Militias have been a part of America since its founding, but while 18th century militias aimed to protect the country, the heavily armed 21st century ones are trying to tear it apart. Here’s how one group planned to kidnap Michigan’s governor. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #Militias
I remember when John Lennon said this in the 1960’s and wingnuts of that time all lost their freaking shit.
“Someone said to me the other day, ‘you’re the most famous person in the world by far.’ I said, ‘no I’m not’ … they said, ‘who’s more famous?’ I said, ‘Jesus Christ’” — Trump pic.twitter.com/KaGTYIHdxO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 15, 2020
Trump: we did a retaliatory gang killing https://t.co/8ip3w302r8
— 😱 Endless Zoom Meeting 😱 (@AdamSerwer) October 15, 2020
And now he’s dancing on the grave of your credibility, @NBCNews, telling the world he’s gong to disrespect and steamroll your host, crowing how he played you.
If you had any dignity or self-respect, you’d call off this farce right now. Your brand is getting destroyed. https://t.co/a9upwB7fUx— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) October 15, 2020
Trump mocks how Joe Biden raised his hand at a debate in a manner very similar to how he once mocked a reporter with a disability pic.twitter.com/pgfgeDB0o5
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 15, 2020
Shades of Rodrigo Duterte. The president is bragging about what sounds very much like an extra-judicial killing. That is in fact what the disturbing @nytimes account suggests. https://t.co/lFHnBSYksE
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) October 15, 2020
Even in a deadly pandemic, this is the biggest story of the day. We can’t have the government killing people because it feels like it. https://t.co/pwB0QQlpyq
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 15, 2020
re: #7 jaunte
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Meanwhile he does that while declaring Rittenhouse innocent. He has no credibility in law and order. Just shouting law and order isn’t law and order not is tweeting it in all caps.
re: #3 jaunte
It doesn’t matter if they didn’t want to arrest him. The fact that they didn’t means they should be arrested and charged.
re: #8 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Meanwhile he does that while declaring Rittenhouse innocent. He has no credibility in law and order. Just shouting law and order isn’t law and order not is tweeting it in all caps.
We have to understand this gets worse before it gets better. Especially November 3rd on.
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Accusing the U.S. Marshals of carrying out an extrajudicial killing and admitting it was done at your orders is a pretty bold move for someone who will be exposed to the full weight of the criminal justice system after he loses https://t.co/tu8qWn5uS3
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) October 15, 2020
One monstrous wave, 3 phases, onto new heights, with no plan pic.twitter.com/THtlJPevzA
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 15, 2020
Here is a tweet from 31 days ago:https://t.co/IsG62r2w7y
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) October 15, 2020
He just supplied killer ad material to run against him in both states. https://t.co/4ECXKm6drx
— David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) October 15, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse, Accused Kenosha Killer, Won’t Face Gun Charges In Illinois
A Wisconsin Nazi decided to illegally arm the out-of-state Nazi murderer.
re: #10 Rightwingconspirator
We have to understand this gets worse before it gets better. Especially November 3rd on.
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re: #15 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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He really only cares about himself. Yeah how dare the media report on natural disasters instead of this wannabe monarch’s delusions that he deserves a Nobel.
I’m infuriated by this. Why is he UNNAMED? This is bullshit.
So a “well known NC pastor” urinates on a woman, on a flight, and he’s not named.
Unnamed pastor.
UNNAMED PASTOR.
Every single thing that’s wrong with the media & the US. Wrap religion around ANYTHING and all is accepted.
WTF?https://t.co/rogn9bI9aO— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) October 15, 2020
We fixed Don Jr.’s crazy ad. pic.twitter.com/TE929T1f2x
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 15, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — DOJ charges Houston billionaire Robert Brockman with $2 billion tax fraud in largest such fraud case against an American.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 15, 2020
Brockman gave a million dollars to the GOP to let him continue criming.
re: #19 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’m infuriated by this. Why is he UNNAMED? This is bullshit.
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re: #19 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
“It felt warm, like on the side of me I felt something warm,” she told WJBK. “I jump up and I seen his private area out and I screamed and that woke everybody up. By that time I actually looked at him and I see him shake himself off and I’m like this man just peed on me! I looked and there was a puddle of pee in the seats!”
Beverly told FOX 2 an off-duty police officer was among those who heard her scream and woke up. She says he restrained the man, whom WJBK is identifying only as a well-known pastor from North Carolina.
The report from FOX 2 says the pastor may have had a reaction to a sleep aid which he took. Beverly says the man didn’t say a word the entire time he was standing next to her during the alleged incident.
Beverly said she had to sit in her urine-soaked clothes for the rest of the flight, about three more hours, before it landed at Detroit Metro Airport. FOX 2 said police did take the pastor into custody with possible charges pending. The FBI handles investigations into incidents alleged to have occurred on airplanes.
Fucking horrific.
What really gets me is that all they had to do was arrest him normally in order to use him as a boogeyman of antifa violence for the next few years while the criminal case was pending. Now Michael Reinoehl is just the victim of an extrajudicial execution. https://t.co/x8MOW8jxsX
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) October 15, 2020
Because Trump is a terrorist.
re: #22 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Seems like Frank learned a few things from Trump. Just didn’t think it would be a love of wetworks.
Was it him?
“Well known pastor from NC” And Graham like his Daddy has had his image protected for years.
re: #26 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I dunno. I just know he’s from NC .
I can’t find anything. That he’s unnamed has steam coming out of my ears.
re: #28 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I can’t find anything. That he’s unnamed has steam coming out of my ears.
I’d say that he’s “unnamed” means that he’s well-known.
re: #28 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I can’t find anything. That he’s unnamed has steam coming out of my ears.
I can’t either but they said the perp was well known.
re: #13 Belafon
Maybe someone can ask Barrett about that.
imagine her responding i dont want to get into a hypothetical that might come before the court
re: #23 Dr. Matt
Fucking horrific.
“Reaction to a sleep aid that he took”?? SRSLY?
OK, I can understand wanting to spend a boring flight stacking Zs, but WTF sort of “sleep aid” make you want to piss so bad you just get up and whiz away in the aisle of the plane? On the nearest passenger?
And, if “three hours” out from Detroit, about just a hour into the flight?
Also, too: if anyone had to spend the remainder of the flight in urine-soaked clothes, it should have been Pastor Pisspot, not that poor woman…
re: #32 Jay C
“Reaction to a sleep aid that he took”?? SRSLY?
OK, I can understand wanting to spend a boring flight stacking Zs, but WTF sort of “sleep aid” make you want to piss so bad you just get up and whiz away in the aisle of the plane? On the nearest passenger?
And, if “three hours” out from Detroit, about just a hour into the flight?
Also, too: if anyone had to spend the remainder of the flight in urine-soaked clothes, it should have been Pastor Pisspot, not that poor woman…
It’s the Rosanne defense. Let’s hope it works out as well for him as it did for her.
The poor woman? Can’t sleep. Having a hard time working. This is beyond unacceptable.
So now Republicans are now on record advocating that the State can kill whomever they target.
CL’d on the previous thread, but I had to chime in:
re: #275 b_sharp
Started with an Atari 800XL, went to an Atari ST then on to a 386 based clone. I was coding in C and Fortran in DOS when Windows was all the way up to version 2.
Started with TRS-80 with 4K of RAM, then to an Apple IIc, then to the MCS system (primitive DTP), then to a PC-AT, then Coyote, then finally to a Zeos 386-25 that I installed a SoundBlaster and a 24/96 modem to connect to Prodigy and CompuServe.
… and there my troubles began …
re: #10 Rightwingconspirator
We have to understand this gets worse before it gets better. Especially November 3rd on.
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I’ve been thinking about going to an Army surplus store and getting the basics of a first-aid kit. Sutures, bandages, splints, tourniquets.
If the election is not a blowout landslide, Trump *IS* going to try to mobilize armed thugs to try to steal it.
The MSM will point to people looting a CVS pharmacy for bandages as “Both sides are contributing to the violence.”
I think I’m going to start adding a few extra canned goods to the basket each time I shop.
Holy moly we are in for so much trouble. https://t.co/tdnOwApnr6
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) October 15, 2020
Michael Cohen
@speechboy71
When reached for comment Amy Coney Barrett said condemning extrajudicial murder would be a violation of the canons and she can’t speak on the matter
re: #32 Jay C
“Reaction to a sleep aid that he took”?? SRSLY?
OK, I can understand wanting to spend a boring flight stacking Zs, but WTF sort of “sleep aid” make you want to piss so bad you just get up and whiz away in the aisle of the plane? On the nearest passenger?
And, if “three hours” out from Detroit, about just a hour into the flight?
Also, too: if anyone had to spend the remainder of the flight in urine-soaked clothes, it should have been Pastor Pisspot, not that poor woman…
Ambien means having to explain to your partner why you were typing on a keyboard that was attached to the kitty bed.To be fair, Ambien can cause you to go into a total fugue state and do shit you have no idea ever happened when you come to your senses.
Why yes, I once bought a pinball machine on NextDoor at 3 a.m. and was horrified when a truck pulled up outside my house, why do you ask?
re: #39 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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re: #41 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
To be fair, Ambien can cause you to go into a total fugue state and do shit you have no idea ever happened when you come to your senses.
That is common with all of the Z-drugs (zolpidem, zalpeon, eszopiclone)
re: #39 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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I remember DHS under Obama warned about that and the right tried to claim it was anti military. I want these thugs cracked down on.
Great news! but very late. At least the central, essential status of OUR #PostOffice is affirmed.
Postal Service Louis DeJoy #MailInBallots #post#ElectionInerference #postoffice #USPS #SaveUSPS #SaveThePostOffice #Vote #VoteEarly #VoteByMail https://t.co/CRDr188tee— CatskillJulie: DERELICT Trump/GOP work for Putin (@CatskillJulie) October 15, 2020
re: #43 sagehen
translation note: “the base”, in Arabic, is “al qaeda.”
Exactly. And I bet those fucking idiot Nazis have NO CLUE about that.
moron
If Big Tech persists, in coordination with the mainstream media, we must immediately strip them of their Section 230 protections. When government granted these protections, they created a monster!pic.twitter.com/velyvYTOR0
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2020
RE: The urinating Pastor
I can’t prove anything of course, but when searching for prominent NC Pastors, one of the first names that comes up is Steven Furtick, pastor of Elevation Church. This guy is pretty well known in most evangelical circles.
re: #46 Dread Pirate Ron
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That’s not the first time we’ve heard this, and the damage has already been done. Postmaster General DeJoy should have the book thrown at him for his deliberate meddling with the election.
At rally today Trump claimed that “Con-cast, yes I call them Con-cast” is going to “set [him] up.”
In other words, he’s expecting to get grilled and knows he won’t be able to handle it, so he’s already giving himself an out. Expect for him to blow up when he can’t answer something or gets questions about his taxes.
I don’t care that Feinstein and Graham are friends and it’s never a bad thing to remember that we are more than our partisan identity.
I care that Feinstein catastrophically mismanaged the hearings, was outwitted without realizing it, and did a grave disservice to the public. https://t.co/MKGiPQH0YB— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) October 15, 2020
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 https://t.co/asjlSxukb8
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) October 15, 2020
Ready for the people whining about Hunter Biden to stop for a second to tell us to quit focusing on people’s children.
ALL THE BOOGIEMEN!!11!
Joe Biden and the Democrat Socialists will kill your jobs, dismantle your police departments, dissolve your borders, release criminal aliens, raise your taxes, confiscate your guns, end fracking, destroy your suburbs, and drive God from the public square. pic.twitter.com/vrjMVaZhDI
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2020
Siena/NYT polls suggests Graham has polled significantly better as he’s gotten the opportunity to preside over cordial, collegial confirmation hearings. If it’s tight, Feinstein’s praise and (literal) embrace of Graham might just cost Harrison the race. https://t.co/zuoD9RzIzM
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) October 15, 2020
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
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They’ve allowed you to have a bigger platform than you deserve. Fuck off Donny.
re: #52 Barefoot Grin
At rally today Trump claimed that “Con-cast, yes I call them Con-cast” is going to “set [him] up.”
In other words, he’s expecting to get grilled and knows he won’t be able to handle it, so he’s already giving himself an out. Expect for him to blow up when he can’t answer something or gets questions about his taxes.
it’s a town hall
is everyone out to get him?
that’s some paranoia churning there
re: #54 b.d. (Enough!)
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Ready for the people whining about Hunter Biden to stop for a second to tell us to quit focusing on people’s children.
Amazing how many close relatives of prominent Republicans hate their guts.
re: #58 dangerman
it’s a town hall
is everyone out to get him?
that’s some paranoia churning there
It’s not paranoia when everyone is actually out to get him.
re: #32 Jay C
OK, I can understand wanting to spend a boring flight stacking Zs, but WTF sort of “sleep aid” make you want to piss so bad you just get up and whiz away in the aisle of the plane?
The ones you take with a significant amount of whiskey.
A very similar thing happened not to me, but to two people I worked with. They were on a business trip and sharing a hotel room. They been out drinking and then during the night, one of them woke up to the other one taking a piss in the corner of the room, as he’d mistaken it for the toilet.
/forget sharing hotel rooms on business trips…
*snerk*
Most Elegant Pecker Final#LifeCommentary #LiveCommentary
(well, lockdown’s back so it kinda felt right) pic.twitter.com/v2EwmHuuHt— Nick Heath (@nickheathsport) October 15, 2020
re: #52 Barefoot Grin
At rally today Trump claimed that “Con-cast, yes I call them Con-cast” is going to “set [him] up.”
In other words, he’s expecting to get grilled and knows he won’t be able to handle it, so he’s already giving himself an out. Expect for him to blow up when he can’t answer something or gets questions about his taxes.
Get ready for noting but “Hunter Biden” coming out of Trump’s mouth nonstop thanks to the assholes at NBC.
re: #47 Eclectic Cyborg
Exactly. And I bet those fucking idiot Nazis have NO CLUE about that.
Or they do.
re: #32 Jay C
“Reaction to a sleep aid that he took”?? SRSLY?
OK, I can understand wanting to spend a boring flight stacking Zs, but WTF sort of “sleep aid” make you want to piss so bad you just get up and whiz away in the aisle of the plane? On the nearest passenger?
And, if “three hours” out from Detroit, about just a hour into the flight?
Also, too: if anyone had to spend the remainder of the flight in urine-soaked clothes, it should have been Pastor Pisspot, not that poor woman…
It is most likely bullshit, but sleeping pills can mess you up and make you sleep walk, sleep drive, sleep eat and I assume sleep pee. It has been successfully used as a defense in DUI cases involving sleep driving.
I deleted my tweet on this because Evan is right - the full context makes Trump’s comments at very least more ambiguous than I’d suggested. https://t.co/U0GfZEK9uw
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 15, 2020
re: #56 jaunte
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re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
ALL THE BOOGIEMEN!!11!
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Joe Biden also worships Satan and eats babies alive. I’m surprised Trump didn’t mention that.
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
ALL THE BOOGIEMEN!!11!
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Joe Biden and the Democrat Socialists will kill your jobs, dismantle your police departments, dissolve your borders, release criminal aliens, raise your taxes, confiscate your guns, end fracking, destroy your suburbs, and drive God from the public square.
And then he’ll eat lunch. (pretty busy schedule for someone sleeping in his basement, no?)/
John David was a stalwart of the Harvard Law School chapter of the Federalist Society in 1986-87. https://t.co/AlzxKBJHCM
— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 15, 2020
Lake Lerma salamander is an extremely rare amphibian from Mexico.
(Photo: Karla Serrono) pic.twitter.com/hfc853BUqF— A Book of Rather Strange Animals (@StrangeAnimaIs) October 15, 2020
re: #68 Charles Johnson
Joe Biden also worships Satan and eats babies alive. I’m surprised Trump didn’t mention that.
Not True:
Biden has to have someone either chew the babies for him first or cut them into very small pieces…
Against all the evidence, Trump is now predicting a “red wave” next month pic.twitter.com/lCxeLjW0OY
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 15, 2020
Trump has made Yeltsin-style dancing to “YMCA” a staple of his rallies pic.twitter.com/xk2fRc694s
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 15, 2020
Shocked! The old “someone hacked into my Twitter” thing was BS?
“C-SPAN suspended its political editor Steve Scully indefinitely Thursday after he admitted to lying about his Twitter feed being hacked…” https://t.co/xeyjLvUz2Z
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 15, 2020
Llre: #72 b.d. (Enough!)
Not True:
Biden has to have someone either chew the babies for him first or cut them into very small pieces…
AOC, the rest of the Squad, Bernie, & Cory Booker did it for him!
re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump, who is apparently very confused about how unemployment rates work, just said this to cheers
He may be confused, but the crowd loved it.
re: #75 b.d. (Enough!)
Shocked! The old “someone hacked into my Twitter” thing was BS?
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Here’s the full statement from @SteveScully and @cspan.
Scully: “Out of frustration, I sent a brief tweet addressed to Anthony Scaramucci. The next morning when I saw that this tweet had created a new controversy, I falsely claimed that my Twitter account had been hacked.” pic.twitter.com/SNb1pCFjST— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 15, 2020
Another Trump scalp from a guy willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Part of me hopes that Trump does the Tweety Matthews thing and his long fart goes out on live TV….
thank u again ben sassehttps://t.co/FkUtzwHPnE
— darth™ (@darth) October 15, 2020
re: #80 🌹UOJB!
Part of me hopes that Trump does the Tweety Matthews thing and his long fart goes out on live TV….
Biden is doing 90 minutes, Trump 60.
Hard to believe that Trump will take any s*it from average citizen asking questions for that long.
re: #78 Belafon
He may be confused, but the crowd loved it.
At this point he could take a child from the crowd and start eating it and it would get cheers. Everything he says and does gets cheers from these deluded cultists. Fortunately their numbers are going down every day.
re: #82 b.d. (Enough!)
Biden is doing 90 minutes, Trump 60.
Hard to believe that Trump will take any s*it from average citizen asking questions for that long.
All the questions are going to be about Hunter Biden. Count on it.
Damn it! Now 3 coworkers are sick with COVID…
TUCK FRUMP BEFORE HE YUCKS FOU!
re: #84 🌹UOJB!
All the questions are going to be about Hunter Biden. Count on it.
I am sure they’ll be some undecided voter who brings him a Superman shirt though and marvels at his strength and health.
As of today, Ohio has 29 red counties. That is 65% of Ohioans who are living in red counties. pic.twitter.com/6XQtKKqpCb
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) October 15, 2020
The Ohio Public Health Advisory System uses seven Indicators to assess the degree of the virus’ spread in each county. A summary of the alert indicators can be found on https://t.co/3lWx4IRScb
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) October 15, 2020
re: #11 Charles Johnson
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Trump and the degenerate panic-stricken Trump base have made the impossible routine. This clinches it, he WILL flee the country before the inauguration. Russia, Dubai or Brazil in decreasing order of probability.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) October 15, 2020
Americans need to understand that the ONLY reason there’s no Covid relief bill is because @senatemajldr wants liability protection for employers who force their workers to get sick.
THAT’S THE HOLD UP. McConnell wants workers who get sick to have NO LEGAL RECOURSE. https://t.co/WSC8VibNTP— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) October 15, 2020
surely he means more pork barrel money for corps and businesses…surely does not mean money for cash strapped local & state govts on the front line fighting covid w/ less tax revenue to pay increased costs for hospitals, medics, schools, teachers, law enforcement, etc. etc. etc
— doreen anderson (@batlaw55) October 15, 2020
If There’s a President Biden, He’ll Have to Embrace the New Rules of the Game
Republicans are already vowing to strangle Joe Biden’s presidency in the cradle. He’ll have to give up on the party as a governing partner, and Senate Democrats will have to blow up the filibuster. Charlie Pierce joins the call to dump the filibuster.
re: #83 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
At this point he could take a child from the crowd and start eating it and it would get cheers. Everything he says and does gets cheers from these deluded cultists. Fortunately their numbers are going down every day.
they dont listen as much as just wait for the applause cues
re: #90 Dread Pirate Ron
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re: #91 retired cynic
If There’s a President Biden, He’ll Have to Embrace the New Rules of the Game
Republicans are already vowing to strangle Joe Biden’s presidency in the cradle. He’ll have to give up on the party as a governing partner, and Senate Democrats will have to blow up the filibuster. Charlie Pierce joins the call to dump the filibuster.
I think he’s ready for that.
Here’s an interesting (or maybe not) observation: Most of the people I personally know that have caught Covid are staunch conservatives.
Damnit, now another coworker with COVID. 4 today…
Wisconsin shatters its coronavirus record: 3,747 cases reported Thursday — via @SCarson_News https://t.co/EsbB6y5mkM
— Patrick Marley (@patrickdmarley) October 15, 2020
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
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If Section 230 is repealed, that means social media sites can be held liable for links to articles shared using their service and they are OBLIGATED to remove such links, kinda the exact opposite of what Fuckface wants.
re: #99 The Pie Overlord!
If Section 230 is repealed, that means social media sites can be held liable for links to articles shared using their service and they are OBLIGATED to remove such links, kinda the exact opposite of what Fuckface wants.
shhhhhhhhhh!
If social media companies maintain this crackdown on QAnon promoters, starting next year the only places they’ll be able to promote their propaganda are fringe sites like Gab and the floor of the House of Representatives. https://t.co/0dbXhke12V
— Travis View (@travis_view) October 15, 2020
re: #97 Dread Pirate Ron
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Wisconsin scares the hell out of me right now. If you ask me, Minnesota is doing a whale of a job preventing the covidiots in the states surrounding us from turning us into Donald Trump’s shining example of just how bad blue states are at handling the pandemic.
but…toast bed and fried egg blanket pic.twitter.com/TaKUmEgk8e
— Katie (@ktbobaytee) October 15, 2020
(The debate was not rigged, nor was anyone treated poorly). https://t.co/TAbIuJc7py
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 15, 2020
re: #103 dangerman
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ProPublica: “How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus.”
imo its mostly the bold
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man was it just april when they were giving oil away for free
— darth™ (@darth) October 15, 2020
I don’t care if Hunter Biden got blown by an entire cheerleading squad of Ukrainian hookers on top of a block of heroin the size of the Houston Astrodome.
If you wanted me to be mad about foreign entanglements, you should have done something about Trump— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 15, 2020
2/4 This means reduced numbers of operations. At present too many Afghans are dying. With the re-set, we expect that number to drop significantly.
— U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad (@US4AfghanPeace) October 15, 2020
4/4 We will do our part and will monitor implementation actively. All parties must deliver on their responsibilities. We thank our international partners for their assistance and support.
— U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad (@US4AfghanPeace) October 15, 2020
I’m sorry, what? The US just told the Taliban it would stand down because… the Taliban keeps attacking and killing Afghans? Is that what I’m reading here? https://t.co/aZ9E9AiCLS
— Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) October 15, 2020
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I don’t have much sympathy for some both-siderish C-Span guy who wanted advice from Anthony Scaramucci on how to tell Trump he wasn’t a meanie biased towards him.
How f*cking naive about Trump and his actions/intentions can one be at this point? This guy was supposed to be one of the smart ones?
Wow! Found out I had $150 in kickbacks “rewards” coming from my Humana medicare policy. I went to the site (a huge rigamarole that required 2 calls to customer dis-service) and found that the available goods consist entirely of gift cards. I got one for Amazon and one for Walmart.
re: #5 The Pie Overlord!
Trump can make a career of mocking and imitating people for the rest of his life from his prison cell after January.
re: #115 Patricia Kayden
Trump can make a career of mocking and imitating people for the rest of his life from his prison cell after January.
Make Solitary Great Again
re: #108 wrenchwench
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re: #113 b.d. (Enough!)
I don’t have much sympathy for some both-siderish C-Span guy who wanted advice from Anthony Scaramucci on how to tell Trump he wasn’t a meanie biased towards him.
How f*cking naive about Trump and his actions/intentions can one be at this point? This guy was supposed to be one of the smart ones?
ETTD.
And I feel bad for Scully. Granted, what he did was dumb as shit, but he’s a good guy with a very long career that started here in upstate NY. I knew him a little. Sucks to see his career go down like this.
53,000 cases so far today. Judging by the states that haven’t reported yet we should come in around 64,000 by the daily cutoff in a little over 4.5 hours..
re: #111 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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This Hunter Biden laptop story is fucked.
Docs show the laptop was dropped on Apr 12, 2019. They also show an external drive and its serial number.
Western Digital’s web site says that drive’s **3-year** warranty expires Apr 18, 2022…meaning it was manufactured Apr *18*, 2019. pic.twitter.com/2swmsbQ3ho— ➖Dustin Miller➖ (@spdustin) October 15, 2020
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s the Throbbing Memo, but with computers.
re: #123 Eclectic Cyborg
The GOP is really not very good at this.
It was easier when they had Clinton to run against because she made their baby dick base rage.
re: #120 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
The Astrodome has bigly iconic status of my generation, since it was the first of the enclosed mega-stadia. It was not the first indoor venue for footballs though. Football was routinely played in the giant airship hangars at Lakehurst NJ and from 1961 to ‘73, the Boardwalk Bowl was played indoors at the nearby Atlantic City Convention Center (now the Boardwalk Hall).
Astrodome = Brewster McCloud in my [insert adjective here] brain.
re: #107 nines09
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re: #32 Jay C
“Reaction to a sleep aid that he took”?? SRSLY?
OK, I can understand wanting to spend a boring flight stacking Zs, but WTF sort of “sleep aid” make you want to piss so bad you just get up and whiz away in the aisle of the plane? On the nearest passenger?
And, if “three hours” out from Detroit, about just a hour into the flight?
Also, too: if anyone had to spend the remainder of the flight in urine-soaked clothes, it should have been Pastor Pisspot, not that poor woman…
It doesn’t sound likely to me either, but hallucinations, not knowing where you are, and similar are all side effects of Ambien.
As to “spending the rest of the flight in piss-soaked clothes,” are you saying they should have swapped?
More than 100 absentee ballots bound for Louisville voters were found today in a dumpster: https://t.co/bIAaATpuTn | @SreynoldsWDRB pic.twitter.com/uZp6FQCOVB
— WDRB News (@WDRBNews) October 15, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — More than 100 absentee ballots were discovered in a dumpster Thursday in Jeffersontown.
The 112 ballots were discovered late Thursday morning by a contractor renovating a home near Tully Elementary School on Galene Drive. Several crates of undelivered mail were taken from the dumpster by members of the Office of the Inspector General shortly thereafter.
The ballots, yet to be filled out, were on their way to prospective voters.
“We don’t need that for Louisville,” said Nore Ghibaudy with the Jefferson County Board of Elections. “We don’t need that for the Louisville post office … and we don’t need that for the voters either.
“It’s very disappointing.”
Special Agent Scott Balfour, with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, said the mail was intended for delivery in the 40299 zip code, which is mainly an area between Bardstown Road, Interstate 64, Hurstbourne Parkway and Interstate 265.
“The ballots and political flyers have already been returned to the USPS and will be delivered to customers today,” Balfour said. “USPS OIG Special Agents are working to identify who is responsible for discarding the mail. When the investigation is concluded, the case will be presented for federal prosecution to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”
Do you think the coronavirus is a real threat or blown out
of proportion via new NPR/PBS/Marist poll:
Democrats:
93% real threat
7% blown out of proportion
Republicans:
46% real threat
51% blown out of proportion— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 15, 2020
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
More than 100 absentee ballots bound for Louisville voters were found today in a dumpster:
Trump cannot win by any other means than getting this election into the courts…
NEW: DOJ says neo-Nazi and white supremacist Richard Holzer has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes and explosive charges for plot to blow up Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo. Faces 20 years on each count. #9NEWS
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) October 15, 2020
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
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crates of mail were dumped
were they dumped to specifically bury the 112 ballots?
or does it just happen that 112 ballots were in a bunch of crates of dumped mail
it matters
re: #130 Dread Pirate Ron
Reality vs. Fantasy
re: #95 Eclectic Cyborg
Here’s an interesting (or maybe not) observation: Most of the people I personally know that have caught Covid are staunch conservatives.
re: #130 Dread Pirate Ron
Do you think the coronavirus is a real threat or blown out
of proportion via new NPR/PBS/Marist poll:
Democrats:
93% real threat
7% blown out of proportion
Republicans:
46% real threat
51% blown out of proportion— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 15, 2020
During our contact tracing, we discovered around noon today that a member of the company that charters my airplane has also tested positive for COVID. This crew member was on the plane with me, but was more than 50 feet away.
My COVID test from last night came back negative.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 15, 2020
Our campaign’s contact tracing remains ongoing, and my team will continue to share any significant developments with the American people. If anything, let this serve as an example of the importance of wearing masks and keeping a safe, social distance.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 15, 2020
Good mustache grooming products ain’t cheap.
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 15, 2020
re: #95 Eclectic Cyborg
Here’s an interesting (or maybe not) observation: Most of the people I personally know that have caught Covid are staunch conservatives.
Because people who see it as a threat take measures to prevent it or because the Chinese especially targeted to preferentially attack Republicans?
Why isn’t the lamestream media following up on this?
As of 1:30pm today in Kentucky 289,220 completed absentee ballots received by county clerks and 108,922 have voted early in person, according to state BoE figures.
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 15, 2020
re: #139 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
As long as it wasn’t white unemployment…
“listen to what he says in his heart and not what he says with his mouth”
to paraphrase Kellyanne Conway
re: #135 dangerman
Yeah, it wasn’t hard to put 2 and 2 together on that one lol.
If you want a job where you only serve Texans, sir, quit your federal job. https://t.co/EdvXaBqHkv
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 15, 2020
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
Honesty and transparency from a major politician is so refreshing.
Dude. You LITERALLY ordered Republicans not to pursue any new stimulus until after the election.
YOU did that. YOU. Not Pelosi. YOU.
I mean, damn, bro, don’t you even read your own Twitter feed? https://t.co/BHExKIhCUn— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 15, 2020
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
[the 40299 zip code, which is mainly an area between Bardstown Road, Interstate 64, Hurstbourne Parkway and Interstate 265.]
Is this generally R or D?
re: #146 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Is this generally R or D?
Most of Louisville is D, but I don’t live there so have no idea of specific areas
In 2018, 1,000-year-old handprints were found in @SwandroOrkney’s subterranean workshop 🖐️
According to legend, the Picts were forced to retreat underground at noon - but it’s more likely that the coppersmith needed to work in darkness: https://t.co/qbr067TP7E#FolkloreThursday pic.twitter.com/POTosUmFsI— Dig It! (@DigItScotland) October 15, 2020
re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth
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(About 48% Republicans, 45% Democrats in-person)
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 15, 2020
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
Now that is a feel good tweet.
So - thousands of teenagers on TikTok are planning to stream Joe Biden’s ABC town hall on multiple devices so that Biden gets better ratings than Trump.
The young people will save us…#NBCBlackout pic.twitter.com/g2IQ8XE78R— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 15, 2020
Makes me want to puke:
“I just want to thank you. This has been one of the best set of hearings that I’ve participated in,” Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Graham. “Thank you so much for your leadership.”
And then they hugged (maskless—not smart Di—Lindsey has been looking rather sweaty and feverish of late)
Way to fuck over your party, Diane.
Another @adamcancryn exclusive: The FDA is resisting pressure to rebrand the emergency authorization of a Covid-19 vaccine as a “pre-licensure,” over worries that it would appear the agency is politicizing its scientific determinations. https://t.co/pUlE9qVYRK via @politico
— Carrie Budoff Brown (@cbudoffbrown) October 14, 2020
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
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You wanna play a ratings game, Donald, you gotta watch out for the tech savvy.
re: #154 Belafon
You wanna play a ratings game, Donald, you gotta watch out for the tech savvy.
I wonder if we can get the K-pop stans in on this too?
re: #152 BeachDem
Why be kissing GOP ass now? I don’t get it. All indications show a very very strong possibility that they going to lose a lot of, if not all, of their power (die, filibuster, die!)
I know she isn’t exactly a super-reliable liberal, but still…
Now, if this isn’t the coolest thing you’ve seen today then you need to close the refrigerator. It’s an animation of how bridges were built in Central Europe in the middle-ages. pic.twitter.com/FhlpwTlee5
— Gavin Shoebridge (@KiwiEV) October 14, 2020
re: #130 Dread Pirate Ron
Well,well, looks like repugs are having their noses rubbed in reality. Wasn’t it about 80% of them who thought it was a hoax not so very long ago?
re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth
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calculating back from when the warranty was set to expire shows that they were only 999 years and 6 months old
In 2018, 1,000-year-old handprints were found in @SwandroOrkney’s subterranean workshop 🖐️
According to legend, the Picts were forced to retreat underground at noon - but it’s more likely that the coppersmith needed to work in darkness: https://t.co/qbr067TP7E#FolkloreThursday pic.twitter.com/POTosUmFsI— Dig It! (@DigItScotland) October 15, 2020
re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth
holy crappin’ christ, that’s cool!
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That thread may or may not be correct. If it was a 2017 macbook pro with a touch bar then the drive is indeed soldered to the board. If it is a 2017 Macbook pro without a touchbar then it has a removable drive. A neighborhood computer repair shop could easily recover the data from the later.
re: #156 Jebediah, RBG
Why be kissing GOP ass now? I don’t get it. All indications show a very very strong possibility that they going to lose a lot of, if not all, of their power (die, filibuster, die!)
I know she isn’t exactly a super-reliable liberal, but still…
She’s going to be one of the “the spirit of the Senate must be observed” people when most of the rest of the Democrats are going to be arguing that the only way to govern is to take power from Republicans.
mask smells like *heaven* https://t.co/y61KQrVULX
— Steak-umm (@steak_umm) October 15, 2020
re: #162 Belafon
She’s going to be one of the “the spirit of the Senate must be observed” people when most of the rest of the Democrats are going to be arguing that the only way to govern is to take power from Republicans.
Oh for fuck sake Feinstein. I hope that shit gets roundly ignored.
I’ll be watching on a TV, laptop, phone and tablet… all at once.
Biden’s event is at 8 pm and will stream on ABC News Live on Hulu, Roku, YouTube TV, Amazon Fire, Xumo, Sling TV, Facebook, Twitter, https://t.co/N04wayyGrq and the ABC mobile apps.
https://t.co/UdEMgh95Ns— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 15, 2020
re: #152 BeachDem
Makes me want to puke:
“I just want to thank you. This has been one of the best set of hearings that I’ve participated in,” Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Graham. “Thank you so much for your leadership.”
And then they hugged (maskless—not smart Di—Lindsey has been looking rather sweaty and feverish of late)
Way to fuck over your party, Diane.
WTAF? I didn’t watch the hearings, so can anyone tell me what she’s talking about? I live in her state, so I could send her a blistering email at least.
re: #162 Belafon
She’s going to be one of the “the spirit of the Senate must be observed” people when most of the rest of the Democrats are going to be arguing that the only way to govern is to take power from Republicans.
That way of thinking (i.e., Senate comity bullshit) is thoroughly obsolete.
Republicans are the mortal enemies of all civilized people, and it’s about damn time most civilized people started getting this basic fact through their heads.
I like how they included a picture of Michelle Obama just so you’d make the right connection.
Assholes. https://t.co/3AcUvwykMl— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 15, 2020
re: #166 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
WTAF? I didn’t watch the hearings, so can anyone tell me what she’s talking about? I live in her state, so I could send her a blistering email at least.
It was “civil” because Democrats aren’t going to act like babies and throw tantrums like Republicans have at other hearings, and Republicans know that all they have to do is prevent Barrett from screwing up to get her vote to the floor. It had nothing to do with Graham. The answers to questions should have disqualified her, but they won’t keep Republicans from voting for her.
re: #169 Belafon
It was “civil” because Democrats aren’t going to act like babies and throw tantrums like Republicans have at other hearings, and Republicans know that all they have to do is prevent Barrett from screwing up to get her vote to the floor. It had nothing to do with Graham. The answers to questions should have disqualified her, but they won’t keep Republicans from voting for her.
re: #169 Belafon
It was “civil” because Democrats aren’t going to act like babies and throw tantrums like Republicans have at other hearings, and Republicans know that all they have to do is prevent Barrett from screwing up to get her vote to the floor. It had nothing to do with Graham. The answers to questions should have disqualified her, but they won’t keep Republicans from voting for her.
It’s true that the GOP always had the votes to get this turd out of committee, and there was nothing to be gained by Democrats trying to make it a circus.
However, there was no reason for DiFi to go the extra mile at the end with tired both-siderist lies.
See the irritated look on this feline’s face? That’s because they couldn’t figure out why some idiot was talking to them like they were a dog (so they left just in case the stupidity was contagious)…#ThursdayThoughts#ThursdayMood pic.twitter.com/JwBp8qqoP8
— “Mad Cat” Cattis (@GeneralCattis) October 15, 2020
Here’s the HuffPo take:
Dianne Feinstein Heaps Praise On Lindsey Graham After Amy Coney Barrett Hearing
The club-atmosphere of the Senate is what makes anything work there… but it also keeps most things from being done that needs to be done.
“Elliott Broidy, a former top political fundraiser for President Trump and the Republican Party, plans to plead guilty to participating in an illegal foreign lobbying scheme and cooperate with investigators in the matter,” Bloomberg reports.
See how Pompino push the Saudis to free American hostages #Yemen but remain silent on #American hostages in Saudi prisons. https://t.co/EtaAan4M17
— Ali AlAhmed (@AliAlAhmed_en) October 14, 2020
They’re angrier about this (or pretending to be angrier about this) than the fact that 800 Americans are dying a day for absolutely no good reason. But that’s because they truly do not care if you or someone you love dies. https://t.co/cJH6VjqV82
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 15, 2020
re: #166 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
WTAF? I didn’t watch the hearings, so can anyone tell me what she’s talking about? I live in her state, so I could send her a blistering email at least.
HUG FOR A HIJACK! FEINSTEIN *PRAISES* POWER GRAB
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) showered Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) with praise as the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett wrapped on Thursday with little drama, standing in sharp contrast to the contentious and acrimonious hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh that nearly blew up the Senate in 2018…
While Feinstein echoed other Democrats in opposing Barrett, the top Democrat on the committee took a more conciliatory tone throughout the hearing, welcoming her warmly as questioning began on Tuesday. “It’s wonderful to see you here,” Feinstein told Barrett.
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 15, 2020
Golf Weekend! https://t.co/r0RkXgvetq
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 15, 2020
Why hasn’t Twitter suspended Rudy’s account?
The photo below is a screenshot of a text message from Hunter Biden to his daughter, Naomi Biden, on January 3, 2019.
This describes the amount kicked back to the Boss, Joe Biden, as happens in every organized crime group.
My observations here: https://t.co/1SAwTyEwk9 pic.twitter.com/BK6DTIhT0B— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) October 15, 2020
re: #179 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #180 The Pie Overlord!
Why hasn’t Twitter suspended Rudy’s account?
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I don’t know a whole lot about Hunter, but that doesn’t sound like anything anyone in the Biden family would write.
Just asked a Dem senator about Demand Justice’s call for Dianne Feinstein to step down as ranking Dem on the Judiciary Committee after her handling of Barrett’s hearing.
“It’s very hard to watch a colleague in decline. That this is occurring publicly is even harder.”— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) October 15, 2020
re: #183 Belafon
I don’t know a whole lot about Hunter, but that doesn’t sound like anything anyone in the Biden family would write.
But it’s a screen shot…of a text message with no verifiable information…and Rudy says it’s legit!
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re: #183 Belafon
I don’t know a whole lot about Hunter, but that doesn’t sound like anything anyone in the Biden family would write.
it’s not even believable fiction
re: #180 The Pie Overlord!
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“I believed when I entered the White House grounds, that I had entered a safe zone, due to the testing that I and many others underwent every day,” Christie said. https://t.co/rL5vc2Eurh
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 15, 2020
[rudy] I JUST FOUND ANOTHER ONE! [/rudy]
Dear Dad,
I really like how we are corrupt and stuff, we are a good crime family.
Looking forward to criming with you again soon.
Your son,
Hunter
This baby was photographed in colour during the Great War in 1915. The photographer is unknown and the autochrome currents rests with the George Eastman House Collection. If currently alive, the infant would now be 106 years old. A reminder of the transience of being. pic.twitter.com/mIM3gYqotl
— BabelColour 🎞 (@StuartHumphryes) October 14, 2020
Asked about Redfield and Fauci criticism, Atlas says some on the task force have “other motivations” and some may “feel their own stature is threatened.” https://t.co/qjfhoZoCp5
— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) October 15, 2020
Yeah, I’m sure it’s that they feel threatened by a moron.
re: #180 The Pie Overlord!
Why hasn’t Twitter suspended Rudy’s account?
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That text message looks fake as hell.
re: #183 Belafon
I don’t know a whole lot about Hunter, but that doesn’t sound like anything anyone in the Biden family would write.
I don’t either, but on general principles, I’d dismiss this as bullshit: mainly just because it’s coming from Rudy Giuliani…..
re: #180 The Pie Overlord!
Is this in any way actionable by Hunter Biden? I hope so.
re: #194 Jay C
I don’t either, but on general principles, I’d dismiss this as bullshit:
mainlyjust because it’s coming from Rudy Giuliani…..
Rudy went from someone at one point I hoped could put the GOP in a more modern direction to someone who is nothing but a presidential henchman. I never liked him too much but I had hoped that his then relative social moderation would do them some good.
re: #189 Dread Pirate Ron
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then you’re an idiot chris
testing tells you whether you got it
it wont keep you from getting it - sheesh
re: #195 Jebediah, RBG
Is this in any way actionable by Hunter Biden? I hope so.
I have to think so. I dunno if you can define Hunter as a public figure or even if that matters here but it’s disgraceful what they’re doing to him. The guy has struggled with addiction and loss. I know him and Beau were very close.
re: #189 Dread Pirate Ron
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Oh Look! It’s another wingnut who suddenly cares about stuff when it affects him!
Oops….
GOP’s Sen. Sasse says Trump mistreats women, flirts with white supremacy and secretly mocks evangelicals
Sen. Ben Sasse eviscerated President Trump during a phone call with constituents in which the Nebraska Republican accused the president of cozying up to dictators, mistreating women, flirting with white supremacists and irresponsibly handling the coronavirus pandemic.
Sasse’s comments were disclosed by the Washington Examiner, which obtained an audio recording of the call, a campaign telephone townhall with Nebraska voters. Sasse’s spokesman verified that the reporting was accurate, but declined to answer more specific questions such as when the call happened.
re: #198 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I have to think so. I dunno if you can define Hunter as a public figure or even if that matters here but it’s disgraceful what they’re doing to him. The guy has struggled with addiction and loss. I know him and Beau were very close.
Biden is a very forgiving kind of person but I think that people messing with his family would cross the line with him
re: #197 dangerman
then you’re an idiot chris
testing tells you whether you got it
it wont keep you from getting it - sheesh
NOT testing keeps one from getting it, or so we’ve been assured…
re: #199 b.d. (Enough!)
Oh Look! It’s another wingnut who suddenly cares about stuff when it affects him!
That’s my principle problems with Republicans and conservatives in general. It’s all bootstraps and personal responsibility until it happens to them.
re: #198 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
If it were my call I would say no, he isn’t a public figure, at least not by choice anyway. It seems it would be profoundly unfair if the flying monkey squads could pick a non-public person, slander the shit out of them, and then say that person is a public figure because we spent months publicly abusing the person.
Luckily this whole gang of assholes have been committing so many clearcut crimes that they will hopefully get theirs (prison, I hope) eventually.
re: #201 b.d. (Enough!)
Biden is a very forgiving kind of person but I think that people messing with his family would cross the line with him
Yeah i can’t imagine. I give him a lot of credit for being restraint in not bringing up Vanky, Dumbo Jr, & Eric’s nepotism.
“Over capacity” - haven’t seen that error message from Twitter in quite a while. Made me miss the fail whale. Poor fail whale with his sad tail.
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
NOT testing keeps one from getting it, or so we’ve been assured…
then if you get sick and/or die it must be from something else
The Adelsons have donated $75 million to Republicans’ reelection effort: https://t.co/dgI1SS18tT
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) October 15, 2020
re: #204 Jebediah, RBG
If it were my call I would say no, he isn’t a public figure, at least not by choice anyway. It seems it would be profoundly unfair if the flying monkey squads could pick a non-public person, slander the shit out of them, and then say that person is a public figure because we spent months publicly abusing the person.
Luckily this whole gang of assholes have been committing so many clearcut crimes that they will hopefully get theirs (prison, I hope) eventually.
I think not either. I’ve only seen him speak once honestly and it was just introducing his Dad with his sister. I sympathize with the guy knowing what I know about what he’s experienced. Not just the car accident as a child but his brother and addiction. I’m just sick of the slandering of him. He’s not gonna be on CNN nightly or on Twitter bashing his father’s opponents or pushing conspiracy shit. He’s trying to live in recovery which I know from second hand experience is difficult.
re: #196 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Rudy went from someone at one point I hoped could put the GOP in a more modern direction to someone who is nothing but a presidential henchman. I never liked him too much but I had hoped that his then relative social moderation would do them some good.
I remember when he was Mayor of New York: he was always held up as some sort of “New Model Republican” because he tempered his badge-sniffing racist neofascism by not signing on to the bulk of stock GOP prejudice-mongering; but it was all vaporware. Rudy was just another cronyistic hack: re-elected mainly because his D opponent was even worse: by 2001 (inflated 9/11 “heroics” notwithstanding) the City was pretty done with him. But 20 years on, his descent into ludicrous mega-hackery has been sad to see.
That said, fuck Rudy with rusty farm implements. Sideways. Twice.
“We extend our best wishes. We extend our best wishes, which is more than they did to me, but that’s OK,” President Trump says after Sen. Kamala Harris’s communications director and a flight crew member tested positive for coronavirus.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 15, 2020
This is a lie. Why are you typing up and distributing Trump’s lies without noting they are lies? pic.twitter.com/vABbEJiXdy
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) October 15, 2020
😱While most Americans locked down due to the highly contagious #coronavirus, Tiffany “Grifter Barbie” Trump partied with her MASKLESS friends.
Let’s get rid of these reckless grifters.#ByeTiffany @MeidasTouch #TrumpCrimeFamily #VOTE
pic.twitter.com/e5nET8OGTp— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) October 15, 2020
re: #214 Jay C
I remember when he was Mayor of New York: he was always held up as some sort of “New Model Republican” because he tempered his badge-sniffing racist neofascism by not signing on to the bulk of stock GOP prejudice-mongering; but it was all vaporware. Rudy was just another cronyistic hack: re-elected mainly because his D opponent was even worse: by 2001 (inflated 9/11 “heroics” notwithstanding) the City was pretty done with him. But 20 years on, his descent into ludicrous mega-hackery has been sad to see.
That said, fuck Rudy with rusty farm implements. Sideways. Twice.
Yeah I’m sad to say I fell for a little of that. Being the Republican that would host SNL and make cameos in Adam Sandler movies did that to me but by the 2004 RNC, it was obvious to me that he was milking 9/11. And Biden funnily enough called him out on it with the famous noun, verb, 9/11 one liner.
Whatever’s happening at Twitter, it’s worldwide. Kind of looks like a deliberate attack - it’s been down for more than 20 minutes now.
Wait, wait, wait.
That’s a text message… which was “recovered”… from a laptop. Riiiiiight.
I feel like third shift at the Moscow Cabbage Processing Plant and Troll Factory #2 isn’t really putting a lot of effort into it.
Bad Sergei, no vodka. pic.twitter.com/AjIfBufjeB— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 15, 2020
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Not only did Biden and Harris do it, their surrogates did as well. Trump can’t beat Biden and that’s what got him impeached.
Does Trump charge him greens fees?
— Kim (@KT2851) October 15, 2020
Averaged as a whole, the September 2020 global land and ocean surface temperature was the highest for September in the 141-year record at 0.97°C (1.75°F) above the 20th century average of 15.0°C (59.0°F). This value surpassed the previous record set in 2015 and, again in 2016, by only 0.02°C (0.04°F). The month of September 2020 marked the 44th consecutive September and the 429th consecutive month with temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th century average. The ten warmest Septembers have occurred since 2005, while the seven warmest Septembers have occurred in the last seven years (2014-2020).
re: #218 Charles Johnson
Whatever’s happening at Twitter, it’s worldwide. Kind of looks like a deliberate attack - it’s been down for more than 20 minutes now.
Someone’s really pissed about Twitter’s recent posture.
I guess I should not have tweeted the sekrit Masonic codes to the Vatican vault…
Also, my FB is acting up. Looks like it’s been hacked.
Did President Pissface beg Master Vlad to shut down Twitter?
Inquiring Minds want to know!
re: #218 Charles Johnson
Whatever’s happening at Twitter, it’s worldwide. Kind of looks like a deliberate attack - it’s been down for more than 20 minutes now.
Someone is not happy about having their lies pointed out and stopped.
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Does Trump really think no one will remember what really happened - what? just three two weeks ago? Or recall that Joe and Jill Biden’s response to the Trump Family Infection was a sincere and classy statement of well-wishes?
re: #227 Barefoot Grin
FB is working for me.
Well, folks, @KamalaHarris and I watched some of President Trump’s remarks from the campaign trail — and it went just as you’d imagine. We wanted to take a moment to clear up some of the lies he’s been saying about us. pic.twitter.com/QWqXp3qdSD
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 15, 2020
re: #232 Backwoods_Sleuth
I do agree that mocking Trump is all we can do, given that the Trumpers will not budge one bit.
thread:
A huge part of the ACA is the rule that bars insurance companies from dumping Americans with “preexisting conditions.” Well, in 1787, our founders were not thinking about this. Why? The term didn’t exist yet, and neither did the insurance companies to refuse to cover them. (2/10)
— Wendell Potter (@wendellpotter) October 15, 2020
OK, this sounds like a guy who’s just losing it. Claiming that China pays the tariffs was factually wrong but had some surface plausibility. This makes no sense at all — and won’t persuade anyone who isn’t already deep in the cult https://t.co/D7m0K6ZKoj
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 15, 2020
re: #231 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
FB is working for me.
Good to know. OTOH, I’ve had a notice for weeks that I need to update to a newer browser, so that my be it.
re: #234 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I do agree that mocking Trump is all we can do, given that the Trumpers will not budge one bit.
It was good though. It didn’t just mock him but pointed out how badly he’s handled the pandemic.
re: #239 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Just caught that. Biden has good ad people.
I hope they view what they do as a Patriotic Duty. Cause it is.
re: #195 Jebediah, RBG
Is this in any way actionable by Hunter Biden? I hope so.
One may hope. I don’t know whether he’d be considered a public figure or not. On the other hand, I’d think that would be libelous even if he is.
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s a great illustration at how absurd originalism really is.
re: #197 dangerman
then you’re an idiot chris
testing tells you whether you got it
it wont keep you from getting it - sheesh
He’s living in the big red Fox bubble that preserves him from facts.
re: #235 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
But 100 ballots, in with hundreds of other pieces of mail, In an area with thousands of residents, thousands of residents, doesn’t suggest a plot to affect the election to me.
Also—
The ballots, yet to be filled out, were on their way to prospective voters
Sorry, FB is indeed because of my browser. I have an out of date MacBook Air and am so behind on updating OS. I’m not sure it can take the memory requirements. It’s Yo-semite 10.10.5. What’s the best update for Mac folks?
I mean when you watch Trump talk about the ACA. It’s clear that his only problem with it is who wrote it because he has no real arguments against it. Just that it’s bad and I can do better. That’s what all his arguments really are.
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wasn’t there something about the government requiring sailors to pay into a health care system?
re: #248 Barefoot Grin
Sorry, FB is indeed because of my browser. I have an out of date MacBook Air and am so behind on updating OS. I’m not sure it can take the memory requirements. It’s Yo-semite 10.10.5. What’s the best update for Mac folks?
I am on Mojave and it seems to work pretty well. MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz i7, 16 GB ram, mid 2012
Let’s all chip-in and fire Lindsey Graham and elect Jaime Harrison to counter the money Nikki is bringing in for Lindsey! I’ll start us off with a donation! Who’s with me? https://t.co/Il2GsZ28x6
— Stephen Groves (@stephengrovesjr) October 15, 2020
re: #243 Teddy’s Person ✌
I wonder if Judge Barrett knows that abortion wasn’t illegal when the Constitution was written. Many of the founders probably knew where to find a midwife that would provide herbs to bring on menses.
Maybe the Founders didn’t know but their wives did.
re: #218 Charles Johnson
“If twitter won’t allow us to post propanda, then no-one is allowed to post anything.” - russian hackers, probably.
re: #252 Jebediah, RBG
I am on Mojave and it seems to work pretty well. MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz i7, 16 GB ram, mid 2012
I don’t put a lot of demands on my memory, and mine is 2014. I’ll give it a go.
When you’re already full, but the food is too delicious 🙈😋https://t.co/CC9ex9gQG5 pic.twitter.com/h8Ly18oDHJ
— Animal Life (@animalIife) August 30, 2020
re: #250 Belafon
Wasn’t there something about the government requiring sailors to pay into a health care system?
Why yes there was…and there was a Government MANDATE that was signed into law by John Adams!
An Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen[1] was passed by the 5th Congress. It was signed by President John Adams on July 16, 1798. The Act authorized the deduction of twenty cents per month from the wages of seamen, for the sole purpose of funding medical care for sick and disabled seamen, as well as building additional hospitals for the treatment of seamen.[1] While some argue this is the first Federal individual mandate levied on individuals for health insurance,[2] preceding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), passed in early 2010, by nearly 212 years; others would point to the fact that this law solely regulated employers engaged in interstate and foreign commerce, and was enacted as a matter of national security.[3]
Well, I can’t see a single tweet so I’m assuming Victorians have crashed twitter as they celebrate getting down to 2 new cases and no new deaths.
— Amy Gray (@_AmyGray_) October 15, 2020
Tweetdeck hasn’t updated for over an hour.
As current NBC talent, I’m proud of our entire #thisisus cast for taking a stand and signing this. Tonight I will be watching @JoeBiden on @ABC. https://t.co/4JL3DM1Vvs
— Mandy Moore (@TheMandyMoore) October 15, 2020
re: #189 Dread Pirate Ron
Uh huh. Just like only their medical insurance matters, their mistresses abortions matter, their retirement matters, their religion is the best… It’s still fuck anybody else. Business as usual.
If he was an average guy, he’d probably be expired at this point. Nobody else gets that kind of pre-emptive care and monitoring with COVID. I was hoping he’d be a little more woke from this, but no.
re: #53 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I say this as a Californian… Feinstein should have retired in 2018, if not in 2012. She’s been in the Senate since I was a freshman in high school, which at this point is about 2/3 of my life.
the mango moron must be going through withdrawal symptoms right about now.
re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth
the mango moron must be going through withdrawal symptoms right about now.
the 2020 version of the “DTs” so to speak….
“It shall be unlawful for…Members of Congress, to solicit or receive a donation of money or other thing of value in connection with a Federal election, while in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties.” 18 USC 607
— lupus warrior 🔃(@🏡) riding with Biden (@LeslieTurn2) October 15, 2020
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
Judge Barrett, do I have a right to anesthesia before surgery? Because anesthesia didn’t exist yet when the constitution was written.
re: #267 Ace Rothstein
Judge Barrett, do I have a right to anesthesia before surgery? Because anesthesia didn’t exist yet when the constitution was written.
I’m eager to hear about what the Founders thought about the regulation of telephone service.
Lots of strong reactions to DiFi.
This is abominable. Aside from everything else making this nomination a sham, Graham violated the quorum rule. And Feinstein praises him for his corrupt leadership? What a disgraceful thing. https://t.co/sPJUVblmjM
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 15, 2020
re: #268 calochortus
I’m eager to hear about what the Founders thought about the regulation of telephone service.
The Founders probably wouldn’t be too keen on the whole standing professional military with posts around the world… but yet, here we are.
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jack should say “It’s my fucking company. Anything else?”
re: #254 The Pie Overlord!
When the Constitution was written white women were firmly 2nd class citizens with no need to further subjugate them. They were already firmly under the control of white men.
But now it is perceived by our right wing that women threaten a man’s “natural” position of power and authority. Forcing women into servitude by pregnancy is one way of returning them to their “proper” roles as men’s support system and baby incubators. It doesn’t matter if rape or incest is the source of the pregnancy- all that matters is that the woman is now legally bound to the man as his heir machine esp. if that means having to give up an education or good job in order to do it.
And that is what their is really about.
re: #271 Charles Johnson
Wow, Twitter’s still biting the bag.
Is twitter being down really a bad thing?
everybody used to smile at me. when i passed them on my walks. but now i can’t tell if they are or not. i hope they still are
— Thoughts of Dog® (@dog_feelings) October 15, 2020
I’m looking through my pocket Constitution and I can’t find the part that talks about the internet.
re: #274 KGxvi
Is twitter being down really a bad thing?
Not really. Except it looks like an attack, and that’s not so great.
re: #273 Florida Panhandler
When the Constitution was written white women were firmly 2nd class citizens with no need to further subjugate them. They were already firmly under the control of white men.
But now it is perceived by our right wing that women threaten a man’s “natural” position of power and authority. Forcing women into servitude by pregnancy is one way of returning them to their “proper” roles as men’s support system and baby incubators. It doesn’t matter if rape or incest is the source of the pregnancy- all that matters is that the woman is now legally bound to the man as his heir machine esp. if that means having to give up an education or good job in order to do it.
And that is what their is really about.
The philosophy she espouses was developed by conservative, old white dudes for the benefit of conservative, old white dudes.
re: #276 Ace Rothstein
I’m looking through my pocket Constitution and I can’t find the part that talks about the internet.
Gosh, I can’t find anything in the Constitution about the Air Force, either!
re: #267 Ace Rothstein
Judge Barrett, do I have a right to anesthesia before surgery? Because anesthesia didn’t exist yet when the constitution was written.
Not true, they had opium and it was legal.
This is Jaeger. He tried to get up the step. He really did. Does not want your help. Just gonna take a nap and figure it out later. 12/10 pic.twitter.com/8d7PmLwD69
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) October 14, 2020
re: #282 Charles Johnson
I think it’s my fault. I broke Twitter.
How do we nominate you for the Nobel Peace Prize?
re: #286 KGxvi
How do we nominate you for the Nobel Peace Prize?
He’ll be the most famous guy on the planet, after Jesus.
Oh noes! Twitter isn’t accepting my profound, intriguing and thought provoking mind farts!!
What am I supposed to do when Twitter has an outage?
Stop tweeting long enough to rule the world with justice and benevolence?
I don’t friggin’ think so.— God (@TheTweetOfGod) October 15, 2020
re: #280 🌹UOJB!
Damn it! I’ve been looking through my pocket constitution and can’t find the part about drunk driving laws!
At least with Twitter down Trump is silenced for awhile.
I’m deciding which town hall to watch tonight. I’m thinking Bidens. I can find out about Trumps trainwreck after the fact.
Well, I wrote Senator Feinstein about embracing the enemy. TL:DR below.
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I dropped my ballot in an official drop box this morning. Not that my Biden/Harris vote will make a big difference here in liberal CA, but it still feels good.
Bonus: I ran into a friend I haven’t seen in months and we had a lovely properly masked and distanced outdoor chat.
🚨Breaking: North Carolina state court REJECTS Republican effort to rewrite the absentee ballot rules to allow them greater ability to challenge. Court affirms State’s prior guidance.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) October 15, 2020
I voiced my “displeasure” as well when I called Feinstein’s office…
I wish I thought this would make them angry and not that much more determined to show “fairness.” pic.twitter.com/ueeUj8XG14
— Schooley (@Rschooley) October 15, 2020
re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth
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We know what will happen with the asskissers at NBC.
60 minutes of questions about Hunter Biden…along with NBC anchors begging for Trump’s forgiveness…
re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth
President Trump, just how much do you love America, anyway?
re: #294 Eclectic Cyborg
At least with Twitter down Trump is silenced for awhile.
I’m deciding which town hall to watch tonight. I’m thinking Bidens. I can find out about Trumps trainwreck after the fact.
Given the choice between DT and Biden… well, really, there’s no question. Unless you’re into self-abuse (of the non-pleasurable variety).
This @propublica story, on the fall of the CDC, is also about the fall of so much more.
In crushing detail it chronicles what we have squandered and how weak we have become while gutting truth, science and principle.https://t.co/jwvfqP5Ou5— Ken Armstrong (@bykenarmstrong) October 15, 2020
re: #300 🌹UOJB!
We know what will happen with the asskissers at NBC.
60 minutes of questions about Hunter Biden…along with NBC anchors begging for Trump’s forgiveness…
It’s a town hall. They don’t control the questions.
Honestly, it would probably be a good thing if Twitter was down from now until after the election.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) October 15, 2020
re: #304 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
It’s a town hall. They don’t control the questions.
They kind of control which questions are selected.
re: #307 NetworkKed
They kind of control which questions are selected.
To some extent, maybe. Did you read the “summary” of the questions he expected? Or the part that he thinks NBC anchors would play?
Twitter is down and honestly it’s the best part of my day.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 15, 2020
It is down https://t.co/mCjo6oVvJ1
— 🇺🇸VincentWandersAimlessly🇺🇸 (@VWAimlessly) October 15, 2020
Get your shit together, Twitter.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 15, 2020
People being mad at twitter being down…
Good
NEW: The @SCDP tells me they’ve filed a formal ethics complaint against @LindseyGrahamSC for comments he made soliciting funds for his campaign after yesterday’s #BarrettHearing.
My story:https://t.co/BcxRoAeBEq— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) October 15, 2020
BREAKING: Colorado is seeing record turnout. As of yesterday, over 300,000 Coloradans have voted, which is 24 times more than at this point in 2016.
— Jena Griswold (@JenaGriswold) October 15, 2020
re: #263 KGxvi
I say this as a Californian… Feinstein should have retired in 2018, if not in 2012. She’s been in the Senate since I was a freshman in high school, which at this point is about 2/3 of my life.
I am still, and will always be, grateful that she ignored the “fiscal conservatives” and spent $10 million of taxpayer funds doing an earthquake retrofit of Candlestick Park.
When Loma Prieta happened, it was clear she’d saved about 20,000 lives.
#BoycottNBC #BoycottMSNBC #BoycottTrumpTownHall pic.twitter.com/KdwHoyQFD8
— Debra Messing✍🏻 (@DebraMessing) October 15, 2020
A reminder: Mohamed Osmun Mohamud (the “Christmas tree bomber”) is currently serving a 30-year sentence in a federal penitentiary after being convicted under very similar circumstances.https://t.co/mmWNNrffQR https://t.co/YcPBYAlYFE
— David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) October 15, 2020
At this afternoon’s VR session I got to plug a visiting Florida Lady into her absentee voting process via friends at the Dem club in Bay County. Getting out a Florida vote is twice as much GOTV.
Furthermore, a representative for the Michigan attorney general’s office said this morning that they have an ”indication” that Wohl might have broken his bond agreement. pic.twitter.com/A8fmXW42hw
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) October 15, 2020
My ballot in Colorado has been counted! pic.twitter.com/f6YcK7tTPX
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) October 15, 2020
re: #316 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wohl is an idiot. He’s going to have a long time to think about spending his early 20’s being a Trump lackey.
Expect a formal inquiry from my office.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 15, 2020
Trump aides delivered stark warning to the president in December: “Your friend Rudy has been worked by Russian assets in Ukraine”https://t.co/28A9uhJFwU
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) October 15, 2020
U.S. intelligence agencies warned the White House last year that President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani was the target of an influence operation by Russian intelligence, according to four former officials familiar with the matter.
Trump had “shrugged his shoulders” at O’Brien’s warning, the former official said, and dismissed concern about his lawyer’s activities by saying, “That’s Rudy.”
lol, he knew
re: #320 b.d. (Enough!)
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lol, he knew
He only cared that Rudy was giving him disinfo on Biden.
re: #317 teleskiguy
My ballot in Colorado has been counted!
And here they’ve been saying you’re no ‘count.
Donald Trump Throwing Face Masks Into A Rally Crowd Becomes A Mocking Meme https://t.co/nG99ndTkUE pic.twitter.com/osV78cY0rJ
— R. Saddler 🌊 Join A Phone Bank (@Politics_PR) October 15, 2020
re: #310 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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…spokesman Kevin Bishop said Graham was merely responding to reporters’ questions. Bishop also said he was “confident any reasonable person will see that any possible violation was unintentional and does not represent a pattern of behavior.”
Yes, I often unintentionally provide my campaign website address along with the words “if you want to help me close the gap — LindseyGrahamdotcom — a little bit goes a long way”
A mere slip of the tongue; a “mispeak” if you will…
edited to remove the link to his fucking website.
re: #258 🌹UOJB!
Why yes there was…and there was a Government MANDATE that was signed into law by John Adams!
An Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen[1] was passed by the 5th Congress. It was signed by President John Adams on July 16, 1798. The Act authorized the deduction of twenty cents per month from the wages of seamen, for the sole purpose of funding medical care for sick and disabled seamen, as well as building additional hospitals for the treatment of seamen.[1] While some argue this is the first Federal individual mandate levied on individuals for health insurance,[2] preceding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), passed in early 2010, by nearly 212 years; others would point to the fact that this law solely regulated employers engaged in interstate and foreign commerce, and was enacted as a matter of national security.[3]
Health care is a matter of national security.
re: #251 GlutenFreeJesus
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I hate, loathe and despise Down Detector with the heat of a billion suns.
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re: #324 BeachDem
…spokesman Kevin Bishop said Graham was merely responding to reporters’ questions. Bishop also said he was “confident any reasonable person will see that any possible violation was unintentional and does not represent a pattern of behavior.”
Yes, I often unintentionally provide my campaign website address along with the words “if you want to help me close the gap — lindseygraham.com — a little bit goes a long way”
A mere slip of the tongue; a “mispeak” if you will…
Suppose it was maybe physically impossible for Graham to say “soliciting funds from here is strictly forbidden, so I won’t answer such questions while I am engaged in official business.”
re: #328 Backwoods_Sleuth
Will not watch one second of Emperor Tang.
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