In the latest installment of our ongoing investigation into “Gaetz-Gaete,” Stephen examines newly revealed details of drug-fueled sex parties attended by the Florida congressman and other Republican officials. #Colbert #ALateShow #Monologue
How did we miss this? pic.twitter.com/nG7lMnl9YF
— Jessy Han (@hjessy_) April 15, 2021
Only one party’s perceptions of our elections is grounded in facts. Bipartisanship is completely untenable going forward. https://t.co/1R6tWYEGV0
— Ethan Grey (@_EthanGrey) April 15, 2021
Wow — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Susan Page for her new book that McConnell refused to let Ruth Bader Ginsburg lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, per new excerpt: “McConnell is not a force for good.”
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) April 15, 2021
Petty p.o.s.
New thread and I will bring forth useless knowledge that I posted at the end of the last thread.
re: #177 Belafon
What app do you use to record your path?
I know I’m not Day, but… I use the Under Armor apps. The all synch well with the Apple stuff I use; Watch and iPhone.
Analysis | The government finally connects the line from Trump’s campaign to Russian intelligence https://t.co/xoPcN8bEhe
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 15, 2021
re: #6 lawhawk
From the WaPo comments:
“…Appreciate the obligatory claim there’s “no evidence … Russia did much with the information it obtained”. But common sense tells you what Russia did: you don’t break into a bank vault, then decide to leave the cash.
In the final weeks and days of a long cyberwar to elect a sympathetic US president, Russia targeted social-media content at critical areas - which it knew precisely because it had the campaign data. And who’s to say it didn’t also undertake measures with election systems in those locations?
You don’t spend decades cultivating a vain, not-very-bright, easily flattered buffoon who shockingly ends up vying for the presidency, only to then decide not to use the critical information you’re given.”
re: #3 Patricia Kayden
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Yay, Winter Storm Warning in effect. I still have no heat in my house.
So does this mean you are no longer boycotting baseball??
— Shay Ohrel (@sohrel) April 15, 2021
American Thermopylae (except the defenders won this time):
Police who defended the Capitol building and protected our elected officials from being executed by traitors were outnumbered *58 to 1.*https://t.co/xI4aL42Gmk
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) April 15, 2021
re: #7 jaunte
From the WaPo comments:
Wasn’t this pretty much known at the time that the Mueller report came out?
Jesus…I never noticed the noose before.
The Placerville City Council voted unanimously remove the noose from the official logo of the city. https://t.co/Cd9jsHn0ds
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) April 14, 2021
re: #13 darthstar
Jesus…I never noticed the noose before.
Nor I - and that the city seal notes its (presumed) former name of “Old Hangtown”…
re: #11 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
58 to 1?
That’s probably why they didn’t take names of rioters as they exited…
re: #16 gwangung
that and the apparent collusion that took place in the Pentagon and within certain elements of the Capitol Police themselves…
#1) not staffing the event as it should have been
#2) while Metro Police responded, the State Police for VA and MD were slower off the mark.
#3) the Pentagon essentially refused to help and instead covered the asses of their own hierarchy instead of rolling out assistance.
This was a coup attempt and efforts to categorize it something else are disingenuous at best.
Once all this shit comes out (and has already been alluded to), I want our DOJ to prosecute them all, everyone from the Generals to the Senators to the dupes on the front lines. If the 4th estate were involved and served as conduits, they go as well. All the way to the TFG himself. ALL OF THEM.
re: #18 piratedan
Forgive my ignorance but what does TFG stand for? I assume it’s yet another nickname for Trump?
re: #19 Eclectic Cyborg
Forgive my ignorance but what does TFG stand for? I assume it’s yet another nickname for Trump?
The former guy.
re: #19 Eclectic Cyborg
Forgive my ignorance but what does TFG stand for? I assume it’s yet another nickname for Trump?
Oh I thought it was THAT FUCKING GOOFBALL…
re: #21 🌹UOJB!
Oh I thought it was THAT FUCKING GOOFBALL…
As with Harry Truman’s S, it can mean many things.
Armed ‘quick reaction force’ was waiting for order to storm Capitol, Justice Dept. says
washingtonpost.com
D.C. police Officer Daniel Hodges said in a January interview that one reason he did not draw his weapon during the riot was that police understood the crowd to be armed.
“I knew they had guns — we had been seizing guns all day,” he said. “And the only reason I could think of that they weren’t shooting us was they were waiting for us to shoot first.”
re: #20 No Malarkey!
The former guy.
Biden referred to Trump as “the former guy” during his first town hall, rather than saying trump’s name.
“Kids, if I’ve told you once I’ve told you a thousand times: Grandpa REALLY doesn’t like it when you change the channel while “Matlock” is on.” pic.twitter.com/8ZKQ9Nj4Z7
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) April 15, 2021
re: #25 retired cynic
Armed ‘quick reaction force’ was waiting for order to storm Capitol, Justice Dept. says
washingtonpost.com
But thinking the perpetrators are armed is the reason that cops draw weapons and fire on other, darker, people.
The difference isn’t just whiteness, though that’s the most obvious manifestation. It’s mostly that American cops can’t stop thinking of white conservative people as a protected class. This is why crazy white murderers are taken alive. This is why cops try to de-escalate against white perpetrators. This is why white kids with drugs are let go, because they’re ‘good kids’. It’s because the idea of a protected group of people is hard-coded into American law and culture, and cops can’t stop thinking of themselves as occupying troops that are there to protect that group of people and do violence against everyone else.
re: #28 Renaissance_Man
But thinking the perpetrators are armed is the reason that cops draw weapons and fire on other, darker, people.
The difference isn’t just whiteness, though that’s the most obvious manifestation. It’s mostly that American cops can’t stop thinking of white conservative people as a protected class. This is why crazy white murderers are taken alive. This is why cops try to de-escalate against white perpetrators. This is why white kids with drugs are let go, because they’re ‘good kids’. It’s because the idea of a protected group of people is hard-coded into American law and culture, and cops can’t stop thinking of themselves as occupying troops that are there to protect that group of people and do violence against everyone else.
While a lot of your premise is correct, I think in this case it had to do with the size of the crowd. They were actually acting reasonable in this case, trying to deescalate.
re: #30 Belafon
While a lot of your premise is correct, I think in this case it had to do with the size of the crowd. They were actually acting reasonable in this case, trying to deescalate.
I agree, de-escalation was a reasonable thing. It’s almost always a more reasonable thing. I’m not faulting them for that. It’s just that they would have had no hesitation firing on a darker crowd.
“When Jeffrey Sabol returned to his Colorado home after allegedly storming the U.S. Capitol and assaulting two police officers on Jan. 6, he fried his electronic devices in the microwave, destroyed any materials he thought could be ‘misconstrued as anti-government,’ and stashed his guns at a friend’s house, prosecutors said.
“Then he traveled to Boston with plans to hop a flight to Switzerland in a plot to avoid extradition, according to court documents.
“He never ended up flying to Europe. But thanks to that plan, the 51-year-old geophysicist will now stay in custody until he goes to trial on the eight misdemeanor and felony offenses he faces over his alleged role in the insurrection.”
re: #31 Renaissance_Man
I agree, de-escalation was a reasonable thing. It’s almost always a more reasonable thing. I’m not faulting them for that. It’s just that they would have had no hesitation firing on a darker crowd.
I am trying to recall a situation in my lifetime when police in the US used live fire for crowd control regardless of the crowds color. All I am coming up with is Kent state and that was a few years before I was born.
re: #29 A Cranky One
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Surprisingly, Robertson was actually making the point that there is no way that cop should’ve mistaken her gun for a taser.
re: #32 🌹UOJB!
“When Jeffrey Sabol returned to his Colorado home after allegedly storming the U.S. Capitol and assaulting two police officers on Jan. 6, he fried his electronic devices in the microwave, destroyed any materials he thought could be ‘misconstrued as anti-government,’ and stashed his guns at a friend’s house, prosecutors said.
“Then he traveled to Boston with plans to hop a flight to Switzerland in a plot to avoid extradition, according to court documents.
“He never ended up flying to Europe. But thanks to that plan, the 51-year-old geophysicist will now stay in custody until he goes to trial on the eight misdemeanor and felony offenses he faces over his alleged role in the insurrection.”
People always act like that after “alleged” crimes
re: #34 No Malarkey!
Surprisingly, Robertson was actually making the point that there is no way that cop should’ve mistaken her gun for a taser.
That picture of Robinson looks like someone photoshopped the heck out of his head and face. It doesn’t look like something that could be found in nature.
re: #28 Renaissance_Man
But thinking the perpetrators are armed is the reason that cops draw weapons and fire on other, darker, people.
The difference isn’t just whiteness, though that’s the most obvious manifestation. It’s mostly that American cops can’t stop thinking of white conservative people as a protected class. This is why crazy white murderers are taken alive. This is why cops try to de-escalate against white perpetrators. This is why white kids with drugs are let go, because they’re ‘good kids’. It’s because the idea of a protected group of people is hard-coded into American law and culture, and cops can’t stop thinking of themselves as occupying troops that are there to protect that group of people and do violence against everyone else.
“Outnumbered 58 to one” just might have something to do with what happened at the Capitol.
And while I agree that the cops do bad things to minorities out of proportion to their numbers, there are hundreds of thousands of people of color (a bad number in itself) in prisons, who, we may assume, the cops didn’t kill. Also too, while some white mass murderers are taken alive, most of them aren’t.
President Biden still hasn’t spoken to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy since taking office “and it’s beginning to get under the skin of the usually affable California Republican,” The Hill reports.Said McCarthy: “Just as I’ve sat down with President Trump, I’d like to sit down with President Biden. I’ve actually requested meetings on the border crisis. Never had a meeting, never spoken to President Biden since he’s been elected… A number of times I’ve requested the meetings, he’s never even acknowledged them.”
I’d bet even Beuller knows why
re: #33 danarchy
I am trying to recall a situation in my lifetime when police in the US used live fire for crowd control regardless of the crowds color. All I am coming up with is Kent state and that was a few years before I was born.
Do pellets at spring break crowds count?
re: #36 stpaulbear
That picture of Robinson looks like someone photoshopped the heck out of his head and face. It doesn’t look like something that could be found in nature.
It looks like an old Jib Jab cartoon.
Meanwhile old Kevin is ok with gaetz
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he has met privately with Rep. Matt Gaetz and that the Florida Republican denied any impropriety stemming from a federal sex trafficking investigation that’s entangled him, Politico reports.
Said McCarthy: “I’ve spoken to Mr. Gaetz about the accusations. He’s told me he’s innocent of the accusations.”
re: #43 Dangerman
“He’s told me he’s innocent of the accusations.”
Oh. Well that settles it then.
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re: #38 Dangerman
I’d bet even Beuller knows why
TBH, even if Kevin McCarthy’s whining stems from his not being able to leverage a meeting with the President into posturing bullshit ( which, “affable” as the Minority Leader might be, is likely his real aim); I think President Biden is wrong to (as it appears) be shunning him.
Yeah, It’s doubtful McCarthy has much, if anything, to offer, but if Joe at least meets with him, it’s just one less gripe the GOP has to kvetch about. And besides, I’m sure that Biden and his people can properly deal with Republican BS: but (apparently/allegedly) just avoiding/ignoring a Capitol Hill leader is not, IMHO, a good look.
re: #43 Dangerman
It’s a pattern:
Let’s be clear — we learned today that Trump’s campaign manager gave info to the Russians during the 2016 campaign. In a rational world, that would be a bombshell and the death of Trump’s influence. In MAGA land: “no biggie”
— Paul Rosenzweig (@RosenzweigP) April 15, 2021
re: #47 jaunte
It’s a pattern:
Before 2016: “It would be seen as a partisan ploy on the part of Obama”
2016-2020: “Presidential Immunity”
2021: “Irrelevant, he is no longer President!”
Maxine Waters to Jim Jordan:
“You need to respect the chair — and SHUT YOUR MOUTH.”pic.twitter.com/Qa64ZdZQXR— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) April 15, 2021
Gym Neighbors flips out again.
Momma Maxine had to smack him down.
‘Shut your mouth’: Hearing goes totally off the rails after Jim Jordan rages against Dr. Fauci
re: #45 Jay C
TBH, even if Kevin McCarthy’s whining stems from his not being able to leverage a meeting with the President into posturing bullshit ( which, “affable” as the Minority Leader might be, is likely his real aim); I think President Biden is wrong to (as it appears) be shunning him.
Yeah, It’s doubtful McCarthy has much, if anything, to offer, but if Joe at least meets with him, it’s just one less gripe the GOP has to kvetch about. And besides, I’m sure that Biden and his people can properly deal with Republican BS: but (apparently/allegedly) just avoiding/ignoring a Capitol Hill leader is not, IMHO, a good look.
Maybe he could go on fox and declare Biden the legitimate president. //
re: #43 Dangerman
Said McCarthy: “I’ve spoken to Mr. Gaetz about the accusations. He’s told me he’s innocent of the accusations got friends who could really mess me up.”
re: #37 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
“Outnumbered 58 to one” just might have something to do with what happened at the Capitol.
And while I agree that the cops do bad things to minorities out of proportion to their numbers, there are hundreds of thousands of people of color (a bad number in itself) in prisons, who, we may assume, the cops didn’t kill. Also too, while some white mass murderers are taken alive, most of them aren’t.
A whole lot of mass murderers shoot themselves.
Pat Robertson is 91 years old. How many 91 year olds would you trust with a gun?
re: #51 Dangerman
Maybe he could go on fox and declare Biden the legitimate president. //
If he doesn’t recognise the President or the current US government as legitimate, how can the President engage with him? Why should he? If McCarthy doesn’t recognise the legitimacy of the government he’s supposedly part of, why bother talking to him?
re: #34 No Malarkey!
Although nobody seems to have taught him to keep his finger off the trigger.
re: #56 John Hughes
Although nobody seems to have taught him to keep his finger off the trigger.
I hope his staff made sure it was unloaded before they gave it to him.
re: #57 No Malarkey!
I hope his staff made sure it was unloaded before they gave it to him.
I can well imagine that they would not have been anywhere near him unless they were certain.
re: #58 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I can well imagine that they would not have been anywhere near him unless they were certain.
Everyone on set diving for cover…..
re: #54 Eclectic Cyborg
Pat Robertson is 91 years old. How many 91 year olds would you trust with a gun?
Interesting question. I wonder what was the last time PPOG went hunting.
(I would probably trust him with a gun. Maybe not a Landover though).
in article abt how 9 out of 10 Dem voters support Biden, NYT doesn’t interview a single Dem voter.
NYT knows there are diners in blue states, right?? https://t.co/ZpbTtHLUpf— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) April 15, 2021
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) April 15, 2021
re: #60 John Hughes
The answer appears to be 2012, went he would have been about 91 years old.
In 2012, Prince Philip was reported to be ‘deeply disappointed’ at being told to give up shooting following a heart scare. Doctors told him to give up his gun as the recoil from it could dislodge a stent they fitted to unblock a coronary artery.
BREAKING: Mystery animal spotted lurking in a tree in Krakow is, in fact, a croissant (per the Krakow Animal Welfare Society). pic.twitter.com/cCmi54TB3N
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 15, 2021
I’m full vaxed.
2nd Pzifer shot.
I’m tired and achy.
I was tired and achy prior to the 2nd dose
I was tired and achy before the 1st dose.
I was tired and achy prior to getting Covid.
I am NOT your science experiment.
re: #61 Dread Pirate Ron
NYT knows there are diners in blue states, right??
First diner I ever ate in was at 210 Tenth Avenue, bet most people at the Times know about that one.
(Was staying with my dad at a hotel at 222 west 23rd street at the time. Not in Sid and Nancy’s room though).
re: #61 Dread Pirate Ron
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Sure would be nice if just once the Screw York Times interviewed Biden voters instead of endlessly kissing the asses of Trump voters.
I’m sure no-one here will be surprised to learn that the denizens of Free Republic are virulent anti-vaccers.
re: #66 🌹UOJB!
Sure would be nice if just once the Screw York Times interviewed Biden voters instead of endlessly kissing the asses of Trump voters.
Or if the media spoke to people other than old, white, racist ranchers when they visit the border. Maybe we can get past this idea that old, white, racist males are the default position and everyone else is a deviant minority.
re: #67 No Malarkey!
I’m sure no-one here will be surprised to learn that the denizens of Free Republic are virulent anti-vaccers.
Well, that does make sense.
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re: #63 Dread Pirate Ron
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what an awesome string of words i never thought i’d see in a headline!
BREAKING: Mystery animal spotted lurking in a tree in Krakow is, in fact, a croissant (per the Krakow Animal Welfare Society). pic.twitter.com/cCmi54TB3N
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 15, 2021
The frequencies of a vibrating spider web have been made into music
Read more: newscientist.com
Spiders are mostly blind, but their webs are sensitive to disturbances, which they detect with their legs. Now, scientists have created an audio-visual virtual reality take on this that converts a web’s vibrations to sounds we can hear, giving us an idea of what it might feel like to be a spider.
“The spider web can be viewed as an extension of the body of the spider, in that it lives within it, but also uses it as a sensor,” says Markus Buehler at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who presented the work at a virtual meeting of the American Chemical Society. “When you go into the virtual reality world and you dive inside the web, being able to hear what’s going on allows you to understand what you see.”
Because of differences in the length and tension of each strand of a spider’s web, they emit a different frequency when disturbed and can even be used to send out signals or communicate with other spiders when the web’s owner taps on the strands.
Ah Instant Pot:
2 frozen chicken breasts
3 stalks of celery chopped
3 carrots chopped
3 medium taters chopped.
Heavy hand on the provencal herb mix
cup of cream of chicken soup instead of stock.
30 min high pressure. heating up right now.
Should be delish.
re: #70 Eclectic Cyborg
Well, that does make sense.
/
What’s interesting is that it makes them sound like Marxists, denouncing for profit pharmaceutical companies for allegedly trying to profit off the pandemic.
re: #67 No Malarkey!
I’m sure no-one here will be surprised to learn that the denizens of Free Republic are virulent anti-vaccers.
this was intentional, right?
re: #72 retired cynic
The frequencies of a vibrating spider web have been made into music
Read more: newscientist.com
Spiders are mostly blind, but their webs are sensitive to disturbances…
in every horror movie it looks like they can see just fine
they know exactly where they’re going and who to attack with no web around
even in Dr No, it found it’s way directly to climb up bond’s arm ;-)
//
OK how long will this last?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/tUHk8QkeGI
— GM Watches Baseball (@WasOnceLou) April 15, 2021
re: #73 William Lewis
Ah Instant Pot:
2 frozen chicken breasts
3 stalks of celery chopped
3 carrots chopped
3 medium taters chopped.
Heavy hand on the provencal herb mix
cup of cream of chicken soup instead of stock.30 min high pressure. heating up right now.
Should be delish.
my envy face.
(we’re going with pasta and chickpea/zucchini sauce)
re: #80 darthstar
What did he do to get suspended?
Does it have something to do with the CNN crap he posted yesterday?
susan collins has concerns (ie all of it)
Susan Collins says the three issues with Biden’s infrastructure package are its scope (including emphasis on climate and electric vehicles), topline cost and pay-for.
— Sam Mintz (@samjmintz) April 15, 2021
while Capito admits to pulling policy out of her ass
“It’s just a ballpark figure. It doesn’t — it may not even be that much. I don’t know. I just kind of threw that out as a talking point.”
-Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), quoted by Huffington Post, when asked about why her figure of $600 to $800 billion represented the “sweet spot” for her caucus on infrastructure spending.
re: #83 🌹UOJB!
Twitter is saying that he’s going to sue CNN.
re: #83 🌹UOJB!
Does it have something to do with the CNN crap he posted yesterday?
That’s what his supporters are saying. He got banned for TRUTH! But I suspect that report of his did otherwise.
not gonna be president now (as if)
Ex VP Mike Pence had surgery yesterday to have a pacemaker installed. pic.twitter.com/zvejfR7YXQ
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) April 15, 2021
re: #86 darthstar
He’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer for not grabbing @projectveritas on twitter when it launched back in 2008.
re: #84 Dangerman
susan collins has concerns (ie all of it)
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while Capito admits to pulling policy out of her ass
meanwhile
MANCHIN isn’t buying the $800 billion infrastructure price tag Sen. Capito floated y’day: “There’s no number that should be set on at all.”
“We’re going to do whatever it takes. If it takes $4 trillion, I’d do $4 trillion but we have to pay for it,” he tells @alexanderbolton.— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 15, 2021
Maybe Michael DeAdder is onto something….
Cartoon for @newcounterpoint For more cartoons go to https://t.co/T1r1F20f2E #AfghanPeaceProcess #AfghanistanWar #Biden #PoliceBrutality #BLM pic.twitter.com/GxfGh1g0Y7
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) April 15, 2021
Hey now! One of the worst long-running right wing disinfo peddlers is hit with the deplatforming stick at last.https://t.co/6XS99N92DW pic.twitter.com/9XLlTr6TUB
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 15, 2021
re: #88 Eric The Fruit Bat
He’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer for not grabbing @projectveritas on twitter when it launched back in 2008.
That account opened in 2011.
re: #91 Charles Johnson
He should start his own social network. I hear they’re all the rage these days.
re: #92 darthstar
Right, but Twitter launched in 2008 - hence my comment about him not being quick on the draw.
re: #93 darthstar
He should start his own social network. I hear they’re all the rage these days.
Aren’t all of the real patriots over at the undead Parler?
like flying to cancún for example ted https://t.co/rojKhX2B1h
— darth™ (@darth) April 15, 2021
Fauci to Jim Jordan: “You’re ranting again.”
Jordan: “I’m not ranting.”
Fauci: “Yes you are.”— Sheryl Gay Stolberg (@SherylNYT) April 15, 2021
UPDATE: Chicago has released bodycam video of the police killing of 13-year-old #AdamToledo:
▪️ The video shows Adam had his hands up when police opened fire, killing him.
▪️ Cook County now says prosecutor made an error when they said Adam was holding a gun. pic.twitter.com/dC5tyMpgO9— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 15, 2021
Umm, that’s what a boycott is sweetie. https://t.co/UvqnDs0gZy
— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) April 15, 2021
re: #87 Dangerman
Homeland. Season 2, episode 20 “Broken Hearts”.
re: #97 darthstar
There is an adult in the room, and it’s not you, Jim.
re: #102 John Hughes
There is an adult in the room, and it’s not you, Jim.
And Fauci has Jim Jordan answering to him…hilarious.
re: #99 Belafon
The prosecutor should be forced to quit.
If I “accidentally” inject a patient with Glucagon (⬆️ blood sugar) instead of Epinephrine (counteracts anaphylaxis) & the patient dies, I lose my nursing license & could be criminally charged, esp after 16 yrs in nursing. Whoopsie doesn’t work when you have lives in your hands.
— NurseAshley Thinks Dr Fowler is an Idiot (@ashleyresisting) April 15, 2021
re: #97 darthstar
Mr Jordan, put your fucking mask over your nose.
LOL, she smacked him down like he was Michael Tracey. https://t.co/aTyMKSr6rS
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) April 15, 2021
Now the Qanon dorks will be chanting “Hack Mike Pence!”
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 15, 2021
re: #98 No Malarkey!
Cook County now says prosecutor
made an error[ fucking lied ]when they said Adam was holding a gun.
Oath Keeper Who Hunted Pelosi In Capitol Denied Bail - https://t.co/YipNTAuAiU pic.twitter.com/PbFGUQfVrb
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) April 15, 2021
re: #99 Belafon
The prosecutor should be
forced to quit[ charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice ].
bae: come over
matt gaetz: can’t right now, busy doing congress stuff
bae: just got home from school and my parents arent home
matt gaetz: https://t.co/ueOZkp4nK2— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) April 15, 2021
BREAKING: Senator Cotton promises to obstruct every single US Attorney nominee from “any state represented by a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.” US Attorneys prosecute terrorists & human traffickers—Cotton wants to obstruct them from protecting our communities & our nation. pic.twitter.com/2IX79FsKnW
— Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) April 15, 2021
re: #99 Belafon
The prosecutor should be forced to quit.
He won’t be. Why? He was doing his job - protecting murderous cops, oppressing minority’s & keeping the 1% secure.
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yay for bipartisanship!
I do find it funny that Manchin keeps trying to give Republicans an opening and their response is to slam the door harder.
Silt resident and former U.S. Senate candidate Mark H. Aspiri was arrested by Glenwood Springs police for allegedly attempting to leverage a Latino man’s immigration status as a reason to pay him $1,200. https://t.co/e2cwfQu0xk
— Vail Daily (@VailDaily) April 15, 2021
Aspiri was arrested by Glenwood Springs police for allegedly attempting to leverage a Latino man’s immigration status as a reason to pay him $1,200, according to a news release.
Aspiri also allegedly expressed to the victim that he had the ability to end the careers of local police officers if they became involved.
Ran for U.S. Senate as a Republican in 2014, lost to Cory Gardner. Is from the same town as Lauren Boebert.
“Many of those people are young people that would heal in a day. They have the sniffles” — then-President Trump on Covid-19, July 2020 https://t.co/XtZKWwxwXD
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2021
NEW: Feds arrested Duke Wilson, a Capitol rioter who they say assaulted a police line while wearing a “CNN FAKE NEWS” hat. pic.twitter.com/uSRTFj7Ukb
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) April 15, 2021
The affidavit is very light on details. It doesn’t say how they first identified Wilson, just that FBI agents interviewed his neighbor on Jan. 27. Seems like there’s more to the story there. pic.twitter.com/yp6zQ2ZUQF
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) April 15, 2021
re: #116 Belafon
I do find it funny that Manchin keeps trying to give Republicans an opening and their response is to slam the door harder.
This needs to be framed as public humiliation for Manchin. Then he might do some rethinking about who he considers a friend and possible ally. Does he really want to be a chump?
Facebook pages of girls from the local high school. https://t.co/qyXpiXc30n
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 15, 2021
re: #121 ericblair
This needs to be framed as public humiliation for Manchin. Then he might do some rethinking about who he considers a friend and possible ally. Does he really want to be a chump?
Manchin strikes me as being so fragile that all it would do is make him double down.
re: #93 darthstar
He should start his own social network. I hear they’re all the rage these days.
The threat of not the actuality (unless being driven by Russia or skinheads).
re: #33 danarchy
I am trying to recall a situation in my lifetime when police in the US used live fire for crowd control regardless of the crowds color. All I am coming up with is Kent state and that was a few years before I was born.
Orangeburg SC.
Merrick Fucking Garland. https://t.co/ufL97QvzCk
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 15, 2021
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
Garland and Barrett should always be mentioned together.
re: #125 steve_davis
Orangeburg SC.
Two pages I did about it:
littlegreenfootballs.com
littlegreenfootballs.com
JFC
One of the cops who killed Breonna Taylor just got a book deal. https://t.co/H3BiGQUbt6
— Alanna Vagianos (@AlannaVagianos) April 15, 2021
Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the three Louisville, Kentucky, police officers who raided Taylor’s apartment in March 2020, is writing a book about the case, titled “The Fight For Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Tragedy,” the Courier-Journal reported on Thursday.
Mattingly is the same man who, along with his colleagues, fired more than two dozen bullets into Taylor’s apartment while she and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were asleep; the same man who sued Walker, alleging that Walker’s actions caused him “severe trauma, mental anguish and emotional distress” after Walker witnessed his girlfriend bleed to death and then was taken away in handcuffs; the same man who, after Taylor died from at least six bullet wounds, wrote an email saying, “We did the legal, moral and ethical thing that night.”
Who better to tell the inside story of the tragedy than one of its perpetrators?
The book will be published by Tennessee-based Post Hill Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster declined to comment on the record and Post Hill Press did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Post Hill Press focuses on “Christian and conservative political books,” among other areas, according to its website. The company has published several right-wing authors including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who is currently facing accusations of sexual misconduct, and Laura Loomer, a far-right, anti-Muslim extremist.
I asked the spouse why Pat Robertson was still alive at 91.
He said “God doesn’t want him.”
Fair point.
re: #72 retired cynic
The frequencies of a vibrating spider web have been made into music
Read more: newscientist.com
cool. if windham hill took acid and played an hour of free jazz.
re: #89 Dangerman
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I’m starting to think Manchin just really enjoys pulling Republican chain. “Yeah, we’re gonna be bipartisan or else….or else I’m gonna throw out a wild-assed number so that Republicans have to accept the president’s number just to get back to sanity.”
😂😂😂
Folks, Jason Miller REALLY doesn’t want to discuss his assets or how much he’s currently making from Former Guy & Co.
He filed a desperate motion today asking the court to “terminate discovery.”
ROFL
How an attorney who would actually file this is beyond me…. lol pic.twitter.com/13ffsjds23— A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) April 15, 2021
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
JFC
He ain’t writing shit. He’ll sit down for a few interviews with a ghostwriter and just get his name slapped on the final product.
re: #108 John Hughes
A mistake was made. Officers were present when an unarmed 13 year old boy was shot. Thoughts and prayers to his family.
re: #132 steve_davis
I’m starting to think Manchin just really enjoys pulling Republican chain. “Yeah, we’re gonna be bipartisan or else….or else I’m gonna throw out a wild-assed number so that Republicans have to accept the president’s number just to get back to sanity.”
there’s got to be a lot of behind the scenes going on
biden and manchin seem to like each other and i’m sure they are somehow ‘coordinating’
Biden understands Manchin’s position being a Democrat in one of the most Republican states in the country very well. That is why he is giving him plenty of space on the filibuster and other issues. But in the end, their personal relationship may determine how things work out between them and how much Manchin may shape some of the upcoming bills
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