Team Trump quietly launches new social media platform | Politico
The brains behind the new socials is Jason Miller, he who impregnates exotic dancers and secretly puts abortifacients in their drinks, this sexual dynamo:
It’s called… GETTR. Like… GETTR DUN!!! ?
the perfect logo https://t.co/doMBfaqOvJ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 1, 2021
[moved by me from the previous thread]
re: #82 sagehen
Everybody in this group has XY-chromosomes.
Even before wingnuts saw their chance for another culture war grievance over bathrooms, women were being harassed because they weren’t sufficiently “femme” to pass the “femininity test.”
The best part of Weaselberg indictment is that not only did he not pay taxes, but he applied for tax refunds from the state and feds.
JD Vance deleted his tweet about voting for Evan McMullin.
It was here: https://t.co/4k1Xk8AMgv
But still can be viewed on the WebArchive.https://t.co/uLcCLkbur3 pic.twitter.com/LNofBemmsL— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 1, 2021
Vance also deleted a tweet saying he found Trump reprehensible from October 2016. pic.twitter.com/sTYhOpMnPG
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 1, 2021
Deleted from the day of Access Hollywood, “Lord help us.” pic.twitter.com/5ooexbNUhn
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 1, 2021
An opportunistic grifting lying worm, that JD is.
“Who is unindicted co-conspirator 1?” pic.twitter.com/e1fh1HGRGT
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 1, 2021
Weisselberg DiL is on MSNBC and she is TRASHED! Holy shit! She can barely speak
re: #10 JOE 🥓
Some people think so. That is a good one.
re: #9 Dave In Austin
Weisselberg DiL is on MSNBC and she is TRASHED! Holy shit! She can barely speak
Three sheets to the wind.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 1, 2021
I am NOT related to this ass!
Yoga instructor arrested for his involvement in the Capitol riot
Noah Bacon was arrested Wednesday by the FBI for trespassing in the U.S. Senate chambers on January 6 after taking part in the rioters’ effort to force their way past police in the Capitol building.
The arrest rioter appears to be the Noah S. Bacon who presents himself at “High Heart Meditation,” where he exalts his would-be followers to “Breath In, Breath Out” and “Be in the Moment.”
Unfortunately for Bacon, he was captured being in the moment of the Capitol riot in a video posted by the New Yorker magazine. That prompted a witness who knew Bacon to tip off the FBI, leading to his arrest.
He’s working on a new project, to be called GRIFTR. https://t.co/aXu2NtZVtt
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 1, 2021
Well the youngest has finally gotten his drivers license. He had shown no interest in it for years. He will be 21 in Aug., so he has held out for a while.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
GUTTR is what I’m going with.
I give it 3 months before rumblings of closing shop are spread far and wide.
Imma tell my grandkids this is Ashli Babbitt pic.twitter.com/9cZyLYYl61
— Mister Race Bannon (@MrRaceBannon) July 1, 2021
While further shredding voting rights, SCOTUS also granted additional protection to rich donor rights.
The Court also invalidated California’s disclosure law. https://t.co/NrffkInkhw
— Nina Totenberg (@NinaTotenberg) July 1, 2021
So, will any of this shit effect Trump or his demon spawn? I can’t decide whether I want to see Don or Jr going to prison the most. If the world were a place where justice matters the whole fucking family besides Baron, would be facing a decade or two behind bars, but the world isn’t that place. Sigh.
re: #20 A Mom Anon
So, will any of this shit effect Trump or his demon spawn? I can’t decide whether I want to see Don or Jr going to prison the most. If the world were a place where justice matters the whole fucking family besides Baron, would be facing a decade or two behind bars, but the world isn’t that place. Sigh.
At the very least, I’d think they need to find jobs, rather than continuing to be parasites that are trying to kill their host.
re: #14 I Would Prefer Not To
I need video
I’ll let you judge pic.twitter.com/Rg3a8e2Aj7
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) July 1, 2021
re: #22 Eclectic Cyborg
She could have MS.
They also have other people they can flip or interrogate for information, such as the Riverside building owner and private school who accepted cheques from the Trump Organisation.
The filing also repeats “and others” in furtherance of the alleged conspiracy to defraud tax authorities. They also entangled other entities such as Mar-a-Grifto, his ice rink company, and his golf courses.
Financial crimes usually take a long time to unwind, but I’ll bet Weiselberg doesn’t want to spend the rest of his life in jail, or see his children go to jail.
WATCH: Woman cut from astronaut program in 1960s over gender joining Bezos in space https://t.co/RV0dgldJJN pic.twitter.com/nETIJiKLEm
— The Hill (@thehill) July 1, 2021
Also if people voted in 2010 and 2016 instead of playing purity games or being misogynists, he couldn’t have done all of this
— L. LaPoo (@The_Real_Lippy) July 1, 2021
re: #1 teleskiguy
GETTR is the minor Norse god of whining.
re: #23 Punish Domestic Terrorists
She could have MS.
That’s not what she sounded like last week. Or the week before. Or the week before that.
Yeah thats not what happened. Stop blaming the left for the centers failings.
— ImAVaccinatedBitchBaby (@Vaselekos) July 1, 2021
re: #29 sagehen
That’s not what she sounded like last week. Or the week before. Or the week before that.
Big Day today. It will be a 2 week bender for sure. Hope she doesn’t drink herself to death.
re: #22 Eclectic Cyborg
She’s under the influence of something that’s for sure.
Less sticky. He can now open his wings. They were stuck shut pic.twitter.com/X35qlEkzsK
— Amy Schwartz (@lizardschwartz) June 30, 2021
re: #29 sagehen
That’s not what she sounded like last week. Or the week before. Or the week before that.
I’ve never seen her before.
re: #30 Dave In Austin
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I’m tired of playing these games anyway. McConnell would have wreaked a different kind of mess if Hillary had been elected. And none of that changes the universe we’re in right now.
I.E., if you know who Stephen Breyer is, you are not a typical American. If you can name all nine, you are a 1%er in SCOTUS knowledge.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 1, 2021
Pretty Simple really. If you’re Vaxed, wheat it inside in crowded areas. If you’re not vaxed, get vaxed. If you refuse to vax, you’re an unAmerican asshole, and probably a Trump Supporter.
— And The Wind Cries: “Ted Cruz will never be Pres.” (@DaveoutofAustin) July 1, 2021
I’d think he’d know better than to do this.
The warrant for Hansen comes after the “To Catch a Predator” host had failed to return discovery materials to one of the attorneys of the individuals charged in a sex trafficking case in Shiawassee County.
re: #30 Dave In Austin
Yeah thats not what happened. Stop blaming the left for the centers failings.
— ImAVaccinatedBitchBaby (@Vaselekos) July 1, 2021
I blame the left 100%, especially for 2016.
re: #39 Hecuba’s daughter
I blame the left 100%, especially for 2016.
Republicans appear to have a hard ceiling of about 47% of the electorate, so if 51+% vote Democratic, the Democrat will normally win. But 3% of the electorate can flip the election to the GOP by switching their vote to third party candidates.
Guns, however, are welcome.
Beshear admin just put out new Capitol security protocols. There is no mention of guns so I assume they’re still allowed, HOWEVER: “Livestock on the State Capitol grounds is prohibited except in cases of prior application w/ the express written approval of Facilities Management”
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) July 1, 2021
The Biden Boom https://t.co/ZfsiAGlUZx
— Max Steele (@maxasteele) July 1, 2021
So police are playing copyrighted music while being recorded in an attempt to ensure that the footage will get DMCAd when shared on social https://t.co/H0ycASj5No
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) July 1, 2021
re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s pretty fucked up right there.
Major collapse 900 block Kennedy St NW. Full collapse of a building under construction. 1 person trapped and several others injured. pic.twitter.com/9Uc8UixsFl
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) July 1, 2021
re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Swift should sue the department for unauthorized use of her songs.
re: #47 Belafon
Also, I’m pretty sure the music can be removed pretty easily.
Beyond parody https://t.co/gy7f5Ju9Lj
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 1, 2021
The people of Puerto Rico are being poisoned by a coal plant the owners themselves want to shut down, but the company that runs it—@lumaenergypr—disagrees. I invited LUMA to explain before my @NRDems subcommittee, but they claimed their testimony wasn’t relevant. I called BS. pic.twitter.com/eRd4nx25ce
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) July 1, 2021
…every covenant for a bank loan to a business. The terms are simple: You maintain truthful books and records, you attest to us that they are truthful, and we are allowed to review them at any time. There is no “You can lie *just a little bit* on your books and records”…/10
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) July 1, 2021
…Forget Weisselberg. That is every every corporate defendant, every entity that could have a loan covenant in its name. Every Trump Org bank lender in the world, right now, is looking at this indictment, looking at their covenants, and calling the Trump Org demanding…/12
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) July 1, 2021
…there may be something I am missing here, but I do not see how the Trump Org survives this without some sort of corrupt deal overseas. But even that seems far-fetched. Instead, it may be the biggest real estate corp bankruptcy in history…./14
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) July 1, 2021
re: #3 JOE 🥓
Oh look who else jumped on the “NSA Spied On Me” train!
Now Sebastian Gorka claims NSA spied on him and Steve Bannon in White House
Yeah, the asshole who was denied a security clearance!
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the nsa is so incompetent that these guys find out they are being ‘spied on’?
re: #48 Belafon
Also, I’m pretty sure the music can be removed pretty easily.
It can, but the cop should still be suspended if the whole force isn’t corrupt.
re: #52 Dangerman
the nsa is so incompetent that these guys find out they are being ‘spied on’?
One of Tucker’s delusional fans may have fed him this nonsense, and now every wingnut wants the attention he got with his insane claim.
Last year, I was inspired by @Booker4KY’s powerful grassroots campaign. I know Charles will always put the interests of working people first. Let’s expand our Senate majority by electing a progressive champion in Kentucky. I’m proud to support his campaign for US Senate. pic.twitter.com/w9dgGexSKq
— Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) July 1, 2021
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
The people of Kentucky deserve leaders in Washington who have lived and understand the struggles they live every day.
That’s why I’m proud to be a day one supporter of @Booker4KY. Check out his launch video and pitch in to support his campaign: https://t.co/gq9vPOf7nN https://t.co/EmNPsBMPO5— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) July 1, 2021
Steve wants me to pull his arm. I think it’s a trap but there is no way to be sure…. pic.twitter.com/7D15UthILq
— In Otter News…. (@In_Otter_News2) July 1, 2021
Not just grand larceny. The grandest. Larceny like nobody’s ever seen before. I mean, people come to me and they say, “Sir. That’s some grand larceny you have there.”
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 1, 2021
re: #58 darthstar
People in the street come up to me all the time, crying, the biggliest tears in their eyes… and they say “Sir, thank you for all the larceny. It’s so much I don’t know what to do with all this larceny, sir.”
There is some heavy weather headed for Philly.
weather.gov
I’m not optimistic that Weisselberg will flip but I am optimistic he’ll be convicted. The law is fairly clear on what is income & what is taxable. He’s a sophisticated executive; mistake is implausible. The company booked much of it as income. And juries hate rich tax cheats.
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) July 1, 2021
re: #48 Belafon
Also, I’m pretty sure the music can be removed pretty easily.
(ianal)
i’d guess that what amounts to background music plus specifically in that kind of context how it came to be recorded would not prevent legal posting of the video
re: #39 Hecuba’s daughter
I blame the left 100%, especially for 2016.
I blame the media for normalizing Trump, giving him billions of free advertising, and blowing out of all proportion every HRC flaw.
I also blame HRC for running and getting the DNC to clear the field for her. She should have gotten the hint in 2008 that (unfair as it is) she would have a hard time winning a national race.
through 2017! he was signing the checks through the presidential campaign! https://t.co/UL22mj3ekU
— Quinta Jurecic (@qjurecic) July 1, 2021
i havent read the indictment. i may not.
i did download it
it’s 25 pages.
25 is nothing.
this is the first shot only.
across the bows is all
re: #51 No Malarkey!
BTW, this means Trump is definitely running for President. He desperately needs a revenue stream he can tap into, and his cult will reliably donate millions to his campaign.
re: #63 JC1
I blame the media for normalizing Trump, giving him billions of free advertising, and blowing out of all proportion every HRC flaw.
I also blame HRC for running and getting the DNC to clear the field for her. She should have gotten the hint in 2008 that (unfair as it is) she would have a hard time winning a national race.
I don’t blame Hillary. Trump had to draw an inside straight to just barely defeat her.
Bennie Thompson on whether select committee will seek testimony from House GOP members: “I think we need to have access to all available information. Part of what we plan to do is hire some of the best people who can help us get access to that kind of information.” pic.twitter.com/UD0wCp75Dk
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 1, 2021
Kirk’s working for the Klingons now.
William Shatner hosts new show on Russian state-run TV, lashes out at critics (NY Post)
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
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unless he’s being imprecise because twitter, it’s not a mistake
it’s mistake(s)
multiple and repeated and repeated over a long period of time
not a single misunderstanding consistently repeated
even if (in a bizarro world) the guy was an uninformed idiot and “professional” the first year (he wasnt)
plenty of instances of tax law changes over 16 years
each by itself would necessitate reading up on new rules, regs and procedures to find out, “oops, i didnt understand payroll tax law at all that first year we’d better fix this fast”
bullshit
— Quokka Every Hour (@quokkaeveryhour) July 1, 2021
re: #67 No Malarkey!
I don’t blame Hillary. Trump had to draw an inside straight to just barely defeat her.
Just a reminder; it would have taken a change of fewer than 50,000 votes in the right states for Trump to be re-elected. The EC is destroying us. The Republicans are relying on that so not to have to worry about getting a majority of votes — only a majority of electoral votes.
once again we’re going to have to relearn an unpleasant lesson about what social media looks like when there’s no moderation https://t.co/8q5AeofGFy
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) July 1, 2021
no you can’t simultaneously be both an employee and also receive non-employee compensation from the same payor/employer/source
@GottaLaff What’s up with these handcuffs on Weisselberg? pic.twitter.com/blTUCvDfxc
— GreatGrey (@GreatGrey) July 1, 2021
re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s where you go after both the RIAA and Google/Facebook/Twitter and put them in a position they don’t want to be in - issuing a DMCA takedown order of a (potential) crime.
re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth
Thank you Congresswoman! Excited to have you on our team. https://t.co/WinAbkm5he
— Charles Booker (@Booker4KY) July 1, 2021
re: #74 Dave In Austin
Allahpundit should know — Hot Air was one of the worst shitholes of right wing extremism, with people openly using racist language. It was far worse than LGF in the old days.
I mean, look at the guy’s pseudonym. You’d think people would realize this wasn’t intended to be flattering to Muslims.
re: #75 Dangerman
no you can’t simultaneously be both an employee and also receive non-employee compensation from the same payor/employer/source
IANAL — but can you be paid by different companies that are part of the same organization — and in one company, you are an employee, and the other, you aren’t?
re: #36 No Malarkey!
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I just shared this on Facebook and wrote …
Sometimes I have to remind myself how rare certain kinds of knowledge are, and to not judge people who aren’t aware of certain facts. Still. Allowing for Americans who have a vague sense of who each Justice is and could quickly look up the full list online, and all the younglings and infirm, this number is surprisingly low to me. I guess it’s partly the result of a nerdy upbringing in an educated suburb of NYC, but I’m sad there aren’t more civics geeks these days. Being a good citizen is like being a good fan — you’ve got to know the players!
Now I’ll embarrass myself in the comments and try to get all nine without looking. And this does spot you Breyer, who’s one of the harder to name.
Then I wrote up the first comment …
OK here we go. Breyer (who should retire), Kagan and Sotomayor are the liberals. Roberts, Alito, and Thomas are the old guard conservatives. And then we’ve got Trump’s three conservatives, Gorsuch (the seat that should have gone to Garland in Obama’s last year), Brett “I like beer” Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, who’s been warming Ginsburg’s seat since her crazy COVID-friendly launch party in the fall.
Huh. That’s actually really easy. More people need to know this. 🙂
While Republican lawmakers are leading a nationwide effort to restrict the vote, let’s build up a nationwide effort to vote them all out.
The Senate. The House. Every state legislature in the country. If they won’t stand up for voting rights, VOTE THEM OUT!— Jeff Merkley (@JeffMerkley) July 1, 2021
For a long while after 9/11, Allahpundit specialized in gross Islamophobic photoshops. All of those images have disappeared, long enough ago that they’re not archived anywhere.
i skimmed it over and quit because who needs the nausea right before spaghetti carbonara.
this doc focuses mostly on weisselberg - what he didnt report and pay. tangentially on what the trump org didnt report on W-2s
what i didnt see (or missed) is how all those expenditures were recorded on the books of the company. because you know they were somehow, right?
and not as salary.
that’s the other side of this coin. the trump org took tax deductions for payments that were not company related expenditures.
they’ve barely begun
stay tuned
This is the face of a dog who rolled in poop outside and has no regrets. (cc @darth) pic.twitter.com/WDtOfMP0v6
— Eva Palmer (@Eva_Palmer) July 1, 2021
Statement by @NewYorkStateAG Letitia James:
“This investigation will continue, and we will follow the facts and the law wherever they may lead.” pic.twitter.com/FTMXi2Fgd9— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 1, 2021
re: #60 PhillyPretzel
There is some heavy weather headed for Philly.
weather.gov
Tornado warning for the city of Milford, DE
forecast.weather.gov
re: #87 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That is to the south of Philly. I am keeping an eye on the weather.
re: #80 Hecuba’s daughter
IANAL — but can you be paid by different companies that are part of the same organization — and in one company, you are an employee, and the other, you aren’t?
its possible but the general rule is not
not if it’s the same work under the same conditions/circumstances etc and controlled by the same people.
a good example that has worked in the past:
- your day job is office clerk - employee. they set the hours, the desk, the phone, the conditions, the co-workers, the procedures.
- your night job is cleaning offices.
you control when you come and go, what equipment you use (your own), you can bring your own staff
you clean that very same office and you also have other clients.
that would likely be non employee compensation.
cAuSe fReE SpEeCh and wE LoVe oUr bIG GuNs
All the Parler users heading over to GETTR. pic.twitter.com/Qrb9FBN2pC— Jude (@jlhulsman) July 1, 2021
re: #62 Dangerman
Yeah, I’m also thinking that Taylor Swift isn’t cool with the way that cop is using her music. She’s pretty progressive.
re: #73 Hecuba’s daughter
Just a reminder; it would have taken a change of fewer than 50,000 votes in the right states for Trump to be re-elected. The EC is destroying us. The Republicans are relying on that so not to have to worry about getting a majority of votes — only a majority of electoral votes.
Pew research study via today’s electoral-vote.com
For one thing, turnout was much higher in 2020 than in 2016, and fully a quarter of the 2020 voters did not vote in 2016. That’s a huge change in the electorate. Both Biden and Trump brought in new voters. They basically split the 19% voters whose first ballot was cast in the 2020 election, with Biden taking 49% of those and Trump 47%. However, Biden absolutely trounced Trump among the 6% of voters whose first ballot was cast in 2018 and second was cast in 2020, 62% to 36%. To put that another way, Trump clearly inspired a lot of new voters in 2018—to come out and vote against him (or, at least, his party) in the midterms.
re: #88 PhillyPretzel
That is to the south of Philly. I am keeping an eye on the weather.
Let’s hope everything is safe this afternoon.
The National Weather Service gives us this report (things are looking mighty dark off to the west)
This Afternoon
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind around 15 mph.
Tonight
Scattered sprinkles before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
Storms are intensifying (especially in SE Wyoming) but they aren’t moving.
re: #95 retired cynic
Wants the cat to look like one of The Monkees?
Tropical Storm Watch raised for Haiti as Tropical Storm Elsa moves very rapidly WNW.
By day 5, Florida’s West Coast and Panhandle will be threatened.
Discussion Number Five (National Hurricane Center)
re: #67 No Malarkey!
I don’t blame Hillary. Trump had to draw an inside straight to just barely defeat her.
But it was Trump, lol.
re: #98 JC1
But it was Trump, lol.
We didn’t take into account how stupid the American right is when not considering him a serious threat. Who knew they were just looking for a conman to follow off a cliff, and any buffoon would do?
The Trump Org operation seems way less sophisticated and much more stupid than the tax fraud scheme Fred Trump ran (which involved shell companies to launder expenses that were actually transfers of tax-free wealth to his kids)…like this family can’t even tax evade right
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) July 1, 2021
Minions? Really?
WHAT ABOUT THE MEDICAID EXPANSION THAT WAS VOTED IN 2 YEARS AGO! WHEN IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN!
— Pamela Christ (@PamelaChrist12) June 21, 2021
re: #70 Punish Domestic Terrorists
@WilliamShatner I saw your’re “I’m Canadian” in an IBM training session I was in. Obviously, like @snowden and others, you could give a shat about the country who made you famous. #BoycottShatner
— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericfruitbat) July 1, 2021
re: #102 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That account is a parody account of the governor.
#OTD in #Nebraska History- In 1900, a city ordinance went into effect for Omaha that forbade the use of fireworks by residents. Mayor Moores enacted the law because the noise that accompanied fireworks had been blamed for the increased number of runaway horses within city limits. pic.twitter.com/hfxsbPiXca
— Ebony McKiver (@NDE_SS) June 30, 2021
re: #102 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Minions? Really?
Pam seems a little insane, like she thinks the parody account is the governor.
New post: Who will pay for Iowa troopers’ unprecedented Texas deployment?@IowaDPS says “discussions regarding payment structures are ongoing”; @IAGovernor’s spokesperson didn’t respond to Qs about whether private donation is on the table.https://t.co/D98jBQul8q pic.twitter.com/UFxhBr7f60
— Bleeding Heartland (@LauraRBelin) July 1, 2021
Leaked photo of Pete riding to the Texas/Mexico border to fight the Culture Wars. pic.twitter.com/9JEJXwdqYw
— Seeing Red Nebraska (@SeeingRedNE) June 29, 2021
Trump watching this pic.twitter.com/Tvyj893Pj0
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 1, 2021
Pro-life Catholic my ass.
“@GovRicketts on Tues declined a request from the Biden admin asking Nebraska to help house displaced migrant children who have crossed the border into the United States.
‘Nebraska is declining their request because we are reserving our resources for serving our kids…’”#neleg pic.twitter.com/QXdFV4eZsS— Robert Smith (@NebraskaSower) July 1, 2021
#LyttonBC #BCWildfire pic.twitter.com/6s5pllTdXZ
— Jamie Rye (@tayho1977) July 1, 2021
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s terrible. It looks like the whole village was razed.
re: #109 DesertDenizen
More mercenaries, eh?
6% of our entire State Patrol.
Gov. Bullethead isn’t saying where the money is coming from for this. The State Patrol says they don’t know.
There is an interstate compact for states to send police to other states, but those states are supposed to pay for it. No word from Gov. Abbott of Texas if their state is going to pay for any of this from Nebraska, Iowa, Idaho, or other states.
re: #115 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
6% of our entire State Patrol.
Gov. Bullethead isn’t saying where the money is coming from for this. The State Patrol says they don’t know.
There is an interstate compact for states to send police to other states, but those states are supposed to pay for it. No word from Gov. Abbott of Texas if their state is going to pay for any of this from Nebraska, Iowa, Idaho, or other states.
Mexico will pay. Just wait, we’ll have an announcement in 2 weeks.
I’m getting jealous of Texas, getting all these troops and police officers to help out with their border crisis. When is Minnesota going to get an army to oppose the Chinese soldiers on the north shore of Lake Superior? We’re waiting…
@questauthority @boozybadger @popehat What if copyrighted music is played during a recording of an LE interaction that resulted in a crime commited by LE and gets posted to social media and, say @RIAA issues a DMCA takedown - has something like that happened?
— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericfruitbat) July 1, 2021
re: #111 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Pro-life Catholic my ass.
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Have to say our former corrupt Catholic governor, George Ryan, was indeed pro-life. He might have gone to prison for selling licenses for bribes when he was secretary of state (which led to an unqualified trucker causing the deaths of 6 children) but he did put a moratorium on capital punishment.
Seen here, Eric Trump a few minutes after Junior asked him to start burning Trump Organization documents. pic.twitter.com/ic77dUMGXF
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) July 1, 2021
I’m honored to serve on the January 6th select committee. Our oath to the Constitution must be above partisan politics. pic.twitter.com/LpPoWhBHPx
— Rep. Liz Cheney (@RepLizCheney) July 1, 2021
It’s been quite cloudy and foggy for several days in Iceland so it’s been hard to see how the current eruption is going.
But it’s clear tonight there, and mbl.is finally got the close-up (it’s still about a kilometer away) camera working again, so let’s see how things are going:
Well, ok then, apocalypse is still on schedule…
Good news.
NEW: The DOJ ramped up the case against former WV State Rep. Derrick Evans, who resigned after storming the US Capitol. He only faced misdemeanors, but now he’s charged with felony obstruction of Congress, which means possible prison time. previously —> https://t.co/BwTUzTypuS pic.twitter.com/gy9tXrv93t
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) July 1, 2021
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
Liz has nothing to lose. And if the whole house of GOP cards does come falling down she will be perfectly positioned to be at the top of the remains.
re: #124 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Liz has nothing to lose. And if the whole house of GOP cards does come falling down she will be perfectly positioned to be at the top of the remains.
ITS. HER. PLAN.
re: #74 Dave In Austin
Hidden behind a spoiler under the private button, but yeah…the place is a cesspool.
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re: #125 I Would Prefer Not To
ITS. HER. PLAN.
I don’t see how she gets around being utterly loathed for betraying dear leader.
While Donald Trump prides himself on leaving little/no paper trail with his name on it… It’s especially DAMNING that Weiselberg had a spreadsheet keeping track of all the off the books stuff SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE SURE TO REDUCE HIS ON THE BOOKS PAY $ FOR $
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) July 1, 2021
re: #128 No Malarkey!
He doesn’t want his name on it, but he wants to know where every dime is.
re: #126 darthstar
Hidden behind a spoiler under the private button, but yeah…the place is a cesspool.
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On the Omaha World-Herald article noting that vaccination rates in rural areas of the state are badly lagging behind the urban areas, the conversation is taking strange turns.
My family has a farm… So I’m well aware of how the rich historical winners get to win… They can afford the sky high property values and new 250k Tractors..
All to eliminate more and more jobs and rural careers.
All while waiting for autonomous vehicles to eliminate more.— Newman 🇺🇲 (@HuskerNewman) June 30, 2021
re: #131 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Fixed, my computer’s keyboard hates me.
Headline on front page of today’s @OWHnews: “Gun deaths increase in Iowa ahead of deregulation” with experts saying this law making it easier to buy handguns and allow permit less carry could be a train wreck. When will human lives matter more than guns, @IAGovernor? @MomsDemand https://t.co/aCyoGtNWH6
— BlueDotNebraskaMom (@Sheeps62) June 30, 2021
re: #124 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Liz has nothing to lose. And if the whole house of GOP cards does come falling down she will be perfectly positioned to be at the top of the remains.
She’s a terrible person, but she is, in this one instance, standing up for democracy.
re: #127 No Malarkey!
I don’t see how she gets around being utterly loathed for betraying dear leader.
She’s already loathed and going to face primary challenges from the Q-right.
Nothing to lose from staking a relatively consistent position and helping provide the bipartisanship that shorts out some of the avalanche of lies that will be tossed at the select committee by FOX & minions and the other right-wing media.
And as the facts do come out it will be interesting to see how many of her most vocal critics turn out to be heavily involved, or at least knowledgeable in advance, of what what going to be attempted. Now whether that causes a leadership crisis in the GOP would remain to be seen, but it’s probably her most likely route to holding onto office.
I am also not sure how well the Q-GOP base holds together once Trump dies. I seriously doubt any of his children can successfully pick up the mantle. And part of the Trump thing was that he was anti-politicians and any of the current GOP wannabes *are* known politicians who will be viewed as parasites simply trying to latch onto the bandwagon.
re: #134 Hecuba’s daughter
She’s a terrible person, but she is, in this one instance, standing up for democracy.
Hey, we allied with Stalin to defeat the fascists before.
re: #122 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
It’s been quite cloudy and foggy for several days in Iceland so it’s been hard to see how the current eruption is going.
But it’s clear tonight there, and mbl.is finally got the close-up (it’s still about a kilometer away) camera working again, so let’s see how things are going:
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I just finished the Icelandic Netflix series Katla, about a totally different volcano. Sci-fi, rather than real. And had to Google to discover what happened at the end of the final episode of Season 1. (Had to close my eyes during the scene because I find some things too upsetting to watch — and then discovered that those who watched were confused too)
re: #3 JOE 🥓
Oh look who else jumped on the “NSA Spied On Me” train!
Now Sebastian Gorka claims NSA spied on him and Steve Bannon in White House
Yeah, the asshole who was denied a security clearance!
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re: #134 Hecuba’s daughter
She’s a terrible person, but she is, in this one instance, standing up for democracy.
from this morning.
u.s. grant, adapted
Whatever may have been [her] political opinions before, [she has] but one sentiment now. That is, we have a Government, and laws and a flag, and they must all be sustained. There are but two parties now, traitors and patriots and [she] want[s] hereafter to be ranked with the latter, and [we] trust, the stronger party.”
my eejit congresscritter:
I’ve introduced two bills to end congressional pensions. One would let House members opt out of paying into the pension. The second, Ending Pensions in Congress (EPIC) Act, would end congressional pensions and only allow members to participate in a 401K-style retirement plans.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 1, 2021
The second bill would grandfather the existing swamp dwellers (if they so choose). It was a pragmatic concession to get them to vote for it.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 1, 2021
and Gosar continues to be a moron
Democrats unconstitutionally eliminated the requirement for Congress to consider my bill that terminates COVID-19 emergency powers. In response, I’m sponsoring the Separation of Powers Restoration Act.
Congress and the President must follow our Constitution: pic.twitter.com/cLWyevq9XY— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) July 1, 2021
re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth
my eejit congresscritter:
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re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth
my eejit congresscritter:
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We know what that piece of shit wants to do. He wants to steal my civil service pension!
You see, the Nebraska Department of Education hires people who promote education, not conservative religion. They are also lying about the department; they have responded.
As for the parents, they are being whipped up by conservative prelates in the Unicameral. They must have a culture war.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Thirty Nebraska state senators are sending a message to school boards across the state. They say they are opposing the Department of Education’s proposed new health education standards.
The first draft of those standards was released in March. It details what topics they suggest children should learn at each grade, including subjects like gender identity. Some of the state senators argue the subject matter is inappropriate for children.
The lawmakers join a growing group against the standards. They say despite three months of feedback from parents, the Nebraska Department of Education has not been responsive to their objections and concerns.
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Since all conservatives lie, the idea of “taking local control of education standards” is a bunch of hogwash. The proposed state standards are guidelines, not a mandate.
Considering how vociferous Republican politicians in this state have been about the subject of acknowledging sex and LGBT+ people exist, I wouldn’t be surprised if they inspire violence against the Education Board or individual school boards or teachers.
That would be similar to the violence and threats they have inspired against public health officials over the last year and a half.
All it takes is one wingnut to make a bad day for a lot of other people.
Group of 30 state senators voices opposition to proposed health education standards (KSID, Sidney, Nebr.)
re: #143 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Pensions are good. There should be more of them. Congress has been much too generous with their own benefits.
Being a congressvarmint is a full-time job. If one holds a job long enough, why shouldn’t you earn a pension?
This is more of the same “defund the governemnt” crap like capping or lowering pay which makes it so only extremely wealthy people can run for office (like in my state).
After reading this indictment, I continue to think Trump will not be charged without Weisselberg’s cooperation, which I don’t expect.
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) July 1, 2021
There was a fucking perp walk? Amazing. #TrumpOrgIndicted #IndictmentThursday #thursdayvibes #TrumpIndictments pic.twitter.com/tctWMa5llx
— HolyFuck-PersonWomanManCameraTVIndictment (@IGotTheVaccine) July 1, 2021
at about 15 seconds in you can see the handcuffs dangling from one wrist behind his back
News: Trump isn’t joining Jason Miller’s new social media platform, Gettr — won’t have any financial stake or participation, I’m told. Apparently the ex president still has plans for a separate platform. Unclear what exactly.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) July 1, 2021
re: #150 teleskiguy
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re: #151 Dopamine Fish
He wants something where he, himself, is THE center of attention. Nothing less will satiate his ego.
That requires said social media company to ban all accounts that criticize Dear Leader. So far no upstart social media company has the stones to go that far.
State Senator Megan Hunt’s bill was the first passed in the states, which broke the dam on college athletes being compensated. She was not the first to bring one however.
NIL is great progress and long overdue. How overdue? Here’s (living legend) Ernie Chambers arguing that college athletes should be paid in NINETEEN EIGHTY-THREE, when I was zero years old. https://t.co/xS73DcZPed
— Matt E (@menstrom) July 1, 2021
re: #148 teleskiguy
If Trump is forced into personal bankruptcy, that would be nice. Maybe someday the Fulton County prosecutor will get around to indicting Trump for election interference.
re: #151 Dopamine Fish
He wants something where he, himself, is THE center of attention. Nothing less will satiate his ego.
A site where only he gets to post.
re: #150 teleskiguy
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re: #155 Patricia Kayden
A site where only he gets to post.
No, not that. He had that on his blog, and it drove him nuts that he didn’t get any attention. He needs something where he can visually see that people are responding to him and praising him.
re: #155 Patricia Kayden
A site where only he gets to post.
He tried that, and shut it down after he was mocked for how few views it got.
re: #157 Dopamine Fish
No, not that. He had that on his blog, and it drove him nuts that he didn’t get any attention. He needs something where he can visually see that people are responding to him and praising him.
Like twitter, except all the users are Russian bots.
re: #147 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Being a congressvarmint is a full-time job. If one holds a job long enough, why shouldn’t you earn a pension?
This is more of the same “defund the governemnt” crap like capping or lowering pay which makes it so only extremely wealthy people can run for office (like in my state).
Members of Congress get a 100% pension after five years of service. Plus all ancillary benefits. Is that what you mean by “long enough?”
Attorney General Merrick Garland has ordered a temporary halt to scheduling any further federal executions, an official tells @PeteWilliamsNBC.
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) July 1, 2021
re: #160 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Members of Congress get a 100% pension after five years of service. Plus all ancillary benefits. Is that what you mean by “long enough?”
That’s five years you can’t work another job at all (plus the additional time spent running for the office).
Plus “five years” isn’t really how the pension works:
Congressional pension is a pension made available to members of the United States Congress. As of 2019, members who participated in the congressional pension system are vested after five years of service. A full pension is available to members 62 years of age with 5 years of service; 50 years or older with 20 years of service; or 25 years of service at any age. A reduced pension is available depending upon which of several different age/service options is chosen. If Members leave Congress before reaching retirement age, they may leave their contributions behind and receive a deferred pension later
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
The DOJ’s killing spree from last year is over.
This is seriously so fucking stupid it reminds me of the time I was interning for the DA’s Environmental Crimes section and found the yellow sticky note on a defendant’s internal files saying DON’T FORGET TO HIDE THE ASBESTOS https://t.co/WKexSMDO0K
— SchemeToDefraudHat (@Popehat) July 1, 2021
In other volcano news, a very dangerous volcano in the Philippines is active today, prompting warnings of a possible major eruption. Could be dangerous for quite a few people. Taal has been quite active the past couple of centuries. However, it is part of a large caldera that a bit over 5kya went big boom.
Maybe someone has already said this, but Gettr sounds like like ‘get her and do bad things ’ but that could just be because I am off.
Junior is on Fox News whining that this is a political prosecution just like Putin does.
re: #162 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That’s five years you can’t work another job at all (plus the additional time spent running for the office).
Plus “five years” isn’t really how the pension works:
“A full pension is available to members 62 years of age with 5 years of service; … If Members leave Congress before reaching retirement age, they may leave their contributions behind and receive a deferred pension later.”
That is exactly how it works — just wait until you’re 62 to start drawing benefits. (The age to receive the full pittance that is Social Security is 67 if you were born after 1960.)
“The U.S. military is infested with critical race theorists. I have here in my hand a list of 205—a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of Defense as being woke CRT indoctrinators and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the U.S. military.”
— Edwin (@EdMix13) July 1, 2021
re: #171 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That sounds just like Mel Brooks. :)
re: #136 No Malarkey!
The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy, but we may have common cause.
Thread, six tweets.
Chris Vagasky, a meteorologist with the company Vaisala, said the North American Lightning Detection Network sensed 710,177 lightning events across British Columbia and northwestern Alberta in about 15 hours, between 3 p.m. on June 30 and 6 a.m. on July 1.
— SFGATE (@SFGate) July 1, 2021
A conservative Facebook page with 3.1 million followers published a list it said contained the names of border agents who died during the Biden presidency. It was actually a partial list of agents who had died in the line of duty between 1919 and 2020. https://t.co/0AzZElnEst
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 1, 2021
re: #174 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That is fucking crazy. It doesn’t even seem possible.
re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth
1919 to 2020. That is quite a span of time.
Dispatch from Nazi territory:
Ada sheriff interviews: Comments about Jews, talk of a ‘cabal’ and news of a ‘succession’ plan https://t.co/UpHwqBB2QF
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 1, 2021
No, Congresswoman, that’s not how any of this works. Any. Of. It. pic.twitter.com/M0XjbxG3j4
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 1, 2021
Jesse Watters’s ludicrous conspiracy theory about Biden “by design” creating problems at the border proves to be a bit much even for Ted Cruz pic.twitter.com/O57OiCsNmj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 1, 2021
Voting age was lowered in US to eighteen by Twenty-sixth Amendment, ratified fifty years ago today: pic.twitter.com/16rKFnk09x
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) July 1, 2021
re: #179 Backwoods_Sleuth
She’s just dumber than a sack of hammers. And I apologize to all the sacks of hammers out there.
We have GOT to start valuing common sense and just basic smartness in this country. Holy crap.
“I write it all down in this book, every fucking nickel. I got receipts here, bills here, everything’s here.”https://t.co/cjFBBbN3R1
— Edwin (@EdMix13) July 1, 2021
Jesse Watters, interviewing Donald Trump Jr, characterizes more than $1.5 million in alleged Trump Organization fraud as “pennies on the dollar.” #populism pic.twitter.com/jz7I4MZR6J
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 1, 2021
re: #150 teleskiguy
They have a Trump Press release bot instead.
Their users and follower counts are all fake. Jason Miller is of course a cad and a fraud.
‘LIKE TWITTER BUT SH*TTIER’ - New MAGA Social Media Gets Less Than Warm Reception, Even From Trump (Mediaite via MSN)
re: #182 A Mom Anon
She’s just dumber than a sack of hammers. And I apologize to all the sacks of hammers out there.
We have GOT to start valuing common sense and just basic smartness in this country. Holy crap.
She and her supporters would claim that they’re the ones with “common sense” and we’re the ones who are out-of-touch effete intellectual elitists who should never be listened to.
And the Idiocracy supports them for it and makes them stronger.
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Imposes a Moratorium on Federal Executions; Orders Review of Policies and Procedureshttps://t.co/9cHBDiWx5Z
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) July 1, 2021
re: #95 retired cynic
Oh man, that just reminds me of the many times my mom sat me down, told me not to wiggle, put a piece of Scotch tape across my bangs and then *snip* *snip* *snip*. There were three of us kids and going to the beauty shop for a trim was an unnecessary luxury.
At least it was the 1960s and the Flowbee was two decades in the future. I can’t even imagine what might have resulted…
J.D. Vance takes the stage, “I look at this audience and see the people who made me who I am,” pic.twitter.com/mK09zow41v
— Jake Ryle (@JakeWCPO) July 1, 2021
J.D. Vance announces he will be running for Senate. Chants of J-D follow. @WCPO pic.twitter.com/lpQ0mG41KF
— Jake Ryle (@JakeWCPO) July 1, 2021
sigh
I’m wondering why Ashli Babbitt is trending on Twitter with Weisselberg and Trump Organization, but I’m afraid to ask.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
The Witch Hunt continues folks. I’m beginning to wonder how this is any different than how Vladimir Putin treats his political enemies? My thoughts on the New York DA/AG and their political persecution. https://t.co/3wR7Xjfkbg
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 1, 2021
re: #189 mmmirele
I would have traded with you. My mother treated me like a friggin’ museum piece when I was a wee lad and took me to the same lunatic who did her hair, in order to make me “cute”. I hated going. I hated the whole experience. The god-awful perm chemical smells (not inflicted on me, thankfully), the hairspray, the ungodly perfume, all of it. Most of all I hated the attention. I still hate excess attention to this day.
About age 12 or so I finally decided enough was enough and demanded to make my own hair blunders from that point on. I had many a profoundly stupid-looking haircut as a result, but at least I was DONE with mom’s ‘beauty shop’.
I wish more people understand how bad it’s going to be when this evil MF is Speaker.
You think you know from the past.
They are gonna bring next level evil shit. https://t.co/5HipaDmpEp— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) July 1, 2021
Eric’s excuse is on the same level as tween boys who get caught stealing beer from the fridge. “Well, at least I’m not smoking meth or robbing convenience stores like those other kids, Mom!” These are the dumbest crooks in the history of dumb crooks. https://t.co/bUahGBHRxO
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) July 1, 2021
The indictment against Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg mentions an “Unindicted Co-conspirator #1.”
“On or before April 5, 2010, the Trump Corporation, acting through its agent, Unindicted Co-conspirator #1, underreported Allen Weisselberg’s taxable income for the tax year 2009.”— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) July 1, 2021
“We knew that enslaved people had helped build the White House,” says @WhiteHouseHstry Pres. Stewart McLaurin. “But we didn’t know — what can we find out about who they were? What can we find out about what they did, where they came from, what were their roles?” https://t.co/u2hDyEduwy
— Elliot C. Williams (@ecwilliams30) July 1, 2021
re: #191 Dopamine Fish
I’m wondering why Ashli Babbitt is trending on Twitter with Weisselberg and Trump Organization, but I’m afraid to ask.
I’m seeing “witch hunt” and “Christian Slater.” Make of that what you will.
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
“I’m beginning to wonder how this is any different than how Vladimir Putin treats his political enemies?”
Well Junior, the fact that you are alive and posting to Twitter instead of landing head first after being pitched out of the 40th floor of Trump Tower after doing a bunch of lines of cocaine laced with ricin would demonstrate that this is, in fact, very different from how Putin treats his political enemies.
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #199 The Pie Overlord!
“I’m beginning to wonder how this is any different than how Vladimir Putin treats his political enemies?”
Well Junior, the fact that you are alive and posting to Twitter instead of landing head first after being pitched out of the 40th floor of Trump Tower after doing a bunch of lines of cocaine laced with ricin would demonstrate that this is not, in fact, very different from how Putin treats his political enemies.
Alexander Litvinenko was unavailable for comment.
A Florida man is threatening to sue an artist whose invisible sculpture sold for $18,000, saying he came up with the idea first: https://t.co/E9d3P6E36X pic.twitter.com/oBH7mUme1B
— Artnet (@artnet) July 1, 2021
KSID radio, Sidney, Nebr., breaking news (video, 1:11)
A flash flood warning was in effect in Scotts Bluff County until 5:00 p.m. MT, with over an inch of rain falling per hour in the afternoon and additional rainfall expected.
Officials are reminding drivers to avoid flooded roads. Some streets have even been closed in parts of the Panhandle today.
Storms are to my west, currently moving north through Banner and Scott’s Bluff Counties very slowly. Unstable air is causing activity to build to the east though.
Wyoming is getting trampled.
re: #191 Dopamine Fish
I’m wondering why Ashli Babbitt is trending on Twitter with Weisselberg and Trump Organization, but I’m afraid to ask.
Because today Trump ranted that he wanted the name of the officer who shot her to be public.
It’s another call for violence by Trump.
Too many people think this is normal.
It should not be normal.
Big deal. I do the same to look like Stephen Colbert. pic.twitter.com/4R4crLa5bW
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) July 2, 2021
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
This has a real “criminal complaining about being caught” vibe.
I don’t know there, Mr. Trump, if you have nothing to hide, surely you’d be willing to testify under oath in open court? Isn’t that how conservatives frame these things?
re: #204 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Because today Trump ranted that he wanted the name of the officer who shot her to be public.
It’s another call for violence by Trump.
Too many people think this is normal.
It should not be normal.
Oh, fuckaduck. I just wish that asshole would go away. PERMANENTLY.
NEW: “Gettr,” the new social media network led by Donald Trump adviser Jason Miller, is backed by a fugitive Chinese billionaire who once invited Steve Bannon to live on his yacht https://t.co/BRfVqYCMwF
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 1, 2021
oh
JD Vance needing to scrub his account of any shred of morality to run for office in the Republican Party says a lot about Trumpism https://t.co/nAyI4bzFw6
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 2, 2021
the human likes to say. that i live here rent free. but i would argue. this housing accommodation. is my payment. for a lifetime of love. and excellent company
— Thoughts of Dog® (@dog_feelings) July 2, 2021
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
Funny, that’s how I’d think of it. We don’t deserve dogs.
I’m really enjoying Making It, a crafts competition show emceed by Amy Pohler and Nick Offerman. The judges are the guy who does the Barney’s windows and the trend expert from Etsy.
The only thing that could improve it… the contestants’ social media handles should be onscreen when they appear (American Idol does that). I’d love to know where to find their insta and look up what projects they’ve posted.
re: #152 teleskiguy
That requires said social media company to ban all accounts that criticize Dear Leader. So far no upstart social media company has the stones to go that far.
it wouldn’t be a successful business model at all
BELLAIRE, Ohio — Famed former adult actress Stormy Daniels will return to Ohio for the first time since she received nearly half a million dollars for a wrongful arrest from the City of Columbus.Daniels, who has found a niche as a paranormal investigator, will visit a small village east of Marietta to film part of a television series. During the Ohio visit, Daniels will be joined by her close friend, Justin Loupe, and Ohio-based author and fellow paranormal investigator, Kristin Lee; the trio will conduct a public paranormal investigation at a proclaimed haunted house east of Marietta.
Built-in 1847 on the banks of the Ohio River, the Bellaire House located in Bellaire is reputed to be one of the most haunted houses in America, according to Daniels’ team. Since the early twentieth century, it has earned a reputation as a hotbed of paranormal activity, with reports of apparitions, curses, psychic assaults, and violence.
Daniels has been filming a television series titled “Spooky Babes” where she and Loupe explore paranormal activity around the world. The event in Bellaire will take place on October 9 and a limited number of tickets are being sold to the public to join the team in their overnight investigation, as well as meet-and-greet tickets. The event will also be streamed on a pay-per-view livestream.
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Stormy Daniels returning to Ohio for PPV paranormal event (Scioto Valley Ohio Guardian)
re: #204 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Every day I go completely into “whatintheactualfuck” mode at least once. He’s calling for what amounts to the execution of a surely traumatized police officer. This crowd of people acted like they had the right to break windows and destroy property, the right to drag elected officials and their staff out of their offices and the floors where the business of Congress is done and hurt or kill them. They weren’t shy, they knew they were allowed to by government officials. They built a fucking gallows that looked ready to go within sight of the building for fucks sake.
At this point, I really don’t think a single soul who was there to stop the process of certification of the election that day deserves the benefit of the doubt anymore. The more I find out about that day, the more it’s blatantly obvious what the goals were and everyone there was aware of it, there was damned near no way NOT to know it.
The little female #Pinemarten #kit is practising pouncing! Take that… camera!!😂
Really makes me smile.🤭 pic.twitter.com/eSchTL6u34— Colin Roberts (@PinetenColin) July 1, 2021
Still wondering who funds The Federalist
Six months after a law enforcement officer shot and killed Ashli Babbit, an unarmed protestor at the Capitol riot, President Trump notes the identity of the law enforcement officer is being kept hidden from the public. pic.twitter.com/5avbjhysuo
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) July 1, 2021
re: #212 sagehen
I’m really enjoying Making It, a crafts competition show emceed by Amy Pohler and Nick Offerman. The judges are the guy who does the Barney’s windows and the trend expert from Etsy.
The only thing that could improve it… the contestants’ social media handles should be onscreen when they appear (American Idol does that). I’d love to know where to find their insta and look up what projects they’ve posted.
I took my son to the Japan House at the University of Illinois campus a couple of weeks ago. He was thrilled to see a Japanese-style gazebo-like structure for relaxing and viewing the gardens that was made and donated by Offerman’s woodworking studio. He is an alum and spent some time at the first Japan House when he was a student that was really an old home with some space made for tea ceremony. The current House was made by Japanese experts and has two tea ceremony rooms.
SMOTI is flogging two photographs over at his Home for the Criminally Insane two photographs (one a close-up of the other) to show a Black officer, with the following line:
A picture is worth a thousand words. So these two pictures tell you two thousand words worth of Ashley Babbit’s. He is demonstrably incompetent.
As of yet we don’t know who actually shot the insurrectionist. So in addition to trying to imply the officer is not competent, he’s also trying to out this officer (whether he is the person who shot her or not).
re: #217 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Still wondering who funds The Federalist
Who shot Babbitt?
The guy protecting VP Pence from being assaulted and possibly killed by her.
Palmer Report is bad. Just sayin’. Receiving strong grifter vibes and not for the first time.
Texas history museum pulls out of event on book reexamining Alamo ‘myth’ https://t.co/Qfb2pfTTiV
— St. John Barned-Smith ⚔️ (@stjbs) July 2, 2021
Greg Abbott & Co. trying to preserve the John Wayne version of the Alamo story and pretend Texas didn’t try to get independent of Mexico to become a slave state.
I just read “Forget the Alamo” over the last three days. Terrific, well-researched book.
re: #179 Backwoods_Sleuth
Crazy Lady has no idea WTF she’s talking about.
Texas conservatives don’t like the book because it examines exactly how the Alamo myths were made and sanctioned by law, and who they served.
re: #225 Charles Johnson
Palmer Report is bad. Just sayin’. Receiving strong grifter vibes and not for the first time.
As much as I’ve dug into him, I can’t find out anything about him before starting Palmer Report.
Looking now, Wikipedia has an article about Palmer Report and Bill Palmer. Someone over there is better at digging than I am (well, that’s not terribly surprising).
Palmer Report is an American left wing and conspiratorial[3][4] political blog,[5] founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California.[6] It is written by Bill Palmer, along with a number of other contributors.[7] The Palmer Report is a hyperpartisan site,[8][9][10] that is known for making unsubstantiated or false claims.[11][12] Palmer previously ran a site called Daily News Bin, described by Snopes editor Brooke Binkowski as “basically a pro-Hillary Clinton ‘news site’”.[13] The site has built a following based on conspiracy theories about Donald Trump going to prison.[14]
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Hmm, fourteen citations in the very first paragraph.
Palmer Report (Wikipedia)
Dan Patrick plans to end the career of George P. Bush by accusing him of being soft on Alamo historical revisionism.
Joy Behar’s reaction to Meghan leaving The View truly just sent me into oblivion 😆💀😩 ⚰️ pic.twitter.com/V9noljyzub
— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) July 1, 2021
re: #231 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
As much as I’ve dug into him, I can’t find out anything about him before starting Palmer Report.
Looking now, Wikipedia has an article about Palmer Report and Bill Palmer. Someone over there is better at digging than I am (well, that’s not terribly surprising).
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Hmm, fourteen citations in the very first paragraph.
Palmer Report (Wikipedia)
And, if I’ve done my counting correctly, that paragraph consists of 88 words.
EDITED TO ADD: Counted again by a second method. It is 88 words exactly.
14 citations, 88 words.
I did Nazi that coming.
BREAKING: A #Tornado Warning is in effect for #WashingtonDC until 9:30 ET. Take shelter immediately! pic.twitter.com/pEJxE37j8P
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) July 2, 2021
Texas GOP types talk about loving freedom but they’re scared silly of it—not just the freedom to vote but the freedom to assemble to discuss history. Their efforts to cancel @ctomlinson et al’s book is an admission that they can’t argue with them. So buy & read Forget the Alamo. https://t.co/UPBgGMf5ov
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) July 2, 2021
Here’s the book: https://t.co/P1SL7QzuLM
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) July 2, 2021
re: #225 Charles Johnson
Palmer Report is bad. Just sayin’. Receiving strong grifter vibes and not for the first time.
Palmer, Dworkin, Taylor, Garland, etc. The left has their grifters, too.
re: #212 sagehen
I love that show, it’s fun to watch people create things.
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) July 2, 2021
re: #238 Barefoot Grin
Palmer, Dworkin, Taylor, Garland, etc. The left has their grifters, too.
BernieBros sitting in the corner, like, “Is it my turn yet???”
don’t kink-shame tucker, aaron https://t.co/LRadat4KeE
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
re: #241 Dopamine Fish
BernieBros sitting in the corner, like, “Is it my turn yet???”
Sad to say, I bought that shit hook, line, and sinker in 2016. I wised up, but not fast enough.
re: #238 Barefoot Grin
Palmer, Dworkin, Taylor, Garland, etc. The left has their grifters, too.
I keep saying that! The left can and does fall into the same intellectual traps and lazy thinking as the right does. I don’t trust ANY person “on our side”, at least not without getting and no small skepticism.
re: #243 Barefoot Grin
Sad to say, I bought that shit hook, line, and sinker in 2016. I wised up, but not fast enough.
You’re talking to a man who voted for George W. Bush in 2004; who, for a time, believed Sarah Palin was actually intelligent; and who, up until the very end of the campaign season, was convinced that John McCain was a better pick than Barack Obama. I’ll give you a pass for ANYTHING compared to my own transgressions.
This is another Dem issue that I think is a real issue:
When Tip O’Neill retired, after an impossibly long-seeming career, he was 74 years old. Today, he’d be the youngest member of House Dem leadership. https://t.co/zoFda6oKhU
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 1, 2021
re: #237 jaunte
One of the authors of the book “Forget the Alamo,” which tells a more accurate history of Texas, says a talk at @BullockMuseum has been canceled. Gov. Greg Abbott, who was just at the border with Trump, appears to be involved. https://t.co/vbfJmEzcRu
— Lil Masa X (@fidmart85) July 2, 2021
re: #234 A Three Hour Tour
Wikipedia also cites a Business Insider article.
‘People want it to be true’: Inside the growing influence of a mysterious anti-Trump website (May 16, 2017)
Last Wednesday, Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts appeared on CNN and made a seemingly startling claim.
“Subpoenas have now been issued in northern Virginia with regard to Flynn and Gen. Flynn’s associates,” Markey said, referring to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. “A grand jury has been impaneled up in New York.”
One of those things was mostly true. CNN reported Tuesday that federal prosecutors out of the US attorney’s office in Alexandria, Virginia, had issued subpoenas to associates of Flynn as part of the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. But his assertion about a grand jury being impaneled in New York puzzled one reporter who was watching.
Matt Ford, a criminal-justice reporter for The Atlantic, tweeted, with a link to the CNN clip: “Markey’s claim at ~1:45ish is the first I’ve heard of a grand jury being impaneled in New York.”
Slip of the tongue? Wrong US attorney’s office?
Not quite. Amid the confusion, a Markey aide pointed to the website the Palmer Report as one of Markey’s sources for the grand-jury claim.
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Professor Lawrence Tribe was also caught out spreading misinformation from Bill Palmer.
Why Is A Top Harvard Law Professor Sharing Anti-Trump Conspiracy Theories? (Buzzfeed, May 11, 2017)
But some of the country’s leading liberal lights — respected figures including elected officials, prominent legal scholars, members of the media, and celebrities — are themselves sharing wild allegations about the Trump administration from unreliable sources.
Perhaps no one embodies this trend so well as Laurence Tribe. Tribe is one of the country’s foremost constitutional lawyers, the Carl M. Loeb university professor at Harvard Law School. He has argued dozens of cases in front of the Supreme Court. He’s a major figure in American public life, and in recent months Tribe has devoted much of his activity on Twitter to outraged extrapolation about the Trump administration. Often, these take the form of “big if true” tweets that cite unconfirmed reports about Trump’s possible misdeeds and are essentially conjecture.
On April 22, Tribe shared a story from a website called the Palmer Report — a site that has been criticized for spreading hyperbole and false claims — entitled “Report: Trump gave $10 million in Russian money to Jason Chaffetz when he leaked FBI letter,” a reference to the notorious pre-election letter sent by former FBI director James Comey to members of Congress that many have blamed for Hillary Clinton’s November loss.
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re: #238 Barefoot Grin
Palmer, Dworkin, Taylor, Garland, etc. The left has their grifters, too.
This is true. And they have large followings on Twitter, so criticizing them publicly leads to cultish pile-ons.
It’s not as bad as what’s happening on the right, but it’s basically the same fucked up phenomenon.
re: #246 Barefoot Grin
This is another Dem issue that I think is a real issue:
Indeed. Our leaders are too damned old.
The #tornado warning has been extended east of the downtown area and into East Central Prince Georges County until 9:45 ET. Damaging winds are likely. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! pic.twitter.com/uHkkr8H4sV
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) July 2, 2021
One of the interesting bits of history in Forget the Alamo is just hinted at because there’s no hard evidence that Andrew Jackson plotted to take Texas away from Mexico, other than that quite a few of the combatants at the Battle of San Jacinto were soldiers missing for weeks and listed as “deserters” from the U.S. Fort Jesup in Louisiana, and were later found to have rejoined their units.
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
The National Weather Service just threw up a second tornado warning, extending halfway to Annapolis.
re: #254 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The National Weather Service just threw up a second tornado warning, extending halfway to Annapolis.
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uh oh https://t.co/leXDC1gjkK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
(Ed. Note: Trump Jr shown in file photo, shouting for more cocaine) https://t.co/5Qqw76qEv4
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 2, 2021
The smolest little toebeans https://t.co/IatuVa2YP8 pic.twitter.com/JA05aQtd3F
— Illegally Smol Cats (@IllegallySmol) July 2, 2021
don’t kink-shame tucker, aaron https://t.co/LRadat4KeE
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
re: #248 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Wikipedia also cites a Business Insider article.
‘People want it to be true’: Inside the growing influence of a mysterious anti-Trump website (May 16, 2017)
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Professor Lawrence Tribe was also caught out spreading misinformation from Bill Palmer.
Why Is A Top Harvard Law Professor Sharing Anti-Trump Conspiracy Theories? (Buzzfeed, May 11, 2017)
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I’m not sure what this has to do with my 14-88 observation on that posted paragraph. (Coincidence? Maybe. Or a right-leaning Wikipedia editor being “playful?” You make the call.)
Palmer’s a grifter. I’ve considered him such for years. He’s a grifter with a following who has taken in a lot of people who should be intelligent enough to know better.
re: #236 jaunte
ChrisTomlinson
BANNED at the BULLOCK MUSEUM! Tonight @bryanborrough and I were supposed to talk about the craft of writing with Becka Oliver from @WritersLeague. Just hours before the even, @BullockMuseum canceled without contacting Bryan or I with an explanation. #ForgettheAlamo A thread
Occasionally am a grammar Nazi —- and I really hate it when writers or journalists use the wrong case in a sentence. No, it’s not “canceled without contacting Bryan or I”, it’s “canceled without contacting Bryan or me”. Hate it! Somehow people seem to think “I” sounds more eloquent and educated than “me”.
re: #260 A Three Hour Tour
I can’t believe that’s coincidence.
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Actually, I think they put on pair on each wrist and then connected the two. Doesn’t pull the arms back so far.
Learn to use commas. And it’s “different from,” not “different than.” And it’s not “persecution,” it’s “prosecution.” You dumb piece of shit. And… https://t.co/HdsrZCItUY pic.twitter.com/ckkYcYXc9B
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) July 2, 2021
hahahahaa
Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance is running for the open Senate seat in Ohio.
This is what happened just as he was about to make his announcement pic.twitter.com/9rad1BfzuZ— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) July 2, 2021
So much parking! Those were the days. https://t.co/3HgNzjcbaJ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
re: #260 A Three Hour Tour
I’m not sure what this has to do with my 14-88 observation on that posted paragraph. (Coincidence? Maybe. Or a right-leaning Wikipedia editor being “playful?” You make the call.)
Palmer’s a grifter. I’ve considered him such for years. He’s a grifter with a following who has taken in a lot of people who should be intelligent enough to know better.
I just appended my comment because it was also about Bill Palmer.
As for the number of words in sentences and paragraphs, I can’t say whether that was deliberate or just in the normal course of writing.
re: #267 Charles Johnson
I’ve been back in the office the last couple of weeks, and I’ve been able to park right up next to the door I use to access the building. I look out in the parking lot near lunch, and it’s almost completely empty, and I remember the days when the lot would be full to overflowing with vehicles. It literally does feel like a post-apocalyptic wasteland when I go to work, complete with a calendar on a desk in my bullpen suite that is still open to March 2020.
Female-presenting lawyers face strict dress codes when visiting prisons and in the courtroom.
While the guidance has been in the name of professionalism, female lawyers said that the rules are sought to hold women responsible for mens’ reactions. https://t.co/9ohG3j4eFI— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) July 1, 2021
I played several Playboy Jazz Festivals with various bands, and Bill Cosby loved to come out onstage while bands were playing and act the fool. Even back then in the 80s and 90s people were talking about what a scumbag he was. His penchant for drugging and raping was not a secret.
Jackson hasn’t forgotten about the incident. She’s pregnant again and worried about a repeat incident, she said.
You can read the full story by subscribing to Insider below. ⬇️https://t.co/9ohG3j4eFI pic.twitter.com/D61nWtg6Mc— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) July 1, 2021
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) July 2, 2021
re: #271 Charles Johnson
The comedians all knew. It was an open secret for years.
Bill Cosby’s penchant for drugging and raping was not a secret in the 80s/90s Los Angeles music scene. Just saying.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
re: #275 Charles Johnson
It took until 2019 for him to be called to account, and then he got away with it because of a technicality. A valid technicality, and I understand that, but… fuck the prosecutor who thought it was a good idea to offer him immunity. Fucking Trump-humping dickwad.
re: #275 Charles Johnson
The last thong you see before the chloroform napkin smoothers you. https://t.co/cvesT6MIsR
— Sharky guns ✌🏼 (@jram305) July 2, 2021
re: #264 jaunte
Me hate it too.
Some friends and colleagues have said basically that — only not “Me hate it” , but “Me and Johnny” hate it.
re: #225 Charles Johnson
Palmer Report is bad. Just sayin’. Receiving strong grifter vibes and not for the first time.
The media bias chart, which is itself baised, has them at the end of the selective reporting propaganda section, bordering the pure fabrication section. Wonkette is just above Palmer Report, which I don’t think is fair to Wonkette.
re: #279 Punish Domestic Terrorists
The media bias chart, which is itself baised, has them at the end of the selective reporting propaganda section, bordering the pure fabrication section. Wonkette is just above Palmer Report, which I don’t think is fair to Wonkette.
Wonkette is very editorial, but in fairness to them, their being editorial is closer to the ideological center than, say, Faux News. So, there’s that.
re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Androvsky is a leader in the Los Angeles DSA chapter. A real ass who trashed me for supporting Warren instead of Saint Maple Syrup…
This is so soothing to watch.
oh yeah baby here we go again pic.twitter.com/LglQWncrnG
— David Mack (@davidmackau) July 2, 2021
In a peculiar legal move, tax criminal Eric Trump, who previously stole from kids with cancers, is now offering the “I’m not Hunter Biden” defense. #TrumpCrimeFamily pic.twitter.com/8Nwdqjnsd3
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) July 2, 2021
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re: #282 JOE 🥓
Androvsky is a leader in the Los Angeles DSA chapter. A real ass who trashed me for supporting Warren instead of Saint Maple Syrup…
The only good thing about that piece of shit Androvsky is that he got bounced from his officeholder position after he posted that asinine Tweet.
Why am I screaming 💀 pic.twitter.com/xpTrTl8dch
— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) July 2, 2021
re: #279 Punish Domestic Terrorists
The media bias chart, which is itself baised, has them at the end of the selective reporting propaganda section, bordering the pure fabrication section. Wonkette is just above Palmer Report, which I don’t think is fair to Wonkette.
It is not fair to Wonkette. (The original chart had Wonkette to the left of Jacobin and Wonkette protested it)
My objection as noted by the Media Bias chart is that it currently has them in the category “selective, incomplete, unfair persuasion, or propaganda” and on the line of “the most extreme left.”
Everything written at Wonkette which is not an opinion piece is sourced to mainstream media outlets. They are only ranked on that chart above Palmer Report just above the “misleading or fabricated” information” section.
Media Bias Chart (Ad Fontes Media, January 2021)
re: #261 Hecuba’s daughter
Occasionally am a grammar Nazi —- and I really hate it when writers or journalists use the wrong case in a sentence. No, it’s not “canceled without contacting Bryan or I”, it’s “canceled without contacting Bryan or me”. Hate it! Somehow people seem to think “I” sounds more eloquent and educated than “me”.
Good grammar or bad, the book sounded interesting. I just bought it.
0500 comes awfully early.
Also, night tweeps & Lizards. May you have a good night. sleep well & may the Goddess smile down upon you all.
— Rabid Bitch (@BitchRabid) July 2, 2021
re: #261 Hecuba’s daughter
Occasionally am a grammar Nazi —- and I really hate it when writers or journalists use the wrong case in a sentence. No, it’s not “canceled without contacting Bryan or I”, it’s “canceled without contacting Bryan or me”. Hate it! Somehow people seem to think “I” sounds more eloquent and educated than “me”.
My tired editing joke: Hitler’s speechwriter was a grammar Nazi.
A senior US official tells me all US forces have left Bagram Air Base - the main US military air base an hour north of Kabul.
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) July 2, 2021
If Tom Berg and Kevin Kamps are on Twitter please let them know that their contributions to the war effort are remembered. pic.twitter.com/Z7plvyqIZX
— Lethality Jane (@LethalityJane) July 2, 2021
Ad Fontes Media (Wikipedia)
In 2018, a Columbia Journalism Review article questioned the thoroughness of the Media Bias Chart and similar initiatives, stating that “the five to 20 stories typically judged on these sites represent but a drop of mainstream news outlets’ production”.
and
In 2021, an article on the Association of College and Research Libraries’ blog argued that the Media Bias Chart is detrimental to media literacy efforts because it “promotes a false equivalency between left and right, lionizes a political ‘center’ as being without bias, and reinforces harmful perceptions about what constitutes ‘news’ in our media ecosystem.”
re: #289 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The latest chart also has Wonkette slightly further left of Jacobin. Jacobin is explicitly Marxist.
re: #290 retired cynic
Good grammar or bad, the book sounded interesting. I just bought it.
I just did as well. When I went to UTD in 2000, they required a Texas history class, and my teacher was very dismissive of the Alamo.