What is the filibuster? What do first ladies do? Why do presidents lie about their health? If you don’t know, now you know everything about the government. #DailyShow #IfYouDontKnowNowYouKnow #TrevorNoah
00:00 - What Is the Filibuster?
09:12 -Why Do Presidents Lie About Their Health?
15:45 - What Do First Ladies Do?
25:35 - What Are Faithless Electors?
Even the House of Lords can only delay legislation, not block it entirely
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Even the House of Lords can only delay legislation, not block it entirely
That took some changes since they used to be able to. And did it consistently enough that there were threats to have the monarch appoint enough peers to be able to change their rules.
wsj
Vaccine reluctance dropping across the country fast
A shrinking percentage of Americans are expressing reluctance to get a Covid-19 vaccine: 17%, down from 22% in January. Vaccine hesitancy is declining in most states.
Chuck Schumer says the Senate will “work quickly” to confirm Biden’s judge picks, and fill growing judicial vacancies to “significantly mitigate the influence of Donald Trump’s unqualified, right-wing judges.”
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 30, 2021
Vice news.
the least quelle surprise thing of the day
“As Republicans make a sweeping voter suppression push nationwide, they insist it won’t have any real impact on voters’ ability to cast their ballots. But a look at how voter turnout shifted in 2020 shows a strong link between states making it easier to vote and voters actually turning out,” Vice News reports.
“In 2020, the states that showed the biggest jumps in voter turnout were almost uniformly states that also made it dramatically easier to vote, often by allowing everyone to vote by mail. And the states that saw the lowest turnout increases were all ones where it’s hard to vote—and where lawmakers kept onerous rules in place—like bans on mail voting—in spite of the pandemic.”
re: #5 Dangerman
But it only looks like that for young and non-white voters. Old white voters who more reliably vote Republican get a nice stroll in the park.
Sign #1 that Joe Biden lived through the Obama (and Trump /McConnell) administrations and absorbed lessons thereof:
- He didn’t burn 12+ months begging for “bipartisan” support on big budget bill, which was never going to come.
Sign #2:
- Judges, judges, young judges. https://t.co/czqtlkE3EW— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) March 30, 2021
re: #7 DesertDenizen
But it only looks like that for young and non-white voters. Old white voters who more reliably vote Republican get a nice stroll in the park.
Old white male voters. Women have to prove that their name change for marriage or divorce is their real name. And closing off mail in voting affected people who were disabled.
I’m really going to be pissed if Biden doesn’t get to fill at least two SCOTUS vacancies.
re: #5 Dangerman
My reply would be you first sir. After you go it should be clear for me to go. This is why we should never let our collective guard down. They will always look for a way to twist it to their own advantage.
re: #9 Belafon
Old white male voters. Women have to prove that their name change for marriage or divorce is their real name. And closing off mail in voting affected people who were disabled.
Good point. It’s easy for me to vote because demographicly I am likely to be a solid R voter. Surprise on them that I’m a solid D and have been since my first election during the Clinton years. I came of political age during the last gasps of bipartisanship before Newt and Hastert murdered it.
re: #7 DesertDenizen
But it only looks like that for young and non-white voters. Old white voters who more reliably vote Republican get a nice stroll in the park.
you’re right about the specific - voting
i was going for the more general - as in that’s not what the FF meant by ‘exercise’, or well regulated, or ‘receiving…a thing of value’, or high crimes and misdemeanors, or, or or
re: #13 Dangerman
you’re right about the specific - voting
i was going for the more general - as in that’s not what the FF meant by ‘exercise’, or well regulated, or ‘receiving…a thing of value’, or high crimes and misdemeanors, or, or or
Gotcha. Other than owning guns the Republicans makes it difficult to exercise pretty much any right.
re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m really going to be pissed if Biden doesn’t get to fill at least two SCOTUS vacancies.
Dunno: I’m thinking he’ll be lucky to get one (via Breyer resigning): the others are either too young - or too pigheadedly stubborn to leave the Court any way but in a body bag…..
Oh, and I hope Chuck Schumer pushes Biden’s slate of court nominees through utilizing the same process the GOPers did with Trump’s picks….
re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m really going to be pissed if Biden doesn’t get to fill at least two SCOTUS vacancies.
Ketanji Brown Jackson was widely expected, and she clerked for Justice Breyer, whom we hope will retire this year or next, so that fits together nicely. I hope he doesn’t wait until 2023, just in case, knock wood, we lose the Senate in the midterms.
re: #15 Jay C
Dunno: I’m thinking he’ll be lucky to get one (via Breyer resigning): the others are either too young - or too pigheadedly stubborn to leave the Court any way but in a body bag…..
Imagine if Kavanagh died of a heart attack around September 2024…
re: #17 Eclectic Cyborg
Imagine if Kavanagh died of a heart attack around September 2024…
More like cirrhosis of the liver based on his favorite beverage and his reported quantities.
re: #18 DesertDenizen
More like cirrhosis of the liver based on his favorite beverage and his reported quantities.
He might get a blocked tear duct and drown internally…
reuters
New York state’s highest court on Tuesday cleared the way for a former contestant on “The Apprentice” to sue Donald Trump for defamation, after the former U.S. president called her a liar for accusing him of sexual assault.
Trump had argued before leaving the White House on Jan. 20 that Summer Zervos could not pursue her case because a sitting president could not be sued, but the state Court of Appeals said in a brief order that “the issues presented have become moot.”
Zervos’ case will now return to a Manhattan trial court, where her lawyers may have an opportunity to question Trump under oath. The case had been on hold during Trump’s appeal.
“Now a private citizen, the defendant has no further excuse to delay justice for Ms. Zervos, and we are eager to get back to the trial court and prove her claims,” Beth Wilkinson, a lawyer for Zervos, said in an email.
re: #20 Dangerman
Good. Let us hope that Letitia James has an opportunity to get a piece of him too.
By the way, continuing on from last-thread comments, my cat’s nips are kind of funny, because with the black hair, it really accents the perfectly round little “breasts” that she has, which can be a little disconcerting due to the multiple rows of them. I expect nips on a cat, but little rows of breasties can catch one by surprise.
re: #6 Dangerman
Vice news.
the least quelle surprise thing of the day
Meanwhile Kentucky isn’t returning Georgia’s calls
The Kentucky General Assembly passed significant legislation Monday night that will make three days of widespread early voting a regular part of the state’s future elections and expand people’s access to the ballot in other ways while also instituting new security measures,” the Louisville Courier Journal reports.
re: #8 Dangerman
Biden didn’t waste political capital on trying to build bipartisanship in Congress when he had bipartisan support for his bill nationwide. Poll after poll showed strong support for doing this, regardless of the obstructionist GOP in Congress. So he got it to done.
They’ll do the same with judicial picks, and next up is the infrastructure plan.
Heartbreaking. https://t.co/N8dU7bxTZT
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 30, 2021
re: #27 Belafon
Does the article mention if he can fire them and if so why he hasn’t?
I believe he can fire them, but no idea why he hasn’t yet, except maybe that he’s a little busy.
re: #4 Dangerman
Yep. If the Democrats hadn’t swept the Georgia Senate runoffs, McConnell would be announcing that the federal judiciary was full and the Senate wouldn’t be confirming any of Biden’s judicial nominees.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 30, 2021
He’d fit in well at the Square Head Network. https://t.co/iYb8L3fKGm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 30, 2021
re: #29 Charles Johnson
I believe he can fire them, but no idea why he hasn’t yet, except maybe that he’s a little busy.
He’s busy and he’s probably giving them a chance to dig their own graves. He’s going to get reamed if he’s seen as just firing people because they worked for the former guy; if he lets them build a case that they’re incompetent or (as in this case) actively malicious, it’s an easier sell to say, “Look, these jackwagons are why all you SS-receiving Americans aren’t getting your checks, and here’s the proof, so I’m canning their asses effective immediately.” Even a Republican can’t argue with that.
re: #29 Charles Johnson
I believe he can fire them, but no idea why he hasn’t yet, except maybe that he’s a little busy.
I believe that he’s got right to fire the SSA administrators. That’s not the case with DeJoy at USPS. Biden would need the Board of Governors at the USPS to dismiss DeJoy.
My gut feeling is that he’s trying to maintain some continuity all while trying to move things forward. USPS and SSA are two parts where he’s running into the obstructionist treasonweasel GOPers Trump installed.
re: #30 No Malarkey!
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And yes I know every seat matters. He was last over the line. And Georgja!
re: #12 DesertDenizen
Good point. It’s easy for me to vote because demographicly I am likely to be a solid R voter. Surprise on them that I’m a solid D and have been since my first election during the Clinton years. I came of political age during the last gasps of bipartisanship before Newt and Hastert murdered it.
The GQP may be shooting itself in the foot. With high propensity college educated voters shifting blue and non college educated low propensity voters shifting red, they may be blocking their own voters. If course, they are planning on ignoring the results and declaring victory anyway.
re: #22 steve_davis
By the way, continuing on from last-thread comments, my cat’s nips are kind of funny, because with the black hair, it really accents the perfectly round little “breasts” that she has, which can be a little disconcerting due to the multiple rows of them. I expect nips on a cat, but little rows of breasties can catch one by surprise.
You’re hysterical. And she’s a beauty.
re: #33 lawhawk
I believe that he’s got right to fire the SSA administrators. That’s not the case with DeJoy at USPS. Biden would need the Board of Governors at the USPS to dismiss DeJoy.
My gut feeling is that he’s trying to maintain some continuity all while trying to move things forward. USPS and SSA are two parts where he’s running into the obstructionist treasonweasel GOPers Trump installed.
Continuity of government is the other reason I forgot to put in my post, and it is a big one. People underestimate just how much gets disrupted when there is a mass exodus of seasoned and trained personnel.
re: #31 Charles Johnson
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He’d fit in well at the Square Head Network. https://t.co/iYb8L3fKGm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 30, 2021
re: #32 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
He’s busy and he’s probably giving them a chance to dig their own graves. He’s going to get reamed if he’s seen as just firing people because they worked for the former guy; if he lets them build a case that they’re incompetent or (as in this case) actively malicious, it’s an easier sell to say, “Look, these jackwagons are why all you SS-receiving Americans aren’t getting your checks, and here’s the proof, so I’m canning their asses effective immediately.” Even a Republican can’t argue with that.
Can I politely disagree? ;-)
re: #39 Dangerman
Can I politely disagree? ;-)
I’m going to put on my Jen Psaki hat: No. Next question.
But seriously. Yes, they will argue with that, because they’re incredibly thick. But they shouldn’t be able to. Sigh.
Michigan’s Attorney General!
I am so proud of our Gov, SOS, and AG.
I am not a cat…
But I am a lawyer. Watch out for these scams, and call your mother. pic.twitter.com/ggGxqPDbEb— Dana Nessel (@dananessel) March 30, 2021
re: #22 steve_davis
By the way, continuing on from last-thread comments, my cat’s nips are kind of funny, because with the black hair, it really accents the perfectly round little “breasts” that she has, which can be a little disconcerting due to the multiple rows of them. I expect nips on a cat, but little rows of breasties can catch one by surprise.
EVANGELICAL TROLL ERICK ERICKSON TRIES TO THEOLOGIZE CANCEL CULTURE. FAILS. (Religion Dispatches)
re: #27 Belafon
Does the article mention if he can fire them and if so why he hasn’t?
Probably just a pain in the ass to weed them all out and get them gone.
re: #5 Dangerman
the manner in which the R’s interpret every clause of the constitution to their favor
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re: #27 Belafon
Does the article mention if he can fire them and if so why he hasn’t?
Letting them do this temporarily painful and inconvenient stuff makes it clearer who’s working for the people and who isnt
re: #27 Belafon
Does the article mention if he can fire them and if so why he hasn’t?
Yes and no.
And the Dems on the postal board seen to like DeJoy. That article is nothing but disappointment.
Imagine if the Second Amendment guaranteed everyone the right to vote instead of guaranteeing them the right to have guns.
re: #22 steve_davis
I expect nips on a cat, but little rows of breasties can catch one by surprise.
re: #49 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Yes and no.
And the Dems on the postal board seen to like DeJoy. That article is nothing but disappointment.
Sigh. So USPS may be fucked long term then. Greeeeeat.
re: #49 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Yes and no.
And the Dems on the postal board seen to like DeJoy. That article is nothing but disappointment.
Apparently Trump also likes him.
re: #24 Charles Johnson
We did not get ours yet even though we received a letter from the IRS telling us to expect direct deposit within a week (it has been longer than a week).
re: #45 Dangerman
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re: #32 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
He’s busy and he’s probably giving them a chance to dig their own graves. He’s going to get reamed if he’s seen as just firing people because they worked for the former guy; if he lets them build a case that they’re incompetent or (as in this case) actively malicious, it’s an easier sell to say, “Look, these jackwagons are why all you SS-receiving Americans aren’t getting your checks, and here’s the proof, so I’m canning their asses effective immediately.” Even a Republican can’t argue with that.
And fire them in a way that they’d be toxic to rehire by anyone else.
re: #55 The Pie Overlord!
I got a letter yesterday telling me I am supposed to get $600. I have already received my refund and the $1400 that Joe said we were supposed to get. This is completely messed up.
re: #25 Eclectic Cyborg
Fuck that asshole and all of his acolytes.
DON’T. GET. ME. STARTED. WITH. THE. “DO MORE WITH LESS” BULLSHIT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH FROM THEM!
re: #49 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Yes and no.
And the Dems on the postal board seen to like DeJoy. That article is nothing but disappointment.
Why do the Democrats like him?
re: #61 Belafon
Also, how many Democrats are there?
I think there are 4 or 5. Two are carryovers, and they say they approve of DeJoy. I doubt the new ones do. Not sure if they have been confirmed, or need to be confirmed, by the Senate yet.
re: #61 Belafon
Also, how many Democrats are there?
There are six in total now. All old white guys. IIRC, 2 are Dems.
re: #64 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I gotta say, old Bobby Duncan had a hell of a dyed combover.
Antioch, California:
WATCH: Man throws rocks at church windows, causes $40K in damage days before Easter
An unidentified man threw dozens of rocks into nearly 50 windows and doors at a California church early Monday morning, causing thousands in damage.
The man was caught on camera throwing rocks at Cornerstone Christian Church in Antioch just days before Easter.“The video cameras, all the surveillance doesn’t even look like he tried to get in, and he could’ve because some of the windows were totally broken out,” Senior Pastor Steve Miner said.
The church had just finished landscaping the property.
The man picked up some of the newly placed river rocks and threw them at about 50 windows on the church, causing about $40,000 in damage.
re: #64 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
There are six in total now. All old white guys. IIRC, 2 are Dems.
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re: #63 retired cynic
I think there are 4 or 5. Two are carryovers, and they say they approve of DeJoy. I doubt the new ones do. Not sure if they have been confirmed, or need to be confirmed, by the Senate yet.
So basically, even if we get the vacancies filled post-haste, DeJoy is still essentially untouchable?
Our Criteria for What Constitutes ‘Terrorism’ Have Been Laughable for Years Now
Charlie Pierce
Discussion of the judge’s decision to not charge those three Michigan men for terrorism, “intent to commit mayhem,” by kidnapping the Michigan governor.
I think allegedly plotting to kidnap the governor of Michigan implies an intent to do some things that can reasonably be defined as mayhem, but I am not a judge. And this judge wasn’t done belaboring logic just yet.
Klaeren added that an encrypted communication network, not accessible to the general public, was “in many respects no different than thinking the thought to yourself.”
Exactly how many ways is an encrypted communication network no different from woolgathering at your desk on a sunny spring afternoon? One way? Three? Fifteen? The judge declined to say.
re: #68 Citizen K
So basically, even if we get the vacancies filled post-haste, DeJoy is still essentially untouchable?
Unless the two existing D old white guys “see the light.”
re: #60 Belafon
Why do the Democrats like him?
not all of, not the new guys. Just 2 of the holdovers who’d been there for a number of years.
My guess? They’re blue-dog dems of an age who registered Dem when that meant something different than it does now.
re: #71 sagehen
not all of, not the new guys. Just 2 of the holdovers who’d been there for a number of years.
My guess? They’re blue-dog dems of an age who registered Dem when that meant something different than it does now.
Old white guys have to stick together. We all know how oppressed they are.
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re: #68 Citizen K
So basically, even if we get the vacancies filled post-haste, DeJoy is still essentially untouchable?
Unknown at this time.
Whose brilliant idea was all this bullshit anyway? Why can’t the President just appoint the Postmaster General directly?
Red Seaweed Defeats Cows’ Methane-Filled Burps
When it comes to battling the climate-damaging gas in belches, a little of the macroalgae goes a long way.
Atlas Obscura
60-80% reduction! BFD. If they can manage to produce enough of it cheaply that cattle producers will buy it.
re: #74 Eclectic Cyborg
Whose brilliant idea was all this bullshit anyway? Why can’t the President just appoint the Postmaster General directly?
Generally this layer is meant to keep the nominee from being political. But, as with all things, the GOP has destroyed the independence of the board.
re: #74 Eclectic Cyborg
Whose brilliant idea was all this bullshit anyway? Why can’t the President just appoint the Postmaster General directly?
I think it goes back to the Nixon Administration: standard (longstanding) GOP bullshit about the Post Office costing too much, too much Civil Service protection, too much “political” interference, etc. (i.e. BS) - so it got spun off into the quasi-independent “Postal Service” it is today.
Which of course, did little/nothing to deal with the main dichotomy in how the PO was looked at: i.e. “deliver the mail in a timely manner” vs. “don’t lose money”
re: #76 Belafon
Generally this layer is meant to keep the nominee from being political. But, as with all things, the GOP has destroyed the independence of the board.
Immersive, far-right media has poisoned not only political independence, but it has poisoned the American people themselves. In theory, taking power out of the hands of a few people and spreading it among larger subgroups and committees should prevent corruption. But when you have a full 40% of the population fully immersed in a cult that thinks exactly alike on every political topic, there is no end to the corruption.
re: #28 Charles Johnson
What could a child facing 4 armed cops, who were willing to murder a man in broad daylight, do? God bless her.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 30, 2021
re: #79 No Malarkey!
She did the only thing she could and made the world aware of it.
re: #80 Belafon
She did the only thing she could and made the world aware of it.
And feels guilty that she couldn’t do more. It’s tough to be a good person in an uncaring world.
re: #29 Charles Johnson
I believe he can fire them, but no idea why he hasn’t yet, except maybe that he’s a little busy.
As infuriating as this is, I would imagine getting rid of the motherfucker running/ruining the USPS is probably a bigger priority, especially since Biden can’t straight-up fire him.
re: #77 Jay C
I think it goes back to the Nixon Administration: standard (longstanding) GOP bullshit about the Post Office costing too much, too much Civil Service protection, too much “political” interference, etc. (i.e. BS) - so it got spun off into the quasi-independent “Postal Service” it is today.
Which of course, did little/nothing to deal with the main dichotomy in how the PO was looked at: i.e. “deliver the mail in a timely manner” vs. “don’t lose money”
USPS was designed to deliver mail to everyone and the postal rates were determined not by distance or density, but on the cost to process on average. That’s why a first class mail to someone living in the middle of nowhere Alaska costs as much as sending it to someone the next town over in NJ. It’s not about money, it’s about the constitutional obligation to provide mail service. It was an essential part of government, and the GOP has decided that it should be run like a business, because that’s how they view everything.
Never mind that businesses routinely fail (see also, Trump, Donald J), and that the post office is not supposed to fail.
re: #83 lawhawk
I hate that “government should be run like a business” canard. Business exists to make money, government exists for the good of the people, and much of that includes doing things the private sector cannot or will not do. To accomplish this we pay taxes and for some uses, pay fees to offset cost to tax dollars. It’s not about profit.
re: #4 Dangerman
Hallalloo. President Biden also needs to fill the vacant EEOC and MSPB leadership positions.
re: #82 Mattand
As infuriating as this is, I would imagine getting rid of the motherfucker running/ruining the USPS is probably a bigger priority, especially since Biden can’t straight-up fire him.
Sorry, didn’t realize this was being covered above. Came in late and didn’t read the whole thread, as usual.
re: #28 Charles Johnson
Unfortunately I have no doubt that those thug cops would have killed her or anyone else who tried to intervene. Filming Floyd’s murder was a genius move because otherwise the cops wouldn’t even be facing justice. They would have lied their way out of criminal charges altogether. Floyd is not the first or only Black man to be choked to death by cops.
re: #87 Patricia Kayden
Unfortunately I have no doubt that those thug cops would have killed her or anyone else who tried to intervene. Filming Floyd’s murder was a genius move because otherwise the cops wouldn’t even be facing justice. They would have lied their way out of criminal charges altogether. Floyd is not the first or only Black man to be choked to death by cops.
This. This. This. 💯 This.
re: #83 lawhawk
USPS was designed to deliver mail to everyone and the postal rates were determined not by distance or density, but on the cost to process on average. That’s why a first class mail to someone living in the middle of nowhere Alaska costs as much as sending it to someone the next town over in NJ. It’s not about money, it’s about the constitutional obligation to provide mail service. It was an essential part of government, and the GOP has decided that it should be run like a business, because that’s how they view everything.
Never mind that businesses routinely fail (see also, Trump, Donald J), and that the post office is not supposed to fail.
I have a relative who works for FedEx and while to say that he hates the USPS might be a bit extreme, he will not cut them any slack whatsoever.
Point out that the current Postmaster General is literally trying to destroy the Post Office from within, basically at Trump’s order?
Doesn’t care.
Point out that the USPS has to literally fund pensions for worker who haven’t been born yet?
Doesn’t care.
Point out that the USPS is a literal lifeline for many poor Americans though out the US?
Doesn’t care.
I’m willing to bet he doesn’t know that the damn thing is Constitutionally-mandated, despite his spouse being a history teacher.
Darnella Frazier, at 17, changed the world by filming George Floyd’s death.
Her video is at the heart of this trial, the $27M settlement for Floyd’s family, the national racial reckoning, and so much more.
And, she is haunted by what more she could have done.
Tell me this couldn’t be one hell of an origin story for a black female superhero.
Someone get Marvel on the phone.
“The Court discovered that there were obvious differences between the affiants’ description of the nature and subject matter of the documents, and the documents themselves.” Doc: https://t.co/Zn8CkpALq8 #FOIA case brought by @nytimes @charlie_savage
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) March 29, 2021
re: #90 Eclectic Cyborg
Darnella Frazier, at 17, changed the world by filming George Floyd’s death.
Her video is at the heart of this trial, the $27M settlement for Floyd’s family, the national racial reckoning, and so much more.
And, she is haunted by what more she could have done.
Tell me this couldn’t be one hell of an origin story for a black female superhero.
Someone get Marvel on the phone.
People like Ms. Frazier are how the world changes. It must be hard to be Good in a world that is Neutral at best, but she’s a light for us all.
re: #87 Patricia Kayden
Unfortunately I have no doubt that those thug cops would have killed her or anyone else who tried to intervene. Filming Floyd’s murder was a genius move because otherwise the cops wouldn’t even be facing justice. They would have lied their way out of criminal charges altogether. Floyd is not the first or only Black man to be choked to death by cops.
One of the few cops I know is a retired trooper from a Western state. She dropped me from FB because I was spreading “hate” about cops, allegedly.
The hate being I was pointing out cops know they are being filmed at every given moment and they’re still killing Black folks left and right.
You know, radical shit like that.
She also wasn’t convinced by the initial video of Chauvin killing Floyd because we weren’t getting the full story, or some similar bullshit.
re: #90 Eclectic Cyborg
Darnella Frazier, at 17, changed the world by filming George Floyd’s death.
Her video is at the heart of this trial, the $27M settlement for Floyd’s family, the national racial reckoning, and so much more.
And, she is haunted by what more she could have done.
Tell me this couldn’t be one hell of an origin story for a black female superhero.
Someone get Marvel on the phone.
White folks….you’re lucky that it ISN’T one.
Because it wouldn’t be a Captain America story. It’d be a Punisher story. Ar best.
re: #93 Mattand
She also wasn’t convinced by the initial video of Chauvin killing Floyd because we weren’t getting the full story, or some similar bullshit.
True. The initial video made it seem like Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for 8:46
There’s now another video, from another angle, that shows it was 9:29
re: #89 Mattand
I have a relative who works for FedEx and while to say that he hates the USPS might be a bit extreme, he will not cut them any slack whatsoever.
Point out that the current Postmaster General is literally trying to destroy the Post Office from within, basically at Trump’s order?
Doesn’t care.
Point out that the USPS has to literally fund pensions for worker who haven’t been born yet?
Doesn’t care.
Point out that the USPS is a literal lifeline for many poor Americans though out the US?
Doesn’t care.
I’m willing to bet he doesn’t know that the damn thing is Constitutionally-mandated, despite his spouse being a history teacher.
The real question is whether he thinks the person living 30 miles outside of Cheyenne should have to pay more for his prescriptions to be delivered than someone in Dallas does.
re: #94 gwangung
White folks….you’re lucky that it ISN’T one.
Because it wouldn’t be a Captain America story. It’d be a Punisher story. Ar best.
Have you seen last week’s episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier?
re: #97 Belafon
Have you seen last week’s episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier?
Yeah. And you still have to say white folks are lucky that the Bradleys are written to be as good natured as they are….
re: #98 gwangung
Yeah. And you still have to say white folks are lucky that the Bradleys are written to be as good natured as they are….
They managed to package a whole lot of race history in the US in that one little segment.
Gotta turn this trial coverage off. Looking at the video of George Floyd unconscious and noticing the trail of liquid that’s evidence of his bladder releasing. Heartbreaking.
re: #99 Belafon
They managed to package a whole lot of race history in the US in that one little segment.
Including White ignorance of it.
IT’S A FUCKING CAT! https://t.co/Ib3bMLgUmo
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 30, 2021
Several employees at a New York City apartment building have been suspended after a now-viral video showed a man attacking a 65-year-old Asian woman while the staff failed to intervene https://t.co/b00ufUsm38 pic.twitter.com/3iP6MizmP1
— The Hill (@thehill) March 30, 2021
“… At least three men inside of the building, who have not been publicly identified, can be seen either witnessing the attack or observing the woman lying on the sidewalk afterward. None of them are seen in the video intervening in the violence.
One of them appeared to close a door next to the woman after she was kicked to the ground.
Some of the men appeared to be security guards, according to reports. The Hill has reached out to the Brodsky Organization for comment. …”
re: #103 The Pie Overlord!
Welp. The cows with guns are screwed now.
re: #103 The Pie Overlord!
What in the ever-loving hell did I just watch.
re: #66 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Antioch, California:
WATCH: Man throws rocks at church windows, causes $40K in damage days before Easter[Embedded content]
If I paid $800/window I’d expect it to be bulletproof.
re: #96 Belafon
The real question is whether he thinks the person living 30 miles outside of Cheyenne should have to pay more for his prescriptions to be delivered than someone in Dallas does.
And what every red state house member will say when their constituents start whining about the new prices.
Also, every single member of the current board is a Trump appointee. Two of them have terms expiring this year, and one the year after. With two more members (plus the three Biden has already named), there will be a Biden majority.
re: #107 JC1
If I paid $800/window I’d expect it to be bulletproof.
A good triple pane window can cost that or more easily. Those windows did not appear to be particularly standard sizes either.
When you forget to log out of your main account pic.twitter.com/ued70KQZWu
— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) March 30, 2021
Bidens’ dog Major involved in another biting incident https://t.co/TcZtp690cL
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) March 30, 2021
Not good but the Biden team is a lot more transparent than the other team which kept covering up the Stephen Miller biting incidents.
The #FBI has brought to justice many of the participants in the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, but more people are still at large. If you know this individual, submit a tip at https://t.co/iL7sD5efWD. When you leave a tip, refer to photo 277. pic.twitter.com/XJ9Zp3h6pr
— FBI (@FBI) March 30, 2021
Okay - TV back on. EMT testimony is killing this defense attorney.
WTF
FBI enlisted Proud Boys leader to inform on antifa activists, lawyer says https://t.co/1ak5PevUem
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 30, 2021
re: #114 The Pie Overlord!
WTF
They are absolutely determined to demonstrate that both sides are bad, aren’t they?
re: #111 b.d. (America is Great Again)
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Not good but the Biden team is a lot more transparent than the other team which kept covering up the Stephen Miller biting incidents.
Major’s going to be exiled to Delaware, isn’t he?
Just want to point out, Bo was perfectly behaved (although Sunny once tried to be playful with a 2-year-old human, and knocked the kid down. good thing it was on the carpet).
Jenna Bush Hager: Former First Dog Barney ‘was a real jerk’
today.com
In fairness, Barney isn’t the only presidential pet who’s ever gotten into trouble. For example, Bill Clinton’s chocolate Labrador, Buddy, was once caught on camera relieving himself on the carpet.
But that’s nothing compared to the international incident nearly created by Ronald Reagan’s dog. Photographers caught Lucky, a Bouvier des Flandres, dragging Reagan across the White House lawn in front of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during a diplomatic visit.
re: #116 sagehen
Photographers caught Lucky, a Bouvier des Flandres, dragging Reagan across the White House lawn in front of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during a diplomatic visit.
This reminds me of the line from the Pink Panther movie “Revenge of the Pink Panther”:
You mean Douvier killed a wandering transvestite just to impress his godfather?
Our favorite font of legal batshittery, L. Lin Wood, Jr., Esq., has apparently found the wherewithal to up the crazy:
Good afternoon, followers of performative frivolous litigation. There has been considerable movement in Lin Wood’s frivolous “case” against the GA Bar. In addition to the motion to recuse @mdaniels5757 found earlier, a motion for preliminary injunction has been docketed.
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) March 30, 2021
Totally…
F.A.B.
@militaryhistori
I do believe it was you sir, who recommended the Thunderbirds to rescue the Ever Given. It appears they heard your cry. pic.twitter.com/bIWiDFFz4t— djs65 (@djs654) March 30, 2021
This defense attorney is getting his ass handed to him.
Defense attorney tries playing numbers games with the firefighter and she calls bullshit.
Oh my fucking god! Derek Chauvin’s defense lawyer gaslighting the Firefighter witness, trying to blame her for George Floyd’s death. What a piece of shit!
re: #123 DodgerFan1988
Oh my fucking god! Derek Chauvin’s defense lawyer gaslighting the Firefighter witness, trying to blame her for George Floyd’s death. What a piece of shit!
She’s not having it, either.
re: #122 darthstar
Defense attorney tries playing numbers games with the firefighter and she calls bullshit.
Meh. Given the wide attitude that juries give the police, I still expect very little.
re: #125 gwangung
Meh. Given the wide attitude that juries give the police, I still expect very little.
There’s a part of me that wants to say Minnesotans are built different, and there isn’t a lot of love for the Minneapolis Police Department specifically, but the sad fact remains that too many Americans believe that police require power and permission to summarily execute anyone they see fit in order to properly do their job.
If you’re going to threaten to kill someone for outing your presence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, it’s probably not a great idea to record it in an online video and say “You can play that for the D.A. in court.” https://t.co/G2mCVu8WLW pic.twitter.com/yIeRy8ZBJv
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 30, 2021
The bottom feeders at Fox News are going to use this as their talking point tonight: “firefighters incompetence killed George Floyd.”
re: #127 Dread Pirate Ron
That’s just….wow, they are REALLY not very good at this.
“I was quite angry after we loaded Mr. Floyd into the ambulance and realized there was no point because these police just murdered somebody.” - not the answer the defense attorney was looking for.
re: #131 darthstar
“I was quite angry after we loaded Mr. Floyd into the ambulance and realized there was no point because these police just murdered somebody.” - not the answer the defense attorney was looking for.
Ouch. That is going to leave a mark.
re: #131 darthstar
The defense is not going to get what they want in this case.
re: #130 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s just….wow, they are REALLY not very good at this.
They assumed they were going to get pardoned or that Trump wouldn’t prosecute them. They didn’t consider the fact that he had actually lost the election and someone else would be attorney general in three weeks.
re: #133 PhillyPretzel
The defense is not going to get what they want in this case.
Unless they pay off one juror, they’re screwed.
re: #129 darthstar
So my wife and I had lunch at this wonderful Greek place a friend runs, and they have one of these fancy heated bidet seats in their bathroom…fast forward three days.
The adventure begins.
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Japan really has perfected toilet technology.
She doesn’t like this asshole very much. You can see it in her eyes.
Secret Service Worry Major Biden’s Behavior Influenced By Time Spent On Far-Right Dog Forums https://t.co/lbaSg69gF7 pic.twitter.com/lRySn5xiMP
— The Onion (@TheOnion) March 30, 2021
re: #126 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
There’s a part of me that wants to say Minnesotans are built different, and there isn’t a lot of love for the Minneapolis Police Department specifically, but the sad fact remains that too many Americans believe that police require power and permission to summarily execute anyone they see fit in order to properly do their job.
It’s why the Defense isn’t actually trying to defend Chauvin beyond ‘doing what he was trained to do’. It’s all about indicting George Floyd for his own murder and using the witnesses’ “disrespect” as justification.
Ah yes, Haiti, Iraq, Myanmar, Palestine, Venezuela…All well known for their fraud free elections.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) March 30, 2021
Economists Praise Biden’s Infrastructure Plan, SK Ashby on BobCesca dot com
I liked this:
The next session of Congress won’t be seated for nearly two years, but I’m certain this is the best path to retaining control of both chambers.
Pass the bills. Spend the money. Run on the results.
re: #129 darthstar
So my wife and I had lunch at this wonderful Greek place a friend runs, and they have one of these fancy heated bidet seats in their bathroom…fast forward three days.
The adventure begins.
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Ooooh, me want…
*looks on Amazon*
The judge is trying his damnest to get Chauvin to walk. Keep interrupting the prosecution and interrupting the witness when she’s making sense. https://t.co/inzBJr4cOj
— Love Wiggs™ (@d_wiggs) March 30, 2021
Fuck this judge! The fix for acquittal is in.
Thanks dad. pic.twitter.com/klZTXDGvOS
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) March 30, 2021
Poor Gertz. He’s gonna be facing a deluge because of 1 (actually two) letters.
Article in question:
Breaking NYT: Republican Matt Gaetz is being investigated by the Justice Department over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him, according to three people briefed on the matter. https://t.co/igQ6n0Iuxn
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 30, 2021
re: #125 gwangung
Meh. Given the wide attitude that juries give the police, I still expect very little.
But people like firefighters more than cops, so this might be very bad for the defense.
re: #146 DodgerFan1988
Dang. Someone ought to call it a mistrial. I doubt that will happen.
re: #147 Citizen K
This shit is always so predictable with the “Family Values” crowd, isn’t it?
re: #141 Citizen K
It’s why the Defense isn’t actually trying to defend Chauvin beyond ‘doing what he was trained to do’. It’s all about indicting George Floyd for his own murder and using the witnesses’ “disrespect” as justification.
8 minutes
handcuffed
fuck him
re: #142 Ace-o-aces
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and all very very small
easier to manage
Countries thst required voter ID pic.twitter.com/alC4nhGQQr
— 100% support The United States Constitution (@Gailgadawgs) March 29, 2021
re: #129 darthstar
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE…. A BIDET RUNS THRU IT…..
re: #147 Citizen K
That may be why he said he wants to leave politics and attack the country by lying to idiots at Newsmax, rather than from within Congress.
re: #147 Citizen K
So he went to Ding Dong School with a 17 year old girl.
I’m sure JC will forgive him since he’s a Republican.
re: #150 Eclectic Cyborg
This shit is always so predictable with the “Family Values” crowd, isn’t it?
It’s always projection, all the way down.
I just feel bad for Gertz almost always getting the blowback of something Gaetz did.
re: #104 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Given their earlier public statement and actions I can’t help but think they’re trying to protect themselves legally from all directions
Sources say the property owner has stopped cooperating with the police investigation and is refusing to provide additional surveillance recordings without a subpoena. https://t.co/vZicC7Ojzg
— CeFaan Kim (@CeFaanKim) March 30, 2021
Thanks dad. pic.twitter.com/klZTXDGvOS
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) March 30, 2021
re: #158 darthstar
Armed Services Committee Lawmaker May Quit Early to Take Job at Newsmax https://t.co/hp4vV3wHr3
Breaking NYT: Republican Matt Gaetz is being investigated by the Justice Department over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him, according to three people briefed on the matter. https://t.co/igQ6n0Iuxn
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 30, 2021
re: #157 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Given their earlier public statement and actions I can’t help but think they’re trying to protect themselves legally from all directions
Like getting a subpoena for this publicized an assault would be difficult?
But yeah, the odor of frantic CYA is wafting up strong…..
Joe Biden has already racked up 37,268 scandals and @desilydic’s got the lowdown on every single one pic.twitter.com/sfAYhHrBJT
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 26, 2021
Wow, looks like Butt-Head finally scored with a high-school chick. https://t.co/aFadc1yWNF
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) March 30, 2021
re: #164 Dave In Austin
And Nestor makes 3
Criswell Bacon predicts Nestor is one of the sources for the New York Times article.
Totally believable and I say that with no sarcasm whatsoever.
Matt Gaetz Is Said to Be Investigated Over Possible Sexual Relationship With a Girl, 17https://t.co/vbq598wiJL pic.twitter.com/5oj2AXemkS— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 30, 2021
This is not good news. Philly’s infection numbers are going up again.
whyy.org
re: #166 Charles Johnson
I am amazed….it was with a girl.
re: #168 Eclectic Cyborg
Yes. At least now we have real leadership and the right people are in most of the right places.
re: #169 Egregious Philbin
I am amazed….it was with a girl.
If she’s still alive, Republicans will forget about it.
re: #171 Belafon
If she’s still alive, Republicans will forget about it.
Forget about it? They’ll laud him for it. Also, they’ll make her out to be a whore and imply that she is a gold-digger or seeking to discredit him, and isn’t to be believed.
re: #152 Dangerman
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Aren’t these countries with a national ID?
re: #173 sagehen
Aren’t these countries with a national ID?
Hush, you fool! We can’t do that here! It’s the Mark of the Bloody Beast!
re: #170 PhillyPretzel
Yes. At least now we have real leadership and the right people are in most of the right places.
I was reading the stuff about Brazil earlier and thinking about how fucked we’d be if Trump were still in office.
Thank God we got rid of that fucker.
Asked what the charges could relate to, Gaetz: “I have definitely, in my single days, provided for women I’ve dated. You know, I’ve paid for flights, for hotel rooms. I’ve been, you know, generous as a partner. I think someone is trying to make that look criminal when it is not.” https://t.co/3khV5X5ZMq
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 30, 2021
re: #175 Eclectic Cyborg
I was reading the stuff about Brazil earlier and thinking about how fucked we’d be if Trump were still in office.
Thank God we got rid of that fucker.
We got insanely lucky that the variants weren’t more widespread before the new administration’s vaccination catch-up effort kicked in. If we had been stuck with the former administration’s complete lack of a plan, we’d all be dead.
re: #173 sagehen
Aren’t these countries with a national ID?
Canada has no national ID card I am aware of. We do have something akin to a U.S. SSN but that document has no photos and nothing on it except a name so pretty much useless to ID someone with.
re: #175 Eclectic Cyborg
Yes but we cannot stop fighting those idiots. There are people who still believe DT is some sort of g-d. We still have to get people registered to vote. Ignorance is similar to COVID-19 we have to constantly fight it.
re: #169 Egregious Philbin
I am amazed….it was with a girl.
That’s exactly what I said! Was he pimping Nestor or what?
re: #179 PhillyPretzel
Yes but we cannot stop fighting those idiots. There are people who still believe DT is some sort of g-d. We still have to get people registered to vote. Ignorance is similar to COVID-19 we have to constantly fight it.
Unfortunately, there’s no vaccine against ignorance.
Nor does herd immunity seem to work, either.
re: #181 Jay C
Unfortunately, there’s no vaccine against ignorance.
Nor does herd immunity seem to work, either.
When there’s a sucker born every minute, it’s hard for herd immunity to keep up.
re: #37 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Continuity of government is the other reason I forgot to put in my post, and it is a big one. People underestimate just how much gets disrupted when there is a mass exodus of seasoned and trained personnel.
Not one of trump’s appointees is “seasoned” nor “trained”.
Not a single one.
re: #183 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not one of trump’s appointees is “seasoned” nor “trained”.
Not a single one.
Seasoned, yes. They’ve held the positions for some amount of time. I didn’t say they were well seasoned. Though maybe they will be, with salt and pepper, if they skate from the horrific damage they’ve done and the vast unwashed break out the pitchforks and torches.
Posting this here from Matt Gaetz’s website for no particular reason. pic.twitter.com/XcdkRvBpcG
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) March 30, 2021
Gaetz has bigger problems than his salacious side stuff…
We’ve been discussing this as it unfolds. Matt Gaetz is under investigation as part of the Greenberg inquiry. This is BIG. https://t.co/dpliLInjm7
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) March 30, 2021
Whomever gave me my 53,000 karma points Thanks. There will be Champagne a little later this evening.
re: #172 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Forget about it? They’ll laud him for it. Also, they’ll make her out to be a whore and imply that she is a gold-digger or seeking to discredit him, and isn’t to be believed.
To be fair, at 17 I was living away from home and managing my own affairs (my parents were out of the country). If people had suggested I was too young to manage my own sex life, I’d have laughed in their faces.
re: #129 darthstar
So my wife and I had lunch at this wonderful Greek place a friend runs, and they have one of these fancy heated bidet seats in their bathroom…fast forward three days.
The adventure begins.
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Toto’s big advertising line, by the way, “Everyone deserves a happy bottom!”
It was wildly successful.
re: #144 TedStriker
Ooooh, me want…
*looks on Amazon*
$450 bucks. I can speak to Toto products. They are first rate.
Bystanders are compelling witnesses because they are members of the public, just like jurors, unaligned with either party in the case. Firefighter/EMT is possibly even more compelling because she is part of same public safety community as Chauvin and is testifying against him.
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) March 30, 2021
re: #191 austin_blue
$450 bucks. I can speak to Toto products. They are first rate.
Seconded.
We (well, Mrs. Jay, anyway) has been using the Toto seat for about a decade now.
Wouldn’t want to be without it….
So, I had just assumed that Gaetz was considering retiring now that his “son” has gone off to college and he’s now an empty-Nestor.
— Robert A George (@RobGeorge) March 30, 2021
re: #181 Jay C
Unfortunately, there’s no vaccine against ignorance.
Nor does herd immunity seem to work, either.
Well, there *is* a cure for stupid, but put plastic sheets on the carpet before you take that step, or you’ll ruin your rugs.
Will the extremely dumb GOP base be conditioned enough to accept, the extremely dumb “buhhh the Deep State set me up” defense? You bet they will! https://t.co/QZ2FiMM6Z8
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) March 30, 2021
re: #196 jaunte
“Over the past several weeks my family and I have been victims of an organized criminal extortion involving a former DOJ official seeking $25 million while threatening to smear my name. We have been cooperating with federal authorities in this matter…”
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) March 30, 2021>>
Huh!! You’d think he’d call the extortion false, or ridiculous, or, well, something, right up front!
This is funny, because he could have simply not said this at all. https://t.co/MoJfdkiBLz
— Christina Uticone (@snowcones) March 30, 2021
re: #197 austin_blue
“Over the past several weeks my family and I have been victims of an organized criminal extortion involving a former DOJ official seeking $25 million while threatening to smear my name. We have been cooperating with federal authorities in this matter…”
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) March 30, 2021>>
Huh!! You’d think he’d call the extortion false, or ridiculous, or, well, something, right up front!
I like the fact that the investigation started under Barr in the Trump admin. If the Trump admin found it worthy of investigation, he’s screwed.
re: #198 jaunte
And yet, he had to flap his cake hole, didn’t he?
And so Matt Gaetz —> No more self awareness than a dog licking its asshole on a street corner.
There is ALWAYS a tweet… pic.twitter.com/tRcz0toEcS
— Translate Things (@TranslateThings) March 30, 2021
re: #196 jaunte
Gee, so the good Congressman decides to reveal the existence of this “organized criminal extortion” only AFTER reports of his jailbait-juggling go public?
Yeah, very credible…. ////
re: #201 nines09
Well, there is certainly no age where Gaetz was sexy.
re: #203 austin_blue
He cruises grade school parking lots and it’s not for the mothers.
This tweet didn’t age well.
Be careful what you wish for.#Gaetzgate pic.twitter.com/X5kOJoTtgP
— Rob Anderson (@RobAnderson2018) March 30, 2021
Sure, Jan. Here you are with Joel Greenberg, who was indicted last summer on an array of charges, including sex trafficking of a child and financially supporting people in exchange for sex, at least one of whom was an underage girl.
And unsavory Roger Stone, pardoned for crimes. pic.twitter.com/4ivtr9hv05— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) March 30, 2021
Protected tweet…
Pastor Dan lamenting that #floridaman isn’t trending.
re: #207 nines09
And Greenberg and Stone are like:
“Gross! The fat floating head of that suck-up Matt Gaetz photobombed us!”
@mattgaetz “I only wanted to gnaw on them to keep my teeth from growing too long.” pic.twitter.com/YaAl2PJ4Nu
— Arthur (@MoscatoArthur) March 30, 2021
re: #152 Dangerman
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Brazil is not a small country nor is Bangladesh. There are many first world developed nations there.
If an id is to be required, it needs to be free and conveniently available.
re: #9 Belafon
Old white male voters. Women have to prove that their name change for marriage or divorce is their real name. And closing off mail in voting affected people who were disabled.
Republicans used to dominate mail/absentee voting. But Trump’s ranting against it likely contributed to them getting burned last year. Which, I mean, good, fuck them.
Unidentified US Marshalls are still very active in Portland.
Have a look at this thread to see more about unidentifiable US Marshall’s breaching a mans hotel room at the @Marriott , handcuffing him, and releasing him, after saying he was the wrong man.#Portland #Marriott https://t.co/qgU70iU3Fp— Adamn Costello (@AdamnCostelloTV) March 30, 2021
re: #198 jaunte
Matt Gaetz’ lawyer right now: “For the love of God man, SHUT UP!”
re: #209 austin_blue
They were comparing the best pickup lines for 16 year old girls.
re: #211 Hecuba’s daughter
Brazil is not a small country nor is Bangladesh. There are many first world developed nations there.
If an id is to be required, it needs to be free and conveniently available.
According to wikipedia, a lot of those countries have ID as a secondary thing. And in many cases, the “ID” includes things that don’t have a photo.
I feel good great knowing Matt Gaetz is losing his shit right now.
Dinner. Roast chicken, Mac ‘n’ cheese, ‘mater/cuke salad, and red wine. BBIAB.
Want to know how crazy the Twin Cities housing market is?
This house had 133 “non-overlapping” showing requests in 24 hours, more than 180 requests in total, and received 32 competing offers.https://t.co/Ye6uHugIOH— Bring Me The News (@bringmethenews) March 30, 2021
Being self-centered, my first thought was “I wonder how many would show up at my house located in one of the ‘good’ Twin Cities suburban school districts?” instead of “wow, that’s crazy and unsustainable”.
re: #220 dat_said
Being self-centered, my first thought was “I wonder how many would show up at my house located in one of the ‘good’ Twin Cities suburban school districts?” instead of “wow, that’s crazy and unsustainable”.
That would have been my first thought, too. Cut yourself a break.
Good school districts can add as much as 30% or more. (To home retail value)
Watch for the candy commercials.
Rep. Matt Gaetz will be on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) March 30, 2021
The Florida Mann Act
— David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) March 30, 2021
re: #221 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That would have been my first thought, too. Cut yourself a break.
I wasn’t apologizing or sorry for thinking that way. It’s just my way of an odd sort of humble brag.
re: #225 dat_said
I wasn’t apologizing or sorry for thinking that way. It’s just my way of an odd sort of humble brag.
You’re definitely Minnesotan, ya betcha.
Uh oh……………
A Trump dam just broke. Judge rules campaign NDA invalid. https://t.co/1tPQwbyHlM
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) March 30, 2021
re: #227 nines09
And how many other things are going to break? A whole lot I hope.
re: #229 PhillyPretzel
I used to say I did not need to be there when justice was served.
Now I want a front row seat.
re: #229 PhillyPretzel
And how many other things are going to break? A whole lot I hope.
My it be Ever Given sized.
re: #230 nines09
With plenty of pop-corn and soda. :)
Why did Matt Gaetz tweet about his father wearing a wire?
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 30, 2021
— Sherri St.George (@SherriStGD) March 30, 2021
re: #147 Citizen K
Gaetz should have “adopted” her, like he did the boy…
Please tell me that Nestor set him up?
I just shaved my winter beard off. It’s 81 and my chin is cold.
re: #233 Dread Pirate Ron
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Sorry, the odor of bullshit just billowed up like Etna on a bad day: if this is such a BFD “FBI” investigation, why is Gaetz suddenly blowing it on Twitter???
And who in their right mind would think that Matt Gaetz would be able to raise $25 mil in the first place??
And WTF is the “former DOJ official” supposedly putting the arm on him?
10 LGF Karma Points sez it’s a “Democrat” - he’ll probably try to finger Eric Holder….
re: #236 I Would Prefer Not To
Would be the ribbon on the gift this is.
I can see the Trump DOJ really investigating…..Yeah. Sure. Uh huh.
re: #172 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Forget about it? They’ll laud him for it. Also, they’ll make her out to be a whore and imply that she is a gold-digger or seeking to discredit him, and isn’t to be believed.
Matt Gaetz was the only Republican who defended Katie Hill and did not feel she needed to resign. I always thought his reaction reflected his concern that if his personal life became public he would suffer the same fate. Any district that willingly elected him repeatedly is a diehard GOP district who would vote for a rattlesnake if it had an R after its name.
Peter Navarro calls COVID-19 the “Fauci Virus” calling Fauci “the father of” the virus and accusing him of allowing China and the People’s Liberation Army to “genetically engineer” COVID-19.
Host Rachel Campos-Duffy lets it slide. pic.twitter.com/5pINTVc8Pc— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) March 30, 2021
Asshole.
re: #241 DodgerFan1988
Huh? That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Someone should yank Fox’s FCC license.
G. Gordon Liddy has died.
Raise your hand if you thought he was already dead.
(raises hand)
re: #243 ipsos
G. Gordon Liddy has died.
Raise your hand if you thought he was already dead.
(raises hand)
They say things come in 3’s!
1) Gaetz caught with 17 year old girl
2) Liddy Dies
3) ?????????
re: #243 ipsos
G. Gordon Liddy has died.
Raise your hand if you thought he was already dead.
(raises hand)
Let me guess!
Gaetz and Insanity will bring up Hunter Biden’s alleged gun…
re: #245 🌹UOJB!
They say things come in 3’s!
1) Gaetz caught with 17 year old girl
2) Liddy Dies
3) ?????????
Trump lost his bid to silence people with an NDA.
Trump lost his ability to shit down his sexual abusers because “can’t sue the president” is now moot.
More! Please!
re: #220 dat_said
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Being self-centered, my first thought was “I wonder how many would show up at my house located in one of the ‘good’ Twin Cities suburban school districts?” instead of “wow, that’s crazy and unsustainable”.
I promised my wife that we’d buy a home once we knew we were staying and we paid down our debt. We’ve done both, but now the market is insane here. I’m worried that our landlord, who has been cool as heck to us, will want to sell and we’ll have nowhere to go. There’s nothing to rent and very little to buy that isn’t way in the hills, and even that is now gobbled up by the kinds of homes that the Ghislaine Maxwells of the world scoop up on a whim. I’m really anxious.
re: #242 PhillyPretzel
Huh? That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Someone should yank Fox’s FCC license.
Fox News Channel doesn’t have an FCC license to yank.
Hmmmm I wonder if THE DICK and HIS DAUGHTER found out about Matt’s 17 year old?
Wasn’t Matt Gaetz just in Wyoming trying to trash Liz Cheney? Team Cheney keeps getting stronger. Team Trump just keeps getting investigated.
Barr Florida is 18 Jacob Wohl pic.twitter.com/CWQcsDNIle— SM (@sensiblemiddle) March 31, 2021
re: #243 ipsos
G. Gordon Liddy has died.
Raise your hand if you thought he was already dead.
(raises hand)
And not because you’re holding a burning candle under your palm.
re: #241 DodgerFan1988
I’m so happy that everyone (except Fox of course) is catching on to the fact that Peter Navarro is a fucking racist lunatic. I don’t care if he’s registered as a democrat and worked with the Clinton Administration. He’s a fucking racist lunatic.
If I’m ever at another seminar where they think it’s a good idea to have him speak about China policy (and I’ve had to sit through his bullshit in such a forum once already), if I can work past the anxiety to bitch loudly, or confront him on his bullshit I will. Otherwise I’m walking out.
re: #255 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David
I couldn’t be in the same room with Navarro unless I had my hands on a crucifix and carried a bag with a wooden stake, holy water and a mallet.
re: #217 KGxvi
According to wikipedia, a lot of those countries have ID as a secondary thing. And in many cases, the “ID” includes things that don’t have a photo.
New Zealand has no national ID. A driver’s licence, passport, or Kiwi Access card is the de facto photo identification. The last of these is primarily to provide proof of legal drinking age where you don’t posses the other two forms of identification.
The standard “voter ID” used for our elections is a small card, printed on heavy paper, mailed out to every voter on the rolls by the Electoral Commission. You take it with you to the polls, the poll worker takes it off you, crosses out your name in a copy of the roll for your electorate, and hands you your voting papers.
Postal and early voting are no more onerous.
Just waiting for Gaetz to say…“I did not have sex with that woman, er, teen, er, girl…”
re: #255 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David
I’m so happy that everyone (except Fox of course) is catching on to the fact that Peter Navarro is a fucking racist lunatic. I don’t care if he’s registered as a democrat and worked with the Clinton Administration. He’s a fucking racist lunatic.
If I’m ever at another seminar where they think it’s a good idea to have him speak about China policy (and I’ve had to sit through his bullshit in such a forum once already), if I can work past the anxiety to bitch loudly, or confront him on his bullshit I will. Otherwise I’m walking out.
The two craziest anti-China kooks were Navarro and Stephen Moore (ok, there are many of them) and they easily found their way into the administration. But once they put up a couple of tariffs, they were only around to talk bigly and kiss Trump’s ass biggerly. We need a measured approach to China, I believe. They are not adversaries, but our most important competitor. And we need to maintain that distinction because we need to cooperate with China on a range of issues. I think these guys share a lot of blame with Trump for the anti-China/Asian sentiment we’re seeing now.
re: #258 🌹UOJB!
Just waiting for Gaetz to say…“I did not have sex with that woman, er, teen, er, girl…”
“Nestor, come in here and corroborate!”
If there is a stained blue dress I’m going to the cannabis store and splurge on the Colorado Candy Bars!
re: #152 Dangerman
The UK doesn’t require voter ID, I don’t know why it’s on that list.
We have an Electoral Register, that’s a bit like the US registration to vote system but it’s more inclusive, being resident and eligible gets you placed on the Register automatically. When an election is forthcoming (we have Scottish Parliamentary elections on May 8th, by coincidence) the Electoral Commission sends out a reminder card to all voters on the Registers saying which ward they’re registered in, where they can vote, the date of the election, what the election is for and the like.
I like to vote in person if I can and I usually take my reminder card to the poll because it’s got all the info the poll operators need but I don’t have to, I could just turn up and give my name and address, no specific ID required.
Personation is a specific criminal offence, pretending to be someone else and voting in their place but it happens so infrequently it’s headline news when someone actually does it.
re: #262 Nojay UK
The UK doesn’t require voter ID, I don’t know why it’s on that list.
I think it’s perfectly clear now that it’s because the list is a work of fiction.
re: #152 Dangerman
and all very very small
easier to manage
In fairness, India is 1+ Billion people and quite large.
re: #262 Nojay UK
The UK doesn’t require voter ID, I don’t know why it’s on that list.
Long lists like that remind me of the “30,000 scientists” who declared that AGW was false. Etc.
It’s a typical propaganda tactic.
re: #257 Grunthos the Flatulent
I don’t know about other states, but IL has a voter’s registration card, to carry in your wallet.
::: pulling out large tub filled with iced Champagne:::
As I promised earlier today in honor of hitting 53,000 Karma points.
::: pouring Champagne for the room :::
That Gaetz is being investigated for sex trafficking is unsurprising. That he’s admitting that it somehow involves someone who is underage means that he’s being investigated for child sex trafficking. His own statements essentially corroborate the sex trafficking bit, and he’s quibbling over the child part.
He is entirely fucked (legal opinion).
He was trying to get ahead of it by floating notion of quitting Congress early to work for Newsmax.
The final straw of his dumbfuckery is that he botched a separate investigation by exposing his father was wearing a wire in an FBI investigation.
So fuck all of them and here’s hoping he spends a good long time in a federal B&B.
re: #268 lawhawk
The final straw of his dumbfuckery is that he botched a separate investigation by exposing his father was wearing a wire in an FBI investigation.
Who does this? Who announces on the Internet they or someone in their family is wearing a wire?
Maybe he really is Mr. Head (as in Butthead).
“Hey Beavis… I’m like going to move to Florida, and like run for Congress or some thing.”
“Heh heh heh eh heh no way asswipe!”
re: #268 lawhawk
That Gaetz is being investigated for sex trafficking is unsurprising. That he’s admitting that it somehow involves someone who is underage means that he’s being investigated for child sex trafficking. His own statements essentially corroborate the sex trafficking bit, and he’s quibbling over the child part.
He is entirely fucked (legal opinion).
He was trying to get ahead of it by floating notion of quitting Congress early to work for Newsmax.
The final straw of his dumbfuckery is that he botched a separate investigation by exposing his father was wearing a wire in an FBI investigation.
So fuck all of them and here’s hoping he spends a good long time in a federal B&B.
That’s what stuck out to me: He’s not denying he had sex with this “ex-girlfriend,” he’s denying that she was underage. And yet he thinks his best defense is to present himself as the “victim” in all this by concocting this story of “extortion” that the FBI allegedly is covering up to protect one of their own.
The extortion thing doesn’t make sense. The people who leaked it can’t be extorting you if it’s out now. Unless there’s a LOT more… https://t.co/XSzBqua5W2
— Grudgie the Whale (@grudging1) March 31, 2021
Gaetz claims he’s being smeared to “take him out of the conversation.”
As if he had something to say.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but as predicted, Trump’s NDAs won’t hold up in a court of law.
Let the fun begin. https://t.co/2YbmqXeoAz— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) March 31, 2021
re: #274 jaunte
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1) Gaetz played Ding Dong School with a teenager
2) Liddy Died
3) Judge kills Trump’s NDA’s
HOT DAMN!!!!
COLORADO CANDY BAR TIME!
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Gaetz claims he’s being smeared to “take him out of the conversation.”
As if he had something to say.
Simplest explanation: He intended to “retire” to take up a job at Newsmax in order to get ahead of the allegations. But now that they’re out there, that job offer is likely to get quickly rescinded as he’s been rendered radioactive.
It had never occurred to me, but someone posted a kind of “don’t fuck with the Cheneys” and it all kind of falls into place.
re: #257 Grunthos the Flatulent
New Zealand has no national ID. A driver’s licence, passport, or Kiwi Access card is the de facto photo identification. The last of these is primarily to provide proof of legal drinking age where you don’t posses the other two forms of identification.
The standard “voter ID” used for our elections is a small card, printed on heavy paper, mailed out to every voter on the rolls by the Electoral Commission. You take it with you to the polls, the poll worker takes it off you, crosses out your name in a copy of the roll for your electorate, and hands you your voting papers.
Postal and early voting are no more onerous.
That’s how it worked here until about ten years ago when Republicans here in Texas needed to keep more blacks and Latinos off the rolls.
I’m not a lawyer, but I frequently play one on Twitter, and it’s in that capacity that I must say - again - HOLY SHITBALLS. https://t.co/AKHmOODuIw
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 31, 2021
re: #279 nines09
I was thinking the panic was audio or video evidence.
No problem. Matt can counter sue and go under oath and clear himself.
no one could have predicted that the party of Nazis, racists, compromised Russian assets, pedophile wrestling coaches, blackout-drunk rapist judges, concentration camp fanboys, bonesaw murder apologists and melting lawyers would also be the party of sex-trafficking Florida morons
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) March 30, 2021
Shocking, innit?
For anyone wondering or in need of a living example of what a #WhiteAlly or #WhiteAdvocate is…
Let me introduce #GenevieveHansen.
She SHOWED up when needed. She SPOKE up when needed. She ACTED when needed. She did not skirt truth when it got uncomfortable. This is appreciated pic.twitter.com/iTR0WLVKNS— Ebony Jade Hilton, MD (@EbonyJHilton_MD) March 30, 2021
Gaetz implicates… Tucker Carlson in improprieties?
Wait. What?
Gaetz again bizarrely implicates Tucker Carlson in his own personal peccadillo, then says, “providing for flights and hotel rooms for people that you’re dating who are of legal age is not a crime” pic.twitter.com/wD0hUmwGGN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 31, 2021
After getting elected:
“See Beavis I’m in Congress now. So ummm I can like get money and chicks!”
“No way asswipe!”
*High school girls enter*
“Hi, I’m Lolita and this here is Tanqueray. Do you want to go somewhere and make out or something?”
“I’m going to score…”
Via LG&M:
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro isn’t having a good week/month/year: in addition to the country taking over the “COVID Death Spot #1” distinction, all three of Brazil’s military services resigned in unison, as a protest against Bolsonaro’s misgovernment.
Kinda like the opposite of a coup, though: usually the President goes, and the generals stay: but it’s still pretty unprecedented. More to come, I’m sure.
re: #269 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David
Who does this? Who announces on the Internet they or someone in their family is wearing a wire?
Maybe he really is Mr. Head (as in Butthead).
On Tucker he claimed the sting was already blown by the nyt article because the information they were being blackmailed with had been made public so the cash exchang e that was supposed to happen tomorrow was off.
re: #266 retired cynic
I don’t know about other states, but IL has a voter’s registration card, to carry in your wallet.
But I’ve never had to produce it to vote.
re: #279 nines09
It sorts of makes sense, Gaetz’ claim of someone saying they have photo evidence of him with child prostitutes — assume that in the real world there are no pictures because even he wasn’t stupid enough to go there. That means there’s no evidence so “someone” saying that there are such pictures is a lie. That means the accusations of under-age sex are also lies because the two accusations look the same and one is a lie so the other accusation is false too. QED.
Basically say anything and everything like an octopus spraying squid ink, scuttle scuttle scuttle and hide under a rock for a while and hope the news cycle finds another Shiny! real quick. Isn’t it about time for another Hunter Biden revelation?
re: #287 danarchy
On Tucker he claimed the sting was already blown by the nyt article because the information they were being blackmailed with had been made public so the cash exchang e that was supposed to happen tomorrow was off.
The only way such makes sense is if Matty is trying to implicate the DOJ/FBI in a cover-up, that the target of this alleged “extortion” sting knew that the sting was coming and burned Gaetz preemptively.
Matt has Tweets. Boy oh boy.
Maybe this wasn’t sarcasm. https://t.co/vh1NKopYvV
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 31, 2021
re: #283 Belafon
Yet the Judge has the nerve to chastise her. He’s showing his bias.
Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy dead at 90https://t.co/yM5OjNTl3S pic.twitter.com/7Jf9CxAWyN
— KOIN News (@KOINNews) March 31, 2021
re: #287 danarchy
On Tucker he claimed the sting was already blown by the nyt article because the information they were being blackmailed with had been made public so the cash exchange that was supposed to happen tomorrow was off.
re: #294 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Treasonous fuck Liddy dies at 90.
re: #294 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I wonder if “High-Pockets” knew about this before recording his podcast today.
That said I thought he was already dead years ago.
oh hell now people going to think I’ve been to dinner with Tucker Carlson
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) March 31, 2021
re: #293 Patricia Kayden
Yet the Judge has the nerve to chastise her. He’s showing his bias.
There are people in the replies thinking it hurts her credibility.
So Matty’s “defense” is that his dad was approached on March 16th by a retired DOJ official who demanded $25m or else he’d go to the press with false allegations that Matt had engaged in sex trafficking with an underaged girl. So his dad immediately went to the local FBI office, who asked him to wear a wire in order to catch the alleged ex-DOJ official on tape detailing the extortion. And the whole thing was supposed to end in a sting tomorrow that would catch the guy, which is why he went to the NYT tonight to burn Matt with this story. And is demanding the FBI make the tapes of this alleged conversation public to prove his innocence.
Atop this, Gaetz also insists that the DOJ tried to get a woman he brought to a dinner with Tucker Carlson and his wife to accuse Matt of…something, apparently hoping that Tucker would give back him up on live TV by suddenly “remembering” this dinner and the woman in question (spoiler: Tucker doesn’t remember).
And Matt babbled about how the alleged ex-official also claimed to have pictures of him engaged in sex with kids, which he insisted don’t exist and so will never be made public.
It says something that once he came back from commercial, Tucker characterized this as the weirdest interview he’s ever conducted.
re: #300 Belafon
There are people in the replies thinking it hurts her credibility.
Those are the ones who’d never give her credibility in the first place.
re: #300 Belafon
There are people in the replies thinking it hurts her credibility.
they are the obligatory morons
He’s not breaking in here, I can promise you that. https://t.co/nMe1pY7hX7 via @politico
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) March 31, 2021
Hard to inherit someone’s legacy when their most ardent supporters consider you a traitor and have called for your execution.
— Matthew Rodier (@mattrodierphot1) March 30, 2021
This is Cooper. He’s concerned this angle makes his head look big. Especially compared to the rest of his body. 13/10 maybe a little bit pic.twitter.com/A0UjGNa7cV
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) March 30, 2021
Tucker gonna get a call from the FBI. pic.twitter.com/tTgBFA9UEU
— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) March 31, 2021
This is Bleu. If everyone could quiet down, she put together a solo performance for us. 14/10 please enjoy pic.twitter.com/Hyc7rAv6IJ
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) March 30, 2021
Fucker’s toast:
Matt Gaetz can’t claim the DOJ is trying to extort him when Bill Barr started the probe: NYT reporter https://t.co/qaMotFC71c
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) March 31, 2021
re: #308 DodgerFan1988
Guys in the studio; “Who farted?”
Oh, and I forgot to mention that at the beginning of the interview, Matt made a point of saying “17 year old woman,” which is an odd thing to put emphasis upon when you’re trying to deny engaging in sex trafficking with an underage girl.
re: #312 Targetpractice
“How did you know she was a “woman”?”
The candy didn’t work.
re: #310 lawhawk
Fucker’s toast:
Watch for the “ …but she was hot. “ defense starting later tomorrow.
Why would Rep Matt Gaetz go on national TV and volunteer a new derogatory allegation about himself that hadn’t appeared in the press articles? https://t.co/yA9pSgRwEU
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 31, 2021
The definition of protesting too much.
G. Gordon Liddy died. Let’s have eighteen and a half minutes of silence.
— The Shaddup Mapes (@fuzzycorndog) March 30, 2021
How many dinners with pedophiles has Tucker had?
re: #314 Florida Panhandler
Watch for the “ …but she was hot. “ defense starting later tomorrow.
she was a temptress….
Trump’s 2016 Kentucky campaign chair agreed to spend 20 years in prison for human trafficking. (Eligible for parole in 2022).
Nolan faced more than 100 years in prison on 28 felony charges, including four counts of human trafficking of a minor. The total number of victims covered by the 21 charges he pleaded to is 19, including some juveniles.
re: #316 Belafon
Huh. He’s done that before.
No idea why.
re: #319 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Well she dressed like an older woman.”
re: #318 b.d. (America is Great Again)
He does hang out with wealthy Republicans.
re: #314 Florida Panhandler
Watch for the “ …but she was hot. “ defense starting later tomorrow.
“She was 18! She showed me her ID!!”
As Good As It Gaetz. pic.twitter.com/HFKLVma1P4
— Wajahat “Butter King” Ali (@WajahatAli) March 31, 2021
Tweets that haven’t aged well for $100 Alex:
— Charles #GetCovered-ba (@charles_gaba) March 31, 2021
What stands out to me about Gaetz’s interview…is that Tucker was effectively an observer. He sat there and allowed Matt to hang himself on live TV, seemingly at a loss of how to steer this interview in a direction that would look and sound less incriminating. When the alleged dinner was brought up, Tucker could only lamely say he didn’t remember the woman that Matt claims he brought as a guest.
I’m not sure you could have orchestrated a more damning display short of his declaring on live TV that “THE BITCH SET ME UP!!!”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Says He Will Ban Vaccine Passports in His State: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) pushed back against requiring vaccine passports in his state, saying he wouldn’t allow them. “We are not supporting doing any vaccine… https://t.co/Td4cMEOHFS pic.twitter.com/adgVsdkphJ
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) March 30, 2021
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Just In: Two Capitol Police officers have filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, alleging he was responsible for inciting the 1/6 insurrection, and therefore responsible for damages. More details are likely soon. This newsbreak was per MSNBC.
— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) March 31, 2021
I thought we were done with nonstop Friday night news dumps… Guess that’s what 2021 decided to do as a encore to 2020…
re: #332 lawhawk
This seems to have been forgotten by so many already, that Donald Trump was the SOLE reason for what happened on Jan. 6.
He asked all his followers to come to DC on that date to intimidate his VP and Congress into overturning an election he lost by 7 million votes. https://t.co/Dcajxa9EbU— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) March 31, 2021
Good news.
Matt Gaetz’s lawyer should quit right now as Gaetz volunteered a story about pictures of him with child prostitutes only to deny something that he was not asked about. pic.twitter.com/qR6qdn4Lwl
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 31, 2021
We knew that DHS officials were among those hacked by Russians in the Solar Winds breach. Well, that includes DHS Chair Chad Wolf.
Trump did nothing. He let Russia walk all over the US and furthered Russia’s interests.
Authorities believe the massive “SolarWinds” hack allegedly carried out by Russia last year successfully breached the email accounts of then-DHS acting secretary Chad Wolf and dozens of other DHS officials, three sources tell @ABC News. https://t.co/XfIiu9tzmx
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 31, 2021
“The allegations of sexual misconduct against me are false” said initially by every piece of garbage found to have participated in sexual misconduct
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s down for any policy that has the potential to kill more people.
No ln re: #335 lawhawk
We knew that DHS officials were among those hacked by Russians in the Solar Winds breach. Well, that includes DHS Chair Chad Wolf.
Trump did nothing. He let Russia walk all over the US and furthered Russia’s interests.
I hope Biden’s new crew have taken at least SOME cybersecurity measures to try to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.
re: #332 lawhawk
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I thought we were done with nonstop Friday night news dumps… Guess that’s what 2021 decided to do as a encore to 2020…
Two policemen suing Trump.
Holy Shaving Cream, That’s 4 great things today!
One of the weirdest claims from Gaetz — and there are many — is that the supposed extortionist is offering a pardon from Biden in exchange for money.
But isn’t the money supposed to make the whole investigation go away? So why would Gaetz also need a pardon?— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) March 31, 2021
Also too … Gaetz says he’s being targeted now because conservatism is unpopular. But the investigation started last year when, according to Gaetz, the majority of the country was SO conservative that Trump actually won in November.
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) March 31, 2021
Now, I’m no bloodhound, but smells like Matt Gaetz was ho’in’ for Trump in hopes of having that investigation go away.
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) March 31, 2021
“That was one of the weirdest interviews I’ve ever conducted.”pic.twitter.com/lo2BqvxHJT
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) March 31, 2021
If only there was a group of people solely dedicated to exposing pedophilia in the government.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) March 31, 2021
re: #342 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wait until Matt Gaetz figures out that Trump not only knew, but gave the go-ahead for Bill Barr to begin the investigation into Gaetz sexual relations with an underage girl.
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) March 31, 2021
re: #345 🌹UOJB!
Who wants to bet that Fucker Carlson called his lawyer right after tonight’s show?
Matt not only brought up a past “false” allegation made against Tucker, but then tried to use him to establish an alibi. If their friendship isn’t over after tonight, it’s gonna need some serious rehab. “Sorry I involved you in my sex scandal” is not something that usually gets smoothed over with a couple of beers.
American check for $7.2 million for purchase of Alaska from Russia, agreed upon today 1867: pic.twitter.com/3gm0TOjb7I
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) March 30, 2021
See, the delicious subtext here is that Gaetz totally thought he could just blurt out a bullshit alibi and Carlson wouldn’t bust him on air for it.
But Carlson is a wannabe blueblood at heart. He’s a prep school kid from La Jolla. Gaetz is trailer trash to him.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) March 31, 2021
This is the moment when Fox and Q and Gaetz and Tucker and everything GOP comes tumbling down… https://t.co/wSoF7hmCEN
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) March 31, 2021
I don’t care what was in his system. I don’t care if he was drunk. I don’t care if he was high. I don’t care if he was angry. I don’t care if he was sad. I don’t care. THAT COP’S KNEE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON THAT MAN’S NECK FOR ALMOST 9 MINUTES. Period. End of story. That’s it.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 29, 2021
I always thought kneeling on the neck was reserved for those exhibiting violent resistance and ended when the guy was hog-tied. These cops were on George Floyd but didn’t seem to be restraining him as Floyd didn’t appear to be offering any resistance from the beginning. They remained on his dead body until the ambulance arrived.
re: #351 Belafon
(prays) Dear God. Please don’t let me like Joe Walsh.
Matt Gaetz: “a couple years ago we had dinner. She was there. You’ll remember her!”
Tucker Carlson: “New phone, who’s this?”
re: #351 Belafon
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— Alexander Reid Ross (@areidross) March 31, 2021
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The response over at FR is total denial. They’re absolutely convinced that not only is Gaetz being totally truthful, but that the whole thing is (unsurprisingly) a coordinated hit job by the DOJ to destroy Gaetz. And there seems to be a growing undercurrent that I imagine to crest tomorrow: That this is all somehow “revenge” for Hillary and “Emailgate.” How could that be when the whole thing started under Barr? Obviously Barr was “Deep State,” he wanted to protect the DOJ and so started an FBI investigation…that was kept quiet until after the election, because he wanted to just suddenly spring all of this months after he’d left office.
re: #359 retired cynic
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re: #220 dat_said
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Being self-centered, my first thought was “I wonder how many would show up at my house located in one of the ‘good’ Twin Cities suburban school districts?” instead of “wow, that’s crazy and unsustainable”.
I’m thinking the same thing. My house is in an urban neighborhood that has become ‘hot’ over the last few years (it was definitely not hot when I moved in). I joined the waiting list for a senior co-op about a year ago, and I’m hoping that it hasn’t peaked before the unit I like opens up.
re: #362 Targetpractice
Decided to pop in on
The response over at FR is total denial. They’re absolutely convinced that not only is Gaetz being totally truthful, but that the whole thing is (unsurprisingly) a coordinated hit job by the DOJ to destroy Gaetz. And there seems to be a growing undercurrent that I imagine to crest tomorrow: That this is all somehow “revenge” for Hillary and “Emailgate.” How could that be when the whole thing started under Barr? Obviously Barr was “Deep State,” he wanted to protect the DOJ and so started an FBI investigation…that was kept quiet until after the election, because he wanted to just suddenly spring all of this months after he’d left office.
“Then explain why it started under Barr.”
re: #358 A Mom Anon
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re: #96 Belafon
The real question is whether he thinks the person living 30 miles outside of Cheyenne should have to pay more for his prescriptions to be delivered than someone in Dallas does.
Probably, under the “They should move if it’s that much of a problem” shit response.
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