4. My daughter is a bundle of joy who will live & love.— Wajahat “Some Muslim…I’ve Never Heard Of” Ali (@WajahatAli) January 28, 2020
The Capehart interview with Metzl is really good guys.
re: #274 goddamnedfrank
But he has no problem with the government bailing out banks.
Christ, if any Dems vote to acquit, Trump will never let us hear the end of it.
re: #294 Ace Rothstein
But he has no problem with the government bailing out banks.
Yeah but those people don’t get more affordable health care. Btw- the writer also talks about gun laws and their impact on the suicide rate.
re: #294 Ace Rothstein
But he has no problem with the government bailing out banks.
Because his Pulpit Pimp Preacher says Jesus wants the banks bailed out!
re: #289 goddamnedfrank
Why the fuck did Boxer have to retire instead of DiFi?
I think she’s trying to be clever and “undecided” in the same way that Graham is actively being an idiot and already decided.
re: #298 Belafon
I think she’s trying to be clever and “undecided” in the same way that Graham is actively being an idiot and already decided.
I think so too.
re: #289 goddamnedfrank
Why the fuck did Boxer have to retire instead of DiFi?
I would be beyond pissed if she voted to acquit because we are in an election year. Impeachment power isn’t just for non-election years. Does she not realize the electoral damage it would do if Trump could prance about arguing that he was aqcuitted on a bi-partisan basis (by someone other than Manchin)? And fuck, if the Republicans don’t allow for additional witnesses and evidence, you have to vote for removal just on principle.
Just a juror running TV ads attacking the victims of the same case they a juror on in the middle of the trial, as they do daily in courtrooms around the country… https://t.co/zwKThaDKSa
— Charles #GetCovered-ba (@charles_gaba) January 28, 2020
Man in Court on Marijuana Charges Lights Up a Joint and Tells Judge That Pot Should Be Legalized (goes to Deadstate)
A Tennessee man making a court appearance on a charge of simple possession wound up being arrested Monday after he lit a marijuana cigarette in the courtroom, NBCNews4 reports.
Spencer Boston was called into court to discuss his case before General Sessions Judge Haywood Barry. Then he took the opportunity to tell the judge he believed marijuana should be legalized.
Reaching into his pocket he allegedly pulled out what appeared to be a rolled marijuana cigarette and put it in his mouth. Then he pulled out a book of matches and lit the cigarette. Reports say the cigarette smelled like marijuana.
At that, the courtroom burst into laughter and Spencer was taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduct and possession of a Schedule VI drug.
re: #287 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
The LA Times misunderstood what I said today. Before the trial I said I’d keep an open mind. Now that both sides made their cases, it’s clear the president’s actions were wrong. He withheld vital foreign assistance for personal political gain. That can’t be allowed to stand.
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) January 28, 2020
re: #303 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Okay, phew.
re: #302 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Gotta admit, I’m impressed by the chutzpah there.
re: #303 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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“The decision the Senate must make is whether we hear from John Bolton now – testimony that may well have a determining factor in senators’ consideration of their votes – or if we postpone learning what he has to say until his book comes out in March.” pic.twitter.com/vRwjvEBXeU
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) January 28, 2020
re: #305 Eclectic Cyborg
Gotta admit, I’m impressed by the chutzpah there.
Civil disobedience in action.
moron is delusional
It’s amazing what I’ve done, the most of any President in the first three years (by far), considering that for three years I’ve been under phony political investigations and the Impeachment Hoax! KEEP AMERICA GREAT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2020
re: #302 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Man in Court on Marijuana Charges Lights Up a Joint and Tells Judge That Pot Should Be Legalized (goes to Deadstate)
I have a new hero.
This is Woody. He misplaced his neck several years ago. Life hasn’t been the same since. 14/10 please give him a ring if you find it pic.twitter.com/agBdcE7yF8
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) January 28, 2020
just read him your comment pic.twitter.com/KCC8fm0nLl
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) January 28, 2020
How is impeachment a hoax? He was impeached.
re: #298 Belafon
I think she’s trying to be clever and “undecided” in the same way that Graham is actively being an idiot and already decided.
The quote fucking sucks and she should know better. The “will of the people” and “the people should judge” argument is a goddamned joke in a situation where:
A.) Trump is again actively seeking foreign interference in our elections and,
B.) He lost the popular vote the first time around and only became President because of a unique-in-the-history-of-the-world anti-democratic electoral construct, initially created as a kludge by a bunch of long dead slave owners.
I’m also just kind of tired of any Dem right now who isn’t focusing maximum attention on Republican dishonesty and overt co-conspiracy in Trump’s crimes.
re: #312 Ace Rothstein
How is impeachment a hoax? He was impeached.
I really think as the Parnas tape from Saturday revealed he really does not have a good understanding of what’s going on.
NEIL CAVUTO: If Trump did tell John Bolton that there was a relationship between Biden investigation & aid to the country, that wouldn’t be enough for you want to look into this more?@JohnCornyn: “No … presidents always leverage foreign aid.” pic.twitter.com/VgYM2fHT6i
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 28, 2020
I’m just amazed it took this long to get here https://t.co/PKlZm2YbnE pic.twitter.com/bILaYUtiXc
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) January 28, 2020
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
But not in exchange for getting dirt on their rivals in exchange for national security considerations. But yeah HRC’s emails warranted a circus as did treating her like she murdered the four men at Benghazi.
New: McConnell Says GOP Doesn’t Have Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses
Senate majority leader makes remarks in private Republican meeting https://t.co/DiZJIzCIza— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 28, 2020
Whoa.
Diplomacy, Trump style. https://t.co/8YwVQ294LD
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
Kentucky: “Hold my beer.” https://t.co/Eca7nb7Cff
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) January 28, 2020
A trans woman in Texas started receiving death threats in 2017. The threats escalated until one day she discovered someone had killed her cat and cut it in half.
She responded by painting her house in rainbow flag colours, saying she was inspired by the Equality House across the street from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kans.
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re: #319 Charles Johnson
Fuck that smug, plastic, silver spoon motherfucker.
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I know there will be a time in the not too distant future where this, and many other clips from Republicans, will be played again in order to show the GOP’s breathtaking hypocrisy…but it won’t fucking matter because the GOP has no sense of shame.
The Crockett family and life on the #Brexit frontier: “I have no idea what I would class myself as. I have no idea whether I’m Irish, British, European. Any time anyone asks me where I’m from, I just say, the Border.” https://t.co/kQ85XMtcQA
— Freya McClements (@freyamcc) January 28, 2020
re: #324 Mike Lamb
I know there will be a time in the not too distant future where this, and many other clips from Republicans, will be played again in order to show the GOP’s breathtaking hypocrisy…but it won’t fucking matter because the GOP has no sense of shame.
They’ll be attacking President A for the Trump debt and cleaning up Trump’s alienation of allies. Expect whining about another apology tour.
re: #319 Charles Johnson
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What a naive dipshit. Just more no-nothing bullshit married to a pro-Zionist bias.
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Better off in the ROI over Britain. Makes sense, Ireland’s a lot more liberal than Britain is at the moment.
“GOP” = Gelded Obsequious Pawns.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 28, 2020
Just dripping with contempt, not even the slightest pretense of being a fair or honest arbiter https://t.co/ZFMFnOiQNj
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 28, 2020
I’m really part of the Deep State Illuminati cabal now.
The Council on Foreign Relations just sent me my tote bag in the mail.
re: #331 goddamnedfrank
Restore Alcatraz and send Jared, Ivanka and Shithead there!
There are only two things I know for sure about the current Congress: when Nancy Pelosi says she has the votes, she does. When Mitch McConnell says he doesn’t have the votes, he doesn’t. pic.twitter.com/zACVmkvUFB
— Brosephine Wires (@JoParkerBear) January 28, 2020
re: #331 goddamnedfrank
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That’s also what struck me. The implicit “othering” of the Palestinians and the “You’ll take these scraps and like it” approach.
(I will also laugh my ass off, in a morbid way, when the Knesset votes to permanently annex those lands based on the “proposal” this weekend.).
re: #215 goddamnedfrank
Ben Garrison has a very strange brain.
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Paraphrasing the original tweet to a degree, but if any other artist drew that, their loved ones would be contemplating an intervention.
Ben Garrison? A basketball weeping tiny basketballs next to a non-racist illustration of a black man is considered touching.
re: #336 Mattand
I was expecting Garrison to bring up the rape allegation.
re: #324 Mike Lamb
I know there will be a time in the not too distant future where this, and many other clips from Republicans, will be played again in order to show the GOP’s breathtaking hypocrisy…but it won’t fucking matter because the GOP has no sense of shame.
You’re counting on our dipshit, Magic Balance Fairy-loving electorate to actually consider that.
I wouldn’t hold my breath.
re: #338 Joe Bacon 🌹
I was expecting Garrison to bring up the rape allegation.
Honestly? I bet he just plain forgot.
re: #319 Charles Johnson
Whoa.
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“The Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” - many former Lizards ca. 2002 - 2009.
“[T]hey’re going to screw up another opportunity, like they’ve screwed up every other opportunity that they’ve ever had in their existence.” - Jared Kushner, 2020.
so, MrBWS arrives at his apartment after work this evening and the CO alarm is going off in the basement.
Leaves a voicemail for the landlord at 5:18. I told him to call the fire department if he doesn’t hear from the landlord by 6 pm.
Landlord returns his call at 6 pm to say he’s on his way over and that he’s calling the company that did some work on the building’s boiler a couple of weeks ago.
I shudder to think what may have happened if there wasn’t a working detector in the building.
re: #295 Eclectic Cyborg
Christ, if any Dems vote to acquit, Trump will never let us hear the end of it.
Who’s turn was it to watch Joe Manchin?
kudos to schumer for this troll. more please. https://t.co/UfYFKImyOf
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 28, 2020
re: #344 goddamnedfrank
Maybe Lev can hang out in the hallway.
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
Which other President has “leveraged” foreign aid for person benefit? Getting dirt on Biden only would help Trump. It wouldn’t benefit any of us at all.
re: #341 A Three Hour Tour
“The Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” - many former Lizards ca. 2002 - 2009.
“[T]hey’re going to screw up another opportunity, like they’ve screwed up every other opportunity that they’ve ever had in their existence.” - Jared Kushner, 2020.
I would argue that the Palestinians have missed many, many opportunities, but this isn’t one because they were not involved in it. This was a photo op at best, and a cynical attempt for trump and Netanyahoo to play to their bases, at worst.
re: #343 Mattand
Who’s turn was it to watch Joe Manchin?
Manchin was on Fox and said the call was not perfect
Wow, Joe Manchin just BODIED Trump on Fox News pic.twitter.com/QPoQszogke
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 28, 2020
Manchin also wants witnesses
BREAKING: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tells Republicans he does not currently have the votes to block witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial, source tells @AP https://t.co/QTzfsE69JM
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 28, 2020
re: #350 jaunte
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The flying monkeys get in a froth.
Said flying monkeys bombard all “moderate” Republicans with phone calls.
“Moderate” Republicans get in line.
re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth
Manchin was on Fox and said the call was not perfect
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Bodes well for Doug Jones and Sinema too. Jones is very process oriented and she’s from a pinker state.
Witnesses
Bolton
Parnas
Rudy
Pompeo
Mulvaney
Barr
Trump
Trump’s Defense Team rested after 2 hours today after using only about half their allotted time to defend the the Liar-in-Chief.
I guess they ran out of excuses.— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby calls Bullshit 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) January 28, 2020
I really wish reporters in live interviews would ask him about his WhatsApp habits, whether he has changed his phone, and whether the Crown Prince has his new number. Because his lawyer isn’t saying. https://t.co/CLGAfADvln
— Stephanie Kirchgaessner (@skirchy) January 28, 2020
I can honestly say there is no one in Trumpworld I find even remotely likeable.
re: #359 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Heading to New Jersey. Big Rally, in fact, Really Big Rally!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2020
With word leaking that Mitch McTurtle doesn’t have the votes to block witnesses, Trump’s rally tonight is going to be 90 minutes of full Batshit McBeetlejuice.
Head-spinning madness on the way.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 28, 2020
wonder if he’s taking Bibi with him
re: #360 Eclectic Cyborg
I can honestly say there is no one in Trumpworld I find even remotely likeable.
No one. They’re all arrogant assholes who think us as their subjects.
re: #362 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Oh this will be rich.
Trump at NJ “Big Rally”: “ladies and gentlemen, Chris Christie!!!”
re: #348 I Would Prefer Not To
I would argue that the Palestinians have missed many, many opportunities, but this isn’t one because they were not involved in it. This was a photo op at best, and a cynical attempt for trump and Netanyahoo to play to their bases, at worst.
I’m not arguing that the Palestinians have not missed many opportunities or have not taken actions that made things worse for themselves. I was, however, struck by how closely Jared’s rhetoric matched what we used to hear a good bit around here.
Issued any Emancipation Proclamations yet? https://t.co/QRO9zZ8Uaj
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) January 28, 2020
re: #333 Joe Bacon 🌹
Don’t restore it.
Send them there anyway.
I wasn’t invited to Trump rally because I wanted GOP to pay us back: Wildwood, NJ mayor https://t.co/2k8psKJ4En pic.twitter.com/eHVTvfiXHY
— R. Saddler 📎🗽🌊🌊🌊 (@Politics_PR) January 28, 2020
“Look, you start bringing in witnesses and evidence and pretty soon it’s not even a cover-up anymore.” https://t.co/SpP4gpFw4Q
— A.R. Moxon (@JuliusGoat) January 28, 2020
re: #367 Backwoods_Sleuth
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They probably give him a short notes of every other president’s accomplishments and tell him they are his. I’m surprised he hasn’t taken credit for 54-40 or fight yet.
re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL, an actual trial would be a “lousy idea for the country”.
Fucking insanity.
re: #319 Charles Johnson
Once again, we have diplomacy in the hands of folks who show nothing but disdain and contempt for the very concept of diplomacy. This isn’t how you handle international negotiations, this is how you conduct a shakedown like a sneering mob boss. #ThisIsNotNormal https://t.co/lvetrqU2Kk
— Impeached K (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 28, 2020
re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth
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How the fuck do you say that out loud? As bullshit as it is, just stick to a) we have enough witnesses/documents and b) he had authority to do what he did.
NPR CEO John Lansing in new memo re: State Dept’s treatment of the public radio network: “There are serious issues at stake. Access to those in power is fundamental to our ability to do our jobs. That is bigger than NPR. It is about the role of journalism in America.” pic.twitter.com/mWEpfYjsbz
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 28, 2020
re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #375 Mike Lamb
How the fuck do you say that out loud? As bullshit as it is, just stick to a) we have enough witnesses/documents and b) he had authority to do what he did.
Forget it, Jake. It’s Lindsey Graham.
re: #373 Eclectic Cyborg
LOL, an actual trial would be a “lousy idea for the country”.
Fucking insanity.
Jamie Harrison on line, 1.
I don’t know how I go home to West Virginia & explain that I had to make a decision in a trial….without having all the evidence & all the witnesses that had the knowledge that should be basically shared.@Sen_JoeManchin explains trials have witnesses.
75% of Americans agree. pic.twitter.com/kghuAyka3x— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) January 28, 2020
re: #381 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It’s a good sign that Joe is vocal on this guys.
Our own Susan Collins.
I love seeing Mitch do the Chuck C Thing on the floor of the Senate
re: #383 Barefoot Grin
Our own Susan Collins.
Yeah can’t stand him but going on FNC and calling out the absurdity of no witnesses is welcome.
re: #376 Backwoods_Sleuth
I used to believe NPR until the Koch Brothers infiltrated it!
OT: hey lizards. So I mentioned Mrs Cranky and I couldn’t take the cold, snow or politics any longer, so we hoped on a plane to Puerto Rico.
Today we toured the Bacardi factory, including a mixology class. Warning. You get a free drink when you arrive and then make 3 different drinks in the mixology class. Let’s just say you shouldn’t drive after the tour. ;-)
Just got back from a sunset tour sailing around San Juan in a catamaran. Had a pod of dolphins keep us company part of the way. Very serene and peaceful and great scenery. And too many drinks yet again.
Have I missed anything?
.@senatemajldr it is time to step up, stiffen your spine, and tell the White House the charade is over. Call the witnesses. https://t.co/0xLpc1hdB8
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) January 28, 2020
re: #383 Barefoot Grin
Our own Susan Collins.
Manchin has the legitimate explanation of representing a blood red state. Maine hasn’t gone red since 1988, and the closest it has been was ~3% for Clinton in 2016.
re: #389 Mike Lamb
Manchin has the legitimate explanation of representing a blood red state. Maine hasn’t gone red since 1988, and the closest it has been was ~3% for Clinton in 2016.
Yes.
re: #389 Mike Lamb
Manchin has the legitimate explanation of representing a blood red state. Maine hasn’t gone red since 1988, and the closest it has been was ~3% for Clinton in 2016.
Yeah, apologies to you and Happy (and everyone). I’ve been so frustrated with Manchin for so long, even though I know he’s a reddish hue of purple, that I let it get away from me.
This is GOP “diversity.” https://t.co/OPissNRqJw
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) January 28, 2020
First on CNN: 50 US military personnel have now been diagnosed with concussions & traumatic brain injuries after Iranian missile attack on US forces in Iraq earlier this month, says Pentagon. Military had diagnosed 34 cases as of last week.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 28, 2020
re: #391 Barefoot Grin
Yeah, apologies to you and Happy (and everyone). I’ve been so frustrated with Manchin for so long, even though I know he’s a reddish hue of purple, that I let it get away from me.
Don’t worry about it. He annoys the shit out of me but yeah it’s pretty crazy for me to think that WV once upon a time was more Democratic than Virginia is in my life. But you know it’s identity politics despite the fact that WV is overwhelmingly white.
Glad you tuned in, Mr. President.
Now that I have your attention, how about coming down to the Senate to share your side of the story under penalty of perjury? https://t.co/vPRFQwbJyX— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) January 28, 2020
re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Then it’s easy to believe
Somebody’s been lying to me
But when the wrong word goes in the right ear
I know why you’ve been lying to me
It’s getting rough, off the cuff I’ve got to say enough’s enough
Bigger the harder he falls
But when the wrong antidote is like a bulge on the throat
You run for cover in the heat why don’t they
Do what they say, say what they mean
One thing leads to another
You told me something wrong, I know I listen too long but then
One thing leads to another
re: #387 A Cranky One
OT: hey lizards. So I mentioned Mrs Cranky and I couldn’t take the cold, snow or politics any longer, so we hoped on a plane to Puerto Rico.
Today we toured the Bacardi factory, including a mixology class. Warning. You get a free drink when you arrive and then make 3 different drinks in the mixology class. Let’s just say you shouldn’t drive after the tour. ;-)
Just got back from a sunset tour sailing around San Juan in a catamaran. Had a pod of dolphins keep us company part of the way. Very serene and peaceful and great scenery. And too many drinks yet again.
Have I missed anything?
Enjoy your sojourn to the tropics!
My one sojourn to Puerto Rico was well over half a century ago. But the beauty, and poverty, of Puerto Rico will remain in my memory for the rest of my life.
Have you checked out El Yunque or any of the phosphorescent bays?
Heh, just reading a book on the history of Tiki Bars in the US. Quite interesting, Polynesian decor and Caribbean rum-based drinks started during the Great Depression.
I’m not much of a drinker, though. So I will probably skip most of the drink recipes.
O_o
Jared Kushner just said on CNN that “I come from a real estate background,” and that gave him the expertise needed to draw a Middle East map for Israel and Palestine.
— John Aravosis🇺🇸 (@aravosis) January 28, 2020
re: #379 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Jamie Harrison on line, 1.
You rang?
Tonight South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate @harrisonjaime -who is going to beat Lindsey Graham with our help this November- joins me in studio on my @SXMProgress show to talk his campaign, the key issues and more. LIVE 8PMET on @SIRIUSXM channel 127 pic.twitter.com/IbPVHhEq0D
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) January 28, 2020
re: #399 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
I come from a drinking background, send me to Ulster to solve The Troubles. // Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with him. And the media needs to point out the irony of the President’s son in law making our Middle East policy while at the same time, the President wants to act like he was so outraged that Hunter Biden was on the board of Burisma.
Trump is holding a campaign rally in New Jersey. Quotes and fact checks in this thread.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 28, 2020
re: #400 BeachDem
You rang?
I did indeed. He’s good. God I would be so happy for you guys if he won. I really love his style and the idea of an African-American in Strom Thurmond’s old seat is delicious.
Jay Suckalow was wearing a suit that was so big for him, I thought it was going to eat him.
Yes; the true goal of the left is, and has always been, President Pence. https://t.co/3Epjre25bD
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 29, 2020
re: #405 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s true. We totally have been dreaming of the guy who once called himself Rush Limbaugh on decaf to be our President! //
re: #393 Backwoods_Sleuth
And several Republicans went on the Sunday “Let’s interview the Republicans” political shows to back up Trump’s claims that “TBIs are just headaches.”
re: #360 Eclectic Cyborg
Absolutely vile. The lot of them.
The Trump legal defense reminded me more of Katamari Damacy than appeal to logic or reason. They basically just bumbled around the landscape rolling a bunch of random shit into a gigantic ball and were like, “Can you see our huge ball of random shit? If yes then you must acquit!”
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 29, 2020
re: #387 A Cranky One
OT: hey lizards. So I mentioned Mrs Cranky and I couldn’t take the cold, snow or politics any longer, so we hoped on a plane to Puerto Rico.
Today we toured the Bacardi factory, including a mixology class. Warning. You get a free drink when you arrive and then make 3 different drinks in the mixology class. Let’s just say you shouldn’t drive after the tour. ;-)
Just got back from a sunset tour sailing around San Juan in a catamaran. Had a pod of dolphins keep us company part of the way. Very serene and peaceful and great scenery. And too many drinks yet again.
Have I missed anything?
Should have included some photos.
The Evolution of “Davos Man” into … Trump Fan! (Goes to Counterpunch, more at the link):
The biggest surprise up in the Swiss Alps this week at the Davos World Economic Forum? Reporters who cover this annual global bacchanal of billionaires are marveling at the warm and friendly reception that has greeted Donald Trump. The world’s deepest pockets have wined and dined with the U.S. president, laughed at his quips, and profusely fed his ego.
“Africa,” the billionaire South African mining mogul Patrice Motsepe told the president, “loves you.”
And Trump loves the Davos deep pockets back, at one point hailing the big-time corporate CEOs gathered around him as “the greatest businessmen in the world.”
fucking snowflake
I’ve been held hostage with 99 other people in the U.S. Capitol. Why? Because the Democrats hate @realDonaldTrump and are trying to cover up @JoeBiden’s corruption.
Watch the full story ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/MdFvHl5lb5— Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) January 28, 2020
Trump says Soleimani was “actively planning new attacks.” (He’s dropped most of the language about imminence.) He singles out Pelosi and Sanders with disparaging nicknames for opposing the killing of Soleimani.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
re: #412 Backwoods_Sleuth
fucking snowflake
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Yawn. Find some new material that wasn’t barfed out by Stephen Miller.
Although we couldn’t arrange to have Lev Parnas watch the trial with us because his GPS ankle monitor is not allowed, Lev will join us in DC tomorrow to show support for a fair trial, with witnesses & evidence. #AmericansWantWitnesses #LetLevSpeak #LevRemembers #CallTheWitnesses pic.twitter.com/4VpezvQw4K
— Joseph A. Bondy (@josephabondy) January 29, 2020
No joke, he looks like he just lifted his face out of the plate at a pumpkin pie eating contest.
It is a remarkable orange. Almost shimmery gold. Like the metallic face paint of a Times Square mime.
He looks like a man with a beta carotene addiction.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
Trump opens by citing New Jersey’s unemployment rate.
Fun fact: New Jersey elected a progressive Democrat, Phil Murphy, and he has quickly swept in a range of reforms after Chris “Try the Meatloaf” Christie was all but thrown out of the state.
Thanks, Phil!— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
re: #417 Backwoods_Sleuth
Meanwhile if a fire were to happen in New Jersey tonight, Trump would blame Murphy. He wants all the responsibility for other people’s successes and none of the responsibilities for his own failures. In short, he’s a gutless punk.
this is just pathetic
Trump hails local Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who’s standing beside him, for switching from the Democratic to Republican party. He says Van Drew defied “the left-wing fanatics in his own party” by doing so.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
re: #402 Backwoods_Sleuth
If there’s a Hell, then poor Daniel Dale is in it, condemned to fact-check every Trump rally.
re: #419 Teddy’s Person
JFC, Trump is a 24/7 Nuremberg Rally.
These are never going to end are they? It’s always the same speech. Record blank is thanks to me! I killed a bad guy that the pussy Dems wouldn’t have killed. Impeachment is a hoax! MAGA! Really I might feel sorry for his core supporters if they weren’t so blatantly some of the biggest marks I’ve ever seen. Trump could sell them miracle elixir and they could go temporarily blind and then ask for more because Trump would tell them that Joe Biden/Pelosi/whoever made them blind.
re: #420 Backwoods_Sleuth
this is just pathetic
I almost feel kind of bad for the Republican that was going to run against Van Drew lol but his pathetic act really sets up a good chance to beat him so good riddance.
These guys went into a room and drew up a fictional map like little kids — and now Jared Kushner wants you to believe it produced a major “breakthrough” toward world peace https://t.co/0Web6g1VYV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 28, 2020
You can reasonably ask me to support a man who celebrates Joe Rogan’s endorsement when Trump’s the only alternative, and I will.
But you can’t ask that when I have other options. It’s that simple.— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) January 25, 2020
re: #425 goddamnedfrank
Absolutely.
Trump tells people they have to vote Republican in the fall to “get rid of these clowns.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
re: #424 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I can’t fathom how much Christiane Amanpour had to be repulsed by having to talk to asshole Jared.
Evening Lizardim from the wild north country. What craziness did I miss while ensconced in my cave at work?
I haven’t watched one of these in quite some time and I had almost forgotten how unhinged they are as acts of oration.
They are literally like the drunken mumbles of your racist uncle in the waning minutes before he falls asleep in his recliner.
There is no continuity.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
re: #429 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Go back to your cave.
re: #428 BeachDem
I can’t fathom how much Christiane Amanpour had to be repulsed by having to talk to asshole Jared.
Ah, I didn’t know she was still in journalism. Always liked her. Very professional and informed.
Trump tries to appeal to the locals by throwing out a Jersey reference.
Claims he could sell out “Meadowlands Arena” and suggests he might do it next summer.
Fun fact: Meadowlands Arena has been shuttered for years.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
re: #427 Backwoods_Sleuth
Van Drew is going to feel like a moron when he loses his re-election and his new friends in the GOP will still want nothing to do with him.
Trump gives a quick shout-out to Chris Christie. Camera pans to a side-angle shot of what appears to be a hostage situation.
Chris Christie looking about as happy as a man queued up for a colonoscopy.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
i can’t stop laughing
re: #435 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Van Drew is going to feel like a moron when he loses his re-election and his new friends in the GOP will still want nothing to do with him.
Amy Kennedy (her husband is Patrick Kennedy) is running against him
re: #433 Backwoods_Sleuth
He really is obessed with being worshipped isn’t he? Maybe we should just make him his own yuge pyramid and when he dies, Stephen Miller can be buried with him so he’ll join Trump in the afterlife.
Babyfingers now calls up Kellyanne Conway who quickly appears to allege South Jersey is Trump Country.
Note: Democrats won nine of New Jersey’s eleven House districts in 2018.
In 2020, we’ll make it ten out of eleven.
Sorry, Kels.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
re: #353 Mike Lamb
McConnell leaks this.
The flying monkeys get in a froth.
Said flying monkeys bombard all “moderate” Republicans with phone calls.
“Moderate” Republicans get in line.
If you have one of these, call them.
re: #436 Backwoods_Sleuth
i can’t stop laughing
Oh, so that’s where Chris Christie went. Look at this way, Chris, you’re not going be the guy the base hates for “betraying brave sir Trump.”
Trump pivots back to awkwardly reading off the prompter while making his trademark insipid “okay” sign with his fingers.
Now rattling off labor statistics.
This doesn’t strike me as a math crowd.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
Every Trump rally is always the same stupid shit.
Trump says “we have a more inclusive party.” It’s not clear what he means by “inclusive” or what he is comparing it to. He adds, “The Republican Party: respected again.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
re: #444 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well, it’s true you know, Nazis and Klansmen are welcome in today’s Republican Party as are Russian nationalists.
Joking aside. He’s gotta be one of the most delusional people I’ve ever seen.
re: #444 Backwoods_Sleuth
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By “inclusive” he means now they recognize white power fascists from all over the world instead of just inside America.
All the toothless yahoos at Trump’s cross burning tonight hitchhiked from Pennsylvania.
re: #446 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Joking aside. He’s gotta be one of the most delusional people I’ve ever seen.
Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of Christian apologetics.
Who’s more delusional: Trump, or the pastors who support Trump?
re: #447 Florida Panhandler
By “inclusive” he means now they recognize white power fascists from all over the world instead of just inside America.
That’s true. The GOP is truly Autocrat International. It’s where fans of the PRC, KSA, Putin, Erdogan can all feel at home because Trump will build a hotel in your city if your dictatorship flatters him enough. And by flatter I mean bribes.
While he prattles on randomly about things New Jerseyans don’t remotely care about, let me just interject, as a Garden Stater, all of this is quite sad.
Despite being a state with many virtues, MTV’s Jersey Shore was nonetheless not altogether unrepresentative of some residents.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
Trump moving straight into his bigoted race-baiting shitbag fodder.
Says he put a stop to immigrants “ransacking our communities”.
Some woman behind him is smiling like she just learned she’s having a baby. I want to smack that dumb smile right off her face. Metaphorically.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
That’s uhhh quite the difference. pic.twitter.com/AOb4T24kGw
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) January 29, 2020
They just totally boned it. At least they admitted it, but given how people consume news, you’d think they would confirm such a strong claim before putting it into the news ecosystem. But nooooope. https://t.co/t2q1mqF2gA
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) January 29, 2020
Shit is exhausting, and it feels like the only people who pay consequences are the smearees, never the smearers. And the ratfucking continues apace with no drawback whatsoever.
re: #449 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of Christian apologetics.
Who’s more delusional: Trump, or the pastors who support Trump?
You’re assuming those pastors aren’t cynical assholes. Maybe Trump is to the same extent but I’ve heard Trump talk, he actually believes his own bullshit. Those pastors just want right wing judges and to be pandered to. They’re assholes but they’re a lot more shrewd than you’re making em out to be.
The human props behind Trump are all women.
I can see eight faces. As Trump rolls through remarkably racist, anti-immigrant hate speech, six are stone-faced.
The smiling lady would eat the racist peanuts out of his stool. She is downright ebullient.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
re: #398 ckkatz
Enjoy your sojourn to the tropics!
My one sojourn to Puerto Rico was well over half a century ago. But the beauty, and poverty, of Puerto Rico will remain in my memory for the rest of my life.
Have you checked out El Yunque or any of the phosphorescent bays?
Heh, just reading a book on the history of Tiki Bars in the US. Quite interesting, Polynesian decor and Caribbean rum-based drinks started during the Great Depression.
I’m not much of a drinker, though. So I will probably skip most of the drink recipes.
Visiting the bays is on our agenda.
Yes,, the poverty is obvious in some areas. After the earthquakes and shafting of PR by the maladministration, the island is hurting. That’s one reason we decided to come to PR, figured our tourist money could help the struggling economy. And it’s a beautiful place.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Trump now telling a story of a murder allegedly committed by an undocumented immigrant.
Fox News interrupts to go to quick comments from guests.
And… whoa… the first guest bluntly says, essentilly. this shit is not working and cost R’s a ton of seats in 2018.
Umm… wow.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
re: #438 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He really is obessed with being worshipped isn’t he? Maybe we should just make him his own yuge pyramid and when he dies, Stephen Miller can be buried with him so he’ll join Trump in the afterlife.
I’m surprised no member of the Trump Perpetual Adoration Chorus (i.e., his cabinet and white house staff) has suggested erection of a giant gold status of Trump on the White House lawn.
Bonus points if it’s on a motorized base to eternally face the sun.
re: #458 EPR-radar
I’m surprised no member of the Trump Perpetual Adoration Chorus (i.e., his cabinet and white house staff) has suggested erection of a giant gold status of Trump on the White House lawn.
Bonus points if it’s on a motorized base to eternally face the sun.
I’m real surprised he hasn’t given himself a military rank yet but maybe he couldn’t decide whether he wants to be a General or Admiral yet.
Trump boasts that he “ended the war on American energy,” then says the US is “now” the world’s #1 producer of oil and natural gas.
As always: the US took the #1 spot in 2012 under Obama, according to the government’s Energy Information Administration, and stayed there.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
re: #457 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Apparently, this was just a brief break to bridge between the 7:00 and 8:00 hours.
And now Tucker Carlson is kicking in…
And they pre-empted him again!— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
re: #461 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah I guess Tucker needs to feed him his talking points.
re: #386 Joe Bacon 🌹
I used to believe NPR until the Koch Brothers infiltrated it!
They need people to donate to them so that they don’t have to go to the Kochs.
Trump says of Democrats, “Many of them voted five years ago for a wall.” Many of them voted in 2013 for fencing, but as part of a comprehensive immigration reform proposal that included a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
re: #459 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m real surprised he hasn’t given himself a military rank yet but maybe he couldn’t decide whether he wants to be a General or Admiral yet.
“Greatest Field Commander of All Time” should be suggested to Trump as the best title for him to assume.
Like I said, I haven’t watched one of these in a while but back in the day, they would have never cut away from a Trump rally - especially when Trump was poised to be in rare form.
They used to defer to him as the best advocate for Trumpism.
And now they cut away.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
re: #438 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He really is obessed with being worshipped isn’t he? Maybe we should just make him his own yuge pyramid and when he dies, Stephen Miller can be buried with him so he’ll join Trump in the afterlife.
Why wait till he dies? Just lock him up with his sycophants where they can kiss his ass until they turn to dust.
re: #464 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m all for building a firewall around his phone so the world doesn’t have to see his constant shit fits.
re: #454 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
You’re assuming those pastors aren’t cynical assholes. Maybe Trump is to the same extent but I’ve heard Trump talk, he actually believes his own bullshit. Those pastors just want right wing judges and to be pandered to. They’re assholes but they’re a lot more shrewd than you’re making em out to be.
So do their parishioners.
Trump boasts of having built more than 100 miles of wall. As of Jan. 10, under 1 of those miles was erected somewhere barriers hadn’t existed before.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
Sen. Mark Warner: “I’d like to see John Bolton. What I’ve not heard from any of my Republicans is what’s the reason not to see John Bolton?” pic.twitter.com/gSFddpBDrF
— The Hill (@thehill) January 29, 2020
re: #469 Anymouse 🌹🎃
So do their parishioners.
Can you give it a rest? Yeah I think fundamentalist Christianity is silly. Every lizard does. I just said that I think Trump is one of the most delusional people I’ve ever seen and yeah I absolutely believe it.
re: #459 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m real surprised he hasn’t given himself a military rank yet but maybe he couldn’t decide whether he wants to be a General or Admiral yet.
Trump would want some beautiful new title that is unique to him.
Babyfingers now randomly talking about a program which may exist in some form but he has clearly largely imagined in his mind.
Claims people are coming from around the world because they’re sick but had to go home and die until he made it possible for them to be test subjects.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth
100 miles of wall in 3 years of a border that is 1,954 miles sounds like a failure to me. But keep on wanting that wall part of New Jersey that is about as far from the US-Mexican border as you can get.
This rally shifted to immigration and it looks like Fox News pulled offhttps://t.co/NpCMwsNI7b
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) January 29, 2020
re: #473 Teddy’s Person
Trump would want some beautiful new title that is unique to him.
That’s true, Admiral General Sultan Godempir Donaldus the Great.
Trump: “Mexico is in fact — you will soon find out — paying for the wall. OK? You know?…No, the wall is ultimately, and very nicely, being paid for by Mexico.” I don’t know what he’s talking about, and, as usual, he’s not explaining.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
Trump repeats his egregious lie about pre-existing conditions: “We are protecting people with pre-existing conditions, and we will always will, the Republican Party, pre-existing conditions. We saved it.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
re: #476 Backwoods_Sleuth
We have Sean Hannity here in the studio guys and he’s saying that President Trump was present for the liberation of Auschwitz! Tell us President Trump, how did it feel to be the most heroic person ever! And then we have Jeanne Pirro to tell us how President Trump was teh first man on the moon.
Whew, this was a tough thread to catch up on. Every time I thought I was at the end, there were a dozen new comments. Everyone has lots of opinions.
re: #478 Backwoods_Sleuth
You know, I honestly would almost feel bad for people who still believe that Mexico is going to pay for it but nah, I’m sorry but I don’t have a lot of tolerance for people who stick their dicks into a candle-flame repeatedly and then act surprised that it hurts.
The lady in the MAGA hat is the happy racist.
She’s the zealot in the background prop crowd.
The three women around her look like they have already lost interest and wonder why they came. pic.twitter.com/MU7Q8qRtGl— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
re: #483 Backwoods_Sleuth
The three women around her look like they have already lost interest and wonder why they came.
Perhaps it involved some sort of payment.
re: #479 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh yes, wanted to protect pre-existing conditions so much by repealing the legislation that has pre-existing conditions. Next, Trump will tell how he plans to prevent house fires by turning the firehouse into a yuge hotel.
re: #483 Backwoods_Sleuth
SAD! And yeah it does look like they’re bored. I sure as hell would be. It’s always the same lame speech. Trump’s Nuremberg Pep Rallies are boring.
In a somewhat defensive interview, Jared Kushner tells Christian Amanpour that if “you don’t think” this peace plan is a great opportunity for Palestinians, “you have unrealistic expectations.”
Amanpour: “I will assume you are not addressing me directly.”— Vivian Salama (@vmsalama) January 28, 2020
re: #486 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
SAD! And yeah it does look like they’re bored. I sure as hell would be. It’s always the same lame speech. Trump’s Nuremberg Pep Rallies are boring.
Bigots never get tired of having their hate validated. Hitler’s speeches to his adoring mobs were also objectively tedious affairs.
Trump refers to “this clown governor of California.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
Trump: “I’ve done it all. I’ve achieved more than I promised. I never told you about Space Force. We got Space Force.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 29, 2020
I spied on Limbaugh for a few minutes today and he said that Trump will win New Jersey. Hell of a thing.
Funny story behind the clicker…
An old friend of mine, lighting tech for my band in the 70s, has since gone on to become training director for the Mason’s union in NYC. Today he sent me a text with the caption ‘This video was made to roast the onions of my Trump-loving brother who lives in Virginia.’ (His brother is a hard core Trumper, has a daughter in Liberty University with another one about to enter.) Here’s a pretty close paraphrase of the video…
[My friend, in the frame] - Hey, Kevin, I got someone here who wants to say hi!’
Into the frame walks none other than AOC…
[AOC] - ‘Hi Kevin! I’d like to thank you for helping turn Virginia blue…’
My friend, standing behind AOC gives thumbs-up
[AOC] - ‘…and as a woman, I’d like to thank Virginia for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment…’
My friend gives a double thumbs-up
[AOC] - …and I’d like to wish the best to you and your family.’
[My friend waves and says ‘See ya!]
I’ve watched it ten times and can’t stop laughing. My friend says his brother took it in good humor.
re: #488 EPR-radar
Bigots never get tired of having their hate validated. Hitler’s speeches to his adoring mobs were also objectively tedious affairs.
Fair.
His face seems to somehow be getting even more orange with an angry redness surfacing below the dayglo tan.
His blood pressure must be astronomical.
His palms, meanwhile, are the color of bologna.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 29, 2020
For the past 6 years, Republicans have controlled one or both chambers of Congress and could have investigated Biden at any time. The more they talk about Joe Biden back in 2014, the more they show how certain they are that Trump is guilty in 2020. pic.twitter.com/lzjqNoTNYT
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 29, 2020
re: #466 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wow that thread of Hoarse Whisperer following the Nuremberg Rally in south Jersey is wildly funny the way he or she relates it.
Perhaps Wonkette should offer HW a snark-writing opportunity.
re: #489 Backwoods_Sleuth
The psychology of Donald Trump is going to rival that of Nixon in presidential historians in the years to come. He never makes any goddamn sense. Just some bizarre stream of conscience bullshit. After seeing that he probably believes he won the 1972 or 1984 electoral map, I guess I can see why.
re: #483 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Why is the one wearing a Christmas sweater? (And why do they all look botoxed within an inch of their lives?)
re: #494 jaunte
Exactly. They had plenty of opporunity to investigate Biden when this happened. Oh and the fact that his latest Israel deal was done in partnership with the Israeli PM who was just indicted for corruption.
Rick Scott: He released the money. He..
Bret Baier: After the whistleblower story came out, but go ahead pic.twitter.com/GZVs7XhYxN— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) January 28, 2020
re: #498 BeachDem
Why is the one wearing a Christmas sweater? (And why do they all look botoxed within an inch of their lives?)
Well Trump needed to be reminded of how we’re saying Merry Christmas again 11 months before next Christmas.
re: #497 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
The psychology of Donald Trump is going to rival that of Nixon in presidential historians in the years to come. He never makes any goddamn sense. Just some bizarre stream of conscience bullshit. After seeing that he probably believes he won the 1972 or 1984 electoral map, I guess I can see why.
I can’t imagine future history instructors trying to use his speeches as primary sources for their students.
re: #498 BeachDem
Why is the one wearing a Christmas sweater?
Part of the Trump ‘Say Merry Christmas Every Day, Dammit’ Initiative.
re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Amanpour: “I will assume you are not addressing me directly.”
I repeat—I can’t fathom how much Christiane Amanpour had to be repulsed by having to talk to asshole Jared.
re: #502 Teddy’s Person
I can’t imagine future history instructors trying to use his speeches as primary sources for their students.
Yeah you’re looking at speeches like Bush’s after 9/11, Obama after Charleston, and then there’s NO ONE DID MORE THAN ME< OKAY? in a speech about terroris.
re: #503 jaunte
Part of the Trump ‘Say Merry Christmas Every Day, Dammit’ Initiative.
He really believes that he brought Merry Christmas back. It’s one of the many things that are bizarre as a batshit martini cocktail about his stump speeches.
re: #496 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Wow that thread of Hoarse Whisperer following the Nuremberg Rally in south Jersey is wildly funny the way he or she relates it.
Perhaps Wonkette should offer HW a snark-writing opportunity.
Hoarse has over 234K followers. He’s doing okay on Twitter.
re: #500 Backwoods_Sleuth
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What’s going on at Fox? They seem a little Trump-averse today…
re: #507 makeitstop
Hoarse has over 234K followers. He’s doing okay on Twitter.
I only have a few haha. I don’t talk politics on Twitter though. I’m in no mood to deal with Putin’s troll farms.
re: #463 Belafon
They need people to donate to them so that they don’t have to go to the Kochs.
They went to the Kochs and lied about Anita Hill. That was the last straw for me!
re: #463 Belafon
They need people to donate to them so that they don’t have to go to the Kochs.
I do, and they are better than the alternative, anyway!
re: #508 makeitstop
What’s going on at Fox? They seem a little Trump-averse today…
I think some at Fox are starting to worry about their place in history- weighed of course against near-term political gain and personal wealth ambitions… but worrying nonetheless.
History will designate this time in American History as a generational conflict and Trump supporters in particular as evil.
re: #77 natem
I used to listen to Sekulow’s call-in show on the way home from work before he became a Trump toady. It was non-stop Haterade on Obama, where Sekulow regularly called for Obama (and Hillary’s) impeachment because reasons (mostly because of the gays and the scary mooslims). He is a real piece of work.
Someone should dig this sort of thing up and make a video montage for the senate trial.
re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Hell, during the campaign there were reports of the tRump campaign sending requests for donations to foreign politicians.
Me and the misses communicate to our 3 year old only in Facebook memes and he’s recently been elected GOP chairman of our local town committee here in Elbow Fat, Alabama.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 29, 2020
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