The January 6 Committee holds its third public hearing focusing on former President Trump’s efforts to convince former Vice President Pence to not certify the 2020 election results.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?520944-1/president-trumps-campaign-influence-vice-president-pence
Revealed: Walker Has Two More Secret Children - https://t.co/ThGSpAEhMg pic.twitter.com/cU0NjorXmC
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) June 16, 2022
He sure knows how to multiply
He’s turning into a dried apple doll. https://t.co/aATQ8T8XgE pic.twitter.com/NZBOikobgU
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) June 16, 2022
About that gallows that was constructed on Jan. 6: it was political theater. It was way too flimsy and low to hang a cat, much less a Vice President.
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
Doesn’t he look tired?
re: #2 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He sure knows how to multiply
He must have gotten tips from Nick Cannon.
re: #2 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He sure knows how to multiply
And to be a hypocritical, misogynist asshole with severe cranial trauma.
In other words, the perfect modern Republican candidate.
re: #4 The Pie Overlord!
About that gallows that was constructed on Jan. 6: it was political theater. It was way too flimsy and low to hang a cat, much less a Vice President.
That part of January 6th was political theater: breaking and entering, vandalism, theft and violent assault went way beyond that
Just because that particular gallows was unusable does not mean the mob didn’t plan to “Hang Mike Pence” or murder him in a different way.
re: #10 The Pie Overlord!
The mob could easily have strangled him with it.
They really, really wanted to murder Mike Pence for daring to betray them by rejecting a coup attempt by the enemies of our democracy. That mob should have died that day.
thinking about this clip today https://t.co/ggzA91drou
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 16, 2022
re: #12 Crush White Nationalism
The third January 6 hearing gets underway with a clip of Greg Jacob, former counsel to Pence, telling the committee that John Eastman admitted in front of Trump on January 4, 2021, that the pressure campaign against Pence violated the law pic.twitter.com/GE94d2KeUT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 16, 2022
Traitors don’t get to make demands.
That said, come testify under oath in front of congress.
Hillary Clinton testified for hours, on the record, under oath, cool as a cucumber, in front of the entire nation.
Your turn. Under oath. Under penalty of prison for lying. Do it. pic.twitter.com/OXqno9LhuG— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 16, 2022
re: #13 Backwoods_Sleuth
i keep telling myself not to be surprised with how far the corruption goes, surely some of these folks are simply venal and can see the writing on the wall… then I have to check myself and remind myself that 18 months later, only foot soldiers are in jail. With these hearings, you have to feel like the walls are closing in and the media attention is something that will permeate into the national consciousness.
We are grateful to all who have reached out with thoughts, condolences and help. To all asking what they can do, we ask only that you live your lives as Gwen lived hers. pic.twitter.com/AdQTpzsnTP
— Rep. Sean Casten (@RepCasten) June 15, 2022
re: #10 The Pie Overlord!
Just because that particular gallows was unusable does not mean the mob didn’t plan to “Hang Mike Pence” or murder him in a different way.
I don’t know if the gallows was built simply as a prop or if they were just too stupid to know how to construct a functional gallows, but their words and actions combined to constitute a credible threat to Mike Pence’s life and safety (and that of numerous others).
jeebus, Judge Luttig is Milo from Jumanji
Can this guy speak more slowly please? It’s so hard to understand him at this blinding speed. //
Luttig speaks like a guy who knows how to get his billable minutes in
— Jacob Rubashkin (@JacobRubashkin) June 16, 2022
God … can … this judge … talk …any … … slower?
re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, Judge Luttig is Milo from Jumanji
He is really hard to listen to. Glad I got a good night’s sleep last night.
all I could get out of that is
fundamental
truth
simple
truth
rule of law
re: #22 A Three Hour Tour
God … can … this judge … talk …any … … slower?
When the video goes up, watch it at 2 times speed.
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I watched a 3-hr video of Judge Luttig speaking recently. This is his normal speech cadence. It’s slow, but he’ll get there.
— JuliaGoolia ☮️ (@bejeweled_one) June 16, 2022
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
Your repug friends eliminated the Fairness Doctrine decades ago. Deal with it.
Several tornados yesterday in WI. One of the large ones took out many trees, and a tall old tree too close to a house is going to be a problem:
Trump was trying to get Pence killed for betraying him.
NEW: Jan. 6 committee member Pete Aguilar says Trump knew there was a mob storming the Capitol when he tweeted at 2:24p saying Pence did not have the “courage” to do the right thing — putting Pence’s life in jeopardy
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) June 16, 2022
Let’s not kid ourselves. If Pence had consulted with different people who told him he could do what Trump was asking, he would have done it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 16, 2022
I like that he refers to Eastman as “Mr.” instead of “Dr.”
Subtle shade.
The more that comes out, the more it’s clear Chuck Grassley really needs to explain what he was talking about when he said he’d be filling in for Mike Pence on Jan 6th. Who put him up to it? Where’d he get the idea?
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 16, 2022
re: #24 I Would Prefer Not To
Sounds like he had a stroke.
I wonder if he has a stutter. Those pauses sound like that
re: #33 Charles Johnson
Maybe, but he does not seem like a bold man, and may have just been looking for backup to stand up to corrupt Donald Trump.
LOL! Committee members going out of their fucking minds listening to this guy. Waiting for us to see a shot of Liz Cheney standing in front of him, slapping the shit out of him: “Faster, goddamnit! Faster!”
re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Luttig quotes the “shall open the certificates” part.
Pence himself said he was only there to open envelopes, which I quoted here.https://t.co/0rkgPAwYeU— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 16, 2022
TSDL (too slow, didn’t listen)
Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig: “There was no basis in the Constitution or the laws of the United States at all for the theories espoused by Mr. Eastman. None.”
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 16, 2022
re: #18 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I don’t know if the gallows was built simply as a prop or if they were just too stupid to know how to construct a functional gallows, but their words and actions combined to constitute a credible threat to Mike Pence’s life and safety (and that of numerous others).
Imo in the circumstances, it’s the equivalent of brandishing a gun
re: #41 jaunte
TSDL (too slow, didn’t listen)
If I delayed as long as he does before speaking during a Teams meeting, I’d be told that I was on mute.
meanwhile in Kentucky
Police can’t track people by pinging their phones without a warrant, Kentucky Supreme Court says https://t.co/rMUf7Szatd
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) June 16, 2022
re: #28 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
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re: #43 Crush White Nationalism
Or that your connection was bad.
Joining the hearing a little late. Heard the old judge say the 12th Amendment was pretty clear.
Any new evidence come out in the first 40 minutes or so?
Big win for privacy rights in the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Police can’t track people by pinging their phones without a warrant, Kentucky Supreme Court says https://t.co/rMUf7Szatd
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) June 16, 2022
re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth
meanwhile in Kentucky
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Johnson v. Musk, Case No. 22-cv-05037, SDNY (Manhattan).
Keith Johnson sued Musk and his companies, claiming they engaged in illegal racketeering to raise the price of $DOGE.— BNN Newsroom (@BNNBreaking) June 16, 2022
He seeks $86 billion in damages, plus $172 billion in triple damages, as well as an injunction barring Musk and the companies from marketing $DOGE and declaring that the $DOGE trade is illegal under US and New York law.
— BNN Newsroom (@BNNBreaking) June 16, 2022
re: #43 Crush White Nationalism
Reminds me of the old Bob and Ray routine “Slow Talkers”
I highlight this not to suggest that Luttig bears responsibility for January 6, but to again make the point that the claims made by Trump and Republicans that the January 6 committee is “partisan” are absurd.
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) June 16, 2022
This could make you less inclined to make the presentation easy to listen to.
since Luttig started talking we’ve learned about 3 more Hershel Walker secret children
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 16, 2022
re: #46 Eclectic Cyborg
Or that your connection was bad.
That was the reason before Comcast replaced all the coax and their box outside here.
My Internet is so much more reliable now.
re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth
He could have dozens, who knows? Hershel lies about everything, like Trump.
re: #37 Crush White Nationalism
Maybe, but he [Pence] does not seem like a bold man, and may have just been looking for backup to stand up to corrupt Donald Trump.
True, and it’s worth recalling that the “backup” he did consult was none other than the Great Sage Of The Hoosiers - Dan Fucking Quayle - who may have saved American democracy purely by accident…..
NOW: No idea more un-american than just one person could decide who won the presidency… “Don’t you think if Al Gore could have declared himself the winner he would have?” pic.twitter.com/DdgfSMiIKs
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) June 16, 2022
re: #50 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wanted to buy DOGE a long time ago - when it was worth 4/1000ths of a cent. Even went so far as to install a crypto app on my phone to do it…but didn’t like linking my bank account to it and chickened out. If I had, I would have sold as soon as it got up to a quarter…it went as high as 63 cents.
So they played Jared’s clip again where he talked about WH counsel whining.
Remember when watching people like this Eric Hershman with the ‘Justice’ bat in his backdrop - they’re all skeevy motherfuckers who deserve to be publicly ostracized….forever.
Breaking: President Biden has signed an executive order blocking federal funding for conversion therapy. https://t.co/iXbzR6vhO0
— Mathew Shurka (@MathewShurka) June 15, 2022
The judge sounds like he’s a guy used to weighing every word spoken to or by him. At the crooked media livestream some are saying this is his usual cadence.
I’m just kind of glad that this wasn’t one of the prime time sessions.
re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth
Actually, no, I don’t think he would have. Because unlike Trump and his flunkies, Al Gore had integrity.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. pic.twitter.com/35mVIWc2i8
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) June 16, 2022
Committee showing this email as proof Eastman knew his assertions on VP authority were likely incorrect.
The blue markings on this draft are from him and refute his own theory. pic.twitter.com/JUnoQiSkZS— 𝚁𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚌𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚌𝚑 (@RebeccaBeitsch) June 16, 2022
John Eastman is the Benedict Arnold of our time. Except what Arnold did wasn’t nearly as bad.
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 16, 2022
Oh? What would she talk about, the 5th Amendment? https://t.co/fkZItYnfNC
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) June 16, 2022
re: #51 Egregious Philbin
Reminds me of the old Bob and Ray routine “Slow Talkers”
I just was about to post
re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth
Right now her husband, the utterly demented Clarence Thomas, on panic mode urgently penning a follow-up tweet stating she will not in fact testify under oath.
John Eastman is continuing to travel the country speaking to MAGA groups about his insane lies. Things he has admitted to many people that he knows are lies. Based on what we have heard, I can’t possibly see how he doesn’t get indicted.
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 16, 2022
re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth
You don’t go to a crappy far-right propaganda outlet like Daily Caller if your intentions are good.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 16, 2022
re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth
Her arrogance precedes her. She thinks she can handle Liz…let’s do this live.
Russia government official pic.twitter.com/3UVr3Havcu
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) June 16, 2022
Mandatory vaccination. Chip Roy is using the British term here because he’s afraid that the NRA will come for him if he says that he’s against kids getting shots. https://t.co/aONJZ1dpem
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) June 16, 2022
If Mike Pence is such a hero, why isn’t he testifying under oath today?
Because he’s still trying to appeal to Trump’s followers.https://t.co/iyVYx9FDBG pic.twitter.com/rxRp4rHfWz— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 16, 2022
Every time Greg Jacob appears on screen I get a flashback to Trey Gowdy.
Is this the legal equivalent of the DOJ asking the J6 committee if they can copy their homework on the bus on the way to school? pic.twitter.com/LhHwrTItbV
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) June 16, 2022
He didn’t want to pay $7.90/gal (or however much they were gouging) at the “Last Chance Gas”
Huntington Beach man dies in Death Valley National Park after running out of gas https://t.co/fgzgFTpQuc
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 16, 2022
Just had an old friend text me repeatedly & frantically, rage tweets basically, bout how the hearing is illegal & must be shut down immediately. Not having a Gym or Gross Ted filibusterer is helping this hit solid bone. ..They just can’t function in that setting
— Stephen Andrew (@SAndrewDKos) June 16, 2022
The nonexistent Atlanta suitcase. The nonexistent truck of Pennsylvania ballots. The nonexistent Dominion conspiracy. The nonexistent 36,000 illegal Arizona voters.
Here’s a list of 10 Trump election lies Trump’s own officials have rejected in testimony: https://t.co/XVEiZzeGp5— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 16, 2022
re: #76 darthstar
Russian Government Official posting while drunk as a skunk.
Ribbon jellies are so fragile they feel like water and rarely survive waves close to shore. Even though they can be a meter long or more, you have to go to calm waters far out to sea to find them.
📸 Alexander Semenov pic.twitter.com/6UzSO1VK46— Open Ocean Exploration (@RebeccaRHelm) June 16, 2022
This is Douglas. He saw you engage in brief conversation with the mailman. Can’t believe you were fraternizing with the enemy. 12/10 keep your friends close and your mailmen closer pic.twitter.com/chOdvwuigD
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) June 15, 2022
“I won’t be your friend any more”
good fucking grief
Russian helicopter pron.
Better footage of the Russian Mi-35M helicopter that was shot down. https://t.co/efkU6VtytA pic.twitter.com/9DOn1sXE2U
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) June 16, 2022
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
The worst thing TFG could imagine.
America’s Frontline Doctors founder and Covid denier goes to prison for 2 months because she’s a Jan. 6 terrorist.
Trump’s super power is getting people to go alone with ludicrous positions and behavior to their own detriment. Eastman knew this was a terrible idea. He had to know it wouldn’t end well for him. But he knuckled under anyway
re: #93 Crush White Nationalism
I assume that Frontline doctors treat fleas and ticks.
And snake bites.
I’m watching commentary on the hearing on MSNBC.
I’ve never seen reporters look so miserable and disgusted about current events.
From last thread on Ukrainian Dept of unexplained Russian fires t-shirt
re: #392 Dr Lizardo
re: #394 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There is a listing here at bonfire. I do not know how trustworthy they are.
I suspect that there will be other entrepreneurial efforts soon.
Some guy is advertising a “medal” as well. Although I do not speak or read Ukrainian, I do suspect that it is somehow “Repurposed”.
bonfire.com
Orders will start shipping June 24th.
(Heather grey rather than red t-shirt, tho)
I want to see video of Trump in a shit-faced screaming rage someday.
re: #93 Crush White Nationalism
I assume that Frontline doctors treat fleas and ticks.
And worms, of course.
That’s fascist America First guy Nick Fuentes on the megaphone complaining about Pence on Jan 6.
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) June 16, 2022
I deleted my tweet about the Judge. I learned that he recently had a stroke. I apologize for the tweet about him speaking slow. If I knew about his condition I would have never tweeted it. Again I apologize
— Brian #MSAwareness (@StormingB81) June 16, 2022
re: #83 The Pie Overlord!
Apparently the second one found dead near a disabled auto this year. Both in their late 60’s.
Avanti Greeting Card Company used to have a greeting card of an old guy pushing a car along a deserted country road next to a sign that says “Next Gas 210 miles”.
The caption for the card says “The joy is in the journey. Happy Birthday!”
re: #78 Charles Johnson
Every time I hear of weasels like Pence and his associates, I am reminded of the old saying:
“Weasels may never soar with the eagles. But they don’t get sucked into jet engines either.”
re: #83 The Pie Overlord!
He didn’t want to pay $7.90/gal (or however much they were gouging) at the “Last Chance Gas”
Life’s been easy for a long time, other than the pandemic, so I can see why some people would be too stupid to know how to act in dangerous situations like hanging out in Death Valley, even though the danger is right there in the name.
Hmm.
They’re trying to say Mike Pence wouldn’t get in the Secret Service car because he wanted to heroically stay in the Capitol and finish doing his duty?
Because to me, it looks like he was afraid of what Trump might have ordered them to do.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 16, 2022
The Department of Justice reportedly is criminally investigating the formation of alternate slates of presidential electors for Donald Trump as part of a plan to undo President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
That probe is particularly focused on a team of attorneys who were working for Trump on that effort, The New York Times reported.
A federal grand jury in Washington earlier this year issued subpoenas to people connected to the plan to put forward alternate electors seeking information about Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, and another Trump lawyer, John Eastman, The Times reported.
DOJ criminally investigating plan for alternate Trump electors with focus on lawyers, report says (CNBC)
re: #108 Charles Johnson
Yeah, I’m sure Pence didn’t once think that the limo he climbed into wouldn’t immediately drive to a nearby parking garage 3 levels underground where he could be convinced to “do the right thing” or else.
Houston, we have sprouts. 3 days until “harvest”
I could really live without the rah-rah Christianity stuff in the Jan. 6 hearings, given that Christian authoritarianism and Christian nationalism is a big part of what got us into this mess in the first place.
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) June 16, 2022
re: #111 Florida Panhandler
Yeah, I’m sure Pence didn’t once think that the limo he climbed into wouldn’t immediately drive to a nearby parking garage 3 levels underground where he could be convinced to “do the right thing” or else.
That sounds like something that would only happen in a movie, but who knows what Trumper Secret Service Agents might do. Before Trump, who would’ve thought a real President would attempt to stage a coup to stay in office?
re: #115 No Malarkey!
That sounds like something that would only happen in a movie, but who knows what Trumper Secret Service Agents might do. Before Trump, who would’ve thought a real President would attempt to stage a coup to stay in office?
That’s the most worrisome part of the whole thing. It’s just bonkers from start to finish. It’s literally the plot of a movie, but it ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
A good Christo-nationalist would be able to counter with any number of self-serving verses.
Aguilar: Dr. Eastman pled the Fifth 100 times.
Then cut to Judge Carter’s ruling.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 16, 2022
Judge Carter’s ruling…yowser.
tfg is spitting out his next verbal vomit
“Dr. Eastman emailed Rudy Giuliani and requested that he be included in a list of potential recipients of a presidential pardon.” -@RepPeteAguilar
You don’t request a pardon if you don’t think you broke you law.— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 16, 2022
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 16, 2022
re: #121 Belafon
Bad doctor goes to prison for something other than being a bad doctor.
American Frontline Doctors are anti-vaxxers.
They should be going to prison for mass murder.
re: #122 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m actually going to argue that. Similar to pleading the Fifth Amendment, I think it’s perfectly plausible to propose a pardon for yourself, even if you don’t believe you broke the law. It’s harder to make that case, and in this case, Dr. Eastman very obviously knew he was breaking (or proposing for others to break) the law, so my hypothetical doesn’t apply here.
Captain Courageous refused to take questions from reporters today https://t.co/kcb4wD4Rap
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) June 16, 2022
I love how casually these treason weasels like John Eastman plead the 5th when the law they’ve tried to molest in service of their fascistic aims fails, it’s still there to protect them and their bow-tied protectors as long as they can afford retainers.
— NoelCaslerComedy (@caslernoel) June 16, 2022
re: #121 Belafon
Bad doctor goes to prison for something other than being a bad doctor.
American Frontline Doctors are anti-vaxxers.
A flea collar works just as well as Ivermectin does, so you don’t need vaccines.
You do need to eat the flea collar.
The criminal investigation is still growing
US Justice Dept seeks court order to review cellphone records of a Colorado man accused of motioning to Jan 6 rioters to open another door near security .. and allow more people inside pic.twitter.com/a3w6aoWnZ0— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) June 16, 2022
Luttig closes with this: “I have written that today, almost two years after that fateful day in January of 2021, that still, Donald Trump and his law allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy.” pic.twitter.com/tBxqRrCvlO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 16, 2022
Federal agents have begun questioning U.S. technology companies on how their computer chips ended up in Russian military equipment recovered in Ukraine. From @JeanneWhalen: https://t.co/NYOeSvLhoE
— Paul Sonne (@PaulSonne) June 16, 2022
I just joined Trump’s Truth Social.
Going to be on there calling out Republican lies. This could get…interesting.
My first post — breaking down America’s red state murder problem. https://t.co/5IxSCf4XJY pic.twitter.com/RnEaKNwpaF— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 16, 2022
re: #1 Captain Ron
But will the Republicans still vote for him?
Unlike Trump, and Georgia’s previous corrupt Republican Senators, Mr. Walker is Black.
Even if they won’t vote for the good Reverend, a few thousand more Republicans sitting out the Senate race might still make the difference.
“Without Objection” is my new fav phrase.
re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth
I give him 3 hours before they ban him.
re: #130 Charles Johnson
Curious why GOP Leader McCarthy is still trying to advance the coup attempt by refusing to testify.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 16, 2022
I love this.
This is @HerschelWalker’s son. 🙃 pic.twitter.com/E1Jf4yuhOZ
— That Gay Guy Candle Co. (@gayguycandleco) June 16, 2022
It’s worth noting that one of the pardons Jared was so concerned with getting was for his father the convicted felon and all around scumbag Charles Kushner.
— NoelCaslerComedy (@caslernoel) June 16, 2022
re: #124 No Malarkey!
They should be going to prison for mass murder.
International tribunal….Julius Streicher precedent: Follow his path, share his fate.
Bipartisan bill aims to curb foreign influence in U.S. democracy .. need to also require campaigns to report foreign contacts https://t.co/4UN2mO6Unm
— Jennifer ‘I stand with Ukraine’ Rubin 🇺🇦🇺🇦 (@JRubinBlogger) June 16, 2022
Cheney: Trump plotted with a lawyer named John Eastman to pressure Pence to do so anyway. As the federal court has explained, based on the evidence, the court finds that it is more likely than not that Pres. Trump & Eastman dishonestly conspired to obstruct the joint session of
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) June 16, 2022
Guten Tag, please find the unroll here: https://t.co/pj6qYNnXdM Talk to you soon. 🤖
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) June 16, 2022
Mike Pence is betting that the MAGA cult will still help him be president.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 16, 2022
re: #142 Charles Johnson
and not assassinate him
re: #142 Charles Johnson
No one has ever mistaken Pence for a smart man.
What’s truly astounding about all of this is that all of these congressional Republicans and their staffs and hundreds of other people knew all of this shady shit went on. And they’re still cowering before Trump. Still begging for his endorsement. Still funneling money to him.
— Josh Moon 🇺🇸 (@Josh_Moon) June 16, 2022
Eventually the official GOP line on the insurrection will be “Of course it was a coup attempt, how could we possibly allow socialist child groomers to have control of government.”
— The Dude 🇺🇦 (@JurisDudence) June 16, 2022
Tomorrow’s Wordle is called “The Moment Before Impact”
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Is it cheating to eliminate a word by checking to see if it has been a solution already?
Sibling data: 4,4,5,5,6
Only one of us had any colour on the first line.
There’s so much to unpack here pic.twitter.com/vVvjKqyRJR
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) June 16, 2022
re: #146 jaunte
they believe this plan will still work
re: #146 jaunte
Authoritarians fall in line. If a Democrat tried what Trump did, they’d rot in prison at the minimum, but the Republicans fall in line for their demagogues every time.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 16, 2022
re: #149 gocart mozart
wait wait wait…
what about the guy with the gun?
where did he come from and where did he go?
and why aren’t any of the cops looking in that direction?
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
wait wait wait…
what about the guy with the gun?
where did he come from and where did he go?
and why aren’t any of the cops looking in that direction?
ah…it’s a cell phone
never mind…
re: #104 The Pie Overlord!
Even if Judge Talks-so-slow hasn’t recently had a stroke… I was in school with a girl who talked almost that slowly (without the pauses between phrases). She was self-conscious about it, but that’s the speech speed she was given, and there was nothing to be done about it. Leave the man alone.
This was at a press conference he held in support of his son’s bid for New York governor.
— Mike Levine (@MLevineReports) June 16, 2022
re: #154 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Even if Judge Talks-so-slow hasn’t recently had a stroke… I was in school with a girl who talked almost that slowly (without the pauses between phrases). She was self-conscious about it, but that’s the speech speed she was given, and there was nothing to be done about it. Leave the man alone.
His original joke was a lawyer joke.
Republican Party Texas is still all-in on the coup:
At RPT convention, the Temporary Platform Committee’s report rejects ‘20 election results & says Biden was “not legitimately elected” (Page 53). It still has to go through Permanent Platform Committee later today before it reaches the convention floor Sat. https://t.co/xrz4tsq5PS
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) June 16, 2022
Trump: “No, no, no. You don’t understand, Mike. You can do this. I don’t want to be your friend anymore if you don’t do this.” pic.twitter.com/Idr6axokqO
Today’s #January6thHearings takeaway: People were lining up for Trump pardons after lying for him to overturn our democracy & all they got was a hamburger buffet of treason & sedition: pic.twitter.com/IT8F5OVyat
— Sari Beth Rosenberg (@saribethrose) June 16, 2022
Mike Lindell is fuming about Wal Mart pulling his MyPillow products from their stores, costing him $10 million annually. “Disgusting! Shame on you, Wal Mart! They’re cowards, they’re disgusting!” pic.twitter.com/IDpN2imeJt
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 16, 2022
re: #157 jaunte
Republican Party Texas is still all-in on the coup:
(I can’t read the link, but) That’s different. They’re just complaining that too many blacks got to vote.
re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth
These disgusting fascists always want to try to project how disgusting they are onto decent people. We can all see what they are. As if there’s shame in telling a seditionist scumbag that you’re not going to give them money.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 16, 2022
re: #154 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
I have two friends who speak that slowly, and am very fond of both of them. But it was frustrating to be in prolonged visits with them, as my mind started finishing sentences (usually wrongly), as in the Bob and Tom wonderful episode, Slow Talkers of America. At one time, the two of them were working on a complicated project together, and mutual friends wondered if they would ever get down to finishing it. It took a long time, but they did!
These will be piling up in Darth’s box in the next day or two (I reposted from Darth’s site) :
“I have decided I should be on the pardon list if that’s still in the works.” pic.twitter.com/TL6mfII4Db
— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) June 16, 2022
Wordle stuff!
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re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth
You have to give Daniel Dale credit. He knows how to write a tweet properly.
re: #155 jaunte
Rudy has FINALLY learned to shut his yap (maybe).
I’m watching MSNBC and the CM starts, “what if you could use your retirement benefits to pay for crypto….”
FCOL
re: #90 darthstar
Russian helicopter pron.
I was really hoping to hear Another One Bites The Dust playing in the background.
re: #144 Crush White Nationalism
No one has ever mistaken Pence for a smart man.
He did a round table with DeWine today - didn’t take any questions from the press.
re: #171 Barefoot Grin
I’m watching MSNBC and the CM starts, “what if you could use your retirement benefits to pay for crypto….”
FCOL
They should move to El Salvador if they want to be stupid with cryptocurrency, rather than trying to destroy Americans retirements.
re: #172 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I was really hoping to hear Another One Bites The Dust playing in the background.
I don’t play war videos with audio so I never know if I’m posting something annoying.
re: #173 darthstar
He did a round table with DeWine today - didn’t take any questions from the press.
He’s a terribly weak man, like most Republicans. When Liz Cheney is one of the few Republicans with balls, you know something is up with the party.
re: #43 Crush White Nationalism
If I delayed as long as he does before speaking during a Teams meeting, I’d be told that I was on mute.
I finally ended up pausing live tv and then speeding past his testimony. It was painful.
re: #176 darthstar
I don’t play war videos with audio so I never know if I’m posting something annoying.
I mute them as well, so as to not scare the cats.
re: #178 Hecuba’s daughter
I finally ended up pausing live tv and then speeding past his testimony. It was painful.
At least we now know there’s a reason. Even after a stroke, he was better able to talk to the committee and do the right thing than most Republicans are.
re: #55 No Malarkey!
He could have dozens, who knows? Hershel lies about everything, like Trump.
Given his CTE — his memory is probably less than reliable anyway.
Equal time means sitting your lying ass in a witness chair.
We’ll wait. pic.twitter.com/p2fzKfQDvz— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) June 16, 2022
re: #181 Hecuba’s daughter
Given his CTE — his memory is probably less than reliable anyway.
I think he’s confabulating, and may not even know that he says all kinds of insane things.
DID+CTE=MESS
But seriously, if Pence were ever president we’d have a true Dominionist administration.
re: #178 Hecuba’s daughter
I finally ended up pausing live tv and then speeding past his testimony. It was painful.
It was difficult to listen to him, but he had some important things to say. Particularly his closing, where he chillingly said Trump and assoc. are a clear and present danger.
i’m not usually into hats but… https://t.co/4h3xvws4qq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 16, 2022
re: #135 Belafon
I give him 3 hours before they ban him.
That’s generous. I’m thinking within 5 tweets (or in his case actual truths).
NEW: The Senate just passed a bill expanding health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. 14 Republicans voted against it: Burr, Crapo, Lankford, Lee, Lummis, Paul, Risch, Romney, Rounds, Shelby, Thune, Tillis, Toomey, Tuberville.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 16, 2022
Why any veteran continues to vote Republican is a mystery.
re: #189 jaunte
Cephalopoda Ieyasu
Excellent!
I wonder how common this kind of thing was once Japan was more or less closed off from the world and there were no real wars to fight anymore. It was in the mid-1600s when there was a spike in samurai “following their lord in death” instead of looking for a new job. The Tokugawa gv’t frowned on this kind of behavior. So maybe this was the other side of things: yo, check my bling!
American democracy after trump crimes pic.twitter.com/krocbB1y7U
— ًً (@politicalplayer) June 16, 2022
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
OH…MY…GOD! Like…We can’t be besties anymore (chomps on gum, blows giant bubble) if you don’t do this!
re: #195 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
OH…MY…GOD! Like…We can’t be besties anymore (chomps on gum, blows giant bubble) if you don’t do this!
LOL. But Trump’s “mean girls” are really mean.
re: #95 Charmingly Persistent
Trump’s super power is getting people to go alone with ludicrous positions and behavior to their own detriment. Eastman knew this was a terrible idea. He had to know it wouldn’t end well for him. But he knuckled under anyway
I think Eastman was totally onboard. He is a vicious racist person who would do anything to prevent Democrats from gaining power. Never forget Newsweek published his 2020 article that claimed Harris was not eligible to be VP because, even though she was born here, her parents were not citizens. Anyone who is a member of the Federalist Society should be assumed to be against our democracy unless proven otherwise.
I hope MSNBC isn’t paying Neil Katyal his hourly fee as an attorney. We just had an emergency announcement while he was talking and I’d guess it was worth $600 for those 15 seconds. //
re: #191 jaunte
Why any veteran continues to vote Republican is a mystery.
The veterans that vote Republican are exactly like the non-veterans that vote Republican. They would live under a bridge, eating pigeon from a coat hanger as long as the black man under the next bridge didn’t have any pigeon.
re: #133 aatharuv
But will the Republicans still vote for him?
Unlike Trump, and Georgia’s previous corrupt Republican Senators, Mr. Walker is Black.
Even if they won’t vote for the good Reverend, a few thousand more Republicans sitting out the Senate race might still make the difference.
South Carolina Republicans elect Tim Scott; so certainly possible Georgia GOP will vote for Walker.
re: #194 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Gas for sale. Car included at no extra cost. Just pay separate shipping and handling fees.
re: #194 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
It’s not on fire.
He just tripled the value with that 3 gallons of gas.[Embedded content]
I’ve driven worse. I don’t see a leaning wheel on that car.
re: #194 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
It’s not on fire.
He just tripled the value with that 3 gallons of gas.[Embedded content]
Pretty ostentatious for a grad student’s car.
re: #202 Crush White Nationalism
I’ve driven worse. I don’t see a leaning wheel on that car.
In the early ’80s my granddad bought a literal “driven by an old lady” for super cheap 1971 Plymouth Valiant for my brother. By the time my brother sold it to me for $1 in 1986 it had been set on fire in his Philadelphia neighborhood. The entire control panel didn’t work: no speedometer, heat, A/C, radio; it stalled whenever I made a left turn so that I had to throw it into N to restart midturn, and I had to pump the brakes a couple of times to get them to engage. Oh, and in a separate incident the passenger—side door could only be opened from the inside (which was the first embarrassment on at least one date).
And yet I managed to sell it for $120 to a guy I met at Earlham College when I was training for a few weeks to go to Japan to teach English.
re: #170 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Rudy has FINALLY learned to shut his yap (maybe).
Certainly, his stfu’ing would improve the general ambiance for the rest of us.
I’m guessing that he is beyond the ‘FA’ phase where stfu would help him. And currently stepping into the ‘FO’ phase.
re: #188 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That’s generous. I’m thinking within 5 tweets (or in his case actual truths).
They don’t allow actual truths on Truth Social do they?
re: #171 Barefoot Grin
I’m watching MSNBC and the CM starts, “what if you could use your retirement benefits to pay for crypto….”
FCOL
Down here in Ol’ Virginny, I have been seeing a bunch of Pharmaceutical Industry ads on MSNBC.
One flavor of ad is against the initiatives to permit Federal programs like MediCare from negotiating drug prices with companies.
The other flavor is trying to stop the initiative permitting import of ‘foreign’ drugs. After all, everybody knows how ‘shifty’ Canadians are…///////////////////////////////////////////////
re: #200 Hecuba’s daughter
South Carolina Republicans elect Tim Scott; so certainly possible Georgia GOP will vote for Walker.
they elect tim scott because he got installed in that seat and they recognize the name.
re: #206 darthstar
They don’t allow actual truths on Truth Social do they?
Too them, only trump truths are real truths. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This makes me feel good.
New: LPR blogger says Ukrainian 16 June attack on Krasnyi Luch stockpiles will halt Russian offensive on Lysychansk cauldron for a while.
Full report: https://t.co/Uvsji7ieCO pic.twitter.com/6XGQlwJp0n— Dmitri 🇺🇦 (@mdmitri91) June 16, 2022
I’d probably donate to more political causes if I didn’t hate getting put on mailing lists without my consent. At least the Dems don’t resort to outright scamming like the GOP does, but they all have a good side hustle with selling mailing lists.
He had been grabbing him for four years….
Ivanka said after Trump got off his final call with Pence, he called him a “pussy.”
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 16, 2022
re: #211 darthstar
This makes me feel good.
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Not Belgorod - this is a new Russian loss.
Красный луч, нон-стоп pic.twitter.com/lPaXAnxoVv
— IgorGirkin (@GirkinGirkin) June 16, 2022
re: #208 steve_davis
they elect tim scott because he got installed in that seat and they recognize the name.
Also, because all of his Dem opponents have been Black, women and/or Black women. (I’m going all the way back to his election in House District 1—that Repub primary was the only truly contested race he’s been in, where he beat Strom Thurmond’s son in the runoff for the nomination)
re: #204 Barefoot Grin
In the early ’80s my granddad bought a literal “driven by an old lady” for super cheap 1971 Plymouth Valiant for my brother. By the time my brother sold it to me for $1 in 1986 it had been set on fire in his Philadelphia neighborhood. The entire control panel didn’t work: no speedometer, heat, A/C, radio; it stalled whenever I made a left turn so that I had to throw it into N to restart midturn, and I had to pump the brakes a couple of times to get them to engage. Oh, and in a separate incident the passenger—side door could only be opened from the inside (which was the first embarrassment on at least one date).
And yet I managed to sell it for $120 to a guy I met at Earlham College when I was training for a few weeks to go to Japan to teach English.
Those slant-six Valiant/Darts were amazing cars. The body would rust and rattle and disintegrate to dust. But that engine and drive train would run forever.
I’m still amazed at how many of us survived our first car. Mine was a 1970 Dodge Demon. It had originally been owned by a scuba diver. She got sand inext to the gasket for the trunk lid. Water eventually rusted through that and pooled into the trunk onto the dimple at the bottom. It eventually rusted through that and pooled onto the top of the gas tank. When it rusted through that, she sold it to me for $200.
I told friends not to smoke in the back seat. They thought I was joking. Until they got in. (There is back pressure in the gas tank. Which led to terrible gas mileage.)
Eventually, I had a friend at a shop replace the gas tank and fix the holes in the floorboard. Then drove it to a friend’s farm and we replaced the entire exhaust system from the engine block on back.
After all that, I started to drive home and ended up having to have the car towed home…
Why? Well the float in the carburetor’s reservoir got gaslogged? waterlogged on gas? And kept flooding the engine. I replaced the carburetor and it ran for years afterwards.
Also had a friend who stopped his jeep at a light. Only to watch one of the wheels roll into the intersection.
Another angle
Arrival on a #Russian munitions stockpile in #Khurstalnyi, #Luhansk region, earlier today.
As of this moment, it’s still exploding.
Glory to #Ukraine 🇺🇦✊🏻 pic.twitter.com/PKD3zPoDPP— Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer 🇺🇦🇨🇦✊🏻 (@CanadianUkrain1) June 16, 2022
re: #211 darthstar
This makes me feel good.
Youtube video (best of 3-4) of the ammo going up. Ivan does not believe in the storage Quantity-Distance tables.
Looks like the same footage above.
re: #216 ckkatz
Those slant-six Valiant/Darts were amazing cars. The body would rust and rattle and disintegrate to dust. But that engine and drive train would run forever.
I’m still amazed at how many of us survived our first car. Mine was a 1970 Dodge Demon. It had originally been owned by a scuba diver. She got sand inext to the gasket for the trunk lid. Water eventually rusted through that and pooled into the trunk onto the dimple at the bottom. It eventually rusted through that and pooled onto the top of the gas tank. When it rusted through that, she sold it to me for $200.
I told friends not to smoke in the back seat. They thought I was joking. Until they got in. (There is back pressure in the gas tank. Which led to terrible gas mileage.)
Eventually, I had a friend at a shop replace the gas tank and fix the holes in the floorboard. Then drove it to a friend’s farm and we replaced the entire exhaust system from the engine block on back.
After all that, I started to drive home and ended up having to have the car towed home…
Why? Well the float in the carburetor’s reservoir got gaslogged? waterlogged on gas? And kept flooding the engine. I replaced the carburetor and it ran for years afterwards.
Also had a friend who stopped his jeep at a light. Only to watch one of the wheels roll into the intersection.
Hahahaha. It’s true though. My second son now drives his brother’s 2007 Prius that passed all inspections until this last one (needed a part to the exhaust system, and it was costly). Otherwise, it’s a completely reliable car.
You hold your hand out…and I’ll do the rest. 😂🤔🐶 pic.twitter.com/9TYr5luv2O
— Laughs 4 All 🤟 (@Laughs_4_All) June 16, 2022
re: #216 ckkatz
Those slant-six Valiant/Darts were amazing cars. The body would rust and rattle and disintegrate to dust. But that engine and drive train would run forever.
My Dad was the General Manager of an automotive supply and machine store back when the slant-six engines were popular. He never stocked parts (valves, pistons, gaskets, etc.) for those engines as they were never brought in for rebuilding. Next to the GM 283 and 350 those slant-sixes were one of the best engines ever built.
re: #149 gocart mozart
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Look at the way that one asshole cop is dragging the police dog. #backtheblue #DefundThePolice
— EstebanTornadoPGA (@ETornado1963) June 16, 2022
re: #32 No Malarkey!
And Pence still supports Trump so 🤷♂️.
With Montana suffering grievous floods, Gov. Greg Gianforte was absent, his whereabouts undisclosed. His office said he left the country before the flooding began and would be “returning early and as quickly as possible.” @karinbrulliardhttps://t.co/fh2D4sCpa9
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) June 16, 2022
re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth
Isn’t he the guy who punched out a reporter?
At every turn, Republican leaders have shown no interest in making progress on the issues that matter most to the American people. pic.twitter.com/o565zhf0mZ
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 16, 2022
re: #226 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Yes and then the good people of Montana elected him as their Governor. No sympathy from me. Elections have consequences and they get what they get.
re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth
My cat has been known to do that when I’m trying to fall asleep.
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
And then frustratingly, they end up still winning elections. It’s as if they get away with doing nothing but fighting against civil rights and demonizing people they don’t like.
.@TedCruz said during the CBS South Carolina Republican debate on February 13, 2016 that he would’ve put @judgeluttig on the Supreme Court:
“I would’ve nominated my former boss Mike Luttig who was Justice Scalia’s first law clerk.” pic.twitter.com/EQ1RzSzMoh— bryan metzger (@metzgov) June 16, 2022
New: In the latest victory for Dominion Voting Systems, a Delaware judge has denied Newsmax’s motion to dismiss defamation claims related to reporting on alleged fraud in the 2020 election.
“It is reasonably conceivable that Newsmax’s reporting was inaccurate,” the judge wrote. pic.twitter.com/GFR5utXFR6— Alan Feuer (@alanfeuer) June 16, 2022
That’s your problem, Jim. there’s only ONE America and we have to live in it with Patriots like #JudgeLuttig and posers like you. We know gas is $5/gal. We know inflation is up. We Also know you won’t do anything about either. So stop tweeting sh*t we know you don’t care about. https://t.co/nxKU7Aau0l
— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) June 16, 2022
Russia’s face to the world is smoothly fluctuating between Orwell, Kafka and Goebbels.
“Russia did not attack anyone in Ukraine,” ludicrously claims Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. pic.twitter.com/EqlrDrF9h5— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) June 16, 2022
Dishonesty is their default position.
— Gocart Mozart (@EdMix13) June 16, 2022
Wow. The GRU spy just unmasked by the Dutch for trying to infiltrate the International Criminal Court attended @eugene_finkel’s Johns Hopkins class. 👇 https://t.co/NDUiIm47xp
— Michael Weiss 🌻🇺🇸🇮🇪 (@michaeldweiss) June 16, 2022
Containerized air defense system, works right out of the box! https://t.co/uQsO5oRj5N
— Charlie Stross (@cstross) June 13, 2022
re: #221 Cheechako
My Dad was the General Manager of an automotive supply and machine store back when the slant-six engines were popular. He never stocked parts (valves, pistons, gaskets, etc.) for those engines as the never were brought in for rebuilding. Next to the GM 283 and 350 those slant-sixes were one of the best engines ever built.
I love our Honda Civic and Toyota Rav4, but you have to hire a child to replace a headlight. After my Plymouth Valiant, I owned a Ford Ranger. I both cars there was so much room under the hood to work.
re: #239 Barefoot Grin
I love our Honda Civic and Toyota Rav4, but you have to hire a child to replace a headlight. After my Plymouth Valiant, I owned a Ford Ranger. I both cars there was so much room under the hood to work.
Son1 had a mid-60s Mustang, with the small engine. I remember sitting on the radiator mount with one leg down each side of the block to work on the carb.
re: #240 Decatur Deb
Son1 had a mid-60s Mustang, with the small engine. I remember sitting on the radiator mount with one leg down each side of the block to work on the carb.
My brother—the one who got the Valiant—first had an MG Midget. He spent so much time in the driveway with his gearhead friends trying to fix the oil leaks.
re: #241 Barefoot Grin
My brother—the one who got the Valiant—first had an MG Midget. He spent so much time in the driveway with his gearhead friends trying to fix the oil leaks.
I had one—the old chrome bumper version from before ‘80. (And two parts donors out back on blocks.) Totally fun car.
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The woman to Jacob’s left has the most remarkable resting bitch-face I’ve ever seen.
Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That. Just an observation.
There were a couple of other things that got my attention today.
Like how Trump called Pence a “pussy”? On the phone? From the Oval?
The man is an idiot. And he is without any guardrails, a complete Sociopath.
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