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Been reviewing some video of the protests and one thing just jumps out at you — the sheer outrageous number of incidents in which police behaved with extreme brutality against people who were not resisting. And not just in one city.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
Just a few examples:
• A cop fired a weapon at reporters who were clearly identified.
• A cop pulled down the mask of a protester standing with HIS HANDS UP and pepper-sprayed him in the face, point blank.
• A cop viciously kicked a kneeling protester.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
• A police car plowed deliberately through a crowd of protesters.
• A cop flashed a white power sign and grinned smugly, while fellow cops laughed.
There are many more cases like this. Something is seriously rotten in America’s police departments.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
One of the most striking things about all this brutality is that the cops are doing this in full view of many cameras. They know they’re being recorded, and it has no effect on their behavior.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
And of course, immediately after posting that, I got one of those super-annoying “This didn’t just start, why are you surprised?” replies.
Uh, you’d be wrong. Not a good idea to assume things like this.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
When did I say they just started acting this way?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
I don’t know why you’d assume I was “surprised.” I didn’t say that either.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
re: #2 Charles Johnson
One of the most striking things about all this brutality is that the cops are doing this in full view of many cameras. They know they’re being recorded, and it has no effect on their behavior.
Maybe they sense that this is their last big chance to yet their ya-yas out…
It’s like Trump is some shining evil light that brings all of the evil roaches out of the woodwork into plain view.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
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They’re doing it because they know they can hide behind the badge. If their superiors won’t defend them, then their union will. That the system is so rigged in their favor that prosecutors willing to ruin their careers to put a cop on trial have to move Heaven and Earth to get a jury to convict while all the defense has to do is say “He felt threatened.” The reality in this country is that city governments feel it is cheaper to just pay off victims than to discipline their cops.
[trump] YOU GOVERNORS LOOK WEAK, DO SOMETHING!!!!…..IF YOU NEED ME I’LL BE IN THE BUNKER [/trump]
A historical “I don’t know why we’re surprised” pops up:
LBJ on the riots of 68: “What did you expect? I don’t know why we’re surprised. When you put your foot on a man’s neck and hold him down for 300 years, and then you let him up, what’s he going to do? He’s going to knock your block off.”
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) June 1, 2020
re: #5 Thanos
It’s like Trump is some shining evil light that brings all of the evil roaches out of the woodwork into plain view.
We had made progress in making it embarrassing to be racist or sexist, and Trump came along and declared it ok again.
This is going to make for a wild @sarahcpr video! https://t.co/Pt4ueZuNwp
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) June 1, 2020
re: #8 jaunte
A historical “I don’t know why we’re surprised” pops up:
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Meanwhile, white Twitter is stuffed full of tone-deaf assholes trying to lecture every black person they can find about how Dr. King would be disappointed in them.
I’m on my last nerve with people playing one-upmanship games like “this didn’t just start, why are you surprised?”
They’re trying to prove how clever they are, and they just come off as assholes.
re: #8 jaunte
A historical “I don’t know why we’re surprised” pops up:
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Republicans: See, we shouldn’t have let him up.
re: #10 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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I wonder what the Biden campaign and the Lincoln Project can do with it.
re: #6 Targetpractice
They’re doing it because they know they can hide behind the badge. If their superiors won’t defend them, then their union will. That the system is so rigged in their favor that prosecutors willing to ruin their careers to put a cop on trial have to move Heaven and Earth to get a jury to convict while all the defense has to do is say “He felt threatened.” The reality in this country is that city governments feel it is cheaper to just pay off victims than to discipline their cops.
We need federal legislation to completely reform police enforcement. Cops should be public servants, not an army of occupation.
David McAtee was shot and killed by LMPD officers and the National Guard this morning. Family and witnesses say law enforcement should have never been there. McAtee was serving food at his bbq spot at the time.
His family is praying in front of #lmpd officers #louisville pic.twitter.com/tQ4r2ViCUp— Phylicia Ashley (@pashleywave3) June 1, 2020
re: #12 Charles Johnson
I’m on my last nerve with people playing one-upmanship games like “this didn’t just start, why are you surprised?”
They’re trying to prove how clever they are, and they just come off as assholes.
Block em and move on.
Speaking of uprisings against white-surpremacist enabling…
“More than a dozen current and former employees have described the unrest as the most serious challenge to Mr. Zuckerberg’s leadership since the company was founded 15 years ago.” https://t.co/rJ4mDWHRNZ
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 1, 2020
In Minneapolis the problem starts at the top:
bringmethenews.com
re: #12 Charles Johnson
I’m on my last nerve with people playing one-upmanship games like “this didn’t just start, why are you surprised?”
They’re trying to prove how clever they are, and they just come off as assholes.
Well, we can post back what we said after Ferguson, or Eric Garner, or any of the other hundreds of incidents where an unarmed black man was killed by cops. Or brandishing a toy gun in an open carry state. Or brandishing a bb gun in an open carry state.
All while the right wing couch commandos are able to sling their AR-15s, storm state capitol buildings and send legislators and governors scrambling for safety without anyone arresting anyone. Cops show a shit-ton of restraint there, but a black guy already on the ground and handcuffed has to be murdered and the refrain will be “I feared for my life”.
Qualified immunity has got to go. That odious doctrine underpins some of this too. As does politicians who refuse to hold cops accountable for crimes - that too is law and order.
Trump is exhibit A of lawlessness. He is the opposite.
re: #5 Thanos
It’s like Trump is some shining evil light that brings all of the evil roaches out of the woodwork into plain view.
Trump is like that crossed with Jerry Lundegaard.
re: #21 lawhawk
Well, we can post back what we said after Ferguson, or Eric Garner, or any of the other hundreds of incidents where an unarmed black man was killed by cops. Or brandishing a toy gun in an open carry state. Or brandishing a bb gun in an open carry state.
All while the right wing couch commandos are able to sling their AR-15s, storm state capitol buildings and send legislators and governors scrambling for safety without anyone arresting anyone. Cops show a shit-ton of restraint there, but a black guy already on the ground and handcuffed has to be murdered and the refrain will be “I feared for my life”.
Qualified immunity has got to go. That odious doctrine underpins some of this too. As does politicians who refuse to hold cops accountable for crimes - that too is law and order.
Trump is exhibit A of lawlessness. He is the opposite.
If I were a prosecutor, I would use that image from the Minnesota state house in my closing arguments. “Why can a police officer show this much restraint with a white man yelling, but has to put his knee on a black man’s neck after he’s handcuffed?”
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) June 1, 2020
re: #23 Belafon
If I were a prosecutor, I would use that image from the Minnesota state house in my closing arguments. “Why can a police officer show this much restraint with a white man yelling, but has to put his knee on a black man’s neck after he’s handcuffed?”
You answered your own question.
It’s the racism. And qualified immunity means that cops can get away with murder.
Holding cops accountable when they commit crimes *is* law enforcement. It’s the bare minimum.
And frankly we need to change the standards of care for policing in the US.
It needs to be a higher standard of care, not one that gives cops an easy out.
re: #25 lawhawk
You answered your own question.
It’s the racism. And qualified immunity means that cops can get away with murder.
Holding cops accountable when they commit crimes *is* law enforcement. It’s the bare minimum.
And frankly we need to change the standards of care for policing in the US.
It needs to be a higher standard of care, not one that gives cops an easy out.
Agree. I’m just thinking of it in terms of convincing a jury.
I now live in a “battle space” that the U.S. Department of Defense wants to “dominate” at soon as possible. https://t.co/yNbymrggsO
— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) June 1, 2020
re: #11 Targetpractice
Meanwhile, white Twitter is stuffed full of tone-deaf assholes trying to lecture every black person they can find about how Dr. King would be disappointed in them.
…you assassinated Dr king…
re: #20 Thanos
In Minneapolis the problem starts at the top:
bringmethenews.com
Nothing in that letter surprises me at all, because we’ve seen similar sentiments from police union presidents across the land. They never see deescalation or peace-keeping as their mission, their only answer to push-back or protest is to grind the boot down harder. I wouldn’t be surprised if Donny has heard from one or more of these assholes in recent days, hence his viewpoint that the governors are to blame because they’re “weak.”
re: #29 Belafon
We had to destroy the village to save it.
re: #25 lawhawk
You answered your own question.
It’s the racism. And qualified immunity means that cops can get away with murder.
Holding cops accountable when they commit crimes *is* law enforcement. It’s the bare minimum.
And frankly we need to change the standards of care for policing in the US.
It needs to be a higher standard of care, not one that gives cops an easy out.
I just heard this on the radio
just want to point out that in a demonstration against police brutality, police are not law enforcement, they’re counter protesters.
maybe that perspective will help someone you love make sense of what we’re seeing— 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕝 (@carvellwallace) May 30, 2020
I can’t remember if I’ve told this story here before, but it seems apropos.
Almost 15 years ago my best friend came to visit me in the US. He was, at the time, a cop, and went to the local PD in the Midwest suburb I lived in at the time to talk to them and see about a ridealong. They said sure, hop on.
The first thing they did was hand him a shotgun and say, here, use that if anything comes up.
That’s not the attitude of a policeman. That’s the attitude of an occupying soldier, someone who expects that his job is to get into firefights with armed insurrectionists. I lived in a quiet Midwest suburb, not Somalia. They didn’t verify his credentials. Even if they had, they had so little regard for the use of lethal force that they expected that someone who wasn’t even a US citizen and not even in uniform should be able to shoot someone without repercussions. What if he had? What if he’d cracked and used it on a cop? That never occurred to them - they just figured that he was a white man and a cop somewhere, so he should be able to shoot someone just like them if the opportunity arose.
In any other civilised country, simply giving a firearm to someone who isn’t authorised to use it would be grounds for instant dismissal and possibly criminal charges. But America doesn’t have police, it has garrisons. And the purpose of those garrisons is to keep the second-class citizens in line. And a little indiscriminate killing works wonders for that.
Are we done with the winning yet? ~ China halts purchases of US soybeans, pork, corn and cotton. https://t.co/fNVxiReZ6A
— American Mom (@GOPAmericanMom) June 1, 2020
Anyone who knows what a BoP “riot team” is understands that this move by Barr is intended to escalate violence against Americans. This is incredibly dangerous. https://t.co/8NkxwkAN2X
— Alka Pradhan 🇺🇸 (@PradhanAlka) June 1, 2020
re: #40 jaunte
Anyone who knows what a BoP “riot team” is understands that this move by Barr is intended to escalate violence against Americans. This is incredibly dangerous.
Anyone here remember Attica State Prison?
re: #44 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
What’s BoP?
Rather, what does BoP Riot Team thing mean in relation to the tweet?
re: #40 jaunte
In other words, treat everyone as an escaped criminal.
Basically, the WH is looking through “Bull” Connor’s playbook and thinking “Hey, he’s got some good ideas!”
re: #49 Targetpractice
Basically, the WH is looking through “Bull” Connor’s playbook and thinking “Hey, he’s got some good ideas!”
“But he didn’t quite go far enough.” ////////
re: #40 jaunte
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Riot teams and armed soldiers. This administration sees the problem not as one of anger towards an ongoing problem, but a bunch of violent “thugs” that need to be put down with extreme prejudice. This cannot lead anywhere good before it’s all over.
There is a vacuum of leadership
Biden will too
Trump is so paralyzed by fright and ineptitude that he’s almost ceding the field
re: #51 Targetpractice
Riot teams and armed soldiers. This administration sees the problem not as one of anger towards an ongoing problem, but a bunch of violent “thugs” that need to be put down with extreme prejudice. This cannot lead anywhere good before it’s all over.
they have made it clear that is is all “thugs” (as in niCLANGs) and Antifas, so yeah, open fire, show dominance.
re: #26 Belafon
Agree. I’m just thinking of it in terms of convincing a jury.
Sad thing is, I wonder how much of this is prosecutors not, you know…putting their all into cases like that, to put it as lightly as possible. As others have noted with grand juries, prosecutors would be able to indict a ham sandwich if they wanted to.
Why does it seem like there’s much more media coverage of journalists being attacked by police than of non-violent protesters being attacked by police?
I ask rhetorically.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
Anarchists, we see you! pic.twitter.com/ov1dMLu4Eg
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 1, 2020
How a real president does it
I wrote out some thoughts on how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real change––and pulled together some resources to help young activists sustain the momentum by channeling their energy into concrete action. https://t.co/jEczrOeFdv
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 1, 2020
re: #53 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
they have made it clear that is is all “thugs” (as in niCLANGs) and Antifas, so yeah, open fire, show dominance.
That is my worst fear at this point. We’ve already seen how free cops feel to shoot people in the head or vital organs with rubber bullets and bean bag rounds.
re: #56 Charles Johnson
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Why does it seem like there’s much more media coverage of journalists being attacked by police than of non-violent protesters being attacked by police?
I ask rhetorically.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
Gonna have to borrow from BSG on this one:
There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.
re: #60 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
— Endless Screaming ⚧ ☭ (@infinite_scream) June 1, 2020
The United States is one big disaster zone. And not just one disaster. All the disasters.
Any other president would have been forced to resign long ago. But Trump is getting even more unhinged and dangerous, and the GOP is still enabling him.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
re: #59 Targetpractice
That is my worst fear at this point. We’ve already seen how free cops feel to shoot people in the head or vital organs with rubber bullets and bean bag rounds.
Yep. They might be rubber but those fuckers can still do damage. Ask the journalist who LOST AN EYE.
re: #64 Eclectic Cyborg
And David McAtee, a harmless bystander in Louisville who was killed by a lead bullet.
re: #64 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep. They might be rubber but those fuckers can still do damage. Ask the journalist who LOST AN EYE.
Hence the term “less-than-lethal.” There’s been documented cases of people suffering cracked skulls or worse from being shot in the head with bean bag rounds. Hell, a sharp enough blow to the sternum can knock a person’s heart out of rhythm or (if hit at just the right moment) stop the heart altogether.
re: #66 Targetpractice
Hence the term “less-than-lethal.” There’s been documented cases of people suffering cracked skulls or worse from being shot in the head with bean bag rounds. Hell, a sharp enough blow to the sternum can knock a person’s heart out of rhythm or (if hit at just the right moment) stop the heart altogether.
Shit, even getting hit by a BB at close range can fuck you up depending on where it hits.
Gov. Whitmer says Trump “viciously attacked governors,” in his Monday morning conference call, adding his “dangerous comments should be gravely concerning to all Americans” pic.twitter.com/bh3SG2WNBs
— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) June 1, 2020
Here’s what the president was watching on his television this morning before that call with the nation’s governors. https://t.co/DmVrDF5A0E pic.twitter.com/hQuwdcIodk
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 1, 2020
Blond rat leaves sinking ship. Film at 11
— DanaBlankenhorn (@danablankenhorn) June 1, 2020
re: #70 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Can’t see the original tweet. Who is it?
re: #69 The Pie Overlord!
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Yeah, who’s really surprised that Donny has been convinced by Faux that this is all a grand conspiracy against him and that the “only” answer is to put it down as brutally as possible?
re: #72 Eclectic Cyborg
Ann Coulter, believe it or not.
Ann Coulter has hated Donald Trump… from the right for about a year now.
Republican Member of Congress calls for death squads. pic.twitter.com/FBmwQueSWm
— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) June 1, 2020
The GOP deserves to be absolutely destroyed - nose to tail. The whole thing is beyond salvage. They are the root of the problem - Trump isn’t the cause. He’s the symptom of the moral rot of the GOP that doesn’t give a flying fuck about anything or anyone except the profit of millioniares like Trump.
re: #71 Belafon
Can’t see the original tweet. Who is it?
Ann Coulter:
“Is it possible Trump has resigned and they just haven’t gotten around to the press release?”
re: #74 aatharuv
Ann Coulter has hated Donald Trump… from the right for about a year now.
Mostly because she sees Trump as being incompetent and incapable of advancing the white nationalist agenda she also subscribes too. She doesn’t hate his agenda, only his incompetent methods.
re: #17 jaunte
David McAtee was shot and killed by LMPD officers and the National Guard this morning. Family and witnesses say law enforcement should have never been there. McAtee was serving food at his bbq spot at the time.
His family is praying in front of #lmpd officers #louisville
This is becoming a Palestinian Funeral Cycle. Killing mourners of mourners of mourners…
re: #68 Charles Johnson
Trump is doing Exactly what his mentor (Putin) is teaching him.
re: #75 lawhawk
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The GOP deserves to be absolutely destroyed - nose to tail. The whole thing is beyond salvage. They are the root of the problem - Trump isn’t the cause. He’s the symptom of the moral rot of the GOP that doesn’t give a flying fuck about anything or anyone except the profit of millioniares like Trump.
So that’s now two members of the Congressional Repubs who’ve called for opening fire on American citizens.
Remember back in the day when these same assholes were all bent out of shape over Obama’s use of drones?
This Tweet should be reported:
Now that we clearly see Antifa as terrorists, can we hunt them down like we do those in the Middle East?
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) June 1, 2020
re: #79 Eric The Fruit Bat
Trump is doing Exactly what his mentor (Putin)
is teaching him.
told him to do in this morning’s phone call.
re: #80 Targetpractice
Yes. And the R’s are far worse. The fact that they are willing to open fire on Americans is dangerous and I am even more afraid to go back to work.
re: #81 The Pie Overlord!
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Hunt
US Congressman talks about hunting human beings. Seriously?!
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“Insurrectionists” and “terrorists.” These assholes aren’t even bothering to try to draw a line between peaceful protestors and rioters, they see anybody on the streets as part of the same group. And they are advocating an armed response to be used indiscriminately.
re: #27 jaunte
I now live in a “battle space” that the U.S. Department of Defense wants to “dominate” at soon as possible.
Trump & Defense Sec Esper encouraged govs to ask for more National Guard troops, noting bulk still hasn’t been called out.
Esper: “the sooner” states “dominate” “the battle space..the quicker this dissipates.”
MN increased presence “ten-fold” & did “a fantastic job” Sat & Sun.— Meredith Lee (@meredithllee) June 1, 2020
— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) June 1, 2020
That’s sort of what we pay them for. Worry about the people who send them.
(Point of fact—the NG troops at the scenes are acting as state agents, not under direction of US DoD.)
So, wasn’t there a presser supposed to start half an hour ago?
re: #88 Targetpractice
He is still doing his make-up.
re: #81 The Pie Overlord!
Reported - Gaetz is advocating violence.
From another place and time, The Kinks, 1979:
Now I’m calling all citizens from all over the world
This is Captain America calling
I bailed you out when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I’m falling
Catch me now I’m falling
re: #88 Targetpractice
So, wasn’t there a presser supposed to start half an hour ago?
It’s on, but it’s not Trump today, just psycho blonde lady.
Holy fuck, he retweeted it.
100% Correct. Thank you Tom! https://t.co/axdLX7kGNn
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 1, 2020
Here we see the president* openly endorsing using the military to kill protesters en masse. https://t.co/Jv6UnbtoQy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
“I wish we had an occupying force” - is he kidding with this?
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) June 1, 2020
If things haven’t come to a close by week’s end, Donny may just decide to do as he’s done before, openly violate laws that have stood for decades/centuries, and then dare Congress to do something about it knowing that there’s no way Senate Repubs will endanger their own campaigns by voting to remove him from office.
The ultimate purpose of the US military is to fight wars and KILL PEOPLE. No, Trump is not fucking talking about using them to “arrest” people.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
Trump basically fantasizing out in the open about conducting his own Tiananmen-style crackdown.
Putin’s work is almost done, thanks Donnie.
Couldn’t care less about Kayleigh McEnany’s press conference, not gonna watch. I’ve seen more than enough of her smug lies.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
re: #102 Charles Johnson
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re: #102 Charles Johnson
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I really don’t see the point of the press attending these briefings—every answer is a lie, and then they call on OAN “reporter” for the single question they really want.
Art Acevedo, Houston Chief of Police “DONT FOLLOW THAT BULLSHIT” pic.twitter.com/2HFBu86fOc
— brat (@bribrielle_) May 31, 2020
re: #104 Barefoot Grin
I really don’t see the point of the press attending these briefings—every answer is a lie, and then they call on OAN “reporter” for the single question they really want.
See, the trick is to ask a direct question.
For example, “Can you answer why President Trump is such a psychopathic piece of shit? Also, why are such a lying twat? Do you suffer from some profound psychological disorder? Don’t you believe the American people deserve an answer as to why the Trump administration is such a colossal failure?”
re: #63 Charles Johnson
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even now the gop is petrified of him and what he might do to them
Not sure I want to know what activate Bill Barr very strongly means or looks like.
On the call, Trump references Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Milley and Attorney General Bill Barr. “We will activate Bill Barr and activate him very strongly,” Trump says.
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) June 1, 2020
re: #108 Teddy’s Person
Not sure I want to know what activate Bill Barr very strongly means or looks like.
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So the game plan is to just wait out the months and hope this dangerous, racist lunatic loses?
That’s the plan?
re: #73 Targetpractice
Yeah, who’s really surprised that Donny has been convinced by Faux that this is all a grand conspiracy against him and that the “only” answer is to put it down as brutally as possible?
man lives in the worst kind of sewage bubble
re: #85 Teukka
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Song suggestion for protests when confronted with police… Too on-the-nose? [Y/n]
Also, lyrics need to be tweaked…
re: #108 Teddy’s Person
Not sure I want to know what activate Bill Barr very strongly means or looks like.
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Might I suggest that before activating Barr, they make sure he is fully charged by having him stick his finger in an electrical outlet?
re: #80 Targetpractice
So that’s now two members of the Congressional Repubs who’ve called for opening fire on American citizens.
Remember back in the day when these same assholes were all bent out of shape over Obama’s use of drones?
not true American citizens. //
re: #112 calochortus
Might I suggest that before activating Barr, they make sure he is fully charged by having him stick his finger in an electrical outlet?
No: that’s dangerous!
He should use a metal tool, such as a fork…..
re: #114 Jay C
No: that’s dangerous!
He should use a metal tool, such as a fork…..
You are quite right! Silly me.
This a-hole, ain’t even trying anymore.
How can the Obama/Clinton decree that the solution to all of this is to VOTE! — and VOTE BLUE 🌊 — be reconciled with the fact that many of the police forces engaging in brutality, starting with Minneapolis, are in places with Democratic Mayors, Governors, and City Councils?
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 1, 2020
em>re: #108 Teddy’s Person
Not sure I want to know what activate Bill Barr very strongly means or looks like.
Bet last night’s bunker movie was Clash of the Titans.
re: #114 Jay C
No: that’s dangerous!
He should use a metal tool, such as a fork…..
Silver is the best conductor.
Maybe Cheeto can loan him one.
re: #118 Decatur Deb
activate Bill Barr? Hmm. I have a set of jumper cables. Do you think that would help?
FYI simply declaring that “no quarter” will be given is a war crime under the 1907 Hague Convention
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) June 1, 2020
re: #116 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
This a-hole, ain’t even trying anymore.
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How does this shit for brains twit reconcile the fact that economically and socially that things have gotten worse when they’ve gotten ride of the Democrats that he hates?
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Fuck, I jumped the gun and did the ganja before noon because it’s that kind of fucking day and accidentally double posted.
Me me me me me!
Asked about protests/police brutality, Trump said: “I’m going to win the election easily. The economy is going to start to get good & then great, better than ever before. I’m getting more judges appointed by the week.”
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) June 1, 2020
re: #121 goddamnedfrank
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Article 8 (2) (b) (xii) War crime of denying quarter
Elements
1. The perpetrator declared or ordered that there shall be no survivors.
2. Such declaration or order was given in order to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities on the basis that there shall be no survivors.
3. The perpetrator was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed.
4. The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with an armed conflict not of an international character.
5. The perpetrator was aware of factual circumstances that established the existence of an armed conflict.
Article 8 (2) (e) (x) War crime of denying quarter
Elements
1. The perpetrator declared or ordered that there shall be no survivors.
2. Such declaration or order was given in order to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities on the basis that there shall be no survivors.
3. The perpetrator was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed.
4. The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with an armed conflict not of an international character.
5. The perpetrator was aware of factual circumstances that established the existence of an armed conflict
This is going to get worse before it gets better, isn’t it?
We didn’t need an autopsy to learn this. https://t.co/wulpGhwHFN
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
re: #116 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
This a-hole, ain’t even trying anymore.
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Seriously: GG’s lived in fucking BRAZIL for how long, and he still has no clue as to “police culture”?
Or the simple-ass concept that LE abuse might happen IN SPITE OF the partisan composition of their City governments???
Look at that. Trump has found a way to check off ‘war crimes’ on his bingo card without starting a new foreign war.
This clip is astounding, but a side note: The President, who switched his legal and tax domicile to Florida, proclaims in the clip, “I live in Manhattan.” https://t.co/pvY0EJx1uU
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) June 1, 2020
This audio not only indicates that Trump’s engaging in tax fraud, but potentially voter fraud. Saying he lives in Manhattan when he’s claimed he’s moved to Florida raises all kinds of questions, not the least of which is is he senile or just a liar, and does it matter when the tax authorities go after him for the taxes owed as a NY domiciliary. Claiming to not be a domiciliary in NY while claiming to be NY resident isn’t a good look when you’re potentially facing tax evasion in NY.
There’s a long and storied list of people who’ve claimed they don’t owe NY taxes b/c they don’t live there, but they got shot down repeatedly.
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
This is going to get worse before it gets better, isn’t it?
We are going to find out how bad it has always been. Then we fix it. Then it gets better.
There will be work to do
GrandDaughter1 sent this about yesterday’s demo in her small KY town:
In case tonight gets violent in the Etown square, I need to say IT WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL PROTESTERS OR PROTEST ORGANIZERS!
A handful of people dressed in all black with back packs came in a little over an hour in to join the protest. There were some that held signs saying “Blue Lives Murder” and “Fuck pigs”. These were also white people. I even heard a couple of the original protesters politely asking them to just remain peaceful so that we could continue to let our voices be heard.I joined the protest from the beginning and it was peaceful. We even had a moment where two protests (ours and one from a church) merged into one big protest for a prayer circle.
We chanted. We stood together. It was beautiful and peaceful.I am hoping with everything that I am that nothing escalates, but in case it does, I need it to be known before anything comes of it, that was NOT US! Do not let the media try to tell you that Elizabethtown, Kentucky has been doing anything shy of a beautiful job at remaining vocal AND peaceful!
Edit: I’ve heard a few rumors of an incident happening towards the end of the protest, but haven’t found any kind of news coverage on it so far. I’m glad there was no insane rioting, but more importantly whatever negative things may have happened last night, there is no one twisting the narrative to make the peaceful protesters look bad!
For anyone continuing to go and protest, please stay safe!
—
Sent from Gmail Mobile
Our response to her. “If you need bail money it will not be deducted from your birthday present.”
re: #121 goddamnedfrank
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Crime under universal jurisdiction and under the jurisdiction of the ICC. pic.twitter.com/DSgDqd0TMa— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 1, 2020
re: #132 lawhawk
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This audio not only indicates that Trump’s engaging in tax fraud, but potentially voter fraud. Saying he lives in Manhattan when he’s claimed he’s moved to Florida raises all kinds of questions, not the least of which is is he senile or just a liar, and does it matter when the tax authorities go after him for the taxes owed as a NY domiciliary. Claiming to not be a domiciliary in NY while claiming to be NY resident isn’t a good look when you’re potentially facing tax evasion in NY.
There’s a long and storied list of people who’ve claimed they don’t owe NY taxes b/c they don’t live there, but they got shot down repeatedly.
I wondered if people would pick up on that. I imagine he (or his spokespeople) will claim he meant he had lived in Manhattan, not that he lives there now.
re: #136 calochortus
I wondered if people would pick up on that. I imagine he (or his spokespeople) will claim he meant he had lived in Manhattan, not that he lives their now.
No matter how many deaths are on his hands, it’ll be the tax fraud….
Man, Republicans are polishing up and publishing their fascist wish lists today. Trump has pulled off any remaining shreds of their masks, and they are letting their fascist flags fly full staff.
re: #129 Charles Johnson
We didn’t need an autopsy to learn this. https://t.co/wulpGhwHFN
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
Just BTW, I seem to recall that that first “autopsy” - the one released that basically shrugged and mentioned/blamed Floyd’s “underlying conditions” - was not a proper “autopsy” - but a hastily-released postmortem rushed out [to exonerate the police from lilability]. Is that correct?
(DISCLAIMER: I only know about autopsies from what I see on TV crime shows: so probably all/mainly wrong)
re: #129 Charles Johnson
Other than the fact that the initial assessment done by someone associated with the coronor, if I remember correctly, said that it wasn’t.
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
This is going to get worse before it gets better, isn’t it?
the worse it gets, the better it will seem when it’s over, I guess…
On the pandemic front:
About 15 cadets from the US Military Academy Class of 2020 who were brought back for graduation where President Donald Trump is scheduled to give the commencement address have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a US Army spokesperson. … None of the infected cadets were symptomatic … CNN
re: #105 wrenchwench
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He went to Houston from Austin. He was Chief here, too. I knew Art pretty well. Good guy.
As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, I’ve heard many ask how we can sustain momentum to bring about real change.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 1, 2020
FYI the term you’re looking for right now is burking, specifically the third definition:https://t.co/CSn87BJWW4
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) June 1, 2020
re: #145 lawhawk
As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, I’ve heard many ask how we can sustain momentum to bring about real change.
Here we have all the proof we need that Obama is Antifa: lock him up as a terrorist…
re: #124 goddamnedfrank
Edit:
Fuck, I jumped the gun and did the ganja before noon because it’s that kind of fucking day and accidentally double posted.
At 11:59:48 you posted this.
*marveling*
re: #136 calochortus
I wondered if people would pick up on that. I imagine he (or his spokespeople) will claim he meant he had lived in Manhattan, not that he lives their now.
Not sure it matters what he said, if he can prove that he has not physically lived in NY for the requisite portion of the year, it is going to be real hard to prove tax evasion. For the past 3 years he really hasn’t spent much time in NY that I am aware of.
re: #127 Teukka
Article 8 (2) (b) (xii) War crime of denying quarter
Elements
1. The perpetrator declared or ordered that there shall be no survivors.
2. Such declaration or order was given in order to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities on the basis that there shall be no survivors.
3. The perpetrator was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed.
4. The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with an armed conflict not of an international character.
5. The perpetrator was aware of factual circumstances that established the existence of an armed conflict.Article 8 (2) (e) (x) War crime of denying quarter
Elements
1. The perpetrator declared or ordered that there shall be no survivors.
2. Such declaration or order was given in order to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities on the basis that there shall be no survivors.
3. The perpetrator was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed.
4. The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with an armed conflict not of an international character.
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As to what sanctions the ICC can hand out, it’s up to 30 years in prison, or imprisonment for life.
re: #138 Teddy’s Person
Man, Republicans are polishing up and publishing their fascist wish lists today. Trump has pulled off any remaining shreds of their masks, and they are letting their fascist flags fly full staff.
Thanks are owed to Trump. He has brought clarity to the national situation.
Jake Gardner, an Omaha nightclub owner with a history of arrests on assault and gun charges, was arrested after shooting and killing black protester James Scurlock.
Pic taken from Gardner’s Facebook pagehttps://t.co/A3ZEllVNEL pic.twitter.com/zn3qV0qHyH— Zeddy (@Zeddary) June 1, 2020
re: #149 danarchy
Not sure it matters what he said, if he can prove that he has not physically lived in NY for the requisite portion of the year, it is going to be real hard to prove tax evasion. For the past 3 years he really hasn’t spent much time in NY that I am aware of.
Presidents are still treated as having a home address that is different than the White House.
re: #149 danarchy
Not sure it matters what he said, if he can prove that he has not physically lived in NY for the requisite portion of the year, it is going to be real hard to prove tax evasion. For the past 3 years he really hasn’t spent much time in NY that I am aware of.
Seems to me he’s actively avoided going to NYC for most of his presidency.
re: #148 wrenchwench
At 11:59:48 you posted this.
*marveling*
“But what I do have are a very particular set of skills …”
I know there’s enormous deference to the current president. When the economy was collapsing in late 2008 after the election, Obama had to remind people that he wasn’t the president yet and people needed to look to Bush.
I’m thinking we’re in a situation right now where the current resident of the White House is a complete mess. I am thinking that at this point it is up to other elected leaders, like governors, to basically step up and wrest control away from the tangerine tyrant. I KNOW we’re going to have problems in some states (mine included) because my governor (Doug Ducey) is a butt kissing Trump supporter.
Note that I’m not suggesting that Biden set up any sort of quasi-government. I’m just saying governors and mayors need to push back HARD on this crazy and assert their inherent authority.
re: #149 danarchy
Not sure it matters what he said, if he can prove that he has not physically lived in NY for the requisite portion of the year, it is going to be real hard to prove tax evasion. For the past 3 years he really hasn’t spent much time in NY that I am aware of.
I don’t suppose it has much legal force to just say he lives in NY, but I think if you claim a place as your legal residence while temporarily residing elsewhere for a legit reason (the White House because you are president, for example) you’re a legal resident of that place. You just can’t claim to be a resident of a low tax state while spending most of your time in another place.
Trump may be aware of a non-negligible possibility that the regular military would refuse orders to go out and shoot protestors. I’m sure Erik Prince has a ready made solution to present to him, if he hasn’t presented it already. This would follow the Putin practice of using mercenary and irregular forces in “messy” situations.
Every outrage a distraction from the last disaster.
Few now seem to be mentioning the outbreak, just as fewer are looking into the kids who are still locked in cages along the border.
In the Trump admin, this is a flat-out modus operandi.
If you think that your racism and low-grade fascism will also distract us from the #COVID19 pandemic that you’ve unleashed upon this nation and its citizens, think again.#BunkerTrump #TrumpDeathToll pic.twitter.com/8l7haqoJLC
— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) June 1, 2020
re: #153 Belafon
Presidents are still treated as having a home address that is different than the White House.
Yeah, but he has clearly spent far more time in Florida than NY, so I don’t see how NY successfully claims NY is his primary residence.
re: #152 teleskiguy
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The white bar owner who shot and killed a 22-year-old black Omaha man fired in self-defense after ending up on the ground in the middle of a group Saturday night, Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said Monday. Omaha World-Herald
re: #81 The Pie Overlord!
This Tweet should be reported:
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Every American on Twitter needs to report the hell out of this son of a bitch.
Go kiss an IED, you treasonous, felonious, mass-murder advocating piece of shit.
— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) June 1, 2020
re: #108 Teddy’s Person
Not sure I want to know what activate Bill Barr very strongly means or looks like.
He’s a killer robot?
re: #158 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Trump may be aware of a non-negligible possibility that the regular military would refuse orders to go out and shoot protestors. I’m sure Erik Prince has a ready made solution to present to him, if he hasn’t presented it already. This would follow the Putin practice of using mercenary and irregular forces in “messy” situations.
Aren’t most Russian “contractors” (i.e. mercenaries) employed/deployed outside of Russia itself? Mainly in the ME, IIRC…?
I would imagine at home, Putin would find the domestic resources necessary to “keep order” readily available. And not too worried about “accountability”, either…
This is who Trump is talking to
MAGA “life coach” and proudly amoral right-wing broadcaster Brenden Dilley said during his livestream program today that he and millions of other gun-loving Americans are just waiting until President Donald Trump “gives us the green light” to take to the streets and start gunning down activists who have been protesting all over the country following the killing of George Floyd.
“Someone should politely explain to Antifa [that] the most violent Americans, the most violent and willing Americans, haven’t even left the couch yet,” Dilley said. “The most violent and ready to go, the most tactically trained, haven’t even got off the couch yet. So you better pray to God, and I mean this literally—or whoever the fuck it is you pray to—that Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, and Attorney General Barr clean this up lawfully.” Right Wing Watch
re: #152 teleskiguy
Two days to clear a homicide. Didn’t even take it to a Grand Jury. Despite a history of violence and an expired conceal carry permit. Incredible.
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) June 1, 2020
re: #166 Teddy’s Person
This is who Trump is talking to
Check out the ICC’s “Elements of Crimes” doc I posted earlier… :whistles innocently:
re: #166 Teddy’s Person
This is who Trump is talking to
Getting “off the couch/porch” is an old RWNJ militia metaphor.
re: #170 Decatur Deb
Getting “off the couch/porch” is an old RWNJ militia metaphor.
That’s a big part of why I’m so fond of referring to these goobers as the ‘101st chairborne’.
re: #170 Decatur Deb
Getting “off the couch/porch” is an old RWNJ militia metaphor.
Thanks for that context.
re: #171 EPR-radar
I have only one up ding to give for “101 Chairborne” I wish I could give more.
re: #171 EPR-radar
That’s a big part of why I’m so fond of referring to these goobers as the ‘101st chairborne’.
Aren’t most of them afraid to drive in the city?
Live from the bunker: https://t.co/WwKPnKa55x pic.twitter.com/ITzQpC5GgQ
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) June 1, 2020
Trump would never open his mouth if that’s the requirement. https://t.co/AsLihvfB7W
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
re: #176 Charles Johnson
Thank you Art and Christiane. Now if only DT would listen.
My governor had his daily presser, which I missed. An astonishing fact: Governor Baker was not on the Trump call himself!
.@CharlieBakerMA, asked about his reaction to “weak” comment, said he actually missed governor’s call with Trump today
— Matt Stout (@MattPStout) June 1, 2020
The cringiest video of the year so far
pic.twitter.com/Ts9U2z5osA— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 1, 2020
Fuck off, Matt Walsh! You’re part of the problem.
Hey, did they ever find those “potential intoxicants” or were they just speculated upon baselessly by officials in power in order to passive aggressively slander George Floyd and feed racist stereotypes?
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) June 1, 2020
That. The latter. https://t.co/pIpmwr6t7C
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
Remember this?
Hands cuffed in front of you, sporting chance.
Hands cuffed behind you, maybe a broken neck.
re: #179 DodgerFan1988
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Fuck off, Matt Walsh! You’re part of the problem.
Just….fucking hell, how many responses there are just WHITE GUILT! VIRTUE SIGNALING! HOW DARE YOU HATE US FOR OUR WHITENESS, this proves that YOU’RE the real racists, holding past whites sins against us when we’re innocent and YOU’RE GUILTY!
Because apparently holding account a society that has been built on the pain of PoC, blacks in particular, is blaming all whites individually and is the super-mega height of persecution!! Fuck you fucks.
I am getting updates from my Transit App. The 124 and 125 (the routes that go to King of Prussia) are not operating in Center City Philadelphia due to demonstrations. And again in Philly we have a 6:00 PM curfew.
re: #179 DodgerFan1988
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Fuck off, Matt Walsh! You’re part of the problem.
This must be where he found it:
White people BEG FORGIVENESS from their black neighbors in prayer ceremony
MORE: https://t.co/UWN1E8YwTj pic.twitter.com/02PtDzOTn0— RT (@RT_com) June 1, 2020
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
He’s the baby from the nineties ABC TGIF Henson Associates sitcom DINOSAURS.
As an aside I really need Forgeworld to open back up so I can put a bunch of models in my cart while imagining what it would be like to have enough money to buy them.
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
This is going to get worse before it gets better, isn’t it?
It doesn’t get better until January 21.
Less than two minutes, and worth every second of it!
“You’re quoting Shakespeare” @RobBrydon reveals popular Shakespeare phrases in everyday use. #ShakespeareSunday via @Telegraph pic.twitter.com/silXAoiOZz
— Daniel Holland (@DannyDutch) May 21, 2017
re: #165 Jay C
Aren’t most Russian “contractors” (i.e. mercenaries) employed/deployed outside of Russia itself? Mainly in the ME, IIRC…?
I would imagine at home, Putin would find the domestic resources necessary to “keep order” readily available. And not too worried about “accountability”, either…
No, Putin does not typically use these forces domestically. It is not the kind of situation for him that it could well be for Trump.
‘Let Them Have Eric,’ Screams Trump While Pushing Son Through Door Of Bunker https://t.co/8GrWtx89Kf pic.twitter.com/MfxmYpzkTb
— The Onion (@TheOnion) June 1, 2020
Really afraid we are on the verge of martial law and a possible massacre.
You know, we really are seeing a new tone from Trump.
An even more batshit unhinged tone.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
re: #194 Scottish Dragon
Really afraid we are on the verge of martial law and a possible massacre.
There are things which are crimes under international law in times of peace and in times of war, and martial law may mean war crimes rules apply.
re: #196 Teukka
There are things which are crimes under international law in times of peace and in times of war, and martial law may mean war crimes rules apply.
The number of people who don’t see this as overplaying his hand is getting smaller and smaller, but those left are also more dangerous. He’s not going to have a friend in the world once he’s out.
#Trump has a history of condemning #whitesupremacy and #racism? Seriously? Rocky & Bullwinkle would call that a “Fractured Fairy Tale” https://t.co/I9hUpeAZCW
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) June 1, 2020
Russia not welcome at G7, Canada’s Trudeau says https://t.co/DhfiB16tyT pic.twitter.com/OjLhmKVBiE
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 1, 2020
Good article on how policing can be reformed. vox.com
re: #195 Charles Johnson
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re: #116 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
I just realized I hadn’t blocked that asshole yet. Thanks for reminding me.
Up in the Fruit Bat Cave county, we have 27 cases, 5 deaths, with a county population of 92,000+. Sadly one of my haunts is still closed as they can’t easily enforce the 6 ft/2 m rule.
BREAKING: @louisvillemayor has fired Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad in the wake of last night’s shooting death of David McAtee. pic.twitter.com/US3Blxcemg
— Paul Miles (@PaulMiles840) June 1, 2020
My take. #AmericaOrTrump pic.twitter.com/XxwWDvY37J
— Padraig 🏡 (@patrickmkcirtap) June 1, 2020
Great, the State of MN’s computer network is under attack today.
re: #204 jaunte
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Necessary, but not sufficient. The rot is throughout the department, given their mindset is of an occupying army.
@CNN literally did a debate on if Trump was going to do a listening meeting while NOT covering that Biden was currently doing one… with cameras https://t.co/VLODtAeROi
— Eric Ortner (@eortner) June 1, 2020
The Louisville mayor just fired the police chief.
— Curtis Keep Your Social Distance Tate (@tatecurtis) June 1, 2020
Poor John Oliver, only on once a week, so the issue he chooses to highlight can seem like a million years ago. I did read that Trump is so effectively trashing mail in voting with his base, the GOP is struggling with its efforts to encourage Republicans to vote by mail. Hope it helps lead to a blue tsunami.
re: #162 (((Archangel1)))
Every American on Twitter needs to report the hell out of this son of a bitch.
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What I would like to see right now is every media outlet. Every Congress-member that’s not a Russian agent. Every Governor. Every Mayor in a city on fire. Every never-Trumper pundit. That A-Hole Justin Amash. Everyone with a voice that’s elevated by their position in media or government, to not ask, not call for, but DEMAND the resignation of Trump. Today.
Citing the complete and fucking total disaster that the country is in as cause. No other President’s term of office would have survived this level of bullshit. Not one.
I know it wont happen, but it needs to be done, and they need to keep doing every hour, of every day until he’s gone whether it be voted out, resigned, or removed.
re: #208 Citizen K
Before one more person @ me over why @JoeBiden needs to be in public more, I beg you to tweet at @MSNBC and @CNN and ask them why they didn’t carry his TWO public events today?
I still recall being in an airport in May of 2016 watching all the TV screens showing live news coverage of an empty podium waiting for Trump to come out and explain what his “charitable foundation” had done with its money - for the best part of an hour - while Hillary was giving a speech on better employment opportunities for the handicapped…
re: #213 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I still recall being in an airport in May of 2016 watching all the TV screens showing live news coverage of an empty podium waiting for Trump to come out and explain what his “charitable foundation” had done with its money - for the best part of an hour - while Hillary was giving a speech on better employment opportunities for the handicapped…
They, once again, manage to learn the exact wrong lesson from every single fucking thing it seems.
re: #214 Citizen K
They, once again, manage to learn the exact wrong lesson from every single fucking thing it seems.
They are not out to learn, they are out to maximize advertising revenues, and this is their formula: keep Trump in office at all costs, no matter how much damage it does to our nation and its reputation…
I followed the protest in Long Beach yesterday via social media. These folks did a great job on instagram live, and included it in their stories now. It was rather amazing to watch cops standing by idly while people looted stores. There seems to be real anger at the city government right now for the way things went down.
This fucking nazi
#BREAKING: I’ve written a letter to @BetsyDeVosED today demanding an investigation into the University of Pennsylvania and the Biden Center as a consequence of the extensive and often anonymous Chinese cash that came in to the University.
MORE: https://t.co/WkP9FcVvRa— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) June 1, 2020
So, here’s the emergency order from Long Beach.
Seems questionable that the City Council can’t be called into emergency session, since they’ve been doing hearings via zoom during the pandemic.
“Law and Order” says the guy who got rich selling real estate to Russian criminals who stole their money from the Russian people.
The word for that is “money laundering.”
And it’s a crime. https://t.co/ad7PkRHOYS
8/— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) June 1, 2020
re: #218 The Pie Overlord!
Does he think that Biden somehow got money from the University? Or is he just trying to get random investigations into anything with Biden’s name on it?
Woke Michael Steele on Nichole Wallace’s show. Good stuff.
re: #221 KGxvi
Does he think that Biden somehow got money from the University? Or is he just trying to get random investigations into anything with Biden’s name on it?
Anything that has Biden’s name in the same paragraph as VA’CHINA!!!
re: #218 The Pie Overlord!
Oy. As if Dr Guttmann doesn’t have enough on her plate.
re: #210 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Poor John Oliver, only on once a week, so the issue he chooses to highlight can seem like a million years ago. I did read that Trump is so effectively trashing mail in voting with his base, the GOP is struggling with its efforts to encourage Republicans to vote by mail. Hope it helps lead to a blue tsunami.
My John Oliver stamps arrived in the mail this morning.
re: #200 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Good article on how policing can be reformed. vox.com
Good piece - and, FWIW, spot-on in its recommendations. Though it’s probably not worth very much, because Lopez’s article misses one salient point. As did Barack Obama’s thoughts on the matter, as I commented on over at Balloon Juice
Impressive (as usual) commentary from President Obama*, but unfortunately, I think he misses one vital point in his call to political action. IMHO, the biggest obstacle to “criminal justice system reform” isn’t the institutional politics that nominally “run” the system, but the fact that forty or so years of “tough on crime” rhetoric and policies have led to all too many law-enforcement personnel coming to regard themselves as a “Warrior Caste” - the Blue Tribe whose principle loyalty is to The Tribe and the Tribal Code: and the public/elected officials to whom they are nominally subject are all-too-often seen as merely ephemeral annoyances
*I SO hate having to type the term “Former”
re: #225 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My John Oliver stamps arrived in the mail this morning.
I got mine last week! I was surprised at how big the sheets and stamps are.
re: #221 KGxvi
Does he think that Biden somehow got money from the University? Or is he just trying to get random investigations into anything with Biden’s name on it?
Probably the latter: getting “BIDEN! and CHINA!” out there in the wingnut-o-sphere. Though as usual, these “questions” sound astonishingly vague…..
re: #226 Jay C
It’s something that permeates our politics. The need to be “tough”. We have to be tough on crime. Tough on terrorism. Tough on whatever. We have to fight! Of course, that sort of toughness and fighting isn’t usually meant to accomplish anything because they are stupid and emotional responses. Because that’s not how you actually get shit done.
You want to get shit done, you need to do the work. You got to take responsibility and do the damn work. You have to actually talk to people, and more importantly, listen to them. You need to hold actual people accountable, not in some vague bullshit way but with real actions and real consequences. And on top of all of that, you have to be intelligent enough to know what you don’t know.
In other words, a day ending in “y”
Asked a senior White House official their views on Trump dealing with the current moment.
The response was simple, but telling: “He’s not handling anything, just typing a bunch of shit on Twitter.”— Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox) June 1, 2020
re: #229 KGxvi
The biggest challenge (and honestly I doubt that we’ll ever get there) is reaching a place where consequences and accountability apply equally across the board.
re: #230 The Pie Overlord!
In other words, a day ending in “y”
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re: #229 KGxvi
It’s something that permeates our politics. The need to be “tough”. We have to be tough on crime. Tough on terrorism. Tough on whatever. We have to fight! Of course, that sort of toughness and fighting isn’t usually meant to accomplish anything because they are stupid and emotional responses. Because that’s not how you actually get shit done.
You want to get shit done, you need to do the work. You got to take responsibility and do the damn work. You have to actually talk to people, and more importantly, listen to them. You need to hold actual people accountable, not in some vague bullshit way but with real actions and real consequences. And on top of all of that, you have to be intelligent enough to know what you don’t know.
I really wish that we would get over this “tough” on everything and declaring “war” on everything bullshit, and replace it with being smart and/or effective on issues.
We also need to get over the idea that revenge (or whatever euphemism they try to use to hide that) has any place in the justice system or national policy anywhere.
WHUT
I thought yall needed a good laugh so…thank Raw Story for this gem.#Goodnightmslaura pic.twitter.com/MSpOUnYcoV
— Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) June 1, 2020
Am I turning into my redneck uncle if I feel reassured by the sound of a helecopter flying around my neighborhood?
re: #235 stpaulbear
I am jumping when I helicopters too. I hate this stuff.
re: #229 KGxvi
It’s something that permeates our politics. The need to be “tough”. We have to be tough on crime. Tough on terrorism. Tough on whatever. We have to fight! Of course, that sort of toughness and fighting isn’t usually meant to accomplish anything because they are stupid and emotional responses. Because that’s not how you actually get shit done.
You want to get shit done, you need to do the work. You got to take responsibility and do the damn work. You have to actually talk to people, and more importantly, listen to them. You need to hold actual people accountable, not in some vague bullshit way but with real actions and real consequences. And on top of all of that, you have to be intelligent enough to know what you don’t know.
Hoping that the next phase is ‘tough on fraud’ and ‘tough on corruption’.
re: #236 PhillyPretzel
I am jumping when I helicopters too. I hate this stuff.
It’s actually the opposite for me right now. I feel jumpy about vehicles and noises (a dumpster was getting emptied this morning and I was thinking ‘Oh shit’), but if the chopper is overhead I feel like the St Paul cops are paying attention to the neighborhood. Might feel different about it in another city.
There must be something going on at Philadelphia Mills because the RT 67 is bypassing it.
@MusicNegrito Hey man, I posted one of your great videos at my blog, and Google Adsense flagged it as a “policy violation” for “dangerous or derogatory content!” As far as I can tell it’s because of your name.
Just thought you’d like to know; this is some weird shit.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
police just shot tear gas at protesters in Philly
re: #240 PhillyPretzel
There must be something going on at Philadelphia Mills because the RT 67 is bypassing it.
that’s the reason for the tear gas…protesters headed for the freeway
Tropical Storm Warnings up for the Bay of Campeche as Tropical Depression Three forms from the remnants of Pacific Tropical Storm Amanda.
Police fired what appeared to be tear gas into a crowd of thousands of marchers protesters blocking I-676 in Philadelphia. Here are some images from when the protest spilled onto the highway. Follow live coverage here: https://t.co/1fYFGIHpzl pic.twitter.com/F3hVIIBOLn
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) June 1, 2020
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
police just shot tear gas at protesters in Philly
Is the wind playing nice this time.
re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth
676 is the Vine ST Expressway Center City.
Found the looters https://t.co/7cSSRLNWzW
— That’s what sidhe said (@NWsidhe) June 1, 2020
re: #234 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #239 stpaulbear
I’ll add that I would be feeling a lot different about the chopper if I was also hearing sirens.
During the republican convention where Sarah Palin was unleashed on the world, the air was filled with multiple choppers all day. Downtown was a no-go zone. The local restaurants were PISSED because the delegates wouldn’t leave the confines of the arena (they got bussed to other places after hours) and no locals could get to them.
NEWS: Trump is considering invoking a 213-year-old federal law that would allow him to deploy active-duty U.S. troops to respond to protests in cities across the country, four people familiar tell @ckubeNBC and @carolelee. https://t.co/oQJC2R74ez
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) June 1, 2020
You’re not alone. And I suspect the military would fight something like this tooth and nail.
— Glen Cantrell (@SnarkyLibruhl) June 1, 2020
re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth
I have NBC10 online right now. It is the Vine St Expressway. Well all Philadelphians had better be off the streets in 25 minutes when the curfew starts… again.
Miami is still under curfew so I can’t go out dancing tonight, darn! pic.twitter.com/tgKaWLDyyl
— Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) June 1, 2020
re: #257 Backwoods_Sleuth
Thank you. I needed that.
Oh ohh.
TRAFFIC ALERT:
Summit Avenue is closed to vehicle traffic in between Lexington Parkway and Victoria Street.
This was done to ensure the safety of the 500-700 people gathered in front of the governors residence.
Please use alternative routes if you need to navigate the area.— Saint Paul Police Department (@sppdmn) June 1, 2020
Adeline climbed two steps and she’s very proud pic.twitter.com/zgo8yLXhBW
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) June 1, 2020
I always am, too, when I manage it.
17 minutes after the last post…
Outside protests. @sppdmn pic.twitter.com/UnO9hTG8mp
— Andrea Yoch (@ayoch) June 1, 2020
MSNBC showing overhead view of a very large protest in NYC.
It’s amazing
re: #262 Belafon
Are they protecting the poeple protesting the police?
It appears that it may be so but I don’t know anything other than those two tweets.
I’m still nervous that there may be Trumpers there who want to do damage.
re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth
MSNBC showing overhead view of a very large protest in NYC.
It’s amazing
Beshear is addressing the police killing this morning in Louisville.
re: #245 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
For several days now long range models have show lingering low pressure systems in that area. The current low that is indicated by the NHC is predicted to recurve inland, but the general area is expected to generate a storm a few days later, with models showing the depression moving into the GoM.
re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
Imagine if Obama had…
re: #267 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Then why the fuck should I file a tax return?
Because you are less trouble to prosecute. You can’t afford a team of high-power tax lawyers.
re: #269 calochortus
Because you are less trouble to prosecute. You can’t afford a team of high-power tax lawyers.
THIS.
re: #267 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Then why the fuck should I file a tax return?
Because most of your income probably comes via wages which means your federal withholdings are probably being over charged and if you file you’ll get a refund.
These folks, I’m willing to bet, have most of their income generated via capital gains that aren’t being withheld from transactions?
re: #269 calochortus
Because you are less trouble to prosecute. You can’t afford a team of high-power tax lawyers.
Oh yeah; damn it’s good to be a billionaire floating above the law.
Judge Ducklips McDrunkypants
Jeanine: All Joe Biden is doing is talking. The President is saying what Americans are thinking… He’s being a leader. Joe Biden is probably going back to his basement tonight. pic.twitter.com/6wIM2tVeCl
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) June 1, 2020
Metro triggered an alert demonstrations are continuing in Santa Monica. Expo Line trains turn back to Downtown Los Angeles at 26th st/Bergamot Station in Santa Monica.
6PM curfew continues in Los Angeles.
Biden up 50-44 in this new Michigan poll https://t.co/jJzromsoC9
— Bill Scher (@billscher) June 1, 2020
This is how FAKE NEWS spreads
Started by a #Twitter account with just 3 followers, the hashtag #DCblackout exploded in popularity, generating ~500,000 tweets in its first nine hours after being created, the thread swelling with untrue claims. https://t.co/VYzm8gXATf
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) June 1, 2020
re: #276 The Pie Overlord!
This is how FAKE NEWS spreads
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Got a feeling that’s a Russian GRU op folks!
Evening Lizardim from the scorching hot and brilliantly clear wild north country. Has the news of the independent autopsy propagated amongst the lizardfolk yet?
re: #278 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Some of us are watching riots in our own cities.
nbcphiladelphia.com
re: #278 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Yep. It was posted above or last thread.
Tomorrow will be hotter still.
re: #279 PhillyPretzel
Some of us are watching riots in our own cities.
nbcphiladelphia.com
Fuck. I’m sorry.
Great—now hearing copters flying around Koreatown…
re: #281 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Me too. Vine St Expressway (I-676) has one of the riots going on.
A no quarter order is a war crime, prohibited even in actual insurrection since Abraham Lincoln’s signed the Lieber Code in 1863. Such an order is banned by international law and would, if carried out, be murder under American law. https://t.co/YbSw1sM9KW https://t.co/OiNsRT7PPy
— David French (@DavidAFrench) June 1, 2020
Sen. Tom Cotton doubling down with more derp:
To the scholars pretending the colloquial phrase “no quarter” means a war crime—check out a dictionary. https://t.co/UH6KEl6wLH https://t.co/VIXP2UfMSd
— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) June 1, 2020
re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
So that more White people can kill more Black people. How perfect for him. Does he think that will quell the protests? Nope. No justice, no peace. Arrest the three murderers who have yet to be brought to justice.
BREAKING: Active duty Army military police units from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, are getting ready to be in the nation’s capital tonight after days of violent protests, a U.S. official says. https://t.co/iQ8ByFW1Uq
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) June 1, 2020
It is 6:00 PM in Philly the curfew has begun… again.
One of my Facebook friends linked a brilliant post, and I’m relating it to a comment I found on Fark: Our soldiers are grilled relentlessly every time they fire their weapons - IN COMBAT. Our doctors are placed on suspension and investigated when someone dies in their care, regardless of wrongdoing. But our police officers, we just… shrug, file some paperwork, and make it magically go away.
Why is Twitter allowing her to use their platform to promote violence?
Fuck that. I demand police authority. They need to be unleashed and get out there and end this shit once and for all. https://t.co/WBMeqQFlVm
— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) May 31, 2020
The best advice I’ve seen yet.
PRO TIP: if you are exposed to mace and/or tear gas DO NOT MASTURBATE, EVEN AFTER YOU WASH YOUR HANDS SEVERAL TIMES. this is not a joke i’m suffering
— fiona 🌻 🌈 (@fionerss) May 30, 2020
re: #293 goddamnedfrank
The best advice I’ve seen yet.
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That this even has to be a consideration in 2020 is both hilarious and sobering.
Next Tom Cotton will be telling us no quarter is a great Led Zeppelin song
re: #293 goddamnedfrank
The best advice I’ve seen yet.
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We will not be silent. Black Lives Matter. https://t.co/K671PrwJc0 pic.twitter.com/93ninYt2u9
— Grindr (@Grindr) June 1, 2020
re: #277 Joe Bacon 🌹
Got a feeling that’s a Russian GRU op folks!
Definitely. They have no one trying to stop them that can get anything done now.
Leading from the bunker. https://t.co/EKO1WksHNL
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 1, 2020
re: #287 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Denying quarter is a crime under universal jurisdiction and under the jurisdiction of the ICC.
Source: https://t.co/hl1fOepl0Q
The document also contains the elements of other crimes under universal and ICC jurisdiction. I would strongly advise you read it. pic.twitter.com/it3Ti1udyM— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 1, 2020
re: #300 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He’s been leading? What’s he done? Tweeted out some insults at Democrats, insinuated that the mysterious not-quite-an-organization known as ANTIFA is responsible, and tried to take credit for the National Guard restoring order when that is not one of the things in his power? Has anyone actually even SEEN the man since shit went sideways Wednesday night?
re: #300 Backwoods_Sleuth
Leading in the race to see how many Twitter rants he can post in one day?
Chauvin was pressing his knee into a corpse for 4 minutes.
My Q: How long did it take George Floyd to die?
Dr. Michael Baden: “He was dead after about 4 or 5 minutes.”
He added, it counts about 3 mins & 50 secs from the time when he is on the ground to when he becomes motionless. He had no evidence of breathing for 4 or 5 mins.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 1, 2020
re: #302 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
He’s been leading? What’s he done? Tweeted out some insults at Democrats, insinuated that the mysterious not-quite-an-organization known as ANTIFA is responsible, and tried to take credit for the National Guard restoring order when that is not one of the things in his power? Has anyone actually even SEEN the man since shit went sideways Wednesday night?
he’s supposed to say something in the Rose Garden in a few minutes.
should be a real shitshow
re: #304 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Chauvin was pressing his knee into a corpse for 4 minutes.
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re: #273 The Pie Overlord!
Judge Ducklips McDrunkypants
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Aside from Trump not actually doing anything, one is, you know, the President, while the other is only running for office. Wonder which one would have more practical power to effect change?
re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s supposed to say something in the Rose Garden in a few minutes.
should be a real shitshow
[Grabs the gin.]
re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s supposed to say something in the Rose Garden in a few minutes.
should be a real shitshow
Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ… I can’t take it. Can someone watch and give us the jist? Every time he opens his mouth I just want to scream.
re: #311 Jack Burton
You, me and quite a few others.
a happy story begins with this:
THREAD!
We’d like to tell you all a story of love, loss and big blue Ikea bags, by popular demand! It’s the story of a swan, and takes place on London’s famous Hampstead Heath (that’s us). Back in 2016, two swans lived happily in the Heath’s ponds (on the Highgate side)… pic.twitter.com/ia0TS0H5Vj— Hampstead Heath (@CityCorpHeath) June 1, 2020
re: #310 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Yeah you are kind of on the Oregon Trail there.
re: #74 aatharuv
Ann Coulter has hated Donald Trump… from the right for about a year now.
According to Ann, Trump has not been Nazi enough.
re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s supposed to say something in the Rose Garden in a few minutes.
should be a real shitshow
He’s pushing 20,000 ln the WaPo’s lie counter. Maybe he’ll go over this week.
When you run the country like your own racist corrupt banana republic this is the inevitable outcome https://t.co/6rtPcm8m3I
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) June 1, 2020
Chief Isaac and Lt. Saunders took a knee outside Cincinnati Police headquarters. @Local12 pic.twitter.com/rDZlC5mJvs
— Tessa DiTirro (@Local12Tessa) June 1, 2020
re: #194 Scottish Dragon
Really afraid we are on the verge of martial law and a possible massacre.
Still no proclamation on the White House proclamation site about “declaring antifa a terrorist organisation” like he claimed he would.
It is explicitly against Army and Navy doctrine to apply the rule of “no quarter” and has been since 1863. It is always a war crime and in the USA under the UCMJ is prosecuted as murder.
Any order to the military to violate the law would likely tear the military apart, and definitely turn civilians against it.
There are generals and admirals right now probably thinking “am I going to go down with this dipshit, or am I going to defend the Constitution?”
re: #315 Florida Panhandler
According to Ann, Trump has not been Nazi enough.
Sorry that he hasn’t annexed the Sudetenland yet Ann. He does have a sort-of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with the Russians though, so there’s that.
re: #261 stpaulbear
I’m confused. Are they practicing?
After years of instigating violence and division, there is absolutely nothing Donald Trump could say at the Rose Garden to stop the protests in America except “I resign and Mike Pence is resigning too.”
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 1, 2020
JUST IN: U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman is announcing that his office and the @FBI has initiated an investigation into the shooting death of #DavidMcAtee.
— Philmonger (@phillipmbailey) June 1, 2020
this is the unarmed man that Louisville police killed last night
re: #323 Patricia Kayden
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re: #321 Jack Burton
Sorry that he hasn’t annexed the Sudetenland yet Ann. He does have a sort-of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with the Russians though, so there’s that.
Please do NOT give him any ideas. He may take that as a signal to annex Alberta!
Trying to get my Mom to understand that her neighbors, who blocked off their street with vehicles while patrolling all night with openly displayed firearms, are incredibly dangerous & irresponsible frightened little assholes just hellbent on making everygoddamnedthing much worse.
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) June 1, 2020
re: #322 Belafon
I’m confused. Are they practicing?
I believe they are patrolling a protest at the governor’s mansion. That looks like the location to me.
Choppers still flying around. I hope that things aren’t going to turn ugly this evening.
Connecticut State troopers seen standing arm in arm with protesters calling for justice for George Floyd on I-84 in #Hartford https://t.co/vXCRGPb14d pic.twitter.com/ygJlsWenE7
— NBC Connecticut (@NBCConnecticut) June 1, 2020
re: #194 Scottish Dragon
Really afraid we are on the verge of martial law and a possible massacre.
As far as I know, this is another one of those things that he can’t do but likes to think he can. The Posse Comitatus Act requires congressional approval to override. He’s not going to get that. State governors can use the National Guard without PCA issues, but only under certain circumstances. Supreme Court case precedence has had “Civilian courts completely unable to operate” as a bare minimum requirement for martial law. I don’t see that as a thing in any jurisdiction right now.
He can try to just decree this but it wont happen. He can try to order war crimes. I fucking dare him to try that shit right now.
#SCOTUS denied a similar request for procedural reasons last week but said that government could come back “if circumstances warrant.” https://t.co/bGt62XF0fY
— Amy Howe (@AHoweBlogger) June 1, 2020
Let’s be clear: Judge Sullivan is right. Full stop. pic.twitter.com/9VVXxavZlZ
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) June 1, 2020
Fox turns the racism up to 12.
Stunning to see Greg Gutfeld shout down his Black colleague Juan Williams as Williams calmly explains what the protests are about pic.twitter.com/zfj60Oxabc
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) June 1, 2020
re: #330 Jack Burton
As far as I know, this is another one of those things that he can’t do but likes to think he can. The Posse Comitatus Act requires congressional approval to override. He’s not going to get that. State governors can use the National Guard without PCA issues, but only under certain circumstances. Supreme Court case precedence has had “Civilian courts completely unable to operate” as a bare minimum requirement for martial law. I don’t see that as a thing in any jurisdiction right now.
He can try to just decree this but it wont happen. He can try to order war crimes. I fucking dare him to try that shit right now.
See “Superior Orders”, a.k.a. “The Nuremberg Defence”, and how well it works.
Are you advocating for the extrajudicial killing of Americans or are you just drunk again? https://t.co/FJXAmD9FaT
— Lisa Guerrero 💃🏽 (@4lisaguerrero) June 1, 2020
re: #335 Teukka
See “Superior Orders”, a.k.a. “The Nuremberg Defence”, and how well it works.
Addendum, ICC rules on Superior orders:
1. The fact that a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court has been committed by a person pursuant to an order of a Government or of a superior, whether military or civilian, shall not relieve that person of criminal responsibility unless:
(a) The person was under a legal obligation to obey orders of the Government or the superior in question;
(b) The person did not know that the order was unlawful; and
(c) The order was not manifestly unlawful.
2. For the purposes of this article, orders to commit genocide or crimes against humanity are manifestly unlawful.
It takes awhile to climb out of that bunker. https://t.co/Q8Ufl5pAC0
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) June 1, 2020
also takes a while for the meds to kick in
Amazon appears to be down, at least for me. Maybe they are being hammered with orders, by people frantically worried about social breakdown?
re: #338 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes. Even if one is used to them you still need time for the meds to work.
re: #328 stpaulbear
I believe they are patrolling a protest at the governor’s mansion. That looks like the location to me.
Choppers still flying around. I hope that things aren’t going to turn ugly this evening.
With news of the independent autopsy, they might try. It’ll be interesting - and frightening - to see.
The area outside the White House looks like a warzone right now pic.twitter.com/MgoUnrPh6l
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 1, 2020
re: #338 Backwoods_Sleuth
Holy fuck, CNN, MSNBC… who ever the fuck that is…. STOP WITH THE EMPTY PODIUM BULLSHIT. He’s either on time or you go to something else.
re: #339 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
It is up for me. Maybe it is your server.
Welp it looks like he is getting that military parade he always wanted.
re: #340 PhillyPretzel
Yes. Even if one. is used to them you still need time for the meds to work.
huge loud protest military, mounted police and flash bangs right outside the White House right now
law enforcement pointing weapons at protesters
re: #343 Jack Burton
Holy fuck, CNN, MSNBC… who ever the fuck that is…. STOP WITH THE EMPTY PODIUM BULLSHIT. He’s either on time or you go to something else.
MSNBC has been on the protest in Lafayette Park
How many Adderalls is that motherfucker crushing and snorting before he comes out?
re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth
Twitter put a warning label on Gaetz’s tweet. They didn’t take it down though.
here come the mounted police again and more flash bangs
“This is what the President has decided and it’s clear he wants to clear out these crowds before he holds his press conference” pic.twitter.com/el436Nao9t
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) June 1, 2020
re: #330 Jack Burton
As far as I know, this is another one of those things that he can’t do but likes to think he can. The Posse Comitatus Act requires congressional approval to override. He’s not going to get that. State governors can use the National Guard without PCA issues, but only under certain circumstances. Supreme Court case precedence has had “Civilian courts completely unable to operate” as a bare minimum requirement for martial law. I don’t see that as a thing in any jurisdiction right now.
He can try to just decree this but it wont happen. He can try to order war crimes. I fucking dare him to try that shit right now.
Maybe. The Posse Comitatus Act only applies to the Army and Air Force. It does not apply to the Navy or Marine Corps, they only follow it to keep policy in line with the Army. The Coast Guard is expressly excluded, since they are a law enforcement agency. It also doesn’t apply if a state governor directly requests military aid.
The Insurrection Act of 1807 was last invoked during Hurricane Hugo and during the Los Angeles Riots following the beating of Rodney King.
It used to read:
[I]n all cases of insurrection, or obstruction to the laws, either of the United States, or of any individual state or territory, where it is lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia for the purpose of suppressing such insurrection, or of causing the laws to be duly executed, it shall be lawful for him to employ, for the same purposes, such part of the land or naval force of the United States, as shall be judged necessary, having first observed all the pre-requisites of the law in that respect.
It was amended in 2006 in the Defense Authorization Act to read:
The President may employ the armed forces … to … restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or other condition … the President determines that … domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of maintaining public order
That part was repealed in 2012 to return the act to its original text.
Space Force is also exempt from the Posse Comitatus Act.
re: #349 Joe Bacon 🌹
How many Adderalls is that motherfucker crushing and snorting before he comes out?
it’s way too noisy right now…he wants that rabble cleared out first
Trump is set to deliver a speech in minutes like two blocks away from here pic.twitter.com/NrtzTqJhz9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 1, 2020
re: #355 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s way too noisy right now…he wants that rabble cleared out first
Trump is too chicken to come out. He’s filled up a couple Depends.
Trump says George Floyd has not died in vain. Now he’s ranting about Antifa.
“State and local governments have failed to take necessary action. Innocent people have been savagely beaten by dangerous thugs”
NYPD has been hit in the face with bricks. Nurses who treat Covid-19 patients are afraid to leave their homes.
Lincoln Memorial andWWII Memorial have been vandalized and St.John Church set on fire!
It’s a crime against God!!11!!
JFC, he is nutz
“American needs creation not destruction. Security, not anarchy. Justice, not chaos”
Very Orwellian.
Not a single word condemning the white supremacists who have been the primary actors in instigating violence.
I shut off MSNBC. I refuse to listen to the farts coming out of The Heinous Anus.
Trump, who has railed against NFL players taking a knee during the anthem for years, absurdly claims that he’s “an ally of all peaceful protesters.” pic.twitter.com/QzGER4Mfat
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 1, 2020
re: #369 Backwoods_Sleuth
What did he say? (or slur)
Let’s not pretend that tragedies like the George Floyd killing didn’t happen under yours & @JoeBiden’s ‘leadership’
They happened almost every month
What did you do to fix this problem?
Nothing
Why wasn’t there a ‘turning point’ after Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray? https://t.co/FyO8nhoWIL— Alex Bruesewitz (@alexbruesewitz) June 1, 2020
Bad faith argument. Conservatives like this fuckhead defended the cops that killed Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray, while opposing any meaningful reform by saying it would “handcuff law enforcement” and “police won’t be able to do their jobs by being nice.”
What a genius.
Matthew Lee Rupert is charged with federal counts of civil disorder, possession of unregistered explosives and participating and organizing riots in Minneapolis and Chicago.
The live-streamed videos, cited as evidence by FBI investigators in the complaint, show his role in the riots on Friday night and early Monday, including distributing explosives and then announcing, “He’s throwing my bombs … they’re going to bomb the police with them.”
“Good shot, my boy,” he shouted after one of the explosions, according to the complaint. “We came here to riot,” he declared later.
Later in the night, Rupert asked for lighter fluid and entered a Sprint store, according to the complaint. “I lit it on fire,” he said, before entering an Office Depot and looting it.
“I am taking immediately Presidential action. Mobilizing all available resources both civilian and military to deal with the protests. Following measures are in effect immediately:
1. Riots will be ended now.
2. I have strongly recommended to every governor to deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets
3. Mayors and Governors must approve an overwhelming law enforcement response
4. If they don’t, I will deploy the U.S. Military and solve the problem for them.
5. As we speak, I am dispatching thousands of heavily armed soldiers to deal with the rioters.
re: #373 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
lol.
In the Rose Garden, Trump calls himself “an ally of all peaceful protesters.” At the very same moment outside the White House, police and troops have moved against peaceful protesters with tear gas and flash bangs.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) June 1, 2020
He says we have one law, one beautiful law…the Rule of Law
A career money launderer for the Russian mob yelling at us about law and order is some rich shit.
— Lincoln’s Bible (@LincolnsBible) June 1, 2020
“I am going to pay my respects to a very very special place”
And he leaves without taking questions.
re: #366 Eclectic Cyborg
“American needs creation not destruction. Security, not anarchy. Justice, not chaos”
Very Orwellian.
“It was not the man’s brain that was speaking it was his larynx. The stuff that was coming out of him consisted of words but it was not speech in true sense: it was a noise uttered in unconsciousness like the quacking of a duck.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“The old civilisations claimed that they were founded on love and justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph and self-abasement. Everything else we shall destroy - everything.”
― George Orwell, 1984
re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lincoln Memorial andWWII Memorial have been vandalized and St.John Church set on fire!
It’s a crime against God!!11!!
JFC, he is nutz
Tangential:
re: #376 Eclectic Cyborg
Try it, asshole. We’ll be rioting in YOUR streets next.
re: #371 PhillyPretzel
What did he say? (or slur)
He’s ordering “thousands and thousands of military and law enforcement to protect DC”
re: #384 Eclectic Cyborg
“I am going to pay my respects to a very very special place”
And he leaves without taking questions.
He’s going to drink himself stupid(er) in the Trumpenbunker.
re: #292 Patricia Kayden
Why is Twitter allowing her to use their platform to promote violence?
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“Thank you very much and now I’m going to pay my respects to a very very special place. Thank you very much.” pic.twitter.com/yPt3BJAhEF
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
I think he meant he was about to drop a load in his pants and needed to get back to the bunker quick.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
re: #388 Backwoods_Sleuth
And all of the other cities like Philly are on their own. Lovely.
re: #384 Eclectic Cyborg
“I am going to pay my respects to a very very special place”
And he leaves without taking questions.
off to the golden throne room in the secret bunker
That may have been the scariest speech I have ever heard from an American President.
There was no call to unity or attempt to reassure.
Just a lot of fear mongering and SECOND AMENDMENT bullshit
And he specifically stressed the Second Amendment
“Our beautiful law and order”
Except for him when he is raping, stealing, colluding, quid pro quoing and obstructing justice.
It’s hard to conclude anything other than that Trump is intentionally seeking to create these optics before he speaks. It’s chilling stuff. https://t.co/0v7Z76b0wv
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) June 1, 2020
#BunkerBoy is a #coward pic.twitter.com/micFgme3dF
— Joe Neurotic (@kierondwyer) June 1, 2020
So the police and the army came in with flash bangs and pepper spray and horses and drove the protesters out because Trump was frightened of them. He got back to the bunker as quickly as he could after that nutso speech.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
re: #386 Teukka
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“And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” - 2 Cor 11:14
Well, that was…terribly unsettling.
As un-Presidential as anything I’ve ever heard.
I said it once today all ready, but I’m going to say it again:
Those of you who wanted to burn it all down, well, I hope this is everything you wished it would be.
Also, fuck you.— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 1, 2020
re: #397 Backwoods_Sleuth
And he specifically stressed the Second Amendment
Yep, he wants the Three Percenters to do the shooting for him.
re: #404 Backwoods_Sleuth
He needs to @ Susan Sarandon and John Cusack on that for starters.
re: #407 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep, he wants the Three Percenters to do the shooting for him.
“No blood on my hands!” claims the President with more blood on his hands than Jefferson Fucking Davis.
It was a declaration of war against the American people. Yeah, I watched and listened to it. I feel like throwing up.
re: #375 Backwoods_Sleuth
He has no fucking clue about realitiy
He doesn’t care about reality.
He and people like him will let a lot of people die…and if given the chance, kill…rather than concede that they’re wrong.
He’s not ranting about “antifa” because he gives a shit about what Antifa actually is, it’s just a word that explains that everyone against him is the same kind of evil and deserves to be hurt.
This is the case for almost every emphatic word and statement Trump makes, but also the ones the circulate through US conservatism right now. They’re not using words like normal people…to describe things…they are trying to manipulation, deception and now violence to force people into accepting that “reality” is what they insist.
Given a choice between a fiction in which they’re strong and in control and right but people regularly die pointless, cruel deaths…and a world where they concede and less people die, they will choose the former. Other people don’t matter…even people that theoretically should matter to them, they concoct explanations for why they don’t. Hence why most Americans aren’t “real Americans” and thus deserve suffering and disenfranchisement. Hence why non-whiteness means you’re not only unequal under the law, but inherently criminal such that your life can be taken justly by a frightened white person.
This is a wife beater lecturing his spouse about the sanctity of marriage.
re: #407 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep, he wants the Three Percenters to do the shooting for him.
Well, he’s already said that he takes no responsibility
Here’s the moment where police fired teargas into a crowd of peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park, just minutes before Trump’s address in the Rose Garden. pic.twitter.com/KPjxMKdDyx
— Cameron Peters (@jcameronpeters) June 1, 2020
Quite the split-screen here as Trump promises to dispatch “heavily armed soldiers” while protesters throw tear gas canisters away from the crowd. pic.twitter.com/kMlwTiCeLy
— Cameron Peters (@jcameronpeters) June 1, 2020
re: #360 Eclectic Cyborg
“I am your President of Law and Order”
Like when I stole from my charity and paid a $2 million fine when I got caught.
re: #407 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep, he wants the Three Percenters to do the shooting for him.
His own personal Sturmabteilung
JFC…the moron is heading over to St.John’s Church
that’s the “special place”
SPIT
re: #417 Backwoods_Sleuth
JFC…the moron is heading over to St.John’s Church
that’s the “special place”
SPIT
Mr. Trump, it is disrespectful to enter the house of God with a load of shit in one’s trousers.
*Hollers “INCOMING!”, throws tweet into thread*
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh denied the existence of white privilege to the hosts of “The Breakfast Club,” a radio program featuring discussions on progressive politics and black culture, during an extraordinary conversation on race relations https://t.co/5fg0MUJW3n
— CNN (@CNN) June 1, 2020
re: #419 Teukka
*Holllers “INCOMING!”, throws tweet into thread*
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Hey El Rushbo, how’s that cancer working out for ya? Still alive, you say? THERE’S YOUR GODDAMN WHITE PRIVILEGE. SIT THE FUCK DOWN, SHUT THE FUCK UP, AND DIE ALREADY.
Hmmmm … Says here @SenJoniErnst opposed kneeling in opposition to #PoliceBrutality. Now she supports Des Moines police department doing so? Were you part of the problem & today, not so much? Or are you still part of the problem? #GeorgeFloydMurder https://t.co/zwn6ZNowxi
— Bob Krause (@KrauseForIowa) June 1, 2020
Politically I would call it a deathbed conversion. @SenJoniErnst
— Bob Krause (@KrauseForIowa) June 1, 2020
re: #419 Teukka
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Given that Limbaugh advocates white supremacy on almost a daily basis, “privilege” really doesn’t go far enough for his tastes.
re: #419 Teukka
Also, next time you lob one of those in, let’s use a more appropriate phrase. “FIRE IN THE HOLE” or “DANGER CLOSE” come to mind.
CNN host reacts: “teetering on dictatorship” is “president declaring war on Americans”….”dangerous game, this will backfire…feel they are occupied by militarized police”
— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) June 1, 2020
WTF is this about https://t.co/DG4QiWuhhY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
re: #423 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Also, next time you lob one of those in, let’s use a more appropriate phrase. “FIRE IN THE HOLE” or “DANGER CLOSE” come to mind.
Will do :3
Police outside the WH just repeatedly bashed a cameraman as they pushed back protestors - just now on @ABC7News pic.twitter.com/XyE2sI6I3v
— Ben Siegel (@benyc) June 1, 2020
photo op…he’s holding what looks like a bible while standing in front of the church
heretic
re: #418 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Mr. Trump, it is disrespectful to enter the house of God with a load of shit in one’s
trousersbrain.
re: #421 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Ernst only supports police officers kneeling when they are placing that knee on the neck of non-whites.
Quoth I to Mrs. Fish just now: “All of a sudden, all the people comparing the Trump Administration to Nazi Germany don’t seem so crazy now, do they?”
JFC…
“Tape your camera, tell the news to fuck off, and blow em all away”
Overheard by a Discord acquaintance of mine at her IRL job.
he’s waving other people in for the photo op
re: #433 Backwoods_Sleuth
where is the smiting lightning bolt?
I admit my one sore point with the Almighty is that He seems to have given up the habit. For myself, I submit that if you don’t keep your skills sharp, you will miss the shot when it is most critical. Like, for example, now.
Trump clearly upset about being called “Bunkerbitch” now emerges after streets are cleared with a heavily armed detail to show he is not afraid.
Oh, I get it. This is why the cops came in hard against demonstrators before the curfew. Trump wanted to pound a bible for his evangelical cult, after calling for violence. Makes sense. pic.twitter.com/ZVjDRmckFj
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 1, 2020
re: #428 Backwoods_Sleuth
photo op…he’s holding what looks like a bible while standing in front of the church
heretic
Yeah: I’m surprised the Bible (or Trump) didn’t burst into flames at the first touch.
America’s weakest “president” declares martial law, then runs away to hide. #BunkerBoy
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 1, 2020
From a former WH official: “I’m not sure @realDonaldTrump didn’t just make all of this worse.” pic.twitter.com/g2pMyeLIWc
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) June 1, 2020
Brian, I’m here to tell you that he made it lightyears worse
re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Brian, I’m here to tell you that he made it lightyears worse
I hope Governor Walz is prepared to up his game in Minneapolis tonight. It is going DOWN in downtown. And I place all the blame on that fat orange fuck in the ill-fitting suit and the pompous toupee.
take a fucking seat, Mario
Another dangerous situation in front of the @whitehouse & @CNN blaming the police while ignoring several obvious things:
-the overwhelming majority of agitators are not African Americans
-many wearing gas masks or googles
-they know exactly how to provoke police
Unreal— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 1, 2020
re: #433 Backwoods_Sleuth
where is the smiting lightning bolt?
Absence of evidence is evidence of absence. No god is going to get us out of this.
This was why the remarks were delayed. https://t.co/6gs5kXw6mW
— Jesse Lee (@JesseCharlesLee) June 1, 2020
re: #423 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Also, next time you lob one of those in, let’s use a more appropriate phrase. “FIRE IN THE HOLE” or “DANGER CLOSE” come to mind.
When we left a flaming sack of shit on a porch we would just ring the doorbell and run.
re: #445 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Absence of evidence is evidence of absence. No god is going to get us out of this.
JFC, can’t even make a joke around here…
‘Teetering on a dictatorship’: CNN’s Don Lemon says Trump may be ‘declaring war on Americans’
You heard him try, and shit is gonna get weird https://t.co/XvdJfbkxrY
— Linda Tirado (@KillerMartinis) June 1, 2020
And tanks, just like Tiananmen Square? https://t.co/iwmpB9dsZ2
— 🕸️🕷️ Azure Ghost 🕷️🕸️ (@AzureGhost) June 1, 2020
re: #451 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Now the Chinese back then, fine people, very fine, they knew how to take care of business. They didn’t put up with any of this business with Antifa and the radical left. They deployed soldiers and tanks right away and dispersed those protests. A great example, if you ask me, just fantastic. I’ll do better though.
re: #444 Backwoods_Sleuth
take a fucking seat, Mario
He got this part right:
-the overwhelming majority of agitators are not African Americans
-many wearing gas masks or googles
-they know exactly how to provoke police
So, Sen. Rubio, what are you going to do about the white supremacists you just called out?
re: #443 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I hope Governor Walz is prepared to up his game in Minneapolis tonight. It is going DOWN in downtown. And I place all the blame on that fat orange fuck in the ill-fitting suit and the pompous toupee.
My work group had a skype meeting this morning where the guys who live in Mpls were telling their stories. One guy lives a few blocks off Lake Street near ground zero. I feel so sick for him right now.
Now the looters are running in Van Nuys.
I didn’t expect the Simon Wiesenthal Center to come out as pro fascist, but that’s 2020 for you.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) June 1, 2020
re: #437 Charles Johnson
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And he’s holding up the Bible.
It has the same effect as putting on your glasses.
re: #425 Charles Johnson
That’s Trump attempting to show he’s the dictator.
re: #455 stpaulbear
My work group had a skype meeting this morning where the guys who live in Mpls were telling their stories. One guy lives a few blocks off Lake Street near ground zero. I feel so sick for him right now.
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I mean except for the blindness and the nausea and the fact I can’t have a drink or keep down solid food I’m good
Mostly pissed about the whiskey tbh https://t.co/mEexMZ7jL7— Linda Tirado (@KillerMartinis) June 1, 2020
It’s been done, and better pic.twitter.com/sSLHUhnU5e
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) June 1, 2020
Trump is plainly eager to deploy the armed forces against his countrymen, to be the strongman who restores order.
This is the presidency as he imagined it would be, not all that negotiating with congress and managing a pandemic stuff.— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) June 1, 2020
Holding up the Bible like it was a infomercial product.
The grifters of previous centuries mined for quotes to justify their acts. But now we’re in the age of video and shallow gestures of piety can be stripped down even farther, to merely presenting that object.
The medium is the massage.
He didn’t fail to mention those “2nd amendment rights” that were never threatened.
— AVeryBadWizard (@Smiling32) June 1, 2020
re: #464 The Ghost of a Flea
Holding up the Bible like it was a infomercial product.
The grifters of previous centuries mined for quotes to justify their acts. But now we’re in the age of video and shallow gestures of piety can be stripped down even farther, to merely presenting that object.
The medium is the massage.
that whole speech he gave sounded like quotes mined from lots of other historic speeches.
I was waiting for him to say we’ll storm the beaches
— Save the Future - Vote Blue 2020 (@TheHillReport) June 1, 2020
If you ever wanted to know what it was like to watch a Hitler speech, well, now you know
— Cassandra, Irredeemable Pudgy Nobody (@ChrisWarcraft) June 1, 2020
re: #467 Backwoods_Sleuth
that whole speech he gave sounded like quotes mined from lots of other historic speeches.
I was waiting for him to say we’ll storm the beaches
If he’s storming the beaches in an attack on Minnesota he’s … kinda doing it wrong.
BREAKING: Individual Number One vows to restore law and order to the country, although without turning himself in.
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 1, 2020
Actually, Trump did do one thing just now. He twitched like a guy with a bug in his pants. https://t.co/IsoyJKi7lG
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 1, 2020
Trump calls himself “an ally of all peaceful protesters,” while his administration shoots tear-gas at peaceful protesters outside the White House.
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) June 1, 2020
re: #473 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not a bug but a full load.
re: #448 Backwoods_Sleuth
JFC, can’t even make a joke around here…
Sorry, I’m tired.
There is a GIF someplace where Trump mocks the disabled reporter, where someone turned it into a lightning bolt striking him.
re: #460 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
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So, has it sunk in yet that all those decades of invoking the “2nd Amendment” were embedded in the American conservative cultural context in which “tyranny” is what gets in the way of white dudes doing exactly what they want; “government” is any authority figure that suggests there should be limits on white dudes doing what they want; and “self defense” is about using actual fucking weapons to keep everyone from questioning or dissenting?
Excuse me while I go put ice on my Cassandra complex.
If you ever wanted to know what fascism looks like: https://t.co/mSNUgaMzji
— Carlos Maza 🌹 (@gaywonk) June 1, 2020
re: #477 stpaulbear
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re: #413 Backwoods_Sleuth
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OMG—at the beginning where the cop pushes the woman down then a guy comes to help her up then that cop pushes him down and then another one pushes the woman down again. They are storm troopers and I am sick to my stomach.
The bishop overseeing St Johns church had a much different message: Don’t lose sight of why these protests are demanding change after George Floyd’s death.
“It’s a building. No one’s life is gone, but we have work to do and we’ll do it.” https://t.co/BlYLWeJhkF https://t.co/HdpVl0tpYB— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) June 1, 2020
re: #447 jeffreyw
When we left a flaming sack of shit on a porch we would just ring the doorbell and run.
:drops vid, rings doorbell, runs:
re: #470 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
If he’s storming the beaches in an attack on Minnesota he’s … kinda doing it wrong.
The invasion will begin from Lake Superior.
He was never fit to be president
— kathleen (@baad_kittee) June 1, 2020
re: #485 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The invasion will begin from Lake Superior.
And won’t make it much further than the Port of Duluth because unlike us peace-loving pinko liberal hippie Minnesotans, the Sconnies who live literally right next door in Superior won’t take any of their shit.
jeebus
There are now two all white armed vigilante groups roaming Fishtown with the blessing of the @phillypolice pic.twitter.com/csGWCDZ6Nw
— Josh Albert (@jpegjoshua) June 1, 2020
Relatives are ecstatic because they believe the storm has commenced and Obama will be arrested tonight.
FUCK Q!
re: #437 Charles Johnson
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He’s holding up the bible like he holds up his idiotic signing statements for all to see. Not sure how much more I can take of this nightmare.
AND THEN THE MEDIA GAVE HIM THE PHOTO OP THAT THEY HE ATTACKED THE PROTESTERS TO GET!
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) June 1, 2020
^^THIS^^
re: #488 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oy Vey. They would not be on the street. Curfew started over an hour ago.
Well, a reporter and her cameraman for Australia’s 7 News got assaulted on camera a little while ago, while Australia is eating its breakfast.
Watch the shocking moment #7NEWS reporter @AmeliaBrace and our cameraman were knocked over by a police officer LIVE on air after chaos erupted in Washington DC. pic.twitter.com/R8KJLnfxPN
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) June 1, 2020
This is a different view of the incident.
Police outside the WH just repeatedly bashed a cameraman as they pushed back protestors - just now on @ABC7News pic.twitter.com/XyE2sI6I3v
— Ben Siegel (@benyc) June 1, 2020
re: #488 Backwoods_Sleuth
I also noticed very few masks. COVID-19 is going to spike in Philly.
I take some consolation in the fact that he is miserable every day of his miserable existence.
But not enough.— Benjamin Dreyer (@BCDreyer) June 1, 2020
re: #479 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The Border Patrol has been groomed over the last several years. Fuck Godwin, it’s literally a schutzstaffel.
Both 2020 candidates visited churches today. Here are two very different images from those visits: pic.twitter.com/M8KjR4cIaz
— Caitlin Huey-Burns (@CHueyBurns) June 1, 2020
re: #492 Backwoods_Sleuth
^^THIS^^
I’m sure Mitch McConnell’s dictatorial hold on the Senate had nothing to do with it. Sure, it’s Nancy Pelosi’s fault.
I am deeply disappointed in Nancy Pelosi she’s been taking him as a joke and he’s been laughing all the way to dictatorship.
There needs to be a honest conversation about the powers congress has and how we could have averted this. All of this.
This isn’t just in the GOP.— Maksemo Wright (Stoop Kidd) (@maksemo12) June 1, 2020
Look it’s too bad they had to tear gas peaceful protests before the curfew to let Trump walk to this church, but the man really loves to worship as you can see https://t.co/5hj2nPoqWW
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) June 1, 2020
re: #499 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I’m sure Mitch McConnell’s dictatorial hold on the Senate had nothing to do with it. Sure, it’s Nancy Pelosi’s fault.
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The House impeached the motherfucker. The Senate abdicated its duty to play partisan politics. You tell me who is the problem.
This is painful stupid
Less hate, more love! ❤️🧡💛💚💜#Pride2020 pic.twitter.com/XloCTkTlaz
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) June 1, 2020
re: #503 The Pie Overlord!
This is painful stupid
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Dutifully playing the part of the dumb blonde bimbo so as to avoid responsibility.
A small man has found his balcony.
— Betty Cracker 🐊 (@bettycrackerfl) June 1, 2020
The president of the United States just violently cleared the streets of Washington so he can hold a bible aloft outside a church. pic.twitter.com/PFgcUrUJJV
— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) June 1, 2020
Let Scotland know he tear gased his way to front of church to hold up his bible
— GetMAD_😡_VOTE! 🥁 (@CynthiaCozzo) June 1, 2020
re: #467 Backwoods_Sleuth
that whole speech he gave sounded like quotes mined from lots of other historic speeches.
I was waiting for him to say we’ll storm the beaches
It’s probably intentional. At some point a conversation about how to make it sound like a war speech was had. Since these people are stupid and incurious, they can’t do that via originality; instead they mimic the tone of existing texts.
It actually follows from my general statement that these people use words in a very specific, bullshit-centered way. Since everything is about calculating get what they want and what they want is not bound to anything but whim and want—no guiding philosophy that constrains them or demands things of them—all communication is theater. But since they’re trying to manipulate and coerce, the “performances” are built to pander rather than challenge the audience: as such, their messaging is always a salad of tropes…themes and patterns…so that the audience feels that it’s comfortable and familiar.
[Which, in all seriousness, ties into my preoccupation with how reactionaries tend to create incredibly shitty, mediocre art and literature, but also reactionary circles tend to attract mediocre, unsuccessful creatives; it’s a tell.]
More even than Reagan, Trump is skilled with shallow imagery and visual coding. I mean, he’s got his performance shtick, but throughout his career as a fake businessman he’s had consistent aesethetic sense…dictator chic with a side of 80s guy…and then playing a fake business man on The Apprentice and WWE he’s been directly involved in the creation of heightened-emotion, engagement-increasing spectacle that speaks to a set of lowbrow American populism.
The speech with the split screen is his idea of projecting strength… and the shot is very similar to speeches given in movies.
The scary part is…this kind of shit works, if you’ve got the pulse of your audience. People love spectacle, even cruel and ugly spectacle, as long as they empathize with the perps rather than the victims. And Trump is building atop a long-term cultural project of training Americans to enjoy cruelty and see it as normal and natural to inflict cruelty on a vague and ever-shifting set of bad and wrong people.
re: #507 The Ghost of a Flea
His audience is smaller than the rest of us.
Watching Trump preen in front of St. John’s, moments after he threatened to deploy the American military against the American people, with a bible held above his head, I remembered this quote, “when facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross”
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) June 1, 2020
re: #509 The Pie Overlord!
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Yep - Donald J. Trump has just announced the next Crusade, the holy war of the white American Christians against the colored infidels.
re: #457 gocart mozart
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They decided to come down on Booby Nincompoopo’s side.
I am ashamed.
I thought I could go shopping and get groceries before the 6PM curfew in Los Angeles. The Vons, Ralphs and Jons markets all boarded up because they were looted over the weekend.
Buddy of mine made this site, 750k hits! LOL
ProtestJobs.com
re: #494 mmmirele
Well, a reporter and her cameraman for Australia’s 7 News got assaulted on camera a little while ago, while Australia is eating its breakfast.
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“Let them eat cake.”
re: #514 A Three Hour Tour
“Let them eat cake.”
“This is Australia, mate. We don’t eat cake for breakfast, we eat venomous snakes.”
Ok “Second amendment people”— the government is using martial law and military police against protesters. Wasn’t this the hypothetical moment you were worried about? Oh you were lying?
— TrumpMustGoooo (@TrumpMustGoooo) June 1, 2020
NOW: 16th and Connecticut in DC pic.twitter.com/cvCqp5Fnv4
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) June 2, 2020
NOW: After firing tear gas, few remaining protesters are surrounded up the street. We can hear shouts. Press is a half a block away. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/pQlt7UPHbJ
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) June 2, 2020
So, a little car protest parade is coming down our street. At least 100 vehicles. She Who Must Be Obeyed is playing her accordian for the parade. My neighbors are all out clapping. It’s mostly a BLM presence.
Oh by the way, she’s rotating “This Land Is You Land”, “The Eyes of Texas”, and “Amazing Grace”. Going on about 15 minutes, so far.
Sweet!
This chyron. pic.twitter.com/6n1PyCVcaP
— Daniella Díaz (@DaniellaMicaela) June 1, 2020
And now, the inevitable kicker. https://t.co/nw1azwM9KN
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 2, 2020
re: #520 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That still is going to be one of the iconic photos of the decade.
Why did he yell out the part about “YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS”?
The point of the speech was for the president to announce that he would deploy “heavily armed” soldiers inside the US.
Then he urgently shouted out the part reminding people that American civilians can be armed?— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) June 1, 2020
Look at the economic anxiety! https://t.co/ogpyJRmpb7
— Kat 4 Obama (@Kat4Obama) June 2, 2020
The Episcopal bishop of DC – who oversees the DC church Trump just stopped at – tells the @washingtonpost she is “outraged” and that neither she nor the rector was asked or told… “that they would be clearing with tear gas so they could use one of our churches as a prop..” 1/3
— Michelle Boorstein (@mboorstein) June 2, 2020
JUST CONFIRMED: Denver Police seized these guns and tactical gear from two men who showed up to the protest on Friday. One of them, Chevy McGee, tells me he didn’t break any laws. McGee is part of the “Boogaloo” movement. #9NEWS pic.twitter.com/A5K8psce4j
— Jeremy Jojola (@jeremyjojola) June 1, 2020
Hey @realDonaldTrump, a quick civics lesson! Insurrection Act of 1807 is ONLY used if STATE leaders ASK for it. If YOU send military on your own “judgement”, without a Governor’s ask, you have broken the law and then become what we all suspected, a Supreme Leader/Dictator.
— Daniel Smith, Jr (@danielforpa) June 1, 2020
Damn it’s hot. Today’s high was 93°F, now it’s 90°.
The average high here is 78° on this date.
I’m breathing a slight sign of relief this evening because my enhanced drivers license finally arrived today. I applied for it at the end of February and I was afraid that it wasn’t going to come before my temp license expired. Now if things get so bad I have to bug out I have a proper ID. I think I can even use it to cross the border into Canada.
Look at this little pile of dogshit stepping in itself.
This is the guy that the media and left just spent days telling us was a coward hiding in his basement.
RT if you agree that this is what leadership looks like! #MAGA https://t.co/M053YrXlGU— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 2, 2020
Trump accompanied by Stephen Miller, Derek Lyons, Keith Kellogg, Mark Meadows, Tony Ornato, Pat Cipollone, Hope Hicks, Dan Scavino, Nick Luna, Bill Barr, Mark Esper, Kayleigh McEnany, Alyssa Farrah, Jared Kushner and (in a mask) Ivanka Trump. #DCProtest pic.twitter.com/QUAQz8KGd0
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 1, 2020
re: #479 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sorry, goddamned LG SHITPHONE IS UTTERLY FUBAR. CAN’T POST HERE FROM IT. TOOK 10 MINUTES JUST FOR THIS.
CANNOT CLOSE CAPLOCK. SEE YALL WHEN I GET BACK TO MY DESK-TOP.
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re: #526 Backwoods_Sleuth
So, a 20 year old Boogaloo boi who still lives with his parents talks a big game about killing cops and feds, decides to confront his mom to make sure she hasn’t called the cops on him.
It does not go well for Chevy. https://t.co/KyZ3Lr2DAo— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) May 2, 2020
re: #515 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
“This is Australia, mate. We don’t eat cake for breakfast, we eat venomous snakes.”
Crap! I was trying to respond to BOb’s post of Ivanka’s valid tweet, and then everything froze on me and I had to reload the thread in my browser and replied to the wrong post by mistake.
Here’s a potential bright spot. Looks like Judge Sullivan has serious questions about Barr’s desire to drop Flynn charges.
Pretty extraordinary filing by Judge Sullivan just now in the Michael Flynn case. https://t.co/yxiiHN4YNf pic.twitter.com/mqDlYR4wYg
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) June 1, 2020
re: #529 stpaulbear
I’m breathing a slight sign of relief this evening because my enhanced drivers license finally arrived today. I applied for it at the end of February and I was afraid that it wasn’t going to come before my temp license expired. Now if things get so bad I have to bug out I have a proper ID. I think I can even use it to cross the border into Canada.
The border is closed by Canada except for people who live there and essential travel.
On the other hand, throwing yourself on the mercy of Border Services and applying for political asylum might work.
Just in—Any push by Trump to readmit Russia to the G7 would be vetoed by the U.K., Boris Johnson’s official spokesperson said Monday. https://t.co/P03O0aB9gs
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 1, 2020
re: #538 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wow. That must have cost Boris the last two brain cells he had.
WTF is this bullshit framing? The police _attacked_ a peaceful demonstration and AP is making it sound like they were equally to blame. https://t.co/dxWC4bejdx
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 2, 2020
not shocked at this anymore and that is a problem
CNN @kaitlancollins reporting that Trump walked to St. John’s church in part because he was upset over coverage of him hiding in the White House bunker
— Amy Fiscus (@amyfiscus) June 2, 2020
NOW: Protesters confronting PD in DC pic.twitter.com/DlB5dRsBaN
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) June 2, 2020
re: #537 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The border is closed by Canada except for people who live there and essential travel.
On the other hand, throwing yourself on the mercy of Border Services and applying for political asylum might work.
My MN accent can almost pass.
re: #541 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
not shocked at this anymore and that is a problem
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Another person has fallen out of the window of a Russian hospital. That’s the 5th such incident in recent weeks: three doctors, a patient, and now a woman who is reported to be a police officer have met the same fate. https://t.co/8YsmSPZsoX
— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) June 1, 2020
Arrrrgh!!!! Thread crashed on me again. Autocorrect changed VB to the nonsensical BOb as it posted. Unfortunately it’s too much of a PITA to edit when my browser keeps freezing and crashing like this in longish threads.
re: #543 stpaulbear
My MN accent can almost pass.
Yah, sure, ya betcha, don’tcha know.
All you have to do is add “eh?” to everything, you’ve got this.
re: #530 The Pie Overlord!
Look at this little pile of dogshit stepping in itself.
See, this is what I mean about these people living entirely within theater: they’re terrifying hollow shells of want that believe in nothing, cannot believe other people actual believe things, and therefore a staged event is just as meaningful an actual event.
The President of the United States had a protest gassed and driven away so he could walk down the street surrounded by an armed battalion…that’s context that diminishes the supposed point, but it doesn’t matter because both the creator and consumer of the image don’t care about context or meaning: reality is what you can get away with claiming, what you can produce a story or image of and present as “real.”
re: #541 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
not shocked at this anymore and that is a problem
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I was never going to be shocked by that. He is a coward.
I know everything is collapsing around us, but may we have a new thread, please?
re: #533 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Narrator: “Chevy would not get his chicken tendies tonight. Or the next night. Or any night.”
Presidential pic.twitter.com/gOBzX1LZzo
— Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) June 1, 2020
re: #547 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Yah, sure, ya betcha, don’tcha know.
All you have to do is add “eh?” to everything, you’ve got this.
The first time I went out to San Francisco all the bears thought it was the cutest thing…
re: #530 The Pie Overlord!
You dad sent out the military so he could do a photo op like a dictator. He’s still a coward.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) June 2, 2020
re: #554 stpaulbear
The first time I went out to San Francisco all the bears thought it was the cutest thing…
When I moved to Minnesota, everybody thought I was the funniest guy because my central Indiana accent was very pronounced. Now it’s the other way around, when I go home everybody chuckles at my clearly Minnesotan affectation.
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Here I am, back with a godly, decent, upstanding desktop computer, the way computing was meant to be; rather than the heathenish idiocratic hell-phone.
D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said Monday 44 were charged with felony rioting. But when the arrestees appeared in Superior Court on Monday, the U.S. attorney’s office dismissed rioting charges against most of the defendants. https://t.co/EqHMtUJs2z
— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) June 2, 2020
re: #530 The Pie Overlord!
Look at this little pile of dogshit stepping in itself.
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After he sends a bunch of shock troops to beat the shit out of people. Real tough.
re: #503 The Pie Overlord!
OMG is she completely dumb as a stump? Poor dear, she might be feeling a bit, unsafe. It’s too late to salvage your already shitty reputation, you infected doorknob. I hope she is scared, that’s the LEAST she deserves.
re: #548 The Ghost of a Flea
There are a lot people in this country who live entirely inside fictional settings where the consumption and wielding of symbols is substituted for the act of actual embodying the ideas and values symbolized. We have whole institutions that present that ideals and principles exist separate from their undergirding ideas, but rituals and objects that affirm identity are “true.”
To be pious I could live according to live to Bible, or I can join a church that tells me it is just as good to quote a few lines and purchase megachurch merchandise while not changing myself.
I can defend freedom by engaging deeply with the idea of personal courage and defense of liberty, or I can buy a rifle and tacticool accessories and hang around people who tell me I’m a hero.
I can be antiracist by engaging in self reflection and acknowledging the complex systemic nature of racism, or I can find a token person to bestow me with the label “not racist.”
Crazy thing is…this is exactly what the postmodernist philosophers were worried about: people do not have to engage with ideas sincerely to use ideas to justify their actions, and they don’t have to engage with reality at all even as they insist that they are reasonably and accurately viewing the world. And what makes me scared is that the people who thought about this pointed out that this kind of unreality is intoxicating: there’s no incentive to check back with the world, to admit that what actually is when the story is emotionally gratifying and allows one to evade the frustrating, existentially frightening task of self-examination and admitting your fallibility.
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