The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump - Closing Arguments
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The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump continues.
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Good lord. I have Trumpista FB friends (longtime IRL work colleagues I’ve known since long before) who are going back and forth right now about how Trump never tweeted anything about Kansas last night and it’s all a media hoax.
Is there any bottom to this?
re: #1 i(m)p(each)sos
Good lord. I have Trumpista FB friends (longtime IRL work colleagues I’ve known since long before) who are going back and forth right now about how Trump never tweeted anything about Kansas last night and it’s all a media hoax.
Is there any bottom to this?
I can no longer tell the difference between bot, troll, and true believing Trumper They really think any criticism of things he’s actually done is fake and that “We shut up when Obama was President and didn’t complain.” The amount of people in this country who are committed to this cult is just surreal. I’m actually optimistic about beating him in November. Less so about how the healing will be since Trump along with right wing media and Trump political allies have created this cult.
re: #1 i(m)p(each)sos
Good lord. I have Trumpista FB friends (longtime IRL work colleagues I’ve known since long before) who are going back and forth right now about how Trump never tweeted anything about Kansas last night and it’s all a media hoax.
Is there any bottom to this?
My thought on this particular thing is this:
1. We should expect the president to know at least the major geography of the US.
2. We do all make mistakes, and sometimes learn something that lots of other people knew.
3. He corrected himself.
4. It would have been better if he had added an “I goofed” tweet, but that might have been lost in the storm.
In the grand scheme, I’m way more angry about children in cages and his upcoming attempts to gut Medicaid.
re: #1 i(m)p(each)sos
Good lord. I have Trumpista FB friends (longtime IRL work colleagues I’ve known since long before) who are going back and forth right now about how Trump never tweeted anything about Kansas last night and it’s all a media hoax.
Is there any bottom to this?
I ran across one of these via a friend’s post on FB. Their case rests on the screenshots of the 2 tweets with the times in them. The incorrect tweet shows a time that is AFTER the tweet of the corrected message. These idiots apparently don’t understand how timezones work with the Twitter dates.
re: #3 Belafon
Considering that the right wing howlers made 57 states an ongoing thing re: Obama, the media should focus on Trump’s incessant inability to identify basic geography about anything anywhere. He is incurious and doesn’t care.
At the same time, I do agree that there are more important things, like say Trump’s gutting of CDC pandemic prevention programs by cutting the budget and cutting the CDC budget significantly from just 2 years ago. We are less prepared to deal with crises, and he and the GOP just don’t care.
They’d rather build walls that crash down in a light breeze or put kids in cages and separate them from their families because bigots gotta bigot.
re: #3 Belafon
My thought on this particular thing is this:
1. We should expect the president to know at least the major geography of the US.
2. We do all make mistakes, and sometimes learn something that lots of other people knew.
3. He corrected himself.
4. It would have been better if he had added an “I goofed” tweet, but that might have been lost in the storm.In the grand scheme, I’m way more angry about children in cages and his upcoming attempts to gut Medicaid.
I mean if he could be the slightest bit self-depreciating, it probably would be shrugged off a little easier but because he has his propagandists doubling down on it, it makes it more amplified. In the end, I’m voting against Trump because of the kids in cages and not because of his ignorance of geography but when I have to hear that his ignorance of geography is actually a virtue or how “he really meant both Kansas City”, it’s exhausting.
re: #4 rhuarc
I ran across one of these via a friend’s post on FB. Their case rests on the screenshots of the 2 tweets with the times in them. The incorrect tweet shows a time that is AFTER the tweet of the corrected message. These idiots apparently don’t understand how timezones work with the Twitter dates.
This isn’t even that sophisticated. It’s literally just a screenshot of the corrected tweet.
“Nuh-uh, he never said KANSAS. It says MISSOURI. Duh.”
re: #5 lawhawk
Considering that the right wing howlers made 57 states an ongoing thing re: Obama, the media should focus on Trump’s incessant inability to identify basic geography about anything anywhere. He is incurious and doesn’t care.
At the same time, I do agree that there are more important things, like say Trump’s gutting of CDC pandemic prevention programs by cutting the budget and cutting the CDC budget significantly from just 2 years ago. We are less prepared to deal with crises, and he and the GOP just don’t care.
They’d rather build walls that crash down in a light breeze or put kids in cages and separate them from their families because bigots gotta bigot.
They twisted everything Obama said into make him out to be this snob who had no understanding of Middle America. If you read Obama’s memoir, you will learn that he is as much a product of his mother’s family as he is his father’s. Obama understands “real America” better than Trump ever will.
My hope for the closing arguments is that the Democrats call out all the Republican lies during the “hearing” No if, and, or buts as they say. The republicans lied about secret hearings and brought up other conspiracies. If It was up to me, I would also cal out the chief justice for letting it pass. WE should have no more fucks to give.
re: #7 i(m)p(each)sos
This isn’t even that sophisticated. It’s literally just a screenshot of the corrected tweet.
“Nuh-uh, he never said KANSAS. It says MISSOURI. Duh.”
It’s a very real tweet and you’re a very real rube. https://t.co/XSDwD3Umyy
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 3, 2020
re: #10 Interesting Times
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Part of me wants to jump in and start arguing. Most of me knows it’s not worth the keystrokes.
re: #6 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
…, I’m voting against Trump because of the kids in cages and not because of his ignorance of
geography{everything} but when I have to hear that his ignorance ofgeography{everything} is actually a virtue …
and only those elites know stuff. He revels in his lack of knowledge; he commands and the peons do it for him. Hence his inability to understand why his diktats so often fail in the real world (tm).
So today begins the hysteria about the “first four” primaries, in 4 states that have a total population of @ 12.7 million (under 4% of the US population), represent 25 total electoral votes, and only two of which are even moderately competitive in the presidential election (NH and NV.)
Not sure about the others, but I can tell you that here in SC, while they swarm like locusts before the primaries, not a single candidate will set foot in the state from then on until the general election.
It’s such a farce.
re: #2 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I can no longer tell the difference between bot, troll, and true believing Trumper They really think any criticism of things he’s actually done is fake and that “We shut up when Obama was President and didn’t complain.” The amount of people in this country who are committed to this cult is just surreal. I’m actually optimistic about beating him in November. Less so about how the healing will be since Trump along with right wing media and Trump political allies have created this cult.
There is no real functional difference at this point, much the same way there’s no real functional difference between a true believing racist and one who simply uses it for opportunistic gain. It all perpetuates the same thing in the end.
re: #3 Belafon
You’re right and if the President does NOT know a piece of information, he should have an aide look it up and confirm it for him BEFORE making a public statement.
But Trump never thinks he’s wrong, even when he is and Republicans and his followers and often the media will pretzel themselves to convince us Trump isn’t wrong, even when he is.
re: #14 Citizen K
There is no real functional difference at this point, much the same way there’s no real functional difference between a true believing racist and one who simply uses it for opportunistic gain. It all perpetuates the same thing in the end.
This is a very important point that everyone needs to internalize.
re: #12 Colère Tueur de Lapin
and only those elites know stuff. He revels in his lack of knowledge; he commands and the peons do it for him. Hence his inability to understand why his diktats so often fail in the real world (tm).
I really hope I live long enough to explain this era. Because right now I simply cannot because it’s all so surreal.
re: #13 BeachDem
The entire farce of the primaries is such that New Jersey comes in June after the nominee has been decided in Super Tuesday (where the real make/break occurs).
NJ has 126 delegates. The first 4 states have 155 (54 of which are SC) and are far less representative of the nation as a whole.
re: #14 Citizen K
There is no real functional difference at this point, much the same way there’s no real functional difference between a true believing racist and one who simply uses it for opportunistic gain. It all perpetuates the same thing in the end.
Oh no doubt, I mean I just cannot tell what’s a Russian bot talking point and what’s a Trump one? So much of our political history is being revised slowly before our eyes. It’s why I’m glad that we’re documenting a lot of this on video and on record because no matter what happens this fall, life will go on. It’s just a matter of how. As I said, I’m actually optimistic about beating Trump, I know you disagree and I respectfully do so but where I’m far more cynical is the healing process. Maybe that’s Biden’s end game after all. He really wants to expose by showing good will and faith just how awful the Republicans and right are? I don’t know.
re: #13 BeachDem
So today begins the hysteria about the “first four” primaries, in 4 states that have a total population of @ 12.7 million (under 4% of the US population), represent 25 total electoral votes, and only two of which are even moderately competitive in the presidential election (NH and NV.)
Not sure about the others, but I can tell you that here in SC, while they swarm like locusts before the primaries, not a single candidate will set foot in the state from then on until the general election.
It’s such a farce.
It is, which is what makes the whole “ZOMG! If we abolish the Electoral College, then candidates will only focus on states with huge populations!” bit such a fraking joke.
re: #6 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I mean if he could be the slightest bit self-depreciating, it probably would be shrugged off a little easier but because he has his propagandists doubling down on it, it makes it more amplified. In the end, I’m voting against Trump because of the kids in cages and not because of his ignorance of geography but when I have to hear that his ignorance of geography is actually a virtue or how “he really meant both Kansas City”, it’s exhausting.
Yes, the justification of “Kansas City is in Kansas, also” is stupid, especially when he changed the tweet.
re: #18 lawhawk
The entire farce of the primaries is such that New Jersey comes in June after the nominee has been decided in Super Tuesday (where the real make/break occurs).
NJ has 126 delegates. The first 4 states have 155 (54 of which are SC) and are far less representative of the nation as a whole.
Maybe make one early primary state based on how its demographics resemble the country as a whole and another based off of a state that was close in the last election. Iowa and New Hampshire aren’t representative of America as a whole.
re: #18 lawhawk
The entire farce of the primaries is such that New Jersey comes in June after the nominee has been decided in Super Tuesday (where the real make/break occurs).
NJ has 126 delegates. The first 4 states have 155 (54 of which are SC) and are far less representative of the nation as a whole.
But you see, if bigger states got to vote early, then the smaller states’ votes would be meaningless. Thus we must have the smaller states vote earlier so the larger states votes are rendered meaningless. That way we know we’re getting the REAL American voice heard! ///
re: #20 Targetpractice
Few will actually ever visit NJ because 1) the ad costs are so high since it falls into either NYC metro ad rates or Philly ad rates; 2) the June primary is after everything is decided (usually by Super Tuesday); and 3) no one considers NJ to be representative of the nation as a whole when by demographics it should be. Just because it’s geographically on a coast doesn’t diminish the fact that it actually better reflects the nation as a whole.
This thread, on the power of propaganda and media silos.
What’s powerful is: without real information, we never need to confront the lies we wrap ourselves in to absolve us from responsibility.
This same media silo is where Trump party senators live. https://t.co/U4LXmh9nqM— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) February 3, 2020
The primaries always start in some of the smallest and whites states in the Union, while large states with populations more representative of the US as a whole don’t come for weeks or months after the nomination has been “clinched.”
re: #21 Belafon
Yes, the justification of “Kansas City is in Kansas, also” is stupid, especially when he changed the tweet.
And there are far more Chiefs fans in Missouri than there are Kansas. I’d be tickled if this pisses off his supporters in suburban KC-MO and KC-KC.
re: #19 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Oh no doubt, I mean I just cannot tell what’s a Russian bot talking point and what’s a Trump one?
Because it is nearly impossible to tell an Internet presence from a real person.
When are they going to start on Indiana, Pennsylvania?
— Lisa Rector (@directorrector) February 3, 2020
I’m interviewing Trump voters this morning in Paris, Texas.
re: #25 jaunte
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Welcome to 2020, where we have hundreds of channels, dozens of news and information channels, and yet people are dumber than ever.
re: #30 Targetpractice
“Alexa, feed me epistemic closure.”
re: #19 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Oh no doubt, I mean I just cannot tell what’s a Russian bot talking point and what’s a Trump one? So much of our political history is being revised slowly before our eyes. It’s why I’m glad that we’re documenting a lot of this on video and on record because no matter what happens this fall, life will go on. It’s just a matter of how. As I said, I’m actually optimistic about beating Trump, I know you disagree and I respectfully do so but where I’m far more cynical is the healing process. Maybe that’s Biden’s end game after all. He really wants to expose by showing good will and faith just how awful the Republicans and right are? I don’t know.
Again, at this point? There’s functionally no difference.
And as far as trying to expose GOP bad faith by showing good will and faith? Sorry, it simply doesn’t work that way. Playing a soft hand and appealing to the better angels of a group that has gotten its unfettered power through unlimited bad faith is kind of exactly how we got to where we are to begin with. Obama tried to reach across the aisle constantly and had those attempts hung around his neck like an albatross time and time again. The GOP has gotten away with so much false equivalence because of the assumption of good faith on their part while they poison the well over and over again. The continued assumption of good faith on their part is just going to send the message that they can still do whatever they want with impunity and get the benefit of the doubt, all while casting aspersions on Dems and having said aspersions taken as gospel truth.
The fact that he’s seeing this in real time with the Hunter/Burisma bullshit and still makes this appeal sends the message to me that he’s far too nostalgic to do what needs to be done against the GOP at this point.
re: #20 Targetpractice
It is, which is what makes the whole “ZOMG! If we abolish the Electoral College, then candidates will only focus on states with huge populations!” bit such a fraking joke.
I really think we’re seeing some of the unintended consequences of the Constitutional Convention’s compromises. I’m not knocking the founders but the differences in our geography are so different than they are now and geography was considered when devising things like the EC and Congress. And when I say geography, I’m including demographics. The southern states wanted to count black people as part of their states for political power even though they had no intentions of letting black people of any gender participate in democracy.
re: #29 jaunte
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I’m interviewing Trump voters this morning in Paris, Texas.
Don’t tell him about Sudan, Texas. He’s liable to have it bombed.
re: #28 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because it is nearly impossible to tell an Internet presence from a real person.
No, that’s not what I mean. I mean the talking points themselves not the messengers.
re: #29 jaunte
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I’m interviewing Trump voters this morning in Paris, Texas.
Or Stockholm, IA, Stockholm, NY, Stockholm, NJ, Stockholm, MN, Stockholm, ME, Stockholm, SD, or Stockholm, WI…
re: #34 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Don’t tell him about Sudan, Texas. He’s liable to have it bombed.
Wait, wait hold on there maestro, there’s a New Mexico. Why is Mexico on our land!
re: #35 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
No, that’s not what I mean. I mean the talking points themselves not the messengers.
Those are paid talking points. There are a some bots who do it for the propaganda value alone, but the rest are getting funded by someone in the USA.
re: #36 Teukka
Or Stockholm, IA, Stockholm, NY, Stockholm, NJ, Stockholm, MN, Stockholm, ME, Stockholm, SD, or Stockholm, WI…
China Grove, TX is really gonna fuck him up.
re: #36 Teukka
Or Stockholm, IA, Stockholm, NY, Stockholm, NJ, Stockholm, MN, Stockholm, ME, Stockholm, SD, or Stockholm, WI…
Ah, he’ll be saying top of the morning in Dublin, Ohio and then going to Berlin, Maryland where the German people there just love him.
re: #38 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Those are paid talking points. There are a some bots who do it for the propaganda value alone, but the rest are getting funded by someone in the USA.
And I’m saying that I cannot tell the difference between which talking points are Kremlin based and which ones are RNC/CPAC/TPUSA, etc. That’s what I meant.
A pro-Susan Collins super PAC got $150k from a mysterious Hawaii company on Dec. 31. It was incorporated 5 weeks earlier, has no website, and is based at a Honolulu PO box. @CampaignLegal wants the FEC to investigate a possible straw donation scheme https://t.co/JG12wlEFEZ
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) February 3, 2020
re: #40 Citizen K
China Grove, TX is really gonna fuck him up.
I wonder if he knows about the football hall of fame being in Canton, Chyna. //
re: #41 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
The frightening thing is…I could see him doing that.
“…There is scant public information about the company. It does not appear to have a website or any social media presence. Its listed address is a P.O. box in Honolulu (listed as a “unit” number in 1820’s FEC filings). Google searches turn up no information on the company. And there’s no record of prior political involvement by its sole officer, Jennifer Lam.”
Maybe she knows the Chao family.
re: #43 jaunte
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Is it just me, or is an entire segment of the religio-political spectrum devolving into a poor caricature of the quintessentially obvious bad guy in comics?
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) February 3, 2020
re: #29 jaunte
This is a joke? I can’t tell anymore.
re: #48 Colère Tueur de Lapin
This is a joke? I can’t tell anymore.
Me neither, my Poe meter just exploded…
re: #46 jaunte
Some reporter needs to go looking for Jennifer Lam.
re: #45 Sufficient unto the day…
The frightening thing is…I could see him doing that.
Yeah the WaPo to their credit has an article about his geography misunderstandings. Remember when he blamed the Baltic States for the wars in the former Yugoslavia? I’m getting tired that if I call out this ignorant moron on his ignorance of geography and refusal to actually read or watch anything that isn’t treating him like how North Korean propaganda treats the Kims that it means I’m some kind of elitist. Geography was one of the first things I learned as a kid. My parents encouraged me to learn where states were and their capitals and later countries. That should be something we value in our President because American presidents regardless of what you feel the US’s role in the world should be should understand the world. I don’t even want to know how he thinks about Central and South America’s geography.
re: #32 Citizen K
Again, at this point? There’s functionally no difference.
And as far as trying to expose GOP bad faith by showing good will and faith? Sorry, it simply doesn’t work that way. Playing a soft hand and appealing to the better angels of a group that has gotten its unfettered power through unlimited bad faith is kind of exactly how we got to where we are to begin with. Obama tried to reach across the aisle constantly and had those attempts hung around his neck like an albatross time and time again. The GOP has gotten away with so much false equivalence because of the assumption of good faith on their part while they poison the well over and over again. The continued assumption of good faith on their part is just going to send the message that they can still do whatever they want with impunity and get the benefit of the doubt, all while casting aspersions on Dems and having said aspersions taken as gospel truth.
The fact that he’s seeing this in real time with the Hunter/Burisma bullshit and still makes this appeal sends the message to me that he’s far too nostalgic to do what needs to be done against the GOP at this point.
The bolded is one of the most maddening things about the corporate media, namely the strive for “balance” by treating every GOP argument/gripe/moan/whine as being made in good faith, no matter how blindingly obvious it is exactly the opposite.
Case in point, the “procedure” BS that is being used as the entire basis for the impeachment “defense,” which relies upon one being dumb enough to believe that the WH would ever cooperate with Congressional investigations if only those investigations were conducted in a manner that the WH approves of.
These other countries and their cities are just places where he might have business. He doesn’t care to educate himself about the history and culture. I don’t expect him to be an encyclopedia but my God, maybe actually read up on these places and actually do something other than tweet while you watch FNC blow you on television.
re: #34 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Don’t tell him about Sudan, Texas. He’s liable to have it bombed.
The people of Pekin, Il are being quarantined as a precaution against the spread of the Coronavirus.
re: #22 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Maybe make one early primary state based on how its demographics resemble the country as a whole and another based off of a state that was close in the last election. Iowa and New Hampshire aren’t representative of America as a whole.
And truly, neither are Nevada or South Carolina.
Nevada has one of the highest concentrations of Hispanics in the nation, and South Carolina follows on Feb. 29 as one of the states with the highest share of African Americans. Nevada is one of the least white states in the country. While South Carolina still has roughly the same white population as the United States overall, the strong Democratic lean of its black voters means the primary is much more nonwhite than the state…
With the exception of New Hampshire, the residents of the early states have disproportionately lower income and levels of education. None of the states rank high in young registered Democrats, and workers in non-goods industries like technology or trade get short shrift as well…
In 2016, these early states made up just 3 percent Democratic primary voters.
re: #53 Targetpractice
The bolded is one of the most maddening things about the corporate media, namely the strive for “balance” by treating every GOP argument/gripe/moan/whine as being made in good faith, no matter how blindingly obvious it is exactly the opposite.
Case in point, the “procedure” BS that is being used as the entire basis for the impeachment “defense,” which relies upon one being dumb enough to believe that the WH would ever cooperate with Congressional investigations if only those investigations were conducted in a manner that the WH approves of.
It’s especially maddening because of how two-faced it is. Assuming Republicans are always acting in good faith, and Dems always acting in bad faith isn’t balance at all. But it’s what passes for ‘balance’ and ‘impartiality’ because they’ve internalized the idea of ‘liberal media bias’. Between overcorrection and just being complicit, the thumb is so hard on the GOP’s side of the scale and yet we still have the same goddamn song and dance about needing to be more understanding about “conservative voices” and all that fucking “Both sides same thing” shit.
It all started with KAC’s Orwellean inspired “alternative facts” where Trump’s inaguaration was the greatest popular event ever when in reality, it was under attended compared to his predecessors and also featured his immediate Republican predecessor and thank you GWB for speaking for all of us when you told Mrs. Obama that it was “some weird shit.” Because it was. It’s the same campaign that convinces us that SNL poking fun at Trump is somehow worse than Trump belittling a disabled reporter and Gold Star Family, and then there are the frauds who have surrounded themselves with Trump who definitely know Trump’s a shitbag because they’ve all expresesd that at some point but party above nation. They couldn’t have put their hatred of HRC and the Dems aside to realize that yeah HRC may not have been ideologically what they wanted but she wasn’t an incompetent moron.
re: #29 jaunte
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I’m interviewing Trump voters this morning in Paris, Texas.
Is that anywhere near Palestine, Texas?
Democrats should have nuked the caucus system and gone to a ranked choice primary nationwide along with moving all the Super Tuesday states to the day after IA and NH - diminishing importance of IA and NH, and heightening the importance of the rest of the nation. Frankly, they should do the primaries in a few weeks time. Compact and consolidate, and moving the timeframe so that states like NJ actually matter more than NH or IA.
re: #60 lawhawk
Don’t the states have control over this?
re: #36 Teukka
Or Stockholm, IA, Stockholm, NY, Stockholm, NJ, Stockholm, MN, Stockholm, ME, Stockholm, SD, or Stockholm, WI…
Don’t even get me started on Columbus.
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Illinois
Columbus, Indiana
Columbus, Kansas
Columbus, Kentucky
Columbus, Minnesota
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus, Missouri
Columbus, Montana
Columbus, Nebraska
Columbus, New Jersey
Columbus, New Mexico
Columbus, New York
Columbus, North Carolina
Columbus, North Dakota
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Texas
Columbus, Wisconsin
re: #65 I Would Prefer Not To
He’s going to love Moscow………Idaho.
Well I’d be okay with exiling Trump there rather than Moscow, Russia. Can’t tell Pooty secrets there. Plus the other St. Petersburg is nicer too.
re: #64 BeachDem
Don’t even get me started on Columbus.
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Illinois
Columbus, Indiana
Columbus, Kansas
Columbus, Kentucky
Columbus, Minnesota
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus, Missouri
Columbus, Montana
Columbus, Nebraska
Columbus, New Jersey
Columbus, New Mexico
Columbus, New York
Columbus, North Carolina
Columbus, North Dakota
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Texas
Columbus, Wisconsin
What about Mexico, Indiana? If he finds out, will he build a wall around it?
re: #63 Belafon
Don’t the states have control over this?
I think it’s usually something that the parties internally agree on and then the state governments proceed. I seem to recall there was one state that had a primary for the Republicans on a considerably different date than that of the Democrats.
re: #52 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah the WaPo to their credit has an article about his geography misunderstandings. Remember when he blamed the Baltic States for the wars in the former Yugoslavia? I’m getting tired that if I call out this ignorant moron on his ignorance of geography and refusal to actually read or watch anything that isn’t treating him like how North Korean propaganda treats the Kims that it means I’m some kind of elitist. Geography was one of the first things I learned as a kid. My parents encouraged me to learn where states were and their capitals and later countries. That should be something we value in our President because American presidents regardless of what you feel the US’s role in the world should be should understand the world. I don’t even want to know how he thinks about Central and South America’s geography.
re: #68 rhuarc
What about Mexico, Indiana? If he finds out, will he build a wall around it?
There’s a San Jose, Il. but it’s pronounced San Joes. And all the Cantons—clearly a tribute to the opium trade with China.
re: #58 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It all started with KAC’s Orwellean inspired “alternative facts” where Trump’s inaguaration was the greatest popular event ever when in reality, it was under attended compared to his predecessors and also featured his immediate Republican predecessor and thank you GWB for speaking for all of us when you told Mrs. Obama that it was “some weird shit.” Because it was. It’s the same campaign that convinces us that SNL poking fun at Trump is somehow worse than Trump belittling a disabled reporter and Gold Star Family, and then there are the frauds who have surrounded themselves with Trump who definitely know Trump’s a shitbag because they’ve all expresesd that at some point but party above nation. They couldn’t have put their hatred of HRC and the Dems aside to realize that yeah HRC may not have been ideologically what they wanted but she wasn’t an incompetent moron.
It’s less a new problem and more an existing one getting worse. The acceptance and promotion of GOP bad faith arguments, in conjunction with the demonization and minimization of the press has been with us since at least the days of St. Ron, all Trump did was raise both to their (illegal) conclusions. Where once the GOP was content to use small lies to sell bigger ones, and mutter about the “liberal press” whenever caught in those lies, now they openly wage war with the media to sell those big lies to an increasingly desperate party base.
re: #70 sagehen
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I was very impressed by that. I can visualize it but I cannot draw it to the point where I get the borders perfectly. The truth is and always has been that it is wealthy, white Republicans who don’t give a shit about “middle America” or “real America.”
re: #72 Targetpractice
It’s less a new problem and more an existing one getting worse. The acceptance and promotion of GOP bad faith arguments, in conjunction with the demonization and minimization of the press has been with us since at least the days of St. Ron, all Trump did was raise both to their (illegal) conclusions. Where once the GOP was content to use small lies to sell bigger ones, and mutter about the “liberal press” whenever caught in those lies, now they openly wage war with the media to sell those big lies to an increasingly desperate party base.
Yeah, Reagan’s asshole behavior hasn’t gotten enough coverage which is why I’m glad his ugliness got exposed on those Nixon tapes and later his administration’s lie about the genocide in El Salvador done by their guy in the name of anti-communism.
That’s not a typ-o. 18 billion pages of evidence. Then, multiple committees and the evidence they collected.
Intel. Judiciary. Foreign Affairs. Oversight. Ways and Means.— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) February 1, 2020
Perhaps this last impeachment trial served to very accurately expose just who is too compromised by the conspiracy to defend the Constitution.
Surely, any upcoming prosecutions would make everything make a lot more sense. 😈— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) February 1, 2020
Have you forgotten the Oversight Committee report about the WHISTLEBLOWER who called out Trump’s attempt to give the Bonesaw Mafia sensitive nuclear tech without Congress’ approval? https://t.co/jPGzbf14A0 pic.twitter.com/bkcyWVI310
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) February 1, 2020
re: #74 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah, Reagan’s asshole behavior hasn’t gotten enough coverage which is why I’m glad his ugliness got exposed on those Nixon tapes and later his administration’s lie about the genocide in El Salvador done by their guy in the name of anti-communism.
One could argue that the difference between St. Ron and Hair Furor is the difference between a professional actor and a conman. It’s the difference between the nation seeing the president as a kindly grandpa who believes in “tough love” and seeing the other as a two-bit crook who has risen way above his competency.
re: #42 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
And I’m saying that I cannot tell the difference between which talking points are Kremlin based and which ones are RNC/CPAC/TPUSA, etc. That’s what I meant.
This is true, not all of the funding comes from the USA
re: #43 jaunte
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re: #66 lawhawk
Springfield.
And in Pennsylvania there’s Nazareth, Bethlehem and New Jerusalem (and a whole bunch more.) Maybe he’ll send Jared to PA to unite Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
re: #76 Targetpractice
One could argue that the difference between St. Ron and Hair Furor is the difference between a professional actor and a conman. It’s the difference between the nation seeing the president as a kindly grandpa who believes in “tough love” and seeing the other as a two-bit crook who has risen way above his competency.
There are alot of good arguments to be made for that. Gotta say, the country’s a better place if the Fordites win out in the GOP. The funny thing though is Ford actually was from a pretty modest background. Granted Reagan was too but Reagan’s political rise was through him chumming up to corporations. Ford was a young WWII vet who felt that the old way (the isolationist wing of the GOP) was wrong and rose through the post war GOP ranks that way.
re: #63 Belafon
Don’t the states have control over this?
The party decides. In the case of NV and SC:
The Democratic Party moved them up for the 2008 election to offset the lack of diversity of New Hampshire and Iowa, and to represent more regions of the United States. In a Democratic National Committee vote, Nevada was selected over Arizona, and South Carolina was chosen over Alabama.
re: #79 BeachDem
There’s a Bethlehem NY too. Jerusalem NY too.
re: #79 BeachDem
And in Pennsylvania there’s Nazareth, Bethlehem and New Jerusalem (and a whole bunch more.) Maybe he’ll send Jared to PA to unite Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
The in state rivalry is interesting though. My grand aunt and her family are PSU fans- that’s more closer to Philly than Pittsburgh in college football but they go for the Steelers in the NFL. Don’t know if they’re baseball fans though so I don’t know if it’s Buccos or Phills though I suspect Buccos since I think my grand uncle took my mom and uncle to a game at Three Rivers one time.
Well, I’ll just take a quick break from writing this lecture to take a big swig of coffee and see what’s going on in the world…. https://t.co/ndGpTe25pC
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 3, 2020
re: #75 Dread Pirate
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Think the best way to look at it is that, even if there are no further articles of impeachment, the metric shit-ton of evidence is gonna bury that Cheeto-colored turd.
Sadly, at least half of the “front-runners” in the DNC primaries have either said aloud or intimated that they will “move on” if they win, which means we may see a repeat of the new pres pulling a Ford by declaring that the crimes of the Trump admin should not be investigated but instead it’s in the nation’s “best interest” to “move forward.”
Get this, the Trumpers are trying to act like “No, you’re stupid, you didn’t know there was a Kansas City, Kansas before this.” I knew. What always surprised me was that KC, MO was the the bigger of the two but that happens. The original Miami was in Ohio not Florida. And Miami, Florida is a lot bigger. They just cannot admit that Trump doesn’t care about the geography of the country he’s supposedly making great again. And it’s something that if a Democrat had done, they would be using non stop to point how Dem elitists don’t care about the heartland and some shit like that. It’s really fucking exhausting to hear lectures from the likes of Matt Schlaap about “Washington elites” when that fucker’s been padding his wallet from Washington for most of his adult career. As a native of the DC area, if the right wing political power elites hate us so much, I wish they would get the fuck out of our metropolitan area.
re: #85 Targetpractice
My guess is the Dems will (unfortunately) back off until after November. Expect the Impeachment talk to ratchet up again if Cheeto gets re-elected.
re: #85 Targetpractice
Think the best way to look at it is that, even if there are no further articles of impeachment, the metric shit-ton of evidence is gonna bury that Cheeto-colored turd.
Sadly, at least half of the “front-runners” in the DNC primaries have either said aloud or intimated that they will “move on” if they win, which means we may see a repeat of the new pres pulling a Ford by declaring that the crimes of the Trump admin should not be investigated but instead it’s in the nation’s “best interest” to “move forward.”
It may have to be states like NY that end up being the tip of the spear in regards to criminal prosecution. In any case, I fully expect a mass exodus of Trump ass-lickers knee deep in his extensive crimes to leave the country for the UK, Israel, and Hungary- places with currently Trumpish leaders. The UK would be their preferred destination with its current Conservative Party PM but who knows how the legal system would deal with a US Extradition. They might have to leave very quickly for other less desirable rat’s nests.
Russia would be their final bailout Hail Mary but life under Putin would automatically mean pulling off the mask fully to reveal their true allegiances- To themselves only.
re: #79 BeachDem
And in Pennsylvania there’s Nazareth, Bethlehem and New Jerusalem (and a whole bunch more.) Maybe he’ll send Jared to PA to unite Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
He might need to deploy the new Space Force to Mars, PA also.
Is there no Republican senator who thinks it’s crazy that the Trump legal team is on the Senate floor right now attempting to defend the facts—while refusing to allow testimony from their own administration about them?
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) February 3, 2020
Note in closing argument now:
Trump lawyers are reiterating factual defenses that have now been rejected by some GOP senators — who say Trump *did* do it, and they plan to acquit on other grounds.— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) February 3, 2020
OK, this is Chutzpah moment on the Senate floor: “No witness in the House testified” that there was direct evidence of a Trump link between Ukraine aid and investigations.
Ask John Bolton???— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) February 3, 2020
re: #92 jaunte
Oh, come on! TRUMP BLOCKED ALL THE FUCKING WITNESSES THAT WOULD HAVE SAID THAT.
Sweet Jesus on a cracker.
re: #92 jaunte
Gaslighting shitheads.
The sheer audacity of Trump’s lawyers claiming there is no one to link the freeze on military aid to investigations while blocking John Bolton’s testimony is just breathtaking.
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) February 3, 2020
re: #91 jaunte
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This is one of those things that is going to really haunt the GOP after Wed, namely the reality I pointed out a couple weeks back that voting for “acquittal” does not afford them a “Get Out of Jail Free” card with Trump. Coming out weeks or months from now and catching his attention by declaring that his call wasn’t “perfect” but it wasn’t impeachable is only going to draw his ire and lead to utterly irrational freakouts on his part.
Schiff ought to ask Republicans if they will be OK with a Democratic president blocking witnesses and documents?
re: #83 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
The in state rivalry is interesting though. My grand aunt and her family are PSU fans- that’s more closer to Philly than Pittsburgh in college football but they go for the Steelers in the NFL. Don’t know if they’re baseball fans though so I don’t know if it’s Buccos or Phills though I suspect Buccos since I think my grand uncle took my mom and uncle to a game at Three Rivers one time.
Imagine the consternation for war era football fans about the 1943 Steagles!
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It’s a murder trial where the prosecution found a mountain of damning evidence, but the defense managed to get the key witness barred on a technicality, so the jury is told they have to “acquit” because the prosecution can’t put the defendant at the scene at the time of the murder.
re: #98 lizardofid
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Ha ha, yes I know all about the Steagles.
re: #97 Belafon
Schiff ought to ask Republicans if they will be OK with a Democratic president blocking witnesses and documents?
Of course not, which is why the first Dem after Trump that tries is gonna get crucified in every way that he is not, with willing assistance from the corporate media who will suddenly be unable to understand how the Dems could ever think they could get away with it.
re: #97 Belafon
Schiff ought to ask Republicans if they will be OK with a Democratic president blocking witnesses and documents?
Yes get em on the record one way or the other.
Trump had to fire the incompetent boob he just got approved in the senate in September to head the Department of Veterans Affairs for being an incompetent boob.
re: #103 Dread Pirate
Pretty bad when you are deemed too incompetent for the fucking TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
Germany and nuclear weapons … Another important datapoint: high-ranking member of Merkel’s party calls for Germany to join forces with the French on (Eupopeanized?) nuclear deterrence! https://t.co/91BdAJzFGx
— Ulrich Kühn (@DrUlrichKuehn) February 3, 2020
re: #99 Targetpractice
It’s a murder trial where the prosecution found a mountain of damning evidence, but the defense managed to get the key witness barred on a technicality, so the jury is told they have to “acquit” because the prosecution can’t put the defendant at the scene at the time of the murder.
More like a murder trial where the jury cut off the prosecution and went into deliberations. While in deliberations, prosecutors informs the court/jurors that they found the literal smoking gun, and the jury says to the Court: “No thanks. We can’t possibly allow this to continue on. It’d be unfair to the defendant.”
re: #106 Mike Lamb
More like a murder trial where the jury cut off the prosecution and went into deliberations. While in deliberations, prosecutors informs the court/jurors that they found the literal smoking gun, and the jury says to the Court: “No thanks. We can’t possibly allow this to continue on. It’d be unfair to the defendant.”
A murder trial where the jury sat in on the discovery hearings, working with the defense to decide what evidence would and wouldn’t appear at trial, all while criticizing the prosecution for not working with the defense “in good faith” to find a way to avoid a trial altogether. Oh, and the bulk of the jury also believes that the prosecutor is really the killer and wants to put him on trial instead.
re: #99 Targetpractice
It’s a murder trial where the prosecution found a mountain of damning evidence, but the
defensejury managed to get the key witness barred on a technicality, so the jury is told they have to “acquit” because the prosecution can’t put the defendant at the scene at the time of the murder.
Oh, and don’t forget at this murder trial, the judge is just sitting there and letting the defense team run amuck, with his only significant contribution during the course of trial being the point when he broke in on the prosecution’s opening remarks to criticize them for “decorum.”
“How are Republicans going to convict Joe Biden if he’s allowed to block Hunter?”
#Philbin is arguing separation of powers in danger by Congress bringing #obstruction article. This is incredible since they refused witnesses & evidence incriminating #Trump & w/ a history of witnesses in the Senate trial, inclusing new evidence. https://t.co/232jK3WXVx
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) February 3, 2020
From downstairs:
re: #163 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Christ. Not sure if this is reliable - it *is* a British tabloid, after all, but the Daily Star claims that Chinese hospitals are stacking the body bags and that a whistleblower got arrested for shooting video of all the bodies.
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The one statistic that gives me optimism about the mortality rate of the coronavirus is that, of the 159 cases outside China, there has been only one death to date. The possible higher number of deaths in Wuhan may reflect nothing more than a higher incidence of infections. Seasonal flu has killed about 10,000 Americans over the past 4 months. I’m sure they will add this new virus to the mix for the flu vaccine for next year— and this may encourage more people to get the shot.
Clever tweet layout to make a serious point:
📂 U.S. Foreign Policy
└📂 Yemen War
└📂 Votes in Congress to
authorize U.S. involvement
└⚠️ This folder is empty#YemenCantWait— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) February 3, 2020
re: #105 Dread Pirate
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Germany and nuclear weapons … Another important datapoint: high-ranking member of Merkel’s party calls for Germany to join forces with the French on (Eupopeanized?) nuclear deterrence! https://t.co/91BdAJzFGx
— Ulrich Kühn (@DrUlrichKuehn) February 3, 2020
I’ve been expecting this. The whole non
-proliferation regime, built up at enormous effort and cost over the last 60 years, is about to collapse around us.
The reason the House thought Trump was fighting all subpoenas is because Trump said “we’re fighting all the subpoenas,” then his lawyers wrote a letter saying they were not going to “participate” in the inquiry.
Philbin’s arguments on subpoeanas are 100% baseless & bad faith. https://t.co/jwEBfXrtsU— Jesse Lee (@JesseCharlesLee) February 3, 2020
re: #111 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The level of chutzpah on display is truly mind-blowing. The arrogance on display by a defense that has decided there’s no way their client can be convicted cannot be understated.
re: #76 Targetpractice
One could argue that the difference between St. Ron and Hair Furor is the difference between a professional actor and a conman. It’s the difference between the nation seeing the president as a kindly grandpa who believes in “tough love” and seeing the other as a two-bit crook who has risen way above his competency.
One major and crucial difference between Reagan and Trump: No one ever thought that Reagan was owned by the Russians.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
whoever had Cillizza as the one to bring up 57 states, please collect your winnings.
With a keen memory like Chris Cillizza’s, it’s no wonder he’s paid the GDP of a tiny island nation https://t.co/d0cX8CuHlT
— pete buttigieg official VEVO (@jesseltaylor) February 3, 2020
Sit down and shut up, Frank. You follow a depraved leader who boasts about sexually assaulting women.
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@mandalorchick) February 3, 2020
re: #110 Belafon
“How are Republicans going to convict Joe Biden if he’s allowed to block Hunter?”
If the House remains under Democratic control, there will be no impeachment of a President Biden.
re: #117 Hecuba’s daughter
One major and crucial difference between Reagan and Trump: No one ever thought that Reagan was owned by the Russians.
We were talking about theIr style. Yeah Reagan wasn’t owned by the Russians but he was owned big time by people who had a vested interest in destroying social progress that he the former Democrat benefited from.
The Trump defense team has just said “Fuck it” and decided to go for broke. After all, what’s the worst that could happen, the Senate Repub “moderates” vote furrow their brows a little deeper before voting for “acquittal”?
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
White House Claim: “The House managers say it is a blanket defiance… that we will not give you anything… that was not the President’s response.”
so what documents have you given?
what witnesses have you directed to testify?
we know the answers are none and none.
The reason the House thought Trump was fighting all subpoenas is because Trump said “we’re fighting all the subpoenas,” then his lawyers wrote a letter saying they were not going to “participate” in the inquiry.
Philbin’s arguments on subpoeanas are 100% baseless & bad faith. https://t.co/jwEBfXrtsU— Jesse Lee (@JesseCharlesLee) February 3, 2020
re: #119 Scottish Dragon
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re: #124 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Ayatollah Graham is the last person I want lecturing us.
Dreher might manage to be even worse.
re: #124 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Ayatollah Graham is the last person I want lecturing us.
Isn’t he the one who paid off the pool boy? Or am I getting my evangelical grifters mixed up?
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Dear Zod, how can we have children knowing that ass-shaking is a thing!?
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re: #126 Interesting Times
Isn’t he the one who paid off the pool boy? Or am I getting my evangelical grifters mixed up?
That’s Falwell Jr.
re: #126 Interesting Times
Isn’t he the one who paid off the pool boy? Or am I getting my evangelical grifters mixed up?
That’s Falwell Jr but you can be forgiven for confusing one product of the fundie incest nepotism pool with another. Falwell Jr is threatening to secede parts of Virginia into West Virginia at the moment though.
Sorry for the random outburst but damn, Jay Sekulow is one of the most arrogant, repellent sleazebags I think I’ve ever seen. Apart from his crime boss, that is.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 3, 2020
re: #127 Targetpractice
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heh.
I thought the pole dancing thing and the brief simulated copulation bit got a little over the line. Most of the show was fine, however.
re: #129 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
That’s Falwell Jr but you can be forgiven for confusing one product of the fundie incest nepotism pool with another. Falwell Jr is threatening to secede parts of Virginia into West Virginia at the moment though.
Sekulow is complaining that Democrats have been trying to impeach Trump since just after he was elected.
Wasn’t there something in the news in the last few days about Ernst talking about impeaching Biden who isn’t accused of crimes and hasn’t been elected?#ImpeachmentTrials— Annie Gabston-Howell- (@AnnieGabstonH) February 3, 2020
re: #131 Scottish Dragon
heh.
I thought the pole dancing thing and the brief simulated copulation bit got a little over the line. Most of the show was fine, however.
It’s hard as hell to believe that it’s been over a decade now since the nation lost its fucking mind over a nip-slip.
re: #133 jaunte
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Trump has been lying and stealing since before his inauguration.
re: #133 jaunte
The GOP were ready to impeach Obama as soon as he beat Hilary in the primaries.
re: #132 Targetpractice
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I just want some West Virginia who knew a grandparent or great grandparent when WV seceded over slavery goes “Uh no, you all were happy to stay in Virginia when you had a shit fit over slavery, stay away.”
Sekulow is now playing a Trump ad during the impeachment hearings.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) February 3, 2020
It’s all a bunch of bad faith bullshit.
re: #140 jaunte
Good, we can play an ad of him playign the ad and show that Sekulow wasn’t interested in getting to the truth of what happened but rather making this into a show trial. Sekulow should be disbarred for his stunts.
re: #134 Targetpractice
It’s hard as hell to believe that it’s been over a decade now since the nation lost its fucking mind over a nip-slip.
The rather graphic simulated sex between her and Timberlake was a hell of a lot more egregious, lol. I remember one commenter suggesting it’s a wonder she didn’t get pregnant on stage. You can be sexy without being sleazy.
Two lawmakers in Sweden have nominated Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. https://t.co/d7b2Ff74iW
— WTOP (@WTOP) February 3, 2020
re: #141 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It’s all a bunch of bad faith bullshit.
That’s all it’s ever been. The upside is that the defense is only deepening the pit that Repubs will have to climb out of between now and November.
re: #142 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Sekulow pivots to “Imeachment IS a show trial.”
Rep. Val Demings: “The president’s obstruction was unlawful and unprecedented—but it also confirmed his guilt. Innocent people don’t try to hide every document and witness, especially those that could clear them. That’s what guilty people do.” https://t.co/lCrIAfTgkR pic.twitter.com/fD84NWrdGi
— ABC News (@ABC) February 3, 2020
re: #146 jaunte
Sekulow pivots to “Imeachment IS a show trial.”
Show trials had more witnesses than the Repubs voted to allow.
re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth
Demmings is really good guys. I think she’s someone who could run against Scott, DeSantitis, or Rubio one day.
Wait, the Presidents lawyers are showing Trump political ads IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIAL?
re: #150 Eclectic Cyborg
Wait, the Presidents lawyers are showing Trump political ads IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIAL?
Yep. It’s a sham all right but the only sham artists are Jay and the Trump layesr and the GOP Senators.
In any event, I’ll say it for the eleventy-billionth time: “absolute immunity” is not a thing recognized by any court. Executive privilege was never asserted. NOBODY says you can be impeached for a valid assertion of privileges. REFUSING to assert those privileges is obstruction.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) February 3, 2020
Twitter summed up in a thread. pic.twitter.com/eDOHzSO02Q
— Steve Benko (@SteveBenko) February 3, 2020
Pat Cipollone, fact witness and co-conspirator, begs the Senate to reject the articles of impeachment.
I hope to be seeing him at a disciplinary hearing soon.— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) February 3, 2020
Declaring it a “show trial” just furthers the humiliation that these idiots are setting up their party for. Show trials generally began with the verdict already decided and the “trial” all about destroying the character of the accused, usually with party officials issuing denouncements or coerced “witnesses” testifying at gunpoint about the guilt of the person(s) in the docket.
To call this a “show trial” is the usual IMAX-level of projection, as it began with the verdict already decided (Trump is “innocent”) and has done nothing to prove such and everything to destroy the character the accusers.
Cartoon for @TorontoStar #BrexitDay #Brexit50p #Brexiteers #BrexitShambles pic.twitter.com/tANe3Wijvm
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) February 3, 2020
If you’re more interested in hearing from the whistleblower or making up fake process complaints about House subpoenas than hearing from 1st hand witnesses like Bolton, Mulvaney, Pompeo or Trump himself, you’re involved in a cover up, not a search for the truth & accountability. https://t.co/OhBI8JZQSM
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) February 3, 2020
re: #130 Charles Johnson
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— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 3, 2020
He made his fortune grifting fundies. Sleaze is the norm in that industry
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #80 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
There are alot of good arguments to be made for that. Gotta say, the country’s a better place if the Fordites win out in the GOP. The funny thing though is Ford actually was from a pretty modest background. Granted Reagan was too but Reagan’s political rise was through him chumming up to corporations. Ford was a young WWII vet who felt that the old way (the isolationist wing of the GOP) was wrong and rose through the post war GOP ranks that way.
Nixon was also from a very modest background.
Grew up in Whittier, two of his brothers died when he was young (tuberculosis), he had to turn down a full tuition scholarship to Harvard because it didn’t include cross-country train fare, or room and board, or another employee for his family’s grocery store because he wouldn’t have been there to do shifts.
re: #122 Targetpractice
The Trump defense team has just said “Fuck it” and decided to go for broke. After all, what’s the worst that could happen, the Senate Repub “moderates” vote furrow their brows a little deeper before voting for “acquittal”?
The Trump team’s entire Legal strategy is to win in November. It is an All-or-nothing strategy totally in line with their all-or-nothing ideology. Should they lose in November it means probably a lot of them going to prison and they know it. It is going to get Krazy as the election nears. Watch out.
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That should send trump up the wall (paid for by Sweden).
re: #161 sagehen
Nixon was also from a very modest background.
Grew up in Whittier, two of his brothers died when he was young (tuberculosis), he had to turn down a full tuition scholarship to Harvard because it didn’t include cross-country train fare, or room and board, or another employee for his family’s grocery store because he wouldn’t have been there to do shifts.
Yep. Nixon always saw himself as the middle class’s champion.
re: #142 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Good, we can play an ad of him playign the ad and show that Sekulow wasn’t interested in getting to the truth of what happened but rather making this into a show trial. Sekulow should be disbarred for his stunts.
Not to mention for his “charity” scams.
This is how you show a government that press intimidation doesn’t work
Political journalists boycott No 10 briefing after PM’s aide tries to ban selected reportershttps://t.co/7I01K7ws2Y— Julian Borger (@julianborger) February 3, 2020
re: #168 Dread Pirate
1. The White House banned the press briefings.
2. This White House would rather not have to answer questions at all.
The country needs my reassuring presence. https://t.co/JZRBR4VUNN
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 31, 2020
It was nice knowing EU…
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 31, 2020
UK government prepares for trade negotiations with the EU by negotiating with each other: pic.twitter.com/2iqm8xkVe7
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) February 3, 2020
“Little boys and girls across America aren’t asking at home what the Framers meant by high crimes and misdemeanors. But someday they will ask us why we didn’t do anything to stop this president who put his own interest above what is good for all of us.” - @RepSylviaGarcia pic.twitter.com/7a8I1uoj8m
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) February 3, 2020
They may be 100 percent President’s Trump’s words, but not necessarily in the right order
— Chris Borrill (@chrisv987) February 3, 2020
As they pretend he wasn’t clearly unfit for office from the day he descended on his magic golden escalator and most of the Republicans in that room agreed. https://t.co/YEgJ7ZCJbM
— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 3, 2020
Breaking: Two people died and one was taken to the hospital following a shooting on the Texas A&M-Commerce campus Monday, according to university officials. https://t.co/uQ1xhAdiQe
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) February 3, 2020
Officers are stationed throughout the school’s campus which remains on lockdown. All Monday classes were cancelled.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. https://t.co/uQ1xhAdiQe— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) February 3, 2020
re: #166 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yep. Nixon always saw himself as the middle class’s champion.
He actually was; his crimes were for non-economic motives.
EPA. OSHA. He proposed a universal health care plan that was well to the left of Obamacare. It was somebody on his team who first came up with Universal Basic Income.
They give with one hand: “We must fight class, race, and gender inequality at the same time.” And take with the other: “These struggles are inseparable, not intersectional.” Which is the tell that class remains their primary concern. The others? “I guess that, too.”
— Miss Demeanor (@Gwynnion) February 3, 2020
Like, how are you supposed to successfully address racism if you don’t bother to acquaint yourself with its history and systemic nature, and how often economic or class-based relief purposefully excepted or failed Black Americans, and how even wealth affords no real protection?
— Miss Demeanor (@Gwynnion) February 3, 2020
The rest of the thread is plenty worth reading over.
“The facts are clear and so is the Constitution. The only question is what you in the Senate will do… Your oath is not to do the easy thing. It is to do impartial justice. It requires conviction and removal of President Trump.” - @RepZoeLofgren pic.twitter.com/vEr2n0H2eE
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) February 3, 2020
Trump is the Dr Perky of Dr Publix.
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@mandalorchick) February 3, 2020
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
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DEVELOPING: 2 people killed in shooting at residence hall at Texas A&M University-Commerce campus; additional person hospitalized; students and staff told to shelter in place, school says. https://t.co/TTWPyb2PPd
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 3, 2020
re: #178 sagehen
He actually was; his crimes were for non-economic motives.
EPA. OSHA. He proposed a universal health care plan that was well to the left of Obamacare. It was somebody on his team who first came up with Universal Basic Income.
He weaponized blue collar cultural grievance. The Hard Hat Riot was one of the early manifestations of ‘lawn-order’ conservatism.
Did somebody get word on teleskiguy and I missed it? He never replied to my Twitter DM.
re: #184 Charles Johnson
Did somebody get word on teleskiguy and I missed it? He never replied to my Twitter DM.
not that I’ve heard.
Question for the football-knowledgable…
Would the 49ers have won if Colin Kaepernick were still on the team?
About 14 GOP seats empty now; Dem seats now mostly filled, expect for about three.
All the Dem presidential candidates are still there.— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 3, 2020
Hilariously I’m getting “Music shouldn’t be political!” messages now.
Really, let’s go to Conservative Country Music: We’ll start with that Lee Greenwood song or maybe that Charlie Daniels Uneasy Rider 88 remake, and work out way up to Toby Keith.
Fuck off with this.— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 3, 2020
Rush Limbaugh diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
There goes the ENTIRE punk repertoire.
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I wonder, was posting this song to a reply to the above overkill?
Nobody tell them about Depeche Mode’s “People are People”…https://t.co/CMeV6CTBbQ
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) February 3, 2020
re: #189 Shropshire Slasher
Is joke or is real? Still can’t tell.
Adam Schiff is giving a scathing closing argument now… https://t.co/90J7lKB4WG pic.twitter.com/ZEwbwLgcD7
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 3, 2020
re: #154 jaunte
i’ve been following discussions about whether trumps lawyers can be disciplined for what they are doing
many say no because this rule 3.3(a)(1):
A lawyer shall not knowingly: (1) make a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal or fail to correct a false statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by the lawyer;
and that impeachment doesnt neatly fit the definition of “tribunal” - no “neutral official” making a ruling, nor is there a “binding legal judgment”.
but apparently further down there is also rule 3.9 and it specifically refers to work before legislative bodies and incorporates Rules 3.3(a) through (c), 3.4(a) through (c).
so one can hope
Pat Cipollone, fact witness and co-conspirator, begs the Senate to reject the articles of impeachment.
I hope to be seeing him at a disciplinary hearing soon.— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) February 3, 2020
re: #192 Colère Tueur de Lapin
He just said it on his show
re: #186 sagehen
Question for the football-knowledgable…
Would the 49ers have won if Colin Kaepernick were still on the team?
This is a pretty tough question and the only answer I can give you is: Maybe. It really all depends on how Kaepernicks skills would be after missing several seasons. IF he regained his old form, he’d be entering the game with a lot more experience than Garropolo has, but it was really the SF Defense that coughed up the game in the 4th quarter, which Kap would have had no control over anyway.
re: #191 Teukka
Depeche Mode is way too elitist for real ‘merikans.
re: #189 Shropshire Slasher
Rush Limbaugh diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
I’m sorry. Cancer sucks, but I’m having a really tough time feeling too bad over this.
re: #184 Charles Johnson
Did somebody get word on teleskiguy and I missed it? He never replied to my Twitter DM.
I worry that it’s time to start looking his real name up.
re: #192 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Is joke or is real? Still can’t tell.
Straight from the horse’s mouth, apparently.
Rush Limbaugh just announced on his radio program he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Says there will be days he won’t be able to be there due to treatment…
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) February 3, 2020
re: #199 Belafon
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re: #189 Shropshire Slasher
Fuck cancer and fuck Limbaugh.
re: #189 Shropshire Slasher
Rush Limbaugh diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
re: #195 Shropshire Slasher
He just said it on his show
re: #192 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Is joke or is real? Still can’t tell.
It could be a certain deity firing for effect in self defence, but wouldn’t be recognized as such by the usual suspects. It could also be yet another grifting scheme [Dayum, I wish I wasn’t this cynical /T.]…
re: #198 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m sorry. Cancer sucks, but I’m have a really tough time feeling too bad over this.
He spent his life ruining other people’s. Unlike him, I wouldn’t deny him the treatment he needs, but I’m not going to shed any tears at his likely demise.
re: #189 Shropshire Slasher
Rush Limbaugh diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
I would not wish it on him.
He still will not be missed.
re: #203 lawhawk
Fuck cancer and fuck Limbaugh.
Ok, I can live with that one. I was going to comment about no sympathy for anyone still smoking…
re: #189 Shropshire Slasher
Rush Limbaugh diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
God forgive me, but that made me cheer. For all the damage he has caused, karma is going to be a B.
re: #203 lawhawk
Fuck cancer and fuck Limbaugh.
I was friends on facebook, but I think he deleted his account.
I heard this as a direct rebuke to Lamar Alexander and those who have adopted his line: https://t.co/qkuFGY15X2
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) February 3, 2020
“Midnight in Washington. All too tragic a metaphor for where the country finds itself at the conclusion of only the third impeachment in history, and the first impeachment trial without witnesses or documents.” - @RepAdamSchiff pic.twitter.com/pTxr8h7XWk
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) February 3, 2020
Of course the cat isn’t typing these tweets.
He’s using speech to text software…— freya_theferret (@TheferretFreya) February 3, 2020
re: #206 ericblair
He spent his life ruining other people’s. Unlike him, I wouldn’t deny him the treatment he needs, but I’m not going to shed any tears at his likely demise.
My question when conservatives get cancer is are they going to use weed when they have chemo? Of course, the answer is yes, but…you get it.
“They gave you an oath, and they meant for you to observe it.”
“Walk by faith. The Senate can still do the right thing. And if we come together as Americans, then together we can eradicate the cancer that threatens our democracy, and continue our long, necessary and majestic march toward a more perfect union.” - @RepJeffries pic.twitter.com/AoCAidwPTP
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) February 3, 2020
.@RepValDemings recalls her time as police chief:
“We had to send a strong message that the police department was not a place… where corruption was normalized… I believe we are holding young police recruits to a higher standard than we are the leader of the free world.” pic.twitter.com/A2eloIt4Uv— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) February 3, 2020
re: #186 sagehen
Question for the football-knowledgable…
Would the 49ers have won if Colin Kaepernick were still on the team?
Impossible to know, but probably not. SF got to the SB because of their defense and run game. It isn’t likely a change in quarterback would mean a change in offensive scheme. Garoppolo had a couple interceptions but Kaepernic was known to have some problems with turnovers in his day too. KC won the game because either SFs defense collapsed in the last 6 minutes, or they just finally figured them out. 6 of one half dozen of the other.
Also, let’s not forget Kaep was originally benched after SF hit an 11 game losing streak and he had one of the worst passing performances in SF history with a net 6 yards for the game.
re: #198 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m sorry. Cancer sucks, but I’m having a really tough time feeling too bad over this.
Me too and I’m not really sorry. He laughed and mocked the Kennedy Family when Junior passed.
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Walk by faith. The Senate can still do the right thing. And if we come together as Americans, then together we can eradicate the cancer that threatens our democracy, and continue our long, necessary and majestic march toward a more perfect union.” - @RepJeffries pic.twitter.com/AoCAidwPTP
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) February 3, 2020
The GOP has abandoned its faith in our nation and our future. They only crave absolute power, minorities and women knowing their place, and wealth concentrated in few hands, including theirs. They have no loyalty to the Constitution so it’s a waste of breath to plead for them to do the right thing. Of course, some may just be cowards, afraid of losing their jobs because Trump speaks meanly about them. Many may be, like Trump, working for Putin. After all, he is funding their party.
re: #218 danarchy
I’m still steamed by that final touchdown. Had a chance to win a pool with a 24-20 outcome, but that last TD blew it for me. Oh well, guess someone was trying to get close to the spread?
I’m sure Hannity is refreshing his resume.
That was a riveting closing argument from Adam Schiff, but hard to listen to, knowing that the Republicans are sitting there laughing at it.
Trump’s crime spree is _working_ for them. They have no reason to stop him, and you can’t appeal to a non-existent conscience.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 3, 2020
Boy, this is a real cliff-hanger. https://t.co/ggrFmayuUY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 3, 2020
re: #224 Charles Johnson
I guess the only “suspense” at this stage is whether any red-state Dems will break ranks. Really, really hoping they won’t (though Manchin’s the most likely candidate).
re: #225 Interesting Times
Jones and Manchin will likely split - and aid Trump’s claim that he was exonerated in bipartisan manner when the fix was always in.
Not having control over the Senate is why we’re in this mess. Not having control over the House from 2017-2019 is why we’re in this mess.
And having a GOP thoroughly coopted and complicit with Trump crimes is why we will be dealing with the fallout from this for decades to come.
Rhiannon Giddens. #carolinachocolatedrops pic.twitter.com/Jd2ipiE3nA
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@mandalorchick) February 3, 2020
Limbaugh: Our Chance Of “Curing Cancer Was Blown To Smithereens” After Obama Asked Biden To Lead Effort
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karma is a hell of a bitch Rush…
re: #228 b.d. (He’s Impeached)
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karma is a hell of a bitch Rush…
Yeah. Remember this?
“He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He’s moving all around and shaking and it’s purely an act. … This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn’t take his medication or he’s acting.”#RushLimbaugh
— King of Earle (@king_of_earle) February 3, 2020
re: #226 lawhawk
Jones and Manchin will likely split - and aid Trump’s claim that he was exonerated in bipartisan manner when the fix was always in.
Not having control over the Senate is why we’re in this mess. Not having control over the House from 2017-2019 is why we’re in this mess.
And having a GOP thoroughly coopted and complicit with Trump crimes is why we will be dealing with the fallout from this for decades to come.
a single vote from the opposition party is not ‘bipartisan’
if so, then the senate voted for witnesses in a bipartisan manner - and only one party voted against them
re: #229 makeitstop
Yeah. Remember this?
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Yep. I don’t wish him ill, I don’t care what happens to him.
re: #229 makeitstop
Yeah. Remember this?
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I hope Rush likes really, really hot weather.
re: #230 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
a single vote from the opposition party is not ‘bipartisan’
if so, then the senate voted for witnesses in a bipartisan manner - and only one party voted against them
It is when a single Dem votes for an otherwise party line GOP thing. That’s the rules of DC don’t you know. It never works the other way around though. Only when a Dem votes with the rest of the GOP.
re: #231 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yep. I don’t wish him ill, I don’t care what happens to him.
Sorry, I do wish him ill the way I’d wish any other Nazi ill. May he die alone, slowly and in massive pain.
re: #234 William Lewis
Sorry, I do wish him ill the way I’d wish any other Nazi ill. May he die alone, slowly and in massive pain.
Nah. You misunderstand. I just don’t care about him. I don’t give a shit if he’s in pain or about his family. He’s been one of the worst people in this country a long time.
I give more credit to Republicans who are outright about their cruel intentions than I do bullshit “moderates” like Murkowski and Collins.
re: #226 lawhawk
Jones and Manchin will likely split - and aid Trump’s claim that he was exonerated in bipartisan manner when the fix was always in.
Not having control over the Senate is why we’re in this mess. Not having control over the House from 2017-2019 is why we’re in this mess.
And having a GOP thoroughly coopted and complicit with Trump crimes is why we will be dealing with the fallout from this for decades to come.
One outcome I could live with is if Manchin/Jones vote against abuse of power but in favor of obstruction on the grounds all witnesses/docs were blocked. They ought to be able to sell that to anyone in their state who isn’t voting GOP-no-matter-what anyway.
re: #234 William Lewis
Sorry, I do wish him ill the way I’d wish any other Nazi ill. May he die alone, slowly and in massive pain.
Our wishes have no effect on that horrible man:
“This curing cancer business,” Limbaugh sneered. “It was a lift, from ‘The West Wing’ TV show. Pretty close to verbatim. But in addition to that, Obama promised to cure cancer in his State of the Union address in 2009, 2010, and last year, which is why last night he said ‘once and for all.’ And then whatever chance we had at curing cancer was blown to smithereens when he put Joe Biden in charge of it.”
Screw him
re: #236 Eclectic Cyborg
I give more credit to Republicans who are outright about their cruel intentions than I do bullshit “moderates” like Murkowski and Collins.
Murkowski and Collins did vote to save the ACA. Without them, millions fewer people would have insurance. Of course, I always wondered if they were given permission to vote that way because McConnell wasn’t anticipating McCain’s act of revenge.
re: #234 William Lewis
Sorry, I do wish him ill the way I’d wish any other Nazi ill. May he die alone, slowly and in massive pain.
That’s where I fall. Fuck that shitstain.
re: #240 Eventual Carrion
That’s where I fall. Fuck that shitstain.
I once said I wouldn’t wish cancer on anyone. This puts my resolve to the test.
re: #6 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I mean if he could be the slightest bit self-depreciating, it probably would be shrugged off a little easier but because he has his propagandists doubling down on it, it makes it more amplified. In the end, I’m voting against Trump because of the kids in cages and not because of his ignorance of geography but when I have to hear that his ignorance of geography is actually a virtue or how “he really meant both Kansas City”, it’s exhausting.
the only reason I wouldn’t have screwed that up is because I have a coworker from Kansas so I’ve been well versed on the differences between the two KC’s.
re: #233 Citizen K
It is when a single Dem votes for an otherwise party line GOP thing. That’s the rules of DC don’t you know. It never works the other way around though. Only when a Dem votes with the rest of the GOP.
ah
i dont know what i was thinking
re: #112 Hecuba’s daughter
From downstairs:
The one statistic that gives me optimism about the mortality rate of the coronavirus is that, of the 159 cases outside China, there has been only one death to date. The possible higher number of deaths in Wuhan may reflect nothing more than a higher incidence of infections. Seasonal flu has killed about 10,000 Americans over the past 4 months. I’m sure they will add this new virus to the mix for the flu vaccine for next year— and this may encourage more people to get the shot.
Yeah, the seasonal flu is the most under-reported epidemic that apparently happens every year so no biggie (argh!).
sometimes, I feel like we’re all living in that speech of the Joker’s in The Dark Knight, where he goes off about how “If a truckload of soldiers gets blown up, nobody bats an eye because it’s all according to the plan. Even if that plan is horrifying.”
re: #239 Hecuba’s daughter
Murkowski and Collins did vote to save the ACA. Without them, millions fewer people would have insurance. Of course, I always wondered if they were given permission to vote that way because McConnell wasn’t anticipating McCain’s act of revenge.
He’s talking about that Murkowski and Collins present themselves as moderates and reasonable while the others are more honest.
Limbaugh has been a hate monger for decades, an exploiter of the bigotries and ignorance of atavists.
Cancer is a sad turn of events, but millions of people suffer from cancer every year. I’ll save my tears for those who are good people.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) February 3, 2020
re: #239 Hecuba’s daughter
Murkowski and Collins did vote to save the ACA. Without them, millions fewer people would have insurance. Of course, I always wondered if they were given permission to vote that way because McConnell wasn’t anticipating McCain’s act of revenge.
because a senator’s job is to vote how s/he’s told
re: #247 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
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re: #186 sagehen
Question for the football-knowledgable…
Would the 49ers have won if Colin Kaepernick were still on the team?
Hard to know. In his final games as a starter, he was erratic, to say the least. He overthrew a wide receiver by so much that the ball sailed completely off the field, slamming into a guy on the sideline who was (incorrectly) figuring he was well off the field and out of harm’s way.
Gave him a mild concussion.
At his height, Kap was very, very good. Dominant, even. But then he got the equivalent of a golfer’s case of “the yips” and couldn’t seem to settle down.
re: #239 Hecuba’s daughter
Murkowski and Collins did vote to save the ACA. Without them, millions fewer people would have insurance. Of course, I always wondered if they were given permission to vote that way because McConnell wasn’t anticipating McCain’s act of revenge.
I’m sure that’s exactly what happened.
There is no such thing as a moderate Republican, ever since the Gingrich goon squad completed their hard-line purge of the GOP.
Disney presents:
Hamilton.
With The Original Broadway Cast.
Filmed onstage at The Richard Rodgers Theatre.
In A Theater Near You.
October 15, 2021.#Hamilfilm pic.twitter.com/z4ohfWXzi3— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) February 3, 2020
re: #200 makeitstop
Hallelujah. I hope he fucking dies in agony.
re: #189 Shropshire Slasher
Rush Limbaugh diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
Down ding me, but I don’t feel sorry for him. He has spewed hatred, lies, and Nazi propaganda for decades. Scumbags like Rush are we have politicians like Donny in office.
*And just a reminder: GOP cultists were celebrating RGB’s lung cancer diagnosis and all her other medical aliments.
re: #203 lawhawk
Fuck cancer and fuck Limbaugh.
I’m a bit more one-sided that that — if it’s cancer vs. Rush Limbaugh, I’ll root for the cancer.
re: #254 Dr. Matt
Down ding me, but I don’t feel sorry for him. He has spewed hatred, lies, and Nazi propaganda for decades. Scumbags like Rush are we have politicians like Donny in office.
*And just a reminder: GOP cultists were celebrating RGB’s lung cancer diagnosis and all her other medical aliments.
The opposite of love is indifference. Don’t bother with hate about him now. Just refuse to care at all.
re: #250 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
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Hard to know. In his final games as a starter, he was erratic, to say the least. He overthrew a wide receiver by so much that the ball sailed completely off the field, slamming into a guy on the sideline who was (incorrectly) figuring he was well off the field and out of harm’s way.
The second of Colin Kaepernick’s back-to-back throws out of bounds hits a staff member in the head. The 49ers’ medical staff talking to him.
— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoCSN) October 23, 2015
Limbaugh paved the way for Alex Jones so for that reason I have no sympathy. I ain’t rooting for the cancer but I ain’t rooting for Rush to beat it either. And I’m definitely not looking forward to the obituaries that frame him as anything other than the pathetic piece of shit eh was. What good has Rush Limbaugh actually done?
re: #258 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Limbaugh paved the way for Alex Jones so for that reason I have no sympathy. I ain’t rooting for the cancer but I ain’t rooting for Rush to beat it either. And I’m definitely not looking forward to the obituaries that frame him as anything other than the pathetic piece of shit eh was. What good has Rush Limbaugh actually done?
Rush Limbaugh’s obituary is second on the list of obituaries I want to be alive to see. First is Trump, of course.
Speaking to a caller in 2015, Limbaugh said that Americans should thank smokers.
“Earlier you were saying about smoking, that people ought to be thankful that there are smokers, because the money gotten from smoking helps to fund all these child programs and everything?” a caller told Limbaugh. “But that’s like saying I’m glad that there’s bumper accidents because then auto mechanics would still have jobs and it improves the economy.”
[…]
I’m just saying there ought to be a little appreciation shown for them [smokers], instead of having them hated and reviled. I would like a medal for smoking cigars, is what I’m saying.”
re: #260 Dr. Matt
Speaking to a caller in 2015, Limbaugh said that Americans should thank smokers.
Yeah this is why I don’t care if he’s in pain. He’s not worth shit. Fuck you Rush and may you be lonely in your last days.
re: #258 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Limbaugh paved the way for Alex Jones so for that reason I have no sympathy. I ain’t rooting for the cancer but I ain’t rooting for Rush to beat it either. And I’m definitely not looking forward to the obituaries that frame him as anything other than the pathetic piece of shit eh was. What good has Rush Limbaugh actually done?
re: #259 EPR-radar
Rush Limbaugh’s obituary is second on the list of obituaries I want to be alive to see. First is Trump, of course.
Clarence Darrow said, “All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone, they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed anyone, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”
Ditto, Clarence, ditto…
re: #256 Scottish Dragon
The opposite of love is indifference. Don’t bother with hate about him now. Just refuse to care at all.
There is a lot going on in that tweet
Video of Trump goofing around during National Anthem before the Super Bowl was “included in an Instagram story by a real estate agent for a Russian-American firm who frequents Mar-a-Lago and other Trump properties and events.” https://t.co/OgYGBewiKn
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 3, 2020
So the Berners are still going with the conspiracy idea that CNN tanked the Iowa polling because Bernie was in the lead.
It all seems too typical.
re: #229 makeitstop
Yeah. Remember this?
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Rush is getting the karmic retribution he deserves. I have no sympathy for him. He now has to eat the bitter fruit from the hate filled seeds he so gladly spread.
re: #266 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So the Berners are still going with the conspiracy idea that CNN tanked the Iowa polling because Bernie was in the lead.
It all seems too typical.
If you’re voting based on a poll, you’re an idiot. I swear the fucking Berners don’t know electoral math.
re: #265 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
There is a lot going on in that tweet
But I thought in Merika, we stand. But I guess that’s just for black athletes trying to address causes not bloated gasbags who run around in their Bond villain lair. I doubt Trump even knows the National Anthem let alone its history.
re: #256 Scottish Dragon
The opposite of love is indifference. Don’t bother with hate about him now. Just refuse to care at all.
That’s where I am. Limbaugh has all the resources he needs to fight his disease. My wishing him well isn’t going to really make a difference.
re: #266 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Tell them the only poll that matters is the one today.
I’m at the Dr’s office waiting. They have the TV on and when CNN reported about Rush a cheer went up. People yelled “Drop Dead Asshole”..
Not that I put much stock in it personally, but I’ve noticed more than a few folks speculating the 49ers blowing it last night was karmic payback for the way they did Kaepernick.
It is now very clear that Bernie is a problem for the Democratic party. He has been very much about building a popularity campaign among the 18-25 y.o. demo, the demo that spends most of the time on various social media that is not Facebook (which is Trump territory, given Facebook has been the home to so many interest groups for the 50+ crowd.)
Problem is, on election day the young folk are the lowest turnout, the old folk the highest turnout.
This means that there is a real danger that Bernie is going to split the Democratic party, if not in formal structure then at least in turn-out dynamics.
Will disaffected Berners vote in November, if Bernie is not on the ticket???
re: #271 Belafon
Tell them the only poll that matters is the one today.
They only believe Bernie can win. I’m telling you. I really hope if/when Bernie loses, the kind of stuff he inspires loses out. I’m not talking about his ideas per say but how he sells himself as a candidate. It’s too close to Trump and I don’t like it.
re: #273 Eclectic Cyborg
Not that I put much stock in it personally, but I’ve noticed more than a few folks speculating the 49ers blowing it last night was karmic payback for the way they did Kaepernick.
Nah the previous years after they cutted him were. But I ain’t complaining about the results. Maholmes even though he wasn’t his best last night made it count when he needed to. That’s the story here. The current Niners coach and GM had nothing to do with cutting Kap.
re: #275 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
They only believe Bernie can win. I’m telling you. I really hope if/when Bernie loses, the kind of stuff he inspires loses out. I’m not talking about his ideas per say but how he sells himself as a candidate. It’s too close to Trump and I don’t like it.
I agree that Bernie’s campaign is problematic. Unfortunately, Biden keeps saying stupid shit about being able to work with Republicans, which isn’t much better.
re: #272 Joe Bacon 🌹
I’m at the Dr’s office waiting. They have the TV on and when CNN reported about Rush a cheer went up. People yelled “Drop Dead Asshole”..
I saw people cheering on the rooftops in Queens.
re: #274 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
It is now very clear that Bernie is a problem for the Democratic party. He has been very much about building a popularity campaign among the 18-25 y.o. demo, the demo that spends most of the time on various social media that is not Facebook (which is Trump territory, given Facebook has been the home to so many interest groups for the 50+ crowd.)
Problem is, on election day the young folk are the lowest turnout, the old folk the highest turnout.
This means that there is a real danger that Bernie is going to split the Democratic party, if not in formal structure then at least in turn-out dynamics.
Will disaffected Berners vote in November, if Bernie is not on the ticket???
They really need to learn to listen to people more. I really think that’s their bgigest problem.
re: #266 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So the Berners are still going with the conspiracy idea that CNN tanked the Iowa polling because Bernie was in the lead.
It all seems too typical.
if the only way to explain away a potentialloss is with conspiracy theories, then maybe your candidate is not as strong as you think
re: #277 EPR-radar
I agree that Bernie’s campaign is problematic. Unfortunately, Biden keeps saying stupid shit about being able to work with Republicans, which isn’t much better.
Right, that’s why I totally feel like I’m in a rock and a hard place. I want someone who has a progressive agenda but I also want someone who knows they’re not a savior.
re: #280 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
if the only way to explain away a potentialloss is with conspiracy theories, then maybe your candidate is not as strong as you think
And there we have my problem with the Bernie movement, they resort to conspiracies just like the Trumpers. By every metric, Clinton beat SAnders last time. It wasn’t really close. They cry that it was rigged against him but they nver answer why Obama was able to beat Clinton and that was probably why HRC was at her most popular politically. They dismiss Clinton as a weak candidate but ignore Bernie’s own weakneses.
Now with El Rushbo announcing he has advanced lung cancer The Heinous Anus will give him the Medal of Freedom in 5…4…3…
re: #274 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
It is now very clear that Bernie is a problem for the Democratic party. He has been very much about building a popularity campaign among the 18-25 y.o. demo, the demo that spends most of the time on various social media that is not Facebook (which is Trump territory, given Facebook has been the home to so many interest groups for the 50+ crowd.)
Problem is, on election day the young folk are the lowest turnout, the old folk the highest turnout.
This means that there is a real danger that Bernie is going to split the Democratic party, if not in formal structure then at least in turn-out dynamics.
Will disaffected Berners vote in November, if Bernie is not on the ticket???
i read somewhere today that bernie is going after the Democratic establishment while the rest of the dem candidates are going after the republican establishment
The Limbaugh news reminds me of a scene from “The Lion In Winter”, where Alais accuses Eleanor of poisoning Rosamund…
“No, I never poisoned Rosamund. Oh, I prayed for her to drop, and smiled a little when she did.”
I know there are those who will call us ghouls for wishing him ill - most of them will have cheered each bit of bad health news about RBG - but I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate the corrosive effect of Limbaugh on America. He made it okay for the Right to indulge all their worst thoughts and feelings, and unlike a lot of extremist media types, he did it without appearing to be batshit crazy - a glib and humorous propagandist.
One conservative i knew said he’d first heard Rush while driving through Sacramento, and immediately thought, “He thinks just like me!” He and Gingrich taught the Right that they could get away with shameless lying, as long as they truly were shameless. Which of course paved the way for the most brazen and shameless liar of all.
re: #200 makeitstop
Straight from the horse’s mouth, apparently.
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Good. I’m glad. I’m not going to be one of those people that tries to be bigger and nicer. Fuck Limbaugh. The world will be better off when he’s no longer here.
538 has Bernie winning California in 4 weeks:
I’m still kind of doubtful about that.
Still, it seems like it’s going to come down to a Biden-Bernie fight for delegates.
This is not how the Democratic party should work.
re: #285 Blind Frog Belly White
The Limbaugh news reminds me of a scene from “The Lion In Winter”, where Alais accuses Eleanor of poisoning Rosamund…
“No, I never poisoned Rosamund. Oh, I prayed for her to drop, and smiled a little when she did.”
I know there are those who will call us ghouls for wishing him ill - most of them will have cheered each bit of bad health news about RBG - but I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate the corrosive effect of Limbaugh on America. He made it okay for the Right to indulge all their worst thoughts and feelings, and unlike a lot of extremist media types, he did it without appearing to be batshit crazy - a glib and humorous propagandist.
One conservative i knew said he’d first heard Rush while driving through Sacramento, and immediately thought, “He thinks just like me!” He and Gingrich taught the Right that they could get away with shameless lying, as long as they truly were shameless. Which of course paved the way for the most brazen and shameless liar of all.
It’s like how I felt when Andrew Breitbart. Why should i feel bad for a guy who made his name demonizing people and also producing fake videos designed to get people fired. I remembered Shirley Sherrod when Breitbart died. And now as Rush announces he’s sick with lung cancer, I’ll remember him mocking Michael J. Fox for wanting stem cell research, something that Rush only opposed because it was the GOP party line not because Rush has any serious thoughts about bioethics or the viability of stem cell treatment and because he wanted a cheap laugh from the yokels who hang onto his every word. Rush Limbaugh should be viewed the same way Father Coughlin is. A malignant ass pimple on the American psyche.
re: #288 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Gee, Rush! Maybe you shouldn’t have trashed stem cell research. Coulda come in handy for you…
re: #285 Blind Frog Belly White
The Limbaugh news reminds me of a scene from “The Lion In Winter”, where Alais accuses Eleanor of poisoning Rosamund…
“No, I never poisoned Rosamund. Oh, I prayed for her to drop, and smiled a little when she did.”
I know there are those who will call us ghouls for wishing him ill - most of them will have cheered each bit of bad health news about RBG - but I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate the corrosive effect of Limbaugh on America. He made it okay for the Right to indulge all their worst thoughts and feelings, and unlike a lot of extremist media types, he did it without appearing to be batshit crazy - a glib and humorous propagandist.One conservative i knew said he’d first heard Rush while driving through Sacramento, and immediately thought, “He thinks just like me!” He and Gingrich taught the Right that they could get away with shameless lying, as long as they truly were shameless. Which of course paved the way for the most brazen and shameless liar of all.
he was never an honest broker, so i treat him as a crackpot.
he’s an unabashed and unrepentant liar. He won’t be able to lie much longer.
if i said i dont give a damn that he’s ill that would be way more interest and attention than i have.
i dont know how many people were actively pricking voodoo dolls yesterday - those people i’d say wished him ill.
i wonder if it’s not so much wishing him ill as not being all that bothered that he is.
re: #289 Joe Bacon 🌹
Gee, Rush! Maybe you shouldn’t have trashed stem cell research. Coulda come in handy for you…
I don’t know if it will help him or not but teh fact that he did is certainly why I’m not showing any sympathy. Plus the fact that he thought it was the peak of wit to belittle a 13 year old girl as a dog on the air. He never apologized. He just claimed it was satire even though if his ass ever actually read Swift, he would be going to a children’s hospital morgue looking for a bite to eat.
Schiff making one final appeal on the Senate floor:
“He is not who you are,” says @RepAdamSchiff.
“Even a single vote can change the course of history. … Is there one among you who will say ‘enough?”#ImpeachmentHearings— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) February 3, 2020
I still remember the day Coughlin died in 1979. Grandma was staying with us and she let out a big whoop when his death was mentioned on NBC’s Nightly News. She cheered and was so happy hearing it.
re: #290 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
he was never an honest broker, so i treat him as a crackpot.
he’s an unabashed and unrepentant liar. He won’t be able to lie much longer.if i said i dont give a damn that he’s ill that would be way more interest and attention than i have.
i dont know how many people were actively pricking voodoo dolls yesterday - those people i’d say wished him ill.
i wonder if it’s not so much wishing him ill as not being all that bothered that he is.
Yeah I never would actively Rush ill but I’m really not that bothered by the fact he is. I really hope he does use this time to take a good hard look at himself and the world he’s helped to create though and realizes the world will be better off without him in it.
re: #256 Scottish Dragon
The opposite of love is indifference. Don’t bother with hate about him now. Just refuse to care at all.
I agree. Let him vanish and when he does no one will really care. -except for various “both sides” type journalists want to show that compassion can run both ways… never mind Limbaugh never once showed any compassion and would have loved to lead a death march of his “femizazi liberal “ enemies into ovens.
There will be no big public memorials. No moments of silence, no gatherings of candle vigils, no flower memorials.. just empty silence as just another voice of hate disappears from this world>
re: #294 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah I never would actively Rush ill but I’m really not that bothered by the fact he is. I really hope he does use this time to take a good hard look at himself and the world he’s helped to create though and realizes the world will be better off without him in it.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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re: #287 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
538 has Bernie winning California in 4 weeks:
I’m still kind of doubtful about that.
Still, it seems like it’s going to come down to a Biden-Bernie fight for delegates.
This is not how the Democratic party should work.
I don’t think Bernie is going to pull it off in Iowa tonight. Joni Ernst is going to trigger a backlash from caucus goers for Biden.
re: #293 Joe Bacon 🌹
I still remember the day Coughlin died in 1979. Grandma was staying with us and she let out a big whoop when his death was mentioned on NBC’s Nightly News. She cheered and was so happy hearing it.
We thankfully did learn about him as a bad part of history in school. I’m hoping that Rush will be rememebred the same way too. He didn’t offer critiques of liberalism. Just the farts of a stupid bully who spoke for the resentments of millions of bigots who couldn’t accept that the country changed. I knew the Republican Party was severely fucked as a brand when Rush was deemed their most influential member. It’s too bad that Rush never got cocky and tried to run for office because to quote him I would have loved to seen him fail as a politician. I would have loved to seen the likes of Pelosi, Biden, the Clintons, or Obama run circles around him because Rush is one of the most ignorant people out there. Yeah he’s been successful in propaganda but no one would ever call Rush a great thinker.
re: #296 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
….gasps for air….
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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That’s my nice way of saying I hope it’s painful.
re: #298 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
If you want to see Rush fail spectacularly then rewind back to his massive fail of a TV show back in the 90’s. One elderly woman in the audience took him to school. His show died a quick death as these right wing loons never survive for long outside their top-down controlled Conservative environments.
re: #281 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Right, that’s why I totally feel like I’m in a rock and a hard place. I want someone who has a progressive agenda but I also want someone who knows they’re not a savior.
I’m almost certain to vote for Warren in the primary.
Naturally, no matter who wins the D primary, I’ll vote for them in the general.
When it comes to Pigboy (as dear departed Bartcop called him), Google “Jeff Christie” and see why Rush was fired from a Pittsburgh radio station…
I’ve been waiting since 1995 to say about Limbaugh what he said about Jerry Garcia: “Just another dead doper. And a dirtbag.”
re: #265 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
There is a lot going on in that tweet
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Is the video backward or is Melania’s heart on the wrong side of her body?
re: #255 EPR-radar
I’m a bit more one-sided that that — if it’s cancer vs. Rush Limbaugh, I’ll root for the cancer.
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
—Winston Churchill
re: #303 EPR-radar
I’m almost certain to vote for Warren in the primary.
Naturally, no matter who wins the D primary, I’ll vote for them in the general.
Right now, I’m undecided between Biden, Warren, and Klobuchar.
re: #306 BeachDem
Is the video backward or is Melania’s heart on the wrong side of her body?
her kidneys got in the way…
Bernie *is* the derailment.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) February 3, 2020
Schiff’s closing argument in the Trump impeachment trial was one for the ages.
Would not surprise me if it’s taught someday as the seminal opposition speech from this era in presidential (and Republican party) history.— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 3, 2020
re: #305 Flying Squirrel Girl
I’ve been waiting since 1995 to say about Limbaugh what he said about Jerry Garcia: “Just another dead doper. And a dirtbag.”
I think that’s what I’ve always hated about Rush. The whole dickhead attitude to other people who suffered. He made dickhead remarks about Kurt Cobain too. It’s why I laugh at the conesrvatives saying “Be nice, he was a huge influence on conservatives everywhere” and I am thinking “Yeah? That’s exactly why we shouldn’t feel that bad for him.” I mean he’s going to get the help he needs. So IMO karma is the best word for Rush here. I do hope he lives to see Trump defeated though.
re: #311 GlutenFreeJesus
Why I’m not at all one bit sorry about Rush.
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And he was doing this a decade before Trump mocked the reporter. Trump acting like a jackass and conservatives everywehre excusing him as a clever satirist is what helped make Trump palatable to Republican voters.
re: #306 BeachDem
Is the video backward or is Melania’s heart on the wrong side of her body?
video is backward. you can see Baron & others with hand in same direction
Manchin sounding like he’s leaning convict, but who the fuck knows what he’ll do.
A guy I knew in High School sent me a friend request on FB over Christmas. We were pretty good friends back then.
Nearly all his posts are reposts of crazy ‘Erik von Daniken’, ancient aliens shit. Mostly, I’ve ignored them, but one the other day seemed to cry out for a response. It said, “The Great Pyramid at Giza is at 29.972458 degrees North. The speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second. Coincidence?”
I responded, “Seeing as how degrees, meters, and seconds are all arbitrary units invented thousands of years after the pyramid was built - Yeah.”
Interesting news about Limbaugh. I had cancer and managed to beat it. Unlike many other Americans, I had the resources for the proper treatment. Needless to say Limbaugh will also have whatever resources might be needed, though apparently his prognosis is much worse than mine. Unlike him, I have done what I could to make those kinds of resources available to others, though with less success than a decent person would hope. In fact, Rush Limbaugh has done the opposite. He has been a major factor in denying decent health care to millions of others, a national disgrace that is unique in the industrialized world. I hope he does recover and learns something from the experience but I am not optimistic on either count.
re: #315 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
video is backward. you can see Baron & others with hand in same direction
Either that or Trump attracts a certain kind of stupid wherever he goes.
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re: #316 BeachDem
Manchin sounding like he’s leaning convict, but who the fuck knows what he’ll do.
Even if Manchin votes to acquit, our anger should be directed at Republicans.
re: #316 BeachDem
Manchin sounding like he’s leaning convict, but who the fuck knows what he’ll do.
Manchin did vote for witnesses. That was pretty significant IMO.
re: #320 Belafon
Even if Manchin votes to acquit, our anger should be directed at Republicans.
Agreed. I’ll probably let out a fuck him but Manchin in the end of the day isn’t why this is being covered up.
re: #316 BeachDem
Manchin sounding like he’s leaning convict, but who the fuck knows what he’ll do.
He’ll vote present, since he “didn’t see enough evidence either way” then go home to have a few fundraisers
re: #294 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah I never would actively Rush ill but I’m really not that bothered by the fact he is. I really hope he does use this time to take a good hard look at himself and the world he’s helped to create though and realizes the world will be better off without him in it.
That’s what happened to Lee Atwater.
re: #302 Florida Panhandler
If you want to see Rush fail spectacularly then rewind back to his massive fail of a TV show back in the 90’s. One elderly woman in the audience took him to school. His show died a quick death as these right wing loons never survive for long outside their top-down controlled Conservative environments.
Produced by Roger Ailes, IIRC.
Well, that’s something I guess
Manchin calls for censure!
— Mieke Eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) February 3, 2020
People responding to this saying Rush Limbaugh had it coming or deserves it or good riddance…please don’t. I loathe the man’s politics and see him as a destructive force for our country, but I don’t want to see anyone be afflicted with cancer. You shouldn’t either. https://t.co/YDAGSLDpNu
— Wajahat “Shaped by the American Coastland” Ali (@WajahatAli) February 3, 2020
Don’t give in to hate. That leads to the Dark Side.
re: #324 sagehen
That’s what happened to Lee Atwater.
That’s honestly who I was thinking of when I said what I said. There’s no way Rush can undo the damage he’s done but I hold out some small hope that maybe this cancer will remind him of some shit. He’ll probably get taken care of by some nurse who is likely an immigrant and has no idea who he is. When my grandmother was sick of the last month of last year, we really were touched by the dedication and kindness of the nurses. Many of whom are immigrants. Grandma made good friends with them.
re: #327 DodgerFan1988
Don’t give in to hate. That leads to the Dark Side.
I don’t think he had it coming or that he deserves it but I do think he should definitely be thinking about all the times he mocked liberals for wanting to reduce smoking because of lung cancer while smoking one of his big fat cigars.
Man, you would think Twitter would do something
//
“It’s unfortunate this organization continues to put out inaccurate data regarding voter registration…They should stop this misinformation campaign immediately and quit trying to disenfranchise Iowa voters,” says Iowa’s Secretary of State Paul Pate, a Republican. https://t.co/Rq8tLH7fEo
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) February 3, 2020
re: #325 A Three Hour Tour
Produced by Roger Ailes, IIRC.
The biggest myth of Fox and the right wing media is how they’re champions of the everyman. Ailes is a former Nixon staffer and Murdoch himself comes from the British commonwealth elite. These aren’t regular guys. They’re a bunch of snobs playing the regular guy. And a lot of people bought it because the resentments tehy play to.
You’re linking to an almost 4 year old story, before the election.
In his term as President, Trump has clearly shown himself to be fascistic. And the experts quoted in that 4 year old story did not fully anticipate what Trump would do.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) February 3, 2020
re: #292 Blind Frog Belly White
Schiff making one final appeal on the Senate floor:
“He is not who you are,” says @RepAdamSchiff.
“Even a single vote can change the course of history. … Is there one among you who will say ‘enough?”#ImpeachmentHearings— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) February 3, 2020
Unfortunately for Schiff, Trump is exactly who the GOP is. Their behavior when Obama was President demonstrated that they had no ethics, compassion or courage — and everything has gone further downhill with Trump’s election.
re: #330 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Related thread
WOW:
This tweet has over 40,000 retweets and is 100% false.
I have receipts.
Don’t let misinformation steal the 2020 election.
RT for the truth! https://t.co/C5qqDmXmQB— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 3, 2020
re: #329 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I don’t think he had it coming or that he deserves it but I do think he should definitely be thinking about all the times he mocked liberals for wanting to reduce smoking because of lung cancer while smoking one of his big fat cigars.
Exactly. I mean, I know you can get lung cancer if you DON’T smoke, but being a regular smoker of large cigars certainly increases ones chances of getting the disease. Rush isn’t exactly free of blame here.
I reiterate: Fuck Cancer and Fuck Limbaugh.
Limbaugh will seek out and be able to get the highest levels of medical care one could hope for under the circustances. His wealth allows him to go wherever he wants for specialist care and cost is not a concern.
His nonstop propaganda about health care in this country led to curbing health care options for millions of Americans. Right wingers who follow his know nothing approach helped gut Obamacare and means that millions of Americans who face a similar prognosis don’t have any options and will shoulder the costs entirely because they are without coverage. They will be saddled with medically induced bankruptcies as hospitals try to recoup the costs and some hospitals will continue to go bankrupt in the red states that didn’t expand Medicare coverage since they don’t get reimbursed in a timely manner for indigent care.
Early diagnosis and preventative care under Obamacare helps improve public health, but Trump and Rush types have fought against all that.
So fuck Rush. I fear for the millions of Americans who don’t have his means to deal with such a prognosis and diagnosis. The GOP doesn’t give a fuck for any of them.
re: #333 Hecuba’s daughter
Unfortunately for Schiff, Trump is exactly who the GOP is. Their behavior when Obama was President demonstrated that they had no ethics, compassion or courage — and everything has gone further downhill with Trump’s election.
Schiff really isn’t just talking to the GOP Senators here, he’s talking to the electorate. Trust me, Schiff knows full well what you’re talking about. It’s just that the prior bad faith of the GOP isn’t relevant to his individual case here.
I’m sure everyone needs a good laugh
So, look behind the ‘clicky’
An official, on the record quote out of the White House:
“The president is a best-selling author and deeply gifted orator who packs arenas and has a meticulous and carefully honed method for writing his speeches.”https://t.co/WD58VynuVf— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) February 3, 2020
re: #324 sagehen
That’s what happened to Lee Atwater.
It still astounds me that Atwater was able to do all the damage he did and was only 40 when he died. (The “widder” Atwater still runs her stupid mouth.)
re: #337 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
SchiffBiden really isn’t just talking to the GOP Senators here, he’s talking to the electorate. Trust me,SchiffBiden knows full well what you’re talking about. It’s just that the prior bad faith of the GOP isn’t relevant to his individual case here.
Similarly.
re: #335 Eclectic Cyborg
Exactly. I mean, I know you can get lung cancer if you DON’T smoke, but being a regular smoker of large cigars certainly increases ones chances of getting the disease. Rush isn’t exactly free of blame here.
Dare I say maybe Rush should take some “personal responsibility” and not be begging for prayers? // I’m sorry to sound so catty about it but the asshole’s hypocritical bullshit involving addicts for years infuriated me. He’s allowed to pop Oxy but then he talks shit about “junkies” to his audience.
re: #338 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I’m sure everyone needs a good laugh
So, look behind the ‘clicky’[Embedded content]
He’s good at crayon?
Well, that was weird. I just got a call on my iPhone. The caller ID said, “Potential Spam; Orlando Florida”. That’s the first one I’ve gotten like that.
re: #340 Belafon
Similarly.
Yea, this is why I’m slowly becoming more bullish on Biden. But still undecided here.
re: #341 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Dare I say maybe Rush should take some “personal responsibility” and not be begging for prayers? // I’m sorry to sound so catty about it but the asshole’s hypocritical bullshit involving addicts for years infuriated me. He’s allowed to pop Oxy but then he talks shit about “junkies” to his audience.
Why isn’t someone saying God did it? //
re: #344 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yea, this is why I’m slowly becoming more bullish on Biden. But still undecided here.
I just wish Joe would give up on trying to reach across the aisle. It’s just NOT going to work.
re: #343 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, that was weird. I just got a call on my iPhone. The caller ID said, “Potential Spam; Orlando Florida”. That’s the first one I’ve gotten like that.
Are you on AT&T? I’ve been getting those from them for about 6 months.
re: #339 BeachDem
It still astounds me that Atwater was able to do all the damage he did and was only 40 when he died. (The “widder” Atwater still runs her stupid mouth.)
Atwater in the Age of the Internet. Honestly, I can’t be objective on Atwater having not lived it. Some think he was contrite and others thought that too was an act. I have no idea but I know this much, the 1992 election was better without him. And my opinion of HW Bush would be much higher if he never hired him.
re: #347 Eclectic Cyborg
I just wish Joe would give up on trying to reach across the aisle. It’s just NOT going to work.
I don’t think he’s trying to reach across the aisle. I think he’s talking to Democrats that are fearful of the us-against-them talk coming from other Democrats. And they exist. They could agree that if Republicans oppose important measures Democrats should go ahead but still believe that the rhetoric doesn’t need to come from our party.
“He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He’s moving all around and shaking and it’s purely an act. … This is really shameless of Rush Limbaugh. Either he didn’t take his medication or he’s acting.”
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) February 3, 2020
re: #347 Eclectic Cyborg
I just wish Joe would give up on trying to reach across the aisle. It’s just NOT going to work.
Yeah I do think he goes out of his way to be a little too kind to his former Republican colleagues. However, i also think it’s a little more complicated than that. I think he’s trying to set himself up with a bigger win than if he were to go more partisan which would allow his agenda to be more ambitious.
re: #348 Belafon
Are you on AT&T? I’ve been getting those from them for about 6 months.
They have an app called Call Protect. If you get a call from a spam number or telemarketer you can flag it as such so that when other people get the same call they see the alert, it’s basically a crowdsourcing concept being used to fight garbage calls. Perhaps Verizon has something similar?
re: #348 Belafon
Are you on AT&T? I’ve been getting those from them for about 6 months.
And lord knows, I’ve gotten plenty of spam calls. Usually either “The Department of Social Security Administration”, or a woman who talks to me in Chinese.
Dry, Josh. Real dry.
suspense is killing me https://t.co/0KU5EQnbds
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 3, 2020
re: #350 Belafon
I don’t think he’s trying to reach across the aisle. I think he’s talking to Democrats that are fearful of the us-against-them talk coming from other Democrats. And they exist. They could agree that if Republicans oppose important measures Democrats should go ahead but still believe that the rhetoric doesn’t need to come from our party.
And you guys gotta realize that the electorate is more moderate too. A lot of the more radical proposals give some people pause. My mom for example isn’t sold on free college for all and I’ll be honest I’m not either. What she is on board with is a plan that would make community college free for all and Biden through his wife who teaches at the same community college system I attended I think has an understanding of how those community colleges help students grow. I was an average high school then, a better community college student, and an even better college student.
For more than thirty years, Rush Limbaugh has been a cancer on civility and political discourse. He has long mocked the sick and afflicted. He is reaping what he has sown.
Rejoicing in his misfortune is a bad look, but damned if he doesn’t deserve a little karmic retribution.
In the early days of the Iraq war, Limbaugh once said “You can’t be for the troops and against the war.” Fuck him.
re: #358 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
And you guys gotta realize that the electorate is more moderate too. A lot of the more radical proposals give some people pause. My mom for example isn’t sold on free college for all and I’ll be honest I’m not either. What she is on board with is a plan that would make community college free for all and Biden through his wife who teaches at the same community college system I attended I think has an understanding of how those community colleges help students grow. I was an average high school then, a better community college student, and an even better college student.
I am for free college as long as the term includes any trade schools or any other type of training - such as training to be a barber, electrician, or dental tech - and we also do some type of mandating of equivalent training, and set standards for the schools. I would also require every school, no matter the level, to require classes on government.
re: #349 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Atwater in the Age of the Internet. Honestly, I can’t be objective on Atwater having not lived it. Some think he was contrite and others thought that too was an act. I have no idea but I know this much, the 1992 election was better without him. And my opinion of HW Bush would be much higher if he never hired him.
HW also endorsed Sally Atwater when she ran for state superintendent of education in 2014, so he apparently didn’t learn from his mistakes.
re: #362 BeachDem
HW also endorsed Sally Atwater when she ran for state superintendent of education in 2014, so he apparently didn’t learn from his mistakes.
HW is hard for me to figure out. Some stuff I admire, some stuff was really bad tho.
re: #359 A Three Hour Tour
Well I hope as he is slowing dying in misery from cancer he stays a True Conservative and pays for all his treatment himself instead of falling into the trap of using evil government sponsored socialized medicine like Medicare. Go out like the True Believer you are Rush. It’s the least you can do.
re: #359 A Three Hour Tour
Why is it a bad look? This is a man who openly mocks the suffering of his political opponents. Karma.
re: #343 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, that was weird. I just got a call on my iPhone. The caller ID said, “Potential Spam; Orlando Florida”. That’s the first one I’ve gotten like that.
T-Mobile US will send a “Scam Likely” name out for a suspicious spam caller ID - works on all of my devices, including my $10/mo. landline replacement.
re: #365 Patricia Kayden
Why is it a bad look? This is a man who openly mocks the suffering of his political opponents. Karma.
I agree. When are Democrats going to get their balls out of the safe deposit box and start playing the game like they wanted to win for once?
re: #316 BeachDem
Manchin sounding like he’s leaning convict, but who the fuck knows what he’ll do.
I am more concerned about Jones. He has a real reason to hedge his bets.
re: #366 Eric The Fruit Bat
I seem to recall that all of the big 4 wireless carriers agreed to share each other’s spam phone lists to cut back on fraudulent calls.
re: #368 retired cynic
I am more concerned about Jones. He has a real reason to hedge his bets.
Jones is someone I respect but I really hope knows that his odds are slim either way, just do the right thing here.
You still can’t accept that Bernie lost the Democratic primary last time? No, it wasn’t the DNC that stopped Bernie, it’s that Clinton actually had more support from Democrats. Hard for you to imagine, perhaps, but that is what happened.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) February 3, 2020
re: #371 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
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It’s like talking to a wall with them. They just do not understand that not everyone loves let alone likes Bernie.
re: #361 Belafon
I am for free college as long as the term includes any trade schools or any other type of training - such as training to be a barber, electrician, or dental tech - and we also do some type of mandating of equivalent training, and set standards for the schools. I would also require every school, no matter the level, to require classes on government.
Yes, I just think what Bernie proposes leaves those behind who don’t pursue the traditional 4 year undergraduate experience. It’s too broad.
re: #343 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, that was weird. I just got a call on my iPhone. The caller ID said, “Potential Spam; Orlando Florida”. That’s the first one I’ve gotten like that.
I got one yesterday: “SPAM WASHINGTON”
It was a trump robocall; he was begging for re-election money.
for reals
re: #374 Backwoods_Sleuth
I got one yesterday: “SPAM WASHINGTON”
It was a trump robocall; he was begging for re-election money.for reals
I get them all the time on my land line. Most of the time they’re either spoofed numbers to look like a local call, or they’ve got area codes like ‘122.’ I don’t know anyone wherever that is, they go right to the answering machine but they never leave a message.
Bernie Sanders is too fucking old to be President. End of story.
Go throw a snowball, Inhofe, you ignorant asshole.
re: #359 A Three Hour Tour
I’ve rooted for friends and family, and friends of friends, and even celebrities I’ve never met, to beat cancer, and many many many did not. Cancer doesn’t give a fuck about karma or who’s more deserving or who might be missed less than another.
But a long time ago I gave myself permission not to give a rat’s ass about the fates of certain people, or if it was improper to speak ill of them after they died. It happens so seldom to real, true assholes, it’s almost like finding money in the washing machine when you hear some epic asshole dies sooner than someone less of an asshole.
re: #375 makeitstop
I get them all the time on my land line. Most of the time they’re either spoofed numbers to look like a local call, or they’ve got area codes like ‘122.’ I don’t know anyone wherever that is, they go right to the answering machine but they never leave a message.
That’s my test. If it’s a legit call, they’ll usually leave a message.
That #CaucusForYang is number four on the Twitter trends tells us everything we need to know about social media, to know that it is not a good predictor of elections.
re: #372 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It’s like talking to a wall with them. They just do not understand that not everyone loves let alone likes Bernie.
Or thinks he would be able to get a god damn thing done, given his Senate track record and childish “if I don’t get my way, there will be giant protests” strategy.
re: #374 Backwoods_Sleuth
I got one yesterday: “SPAM WASHINGTON”
It was a trump robocall; he was begging for re-election money.for reals
I get many, many emails telling me that my RNCC membership is about to expire if I don’t send them beaucoup bucks. I’m in luck, though—they’ve extended my renewal period has been extended another few days. Not sure how I got on that list, as I would rather flush money down the toilet than ever give a dime to Republicans, but some of the emails are hilarious in their frantic/frenzied pitch.
re: #381 Jebediah, RBG
Or thinks he would be able to get a god damn thing done, given his Senate track record and childish “if I don’t get my way, there will be giant protests” strategy.
I keep on asking about his legislative record. I keep on asking about the NRA endorsements and his record of expressing anti immigrant sentiment. He’s not the fairest of them all.
That’s my test. If it’s a legit call, they’ll usually leave a message.
They’re sending me text messages. Just received a new one
FIFTH & FINAL NOTICE: Your deadline to support President Trump has been extended to 11:59PM and you are ELIGIBLE for 5x-matched support.
I responded back to take me off their list — not as though that will do anything useful.
Am I alone here in being intrigued by Manchin’s censure suggestion? I don’t know if he has any way to get it past McConnell to a vote, but if he could, it puts the Lamar Alexanders and Lisa Murkowskis of the world on the spot, at least a little. Alexander, especially - if he’s on the record as endorsing the findings of the House managers and the case they presented, even if he’s not going to vote to remove, the optics of a no vote on censure look bad.
(If any Rs care about optics or looking bad anymore, which is not a certainty at all.)
re: #189 Shropshire Slasher
Rush Limbaugh diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
I do appreciate that you let us know.
This sums up my view of Mr Limbaugh’s personal problems :
re: #385 i(m)p(each)sos
Am I alone here in being intrigued by Manchin’s censure suggestion? I don’t know if he has any way to get it past McConnell to a vote, but if he could, it puts the Lamar Alexanders and Lisa Murkowskis of the world on the spot, at least a little. Alexander, especially - if he’s on the record as endorsing the findings of the House managers and the case they presented, even if he’s not going to vote to remove, the optics of a no vote on censure look bad.
(If any Rs care about optics or looking bad anymore, which is not a certainty at all.)
It’s not a bad idea really. The Senate at the very least act like he’s done nothing wrong.
re: #371 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
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Bernie’s a TV show that keeps getting shown despite shit ratings and a tiny fanbase. The network execs knew it was a mistake to pick it up for a second season, but they had enough money that they could afford to gamble that this season would be the winner. And if it fails, there’s other shows that are more popular with stronger followings that are there to take it’s place.
re: #372 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It’s like talking to a wall with them. They just do not understand that not everyone loves let alone likes Bernie.
a lot of people cannot understand why everyone doesn’t think they way they do
On the subject of Rush the Hutt and his impending demise, I think I’ll repeat the wisdom my Dad imparted to me: “Karma’s a bitch.”
This cartoon but real pic.twitter.com/Ydtd0y854w
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) February 3, 2020
re: #343 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, that was weird. I just got a call on my iPhone. The caller ID said, “Potential Spam; Orlando Florida”. That’s the first one I’ve gotten like that.
I get a lot of those! Or “Telemarketer”…
re: #385 i(m)p(each)sos
Am I alone here in being intrigued by Manchin’s censure suggestion? I don’t know if he has any way to get it past McConnell to a vote, but if he could, it puts the Lamar Alexanders and Lisa Murkowskis of the world on the spot, at least a little. Alexander, especially - if he’s on the record as endorsing the findings of the House managers and the case they presented, even if he’s not going to vote to remove, the optics of a no vote on censure look bad.
(If any Rs care about optics or looking bad anymore, which is not a certainty at all.)
it’s not nothing and im all for it because a lot has changed since saturday - ie some R’s tipped their hand
electoral-vote.com this past saturday
A: This is an idea that’s being bandied about, at least by the commentariat. We doubt that it comes to fruition, though. Donald Trump is thin-skinned enough that even a mild rebuke would enrage him, and he would likely try to punish any senator who dared vote for it. So, Republicans probably wouldn’t want to try it. Meanwhile, the Democrats would likely prefer not to give folks like Cory Gardner and Susan Collins an “out.” They want vulnerable Republicans to be firmly on the record when it comes to enabling Trump, and they don’t want to create a mushy middle where a GOP senator can effectively have it both ways.
As to historical precedents, there have been a few actions taken by the Congress that could be interpreted as presidential censures. The clearest was indeed targeted at Andrew Jackson, and was the work of his Whig enemies in the Senate, who were unhappy about his handling of the Second Bank of the United States. Once Jackson’s Democratic Party regained control of the Senate, they quickly expunged the censure. This precedent is probably why presidential censures are rare-to-non-existent. What is the point, if they are only going to last until the chamber changes hands?
UPDATE: PERSECUTED INDIAN CHIEFS OVERTHROW TYRANNICAL BILLIONAIRES OF SAN FRANCISCO, IN VICTORY FOR COMMUNISM!
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) February 3, 2020
re: #385 i(m)p(each)sos
Am I alone here in being intrigued by Manchin’s censure suggestion? I don’t know if he has any way to get it past McConnell to a vote, but if he could, it puts the Lamar Alexanders and Lisa Murkowskis of the world on the spot, at least a little. Alexander, especially - if he’s on the record as endorsing the findings of the House managers and the case they presented, even if he’s not going to vote to remove, the optics of a no vote on censure look bad.
(If any Rs care about optics or looking bad anymore, which is not a certainty at all.)
A few days ago, Dave Jolly (former Republican Congressman, now a commentator on MSNBC) noted that there is a critical number in all elected Republicans minds, 92%. Tht is the minimum number of base votes they need to carry in order to swin an election. The Republicans seem to be caught in the dilemma of standing on two canoes right now, that of the general electorate and that of the base. The two groups are drifting apart and they may not be able to keep one foot in each.
I suspect that they are concerned that even a censure will alienate more than 8% of the base.
Angus King on MSNBC earlier today:
“I asked some of my Republican colleagues; we give a lot of money to Israel. What if Trump were to call the Prime Minister and say ‘we’re going to withhold your aid unless you come to the States 2 weeks before the election and accuse my opponent of anti-semitism. Is that okay with you?’ None of them would answer me.”
re: #396 sagehen
Angus King on MSNBC earlier today:
“I asked some of my Republican colleagues; we give a lot of money to Israel. What if Trump were to call the Prime Minister and say ‘we’re going to withhold your aid unless you come to the States 2 weeks before the election and accuse my opponent of anti-semitism. Is that okay with you?’ None of them would answer me.”
Win
re: #384 Hecuba’s daughter
They’re sending me text messages. Just received a new one
FIFTH & FINAL NOTICE: Your deadline to support President Trump has been extended to 11:59PM and you are ELIGIBLE for 5x-matched support.
I responded back to take me off their list — not as though that will do anything useful.
I’ve been getting texts that Erin, or Sandi, or someone else has invited me to their event, then some weird address cutt.ly other crap—different on each one (and the tts are like little scrabble tiles) then the number 12 in a cross-out red circle. Then Tell…
I’ve received about 5 of these in the past few days.
re: #396 sagehen
Angus King on MSNBC earlier today:
“I asked some of my Republican colleagues; we give a lot of money to Israel. What if Trump were to call the Prime Minister and say ‘we’re going to withhold your aid unless you come to the States 2 weeks before the election and accuse my opponent of anti-semitism. Is that okay with you?’ None of them would answer me.”
they all know
we know they know
everybody knows
re: #396 sagehen
Angus King on MSNBC earlier today:
“I asked some of my Republican colleagues; we give a lot of money to Israel. What if Trump were to call the Prime Minister and say ‘we’re going to withhold your aid unless you come to the States 2 weeks before the election and accuse my opponent of anti-semitism. Is that okay with you?’ None of them would answer me.”
Bibi would do it for free.
A censure vote is nice as an abstract, but in the eyes of Trump such a vote would be no less a “betrayal” of him than a vote to convict, so there’s no chance Mitch would ever allow it to actually come to a vote. Or that, if the Senate Dems found a way around him, 4 “moderates” would break ranks to help it pass.
re: #399 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
they all know
we know they know
everybody knows
Good to put it out there tho especially since King is in fact an independent
He’s making a list and checking it twice gonna find out who’s naughty and nice Santa Trump will take Bolton down…
Trump is compiling a post-impeachment enemies list and Bolton is at the top of it. Trump had told people he wants Bolton criminally prosecuted. My latest:https://t.co/p7ZjjszDhP
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) February 3, 2020
FYI if you’re getting a bunch of text messages you don’t want from campaigns, or anybody, just reply with one word -> “Stop”
If they’re using an automated system that will usually trigger you being dropped from the list.
We will now hear from Ms. “I married the boss and then we donated big bucks and look at me now—I’M A SENATOR!!”
re: #402 Targetpractice
A censure vote is nice as an abstract, but in the eyes of Trump such a vote would be no less a “betrayal” of him than a vote to convict, so there’s no chance Mitch would ever allow it to actually come to a vote. Or that, if the Senate Dems found a way around him, 4 “moderates” would break ranks to help it pass.
I think that might be part of the game. Show the country that Trump can’t admit wrongdoing.
re: #405 Joe Bacon 🌹
He’s making a list and checking it twice gonna find out who’s naughty and nice Santa Trump will take Bolton down…
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Criminally prosecute him? FOR WHAT?!
Karma just isn’t stopping the retribution today…
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Rick Gates says Trump met with MBS one week before the election at Trump’s “private residence” pic.twitter.com/Uho9vrJf5p
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) February 3, 2020
This comes after the August 2016 meeting in which George Nader told Trump Jr that MBS (and MBZ) wanted to support the Trump campaign.
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) February 3, 2020
Source: https://t.co/fE9y0sMjlf
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) February 3, 2020
re: #405 Joe Bacon 🌹
He’s making a list and checking it twice gonna find out who’s naughty and nice Santa Trump will take Bolton down…
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Oh but the pike.//
Someone didn’t watch the Game of Thrones finale. Demanding everyone bend the knee didn’t exactly work out for Daenerys. IJS pic.twitter.com/lHe4dVwPf4
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) February 3, 2020
re: #409 Targetpractice
Criminally prosecute him? FOR WHAT?!
Trump doesn’t need a reason but Barr will find one just to make it look good.
Caucuses may seem weird, but in a sense they more represent how a society works than anonymous voting in primaries.
Still, in this day, all these kinds of voting mechanisms seem a little old fashion.
“The news media are exaggerating! They’re making things up! The President would never use his office to go after those he perceives as enemies!”
“ANY WHO HAVE CROSSED ME WILL BE PUT TO THE SWORD!”
“What we meant to say is the President is totally justified in his campaign of revenge because Dems said mean things about him.”
I will vote guilty on both counts. pic.twitter.com/OsKKEDTAW2
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) February 3, 2020
Our troops are worthy of a commander-in-chief who respects them. Instead, they’re being led by a self-centered man-child. https://t.co/QsHwtNz7mg
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) February 3, 2020
re: #409 Targetpractice
Criminally prosecute him? FOR WHAT?!
Most likely by some fake claim of classification of his book material. But it really doesn’t matter. The goal would be to screw with him and cost him time and money. Even if it ends up being nothing-burger.
re: #419 Targetpractice
Well fuck, in that case, Biden it is!
Funny how they think they can get Warren supporters to give into their demands yet act like the DNC bullies them. Bunch of anti democracy douches.
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Yeah, no, the high road is for losers. Fuck you, Rush Limbaugh. Fuck you in Hell.
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) February 3, 2020
Here we go
Trump is compiling a post-impeachment enemies list and Bolton is at the top of it. Trump had told people he wants Bolton criminally prosecuted. My latest:https://t.co/p7ZjjszDhP
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) February 3, 2020
re: #422 The Pie Overlord!
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Had forgotten he went after 9/11 widows. He really is awful.
This dog really wants some food but he doesn’t want to make it too obvioushttps://t.co/jFlgr6Pm1Q pic.twitter.com/CtCy4IUP2Q
— The Poke (@ThePoke) February 3, 2020
re: #405 Joe Bacon 🌹
He’s making a list and checking it twice gonna find out who’s naughty and nice Santa Trump will take Bolton down…
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And Bolton would rather be prosecuted that an actually hurt the overall cause…
re: #425 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Had forgotten he went after 9/11 widows. He really is awful.
I came straight here after reading the headline on Fark. I am, almost universally, one person who does not wish death or pain on other people, no matter how despicable. This is not one of those times. Rush Limbaugh was the living embodiment of my right-wing upbringing, and the shit he spewed decades ago still comes up in family conversations to this very day. I wish him a slow and agonizing death, and I do not say that lightly. Fuck off and die, Rush, and say hello to my personal demons when you arrive in Hell.
My thoughts on Rush Limbaugh who IMHO has been a cancer to freedom and liberty and Democracy and decency and American Values and Justice since DAY ONE.
They say you do not need to be witness to evil people being served justice. As long as justice is served.
But it’s so nice to see.
Just heart warming.
re: #428 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I came straight here after reading the headline on Fark. I am, almost universally, one person who does not wish death or pain on other people, no matter how despicable. This is not one of those times. Rush Limbaugh was the living embodiment of my right-wing upbringing, and the shit he spewed decades ago still comes up in family conversations to this very day. I wish him a slow and agonizing death, and I do not say that lightly. Fuck off and die, Rush, and say hello to my personal demons when you arrive in Hell.
I have been happy to see he’s not doing well in the age of Trump.
I realized last night after reading from a few Berners what they were going to do today, regardless of how well she does in the caucus. What I realized is they’re going to demand that she, “for the good of the party,” drop out so that Bernie can run unopposed as the “progressive” choice compared to Biden. They are so arrogant that they assume that, if they force Warren out of the race in favor of Bernie, that all of Warren’s supporters will go to Bernie.
It really is kindergarten-level reasoning going on with these chucklefucks.
re: #431 Targetpractice
I realized last night after reading from a few Berners what they were going to do today, regardless of how well she does in the caucus. What I realized is they’re going to demand that she, “for the good of the party,” drop out so that Bernie can run unopposed as the “progressive” choice compared to Biden. They are so arrogant that they assume that, if they force Warren out of the race in favor of Bernie, that all of Warren’s supporters will go to Bernie.
It really is kindergarten-level reasoning going on with these chucklefucks.
There’s a hostile attitude many of em have to democracy. The whole wanting the DNC to proclaim Sanders the nominee four summers ago despite him not winning the PV. That’s what I loathe about them.
Imagine if Obama had done this: Episode 89726723656 https://t.co/k6SObWPfvG
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) February 3, 2020
re: #431 Targetpractice
I realized last night after reading from a few Berners what they were going to do today, regardless of how well she does in the caucus. What I realized is they’re going to demand that she, “for the good of the party,” drop out so that Bernie can run unopposed as the “progressive” choice compared to Biden. They are so arrogant that they assume that, if they force Warren out of the race in favor of Bernie, that all of Warren’s supporters will go to Bernie.
It really is kindergarten-level reasoning going on with these chucklefucks.
re: #432 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
There’s a hostile attitude many of em have to democracy. The whole wanting the DNC to proclaim Sanders the nominee four summers ago despite him not winning the PV. That’s what I loathe about them.
With the great irony being that their main gripe in ‘16 was that Hilary was being ‘anointed’ and felt ‘entitled’ to the nomination
“Sorry I’m not who you think I am” - I responded to your tweet, which claimed (as many Berners do) that the DNC did not “allow” Bernie to be the candidate in 2016. Your claim is false. It is also a popular Berner talking point. I made no statement if you’re a “D” or “R”.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) February 3, 2020
re: #433 gocart mozart
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I keep on saying this but he really is going to be at an unique disadvantage because he’s no longer an empty slate.
re: #434 Citizen K
With the great irony being that their main gripe in ‘16 was that Hilary was being ‘anointed’ and felt ‘entitled’ to the nomination
There’s a very serious “IT’S OUR TURN!!!” vibe going on, which I put largely down to an attitude I heard more than one Berner espouse in ‘16 when it was pointed out that voting Stein or staying home would lead to Trump’s election. They declared that it would actually be a “good” thing if Trump were elected, because A) the DNC would realize their error and be ready to nominate a “progressive” in 2020 and B) Trump would so fuck the country over a bramble patch that tens of millions of Americans would join the “revolution” to put a “progressive” in office in order to “fix” everything.
It’s hard not to see that attitude being the guiding principles of Berners this go-around as they seem to think that the DNC somehow owes Bernie the nomination.
re: #434 Citizen K
With the great irony being that their main gripe in ‘16 was that Hilary was being ‘anointed’ and felt ‘entitled’ to the nomination
Yep Bernie in fact was the one who felt entitled to a party’s nomination that he’s never been a part of.
re: #424 goddamnedfrank
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I gotta tell you, I’m ambivalent about Bolton as object of Trump’s revenge.
“He’s exaggerating the effects of the disease. Moving all around & shaking, purely an act… Really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn’t take his medication or he’s acting.”
F*ck cancer. And after years of his attacks, inc. on those with disabilities, f*ck #RushLimbaugh— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) February 3, 2020
Like Nixon, if Nixon was a moron. https://t.co/nM09tJWoz2
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 3, 2020
Will you sons of bitches just stop this, please?
We all know how Murky is going to vote. https://t.co/9oHX1bkiv9— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 3, 2020
Just wondering how much goddamned money gets poured into the Iowa economy every four years by candidates and media in pursuit of this abject fucking goat rodeo?
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) February 3, 2020
re: #433 gocart mozart
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A couple of thoughts. First, we paid something like $3.7 million for his stupid family to go to Maralago (not going to use dashes anymore) for a party. Second, he’s probably looking at a beautiful and talented black singer and thinking “everyone will laugh if I mock this.”
re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth
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We get another reminder that the corporate “news” media are in the business to sell us media and not news. So we get these “Will she or won’t she?” bits that leading to the expected outcome 99.99% of the time.
“[Trump’s] a classic bully, he’s deeply insecure, he’s very easy to provoke, and therefore it’s easy to keep him off balance and focused on the wrong things. Most of the things voters care about right now is not Bloomberg’s height” - @TimOBrien w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/5eCfwgTM7p
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) February 3, 2020
re: #424 goddamnedfrank
Further proof that Susan Collins was given permission for her vote, when her name is not on the list.
— Smith (@smith92118) February 3, 2020
WOW! Chiefs’ player pays it forward to celebrate Super Bowl win https://t.co/f6CPZfBdzp
To celebrate the big win, Derrick Nnadi paid adoption fees for all dogs at a Kansas City shelter. All dogs that became available on Feb. 2 can go home with families for free! pic.twitter.com/KHbH6czoTi— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) February 3, 2020
And not that I really give a shit, but I think that if you’re interested in protocol, you’re supposed to put your right hand over your heart during the anthem. Melania, not that anyone really cares, placed her left hand over her heart.
re: #450 Barefoot Grin
Somebody said it’s reversed.
The impeached President @realDonaldTrump says he got a little exercise in over the weekend. I had some pie. Who do you think is being more honest? #IowaCaucuses #VoteBlueNoMatterWho #KansasCityIsInMissouri
— Margaret and Helen 🌎 (@HelenPhilpot) February 3, 2020
re: #450 Barefoot Grin
And not that I really give a shit, but I think that if you’re interested in protocol, you’re supposed to put your right hand over your heart during the anthem. Melania, not that anyone really cares, placed her left hand over her heart.
What heart?
re: #448 Patricia Kayden
I got $10 that says Mittens makes the list too.
re: #401 Mescalero09
I haven’t heard Concrete Blonde in quite a while. Thanks for posting!
I used to listen to their “Bloodletting” aka ‘The Vampire Song’ around Halloween a lot. The original ‘Bloodletting’ video is even creepier.
So between that bizarre stuff with the anthem and not knowing what state the Chiefs play in, where is conservative America to tell Trump he’s an out of touch elite? Oh wait.//
re: #455 ckkatz
I have so much music bouncing around in my head.
That was written by Leonard Cohen as I’m sure you know, and they nailed it.
They were good.
Got to have a gimmick or 19 or be willing to live on the road for 7 years just to get a sniff.
Brutal.
re: #433 gocart mozart
I had not watched the video until just a moment ago, and I gotta say, Holy Shit!
re: #455 ckkatz
Blast from the past. Johnette is queen.
There was a discussion earlier in the thread about how it was often hard to distinguish between bots, trolls and ‘real accounts’. Which is the bot/troll’s goal. And it was pointed out that functionally there is no difference between them.
I agree with those that concluded that the real division was between those who exhibit good faith in wanting an honest and useful discussion and those who are exhibiting bad faith.
I also agree that it it is up to the suspected bot/troll poster to demonstrate that good faith to me before I will waste any of my time or focus acting with them.
re: #198 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m sorry. Cancer sucks, but I’m having a really tough time feeling too bad over this.
“Numfar, do the dance of…”
(Joss Wheadon cultist right here.)
Event the Russian Bots think he should shut up. pic.twitter.com/WnqODlUIXs
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 3, 2020
re: #327 DodgerFan1988
You do you. Those of us who feel differently have our reasons. If any prominent figure on the left such as President Obama or Secretary a Clinton was diagnosed with cancer, Limbaugh would he yucking it up. Perhaps he will show some restraint if he recovers and will act like a damned human being.
re: #450 Barefoot Grin
And not that I really give a shit, but I think that if you’re interested in protocol, you’re supposed to put your right hand over your heart during the anthem. Melania, not that anyone really cares, placed her left hand over her heart.
The video is reversed but not intentionally like the wingnuts reversed an image of the Obamas & then Photoshopped it.
The child of night now has his ascent. The cleanser of worlds has arrived. pic.twitter.com/CsgL0lG1yz
— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) February 3, 2020
re: #460 ckkatz
There was a discussion earlier in the thread about how it was often hard to distinguish between bots, trolls and ‘real accounts’. Which is the bot/troll’s goal. And it was pointed out that functionally there is no difference between them.
I agree with those that concluded that the real division was between those who exhibit good faith in wanting an honest and useful discussion and those who are exhibiting bad faith.
I also agree that it it is up to the suspected bot/troll poster to demonstrate that good faith to me before I will waste any of my time or focus acting with them.
Yeah that’s what I was getting at. If you want to disagree about how we spend the budget or what a President should pursue legislatively, fine but you lose me big time if you just dismiss me as a hater or neoliberal.
Am I missing something? There were no dem presidents in the 80s.
Also, Dems have been on wrong track since the 60s—so the height of the civil rights movement?
Why on earth do we care about these voters? https://t.co/jYVWOdHAkh— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) February 3, 2020
My 2 yo daughter watched the Super Bowl halftime show. She’s now a stripper and selling pictures of her feet online. She’s supporting the entire family and we’ve never been more proud.
— Lexi Brown, PhD (@lexilafleur) February 3, 2020
re: #463 Patricia Kayden
You do you. Those of us who feel differently have our reasons. If any prominent figure on the left such as President Obama or Secretary a Clinton was diagnosed with cancer, Limbaugh would he yucking it up. Perhaps he will show some restraint if he recovers and will act like a damned human being.
I don’t wish Limbaugh die a horrible death. I’m not like them.
I do note the irony that he’s contracted cancer while being a cancerous tumor in our body politik.
The difference is I don’t wish retribution or helicopter rides. I just wish he’d stop. Sounds like he’s going to.
re: #457 Mescalero09
I have so much music bouncing around in my head.
That was written by Leonard Cohen as I’m sure you know, and they nailed it.
They were good.
Got to have a gimmick or 19 or be willing to live on the road for 7 years just to get a sniff.
Brutal.
In high school I had friends that played locally in small groups. I knew a few folks in college who studied music.
The next chance I had to really listen to music was 30 years later when I ended up with some time and had access to music through youtube. I am still blown away at how much talent is out there. And how little reward, outside of personal good feelings, most folks reap for all their hard work. It just continuously amazes me.
re: #443 goddamnedfrank
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Since April of this year, the Democratic candidates have spent more than $4.2 million in the state, according to an analysis of campaign filing data. That doesn’t include the cost of having more than 650 campaign staff on the ground, the indirect spending that goes into staffers’ rent, food and gas or the amount tourists spend in the state.
So, in answer to your question—a shit ton.
re: #467 Backwoods_Sleuth
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HuffPost: Education Department Whistleblower Forced Out After Exposing Push Against Trans Athletes
It is mitigated, because he didn’t go through channels, just leaked to a reporter.
…of course. Now I have friends in my Twitter feed telling me there’s no difference between Biden and Bush. Of fucking course.
It’s no surprise that Trump wants to go after enemies. The silver lining is that the effort will be leaky, incompetent, staffed by a variety of sycophantic imbeciles and dipshits, and prone to abrupt changes in strategy driven by Trump’s mood swings.
— ShrugHat (@Popehat) February 3, 2020
re: #474 retired cynic
HuffPost: Education Department Whistleblower Forced Out After Exposing Push Against Trans Athletes
It is mitigated, because he didn’t go through channels, just leaked to a reporter.
I remember libertarians who claim they’re more pro lgbt than liberals championing DeVos. We picked the right hill to stand on there.
re: #476 Blind Frog Belly White
“I understand how you feel sir, but we can’t just drop a bomb on John Boltons house…”
re: #475 Citizen K
…of course. Now I have friends in my Twitter feed telling me there’s no difference between Biden and Bush. Of fucking course.
OFFS, I guess the Americans With Disabilities Act means nothing to them. I’m sorry but so many people are uneducated about politics in this country.
Joe Biden who in 2012 said transgender rights is one of the most important civil rights issues of our age is the same as the guy who pushed the FMA on us.
re: #464 The Pie Overlord!
The video is reversed but not intentionally like the wingnuts reversed an image of the Obamas & then Photoshopped it.
Yeah that person, I think a woman, seems to be filming with her selfie cam, which explains the mirror image and also the crappy video quality.
Watching how bots play the old folk… and I am reminded again that the big thing in our society is a culture war, and the increasingly obsolete worldview (fundamentalist Christianity, American style) failing in light of modernity and ethnic change.
re: #479 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
OFFS, I guess the Americans With Disabilities Act means nothing to them. I’m sorry but so many people are uneducated about politics in this country.
I just…I’m too tired to trawl through Biden’s actual career to point out that he is as stalwart a Dem as they come and nowhere near as bad as Bush ever was even at his best. It always seems to fall on deaf ears and just ends up people running screaming either toward MAGAtown or into the BERN OR BUST camp anyway.
This is the shit I see constantly, and it just makes it feel all so goddamn useless.
re: #483 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Watching how bots play the old folk… and I am reminded again that the big thing in our society is a culture war, and the increasingly obsolete worldview (fundamentalist Christianity, American style) failing in light of modernity and ethnic change.
I was a member of an Irish Travel Tips group on FB. I know the country pretty well since I lived there a month. Completely got taken over by bots who loved to play into their hypersensitivity towards Trump criticisms. God, I’m just grateful that my parents aren’t like that.
re: #484 Citizen K
I just…I’m too tired to trawl through Biden’s actual career to point out that he is as stalwart a Dem as they come and nowhere near as bad as Bush ever was even at his best. It always seems to fall on deaf ears and just ends up people running screaming either toward MAGAtown or into the BERN OR BUST camp anyway.
This is the shit I see constantly, and it just makes it feel all so goddamn useless.
I do hear your frustration. One of my greatest disappointments is neither of my brothers seem to have much political intelligence. They’re smart other than that but they’re very unpractical when it comes to understanding what the Presidency actually means.
And now CONCERNED Lisa is pontificating about decorum and fairness and honor and integrity—I didn’t know she spoke a foreign language./
re: #483 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Watching how bots play the old folk… and I am reminded again that the big thing in our society is a culture war, and the increasingly obsolete worldview (fundamentalist Christianity, American style) failing in light of modernity and ethnic change.
One of the things I often say to people who slam “Christians” is: “Imagine how different the world would be if most of those so-called Christians actually LIVED LIKE JESUS.”
I keep on telling people who want more of what Bernie offers to work on local races. But they insist on acting like we need a soon to be 80 year old Senator from a lily white state with a record of sayign some pretty controversial things will win and win big. I think Bernie would do better than many ehre but even then, I’m not sold and I’m definitely not sold on him as an effective executive. He has no surrogates that I wish the otehrs have and that to my disappointment does include AOC who I like but I think makes a huge mistake casting her boat to Bernie as someone who is proud of both her millennial status and Latina heritage. Same thing with Talib, Omar, and Jayapal. You’re throwing your lot in with someone who does not prioritize immigrants.
re: #488 Eclectic Cyborg
One of the things I often say to people who slam Christians is: “Imagine how different the world would be if most of those so-called Christians actually LIVED LIKE JESUS.”
See, that’s why I always loathed the fundamentalists who talk about how we need to be more Christ like yet live like rock stars. My grand uncle was a priest in a poor part of Louisiana. He wasn’t flying around in a jet and doing bizarre rituals where he treated POTUS like a God. He cared about his congregation- predominately poor and African American just as he had cared about the young men he was a chaplain to during WWII.
re: #490 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
My Church runs a free service for the homeless right downtown every Thursday night (and we give them a free meal too). I go every chance I get. THAT is where you learn what Jesus was really all about, not some megachurch in the nicest part of town.
“The Senate should be ashamed by the rank partisanship,” Lisa Murkowski said.
I don’t think she got that excited over people questioning Obama’s citizenship.
Oh good goddamned grief:
if you’re a progressive and you can’t think of any way to criticize Biden other than parroting Trump lies, I don’t know what to tell you.
— Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) February 3, 2020
The lesson there isn’t that we need some mythically pure candidate that they could never pull something like that on. It’s that the GOP will find a way to try to ‘but her Emails’ any candidate the Dems put forward, and to stop humoring such shit as if it’s offered in good faith.
— Impeached K (@Citizen_Kryptik) February 3, 2020
re: #471 ckkatz
Never stop looking for music that talks to you.
re: #492 jaunte
“The Senate should be ashamed by the rank partisanship,” Lisa Murkowski said.
I don’t think she got that excited over people questioning Obama’s citizenship.
You’ve helped to make it partisan by acting like we shouldn’t want witnesses, please just resign already Lisa if that’s what you believe.
I don’t wish death on anyone but I hope they remember to drive a stake through his heart if he does happen to croak.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) February 3, 2020
re: #491 Eclectic Cyborg
My Church runs a free service for the homeless right downtown every Thursday night (and we give them a free meal too). I go every chance I get. THAT is where you learn what Jesus was really all about, not some megachurch in the nicest part of town.
Yeah, I’m agnostic but even I know that the Jesus story is that he was someone who was with the less well off. Ever see Franklin Graham? Falwell Jr? Jeffries? act a refugee center? a soup kitchen? Meanwhile I see them perfectly content to latch on to power and the one at least in modetn times I think really started that was Billy Graham himself. He loved the America’s “minister” title he got. He still was better than his son though but thats a low bar.
re: #493 Citizen K
It’s pretty absurd that the fans of the Trump family think it’s smart to pick a fight over nepotism.
re: #498 jaunte
It’s pretty absurd that the fans of the Trump family think it’s smart to pick a fight over nepotism.
From his timeline, he’s a Berner, so…take that as you may.
re: #498 jaunte
It’s pretty absurd that the fans of the Trump family think it’s smart to pick a fight over nepotism.
This. Like, seriously. I mean, I know a lot of the stuff they do is tone deaf, but pretending nepotism isn’t an issue in the most nepotistic admin we’ve ever had is laughable.
re: #500 Eclectic Cyborg
This. Like, seriously. I mean, I know a lot of the stuff they do is tone deaf, but pretending nepotism isn’t an issue in the most nepotistic admin we’ve ever had is laughable.
It’s not even just Javanka. Rudy’s stepson has a job there. I think one of Barr’s does too. And Pence’s nephew is a big part of the re-election team too. I don’t even think Hunter is advising his Dad let alone is a big part of his campaign.
By this time next week we’ll all be talking about New Hampshire. Then on 3 March the big states will weigh in… and I expect this circus to be over.
Maybe the big states will split deeply enough to have the band play on … but I now rank that as less likely.
re: #503 Eclectic Cyborg
Well it took me almost ten freaking years, but I’ve finally cracked the six digit karma mark!
Don’t I get a prize for this or something?
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re: #499 Citizen K
From his timeline, he’s a Berner, so…take that as you may.
A Berner thinks Biden is too vulnerable to the Republican smear machine? The mind boggles.
Twitter does not give me hope for our species.
re: #508 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Facebook should have told you before Twitter.
re: #505 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
A Berner thinks Biden is too vulnerable to the Republican smear machine? The mind boggles.
The RNC Opps Research is probably salivating at their gums to run against Bernie. They’ve called Dems socialists for years and now they got one. And he’s got some shady issues too that the Berners have completely ignored since he promised them the world. You think the Biden hugs are awkward? Wait till the RNC opps publishes what Bernie wrote about rape in the early 70’s.
re: #508 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Twitter does not give me hope for our species.
Ha-ha you’re a hater lol. Yeah the stupid troll shit. I love actual conversation about issues. Hence why I’m a decade long lizard now but Twitter really is often a cesspool.
There’s a shocker. https://t.co/WhDCcVfIVG
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 4, 2020
When Rush dies the MSM will declare him “a man who had his finger on the pulse of conservatism,” “a lightning rod,” “a tireless provocateur who needled his political opponents.” But they’ll never call him what he really is.
Back when Twitter was young, I remember late-night TV host Conan O’Brien , who apparently didn’t tweet at that time, rambling on about how puzzled he was that people would send out short messages describing what they were doing at any given time. Conan couldn’t figure out why it would be so popular.
If only he was right.
re: #509 Mescalero09
Facebook should have told you before Twitter.
They’re twins of the same madness. It’s a shame because FB for a long time was pretty apolitical. I still use my account for my family and other things but I do not actively discuss politics on there for the most part. Why? Because there’s so many ignorant people out there who think memes and being a shit talker is the way to talk.
“She also says she decided to vote against witnesses” because she has absolutely no persuasive power with her colleagues.
re: #514 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Back when Twitter was young, I remember late-night TV host Conan O’Brien , who apparently didn’t tweet at that time, rambling on about how puzzled he was that people would send out short messages describing what they were doing at any given time. Conan couldn’t figure out why it would be so popular.
If only he was right.
Conan’s own feed is a hoot. He does lame jokes and the trolls think this is completely serious.
I don’t know why people keep painting Roberts, one of the most powerful men in human history, as some fainting flower.
Hey… let your bigot flag fly.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) February 4, 2020
re: #503 Eclectic Cyborg
Well it took me almost ten freaking years, but I’ve finally cracked the six digit karma mark!
Don’t I get a prize for this or something?
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Take a woo-hoo and two attaboys out of petty cash.
Seriously, though, congrats.
Gorka makes an important point and moves me closer to wishing hell on Rush.
None of us would have the national shows we have now without Rush Limbaugh. @realDonaldTrump’s presidency and our nation’s renewal would not have been possible without his tireless fight for the Truth.
We thank you Rush, and we are praying for you. pic.twitter.com/9VfVXiAgyb— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) February 4, 2020
y’all really be telling conservatives that history will judge them harshly when history don’t even judge whole ass slave owners harshly. please stop. https://t.co/YcMLpu6CRK
— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) February 3, 2020
re: #503 Eclectic Cyborg
Well it took me almost ten freaking years, but I’ve finally cracked the six digit karma mark!
Don’t I get a prize for this or something?
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re: #479 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
OFFS, I guess the Americans With Disabilities Act means nothing to them. I’m sorry but so many people are uneducated about politics in this country.
In all seriousness, many disabled people lean left. But in 2016, many leftists were VERY ableist! This doesn’t look like it will change in 2020.
re: #528 Sherlock Hound
In all seriousness, many disabled people lean left. But in 2016, many leftists were VERY ableist! This doesn’t look like it will change in 2020.
There was the whole thing with several disabled activists complaining and calling out rideshare drivers for abandoning them due to wheelchairs, service animals, etc., and they got absolutely savaged by leftist twitter for their lack of worker solidarity and somehow being on the corporations’ side. Those activists had protect their Twitter accounts because shit got so ridiculous.
All righty then. https://t.co/7POfj5u5XX
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 4, 2020
re: #528 Sherlock Hound
In all seriousness, many disabled people lean left. But in 2016, many leftists were VERY ableist! This doesn’t look like it will change in 2020.
I definitely think my Asperger’s makes me more empathetic to marginalized groups.
re: #496 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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See, I have a different take on this whole “I’ve had a loved one/friend go through cancer and wouldn’t wish that on anyone” thing - I did, in fact, have a friend who went through Stage 4 cancer (she’s in remission now, thankfully) and while it was happening, one emotion that kept coursing through me was ice-cold, bitter rage - why her? She was such a wonderful person with so much to offer the world - why did she have to go through this torture while nasty, evil, awful people were waltzing around with a smirk on their face and a spring in their step?
You better believe that if I’d been given the power to snap my fingers, take the cancer from her, and give it to someone more deserving, I would have.
re: #529 Citizen K
There was the whole thing with several disabled activists complaining and calling out rideshare drivers for abandoning them due to wheelchairs, service animals, etc., and they got absolutely savaged by leftist twitter for their lack of worker solidarity and somehow being on the corporations’ side. Those activists had protect their Twitter accounts because shit got so ridiculous.
A lot of the leftists really do show there’s an unfortunate overlap that sometimes exist. I’m a social liberal.There’s some parts of socialism that appeal to me, some of capitalism, some of both, and some of neither. I don’t like rigid economics and I don’t care who plays that game.
re: #525 Barefoot Grin
Gorka makes an important point and moves me closer to wishing hell on Rush.
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If it wasn’t Limbaugh, it would have been someone else, possibly someone much worse. I think of John and Ken, who are somehow still kicking on the AM dial in LA.
re: #478 Eclectic Cyborg
“I understand how you feel sir, but we can’t just drop a bomb on John Boltons house…”
No, we’ll just see to it that he’s pushed out of a high story window…
re: #535 Joe Bacon 🌹
No, we’ll just see to it that he’s pushed out of a high story window…
Pretty sure that “clumsiness” is why most of those high story windows don’t open up anymore.
re: #534 KGxvi
If it wasn’t Limbaugh, it would have been someone else, possibly someone much worse. I think of John and Ken, who are somehow still kicking on the AM dial in LA.
True, there was always going to be someone like Rush emerge and create a model for an echochamber. That’s what makes the idea that liberals live in echo chambers so funny to me. There’s a lot more in fighting on the left side than right side generally speaking. It’s why the line about Dems falling in love and Republicans falling in line comes from.
re: #533 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
A lot of the leftists really do show there’s an unfortunate overlap that sometimes exist. I’m a social liberal.There’s some parts of socialism that appeal to me, some of capitalism, some of both, and some of neither. I don’t like rigid economics and I don’t care who plays that game.
The whole thing is exactly why I’m wary of the folks who raise classism over all and discard intersectionality as a distraction, because they absolutely tend to dismiss the struggle of folks that are for the most part disconnected from pure economic concerns, or even only tangentially economic but absolutely wouldn’t have happened if not for race, or sexism, or ableism, etc. The burning of any concept of “identity politics” what I’m seeing repeatedly, and it’s galling to see it working, and working, and working.
re: #534 KGxvi
If it wasn’t Limbaugh, it would have been someone else, possibly someone much worse. I think of John and Ken, who are somehow still kicking on the AM dial in LA.
I don’t know them, but it’s absolutely true that after the Fairness Act (or was it Fairness Doctrine? I can’t remember) was cut it became open season for all manner of bigots and haters to crowd the airwaves. Rush just did it most lucratively. Mark Levin has more sway than Rush these days. Hannity, too.
re: #538 Citizen K
The whole thing is exactly why I’m wary of the folks who raise classism over all and discard intersectionality as a distraction, because they absolutely tend to dismiss the struggle of folks that are for the most part disconnected from pure economic concerns, or even only tangentially economic but absolutely wouldn’t have happened if not for race, or sexism, or ableism, etc. The burning of any concept of “identity politics” what I’m seeing repeatedly, and it’s galling to see it working, and working, and working.
They’re the left wing side of Objectivists.
re: #539 Barefoot Grin
I don’t know them, but it’s absolutely true that after the Fairness Act (or was it Fairness Doctrine? I can’t remember) was cut it became open season for all manner of bigots and haters to crowd the airwaves. Rush just did it most lucratively. Mark Levin has more sway than Rush these days. Hannity, too.
Rush really never adapted to the internet medium and I think Hannity and Trump became more chummy than Rush and Trump. I dunno why. If I had to guess, it’s probably the New York connection but while Trump has praised Rush, Lumpy is the one he cries to when things are tough.
WH map of #IowaCaucuses results pic.twitter.com/Us0aR9X0f2
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