I actually got a little choked up at the thought of a president who values science; that’s how traumatizing the Trump years have been.
It’s amazing to see this powerful emphasis on science. I’ve been waiting for this my whole life.
I almost forgot Presidents were supposed to have science teams.
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:sighs:
New: US Capitol Police arrested a Virginia man as he attempted to pass through a police checkpoint in downtown Washington Friday with fake inaugural credentials, a loaded handgun & over 500 rounds of ammunition, CNN reporting.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 16, 2021
Wow. I always thought that Joe was good. I am even more impressed today. :)
re: #2 Teukka
Gonna be a wild week, y’all.
I’m glad I know about the stutter now. I always thought Biden sounded kind of dopey, but he is just dealing with pronouncing words.
New: US Capitol Police arrested a Virginia man as he attempted to pass through a police checkpoint in downtown Washington Friday with fake inaugural credentials, a loaded handgun & over 500 rounds of ammunition, CNN reporting.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 16, 2021
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
I almost forgot Presidents were supposed to have science teams.
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And not feel they have to put climate-deniers, supplement-pushers and flat-earthers on them for “balance”.
re: #5 Charmingly Persistent
That is all it is. And some people do not understand that.
re: #5 Charmingly Persistent
I’m glad I know about the stutter now. I always thought Biden sounded kind of dopey, but he is just dealing with pronouncing words.
Exactly. I was actually worried for a time because I thought it was some kind of cognitive issue. Now I know it’s simply a stuttering problem. His mind is sharp.
Oh that is a shame. And by “shame” I mean “hilarious.” https://t.co/lccsQkFPdm
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 16, 2021
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Exactly. I was actually worried for a time because I thought it was some kind of cognitive issue. Now I know it’s simply a stuttering problem. His mind is sharp.
You could kind of tell that if you went by the substance of things instead of how he said them. He’s definitely not slowing down in his old age.
With weather looking favorable & our hardware in great shape, our team is on track for tomorrow’s launch. But the real fun starts late tonight as we begin loading our fuel, RP-1, onto LauncherOne.
We’ll see you all in the morning as we open the day with cryogenic LOX loading. ❄️ pic.twitter.com/5yZc5tQyu6— Virgin Orbit (@Virgin_Orbit) January 16, 2021
re: #9 Charles Johnson
His mind and his wit are very sharp. It was Obama who realized that and held Joe back from making some very derogatory remarks when DT first came into office.
From Downstairs:
re: #16 Barefoot Grin
I heard a chattering head on one of the networks saying that Trump wants a red carpet and a 21-gun salute as he leaves the White House.
See, Don,the problem with that is that the US Army only uses a 5 man firing squad. Tell you what, we’ll skip the traditional one blank round just for you…
re: #2 Teukka
:sighs:
Our state governor is only saying “don’t bring guns, y’all” to the state capitol (good luck with that in an open carry state). Meanwhile he’ll be in Washington (Covid and all).
Baked Alaska is an antisemite who dated Loomer. Talk about confused.
When asked if they are considering moving the event to another of the chain’s hotels, @HawleyMO was clear: “Nothing can stop me from reaching all new Loews.”
— jag (@j00bar) January 16, 2021
re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg
Gonna be a wild week, y’all.
The view from more than a thousand miles away compels me to concur with your assesment of the situation.
“(Gentle) ladies, gentlemen, and gentle them/they, this is your captian speaking. We are headed into an area of very heavy turbulence. Please return your seats and trays to the fully upright position. Thank you for flying Lizard Airways.”
And not just for the US, this could be contagious.
*works through checklists*
Trump blows up the Arizona GOP on his way out“The craziness from the state Republican Party … it’s pretty embarrassing,” said a former top Republican official.
*snip*
The fallout has been swift. Several thousand Arizona Republicans have abandoned the party since the U.S. Capitol riot that Trump helped to incite, with the majority of the defectors re-registering without a designated party, according to state elections officials. Business leaders are publicly recoiling from the GOP after party officials thrust Arizona into the center of Trump’s failed effort to overturn the election results, further dividing an already fractured party.
“Let us be clear: we find the weeks of disinformation and outright lies to reverse a fair and free election from the head of the Arizona Republican Party and some elected officials to be reprehensible,” read a full-page ad in The Arizona Republic this week from Greater Phoenix Leadership, a group of CEOs. “The political party organization and these elected officials, which some of us have supported in the past, have again embarrassed Arizona on a national stage.”
This warms the cockles of my cold, icy cold, cruel, cruel heart.
Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey had reservations about barring President Trump from the platform. A group of Dorsey’s lieutenants convinced him to shut the president’s tweeting down. https://t.co/usMcMwzdc9 pic.twitter.com/LcW8nidU7q
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 16, 2021
re: #19 BigPapa
Anthime Joseph Gionet (born November 16, 1987), more commonly known as Baked Alaska, is an American neo-Nazi,[1][2] anti-semitic conspiracy theorist, and social media personality who gained attention through his advocacy on behalf of alt-right and white supremacist ideology, and through his promotion of anti-Jewish conspiracy theories such as white genocide and Jewish control of the media.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Prior to his 2016 transformation into an alt-right activist, Gionet was a commentator for BuzzFeed, where he supported libertarian and progressive political positions and marched in support of Black Lives Matter.[8]
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On social media, Gionet has frequently promoted the Fourteen Words, a white supremacist slogan for preserving the white race.[35][36][37] He was permanently banned from Twitter after posting a photoshopped image of Laura Loomer, a Jewish far-right political commentator, inside a gas chamber.[8]
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But then: Laura Loomer Is Dating Neo-Nazi Who Once Trolled Her With Gas Chamber Meme
re: #20 mmmirele
*snip*
This warms the cockles of my cold, icy cold, cruel, cruel heart.
Kelli Ward, YA DONE FUCKED UP. Come down and collect your stupid prize.
re: #23 thedopefishlives
Kelli Ward, YA DONE FUCKED UP. Come down and collect your stupid prize.
Oh, No, No, No, No, No!
We want Kelli to continue as AZ GOP Chairman because she’s hell bent on continually crashing and burning the Republican Party!
re: #20 mmmirele
with the majority of the defectors re-registering without a designated party, according to state elections officials.
Here we go again with Republicans becoming so-called Independents (while still pulling the lever for the magic R in the next election).
A real statement would be to register as another party (Democratic, Libertarian, &c).
Serious incident underway in Frankfurt airport https://t.co/vZKBA4tnAU
— Mitchell Prothero (@mitchprothero) January 16, 2021
re: #22 Nyet
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But then: Laura Loomer Is Dating Neo-Nazi Who Once Trolled Her With Gas Chamber Meme
Laura Loomer was drunkenly hanging on to all the Nazis at the so-called Deploraball after Donald Trump was elected.
I just learned that Laura Loomer fan-girled me after “The Deploraball.” Love meeting my fans! @LauraLoomer pic.twitter.com/Rabp7K2E9P
— Richard 🌞 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) June 24, 2017
(6:28, The Humanist Report counter-apologetics channel)
I suppose drawing your future Jewish gf into a gas chamber is a part of the right-wing mating ritual now.
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Remind me again why anyone should even consider voting for the “populist,” “working class” GOP? https://t.co/FrtE2jeMM7
— Richard 🌞 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) January 15, 2021
I know you guys are trying to do the right thing, just please - make sure you’re sending it to the right place so it can be investigated. There’s a good chance that the FBI social media account isn’t actually administered by a real person. https://t.co/iMXCE5TQCV
— STEMtheBleeding (@STEMthebleeding) January 16, 2021
And they’re trying to water down the definition of antisemitism too.
Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. pic.twitter.com/fP9O0YHIdV
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) January 14, 2021
re: #24 🌹UOJB!
Oh, No, No, No, No, No!
We want Kelli to continue as AZ GOP Chairman because she’s hell bent on continually crashing and burning the Republican Party!
After she wins in Arizona, it’s time for her to get a promotion. Kelli Ward for RNC Chair!
This never stops being funny https://t.co/Vfv32INNed
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) January 16, 2021
re: #29 Nyet
Someone needs to refer that to @LeftAccidental
re: #32 aatharuv
After she wins in Arizona, it’s time for her to get a promotion. Kelli Ward for RNC Chair!
That would be a tough, no-holds barred fight with Alan West (R-War Criminal)
re: #33 Dread Pirate Ron
You are supposed to agree with it because DT said it. I never had and I never will.
re: #34 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Spencer is not a typical right-winger, I think he was influenced by his Stalinist ex.
5. Disturbing video that I’m told is from tonight of Ali Alexander aka Ali Abdul Razaq Akbar
“The lord says vengeance is his, and I pray that I am the tool to stab these motherfuckers.”
“The nation is imperiled, they are trying to rape your children.”
(video edited for length) pic.twitter.com/cp5GFZ14nW— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 11, 2021
re: #28 Nyet
I suppose drawing your future Jewish gf into a gas chamber is a part of the right-wing mating ritual now.
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My experience of Southern racism and antisemtism is that the sexualization of the hated other is common enough that it’s an unacknowledged feature rather than a bug.
This is unambiguously a crime.
At the very least, Fuentes is disrupting government activity. And that’s a charitable reading. The whole event has been declared an insurrection by prosecutors. They will treat it as such. pic.twitter.com/H12UhI85ad— Richard 🌞 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) January 14, 2021
re: #31 Nyet
And they’re trying to water down the definition of antisemitism too.
Mike Pompeo’s reign of error comes to an end with an ‘assault on the First Amendment’ (Kansas City Star Editorial Board)
(with audio, 3:18)
In about a week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s service will mercifully come to an end.
America will be better when he leaves office. Kansas will be much better if he decides to stay away from his adopted home state forever.
The latest episode in Pompeo’s reign of error came this week. The secretary gave a speech at the headquarters of Voice of America, the international news network supported by the federal government.
Pompeo called for VOA to abandon its role as a provider of fact-based journalism to become America’s cheerleader instead. He made no mention of the riot at the U.S. Capitol, an omission that drew the attention of a VOA journalist.
(more)
lolololol
Trustworthy media sources confirm pic.twitter.com/eg5znulNeZ
— Emil O W Kirkegaard (@KirkegaardEmil) January 13, 2021
re: #41 Nyet
Richard “Heil Trump Roman salute” Spencer weighing in for less provocative speech.
— Lucien (@Lucthesnoman) January 14, 2021
re: #38 Nyet
Ali is seething with rage. The religious fervor appears to be his driver.
NEW: Another US House member tests positive for #COVID19 - Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA). It’s spreading fast among Members on the Hill
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 16, 2021
she wants to speak with the manager https://t.co/9f4LToBziu
— kilgore trout, brad r’s brother (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 16, 2021
re: #50 Dread Pirate Ron
As the saying goes you do the crime you pay with the time.
re: #50 Dread Pirate Ron
sorry karen can’t hear you over laughter
I was listening to local news radio while I was out running some errands. I’m happy to hear that they are unambiguously stating that there is concern about potential violence by supporters of Trump.
No both-siding, no equivocating. Not that there would be any way to spin it, but I was expecting them to at least try.
And the ‘insurrectionist tours’ story has got legs, too, with Pelosi threatening prosecution for any House member or staffer who took part.
It may take until the very last day, but Trumpism is looking like it’s headed for ‘smoking wreckage’ status if media coverage is any indication.
Someone has a conscience
“Following the events of January 6th, I’ve decided to part ways with the office. I wish her and the people of Colorado’s Third District the best.”
Scoop: firebrand freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert’s communications director has resigned less than two weeks after she was sworn in https://t.co/KPfyluA72x
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) January 16, 2021
Why is Pence in California? https://t.co/XDUiFIOV9k
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) January 16, 2021
I hope he goes to Fresno instead of the bay area.
re: #50 Dread Pirate Ron
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
— One-Legged Sandpiper (@OneLegSandpiper) January 16, 2021
re: #54 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Someone has a conscience
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Or they know the shit is coming and they want away before they get pulled into it. Or they were one of the ones actually communicating with the terrorists.
re: #54 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Someone has a conscience
So, would you say Republicans are in disarray?
— Biden-Harris 2020 (@CarlaBLABLABLA) January 16, 2021
re: #58 Eventual Carrion
Or they know the shit is coming and they want away before they get pulled into it. Or they were one of the ones actually communicating with the terrorists.
And I wish political writers would fucking abandon the word firebrand. I used to keep a list of every asshole they described as a firebrand, but the list got too long and my head ached.
re: #54 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Someone has a conscience
Damn, he barely made it a Scaramucci.
re: #2 Teukka
I used to worry about the hate against Obama becoming an assassination attempt. Now for Joe Biden, it’s already happened. Did anyone ever get as close to Obama as this guy that got arrested?
My daughter said once that she wanted a MyPillow and her father and I exchanged such a look of concern
“Where did you learn about MyPillow?”
“Are kids at school using MyPillow?”
“If you’re ever offered MyPillow it’s okay to tell us”— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) January 16, 2021
Just saw in a comment over on Crooks & Liars a suggestion to drop the MAGA moniker and use ISIS (Idiots Sowing Insurrection and Sedition)
Yes.
Now about that Supreme Court and all those federal judges. https://t.co/NKLr5ivQpa— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2021
re: #64 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It’s okay to have questions about MyPillow, but using it can lead to other things that are more serious
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) January 16, 2021
Like supporting fascism.
— Everyday Wonder Woman, BS, AA #VanessaGuillen (@Diana_Prince_) January 16, 2021
re: #63 Rightwingconspirator
I used to worry about the hate against Obama becoming an assassination attempt. Now for Joe Biden, it’s already happened. Did anyone ever get as close to Obama as this guy that got arrested?
I lost count of how many times assholes called my office saying they would kill Obama…
re: #65 Eventual Carrion
Just saw in a comment over on Crooks & Liars a suggestion to drop the MAGA moniker and use ISIS (Idiots Sowing Insurrection and Sedition)
APPROVED (bigly loud stamp sound)
re: #56 thedopefishlives
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Around here it was always “If wishes were fishes, no one would be hungry.”
re: #66 Charles Johnson
The man needs to sleep sometime. “The evening and the morning were the first day.” In one day those judges can’t do much; every day children are separated or the pandemic is not addressed is a travesty.
Talk about someone with a vastly overrated opinion of himself—Madison (you can lightly threaten Congress members) Cawthorn:
“I genuinely believe, had we realized what was going on and sent myself, or maybe Lauren Boebert (R-CO), some of these people who are just very recognizable to, kind of, the MAGA crowd; in the wheelchair, I probably would’ve been better, because it’s very easily recognizable. I might’ve just gone to the front steps.” He said, “I think we could’ve stopped them.”
As Charles has said for years, internet comment boards absolutely must have standards and enforce them. Because so many did not, thousands of radicalized terrorists attempted a coup at the nation’s capital. Banning Trump and QAnon from social media and shutting down Parler has dramatically reduced extremist propaganda. washingtonpost.com
re: #70 William Lewis
Around here it was always “If wishes were fishes, no one would be hungry.”
Wish in one hand, shit in the other and see which one fills up first
re: #50 Dread Pirate Ron
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I’d be willing to cut a deal, here: we can let Jenna Ryan off, and throw Donald Trump in jail, instead.
Justice will be served (piping hot)!
re: #64 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
it’s gateway bedding. #DARE
— Charismatic Frontman (@WesterbergHS89) January 16, 2021
Worst pillow ever. As a physician I recommend against it because it can lead to delusional thinking and ignorance.
— Ryan Isherwood (@RyanIsherwoodMD) January 16, 2021
re: #50 Dread Pirate Ron
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Probably one of the many MAGAts who thinks VP Harris should be jailed for raising money for BLM protestors this past summer.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
Biden needs to appoint as many judges as he can the next two years. Breyer and Clinton appointees need to retire.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
Handling most of that will fall to Congress, whether it’s impeachment and removing them, or expanding the courts.
re: #75 Jay C
I’d be willing to cut a deal, here: we can let Jenna Ryan off, and throw Donald Trump in jail, instead.
Justice will be served (piping hot)!
Naw, send them both to prison.
re: #79 Belafon
Handling most of that will fall to Congress, whether it’s impeachment and removing them, or expanding the courts.
It won’t be possible to get 67 Senators to remove any of Trump’s judges.
re: #81 NO SMOCKING GUN!
It won’t be possible to get 67 Senators to remove any of Trump’s judges.
They might be able to get some of them if they are particularly egregious hacks. They aren’t going to get any of them just because Trump appointed them.
Donald Trump may have been the one to command the right wing mob to attack the Capitol, but the entire Republican Party pushed the Big Lie about “voter fraud” that fueled the violence. It’s not just Hawley, Cruz, etc. It’s all of them, with few exceptions.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2021
re: #82 thedopefishlives
They might be able to get some of them if they are particularly egregious hacks. They aren’t going to get any of them just because Trump appointed them.
Oh no, the GOP Senators won’t remove them precisely because they are egregious hacks. Federal judges don’t get impeached unless they commit felonies.
re: #84 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Oh no, the GOP Senators won’t remove them precisely because they are egregious hacks. Federal judges don’t get impeached unless they commit felonies.
Being who they are, some of them certainly have or will.
Yes.
Now about that Supreme Court and all those federal judges. https://t.co/NKLr5ivQpa— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2021
Today, it was my honor to join @chefjoseandres and @WCKitchen to provide meals to our heroic National Guard troops who are keeping our Congressional community safe during this difficult time. pic.twitter.com/aqJ1JEwumA
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 16, 2021
re: #86 Charles Johnson
I’m sure a plan exists. It’s definitely not a first day in office thing though.
Challenger… https://t.co/cX60q9ZOMO
— Geoff Wilton (@geoffwilton2) January 16, 2021
😃 😃 😃
Dating apps are using Capitol images to ban rioters’ accounts https://t.co/mqqLSxwy9d
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 16, 2021
I just got an-email from my CPA. As per the IRS bulletin we are getting either checks or electronic payment cards. I personally prefer direct deposit since this is how I usually get my refunds.
I’m clearly losing my mind because I find this footnote hilarious.
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) January 16, 2021
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) January 16, 2021
Biden also needs to cancel all those fucking Tariffs.
re: #93 PhillyPretzel
I just got an-email from my CPA. As per the IRS bulletin we are getting either checks or electronic payment cards. I personally prefer direct deposit since this is how I usually get my refunds.
What IRS bulletin?
An electronic payment card would be worthless to me.
That’s a lot of 9mm ammo for one magazine.
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) January 16, 2021
And as if we (well, actually Joe Biden) didn’t have enough shit to have to deal with cleaning up in the new Administration …
Found this piece (TPM, via dKos) about how our supposed national intelligence/counter-terrorism agency (DHS) dropped the ball on the Jan. 6 riots. Well, not so much “dropped” the ball, but studiously ignored a long, lofting “routine” fly to the infield. Nut graf(s):
Across conversations with multiple former DHS officials and analysts, TPM found that a top-down aversion from the Trump administration towards addressing the threat of far-right extremism, inept management, and the dismantling of DHS bureaucracies aimed at coordinating, analyzing, and disseminating information about extremist groups contributed to the lack of warning.
“Nobody wanted to write a formal intelligence report about this, in part out of fear that such a report would be very poorly received by the MAGA folks within DHS,” one former DHS official who served in the Trump administration told TPM, on condition of anonymity to speak freely.
Jeeze, yet another poorly-plumbed cesspool to have to clean out: I hope Secy-designate Mayorkas can figure out how to de-MAGAt-ize DHS without impairing it even further….
Oh God, Charles, what did FFVCS say now?
All those pundits who jumped at every chance to congratulate Trump on his “new tone” because he mouthed some nice-sounding words sure look like gullible fools now.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2021
Yes.
Now about that Supreme Court and all those federal judges. https://t.co/NKLr5ivQpa— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2021
re: #97 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The IRS bulletin is dated Jan 14 2021. The title is COVID Tax Tip 2021-02 Millions of tax payers will receive their Economic Impact Payments by debit card. I cannot copy and paste it here from my email.
omg best album ever: well, very good anywayhttps://t.co/KMcAewPMTu
— army of markness 🇺🇸🏴 (@dharmamark) January 16, 2021
I’m worried some cretin will try and take a crack at Biden. But it makes me wonder if the SS caught any real viable plots against Obama.. but if Hillary was in office?
I don’t want to see an assasination in my life time.
Fake credentials indicates an elevated level of sophistication & signals that additional attempts of violence may be underway.
Great job by law enforcement - NSSE protective structure is working. Law enforcement must remain vigilant to the unpredictable threat environment. https://t.co/rtDFZJEQWn— Jonathan Wackrow (@JDWackrow) January 16, 2021
re: #105 BigPapa
I’m worried some cretin will try and take a crack at Biden. But it makes me wonder if the SS caught any real viable plots against Obama.. but if Hillary was in office?
I don’t want to see an assasination in my life time.
Me neither. And I’ve lived through the assassination of a prime minister and a foreign secy in the country where I live.
re: #107 Teukka
And I remember November 22, 1963. That is enough for me.
Ok this one is pretty good pic.twitter.com/oHq94rOV5G
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 16, 2021
We are horrified and opposed to the events at the Capitol and all who supported and incited the actions. In light of those events and for the safety of our guests and team members, we have informed the host of the Feb. fundraiser that it will no longer be held at Loews Hotels.
— Loews Hotels (@Loews_Hotels) January 16, 2021
re: #70 William Lewis
Around here it was always “If wishes were fishes, no one would be hungry.”
“If wishes were fishes, we’d all cast nets.”
re: #114 BigPapa
Joke seen earlier:
‘Josh HeeHawley reaches new Loews’
Yep, I posted that I think in the overnight thread.
re: #100 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Oh God, Charles, what did FFVCS say now?
This is a hard time for them. They only have four more days in which to proclaim that “Today is the day Trump became President.”
— El Chupacabra (@top_scientician) January 16, 2021
Trump blows up the Arizona GOP on his way out
“The craziness from the state Republican Party … it’s pretty embarrassing,” said a former top Republican official.
We need to remind ourselves and everyone else again and again and again that this whole horrible episode happened entirely because most of the Republican party spent ten weeks backing a campaign of what they KNEW were lies abt the 2020 election. 100%. They knew. And here we are.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 16, 2021
re: #20 mmmirele
re: #115 thedopefishlives
Yep, I posted that I think in the overnight thread.
Prolly. Most of a my dankest quips and memes I mine from LGF.
re: #31 Nyet
And they’re trying to water down the definition of antisemitism too.
That has been going around for a long time. Zionism is a political movement related to Judaism, it is not the religion or the race, there are anti-Zionist Jews.
re: #113 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
“If wishes were fishes, we’d all cast nets.”
If wishes were horses, we’d all ride free
re: #96 Eclectic Cyborg
Biden also needs to cancel all those fucking Tariffs.
Maybe: but that’s truly an “easier said than done” task. The Trump Admin has fucked up our international trade position significantly (the effects have been somewhat masked by the COVID-19 pandemic, but will still be there in the near future) - and outside of knee-jerk China-bashing, done little to substantively improve it.
The main problem, as I see it, is that an enormous percentage of the American population doesn’t really have any more of a sophisticated notion of international economics than Donald Trump: “We” are still, IMO, fixated on the economic model prevalent in the post-WWII “Baby Boom” era, a mental model passed down to (now) at least generation: the expectation of limitless prosperity and growth as the natural order of things. And the failure of said Utopia to materialize always being Somebody Else’s Fault.
This seems important.
The first Hispanic and Latina Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will swear in the first Black, Woman, and South Asian Vice President Kamala Harris. ✊🏾✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/7Uzx8a6v80
— It’s Madam Vice President Harris to YOU in 4 days (@flywithkamala) January 16, 2021
Trump has put Biden in the position to have to overturn tons of things, all of which will be held up as proof of him “wrecking America”.
And at some point, the stock market will start to sputter and Biden will have to choose between another massive cash influx or letting it crash and recover on its own. It will be a lose-lose situation for him, however he approaches it.
re: #122 BigPapa
That is beautiful. Pity it is not Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
re: #122 BigPapa
This seems important.
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When Biden gives his first State of the Union, there will be two women behind him.
re: #125 Belafon
Isn’t that a beautiful thing. :)
The terrorists are still plotting to assassinate our elected leaders.
Virginia man arrested with loaded Glock 9 and 500 rounds of ammo as he tried to use fake credentials to drive into secure #Inauguration2021 perimeter. His truck had sticker “if they come for your guns, give ‘em your bullets first” @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/VxWxnuYzFw
— Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) January 16, 2021
re: #125 Belafon
When Biden gives his first State of the Union, there will be two women behind him.
I can get my wife to cry every time I start talking about Kamala and noting things like that.
“If it wasn’t my job I would do it for free. It was absolutely my pleasure to crush a white nationalist insurrection,” he said. “And we’ll do it as many times as it takes.”
pic.twitter.com/XxzwGkwL12— Liam Stack (@liamstack) January 16, 2021
re: #109 PhillyPretzel
And I remember November 22, 1963. That is enough for me.
Mere days later on live TV, I witnessed the assassination of the prime suspect at the Dallas PD —one the very few people in the world likely to know whether Oswald shot Kennedy.
As of Monday, I became eligible for Covid vaccination. Since then, I’ve been spending a whole lot of time on NYS’ vaccine web site trying to score an appointment.
For most of the week, every appointment listing has been filled by the time I got there, but I kept trying. Earlier today one of the listings came up with the active ‘Set Appointment Time’ button lit up. Ha!, I thought. Success at last! I clicked through to find this.
Obviously, something is amiss. I will keep trying.
I just checked my credit union and electronic payment cards are accepted. Thank you American Heritage Federal Credit Union.
Didn’t work then; won’t work now🐮
— Devin Nunes’ cow 🐮 (@DevinCow) January 16, 2021
Not exactly reassuring to read about done douchebag with fake inauguration credentials and 500 rounds of ammo but at least he got caught.
re: #132 makeitstop
As of Monday, I became eligible for Covid vaccination. Since then, I’ve been spending a whole lot of time on NYS’ vaccine web site trying to score an appointment.
For most of the week, every appointment listing has been filled by the time I got there, but I kept trying. Earlier today one of the listings came up with the active ‘Set Appointment Time’ button lit up. Ha!, I thought. Success at last! I clicked through to find this.
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Obviously, something is amiss. I will keep trying.
Yeah, a friend of mine in NY is trying to make an appt. for her 90 year old uncle and when she works her way through all the boxes to check it tells her he doesn’t qualify…
Me? I probably could have made an appointment here in CA if I had realized on Wed. that Kaiser was doing 65+ and waited 3 hours on hold to talk to someone. I thought they were only doing 75+ (which might have been true, but in retrospect, I don’t think so) so I didn’t hang around to find out. Now? Hahahahahahaha.
re: #136 darthstar
Not exactly reassuring to read about done douchebag with fake inauguration credentials and 500 rounds of ammo but at least he got caught.
It makes me worry that some similar SOB (or DOB) will get through in Washington or in some other location and wreak havoc in the near future.
Again, these people have been boasting, puffing their chests and stocking up ammunition, there is a lot of desperation, delusion, rage and frustration out there that is going to seek an outlet.
re: #95 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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We’ve been here before, we know how it’s going to go. We also know that the media, being a bunch of hypocritical fucks themselves, will insist that Repubs are arguing in good faith when it’s obvious to everyone they’re selling BS to handicap Dem efforts to clean up their mess.
Daniel Dale highlights 15 of Trump’s 30k+ lies. One of my top lies from early in his administration was that his healthcare plan would cover everyone for less money than Obamacare. amp.cnn.com
re: #140 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Daniel Dale highlights 15 of Trump’s 30k+ lies. One of my top lies from early in his administration was that his healthcare plan would cover everyone for less money than Obamacare. amp.cnn.com
I would have said the $2T infrastructure “plan” that we heard about in passing once and never showed itself again once people realized it was all vaporware.
re: #136 darthstar
Not exactly reassuring to read about done douchebag with fake inauguration credentials and 500 rounds of ammo but at least he got caught.
I’m wondering if he might have slipped through without that gun humper’s bumper sticker - although the attitude of that sticker probably showed up in everything he said to the cops.
I hope Rudy is there to be Trump’s impeachment lawyer, which should ensure Senate conviction.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) January 16, 2021
re: #141 Targetpractice
I would have said the $2T infrastructure “plan” that we heard about in passing once and never showed itself again once people realized it was all vaporware.
It’s very confusing. Was letting all the Olds die Trump’s medical plan or was that his plan to save Social Security?
Security barrier, presumably against Vehicle-borne IEDs. Lots of trucks out there pic.twitter.com/ixOFRWwVY0
— Thomas Rid (@RidT) January 16, 2021
Thanks, GOP.
There’s been a lot of speculation that Lauren Boebert’s mom was among those who broke in to the Capitol, and that she may have even been directing insurrectionists through the building.
I would not be the least bit surprised if it’s true.
Yo. Look at this. The glasses. This your mom @laurenboebert ? pic.twitter.com/ssILzy6Iwd
— Brian Guest (@brguest20) January 16, 2021
re: #145 jaunte
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Thanks, GOP.
in the movies, the engines have always been removed from those, so that the chevy chevette with the bomb in it can plow right through.
I’m thinking of changing the name of my Wifi to ‘FBI surveillance’ to mess w my Trumper neighbors
— Toni Marie (@ToniRenaissance) January 16, 2021
Amtrak suspends some service south of DC ahead of inauguration https://t.co/fJSi2AGxwd pic.twitter.com/6ZvAHkHkyJ
— The Hill (@thehill) January 16, 2021
That Zip Tie Guy and his mom have been arrested - and for the first time I’ve seen the word ‘conspiracy’ shows up in a charging document.
SIGNIFICANT: Munchel and Eisenhart aren’t just being charged for their actions on Jan. 6. They’re being charged with *conspiracy* with “persons known and unknown” to authorities >>> pic.twitter.com/Y2Kac3FoxW
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 16, 2021
‘Persons known and unknown.’ This is gonna be good.
Next tine someone tells me that because I’m an actor I shouldn’t say my political opinions I am going to remind them they are listening to the My Pillow guy.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) January 16, 2021
re: #148 NO SMOCKING GUN!
My WiFi: CIA_MOBILE_HOTSPOT
re: #152 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Hmm. How about something historic like Office of Strategic Services?
en.wikipedia.org
I’m so incredibly honored and humbled to be the first @SecondGentleman of the United States. As we countdown to Inauguration Day, I’ve been doing my homework—and looking to the past for inspiration. pic.twitter.com/bhE7SvCls2
— Doug Emhoff (@DouglasEmhoff) January 16, 2021
re: #152 Colère Tueur de Lapin
My WiFi: CIA_MOBILE_HOTSPOT
re: #153 PhillyPretzel
Hmm. How about something historic like Office of Strategic Services?
en.wikipedia.org
An oldie but goodie: FBI Party Van
I’m going to be an optimist here and say there’s about 30% of the party that we should nudge into leaving the party:
66% of Republicans say Donald acted responsibly last week
56% of Republican say Donald bears NO responsibility for the assault on the Capitol
65% of Republicans think there is evidence of voter fraud
So, Republicans, if you want unity, BeBest™ if you clean your own house first— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) January 15, 2021
re: #155 TedStriker
As a reference to my response how about Wild Bill’s Private line.
I was hoping for “Hit the Road, Jack” myself, but this works, too. https://t.co/d6XItL7zK2
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) January 16, 2021
I’ve always been a little fascinated by mountain climbing, and the fact that K2 - the Most Dangerous Mountain - has never been climbed in winter boggled my mind. Well, no longer - a Nepali and Sherpa team summited at around 5:00 PM today.
re: #158 jaunte
How about something a little more family oriented, So Long Farewell.
re: #160 PhillyPretzel
How about something a little more family oriented, So Long Farewell.
Except we don’t want to give the impression Trump is fleeing the Nazis.
Fascists continue to plot:
SCOOP: Trump officials and GOP operatives are quietly meeting in Vegas this weekend to discuss topics including “woke tech” and “the new slave power.” The speakers include people w/ ties to white nationalism & conspiracy theories. via me + @issielapowsky https://t.co/2A02xgYK1J
— Emily Birnbaum (@birnbaum_e) January 16, 2021
“…The list of speakers included several people with controversial pedigrees. One speaker, blogger Curtis Yarvin, otherwise known as Mencius Moldbug, has written that there is “no question that biological differences made Africans better slaves than indigenous Americans” because they were less susceptible to tropical diseases. He also once wrote in a blog post, “although I am not a white nationalist, I am not exactly allergic to the stuff.” Yarvin was listed to speak on the panel about “the new slave power,” along with Michael Anton, former deputy national security adviser under President Trump, who recently wrote an essay in Claremont’s The American Mind publication suggesting that Democrats were “openly talking about staging a coup.”
The End by the Doors…need a bit of menacing threat
Amtrak suspends some service south of DC ahead of inauguration https://t.co/fJSi2AGxwd pic.twitter.com/6ZvAHkHkyJ
— The Hill (@thehill) January 16, 2021
Welp, so much for everyone getting on the Trump Train.
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re: #162 jaunte
One speaker, blogger Curtis Yarvin, otherwise known as Mencius Moldbug, has written that there is “no question that biological differences made Africans better slaves than indigenous Americans” because they were less susceptible to tropical diseases.
they were also less likely to flee into the wilderness and seek the shelter of other indigenous peoples…in the end, the reason that white plantation owners imported & kept slaves is because they were too lazy to do the work themselves and too cheap to pay anyone a wage to do it
re: #160 PhillyPretzel
How about something a little more family oriented, So Long Farewell.
Nah, we don’t need family friendly:
re: #137 calochortus
Yeah, a friend of mine in NY is trying to make an appt. for her 90 year old uncle and when she works her way through all the boxes to check it tells her he doesn’t qualify…
Me? I probably could have made an appointment here in CA if I had realized on Wed. that Kaiser was doing 65+ and waited 3 hours on hold to talk to someone. I thought they were only doing 75+ (which might have been true, but in retrospect, I don’t think so) so I didn’t hang around to find out. Now? Hahahahahahaha.
Now that they’ve found out that the supplies don’t exist, it will probably be a while before you and I can (or should) get the vaccine. Medical people and the frail elderly in nursing homes need to come first, and there are three million people in group 1a. I’m also in group 1b, and hoping for February.
New: @JoeBiden plans to begin his first term with a flurry of executive orders, including rejoining Paris climate accord, ending ban on predominantly Muslim countries, halting evictions & student loan payments during the pandemic and issuing a mask mandate on federal property.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 16, 2021
NRA: We’re declaring bankruptcy.
Mega-donors: Not until We get our money, bitch.
BREAKING: A major donor to the @NRA will challenge key aspects of the gun group’s bankruptcy filing in an attempt to hold executives accountable for allegedly having defrauded their members of millions of dollars to support their lavish lifestyles. 👏👏👏 https://t.co/uivQgMZ0zR
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 16, 2021
re: #161 Belafon
Except we don’t want to give the impression Trump is fleeing the Nazis.
You can interpret it as us saying so long to the Fascists.
As if yesterday wasn’t crazy enough. Mike Lindell was back at the White House today. And he brought his secret weapon pic.twitter.com/oQWooC5rZi
— Eric Stangel (@EricStangel) January 16, 2021
re: #165 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
they were also less likely to flee into the wilderness and seek the shelter of other indigenous peoples…in the end, the reason that white plantation owners imported & kept slaves is because they were too lazy to do the work themselves and too cheap to pay anyone a wage to do it
Something I learned touring a plantation in South Carolina’s gold coast is that a major reason why they enslaved west Africans is because they knew how to cultivate rice. The slavers didn’t just steal their physical labor, they stole their know-how as well.
Voting Rights Roundup: Georgia Senate wins pave way for Democrats to pass historic election reforms, Daily Kos Election blog from yesterday. Good stuff, go Dems!
re: #170 Teukka
So this came to my attention: instagram.com
Description: Rant.
Level: EPIC.
Who: Matthew Cooke @matthewcookeofficial on insta.
re: #168 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
Now that they’ve found out that the supplies don’t exist, it will probably be a while before you and I can (or should) get the vaccine. Medical people and the frail elderly in nursing homes need to come first, and there are three million people in group 1a. I’m also n group 1b, and hoping for February.
My mother has received her second dose of vaccine at the residential facility she lives, thank dog.
re: #158 jaunte
My local station played “Oh, Happy Day” when Nixon resigned.
Rand Paul Warns One Third of Republicans Will Leave Party if GOP Senators Back Impeachment
Promise? Fragmentation is good.
“Look, I didn’t agree with the [Capitol] fight that happened last week, and I voted against overturning the election, but at the same time, the impeachment is a wrongheaded, partisan notion, [and] if Republicans go along with it, it’ll destroy the party,” Paul said during the interview.
This is why we need to combat conspiracy theories like QAnon. pic.twitter.com/GzuLKIgVKi
— Parlertakes🇺🇸 (@parlertakes) January 16, 2021
re: #179 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
The minute Joe is sworn in Ode to Joy should be played.
re: #180 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Rand Paul Warns One Third of Republicans Will Leave Party if GOP Senators Back Impeachment
Promise? Fragmentation is good.
Good. If they can’t vote to convict Trump over this, you can’t do anything. Rand like his father is yet another person exposed as a fake with his silence on Trump’s power lust.
re: #170 Teukka
Excellent!! Don’t even know who he is but his commentary is absolutely on point. Unfortunately. I don’t see the GOP changing for the better and waking up to reality just because Trump is out of the White House.
Listening to Biden and the scientists now. I really love how he showcases his team as co-equals. He’s gonna be a great President.
re: #185 Patricia Kayden
Excellent!! Don’t even know who he is but his commentary is absolutely on point. Unfortunately. I don’t see the GOP changing for the better and waking up to reality just because Trump is out of the White House.
re: #180 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Rand Paul Warns One Third of Republicans Will Leave Party if GOP Senators Back Impeachment
Promise? Fragmentation is good.
And a different third will leave if they don’t. You love to see it.
re: #180 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Rand Paul Warns One Third of Republicans Will Leave Party if GOP Senators Back Impeachment
Promise? Fragmentation is good.
Fortunately, this time Mitch can’t run a fake trial with no witnesses. Once the evidence shows Trump knew his mob was going to attack the Capitol, we’ll see whether or not there are 17 GOP Senators with a shred of integrity.
re: #136 darthstar
Not exactly reassuring to read about done douchebag with fake inauguration credentials and 500 rounds of ammo but at least he got caught.
That’s the problem with anti-terrorism actions.
Law enforcement or intelligence agencies can shut down any number of terrorist actions before they occur, and life goes on as normal. If one gets through, all of a sudden everyone and their pet turtle are asking “how did this failure happen?”
I have no idea how many people want to cause harm, whether in DC or in state capitals. Could be a handful, could be dozens, could be tens of thousands, and every single one of them has to be stopped or people will blame the police for “failure.”
re: #183 PhillyPretzel
The minute Joe is sworn in Ode to Joy should be played.
Nice thought, but it requires a full orchestra plus soloists. Even without covid, that’s a tall order.
re: #191 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
Nice thought, but it requires a full orchestra plus soloists. Even without covid, that’s a tall order.
Recording.
re: #191 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
Zoom orchestra.
Who did this. 😂 pic.twitter.com/lKiaRzH5c8
— Parlertakes🇺🇸 (@parlertakes) January 16, 2021
A former president Trump won’t ‘need to know.’ Cut off his intelligence. By Susan M. Gordon, who was the principal deputy director of national intelligence from 2017 to 2019.
My recommendation, as a 30-plus-year veteran of the intelligence community, is not to provide him any briefings after Jan. 20. With this simple act — which is solely the new president’s prerogative — Joe Biden can mitigate one aspect of the potential national security risk posed by Donald Trump, private citizen.
re: #192 retired cynic
Recording.
Not when all those live musicians will be performing. Anyway, it’s just not the same.
re: #195 retired cynic
A former president Trump won’t ‘need to know.’ Cut off his intelligence. By Susan M. Gordon, who was the principal deputy director of national intelligence from 2017 to 2019.
Fortunately, Trump is too incurious, stupid and lazy to absorb the information to transmit it back to Daddy Putin. If they do give him intelligence briefings, give him the real ones, without pictures and with dense jargon, and Trump’s eyes will glaze over within seconds.
re: #180 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Rand Paul Warns One Third of Republicans Will Leave Party if GOP Senators Back Impeachment
Promise? Fragmentation is good.
re: #118 BigPapa
Prolly. Most of a my dankest quips and memes I mine from LGF.
And we’re willing to provide:
re: #146 makeitstop
There’s been a lot of speculation that Lauren Boebert’s mom was among those who broke in to the Capitol, and that she may have even been directing insurrectionists through the building.
I would not be the least bit surprised if it’s true.
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That’s nice…maybe they can share a cell together.
re: #65 Eventual Carrion
Just saw in a comment over on Crooks & Liars a suggestion to drop the MAGA moniker and use ISIS (Idiots Sowing Insurrection and Sedition)
Do they use an orange flag with a giant yellow Cheeto on it?
Whole thing just gives new meaning to the term “locking up the base”, dunnit? https://t.co/7scHH8Z5Sb
— Chrysi Cat (no, Karen is STILL my sister!) (@chrysicat) January 17, 2021
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