With the 2020 election underway, John Oliver explains how the Trump administration has handled asylum seekers over the past four years, why it matters, and what we can do about it.
One of the biggest newspapers in the state knows we can win this.
Donate now to make sure we #SendLindseyHome: https://t.co/EWEByCHw1y— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) October 26, 2020
It’s one of the things that angers me the most about the administration. Their cruel attitude to people who just want a better life here.
LOL “feet” https://t.co/OGbh18doDW
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2020
A non-shock situation along the Potomac makes for an excellent read.
A Virginia state senator found headstones on his property. It brought to light a historic injustice in D.C., by Gregory Schneider, WaPo
Of COURSE it was a historic black cemetery that was (not well) dug up to make way for development, and of COURSE the markers were sold as scrap and used for riprap along the Potomac farm this senator purchased. When he found the some of the tombstones, he got busy, and the Virginia/Maryland governments and non-profits got together to fix the situation. Inspiring in result; disgusting in cause.
THIS!!! Wait for it 😭❤️😭 pic.twitter.com/RFgzU4wyWm
— Jay Arnold 🎬 (@jadedcreative) October 25, 2020
It’s difficult to express how depressing it is that anyone would actually need to have this obvious bullshit explained to them. https://t.co/RfmvajJkY5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2020
putting aside my snarky comments for a moment to simply say you are one evil motherfucker.
Your actions (and inactions) have killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.
When this is over there needs to be a Nuremberg Trials for Covid profiteers and deniers https://t.co/8Ml4tF9nMw— Matt 🎃swalt (@MattOswaltVA) October 26, 2020
re: #2 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It’s one of the things that angers me the most about the administration. Their cruel attitude to people who just want a better life here.
If they wanted a policy of deterrence (which I disagree with) I could at least accept it if it were directed at only adults. But making children suffer separation as a “deterrent method” is sick and inhumane.
And every one of those separated children should be hung around a Republican’s neck to remind us of the party that backed this policy.
re: #3 Charles Johnson
I don’t know what the story was but based on some comments it sounded as though this might have been a play on words.
Don’t forget to report the tweet below, under harmful/intending to suppress voting.
The video has been doctored by this scumbag from the Trump campaign (video being the only area in which they’ve relied on any doctoring of any kind in a year) https://t.co/BXjTRi3EHJ— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 26, 2020
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If got want to know why he’s losing, look no further. He has no interest in fixing this.
re: #10 nines09
CL’d. Miss her civility and compassion.
That final picture is just darling. Those eyes, that tongue. Squeeeeeeee!!!
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And Francis’s candidate thought there were airports in the revolutionary war but go ahead, act like this is proof Biden is senile while you support the Covefe King.
Yard signs in Columbia, South Carolina pic.twitter.com/MvWAZvXusI
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) October 26, 2020
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This is a damn lie.
But that won’t stop them
This is the kind of unethical crap they do to spread false narratives.@JoeBiden was responding to a direct question from @georgelopez.
I know because I was there. https://t.co/eBYpEXqicl pic.twitter.com/3BP7zL2Cle— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) October 26, 2020
I would just submit to you that the only reason Jared is a real life boy right now is because he wanted it it so bad he willed it to happen. pic.twitter.com/PLd4qlQBmE
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) October 26, 2020
If Trump was a Maine guy in my little town, we’d say, “What a dink.”
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 26, 2020
…wow. Amazing he can talk at all with that gigantic silver spoon in his mouth. https://t.co/UrwSdJIzoF
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) October 26, 2020
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Pampered brat who owes everything he has to his daddy and father in law should shut up.
Yeah he’s clearly talking to George Lopez.
His envy of much-beloved Obama runneth over. https://t.co/9OnEXSy9Sg
— Teri Carter (@teri_atthepaper) October 26, 2020
Obama really got under his skin. Good.
re: #25 jaunte
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Obama really got under his skin. Good.
He’s so jealous because 100 years from now, the name Obama will be fondly remembered and the name Trump if it’s remembered will be as the asshole who ignored a pandemic.
The toe tapping trump Grandma is the tits.
I need a meme that conveys so much more than “it’s getting weird” https://t.co/51PZ3vtHyP
— Ira Madison III (@ira) October 26, 2020
re: #26 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He’s so jealous because 100 years from now, the name Obama will be fondly remembered and the name Trump if it’s remembered will be as the asshole who ignored a pandemic.
Either that or Trump will be remembered as the president who destroyed our nation, and restored China to its rightful place as supreme ruler of the world, at least until climate change devastates our planet and most of society perishes.
At his second Pennsylvania event today, Trump is repeating his usual false claims about the US record at the WTO, the contents of the Green New Deal, how long it takes and used to take to get highways approved, and stores saying Merry Christmas.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 26, 2020
At his second PA event, Trump repeats his false claim that Gov. Tom Wolf is in charge of the ballots, his false claim that Wolf has the state shut down, and his threat - a bit vaguer this time - to “remember” that Wolf (allegedly) made it hard for him to get a rally site.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 26, 2020
re: #28 Hecuba’s daughter
Either that or Trump will be remembered as the president who destroyed our nation, and restored China to its rightful place as supreme ruler of the world, at least until climate change devastates our planet and most of society perishes.
Either way he’s not gonna be remembered fondly here. He is what he is. A fuck up who had no business being president.
jeebus
Trump in Lititz, Pennsylvania: “We’re not developed … we want to be a ‘developing nation’ also.” pic.twitter.com/1iAmFxkRbt
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 26, 2020
re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
oooh, lookie…there’s an “Amish” guy
re: #11 Hecuba’s daughter
I don’t know what the story was but based on some comments it sounded as though this might have been a play on words.
Apparently the Hunter Biden sex tape was leaked and it involves a footjob while smoking crack. I guess Hunter will never be president…
Trump tells a long story about the 2016 election, then explains to the crowd what Byron York, a “very good writer” and “great political guy,” has been writing about how much enthusiasm there is for him this time, such as the boat parades, “and cars, and tractors, and trucks.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 26, 2020
re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
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Does … does he understand what a “developing” nation is? Of course, thanks to him, we effectively ARE a developing nation now.
re: #37 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Better than Trump, who is now claiming that we should be a developing country, and not a developed country.
It’s clear he doesn’t know or care what those terms mean.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) October 26, 2020
re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
Thanks, asshole. My daughter works at the hospital in Lancaster.
She’s going to be cleaning up the mess you leave behind.
Our Twin Cities mayors — Mayor Frey and his wife Sarah and Mayor Carter and his wife Sakeena — welcomed Frida and Amila into the world in the last few months. Check out their shirts— they have a message for you. Just vote! pic.twitter.com/SjNNevETLq
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) October 26, 2020
I think it matters if an individual wrote $35 million dollars worth of checks to influence the makeup of our United States Supreme Court to know whether they had business before the Court. pic.twitter.com/ebYpetRfxU
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) October 26, 2020
The number of federal prosecutions for child sex trafficking “has significantly declined during the Trump Administration,” a new report by @TRACReports finds. https://t.co/lE4z0WAdBE pic.twitter.com/rMZiyklDvW
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) October 26, 2020
jfc
Pres Trump in PA on COVID: “Then one day you get it. And, that’s OK. You get better. We have such great, I think, cures.”
Note: More than 225,000 Americans have died from COVID. And, spikes are happening in a number of states.
Trump’s closing message is COVID isn’t that bad.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 26, 2020
👀
The Christian Broadcasting Network is Worried That Witches Cast a Spell on Trump https://t.co/6fv66cReSi pic.twitter.com/AXkqb0W55A
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) October 26, 2020
re: #7 Teddy’s Person ✌
Teddy now has access to his chair. Things are starting to return to normal in Teddyland.
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He’s not smiling. Perhaps a treat is in order?
re: #45 sagehen
He’s not smiling. Perhaps a treat is in order?
AND an official hug, Pat, smooch for him from every LGF auntie and uncle!
re: #45 sagehen
He’s not smiling. Perhaps a treat is in order?
Oh, he got a couple of treats and a kiss on the noggin. He’s still a bit out of sorts over the whole dislocated hip and surgery thing.
This fucking guy
How does “cuckold to a celebutant” eclipse the Mona Lisa and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel https://t.co/4V2G1BiCZh
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) October 26, 2020
re: #42 Dread Pirate Ron
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How does this fit with Q’s stated goal of reducing child trafficking?
It doesn’t.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
oooh, lookie…there’s an “Amish” guy
Or a couple members of the EarthQuakers band.
Once again, my friend from Wisconsin is beside herself because Trump and Pence are both coming to her home state this week, and apparently the Biden campaign is not paying a visit. She questions the wisdom of Biden going to Georgia, because she believes it’s out of reach. The real question is what 2016 Trump states does Biden have a realistic chance of winning.
re: #42 Dread Pirate Ron
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I heard he called. He wanted his forgiveness back. He said we are to stupid to use it’s power correctly.
— And The Wind Tweets: “I Couldn’t Care Less” (@DaveoutofAustin) October 26, 2020
re: #54 Hecuba’s daughter
Realistic chance: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Florida
Better chance than he should have: Georgia, Texas, Arizona.
re: #44 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The Christian Broadcasting Network is Worried That Witches Cast a Spell on Trump
They turned him into a Newt, and he hasn’t gotten better!
re: #58 Belafon
Realistic chance: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Florida
Better chance than he should have: Georgia, Texas, Arizona.
And the only reason Florida isn’t blue is because of the despicable poll tax that prevents released “poor” felons from voting.
Hey @madrid_mike @ProjectLincoln - Trump’s final argument in PA is “if I win, and people in this state need federal help, I’m gonna tell pennsylvania to drop dead.” Trump literally just told the whole state - Trump fans, Biden supporters, non voters -they will suffer if he wins. https://t.co/81nBCfCDF0
— Kurt “Mask Up, Vote Early” Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 26, 2020
And this fucking guy.
Trump: “You know they throw away ballots if it has the name Trump on it.” pic.twitter.com/BgLL9v73l9
— The Recount (@therecount) October 26, 2020
re: #61 ckkatz
Hey madrid mike Project Lincoln - Trump’s final argument in PA is “if I win, and people in this state need federal help, I’m gonna tell pennsylvania to drop dead.” Trump literally just told the whole state - Trump fans, Biden supporters, non voters -they will suffer if he wins.
True believers know that he will recognize them, single them out and send them a personally signed relief check.
re: #62 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And this fucking guy.
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I want him hanged for all he’s done to forment unrest. I mean it. He needs to face capital charges.
re: #65 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I want him hanged for all he’s done to ferment unrest. I mean it. He needs to face capital charges.
He does, but I would prefer he got to face them in prison, not at execution. I do worry about unrest if he is charged and tried, no matter what. So many crazies!
re: #62 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And this fucking guy.
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Projection, thy name is Donald J. Trump. We know for a fact that pro-Trump individuals have been disposing of ballots.
re: #62 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Trump: “You know they throw away ballots if it has the name Trump on it.”
I think he just tipped his hand there: he is going to try and claim massive voter fraud and destroyed/lost ballots and produce enough “evidence” to get Barr to launch an investigation to get results in those states thrown out until neither candidate can claim an EC majority
Remember, HE CANNOT OFFORD TO LOSE and he is a criminal who will stop at nothing to keep from losing.
re: #65 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I want him hanged for all he’s done to ferment unrest. I mean it. He needs to face capital charges.
foment
re: #66 retired cynic
He does, but I would prefer he got to face them in prison, not at execution. I do worry about unrest if he is charged and tried, no matter what. So many crazies!
LWP is fine.
re: #68 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I think he just tipped his hand there: he is going to try and claim massive voter fraud and destroyed/lost ballots and produce enough “evidence” to get Barr to launch an investigation to get results in those states thrown out until neither candidate can claim an EC majority
Remember, HE CANNOT OFFORD TO LOSE and he is a criminal who will stop at nothing to keep from losing.
He’s following the same old cycle: He says something ridiculous and stupid; the right-wing media latch onto it and whip it into a frenzy, with shoddy and dubious reporting and “sources”; it spreads to Facebook and other social media where wingnuts parrot it endlessly; the mainstream media pick it up and do a half-ass job of dragging the story through the mud; but now it’s been promoted by mainstream media, that means it must be true!
this is what misogyny looks like:
2016: Hillary too cold, calculating
2020: Harris laughs too much— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 26, 2020
“Kansas counties with mask mandates adding new infections at half the rate of state, analysis shows”https://t.co/eFdYDopTjq
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 26, 2020
I am still looking into this, but a few weeks ago, Jennifer Cohn was quoted on the Sarah Kendzior podcast identifying the Karl Rove ‘fuckery’ number as being about 2.5%. That is, that Karl Rove reportedly said that he could manipulate election results up to about 2.5%. This would match with Rick Wilson’s ‘fuckery’ number that Democrats need to win by over 5% in Florida in order to actually record a win in Florida.
Today, this twitter thread popped up:
(Edit to clarify) TL;DR - Red States appear to be affecting election outcomes by up to 2.5% each way through voter suppression and other dirty tricks. This may be the reason for the differences between polls and ‘official’ results in Red States. Blue states appear to be consistent between polling and results.
(1/18) Will American elections ever again be legitimate? …
— Thom Hartmann (@Thom_Hartmann) October 25, 2020
In particular this point:
(10/18) For example, in the 2016 election, the exit polls showed Hillary Clinton carrying Florida by 47.7 percent to Trump’s 46.4 percent, although the “actual” counted vote had Trump winning by 49.0 percent to 47.8 percent. Trump gained 2.5 percentage points . . . somehow. …
— Thom Hartmann (@Thom_Hartmann) October 25, 2020
re: #72 Dread Pirate Ron
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re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
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In a similar vein, the MDH (Minnesota Department of Health) said on today’s conference call with the governor that the rural Minnesota counties and young people who believe they are less vulnerable to severe illness are the major cause of community spread in our state. They are pleading with people to try to head off what’s happening in every other state around us by following the rules. In the places that ARE following the rules - the more urban areas - it’s working.
re: #74 ckkatz
I am still looking into this, but a few weeks ago, Jennifer Cohn was quoted on the Sarah Kendzior podcast identifying the Karl Rove ‘fuckery’ number as being about 2.5%. That is, that Karl Rove reportedly said that he could manipulate election results up to about 2.5%. This would match with Rick Wilson’s ‘fuckery’ number that Democrats need to win by over 5% in Florida in order to actually record a win in Florida.
Today, this twitter thread popped up:
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I’m assuming that 2.5% is mostly in the form of challenging ballots that weren’t properly filled out. Sort of 2000 recount redux where the scantron style circle wasn’t properly filled in or wrong color ink used or whatever?
thegreatpoolpondconversion - 201025 edition —————————————->
:Here Comes the Rain Again”
re: #42 Dread Pirate Ron
So QANON is lying when they claim Trump is all about going after child sex trafficking. Good to know.
Approximately 60,000 people are under evacuation orders in Irvine today. Map here for reference.
Lot of square footage under evacuation is state or national forest lands. Neighboring cities don’t appear to have any evacuation orders yet. Santa Ana winds are making things less than ideal, as well.
re: #79 Patricia Kayden
So QANON is lying when they claim Trump is all about going after child sex trafficking. Good to know.
No, no, no… see, there are thousands (THOUSANDS WE SAY) of secret sealed indictments that will bring down everyone involved… they’ll be unsealed any minute now and they’ll all be shipped to GITMO!
re: #79 Patricia Kayden
So QANON is lying when they claim Trump is all about going after child sex trafficking. Good to know.
That would definitely be a great chart to show a Qanon member and see what they say.
Variety: “The dual Biden and Trump interviews, the latter of which the President cut short, drew a total of 16.8 million total viewers on CBS and scored a 2.4 rating among adults 18-49, per Nielsen time adjusted fast national numbers. That represents the most viewers to tune in since the infamous Stormy Daniels interview from March two years ago.”
looks like his ‘pre-releasing’ the interview didnt have quite the effect desired
about time
“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is under investigation for potentially violating a federal law that forbids federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty or while inside federal buildings over his address to the Republican convention in August,” CNN reports.
Well when the dentist found a suspicious growth in my inner cheek he had me go to the hospital right away.
A surgeon removed the tumor and I had a course of radiation therapy.
Now if I had a bunch of Pulpit Pimps anoint me with oil and lay their hands on me, Mr. Tumor would have metastasized and I’d be taking a dirt nap.
So all I can say to Rush is…KEEP ON PULPIT PIMPIN’ BOY!
I’M FUCKING DYING OF LAUGHTER HERE!
Bam! Rush Limbaugh Totally Cured Of Stage 4 Lung Cancer By Trump-Loving Preacher!
Rush Limbaugh, as you probably know, has terminal cancer. I don’t think it’s right to say it’s some kind of karma for him being a horrible person, as that would be a pretty big insult to all of the non-horrible people out there who have died of cancer and are nowhere near as evil as Rush Limbaugh, but I sure as hell will not miss him when he’s gone.
But according to Christian Prophet/Kamala Harris Sex Dream Haver Lance Wallnau, the reason Rush is dying is not just because, you know, cancer, but because he was cursed by witches. Probably the same witches who did a spell on the entire country to make us all think racism and sexual assault are real problems we should care about. (Clearly not a very effective spell considering the large percentage of people it didn’t work on.)
Also because the prayers of the 20 million people praying for Limbaugh have just been straight up weaksauce. They are all bad at praying, Wallnau says. Because if they were good at praying, like he is, Rush would be totally cured of cancer by now
the same guys who moaned about the impropriety of 44 wearing a tan suit, seemingly have no issue with 45 and his entire administration, using the WH or their political offices for use in their next campaign…. scary isn’t it?
re: #86 piratedan
the same guys who moaned about the impropriety of 44 wearing a tan suit, seemingly have no issue with 45 and his entire administration, using the WH or their political offices for use in their next campaign…. scary isn’t it?
These MAGATs are so brain dead if Trump farted in their presence they would fight to get the first whiff.
re: #77 KGxvi
I’m assuming that 2.5% is mostly in the form of challenging ballots that weren’t properly filled out. Sort of 2000 recount redux where the scantron style circle wasn’t properly filled in or wrong color ink used or whatever?
Iirc, two incidents were discussed on the podcast. Not a lot of specific geeky technical stuff was discussed. (I did network security programming for many years.)
Most of the podcast discussion seemed directed at behind the scenes changing of the data. The twitter thread talks instead about administrative actions to affect the ability of citizens to actually vote.
Please note that Jennifer Cohn has been arguing that election hacking has been a major problem since at least 2016. And she has not been able to gain a lot of traction among other data scientist election watchers.
First [incident discussed in the podcast], was an election in Ohio where the main election server had a sudden outage during the ballot counting and everything was routed to an out of state, privately owned server. When the results were published, suddenly the numbers had changed in favor of the Republicans.
Second [incident discussed in the podcast], was the incident in 2012 where Karl Rove had a meltdown on tv as the results remained in favor of the Democrats despite his predictions.
The specific podcast is:
How to Hack an Election: The Jennifer Cohn Interview
gaslitnationpod.com
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Notice how absolutely no one is proposing CVE for white people despite Radical White Terrorism being what even Christopher Wray acknowledges as the premiere terrorist threat to the country. pic.twitter.com/1ARLLmzeE8
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) October 26, 2020
From an earlier thread:
Tower C aka “Litchfield Towers” which might make a good entry by itself.
re: #72 Dread Pirate Ron
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I swear, the after-Berners can be as annoying as the trumpsters sometimes. And then there’s this moron:
Omg she’s gonna cry. Please for the love of God I hope Dems who can vote republican in their state do…. do I have that right… in certain states you have to vote for the party you are registered as… can some1 confirm… cause I’m not voting… but if I could vote R I would.
— 5MiTm4sTaF13x (@Smitmastaflex) October 26, 2020
re: #89 nines09
In order:
1) economy is worst shape in decades. Millionaires like Trump are making out like robber barons while everyone else is scraping by.
2) covid19 pandemic response has wiped out gains by women. Women are disproportionately hit by the job losses and need for child care, education of kids, etc.
3) unemployment for persons of color is higher than when Trump inherited the strong and stable economy from President Obama.
4) North Korea is working on missiles and nukes without a deal. Trump got a photo op.
5) ISIS is resurgent across the Middle East
6) Israel-Arab normalization is a cover for arms deals to thwart a resurgent Iran that is working on its nuclear program thanks to Trump shredding the JCPOA. Everyone in region is worried about Iran, so they’re going to Israel and the US for missile defense systems to protect themselves from an Iranian threat.
7) Stock market has barely risen from where Trump inherited from President Obama. Trump’s stock market gains were essentially nullified by his disastrous covid19 response.
8) Far more were pushed/shoved into poverty thanks to Trump’s disastrous covid19 response. 50 million were unemployed by Trump’s failed policies. About half have managed to get jobs recovered (return to jobs previously held). Many jobs will never come back because the businesses themselves went bankrupt.
Justice Clarence Thomas is set to administer the official Constitutional Oath to Judge Amy Coney Barrett at WH tonight, per my colleague @PamelaBrownCNN
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 26, 2020
re: #92 BeachDem
I swear, the after-Berners can be as annoying as the trumpsters sometimes. And then there’s this moron:
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re: #93 lawhawk
Exactly. And I never heard of them. Harrisburg Pa address.
But there is a lot of stupid mother fuckers out there. My neighborhood has a bunch.
Not a grain of truth in 50 pounds of lies.
re: #93 lawhawk
7) Stock market has barely risen from where Trump inherited from President Obama. Trump’s stock market gains were essentially nullified by his disastrous covid19 response.
…
From inauguration day to today:
Dow Jones rose from 19,827 to 27,685
S&P rose from 2,271 to 3,400
So both indices did ok during the 45 months Trump has been in office.
210 PM CDT Update: Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that #Zeta is now a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of around 80 mph. More information at https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/wAESCd9FP5
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) October 26, 2020
I’m dead 😅😂🤣 https://t.co/pbuQOWmepq
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 26, 2020
Beshear: Kentucky positivity rate up to 5.84%.
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 26, 2020
As cases, positivity rate, hospitalizations, deaths, ICU patients increase in Kentucky, Beshear gives recommendations (not mandates) for counties if they’re in the red zone on Thursday for the following week. pic.twitter.com/8guf4Z3MaW
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 26, 2020
Dr. Stack: It is not safe to be in public right now… this is the most dangerous it’s been in 8 months.
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 26, 2020
Olivia Nuzzi has an excellent look at the “tortured self-justification of one very powerful Trump-loathing anonymous Republican.”Said the Republican of President Trump: “I thought he would lose! I mean, everyone thought he would lose. The idea that he won is still shocking. This is a man who is so completely alien to what this country — the best principles of what this country is about. When I think about the fact that a hundred years from now, people will look back and say, ‘How the fuck did they think this was normal?,’ it makes me sad for the country. He’s a permanent scar on the face of our country.”
coward
and ps - he is not alien. this country has always been about white nationalism and oppression of those who are not white and male (and propertied). it’s been a struggle since the beginning
“My mom says hi!”
“Tell her i say hi!”
@JoeBiden making a cross-generational pitch 9 days out in Chester, Pennsylvania pic.twitter.com/RQTl5TCEJX— Olivia Raisner (@OliviaRaisner) October 26, 2020
Neither my father nor my mother had middle names https://t.co/JZImVmZo6S
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 25, 2020
Eleven states set records on Saturday or Sunday for the number of people hospitalized there with the coronavirus: https://t.co/a46iu2i8I0
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 26, 2020
re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Why not mandates?”
“Because mandates will be shot down by the legislature and blocked by the AG.”
BREAKING: Leader who started an HIV/AIDS epidemic in his state continues his career legacy of wanton public recklessness by spreading ignorance, illness & death with Covid https://t.co/4UoZQwvnB0
— Scott Linnen (@ScottLinnen) October 26, 2020
you mean after they aired a deceptive video clipped by the rnc before independently verifying it, they attached an editor’s note hours later and we should bend over backwards to praise them? really? https://t.co/1pySE0i3kT
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 26, 2020
Joe’s basement has a lot of trees in it. https://t.co/TVmR9z2k42
— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) October 26, 2020
Analysis: Team Trump uses a hilarious mishmash of polls to boost the president https://t.co/Lk0DfLD24x
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 26, 2020
Breakdown of state polling versus 2016 for those people who are freaking out over the “OMG HILLARY HAD THE SAME POLL NUMBERS AS JOE”. No.
Man, you can really tell that the GOP and right wing media were hoping like hell the Hunter Biden BS would catch on and be a game changer. Nobody cares but they won’t shut up about it. I gotta admit it’s pretty funny to see them losing their shit.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2020
Zero fucking tolerance for the Trumpite cult. This needs to end.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2020
heh
We just saw a Kentucky state legislator complaining about reduced attendance rules in Rupp Arena for UK basketball games. This letter would seem to explain that. ^JC https://t.co/u2esTcaXWa
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) October 26, 2020
The same reason we don’t talk about The Bowling Green Massacre… because you’d have to be a moron https://t.co/RPeTcPb14S
— Hal Sparks (@HalSparks) October 26, 2020
Louisville man accused of throwing away more than 100 ballots faces federal charges https://t.co/GgC9FsBDJs via @courierjournal
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 26, 2020
Every last one. Never forget. Even if it takes decades. Find entry last one of these monsters and hold them accountable. NEVER give them a moment of peace as they look over their shoulders wondering if today is the day they’ll lose jobs, social standing and (God willing) freedom. https://t.co/WdlaD5x898
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 26, 2020
Gee, can’t imagine how she’ll feel about this. https://t.co/S6Vf9ZVYlY
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) October 26, 2020
About 70,000 thousand plus people are going about their business today, not realizing they just caught COVID this very day. *1,000 of them will die.* They don’t know it yet, but In about 2-4 weeks, they will be dead.
It didn’t have to be this way, @MarkMeadows— John Orloff (@johnorloff) October 26, 2020
re: #106 Dread Pirate Ron
My husband doesn’t have a middle name.
The beautiful Simaetha jumping spider from Thailand.
(Photos: Theerasak Saksritawee) pic.twitter.com/jiDE8yqSua— A Book of Rather Strange Animals (@StrangeAnimaIs) October 26, 2020
re: #119 Dread Pirate Ron
Every last one. Never forget. Even if it takes decades. Find entry last one of these monsters and hold them accountable. NEVER give them a moment of peace as they look over their shoulders wondering if today is the day they’ll lose jobs, social standing and (God willing) freedom.
Everybody call your congresscritters and senators after the election and tell them that justice needs to be done, the law needs to be upheld, and that this cancer needs to be cut out or this will happen yet again. It didn’t happen after Watergate, it didn’t happen after Iran-Contra, and it didn’t happen after Iraq, and here we are.
re: #125 Teddy’s Person ✌
WisDems: Announces Rocky Horror Show livestream on Halloween
Notice anyone missing?
List of participants: Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell, Wilmer Valderrama, Connie Britton, Rosario Dawson, Lance Bass, Seth Green, Jason Alexander, Jason George, The Dresden Dolls, Miss Peppermint, Jenna Ushkowitz, Eiza Gonzalez, Josh Gad, Karen Olivo, Rumor Willis, Rachel Bloom, Ben Barnes, BC Jean, and Madison Uphoff.
🤬🤬🤬
re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth
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this presentation of this kind of story worries me
Louisville man accused of throwing away more than 100 ballots faces federal charges https://t.co/GgC9FsBDJs via @courierjournal
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 26, 2020
- he tossed a bunch of mail, that included the ballots
- the ballots were going to voters, they were not filled out / on their way back (headline doesnt say)
- unless his intent was to specifically toss the ballots, it’s the wrong way to present this
/rant off
re: #123 Patricia Kayden
My husband doesn’t have a middle name.
i dont either
nor my brother
sis does
mom does
dad did
mrs dm does
who can explain it?
Did anyone get a copy of Don Jr’s coked out, unhinged tweet a few minutes ago? He deleted it quickly.
— Frank Giugliano (@nyccookies) October 26, 2020
This is it. People are posting it. Can you say HIGH AF? pic.twitter.com/nhCwTKuix7
— Frank Giugliano (@nyccookies) October 26, 2020
re: #125 Teddy’s Person ✌
No Susan Sarandon.
This is amazing. These are five conservative women in Ohio who are messaging their personal friends who don’t vote encouraging them to vote for Joe Biden because their kids influenced their vote. pic.twitter.com/FavxIE8TRw
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) October 26, 2020
Sale goes live in 45 minutes pic.twitter.com/oRDe7MZPE5
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 26, 2020
44 minutes now…
re: #125 Teddy’s Person ✌
WisDems: Announces Rocky Horror Show livestream on Halloween
Thanks for posting this!
I did my donation and am ready to go!
re: #125 Teddy’s Person ✌
Q: “Where’s your MeatLoaf’?
A: No Meatloaf - he’s a Trumper.
re: #136 Eric The Fruit Bat
Q: “Where’s your MeatLoaf’?
A: No Meatloaf - he’s a Trumper.
I noticed no Meatloaf before no Sarandon.
what could possibly go wrong?
Texas Guard: Abbott to order 1,000 troops to Texas cities during election https://t.co/OiUfgeTBab
— San Antonio Express-News (@ExpressNews) October 26, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett will be the first Supreme Court justice confirmed with support from just one party since Edwin Stanton in 1869, per @Zachary_Cohen https://t.co/8zeFdDD8T9?
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) October 26, 2020
And Trump’s super-spreading of racism at his live shows continues. At the 24-second mark of this clip, you can hear one of his fans shout “China” in a mock Chinese accent right after he mentions the country. https://t.co/5rD9EBzUOf
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) October 26, 2020
lol. “feet”
What’s he rambling about?
Gutfeld is not on air today after these disgusting tweets from yesterday pic.twitter.com/ykHyLkt24e
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) October 26, 2020
re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not even Manchin? Good to hear.
You can always see my version #janeygodleyvoiceover #swearing pic.twitter.com/cs7AJOXhNA
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) October 26, 2020
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Biden family operatives”: A phrase that’s doing ALL the work!
Absolutely @qasiiimh https://t.co/A9hAAJeznb
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) October 26, 2020
re: #145 Dr. Matt
lol. “feet”
What’s he rambling about?
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Hunter. Laptop. Hunter. Sex tape? Hunter this. Hunter that. Hunter Hunter Hunter.
They’re pissed it’s not becoming Hillary’s eval server 2.0.
re: #123 Patricia Kayden
My husband doesn’t have a middle name.
3 of my sons and my youngest daughter have no middle names.
re: #146 Patricia Kayden
Not even Manchin? Good to hear.
I give Manchin a lot of credit. He’s been pretty solid every time we’ve needed him to be on issues such as ACA, judges and the impeachment.
re: #145 Dr. Matt
lol. “feet”
What’s he rambling about?
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It was meant to be a pun, and you don’t want to know what it was about.
re: #150 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Hunter. Laptop. Hunter. Sex tape? Hunter this. Hunter that. Hunter Hunter Hunter.
They’re pissed it’s not becoming Hillary’s eval server 2.0.
Hunter Biden is really blowing his chance at becoming POTUS.
A Vietnam War protest song?
“Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don’t they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale,”
It ain’t me - bu it is @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/BOZhEJUrVI— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) October 26, 2020
re: #150 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Hunter. Laptop. Hunter. Sex tape? Hunter this. Hunter that. Hunter Hunter Hunter.
They’re pissed it’s not becoming Hillary’s eval server 2.0.
The missing ingredient is misogyny. All the dude bros that couldn’t vote for HRC, because there’s just something about her, see themselves in Hunter.
Sadly, delusional COVID-19 deniers are also across the pond.
Sebastian’s mother has become one of the leaders of Britain’s conspiracy community, denying coronavirus exists and blaming the symptoms on 5G radio waves
He is worried about the impact of her campaign on public healthhttps://t.co/hfx2FflFhz pic.twitter.com/uKdPuJ1uzI— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) October 26, 2020
re: #156 Eventual Carrion
The Loaf
I have even noticed him. He had a small part plus he’s a trumper. I wouldn’t have expected him. But Janet? That’s huge? And fuck her sideways.
Fox News just threw in the towel on live coverage of Trump’s speech in Martinsburg, PA pic.twitter.com/1uQkP6FKWf
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 26, 2020
re: #159 Patricia Kayden
Sadly, delusional COVID-19 deniers are also across the pond.
There are clusters of them in Germany, too. They just got permission to hold a demonstration in Frankfurt, in Berlin, it got hijacked by the ultra-right wingers who stormed the steps of the Reichstag building and waved the old German Imperial (Second Reich) flag.
re: #54 Hecuba’s daughter
Your friend from Wisconsin needs to get
a grip.
While bashing Biden, Trump gets confused and says Biden is “going to give you the biggest tax cut in the history of the country.” pic.twitter.com/SaT8MjpHn2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 26, 2020
MISOCAINEA is a hatred of new ideas, or an intense desire to maintain the status quo.
— Haggard Hawks 📚🦅 (@HaggardHawks) October 26, 2020
New people added already. Will Connie Britton be Janet?
Featuring Tim Curry, Connie Britton, Jenna Ushkowitz, Lance Bass, Nell Campbell, Seth Green, Jason Alexander, and special musical guests!
re: #162 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Sigh. I would have thought that Europeans would be more prone than Americans to accept science.
re: #167 Patricia Kayden
Sigh. I would have thought that Europeans would be more prone than Americans to accept science.
There are nuts everywhere.
The GOP fever swamp is saying that Hunter Biden had email exchanges (and lots of ‘em) with the daughter of Bo Xilai, a former high-ranking Communist Party member who is serving a life sentence for bribery, abuse of power and corruption; and whose mother was given a commuted death sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.
He’s in Delaware County, PA not Delaware the state. 🙃🥴 https://t.co/j0pXchtTzp
— Bodak’s Double 🎃👻🎃 (@s_bodak) October 26, 2020
Since they’re all waiting for ED to vote, it’ll be interesting to see if they’ll stand in line for 12 hours. https://t.co/B7sKTwJRc3
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) October 26, 2020
TCT - Tomorrow’s Corpses, Today.
— Arch (@Arch_LGF) October 26, 2020
re: #160 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I have even noticed him. He had a small part plus he’s a trumper. I wouldn’t have expected him. But Janet? That’s huge? And fuck her sideways.
Eddie is not “a small part”. He’s a pivotal role. I only hope the recast is sombody up to the challenge.
Trump has started adding multiple sirs to his story about how they told him sir Barron tested positive and then like 15 minutes later they told him sir it’s all gone.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 26, 2020
re: #169 Eric The Fruit Bat
The GOP fever swamp is saying that Hunter Biden had email exchanges (and lots of ‘em) with the daughter of Bo Xilai, a former high-ranking Communist Party member who is serving a life sentence for bribery, abuse of power and corruption; and whose mother was given a commuted death sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.
Sounds very plausible…. /////
So they (somebody) decided that trying to tie Hunter Biden to this Bo Xilai was - what - more believable than, say, Lex Luthor? Harley Quinn? Skeletor?
re: #173 sagehen
Eddie is not “a small part”. He’s a pivotal role. I only hope the recast is sombody up to the challenge.
It’s been a while. Wasn’t meatloaf the guy in the gold diaper?
re: #176 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It’s been a while. Wasn’t meatloaf the guy in the gold diaper?
no, he was the biker
Was this before or after you heard him say he was going to kill God and eat some babies? https://t.co/NPymobujnf
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 26, 2020
re: #176 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It’s been a while. Wasn’t meatloaf the guy in the gold diaper?
Meatloaf was never in enough shape to be Rocky.
re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth
Last week, Joe Biden made perhaps the most shocking admission ever uttered in the history of presidential debates. On live television, Joe Biden confirmed his plan to ABOLISH the entire U.S. Oil Industry—that means NO fracking, NO jobs, and NO energy for Pennsylvania Families!
We will all live in lean-tos, eat pinecones and wipe our butts with dried leaves. Because that’s the America that Liberals want.
re: #181 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I figured it was long long ago.
even back then he was far from buff.
(Neither was I)
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
no, he was the biker
also, Columbia’s boyfriend.
Frank killing him is what motivated the crew to mutiny.
re: #176 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It’s been a while. Wasn’t meatloaf the guy in the gold diaper?
No, Meatloaf was Eddie.
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
44 minutes now…
Wanted one of the Beeswing Narra and Rose Gold Bird Stonekettle Pens for awhile. Got one.
Sweet patootie, bless my soul…
re: #188 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Sweet patootie, bless my soul…
Hot patootie.
re: #163 mmmirele
Your friend from Wisconsin needs to get
a grip.
She was relieved to hear that Biden will be in WI on the 30th, after all.
Presidential Snowflake. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/PweOpLKAOJ
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) October 26, 2020
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
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President Diapers my friend calls him. He’s a fucking baby. The media could have been a lot harder on him for the simple fact that he wasn’t qualified to be President at all.
re: #189 A Three Hour Tour
Hot patootie.
It makes no diff’rence
If it’s sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Ev’rything you got…
re: #192 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
President Diapers my friend calls him. He’s a fucking baby. The media could have been a lot harder on him for the simple fact that he wasn’t qualified to be President at all.
He was qualified to be a ratings draw and a reality TV star. That was enough for them.
Beshear: I don’t want to get involved in the presidential race, but, “we’re not rounding a curve. It’s getting worse, and we need to recognize that challenge and we need to respond to it as a Commonwealth as a country.”
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 26, 2020
As the GOP rams though Barrett’s confirmation tonight, never forget that they think wearing a mask to save lives during a pandemic should be a personal choice, but what a women does with her own body should be mandated by the government. Vote them all out. pic.twitter.com/6p3GxYiOSB
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) October 26, 2020
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
Beshear: I don’t want to get involved in the presidential race, but, “we’re not rounding a curve. It’s getting worse, and we need to recognize that challenge and we need to respond to it as a Commonwealth as a country.”
Trump: It’s a Democrat hoax to make me look bad!
I just forced a vote to adjourn the Senate until after the November election.
But the Senate Republicans voted to ignore—to laugh at—the wishes of the American people.
We won’t stop fighting.— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) October 26, 2020
Joe speaks for all of us.
Biden on Trump pushing baseless conspiracy theories about US health care workers overcounting coronavirus deaths: “What in the hell is the matter with this man?” pic.twitter.com/3BEB8HME7W
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 26, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination is illegitimate.
I vote no. pic.twitter.com/PHQZhbPduX— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) October 26, 2020
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
I like the fact that Beshear is simply trying to get the people in his state to respond to the crisis and not make it an “us vs them”. This is a public health crisis. It’s only been made a political crisis by those seeking to use it to enrich themselves and retain power.
New video for you. https://t.co/08NhQRfi7k
— Stevie Van Zandt (@StevieVanZandt) October 26, 2020
re: #10 nines09
That boy has some sproing in him!
What’s needed is a Constitutional Amendment to ban lifetime appointments of US Justices, and a 20 year maximum term limit, made retroactive.
Nicolle Wallace, even while hammering Peggy Noonan about her Harris column, also said about Noonan, “I don’t just admire — I revere her word.”
(Ugh. Get a grip, Nicolle.)
Claire McCaskill, with absolutely no fucks to give, on Peggy Noonan’s bullshit piece.
“She said at the end of that, you didn’t read the very last part of that paragraph, Nicolle, because she said [of Harris] ‘it is embarrassing,’” said McCaskill. “No, Peggy, I’ll tell you what is embarrassing. Listen up Peggy, a president that pays off porn stars, a president that pulls babies out of the arms of their mothers, a president who likes to grab women by the you-know-what. A president who uses the White House for campaign events. A president who praises white supremacists. And yes, even a president who can’t dance, doesn’t know how to show joy or empathy and tries to do some kind of ridiculous arm thrust to YMCA. That is what is embarrassing. Kamala Harris is anything but embarrassing. She is uplifting. She’s inspirational. She’s strong and substantial and she’s going to be one hell of a vice president.”
Libertarians come get your guy please thank you https://t.co/EKBngWCiQu
— Amy Pennza (@AmyPennza) October 26, 2020
re: #206 BeachDem
Well, we all know that white people can’t dance (the 1s and the 3s, you know….)
re: #208 bratwurst
His neighbor did not do a good enough job on him.
re: #206 BeachDem
What did Nicole say?
Full disclosure: Wallace will never not be on my shit list. She’s not a friend.
re: #212 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
What did Nicole say?
Full disclosure: Wallace will never not be on my shit list. She’s not a friend.
You and me both. Sarah Palin helped unleash the unadulterated lunacy on the right.
Relative humidity went from 67% at 10:30 this morning, to 7% just now. Yikes, that is some dry air that is rushing in.
re: #212 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
What did Nicole say?
Full disclosure: Wallace will never not be on my shit list. She’s not a friend.
After Claire’s speech, Nicolle said, “I have never loved you more, Claire McCaskill. Perfectly put.”
Don’t get me wrong, Nicolle was blasting Noonan for the column, but that fan-girl line just made me want to puke.
72F is the temp… a nice day you might say. Sure, 72F is a good temp for outdoor working or even sleeping. But at 7% RH and gusty winds, it’s chilly to me.
It’s the humidity that counts.
Dude, just because you’re popular with the Klan, doesn’t mean you’re competing with Lincoln. https://t.co/xGWluWJHEB
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 26, 2020
re: #215 BeachDem
After Claire’s speech, Nicolle said, “I have never loved you more, Claire McCaskill. Perfectly put.”
Don’t get me wrong, Nicolle was blasting Noonan for the column, but that fan-girl line just made me want to puke.
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No matter how much light they say they’ve seen, they will always be right wingers in mind and heart. I’ll consider trusting them in 10 years or so, based on deeds.
Shit like this reset that 10 year timeframe back to zero.
re: #65 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I want him hanged for all he’s done to forment unrest. I mean it. He needs to face capital charges.
Don’t forget all that treasoning!
HuffPo main header about Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation. (I do kinda like when Wonkette calls her Amy Boney Carrot, but I digress…)
TONIGHT: THE POINT OF NO RETURN
I writhe in pain for all the women who are soon to be faced with the horror that those of us who were of age before Roe remember all too well. (Among other ugly shit that’s coming down the pike with this fanatic on the Court.)
re: #215 BeachDem
It’s entirely possible that as Wallace was earning her journo spurs that Nooners could have indeed been a role-model/hero to her and sometimes those mythical scales take time to fall and go away completely. So she may forever have slack to give, but Wallace has been consistently on the side of sanity for a while now and even if she doesn’t embrace the left with full fervor, I will happily accept “fair”. Fair seems to be some kind of Avalon for these folks, never attainable it seems.
doesn’t seem like she’s letting Nooners off the hook here:
🔥 BABY!!!!!!!!!! Nicolle Wallace and Claire MacCaskill just gathered Peggy Noonan like only the commission could. Don’t come for our #MVP ever againT.
THIS IS FEMINISM, ladies! Take mf’ing notes!!!!! #Deadline 🔥 pic.twitter.com/F2EJklLRUS— Renee (@PettyLupone) October 26, 2020
re: #213 Teddy’s Person ✌
You and me both. Sarah Palin helped unleash the unadulterated lunacy on the right.
Nicole was not involved in selecting Sarah as McCain’s running mate; I don’t know how accurate the move “Game Change” was, but according to the film, she became disillusioned with Sarah fairly early on. It’s not her fault that Steve Schmidt et al chose Palin.
re: #221 piratedan
It’s entirely possible that as Wallace was earning her journo spurs that Nooners could have indeed been a role-model/hero to her and sometimes those mythical scales take time to fall and go away completely. So she may forever have slack to give, but Wallace has been consistently on the side of sanity for a while now and even if she doesn’t embrace the left with full fervor, I will happily accept “fair”. Fair seems to be some kind of Avalon for these folks, never attainable it seems.
I cut Nicolle a lot of slack, because she has been pretty consistently open about how horrible the Republicans are (I feel the same way about Jennifer Rubin as well, because she’s not just anti-Trump, but rather brutal about Republicans in general.)
It was just Nicolle’s reverential tone about Noonan that got me—all the more because I’ve always thought Noonan was a snotty, obnoxious asshole.
re: #220 BeachDem
HuffPo main header about Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation. (I do kinda like when Wonkette calls her Amy Boney Carrot, but I digress…)
TONIGHT: THE POINT OF NO RETURN
I writhe in pain for all the women who are soon to be faced with the horror that those of us who were of age before Roe remember all too well. (Among other ugly shit that’s coming down the pike with this fanatic on the Court.)
If truth and justice emerge triumphant with the November 3 election — WH, Senate, and House all firmly in Democratic hands — there will likely be an expansion of SCOTUS, unless 2 of the GOP judges depart the bench. For example Kavanaugh forced to resign when it is revealed where he got his money to pay off his debts.
re: #223 BeachDem
found a good tweet up above, I think you’ll feel better post viewing!
re: #221 piratedan
It’s entirely possible that as Wallace was earning her journo spurs that Nooners could have indeed been a role-model/hero to her and sometimes those mythical scales take time to fall and go away completely. So she may forever have slack to give, but Wallace has been consistently on the side of sanity for a while now and even if she doesn’t embrace the left with full fervor, I will happily accept “fair”. Fair seems to be some kind of Avalon for these folks, never attainable it seems.
Fair? Sarah Palin’s handler? Sure. Let’s be fair to Sarah Palin’s handler.
I’m talking about trust. I do not trust her. I don’t trust Schmidt. I certainly don’t trust George Conway. They are not friends. They don’t see government as any of us do.
Dropped our ballots off at our usual in-person voting place. Snowing like hell, so we had no wait. Guy checked our names and addresses and in the bin they went. Took about 2 minutes to drop them off.
Glad we did our civic duty.
Drove around the foothills, very pretty indeed. And we saw a couple of deer too.
All in all, a pretty solid day.
A maniacally cackling Clarence Thomas will administer the oath to empty-eyed staring fanatic Amy Coney Barrett tonight, ushering in a thousand years of darkness. https://t.co/bLuCv8vMbG
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2020
re: #225 piratedan
found a good tweet up above, I think you’ll feel better post viewing!
So where is this good tweet? I definitely need to feel better.
re: #229 BeachDem
updated the original comment, should be there on refresh
MAY NEED A CORRECTION: Gov. Mike Parson announced celebrities from Missouri would help promote his COVID plan designed by Mike Flynn’s partner McChrystal.
Apparently maybe not… https://t.co/3vMzmsn7rJ— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) October 26, 2020
Also, could we find out which 11 contractors were placed by McChrystal in MO state gov’t? pic.twitter.com/Mh1vA1WoiN
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) October 26, 2020
re: #74 ckkatz
I am still looking into this, but a few weeks ago, Jennifer Cohn was quoted on the Sarah Kendzior podcast identifying the Karl Rove ‘fuckery’ number as being about 2.5%. That is, that Karl Rove reportedly said that he could manipulate election results up to about 2.5%. This would match with Rick Wilson’s ‘fuckery’ number that Democrats need to win by over 5% in Florida in order to actually record a win in Florida.
Today, this twitter thread popped up:
(Edit to clarify) TL;DR - Red States appear to be affecting election outcomes by up to 2.5% each way through voter suppression and other dirty tricks. This may be the reason for the differences between polls and ‘official’ results in Red States. Blue states appear to be consistent between polling and results.
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This thread is an excellent example of why polls don’t matter. States that have Republicans in charge of their elections will simply make the results whatever they need them to be.
re: #230 piratedan
updated the original comment, should be there on refresh
I see it now, and particularly like the handle “Petty Lupone.”
As we await Barrett’s inevitable confirmation vote, just a reminder that Senators Martha McSally and Kelly Loeffler weren’t even elected to their seats. In fact, McSally lost her race in 2018, got appointed to McCain’s vacated seat, and she’s expected to lose again on Nov. 3rd.
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) October 26, 2020
^^THIS^^
re: #226 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Fair? Sarah Palin’s handler? Sure. Let’s be fair to Sarah Palin’s handler.
I’m talking about trust. I do not trust her. I don’t trust Schmidt. I certainly don’t trust George Conway. They are not friends. They don’t see government as any of us do.
This is how I feel. Once they get back to status quo ante they’ll be the dirty operatives against Democrats again.
re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth
I actually didn’t know that. I was resigned about the Barrett appointment, now I’m actually pissed. They literally stole this one against the American people’s wishes.
re: #236 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Thirty percent at most in this country want the shit that this supreme court is going to do. That isn’t even close to representing our country’s people’s wants and needs. The US is going to break up. Not in my lifetime, I don’t believe, but the process may very well start in my lifetime.
The Senate votes on Barrett in the next hour.
Republicans are ignoring the pandemic. They are ignoring our families and communities. They are ignoring calls for racial justice. They are ignoring the 62 million people who have already voted. Putting power over people. A disgrace.— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) October 26, 2020
There’s a Melania “Abe, is that you?” joke in here somewhere, but fortunately for you I got the kinda manners that won’t let me make it. https://t.co/xGWluWJHEB
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 26, 2020
Person Not Affected By Thing ‘Pretty Sure’ Everyone As Uninterested As He Is https://t.co/C4Vldsa5OF
— Quinn Cummings (@quinncy) October 26, 2020
Supreme Court’s Republicans rule that Wisconsin mail ballots must be returned by Election Day instead of postmarked by then & received a few days afterward.
We’ll be dealing with rulings like this for the foreseeable future once Barrett gets confirmed if we don’t fix the court https://t.co/PMylHYYr9o— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) October 26, 2020
re: #237 plansbandc
Thirty percent at most in this country want the shit that this supreme court is going to do. That isn’t even close to representing our country’s people’s wants and needs. The US is going to break up. Not in my lifetime, I don’t believe, but the process may very well start in my lifetime.
No, we’re going to f**king bury them in this election, expand the court to give it a liberal majority, and keep beating these assholes into the ground again and again every time we rise up. This country has too much potential to let it be ripped apart by dead-enders.
SCOTUS making rulings on state issues is just insane
Originalism is racist. Originalism is sexist. Originalism is homophobic. Originalism is just a fancy word for discrimination.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) October 26, 2020
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
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NEW VIDEO: Pence should’ve been arrested as a threat to public health.
And Trump has now abandoned any attempt to save you from the pandemic and is president in name only, in the team of Trump-45 and Covid-19.
Full YouTube Show: https://t.co/2s5YFnXefx
Analysis in brief, below: pic.twitter.com/JODk72UFvZ— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 26, 2020
re: #205 Eric The Fruit Bat
What’s needed is a Constitutional Amendment to ban lifetime appointments of US Justices, and a 20 year maximum term limit, made retroactive.
Amidst the latest Supreme Court fight, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) will introduce the Supreme Court Term Limits Act to fundamentally reframe the power of our nation’s highest court. Khanna’s bill would establish 18-year term limits on any Supreme Court Justices approved after his bill’s passage. After their 18-year terms, justices would then be allowed to continue their service on lower courts, as former Justices Souter and O’Connor currently do. Current justices would be exempt from the term limits. Going forward, the bill would then create a regular appointment process to allow every president to nominate a new justice to the Supreme Court during each odd year, guaranteeing each president the opportunity to nominate two justices per four-year term.
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
SCOTUS making rulings on state issues is just insane
Don’t forget the justice department sticking it’s big ugly nose in as well. Our state Supreme Court ruled 5-0 that Foghorn Leghorn (McMaster) could not give covid relief funds to private schools.
The justice department (the US Attorney for South Carolina—a Regents Law graduate, btw) wrote that the Department of Justice is seeking friend of the court status to ask the state State Supreme Court to grant a new hearing to reconsider its decision on the relief funds. McCoy’s filing said the U.S. Department of Education had concluded that it is, in fact, lawful to spend coronavirus relief funds on private and independent schools.
Five to fucking zero. And that’s not good enough for Barr’s justice department. ugh.
“Honk honk goes the truck!” https://t.co/185cnVdzWa
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) October 26, 2020
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
He couldn’t back a car up, let alone a conventional with a 53 foot trailer behind it.
Shit, he couldn’t shift a 10 speed. 15 speed would kill him.
I swear I’m going to lose my shit if Trump somehow wins re-election.
re: #150 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Hunter. Laptop. Hunter. Sex tape? Hunter this. Hunter that. Hunter Hunter Hunter.
They’re pissed it’s not becoming Hillary’s eval server 2.0.
They’re getting even more desperate, by making the story even more outlandish.
I’m not going to repeat the entire thing because it’s so disgusting, but they have dragged Joe Biden’s 14-year old niece into the narrative. They are literally without a shred of human decency.
re: #251 Eclectic Cyborg
I swear I’m going to lose my shit if Trump somehow wins re-election.
I do not believe that will happen, but only because I think Biden is a good choice for flipping PA and MI.
But people are getting overly excited about polls that show Biden leading in other “purple” states or even close in TX.
Trumpers who have bought into the idea that mail-in ballots are demon-seed will crawl over broken glass to vote on election day. The Democratic vote count surge from early votes will evaporate (except out here on the left coast.)
re: #250 nines09
He couldn’t back a car up, let alone a conventional with a 53 foot trailer behind it.
Shit, he couldn’t shift a 10 speed. 15 speed would kill him.
he can’t shift, period
re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
Die in rush hour stop and go.
Let me repeat what I have posted before: Trump got more votes than any other Republican, ever.
A known and publicly demonstrated bigot, sexist, ignoramus got more votes as a Republican than any other Republican in history.
Trump’s marks will return to him.
Now, some have died off. And the pandemic has probably helped in that regard.
But I still expect Trump to get more votes than GWB ever did.
Right as this was happening, Trump was tweeting that all votes have to be counted on election night. Gosh. Whatever are they up to? https://t.co/95NL0geMj8
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 27, 2020
13/10 https://t.co/aZHFtcI2OO
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) October 26, 2020
Cases are rising and Kentuckians are getting sick.
We’ve waited 185 days for more COVID relief, but Mitch is determined to shove through his nomination instead.
It’s dereliction of duty.
Kentucky is going to relieve him of command.— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) October 27, 2020
I don’t poll the public. I don’t hang out in public forums physically, nor really any online (LGF is sort of a collective of news-hounds.)
My Facebook timeline is filled with relatives, and those who have similar interests as I. It’s my only sample of people connected to me with whom I may not share similar views.
In that particular group, the hard core Trumpers have not changed.
Now, a few of their children are posting and from them I can tell these youth are not Trumpers. If these youth vote then perhaps that will be part of the movement that removes Trump from office.
If they vote.
This is so embarrassing: Republicans are running ads in Iowa highlighting ‘concerned voters’ against @GreenfieldIowa.
The problem? They’re actors, not voters.
Republicans are running ads in Kansas against @BarbaraBollier using the exact same actors. https://t.co/KK542mKB2U— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) October 26, 2020
On the left is a concerned Kansas voter in a new Senate Leadership Fund GOP ad against @BarbaraBollier.
On the right is a concerned Iowa voter in a new American Crossroads GOP ad against @GreenfieldIowa.
Notice anything? pic.twitter.com/6NIKLIasv9— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) October 26, 2020
Party apparatchiks on the Supreme Court are trying to fix the election.
The GOP can now win Wisconsin by delaying mail delivery- which they control- and throwing away the votes of poeple trying to vote by mail, which predominantly belong to the opposition. https://t.co/Jj4dMR6jZG— Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) October 27, 2020
re: #259 jaunte
Yet another example how state laws differ.
This is really a crime against our citizens.
There are many changes needed to our Constitution, but the first and foremost issue that needs to be addressed is the right to vote.
Holy Jesus H. Christ on an amicus brief.
Thread. https://t.co/ICgO49hgAy— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 27, 2020
So the death Cult gets their zealot tonight, and just like clockwork Kavanaugh slips a roofie in.
Holy shit—Brett Kavanaugh just endorsed Rehnquist’s concurrence in Bush v. Gore, which was too extreme for Kennedy or O’Connor.
This is a red alert. I can’t believe he put it in a footnote. This is terrifying. https://t.co/BebQghfqBb pic.twitter.com/Naxo692xLl— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 26, 2020
I have to go have a few barley pops.
I cannot emphasize enough how much McConnell’s actions on Garland and Barrett have radicalized Democratic senators.
As I’ve argued before, McConnell’s single most consequential legacy may be what he convinces Senate Democrats to do: https://t.co/loRap0bV2z https://t.co/byejXlQh8n— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) October 26, 2020
It’s gonna be interesting to revisit this quote in six months. https://t.co/kB5AII402t
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 26, 2020
re: #262 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I don’t poll the public. I don’t hang out in public forums physically, nor really any online (LGF is sort of a collective of news-hounds.)
My Facebook timeline is filled with relatives, and those who have similar interests as I. It’s my only sample of people connected to me with whom I may not share similar views.
In that particular group, the hard core Trumpers have not changed.
Now, a few of their children are posting and from them I can tell these youth are not Trumpers. If these youth vote then perhaps that will be part of the movement that removes Trump from office.
If they vote.
As of October 21, more than 3 million young people (ages 18-29) have already voted early or absentee in the 2020 elections, including more than 2 million in 14 key states that may well decide the presidency and control of the United States Senate.
In every state we’re tracking, the number of absentee and early votes cast as of October 21, 2020, is far higher than at the same date in 2016. That’s to be expected, given the greater emphasis on mail-in voting this year due to the pandemic. Still, the numbers are especially dramatic in a state like Texas, where at least 490,000 young people have already cast ballots. Moreover, in Florida, North Carolina, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, early votes cast by youth have already exceeded the 2016 margin of victory in each state.
No, we won’t.
It’s time the treason weasels learned there are consequences to actions.
Time to take the presidency, House and Senate, expand the court, nuke the filibuster, & add DC & PR as states.
Moving forward, when they go low, we kick them in the teeth.— Arch (@Arch_LGF) October 27, 2020
REALLY? You MF’s are EVIL https://t.co/duuBYPof74
— April in TX (@BGHeaven) October 27, 2020
GOP Delenda Est
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They’re blatantly obvious that this was a partisan appointment. Very well. That’s why Biden will be within his right to expand the courts.
I’m doing a Facebook Live chat tomorrow at 1. Please feel free to ask non-troll questions here and I will try to get to them.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 27, 2020
#UnpackingTheCourts
11 Federal Court Districts.
Pick 3 Justices for each district
Take the Supreme Court to 33 justices.
Undo 30+ years of Republicans ratfucking the judicial branch— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 27, 2020
The Republican-dominated Supreme Court — let’s be clear that this is a partisan situation — has made it clear that voting rights only exist if state lawmakers say they do. This is a return to the 1950s and it’s going to get worse. https://t.co/4yS9tcXWHM
— Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) October 27, 2020
First day of weekend in-person voting, Ohio.
Listen to John Lewis: pic.twitter.com/TFlNYFQRAB— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) October 24, 2020
Two of the three branches of the U.S. government are illegitimate and have telegraphed their intent to overturn the results of the election next week. Please call this what it is rather than what you wish it would be.
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) October 27, 2020
re: #262 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I don’t poll the public. I don’t hang out in public forums physically, nor really any online (LGF is sort of a collective of news-hounds.)
My Facebook timeline is filled with relatives, and those who have similar interests as I. It’s my only sample of people connected to me with whom I may not share similar views.
In that particular group, the hard core Trumpers have not changed.
Now, a few of their children are posting and from them I can tell these youth are not Trumpers. If these youth vote then perhaps that will be part of the movement that removes Trump from office.
If they vote.
This looks encouraging.
Harvard Youth poll:
National: Voters younger than 30
Joe Biden 63%
Donald Trump 25%
63% of young voters indicate that they will “definitely be voting” in this election. In 2016, 47% in that age bracket voted.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 26, 2020
Kavanaugh believes that if you count votes, and the candidate you support is ahead, you can just stop counting. And if you do keep counting, that “flips” the election, which is only allowed to end one way: with his preferred candidate winning.
— 😱 Endless Zoom Meeting 😱 (@AdamSerwer) October 27, 2020
Please screenshot and post all of the pages of your stupid book thx https://t.co/H3hyJ8V65M
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) October 27, 2020
re: #281 jaunte
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The 52 GOP senators who voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett represent 17 million fewer people than 47 Dems who voted no
— “Maximize election wins, then maximize change” (@DaffodilSwain) October 27, 2020
re: #285 jaunte
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This needs to be part of the argument for giving DC and PR statehood as well as expanding the court.
Mitt Romney voted to confirm, which tells you _everything_ about where his true loyalties lay.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 27, 2020
I hope nobody will ever try to tell me that Mitt Romney is a “principled” conservative again, because I don’t think I can survive laughing that hard.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 27, 2020
Most right wing court in 90 years and exempting the Warren Court really the courts have been more conservative than not since then.
Trump just said we must have the final vote count on November 3rd. This is all but saying he will declare victory before mail-in ballots are counted. Prepare to resist.
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) October 27, 2020
re: #287 Charles Johnson
It’s still survival of the party above all else with every one of those ratfauck sonsabitches. I, for one, will never forget what they’ve done and continue to try to do to this country by any means at their disposal. The only thing they will understand are harsh legal consequences. So I say let’s get to it. It’s time for Nuremberg II, because it appears 70+ years is the expiration date on lessons hard learned about fascism.
re: #288 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Roe v Wade - Gone
Obergefell v Hodges - Gone?
Miranda v Arizona - Gone?
Griswold v Connecticut - Gone?
Gideon v Wainwright - Gone?
Brown v Topeka Board - Gone?
Plessy v Ferguson - Reconsidered and Upheld?
Thieves stole over 6 million gloves meant for first responders at Florida hospitals. Surveillance video shows thieves backing a truck up to the shipping container and hauling off the gloves, valued at $1 million, the medical supply company says.https://t.co/svpKYw9wGi
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 27, 2020
I started watching Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. SPOILER:
instead of Kazakh, he speaks Hebrew.
re: #291 TarHellion
Roe v Wade - Gone
Obergefell v Hodges - Gone?
Miranda v Arizona - Gone?
Griswold v Connecticut - Gone?
Gideon v Wainwright - Gone?
Brown v Topeka Board - Gone?
Plessy v Ferguson - Reconsidered and Upheld?
Lawrence v Texas - gone
Dred Scott - to be revisited
re: #291 TarHellion
Roe v Wade - Gone
Obergefell v Hodges - Gone?
Miranda v Arizona - Gone?
Griswold v Connecticut - Gone?
Gideon v Wainwright - Gone?
Brown v Topeka Board - Gone?
Plessy v Ferguson - Reconsidered and Upheld?
Scott v Sanford - Upheld
“We’re going to have to get some balance back in this system,” Sen. Warren says, discussing the Supreme Court nomination process. “I want to have courts that decide things based on justice and law, not on an extreme ideology, the way Amy Coney Barrett has indicated she will.” pic.twitter.com/yMFDIj6mUY
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 27, 2020
re: #286 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
This needs to be part of the argument for giving DC and PR statehood as well as expanding the court.
DC definitely wants to be a state, they’ve voted on it more than once.
Puerto Rico is not so certain.
Mitch hasn’t appeared on a debate stage with a female moderator in nearly 25 years. And now instead of participating in this debate, he’s in Washington trying to make being a woman a pre-existing condition. #WheresMitch pic.twitter.com/8FOgv4GL99
— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) October 27, 2020
5/9 judges on the court were appointed by men who won the popular/plurality vote once in their three soon to be four combined elections. 3/9 worked on the Bush campaign’s recount team in 2000. It’s the Republicans that have politicized the courts. The only thing that links Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor is the President is who appointed them to Scotus. Meanwhile most every Republican appointed federal judge has to put on the facade of originism that was first promoted by Bork and later by Scalia and now Thomas.
re: #291 TarHellion
Roe v Wade - Gone
Obergefell v Hodges - Gone?
Miranda v Arizona - Gone?
Griswold v Connecticut - Gone?
Gideon v Wainwright - Gone?
Brown v Topeka Board - Gone?
Plessy v Ferguson - Reconsidered and Upheld?
Eisenstadt v Baird.
Lawrence v Texas.
Tinker v Des Moines
From voter suppression to judicial nominations, the Republican Party is in a race against time. They know their days are numbered in a changing America. That’s why they’re running around like Scarlett O’Hara trying to look the doors of the mansion before the union army arrives.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 27, 2020
A good measure of Trump’s racism is his ongoing effort to make Cory Booker — a kind vegan known for dad jokes — into some ominous threat that white suburbanites should fear. https://t.co/L5Ig628vsm
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 26, 2020
re: #297 sagehen
DC definitely wants to be a state, they’ve voted on it more than once.
Puerto Rico is not so certain.
Yeah that’s true. It’s up to the people there ultimately. I would welcome them. I hope DC becomes a state too.
It’s not just that Democrats no longer have an incentive to hold back. If they don’t regain power and expand the courts, you get a country whose government is wildly — to a hostile degree, even — unrepresentative of its people and its values.
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) October 27, 2020
This tension is not sustainable.
You better prepare yourselves for these fuckers to contest election results until they get they outcome they want. They will not stop, even if Biden wins 400 electoral votes. They know they have the Supreme Court. They will tear the country apart to win. https://t.co/xlTfx61mqM
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) October 27, 2020
His soul is proving to be worth every penny he sold it for https://t.co/9Pm7jFyX2u
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 27, 2020
Mitch McConnell promised to save coal jobs.
How it started How it’s going pic.twitter.com/akMviYMZ3a— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) October 27, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: “Our Democratic colleagues keep repeating the word illegitimate as if repetition would make it true.”
“We’re a constitutional republic. Legitimacy does not flow from their feelings.” https://t.co/NgivtubwW9 pic.twitter.com/pE0ZVzdHRn— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 26, 2020
I hate him so much
This ad is up in South Carolina. https://t.co/1UrEROW9uw
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) October 27, 2020
Chuck Schumer actually sounded like he has some balls. Lets hope.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) October 27, 2020
“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”
— Madeleine L’Engle (@MadeleineLEngle) October 27, 2020
If - IF - the votes are all there the way they’re looking to be shaping up.
If - IF - Trump and Trumpism are soundly defeated.
If - IF - Mitch and Lindsey and all of them are sent packing.
If Thomas retires and Alito retires, and eventually Roberts and Gorsuch.
What’s it going to be like to be Amy Coney Barrett on the court in 20 years, or 30? If all of her supporters are gone, if Trump and Trumpism are written into the history books as failures, if her nomination and confirmation become remembered as a last desperate grab for power by a dying regime…
…how unhappy might she be as a one-dimensional ideologue on a Court and in a world that’s moved on to completely different dimensions?
I hope her Court tenure becomes increasingly unpleasant for her, more and more each year.
And I hope the changes come so fast and so furious that it gets to that point for her sooner than any of us can imagine.
Five words: Supreme Court Justice Michelle Obama.
— Arch (@Arch_LGF) October 27, 2020
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I hate him so much
I hate this fucker more than I hate Trump.
well, if they want to play this scenario out, they seem to forget that in most cases; their side ends up getting hung or shot against a non-descript wall and then stuck in an unmarked grave.
may not happen today, or even tomorrow, but pretty sure we’ve seen this play out enough times in the Philippines, Romania, and Chile and while I am not calling for this to happen, this is where it usually ends up.
“Last week, the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, released a study of Joe Biden’s tax plan that concluded Biden would cut taxes for most Americans in 2021… How many times has it been mentioned on CNN? Not once.” https://t.co/H8AorEYhdV
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) October 27, 2020
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fight. And know what we’re fighting. They want no common cause, so there can be no common cause. To seek any is to assist them.
— A.R. Moxon—Preorder THE REVISIONARIES In Paperback (@JuliusGoat) October 27, 2020
re: #273 jaunte
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I never thought I’d see the day when I would be tweeting out a picture of the pink metal coat hangers I’ve been saving since the 1980s because I knew you horrible people hate women so much you want to own our bodies. But here we are. Oh, and put a sock in it! pic.twitter.com/6cyjhEsy48
— Dee *I am a Judges 4:21 woman* Holmes (@mmmirele) October 27, 2020
Yeah, there are some clothes on the floor of the closet.
The right wing extremists who loathe a tolerant culture are a minority, a shrinking one. They are clear about their intent: to revert America to at least the 1950s, but really much further back, and to do so at gunpoint if necessary. That’s one thing this election is about.
— Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) October 27, 2020
And now McConnell in his final act, adjourns the Senate without passing a Covid package. A reprehensible piece of shit! https://t.co/0RnlJMi2DU
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 27, 2020
Last year this was a scene out of “The Handmaid’s Tale”
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This is #WhatsAtStake pic.twitter.com/LSUCYRcSaU
And the Eighth Commamdment takes a standing eight-count. https://t.co/u6MnGloJr7
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 27, 2020
The Quote from A Wrinkle in Time, lead me down a short rabbit hole, and brought me to this delight at Time of all places:
The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
From The Arabian Nights to modern classics like The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. It’s an amazing list. Of course, part of my love of it is just how many of these I’ve read.
Check it out.
re: #322 The Pie Overlord!
Last year this was a scene out of “The Handmaid’s Tale”
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Thanks for this. Retweeted.
This is the world the GOP and their friends want for us. If you follow me and you think this is right, UNFOLLOW ME NOW. Just do it. Because the next step is what those guys at Apologia Church (in my neighborhood!) want to do, and that’s execute women who get abortions. https://t.co/TxZKDPsXTQ
— Dee *I am a Judges 4:21 woman* Holmes (@mmmirele) October 27, 2020
Realistically once a party shows it’s comfortable with hundreds of thousands of dead in the power quest that requires it protect utter incompetence, there really isn’t anything left to prove. We get it. You’re evil.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) October 27, 2020
I just made another donation to Gary Peters campaign and I had to fish my receipt out of the spamtrap because they were sending like a zillion emails an hour.
My mother was a 50-year nurse - going from the recovery room to administration. She passed away at the beginning of 2019. She remembered the days prior to Roe v Wade. How the rich could complain of monthly “difficulties” and be “examined,” while the poor were left to butchers. Born and raised in North Dakota, she broke from the Republicans when Reagan came along.
My dad was a smart country boy in North Carolina, who would process medical claims as the controller/human resources officer for a 30-person steel company in the 1970s. He knew what a D&C health insurance claim meant.
I honestly believed we would be past all of this crap by now. That science - such as RU-486 - would render the whole abortion debate moot. But I underestimated the power of religious fanaticism and the win-at-all-costs attitude of a political party.
I saw a Trump bus selling crap at a former gas station on the southwest corner of University and Lindsey in Mesa, AZ. Behind the button for the faint of heart.
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I dropped off my mother’s completed ballot at an open early voting place. It was very well staffed, lots of people coming and going. There were two poll watchers (younger white people, so I’m thinking Not Republicans, especially as they Wore Masks), sitting just outside the 75 foot limit.
He’s, unfortunately, reading the weakness in America’s president, correctly.
— ᴀʀᴛ 🇺🇸 (@__Arthur_Dent__) October 26, 2020
re: #329 mmmirele
re: #329 mmmirele
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re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I hate him so much
And when he whines next year, tell him we’re a Constitutional Republic.
re: #159 Patricia Kayden
Sadly, delusional COVID-19 deniers are also across the pond.
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I know what that son is going through.
That’s why I have now cut myself completely off from my insane family.
Good night, America. pic.twitter.com/a9Ygv7nFHg
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 27, 2020
re: #336 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
18th century. That is the goal for many of the fundamentalists.
Not 1950… but 1750.
1650, they were still executing witches then.
I thought I was done with donating. Hit the 1200 mark. My check from the Govt. Need to make more. I’m thinking of donating to opponents of all the senators that supported ACB. Don’t know what else to do.
edit. I’m also planning to give if there is a runoff in the GA special.
re: #337 The Pie Overlord!
1650, they were still executing witches then.
Yup, I think some do want to do that.
Most, though, just want to return to colonial era when only free males, which means almost no one other than white males, could vote, and you could own slaves if you wanted.
Gorsuch and Kavanaugh signal that they are ready to disenfranchise thousands of Americans for dear leader. We need to vote in such numbers that they don’t get the opportunity. vox.com
re: #338 I Would Prefer Not To
I thought I was done with donating. Hit the 1200 mark. My check from the Govt. Need to make more. I’m thinking of donating to opponents of all the senators that supported ACB. Don’t know what else to do.
One option is to donate to help state legislative candidates. 2021 is the redistricting year!
re: #340 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Gorsuch and Kavanaugh signal that they are ready to disenfranchise thousands of Americans for dear leader. We need to vote in such numbers that they don’t get the opportunity. vox.com
The sad part is that I don’t think they are doing it for trump. They hate democracy and want…I don’t know what they fuck they want. They want to watch the world burn.
re: #117 Charles Johnson
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Backpfeifengesicht.
I am a little afraid to see the German word for “face desperately in need of a spinning back heel kick to the teeth”
I’m volunteering to text bank. Hopefully for Wisconsin.
This is nuts.
Gorsuch, Kav and the religious nutjob will forever carry the stench of trump.
Next they’re going to rule that Democrats aren’t legitimate Americans.
I’m livid.
We are being set up where someone could win the popular vote by 10 million votes and lose the election.
USA: 1787-2020
RIP
“But, but her e-mails”
A very, very rare Trump administration profile in courage.
If a president has just done something that is very bad, that is something worth quitting over, not only do you quit, but you say why it is that you are quitting, and you let people know. This is the way that you do it. pic.twitter.com/cxGJmXfaeZ— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) October 27, 2020
Donald—I appreciate the free publicity for Borat! I admit, I don’t find you funny either. But yet the whole world laughs at you.
I’m always looking for people to play racist buffoons, and you’ll need a job after Jan. 20. Let’s talk!https://t.co/itWnhJ8TQF— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) October 24, 2020
Sometimes I don’t think I understand a lot of human beings. The Turtle slammed this nomination in our faces and did not do anything on Covid relief. Is he trying to lose his election? Does he not care about any of his fellow senators tying to reelection? Is he not human? (may have answered my own question.
re: #349 I Would Prefer Not To
Sometimes I don’t think I understand a lot of human beings. The Turtle slammed this nomination in our faces and did not do anything on Covid relief. Is he trying to lose his election? Does he not care about any of his fellow senators tying to reelection? Is he not human? (may have answered my own question.
They’re planning on stealing the election.
Can’t say they weren’t warned.
A warning: pic.twitter.com/MuvolpBXYV
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) October 27, 2020
re: #350 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They’re planning on stealing the election.
It would be ironic if the Handmaid stole votes cast for dear leader!
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) October 27, 2020
re: #350 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They’re planning on stealing the election.
Here’s the problem with that. Biden is going to win a lot of states. If some asshole in OH or GA or FL tips the scale and trump loses they are going to be in a lot of legal trouble when Biden takes over. Trump can not win by only cheating in one state. He needs three or four.
I think they know they are losing and don’t give a fuck. they are all looking at big paychecks from their conservative masters. They never really wanted to govern in the rest place, might as well cash in.
re: #352 NO SMOCKING GUN!
It would be ironic if the Handmaid stole votes cast for dear leader!
They seem to be counting on a huge turnout on Election Day.
I wonder how many of those people are going to want to stand on line for hours to vote…
And I still think Trump will demand that every vote be counted if it looks like he’s losing once returns start coming in.
After 2012 the Republicans had a choice. And they chose to become a party of White supremacists. They could have been de Klerk. Instead they opted for Botha.
This will not end well.
What will prevent them from declaring us “enemy combatants?”
So many authoritarian regimes derived their power from “democratic” means. And the flaws within our Constitution - from the Connecticut Compromise to the Electoral College - will have allowed the unimaginable become reality.
re: #350 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They’re planning on stealing the election.
The corrupted court has made it clear that they will rig every election for the Communist Republican Party.
re: #322 The Pie Overlord!
Last year this was a scene out of “The Handmaid’s Tale”
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That’s a powerful ad, but the only issue I have is that it’s more likely to be Grace’s mother than Grace who will be the one denied an abortion.
re: #324 William Lewis
The Quote from A Wrinkle in Time, lead me down a short rabbit hole, and brought me to this delight at Time of all places:
The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All TimeFrom The Arabian Nights to modern classics like The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. It’s an amazing list. Of course, part of my love of it is just how many of these I’ve read.
Check it out.
I’ve read 22 of them. Mainly the older works.
re: #247 Colère Tueur de Lapin
They don’t need a constitutional amendment. The Constitution already gives them them authority to make up the court any way they choose.
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