How has President Trump spent his time since Election Day? He’s been busy playing Risk with our military, selling pieces of the country to oil giants and fast-tracking chicken slaughter. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #Trump
Go get ‘em Jenna! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/iXZtfXvLaq
— Elissa (@tg_elissa) November 19, 2020
LMAO. So far the Trump “elite strike force team is zero for 28”. They’ve lost every single case brought before a court. They’ve failed on standing. They’ve failed on filings. They have no evidence, and even withdrew cases voluntarily b/c they don’t have cases.
This is a scam.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) November 19, 2020
Trump’s Team America: What a bunch of assholes.
Check out the freeper threads on the presser, illuminating what the other side will believe. Well, not really. Always knew they were a bunch of rubes.
Ellis says that Democrats are “changing the rules” of elections. In Georgia, Republicans control the state house, the state senate, the governor is a Republican and it’s been this way since 2005.
— Charlie Gile (@CharlieGileNBC) November 19, 2020
‘Elite strikeforce team.’
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re: #3 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Check out the freeper threads on the presser, illuminating what the other side will believe. Well, not really. Always knew they were a bunch of rubes.
I’m going to remember the silence of so called libertarians like Ron and Rand Paul here who love to act like they’re anti big government and authoritarianism but choose to stay silent and in Rand’s case outright complicit in an attempted coup. It’s a failing an attempted coup but yes Sideshow Don, they still give out punishments for attempting coups.
re: #4 makeitstop
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When Wayne County initially failed to certify, a Twitter user noted Trump would lead without its votes counted.
Trump responded: “Flip Michigan back to TRUMP.”
Giuliani today: “It changes the result of the election in Michigan if you take out Wayne County.”
It’s not subtle.— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 19, 2020
Giuliani claims the Trump campaign pulled its Michigan lawsuit because the goal was to prevent Wayne County from certifying its results.
“And they did; they de-certified.”
The results were certified. The attempt to rescind has no legal authority.— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 19, 2020
Giuliani now says Trump might file suit in Virginia, where Biden’s margin of victory is literally double digits — 10%.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 19, 2020
It would seem pretty bad that this supposed vast communist plot was launched and executed on the Trump administration’s watch?
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 19, 2020
Does LGF have an elite strike force task team thing?
IF YOU DON’T COUNT DETROIT & YOU DON’T COUNT PHILADELPHIA, WHEE WIN!!!!1!!1!!!!
Giuliani says “there is nobody here that engages in fantasy,” then details his fantasy about how Trump won Pennsylvania by 300,000 votes and Michigan by 50,000 votes when he in fact decisively lost both of those states pic.twitter.com/7CvU4OuQRX
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 19, 2020
re: #10 Sir John Barron
Does LGF have an elite strike force task team thing?
We could tell you, but then we’d have to kill you.
Now just imagine if this election had ACTUALLY been close…
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) November 19, 2020
re: #13 dangerman
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Elite strikeforce team, part 2…
Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell just said that Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez rigged the 2020 election.
Hugo Chavez died in 2013.— Travis Akers (@travisakers) November 19, 2020
For those taking the press conference live:
If you’re in the news business, it’s malpractice to carry Giuliani’s press conference live at length without any cut ins to note the myriad ways the public record contradicts him— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) November 19, 2020
Rudy Giuliani is an attorney to dye for.
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) November 19, 2020
re: #15 makeitstop
Elite strikeforce team, part 2…
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God damn it, people. I thought we said that the Weekend at Bernie’s plan WAS NOT ACTUALLY A PLAN!
re: #15 makeitstop
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The Trump campaign live feed of this was briefly accessed by people who seemed surprised to be able to speak over the audio of Rudy, and were doing sort of running commentary on his hair dye and other things before they were no longer audible.
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) November 19, 2020
Kinda sad that I didn’t choose to watch live now.
re: #15 makeitstop
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re: #18 Sir John Barron
Does that make Dead Hugo Chavez part of someone’s elite strike force?
This one, I guess.
Updated list of conspirators: foreign communists, China, Venezuela, Cuba, George Soros, the Clinton Foundation, Antifa, and Black Lives Matter.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) November 19, 2020
re: #5 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Modern Libertarianism rejects democracy because ordinary citizens can have Reps introduce public sector spending legislation, regulations, and other limitations rather than just 100% “free market” bullshit. Democracy is now the enemy of Libertarians and in its place is the notion of a fantasy dictatorship that enforces Capitalism at all costs. Think Pinochet as an example.
re: #23 makeitstop
This one, I guess.
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I fucking hate Rothman. Rub this shit in his smug fucking face.
Proud day for conservatives, huh?
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) November 19, 2020
re: #23 makeitstop
This one, I guess.
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“If the majority of Americans had not voted against Trump, he would have won.”
J. Fucking. C.
“Your question is fundamentally flawed, when you’re asking, ‘where’s the evidence?’ You clearly don’t understand the legal process” — Jenna Ellis pic.twitter.com/I4n9G59Zwa
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 19, 2020
Damn someone pull Giuliani off the air this is ridiculous pic.twitter.com/SOCK1x9VSm
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 19, 2020
oh https://t.co/YuYKyfE5KE pic.twitter.com/UxHYTPubKr
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 19, 2020
I sure wish you would have realized this as you spent years radicalizing the Fox News audience.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) November 19, 2020
I can’t believe we have 8 more weeks of this wretched con man and his craven Republican cronies. Argh. I just want it to be over.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 19, 2020
I’ve been following the GOP’s “voter fraud” lies for years. What you need to know is very simple: voter fraud is basically nonexistent in the US, and the infinitesimal amount that HAS been uncovered has never influenced an election.
Republicans KNOW THIS. It’s a scam.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 19, 2020
Not watching Rudy Giuliani because he makes me want to vomit.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 19, 2020
Note how NOT ONE FUCKING C.R.A.P. (Communist Republican Asshole Party) Representative or Senator is even trying to put the brakes on this shit.
Not one.
To be embarrassed, they’d need to be capable of feeling shame, which would require a conscience.
I think you see where I’m going with this. https://t.co/F5dAFnT7aB— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 19, 2020
re: #31 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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The most insane thing is that this an accurate description of what Trump’s personal lawyers are telling the American people uninterrupted on Fox News and that very few GOP Senators or Congressman will refute these claims in any way.
— Nicole Goodkind (@NicoleGoodkind) November 19, 2020
re: #31 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The 70+ million voters also share the blame for Trump’s anti-democratic antics. They’re cheering him on.
re: #36 Patricia Kayden
The 70+ million voters also share the blame for Trump’s anti-democratic antics. They’re cheering him on.
Some of them are cheering him on, some of them are so ensconced in White Privilege that they’re free to vote for a Republican on Election day, for whatever reason they tell themselves, and then stop caring about what happens in politics after that.
I am beginning to think that all these detailed descriptions of election fraud are actually confessions of what REPUBLICANS HAVE ACTUALLY DONE. #Election2020 #BidenHarris #KHive #BlackVotesMatter https://t.co/AnUh2ewY9P
— Key Lime Victory Pie (@Pie_Overlord) November 19, 2020
re: #37 jamesfirecat
Some of them are cheering him on, some of them are so ensconced in White Privilege that they’re free to vote for a Republican on Election day, for whatever reason they tell themselves, and then stop caring about what happens in politics after that.
That would be the people working around me.
When you’ve lost Czech President Miloš Zeman, well……
Donald Trump would be wiser to acknowledge losing the U.S. presidential election and quit, Czech President Milos Zeman, an early Trump supporter, said on Thursday.
Zeman, one of the few European politicians who backed Trump before his 2016 election victory but who made no such endorsement this year, told news website parlamentnilisty.cz that while it was possible to demand recounts and go to court, Trump should take a different route.
“I personally believe that it would be much more reasonable to give up, not to be embarrassing, and allow the new president to take office,” he said.
In truth, Miloš Zeman is pretty embarrassing to most Czechs too; he’s a notorious drunk among other things. He’s nowhere near as bad as Trump but he’s still seen as a colossal embarrassment which makes him saying this even more significant.
re: #32 Charles Johnson
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This will *not* be over after the inauguration.
He will not stop
Can’t stop. Won’t stop.
Lawyers now on @newsmax, @OANN & maybe @FoxNews. An open and shut case of voter fraud. Massive numbers!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2020
The strategy is to have party apparatchiks overrule the democratic will of the voters.
This is Soviet. https://t.co/T4dvM1aeJu— Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) November 19, 2020
re: #42 Eclectic Cyborg
Can’t stop. Won’t stop.
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The future of icy cold prison bars have already settled into his dim mind. Trump will stop at nothing to subvert this election.
Nothing.
These networks are telling an exciting and suspenseful and made up story, and now seem totally, permanently committed to it. https://t.co/NypeEU6q2h
— Ben Smith (@benyt) November 19, 2020
re: #39 Belafon
That would be the people working around me.
I think at the end of the day even more than the right to not be hassled by cops or anything else, the ultimate zenith of White Privilege is the ability to be politically uniformed, not misinformed like the people who are into Fox News or OANN but to just be so certain of your standing in society that you can afford to cast your vote and then stop worrying about the election.
I think this also is the seed from which the “can’t both sides just get along” poisoned tree springs, because you’ve done as much political stuff as you want to do every four years, why do people have to keep bringing politics into everything?
re: #34 Charles Johnson
There isn’t a shortage of morally bankrupt assholes that support this fuckery. Literally, tens of millions. They push any falsehood for a payday and tell the gullible what they desperately want to hear. Facts don’t matter, the narrative does. It’s very much like a religious cult.
“I told you so,” doesn’t feel satisfying or affect the outcome. All day long, for years, people point out the lies, but here we are.
“Fuck the law. I don’t give a fuck about the law. I want my fucking money.”
This is actually the official motto of the Trump presidency https://t.co/AmMYGmbETB— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) November 19, 2020
re: #43 jaunte
Is he going to give the MI folks the Lindsey Graham golf outing treatment?
I like these new warnings Twitter is putting on Trump’s tweets. pic.twitter.com/c4BCLwhXNZ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 19, 2020
re: #48 PrairieQueen
There isn’t a shortage of morally bankrupt assholes that support this fuckery. Literally, tens of millions. They push any falsehood for a payday and tell the gullible what they desperately want to hear. Facts don’t matter, the narrative does. It’s very much like a religious cult.
“I told you so,” doesn’t feel satisfying or affect the outcome. All day long, for years, people point out the lies, but here we are.
Remember back at the impeachment..how far would they go to support this guy?….
Reporters traveling with Secretary Pompeo were just given this readout of his trip to Israel: “The Secretary’s visit highlights U.S. government support of Israeli businesses in the West Bank to operate free from international sanctions as part of the Pompeo Doctrine.”
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 19, 2020
re: #24 Florida Panhandler
Modern Libertarianism rejects democracy because ordinary citizens can have Reps introduce public sector spending legislation, regulations, and other limitations rather than just 100% “free market” bullshit. Democracy is now the enemy of Libertarians and in its place is the notion of a fantasy dictatorship that enforces Capitalism at all costs. Think Pinochet as an example.
Pre-modern libertarianism has a more common name:
Feudalism
re: #43 jaunte
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While they’re gone, the remaining officials should just certify the results state-wide.
Good Lord. Per @betsy_klein, the task force hasn’t briefed reporters since July.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 19, 2020
Jenna Ellis tells the press that by asking, “Where is the evidence?” they don’t understand the law. Apparently, according to the law, judges should immediately issue injunctions overthrowing the election and then wait for evidence.
— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) November 19, 2020
re: #53 Dread Pirate Ron
Enforcing the “Howard Doctrine” no doubt.
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) November 19, 2020
re: #54 Sherlock Hound
Pre-modern libertarianism has a more common name:
Feudalism
Of course, that’s not precisely true. Everyone in the chain had, at least in theory, responsibilities towards those both above and below them. The latter was probably more honored in the breach than the observance.
Hard, fast rule: When the alum and borax are leaking from the critter’s head, it’s time to fire the taxidermist. pic.twitter.com/iAjn0aZ6G5
— David Simon (@AoDespair) November 19, 2020
re: #52 dangerman
Yeah, which is one of many reasons so many people got off their asses and voted to get rid of him this past election. And that path is still not clear.
The biggest problem is no consequences. Ever. Used to be, treasonous shit got somebody executed. It was treated very seriously. At the least, the accused might go ahead and brush their teeth with cyanide. Now, there are literally no consequences, and haven’t been for quite some time. The inmates run the asylum.
re: #57 jaunte
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BBC chief for the Americas!
Rudy Giuliani’s press conference today on ‘voter fraud’ was one of the wildest, most unsubstantiated diatribes I’ve ever listened to and I say that as someone who has sat in a room with Col Gaddafi for three hours.
— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) November 19, 2020
Time to call it a day. Have fun, Lizards and stay healthy.
re: #62 thedopefishlives
I guess this is why McConnell has been so busy sticking fanatics and unqualified goobers onto the courts.
Rudy Giuliani doesn’t understand how signature-matching works under Georgia law. Signatures are verified BEFORE ballots are counted. They cannot be checked again in a recount under GA constitution that protects secrecy of a voter’s identity. Ballot is detached after verification.
— Brendan Keefe (@BrendanKeefe) November 19, 2020
Because there were vote-buying schemes decades ago. The person paying would check to verify the person followed through to cast the purchased vote. So GA voters amended their constitution to make all votes secret. The signatures are verified first, then unmarried from the ballot.
— Brendan Keefe (@BrendanKeefe) November 19, 2020
Just to get an absentee ballot, Georgia requires signed paper applications, or if requested online, driver license/state ID numbers. Those are matched BEFORE they’ll send a ballot. Then the absentee ballot inner envelope has to be signed & that’s matched before ballot is counted.
— Brendan Keefe (@BrendanKeefe) November 19, 2020
re: #65 jaunte
I guess this is why McConnell has been so busy sticking fanatics and unqualified goobers onto the courts.
Well, that and because this is his one singular goal - to preserve and expand power by any means necessary. He rammed through all of Trump’s judicial appointments just to say “Fuck you” to America.
re: #59 calochortus
Of course, that’s not precisely true. Everyone in the chain had, at least in theory, responsibilities towards those both above and below them. The latter was probably more honored in the breach than the observance.
This point remains: NO form of libertarianism has ever been Democratic. Not a one. Curtis Yarvin’s end argument was always: “Abolish democracy. I got mine. And always will.” It’s always appealed to upper-upper-middle class white Anglo serfs who will be OK whatever the politics. I remember reading an interview with the late SF author Jerry Pournelle, where he actually said this thing.
re: #68 Sherlock Hound
This point remains: NO form of libertarianism has ever been Democratic. Not a one. Curtis Yarvin’s end argument was always: “Abolish democracy. I got mine. And always will.” It’s always appealed to upper-upper-middle class white Anglo serfs who will be OK whatever the politics. I remember reading an interview with the late SF author Jerry Pournelle, where he actually said this thing.
I got mine
Until you don’t and then “this is so unfair”
re: #68 Sherlock Hound
This point remains: NO form of libertarianism has ever been Democratic. Not a one. Curtis Yarvin’s end argument was always: “Abolish democracy. I got mine. And always will.” It’s always appealed to upper-upper-middle class white Anglo serfs who will be OK whatever the politics. I remember reading an interview with the late SF author Jerry Pournelle, where he actually said this thing.
Oh, absolutely. When the upper crust gives up on noblesse oblige. Others have obligations to them, but they have no obligations to anyone else.
re: #68 Sherlock Hound
This point remains: NO form of libertarianism has ever been Democratic. Not a one. Curtis Yarvin’s end argument was always: “Abolish democracy. I got mine. And always will.” It’s always appealed to upper-upper-middle class white Anglo serfs who will be OK whatever the politics. I remember reading an interview with the late SF author Jerry Pournelle, where he actually said this thing.
Gentlemen, this may be the thing you are remembered for.
Please defend our democracy.— Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) November 19, 2020
Not even an entire month post-election, and the GOP is already planning voter suppression for the next! https://t.co/EQYv6eJNHU
— Progress Texas (@ProgressTX) November 19, 2020
Zombies at the window.
I’ve had enough of this shit
I’m ready for the red pill
Are they drugged?
— diana herodias (@HerodiasDiana) November 19, 2020
Their heart is in the right place.
Attorneys file ethics complaint against Graham over Georgia ballots https://t.co/vXPoiAvhZj
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 19, 2020
re: #73 jaunte
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The Republican model for the USA has accelerated even more towards the old Apartheid South African Government. A small percentage of the population is able to carve out all the power and a massive amount of wealth along with it by directly subjugating most of the people.
re: #75 Dread Pirate Ron
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“The role played by Dead Hugo Chavez is real, OK? Believe me.”
Rudy sure put a new spin on The Tammy Faye Bakker Thing!
re: #78 Sir John Barron
“The role played by Dead Hugo Chavez is real, OK? Believe me.”
Who’s playing that role—James Woods, Kelsey Grammar, Kirk Cameron or Robert Davi?
Hugo Chavev?!
Fucking hell, has the zombie apocalypse started without me?
re: #79 🌹UOJB!
Between Trump and Rudy, they wear more makeup than a lot of ladies I know to cover their rot. They honestly look like Death Becomes Her, the last couple scenes. Animated corpses way past their fresh date.
Feeling like the Rudy sideshow is just that, as Trump attempts Mafia Don tactics on local election staff and state legislators.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 19, 2020
re: #49 jaunte
And this goes back to 2018, fer chrissakes….
re: #80 🌹UOJB!
Who’s playing that role—James Woods, Kelsey Grammar, Kirk Cameron or Robert Davi?
Robert Davi seems like a lock.
re: #81 Varek Raith
Hugo Chavev?!
Fucking hell, has the zombie apocalypse started without me?
[Blank stare.]
Dude, where the fuck you been for the last four years? The zombie apocalypse has been ongoing since at least that far back. Now then, might I trouble you for some brains? We’re going hungry here in Wingnuttia.
This might be the most accurate use of this meme yet https://t.co/sf0mSR6aKO
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 19, 2020
Yes, Rudy is a sweaty walking punchline. But Trump is flying in Michigan lawmakers tomorrow so let’s stop pretending their buffoonery makes them any less dangerous.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 19, 2020
Powell, who has defenders indignantly insisting she is a not a conspiracy theorist, alleges a vast global conspiracy. “Global interests, corporations, you name it. Everybody is against us.”
— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) November 19, 2020
I see we have entered into The Fifth Element stage of American politics pic.twitter.com/0kBRy0Lp2r
— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) November 19, 2020
re: #89 Dread Pirate Ron
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re: #89 Dread Pirate Ron
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Every one of those fucking assholes must be disbarred and banned from practicing law for the rest of their lives.
Joe Biden did not hire Philadelphia mob boss ‘Skinny Joey’ Merlino to fabricate hundreds of thousands of ballots. A lawyer linked to Trump retweeted a bizarre allegation involving Merlino. A lawyer for Merlino has made clear the allegation is false. https://t.co/HEnY3cLjtA
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 19, 2020
re: #87 jaunte
Trying to stay calm but I’m not finding Trump’s antics funny. Nothing would surprise me. This country is slipping into “It Can’t Happen Here” territory.
re: #93 Dread Pirate Ron
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It doesn’t matter because my batshit insane relatives are already posting and sharing that Merlino stuffed the ballot boxes in Philly.
This is why we need British style libel laws to shut these liars down.
See the third point - too harsh, or just right?
“The greatest threat to democracy is Trump and the crime syndicate backing him. The second greatest threat is McConnell and the criminal GOP. The third greatest threat is Pelosi and her little group of Vichy Democrats. Pelosi must be removed as Speaker.” https://t.co/VUE8uPlfhi
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 5, 2020
re: #88 jaunte
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I’m not really sure what the whole flying the MI legislatures into town tonight is supposed to accomplish? I don’t think they can block certification, or even more bizarrely try to replace the state’s popular vote with a vote for EC votes in the state legislature at this point, but what do I know
re: #88 jaunte
I wonder how many Michigan voters could see them off at the airport?
Uh huh.
Romney Warns Of ‘Severe’ Consequences Of Lame Duck Trump Lashing Out https://t.co/haO4uM1gO1 pic.twitter.com/KXclYTFiMt
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) November 19, 2020
By a dead Hugo Chavez.
— MoreSkyPlease (@Moreskyplease) November 19, 2020
re: #100 Dread Pirate Ron
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It’s crap.
re: #99 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Uh huh.
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Wow. Another sternly worded letter from that Rock of Jell-0 Mitt…
re: #80 🌹UOJB!
Who’s playing that role—James Woods, Kelsey Grammar, Kirk Cameron or Robert Davi?
I’ve always thought Mark Labbett from The Chase bears a resemblance to Chavez.
re: #96 Interesting Times
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I’m a bit too concerned about Trump’s current coup attempts at the moment to evaluate Nancy Smash’s merits or liabilities as House Speaker.
The Rudytron 2000 is leaking motor oil. pic.twitter.com/xzuArDr5ko
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) November 19, 2020
re: #108 Dr. Matt
Has Susan Collins responded yet that she’s “concerned”?
Oh she no longer has to. She’s already said that she will abandon LGBTQ people because they supported her opponent. So she’s finally showing her true swastikas.
re: #96 Interesting Times
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Did they f’n forget the impeachment and the near unanimous votes by Democrats in both chambers? Did they forget the hundreds of bills that the House passed?
re: #110 Belafon
Did they f-in forget the impeachment and the near unanimous votes by Democrats in both chambers? Did they forget the hundreds of bills that the House passed?
But other than what have the Romans has Nancy Pelosi really done for us?
re: #110 Belafon
The D Rep from MN who voted against impeachment lost his election. Sad to see a seat flip R but there were probably a lot of voters who just said fuck that guy.
re: #112 stpaulbear
The D Rep from MN who voted against impeachment lost his election. Sad to see a seat flip R but there were probably a lot of voters who just said fuck that guy.
Hmm, who was that?
re: #97 Sir John Barron
I think it’s as simple as this: Trump’s default move is to rant at and bully whoever he thinks will give him what he wants until they fold.
re: #93 Dread Pirate Ron
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re: #113 Sir John Barron
Hmm, who was that?
Collin Peterson MN-7. He was one of the founding ‘blue dogs’.
From now on, every conservative that loses an election and doesn’t try to fuck up or defy the voting process will be labeled a cuck or a RINO. There’s just no way to overstate how toxic this is in a democracy, far beyond the question of Trump himself.
— David Roberts (@drvox) November 19, 2020
re: #116 stpaulbear
Collin Peterson MN-7. He was one of the founding ‘blue dogs’.
wow, really? amazing. he’s been in Congress a long time hasn’t he?
re: #94 Patricia Kayden
Trying to stay calm but I’m not finding Trump’s antics funny. Nothing would surprise me. This country is slipping into “It Can’t Happen Here” territory.
I thought that we already had, four years ago.
re: #57 jaunte
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She isn’t entirely wrong about the process for obtaining an injunction. You don’t have to put on your entire case in chief. But there are few standard elements for obtaining an injunction—one of which is likelihood of success on the merits. In order to properly evaluate in whose favor that prong points, the person requesting the injunction needs to present some evidence showing they have a good case.
But aside from all of that…a press conference isn’t a court of law. Show us the fucking evidence.
Democrats should be holding nonstop press conferences talking about the unprecedented and rampant fuckery that is going on right now.
And if the cable news shows aren’t booking them, get on Instagram live or some shit.
This is BANANAS— 🍁Imani Gandied Yams🍁 (@AngryBlackLady) November 19, 2020
re: #121 Mike Lamb
She isn’t entirely wrong about the process for obtaining an injunction. You don’t have to put on your entire case in chief. But there are few standard elements for obtaining an injunction—one of which is likelihood of success on the merits. In order to properly evaluate in whose favor that prong points, the person requesting the injunction needs to present some evidence showing they have a good case.
But aside from all of that…a press conference isn’t a court of law. Show us the fucking evidence.
a press conference is something for the cult “news” networks to carry so the cult followers can flood their FB and instagram feeds with “important news and evidence” about all the voter fraud, etc.
re: #103 Belafon
It’s crap.
Seconded.
She should explain how Pelosi could have done anything differently, given McConnell’s Senate.
re: #122 jaunte
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yeah i’m not sure our side was prepared for the campaign after the election.
The next phase is the campaign after the inauguration.
re: #124 makeitstop
She should explain how Pelosi could have done anything differently, given McConnell’s Senate.
Her most common complaint is the refusal to use inherent contempt:
Yes. @tedlieu has been trying to use inherent contempt. He should publicly identify who in the House has been stopping him and other representatives from doing so.
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 15, 2020
Who’s stopping you from using inherent contempt? You should name them!
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 12, 2020
Ha, there’s video of Rudy being mocked.
on the official donald trump youtube stream they accidentally left their audio on and you can hear the team there say “you see fucking rudy’s hair dye dripping down his face?” pic.twitter.com/LV6P5vw5jt
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 19, 2020
re: #127 makeitstop
Ha, there’s video of Rudy being mocked.
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Ssssh, he’s a part of the super duper strike team special
re: #117 jaunte
Look up “Hybrid Regime”.
Under Republican Congressional dominance we have been trending towards being just another Russia or Turkey for a long while now. Trump sent us firmly over the threshold defining a Flawed Democracy and a Hybrid Regime. The only hope of at least attempting a reversal back to Flawed Democracy is for Biden and Democrats to RIGHT NOW start publicly shaming Trump and his gangster efforts to billy his way to a 2nd term.
Trump will dispense with elections altogether in his 2nd term with the full support of Republicans.
re: #96 Interesting Times
I don’t trust Kendzior one bit. She is like all the survivalists and preppers I know of: She started with rational fears and understandable trauma.
Then she joined a podcast. Now fear and trauma are her fucking product. I’ve seen that trope over and over.
The Democrats?
We accept that the Republicans are spreading disinfo. But what if Kendzior is doing the same?
“Everybody’s at fault. Everyone’s crooked.”
Fine. Don’t expect anyone to rise to the occasion.
Thanks, Putin.
re: #131 Sherlock Hound
I don’t trust Kendzior one bit. She is like all the survivalists and preppers I know of: She started with rational fears and understandable trauma.
Then she joined a podcast. Now fear and trauma are her fucking product.
Bingo.
re: #130 Florida Panhandler
Look up “Hybrid Regime”.
Under Republican Congressional dominance we have been trending towards being just another Russia or Turkey for a long while now. Trump sent us firmly over the threshold defining a Flawed Democracy and a Hybrid Regime. The only hope of at least attempting a reversal back to Flawed Democracy is for Biden and Democrats to RIGHT NOW start publicly shaming Trump and his gangster efforts to billy his way to a 2nd term.
Trump will dispense with elections altogether in his 2nd term with the full support of Republicans.
I disagree, they wouldn’t/won’t disperse with elections, Americans are too fond of them and it is too obvious. They’d just want to figure out a better more effective way of rigging them to make sure that the right people always win like how Putin keeps getting 90%+ of the vote.
re: #133 jamesfirecat
I disagree, they won’t disperse with elections, Americans are too fond of them, they’d just want to figure out a better more effective way of rigging them to make sure that the right people always win like how Putin keeps getting 90%+ of the vote.
When you have a relative actually advocating that only ordained Xtian ministers should have the vote…
re: #133 jamesfirecat
I disagree, they wouldn’t/won’t disperse with elections, Americans are too fond of them and it is too obvious. They’d just want to figure out a better more effective way of rigging them to make sure that the right people always win like how Putin keeps getting 90%+ of the vote.
Yeah, hybrid regimes typically do have elections.
Fox News, credibly fact-checking Rudy. I gotta go lie down now.
WATCH: @FoxNews White House reporter calls @RudyGiuliani’s press conference “light on facts” and “So much of what he said was not true” pic.twitter.com/uackOenTCi
— Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) November 19, 2020
re: #133 jamesfirecat
I disagree, they wouldn’t/won’t disperse with elections, Americans are too fond of them and it is too obvious. They’d just want to figure out a better more effective way of rigging them to make sure that the right people always win like how Putin keeps getting 90%+ of the vote.
People love the pageantry of elections. They won’t go away, if only because of the enormous number of down-ballot races. In other authoritarian countries, elections persist. (There is no “free and fair” in the definition of the word.)
Putin himself even complained about the low turnout in his last election!
re: #122 jaunte
Yep. I’m not understanding the nonchalant attitude of many on the left. It’s almost as if they have nothing to lose. Given how much Trump has stacked the courts, the election results aren’t secured as yet. Trying not to be paranoid but this is nerve wracking.
re: #138 Acemarilllion
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Has the Vatican begun digging in to this blood-weeping statue? This could be a miracle.
It would be over within a day, result coming in as excess hair dye being flushed out by means of copious sweat.
re: #139 Patricia Kayden
Yep. I’m not understanding the nonchalant attitude of many on the left. It’s almost as if they have nothing to lose. Given how much Trump has stacked the courts, the election results aren’t secured as yet. Trying not to be paranoid but this is nerve wracking.
New York Times: “A key part of the G.O.P. strategy has been to delay certification processes in battleground states that Mr. Biden won, in the hopes that, if state officials miss their deadlines, legislators will subvert the popular vote and appoint pro-Trump slates to the Electoral College. But that’s extremely unlikely to happen.”
re: #139 Patricia Kayden
Yep. I’m not understanding the nonchalant attitude of many on the left. It’s almost as if they have nothing to lose.
This is also what Sarah Kendzior is complaining about - that, obscene GOPer senate obstructionism aside, high-profile Dems like Pelosi aren’t even conducting a good PR campaign against all the crap. At the very least, they should be doing this:
Democrats should be holding nonstop press conferences talking about the unprecedented and rampant fuckery that is going on right now.
And if the cable news shows aren’t booking them, get on Instagram live or some shit.
This is BANANAS— 🍁Imani Gandied Yams🍁 (@AngryBlackLady) November 19, 2020
re: #119 Sir John Barron
wow, really? amazing. he’s been in Congress a long time hasn’t he?
30 years
re: #138 Acemarilllion
Aren’t his pupils awfully dilated for being in front of TV lighting?
Tennessee mayor won’t require COVID masks until Holy Spirit says so
uh, Mayor Asshole, this is The Big G reminding you doctors have warned you about Covid and you’re too fucking stupid to listen to them.
Asking for The Holy Ghost? Oh he’s too busy with The Bar-Kays
GA certifies tomorrow
MI and PA on Monday
if there’s any steam left in the Trump-Guilianni “plan” to overturn the election results it will evaporate then.
granted they don’t expect to change anything about the election. They’re trying to preload resistance against the Biden presidency but that’s another matter
re: #141 dangerman
It’s unlikely to happen until it happens. Nothing is normal right now. But again, let me stop being alarmist. We’re still a democracy.
re: #144 A Mom Anon
Aren’t his pupils awfully dilated for being in front of TV lighting?
Oh my, they are!
re: #136 makeitstop
Fox News, credibly fact-checking Rudy. I gotta go lie down now.
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— Arch (@Arch_LGF) November 19, 2020
re: #142 Interesting Times
This is also what Sarah Kendzior is complaining about - that, obscene GOPer senate obstructionism aside, high-profile Dems like Pelosi aren’t even conducting a good PR campaign against all the crap. At the very least, they should be doing this:
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That isn’t actually Nancy Pelosi’s job. She is very good at running her caucus. She is not, and never has been, good at rabble rousing and inspiring the troops. I don’t know who is in charge of this - maybe the DNC chair? But it isn’t Nancy.
re: #96 Interesting Times
I can’t stand Sarah Kendzior. Attacking and undermining your own side is just annoying and unhelpful. I am all for holding them accountable and urging them to do better - but saying that Nancy and her Vichy Democrats are the third greatest threat is Glenn Greenwald territory.
NEW: A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block the Dec 8 execution of Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, until Dec 31 to give her more time to petition for clemency after her attorneys tested positive for COVID-19. https://t.co/rMbkhRZ8Bq @CourthouseNews pic.twitter.com/p1ORTxF172
— Megan Mineiro (@MMineiro_CNS) November 19, 2020
The TRO grant comes ahead of the Trump administration planning to execute a different inmate, Orlando Hall, tonight even after the D.C. Circuit ruled the new lethal-injection protocol unlawful: https://t.co/NqxtV68onq
— Megan Mineiro (@MMineiro_CNS) November 19, 2020
Read this tweet👇carefully. The Republican Party is openly hostile to democracy. https://t.co/VOY5xy69Ya
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 19, 2020
re: #151 Charmingly Persistent
I can’t stand Sarah Kendzior. Attacking and undermining your own side is just annoying and unhelpful. I am all for holding them accountable and urging them to do better - but saying that Nancy and her Vichy Democrats are the third greatest threat is Glenn Greenwald territory.
She puts trump first, the GOP senate second, and Nancy third… thus completely ignoring the political arm of the GOP IE Fox OANN and similar organizations that which helps them win so much shit by getting some people to vote for it believe it. There’s your proof that she’s not being serious and is just a shit stirrer, that or if she’s not actively malicious she’s so uniformed as to be unworthy of having her comments given any real consideration.
re: #150 Charmingly Persistent
If only there were one of two Democratic politicans with cults if personality and could command media from a safe spot.
[I really just don’t like liars and racists] https://t.co/Rkc6z3M734
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) November 19, 2020
re: #150 Charmingly Persistent
That isn’t actually Nancy Pelosi’s job. She is very good at running her caucus. She is not, and never has been, good at rabble rousing and inspiring the troops. I don’t know who is in charge of this - maybe the DNC chair? But it isn’t Nancy.
The only thing we want out of the DNC chair is to rally the supporters and the donors.
That’s it.
The Berners are the ones spreading conspiracy theories about the DNC uber alles, that everyone believes now. ANY of the Dem congressmen could pick up the cudgel—if we made them! (Hint)
(Am I the only person who noticed that the call to action is “Subscribe to my podcast!”, “Sign petition on change.org!”, “Scream at Pelosi!”, or “Scream on Twitter!”, instead of, “Scream at your Congressman!”, which the system is at least made for.)
Co-sign on the whole “Dems need to start making a bigger deal out of this shit” thing.
re: #145 🌹UOJB!
Tennessee mayor won’t require COVID masks until Holy Spirit says so
uh, Mayor Asshole, this is The Big G reminding you doctors have warned you about Covid and you’re too fucking stupid to listen to them.
Asking for The Holy Ghost? Oh he’s too busy with The Bar-Kays
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the big man:
i sent you masks
i sent you social distancing
i sent you soap
i even sent you examples to follow of NY and NJ and other countries and their experiences 6 months ago
what were you waiting for?
re: #161 dangerman
the big man:
i sent you masks
i sent you social distancing
i sent you soap
i even sent you examples to follow of NY and NJ and other countries and their experiences 6 months agowhat were you waiting for?
That or go the “thou shall not put the Lord thy God to the test” route.
re: #157 baileylamb
If only there were one of two Democratic politicans with cults if personality and could command media from a safe spot.
I mean I do wish the Dems were better at commanding attention and getting their message out (I know it’s an uphill battle with the press being the way it is).
Corona Virus press show is about to start.
re: #163 Charmingly Persistent
Maybe I’m being too subtle, why aren’t the more outspoken, outsider Democrats shouting from the roof tops, especially Bernie and AOC?
Here’s a way of visualizing @realDonaldTrump’s schedule since election day. I’ve been covering the White House for 12 years. Except for vacations, I can’t remember so little on a presidential calendar. pic.twitter.com/dKvpozls7h
— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) November 19, 2020
Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are #EnemiesOfGeorgia.
Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are #EnemiesOfTheLaw.
Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are #EnemiesOfAmerica.
They are cravenly corrupt crooks who belong behind bars, not in office.
Pass it on.— Arch (@Arch_LGF) November 19, 2020
re: #165 baileylamb
Maybe I’m being too subtle, why aren’t the more outspoken,. outsiders Democrats shouting from the roof tops, especially Bernie and AOC?
Because they’ve made themselves counter-productive.
re: #160 Eclectic Cyborg
Co-sign on the whole “Dems need to start making a bigger deal out of this shit” thing.
I think that if we get those election certifications on schedule, we’re going to start to see a bit (and hopefully more than a bit) of pushback on the bullshit from PE Biden (and Dems in general). Once the numbers are all in and “finalized”, The Trump gang’s only options are more lawsuits (presumably in higher courts) - which, since virtually NONE of their lower-court claims have gotten any traction, doesn’t bode well for their prospects; and/or attempted fuckery with state Legislatures and electors, etc. - which probably violates numerous state laws, and is likely (unlike the Trump suits) to get tossed by the first judge they encounter.
NEW: Multiple Trump campaign officials tell @reuters the president’s strategy for staying in power despite losing the election is to persuade state legislatures to do what their voters did not and simply declare him the winner. https://t.co/wfZEsf0KLB pic.twitter.com/gN4KQg0DWt
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) November 19, 2020
re: #146 dangerman
GA certifies tomorrow
MI and PA on Monday
if there’s any steam left in the Trump-Guilianni “plan” to overturn the election results it will evaporate then.granted they don’t expect to change anything about the election. They’re trying to preload resistance against the Biden presidency but that’s another matter
I was away. Did GA have their conference?
re: #154 Belafon
As Dante said it was.
Only at the center. The saying refers to the rest of it freezing as well.
so he just plays being a coronavirus advisor at the white house on tv? https://t.co/gugfzMPlYg
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) November 19, 2020
BREAKING: Judge has decided to toss out Arizona GOP lawsuit requesting new Maricopa County, AZ vote audit.
So. Much. Winning.— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) November 19, 2020
The legal team of @realDonaldTrump has a slightly better record than the Washington Generals. @TheGenerals #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
— yntbe (@yntbe) November 19, 2020
re: #150 Charmingly Persistent
That isn’t actually Nancy Pelosi’s job. She is very good at running her caucus. She is not, and never has been, good at rabble rousing and inspiring the troops. I don’t know who is in charge of this - maybe the DNC chair? But it isn’t Nancy.
I agree. The Senate, on the other foot, representing the “Loyal Opposition” in the upper house, should be yelling bloody murder.
re: #168 sagehen
and it all is enabled by our main networks and CNN, because they would rather have their pundits on describing what they think Democrats are going to do instead of simply booking them and asking them. You see them book GOP legislators all the time and then they get to either prattle on unchallenged or paired with a like-minded pundit to lead them along.
Dems are not getting those opportunities… not even on MSNBC which is supposed to at least present the Dem POV.
There are a number of erudite Dem legislators, Lieu, Porter etc and I don’t even need a camera secure person, just someone who can explain what is going on and what the bill does and does not do… but when the people who control the message and control the frame of the message not giving you a chance, that makes it tougher.
It’s all well and good to say, throw it on Instagram, the problem is the people that need to see and hear the message are NOT using FUCKING INSTAGRAM, much less know how to consume its content.
the people who are driving this bus are the news directors and booking staff and THEY are not friendly to Dem interests or the other possibility is that Dems are working, the GOP is not, so THEY”RE ALWAYS FUCKING AVIALABLE.
re: #166 Dread Pirate Ron
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dood:
the president has long ago abdicated, except for the perks and the trappings of office
Here’s a way of visualizing @realDonaldTrump’s schedule since election day. I’ve been covering the White House for 12 years. Except for vacations, I can’t remember so little on a presidential calendar. pic.twitter.com/dKvpozls7h
— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) November 19, 2020
We should commence naming and shaming every single lawmaker who makes this trip.
Pressure immediately. https://t.co/8c2p0UPQKx— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) November 19, 2020
Yes, I know they don’t feel shame. But they should feel pressure.
How many Republicans, who demand that #BidenHarris condemn every broken window blamed on #Antifa, have condemned this terrorism? https://t.co/8Xaex8ZDoO
— Key Lime Victory Pie (@Pie_Overlord) November 19, 2020
He’s taking down the gop and now it’s holy shit
— tioga1857 (@tioga18571) November 19, 2020
re: #170 The Pie Overlord!
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as a strategy it’s a loser and has been since we started discussing it months ago
a bunch of R states would have to do it and there arent enough R states where someone in the correct position of power (ie not the legislatures) would be willing to bring the entire country down over this
the legislatures they are targeting ‘creating’ their own slate of electors out of whole cloth has about as much authority as if I did it myself. Congress would not be receiving two opposing slates. they’d be receiving one real, legitimate and legal and one meaningless and worthless.
NEW: Multiple Trump campaign officials tell @reuters the president’s strategy for staying in power despite losing the election is to persuade state legislatures to do what their voters did not and simply declare him the winner. https://t.co/wfZEsf0KLB pic.twitter.com/gN4KQg0DWt
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) November 19, 2020
re: #181 The Pie Overlord!
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Really this thing was more terroristic than the Lincoln murder conspiracy. It’s a testament to the investigators that it was uncovered before these assholes could act.
The guy who is trying to strong arm GOP legislators into declaring him king needs to be made example of
— Grudgie the Whale (@grudging1) November 19, 2020
re: #179 jaunte
We should commence naming and shaming every single lawmaker who makes this trip.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, and House Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Levering,
“Michigan law does not include a provision for the Legislature to directly select electors or to award electors to anyone other than the person who received the most votes,” said Amber McCann, a spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake.
— Patricia B.L. (@LymaByrnes) November 18, 2020
Trump counterargument: “Fuck the law, I want my win!!!”
re: #170 The Pie Overlord!
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so change the rules after the election, which is what Donald’s special strike force team just said today that Dems were doing.
Super gaslighting
Associated Press: “Fighting to challenge an election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, Trump has launched a barrage of lawsuits across the country. Top Republicans have stood behind him and said they will wait for those cases to be resolved before officially recognizing the winner, a standard that has no modern precedent.”“But his attorneys have repeatedly made elementary errors in those high-profile cases: misspelling ‘poll watcher’ as ‘pole watcher,’ forgetting the name of the presiding judge during a hearing, inadvertently filing a Michigan lawsuit before an obscure court in Washington and having to refile complaints after erasing entire arguments they’re using to challenge results.”
re: #190 dangerman
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It all makes sense if you stop thinking they’re playing 4th-dimensional chess and start understanding that they’re just trying to steal the election.
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) November 19, 2020
By any means possible.
re: #153 The Pie Overlord!
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Define “landslide” in this context, Sydney.
EVs? Biden’s won exactly as many EVs as Trump did in ‘16. And even if you flipped the states you insist that he Trump “won,” he would only increase his winning margin by 6 votes. For context, that would make him only slightly more of a “winner” than George the Lesser was and only the third president since Nixon in ‘68 to win less than 330 EVs.
PV? Again, even if you somehow flip those states, the vote margins in CA and NY mean Trump will never be able to claim a PV “landslide.” It would simply be another notch in the “EV win/PV loss” column for the Repubs.
Stick to conspiracy theories about the FBI out to get Flynn to make Trump look bad. Those at least seemed believable, even if totally at odds with…well, everything.
It’s definitely not common for a judge to think a lawsuit is so frivolous s/he essentially invites the winning party to file a motion for attorney’s fees. https://t.co/gxP1TuBKER
— Pé (@4everNeverTrump) November 19, 2020
The two minute warning for the Covid presser was 19 minutes ago.
The last two weeks have demonstrated why “Run up the score” was such a vital and necessary strategy. If we were looking at 2016 turnout, Trump would be taking victory laps as we speak while the Dem leadership prepared to watch Congress return to a Repub majority for the next 2 years.
re: #186 Decatur Deb
It would be so delightful if both of these representatives jokers Told Trump to take a hike - sadly, I think they’ll wilt like delicate flowers that the GOP has become.
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At about the 1:40-1:50 mark of this trailer there’s a scene between the late great Sydney Pollack and George Clooney that I think is apt for this moment, and for the past four years:
“What would they do if he went public?”
“What would they do?….they’re doing it!”
This is basically the whole Trump presidency
re: #24 Florida Panhandler
Modern Libertarianism rejects democracy because ordinary citizens can have Reps introduce public sector spending legislation, regulations, and other limitations rather than just 100% “free market” bullshit. Democracy is now the enemy of Libertarians and in its place is the notion of a fantasy dictatorship that enforces Capitalism at all costs. Think Pinochet as an example.
They would like to see the voting franchise limited to white landowners, yes…
re: #195 jaunte
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re: #179 jaunte
They’re going to be lucky if it’s only name and shame. It’s Michigan.
This seems very bad. https://t.co/U2ITUOnwjw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 19, 2020
I need some LGF expertise: Anyone have a recommendation for a cheap webcam/headset to hook up to my desktop so that I can resume some contact with the outside world (ie: sisters, friends and doctors). What apps should I use? We used Skype at work but I never used a cam, just audio. I’m extremely clueless.
re: #205 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They’re going to be lucky if it’s only name and shame. It’s Michigan.
They should get a warm sendoff at the airport.
re: #151 Charmingly Persistent
I can’t stand Sarah Kendzior. Attacking and undermining your own side is just annoying and unhelpful. I am all for holding them accountable and urging them to do better - but saying that Nancy and her Vichy Democrats are the third greatest threat is Glenn Greenwald territory.
I used to have such a crush on Sarah, but what is her problem with Nancy Pelosi?
re: #199 Rightwingconspirator
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Did GA have their presser about the recount? I was away for a while.
re: #206 Charles Johnson
As #188 jaunte points out:
“Michigan law does not include a provision for the Legislature to directly select electors or to award electors to anyone other than the person who received the most votes,” said Amber McCann, a spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake.
— Patricia B.L. (@LymaByrnes) November 18, 2020
re: #212 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Did GA have their presser about the recount? I was away for a while.
Can’t find any sign of it.
re: #212 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Did GA have their presser about the recount? I was away for a while.
I’m wondering that, too.
re: #214 Decatur Deb
Can’t find any sign of it.
Donnie said that he and the RNC were having a YUGE presser today about GA. How’d that go? //
The longer Trump drags this out, the more likely that violence will erupt when he is officially declared the Loser
re: #216 Sir John Barron
Donnie said that he and the RNC were having a YUGE presser today about GA. How’d that go? //
Think that was Rudy and the other nutcase lawyers.
re: #206 Charles Johnson
Somehow I have my doubts on how many GOP legislators are willing to throw themselves in front of a bus for Trump.
Follow up story on the “affinity fraud” aka Ponzi scheme at Bethel Church Redding, where they love them some Donald Trump and have prophets saying he won the election. This is fallout from the Ponzi scheme where the perp tried to escape from the FBI by diving into Lake Shasta. Highlights:
1) The church’s website has had to warn about affinity fraud since at least 2014.
2) A massive affinity fraud took place there in the ’00s abd that perp is in prison.
3) This guy and his family had gone to Bethel dor a few years but weren’t actually members.
4) The scammer claimed to gave a personal line to Donald Trump.
This goes along with the usual Bethel stuff: prosperity gospel, COVID hotspot and “Christian Hogwarts”, and IMHO malign influence on Redding.
Worth a read.
𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔’𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖 pic.twitter.com/SHqeGgeYIe
— shauna (@goldengateblond) November 19, 2020
Mike Pompeo, who has worked assiduously to turn the State Dept into a right-wing Evangelical lobby group on behalf of an administration that has harbored and abetted white nationalists, shouldn’t be making declarative statements about what constitutes antisemitism
— Natasha Roth-Rowland (@NatashaRoth01) November 19, 2020
I’m sure the plot to kidnap and possibly assassinate the MI governor wasn’t planned in conjunction with the idea of getting her out of the way so that the MI legislature could somehow overturn the election results in their state and award the state’s EC votes to the donald.
half sarc
re: #166 Dread Pirate Ron
I wish all Trump was doing was nothing. Instead he’s doing all he can to overturn the election results and mess things up for President Biden.
re: #220 Eclectic Cyborg
Somehow I have my doubts on how many GOP legislators are willing to throw themselves in front of a bus for Trump.
We’ve said that before.
This is beyond impeachment, it’s our democracy.
I’m not so sure REPUBLICANS are on the side of democracy. So…
— James Gordon Meek (@meekwire) November 19, 2020
re: #226 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Given that none have come out against what Trump is doing with the election, it’s obvious that Republicans will do anything (including keeping silent) to support him.
re: #226 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
We’ve said that before.
This is beyond impeachment, it’s our democracy.
I’m not so sure REPUBLICANS are on the side of democracy. So…
The problem Trump has is that he has to get almost all of them to throw themselves in front of the bus. If a small fraction don’t, it won’t work.
re: #229 Belafon
The problem Trump has is that he has to get almost all of them to throw themselves in front of the bus. If a small fraction don’t, it won’t work.
amazing that the GA SoS refused to bow before Zog.
That’s where we’re at, that I’m amazed by that.
re: #226 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
We’ve said that before.
This is beyond impeachment, it’s our democracy.
I’m not so sure REPUBLICANS are on the side of democracy. So…
Of course Republicans aren’t for democracy. So the thing to hope for is that these GOP state legislators realize that doing what Trump wants them to do is inconsistent with their innards remaining where they belong.
re: #221 mmmirele
If they stood in front of a train, it would be the same thing. They’re that stupid, that gullible, and that deserving of being fleeced by one of their own. En masse, and individually, they are despicable people.
re: #230 Sir John Barron
amazing that the GA SoS refused to bow before Zog.
That’s where we’re at, that I’m amazed by that.
I’m sure the GOP will get right on that, by ensuring there is never again a GOP secretary of state in GA who isn’t a partisan hack.
Yep.
Now that we all agree Rudy is batshit insane can we talk about how effective THIS SAME kind of lawyering was at getting Trump thru the Russian investigation and impeachment, both equally obvious fact sets against Trump?
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 19, 2020
re: #234 Patricia Kayden
Yep.
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re: #234 Patricia Kayden
IMO that’s a false comparison. Impeachment was always doomed because GOP Senate and the Russia investigation was crippled by GOP control of DOJ. Trump’s legal clown shows were irrelevant to those travesties.
re: #233 EPR-radar
I’m sure the GOP will get right on that, by ensuring there is never again a GOP secretary of state in GA who isn’t a partisan hack.
they hadn’t planned on losing GA. They’ll be more careful next time. //
BREAKING: CDC recommends against Americans traveling for Thanksgiving.
“The opportunity to translocate disease or infection from one part of the country to another leads to our recommendation to avoid travel at this time.” https://t.co/NRDV6ZXvaC— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) November 19, 2020
J. Fucking. C.
We withdrew because we won! https://t.co/aMoNQXEj4z
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2020
re: #237 EPR-radar
IMO that’s a false comparison. Impeachment was always doomed because GOP Senate and the Russia investigation was crippled by GOP control of DOJ. Trump’s legal clown shows were irrelevant to those travesties.
Pretty much. Saying that his lawyers “won” against impeachment assumes there was ever a realistic chance that he would be removed from office. Since there wasn’t, the “win” goes to his willing accomplices in the Senate Repub ranks.
The US has now cleared 12 million Covid cases. It was only four days and change ago that we cleared 11 million.
re: #241 The Pie Overlord!
J. Fucking. C.
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“we withdrew because we’re going to try to swing the state legislature!”
re: #241 The Pie Overlord!
J. Fucking. C.
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It doesn’t work like that, you tangerine twat!
re: #241 The Pie Overlord!
J. Fucking. C.
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Down is up.
White is black.
Losing is winning.
re: #248 Eclectic Cyborg
Down is up.
White is black.
Losing is winning.
We’ve always been at war with Eastasia.
re: #248 Eclectic Cyborg
Down is up.
White is black.
Losing is winning.
I prefer the original.
War is peace
Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength
i gotta get working
crispy panfried tofu with stir fried vegetables
Link for tonight’s pop up comedy show:
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re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg
The US has now cleared 12 million Covid cases. It was only four days and change ago that we cleared 11 million.
Herd Immunity on the way!!!!!
re: #243 Targetpractice
Pretty much. Saying that his lawyers “won” against impeachment assumes there was ever a realistic chance that he would be removed from office. Since there wasn’t, the “win” goes to his willing accomplices in the Senate Repub ranks.
they stated the verdict they would render before they were sworn in
re: #206 Charles Johnson
You know, people were unhappy that I was in such a sour mood on election night, but I stand by my initial, gut, reaction: that the inability of Biden to have coattails means that Trump could exploit the Republican dominated legislative bodies.
The sad realization I came to is that too many Republican Senators would be fine with a dictator Trump, as long as Trump dropped enough “Jesus” in his declaration.
I think you might have to be from Michigan to truly appreciate this tshirt but wow https://t.co/zlsAzfjDC6
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) November 19, 2020
Here’s hoping Michigan isn’t the pushover that Trump hopes it’ll be.
Rep. Fred Upton, a senior Michigan Republican, told me it’s time for Trump to concede — and he said there’s no evidence to back-up widespread voter fraud allegations that would change MI outcome.
“No one has seen any real identification of any real fraud,” Upton said of Detroit— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 19, 2020
re: #258 Dread Pirate Ron
I love Raygun. One of the best thing about visiting my son when he was attending college near Des Moines.
re: #259 makeitstop
Here’s hoping Michigan isn’t the pushover that Trump hopes it’ll be.
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re: #259 makeitstop
Here’s hoping Michigan isn’t the pushover that Trump hopes it’ll be.
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He should also state that it’s dumb for the senate and house leaders to be going to DC at this time.
LOL the new borat movie is hilarious
re: #263 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
LOL the new borat movie is hilarious
Have you gotten to the country song yet?
re: #230 Sir John Barron
amazing that the GA SoS refused to bow before Zog.
That’s where we’re at, that I’m amazed by that.
Krebs and his commission involving state and local election officials in proactive measures against voting fraud meant the election officials would have to admit they failed to do their job, in order to substantiate Trump’s unverifiable claims of fraudulent absentee and polling ballots.
re: #265 BeenHereAwhile
Krebs and his commission involving state and local election officials in proactive measures against voting fraud meant the election officials would have to admit they failed to do their job, in order to substantiate Trump’s unverifiable claims of fraudulent absentee and polling ballots.
almost as if all the bulksmoke about voting “fraud” led to at least token efforts to prevent such ‘fraud’, which sort of interfered with attempts to claim such voter fraud actually occured later.
Yikes
KRON4’s Ashley Zavala first reported that the limited stay-at-home order will put the curfew in place for 40+ counties in the purple tier and will be in effect from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. effective Saturday, Nov. 21 through 5 a.m. Dec. 21.
re: #138 Acemarilllion
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re: #266 Sir John Barron
almost as if all the bulksmoke about voting “fraud” led to at least token efforts to prevent such ‘fraud’, which sort of interfered with attempts to claim such voter fraud actually occured later.
Well, God is an Iron.
Stop your fooling around
Time you straighten right out
Better think of your future
Else you’ll wind up in jail
Rudy
A message to you, Rudy
A message to youhttps://t.co/3GYGv4oLar— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) November 19, 2020
BREAKING: Va. AG Mark Herring announces he will fight a lawsuit seeking an exemption to covid-19 restrictions so an indoor gun show with as many as 25,000 attendees can go forward at Dulles Expo Center this weekend. Group claims restrictions violate right to bear arms in Va.
— justin jouvenal (@jjouvenal) November 18, 2020
re: #271 PrairieQueen
Huh?
Since when does the Second Amendment say shit about infectious diseases???
re: #272 BeenHereAwhile
Upding for the Spider Robinson reference.
My dream is to be reborn in Callahan’s Saloon.
re: #270 gocart mozart
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Self-appointed arbiters of who gets to speak: As someone who has been writing/filming for the delegitimization of the drug war & resulting mass incarceration for more than two decades, if I thought Defund The Police was a viable political slogan, I’d let it go. But no, it’s shit. https://t.co/EBxma76Lzr
— David Simon (@AoDespair) November 19, 2020
It would seem not.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) November 19, 2020
re: #278 calochortus
I saw this posted over at FR. It seems perilously close to declaring Trump to be the Second Coming. And remarkably stupid.
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re: #279 Sir John Barron
all this meme is missing is a cross
For your viewing pleasure….
Tweets by CopingMAGAre: #279 Sir John Barron
all this meme is missing is a cross
Actually, it strikes me as an invitation for a nutcase to try to crucify (or otherwise ritually kill) Trump and wait for him to return to life. Maybe at Bethel Church in Redding? Oh wait, that didn’t work for them with that poor girl that died.
re: #274 Eclectic Cyborg
Huh?
Since when does the Second Amendment say shit about infection diseases???
Because the whiney pukes won’t want to wear a mask. much less stand 6 feet away from each other
They’ll stay away from the show
They won’t spend money on more un-needed firearms and accessories.
Therefore the disease controls are impacting their 2nd Amendment Grifting Rights.
Remember when it was “person, woman, man, camera, TV”? I dare him to be evaluated now, because all they’d have to ask is who won the election, and he’d go off in his fantasy tirade.
He’s not sane and he’s not fit for office. That’s aside from all the lying and manipulation. The guy is batshit fucking crazy.
re: #283 PrairieQueen
Remember when it was “person, woman, man, camera, TV”? I dare him to be evaluated now, because all they’d have to ask is who won the election, and he’d go off in his fantasy tirade.
He’s not sane and he’s not fit for office. That’s aside from all the lying and manipulation. The guy is batshit fucking crazy.
He must be impeached again.
re: #278 calochortus
I saw this posted over at FR. It seems perilously close to declaring Trump to be the Second Coming. And remarkably stupid.
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Idjits.
Mark 13:21-22
Revised Standard Version
21 And then if any one says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22 False Christs and false prophets will arise and show signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.
re: #250 jamesfirecat
I prefer the original.
War is peace
Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength
and also
re: #282 William Lewis
Because the whiney pukes won’t want to wear a mask. much less stand 6 feet away from each other
They’ll stay away from the show
They won’t spend money on more un-needed firearms and accessories.
Therefore the disease controls are impacting their 2nd Amendment Grifting Rights.
Let them have their gunshow. Widows sell serious pieces for a song.
re: #275 austin_blue
My dream is to be reborn in Callahan’s Saloon.
The only money that’s good is a stack of US $1.00 bills.
re: #207 stpaulbear
I need some LGF expertise: Anyone have a recommendation for a cheap webcam/headset to hook up to my desktop so that I can resume some contact with the outside world (ie: sisters, friends and doctors). What apps should I use? We used Skype at work but I never used a cam, just audio. I’m extremely clueless.
For webcams, Logitech are all pretty good. Both the Logitech C270 (about $40) and Logitech C525 ($60) Logitech C920 (around $100) are fine for normal work.
I strongly recommend using whereby rather than skype or zoom, which are both terrible.
Whereby works in a browser, doesn’t spy on your computer, and is actually pleasant to use: whereby.com
I’d also recommend getting a 3.5mm extension cable, and any old headphones. Although you can have one-to-one meetings and the software is able to cancel out one persons noise, as soon as you have more than two people on a call, background and echo’ing noise becomes quite annoying.
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