Donald Trump’s Florida home is raided by the FBI, Eric Trump makes a somewhat pathetic excuse for his dad, and Fox News anchors reveal just how fast they’ll turn on law enforcement when things don’t go their way. #DailyShow #Comedy #TrevorNoah
Ilhan Omar won her primary against a moderate Democrat by only two points. I say, let the Republicans have the “defund the police” issue and run with it.
POLL: Mark Kelly Leads Blake Masters 54% to 40% Among Likely Voters in Arizona’s U.S. Senate Race https://t.co/KGr3sgPzKA
— Center Street PAC (@CenterStreetPAC) August 10, 2022
She was incredibly cute, and totally insecure about her appearance.
“Yellowjackets” star Melanie Lynskey opened up about the struggles her good friend Brittany Murphy had when she was alive. Speaking with InStyle, she revealed Murphy grappled with body image issues and felt like she had to look picture-perfect all the time. “The way she viewed herself was always really heartbreaking to me—the things she felt she had to change to be a successful actor,” Lynskey said. “She was perfect just as she was, but people were trying to cast her as, like, ‘the fat one,’ because when she was a very young teenager, her cheeks were a little bit round.”
Many of Murphy’s friends share the same sentiment. Shortly after her death, sources told People Murphy had “insane self-image issues,” saying, “Her weight, her hair, her clothes, her skin, her teeth, everything. She was always so self-conscious.” In a separate interview, her “Something Wicked” co-star Robert Blanche said he noticed that Murphy was underweight. “Her weight represented some sort of struggle for her,” he shared. “You don’t want to say, ‘Geez Brittany, you’re too thin,’ but she seemed much too thin.”
Melanie Lynskey Reveals Heartbreaking Details About Brittany Murphy’s Life (Nicki Swift via MSN)
re: #373 Mike Lamb
So Pierce says that it isn’t helpful for the media to declare the raid “unprecedented.” But let’s be clear: it is unprecedented. The problem is the media is framing according to the GOP’s talking points—i.e. that it is politically unprecedented. It implies the raid was illegitimate. They aren’t even considering, for the most part, the unprecedented nature of Trump’s crime.
I think many people don’t know the difference between or are deliberately conflating unprecedented and unwarranted.
It is unprecedented, but it is not unwarranted.
Unprecedented is being impeached for committing extortion against a friendly head of state in the hope that said friendly head of state would help out in your political election by falsely declare he was investigating his political competitor’s son.
- attempting to strongarm state government officials to falsely find votes to get him to win a state.
- attempting to create a false slate of electors to get you into office.
- attempting to launch a coup and attempting to assassinate many members of Congress and your own Vice President.
- ending sanctions on foreign companies so your daughter can get trademarks in that country.
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re: #2 Belafon
I am cautiously optimistic that Republicans running for statewide office in swing states on The Big Lie are mostly going to lose. We are still going to have a problem with state legislators and local GOP officials not wanting to certify Democratic victories however.
From downstairs:
re: #371 Dr Lizardo
The majority of Republicans are against Russia and have sided with the Biden administration on at least that particular aspect of his foreign policy. There’s still quite a few old Cold Warriors in the GOP and they see this as a golden opportunity to utterly hobble a major geopolitical rival for decades to come (and on that at least, I fully agree).
It’s only the hardcore MAGAts that are pro-Russia.
Almost the entire base appears to be MAGAts worshipping Trump; JD Vance was running on “let’s not help Ukraine”. The new slew of GOP candidates march to Tucker’s beat and he certainly is no fan of Ukraine. Indeed, if Trump gets elected (which G-d willing, he won’t), we will abandon Ukraine his first day in office.
Yes —most GOP legislators in Washington still hate Putin, but those who are not sufficiently loyal to Trump are being replaced by Boebert/MGT/Gaetz clones. It is the MAGAt “Christian nationalist” base who don’t support Ukraine. Our brother is a gun-worshiping MAGAt, but on some issues, such as Ukraine, he has different views — and his view is refusing to understand that Trump supports Putin. I don’t know at what point he will finally see the light.
From downstairs:
re: #383 gocart mozart
He has additional problems, but only an alcoholic would do something like this.
JFC. And they thought it’d be a fine and dandy idea to move ahead with his Flash film and toss Batgirl into the vault of oblivion?
LOL that’s a galaxy-brain move there. Some real 5-D chess.
The story goes that the monks hid the real stone & it was lost until the 19th century when found on Dunsinane hill altho no one realised it was the Stone of Scone. Last seen heading south for tests. Apparently it was black & carved from a meteor. @andrewsp2009 @EarlyScotland https://t.co/kj4hXukKmd
— Roman Scotland (@RomanScotland) August 10, 2022
re: #7 Dr Lizardo
From downstairs:
JFC. And they thought it’d be a fine and dandy idea to move ahead with his Flash film and toss Batgirl into the vault of oblivion?
LOL that’s a galaxy-brain move there. Some real 5-D chess.
I have heard the new regime is made up almost exclusively of white guys, so they may have some blind spots.
re: #7 Dr Lizardo
From downstairs:
JFC. And they thought it’d be a fine and dandy idea to move ahead with his Flash film and toss Batgirl into the vault of oblivion?
LOL that’s a galaxy-brain move there. Some real 5-D chess.
White vs non-white.
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Meanwhile, in Missouri… https://t.co/HiEg3Wdt8n
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 10, 2022
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
If that is the case, its one of the greatest forgery stories in history.
Pleading the Fifth:
1. Cannot provide the basis for an adverse inference if you’re prosecuted.
2. Can provide the basis for an adverse inference in civil cases.
3. Can provide the basis for an adverse inference in the court of public opinion.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) August 10, 2022
Trump taking the 5th hits points 2 and 3 squarely. Mind you that Trump also repeatedly made the assertion that the only reason you’re taking the 5th is if you’re guilty - so he’s guilty by his own rule.
Fuck that guy (Trump).
re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The racists have become a lot more comfortable showing themselves over the last few years.
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) August 10, 2022
re: #15 No Malarkey!
Holy shit Summit Waves is CITY owned. https://t.co/ATo5VX6tnP
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 10, 2022
from last thread:
yikes pic.twitter.com/QbqJUofJyz
— Right Wing Cope (@RightWingCope) August 10, 2022
I dunno: I have liked to follow the news/current events for a long time now, and for some reason, I can’t seem to come up with the recollections of a spate of physical attacks on Federal judges between 2009 and 2017.
IIJM???
re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth
Holy shit Summit Waves is CITY owned. https://t.co/ATo5VX6tnP
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 10, 2022
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
The water park? Sounds like that party is about to own the keys to City Hall too. At what point down the MAGA rabbit hole do these racists not think that lawyers exist?
re: #4 aatharuv
I think many people don’t know the difference between or are deliberately conflating unprecedented and unwarranted.
It is unprecedented, but it is not unwarranted.
Unprecedented is being impeached for committing extortion against a friendly head of state in the hope that said friendly head of state would help out in your political election by falsely declare he was investigating his political competitor’s son.
- attempting to strongarm state government officials to falsely find votes to get him to win a state.
- attempting to create a false slate of electors to get you into office.
- attempting to launch a coup and attempting to assassinate many members of Congress and your own Vice President.
- ending sanctions on foreign companies so your daughter can get trademarks in that country.
…
well, it literally was not unwarranted.
re: #20 Florida Panhandler
The water park? Sounds like that party is about to own the keys to City Hall too. At what point down the MAGA rabbit hole do these racists not think that lawyers exist?
They don’t think. They just saw an opportunity to hurt some kids and took it.
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re: #15 No Malarkey!
Someone in the thread is claiming the park expected 250 and 500 showed, but the solution for that is not to deny entrance to ANY of the group.
The fascistic uprising is coming fast. https://t.co/MoHL41wnCh
— Simon Says DEFEND ROE, WIN 2022 (@SayethSimon) August 10, 2022
re: #19 Crush White Nationalism
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re: #26 jaunte
ALERT: Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan sentences Jan 6 defendant Ben LaRocca to TWO MONTHS prison.
Ahead of sentencing, judge said there’s an ongoing threat to US democracy and described a series of threats being made against DC judges handling other Jan 6 cases https://t.co/0StwURsq6p— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 10, 2022
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re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The Stone of Scone was a favorite Highlander episode; Roger Daltrey (Hugh Fitzcairn) helped Duncan and Amanda steal it…
Can we say this louder for the folks in the back? TRUMP DOES NOT HOLD A SECURITY CLEARANCE https://t.co/BnD7YuVuXf
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) August 10, 2022
I just tried calling the FBI to ask them why they confiscated a sitting Member of Congress’s personal cellphone.
It rang twice and went to voicemail. pic.twitter.com/pb0nA3lTIC— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) August 10, 2022
Perry already got his phone back. He just saw who was calling and let it go to the voicemail.https://t.co/BcF0X30UbF
— Comfortably Numb 🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@YGalanter) August 10, 2022
re: #18 William Lewis
Yep, that may be the biggest issue.
I don’t think it has anything to do with male or female, brown or white, it is all about the green and what they think will make it for them.
re: #33 danarchy
I don’t think it has anything to do with male or female, brown or white, it is all about the green and what they think will make it for them.
I’m sure they even think that. But the attitudes that lead them to that conclusion despite the success of woman heroes and non-white heroes show what is really behind it.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Unfortunately, we have criminals in Congress, and some of them have been caught betraying us all. As someone who at least sympathizes with criminals who are white nationalists, you should understand this.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) August 10, 2022
Two @GovAbbott canvassers just stopped by my home. They made the mistake of asking why I would not support Greg. They got a very detailed rant about what would happen to me if I had an ectopic pregnancy. They seemed SHOCKED and left muttering “oh wow, I understand.” 💙🌊
— Kate (@TXstrongly) August 10, 2022
re: #33 danarchy
I don’t think it has anything to do with male or female, brown or white, it is all about the green and what they think will make it for them.
Except your perception of what will be profitable is based on your existing prejudices. Aren’t these executives making the decision a group of white men? If there were a Batgirl prequel starring the same actress that was a hit, they would have gone for it. But greenlighting a new film without existing experience? No way.
re: #5 No Malarkey!
I am cautiously optimistic that Republicans running for statewide office in swing states on The Big Lie are mostly going to lose. We are still going to have a problem with state legislators and local GOP officials not wanting to certify Democratic victories however.
That is the heart of their strategy at this point.
American media are a dangerous joke, and they’re getting worse, not better. https://t.co/kUz02Fpari
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2022
It’s just hard to imagine that an administration that spent their final days setting up multi billion dollar deals with the Saudis would have done anything untoward with state secrets.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 10, 2022
re: #40 Charles Johnson
This by the NYT isn’t mere incompetence. It’s enemy action.
Add Violation of Child Labor Laws to the mountain of crimes.
Eric Trump says he worked minimum wage jobs since he was 11 years old on constructions sites cutting rebar, working a backhoe, clearing trees, and doing electrical and plumbing work. pic.twitter.com/m1NhwR7PfP
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) August 10, 2022
The FBI is required to give to Trump an inventory of what was found in the search; if Trump claims he had no govt property in his home and this is a witch hunt, then he should release the search inventory. Time to put up or shut up……
— Andrew Weissmann (@AWeissmann_) August 9, 2022
My question— If some of the material is so secret that the FBI cannot release the inventory of those documents to the public, how could Trump release that information? Or does the inventory provided to him not specify those documents? Maybe it just says “5 documents with security level designation xyz”?
re: #40 Charles Johnson
Future dissertation topics:
—first slide: compare, contrast, discuss.
—second slide: will analysts of our era argue that “press hysteria about emails” determined 3 Supreme Court seats, and therefore Roe, etc… pic.twitter.com/BkewDuWyIh— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) August 9, 2022
Looks like sat images of yesterday’s strike against the Russian airbase at Novofedorovka have emerged:
Let me be the first one.
And yeah, what air defence doing?
Burn, Russians, burn. pic.twitter.com/uLltDD3Z46— Kriegsforscher (@OSINTua) August 10, 2022
re: #44 The Pie Overlord!
Let me guess: said construction sites were Trump properties.
re: #43 EPR-radar
This by the NYT isn’t mere incompetence. It’s enemy action.
Our media is owned by the wealthy, and they know that the hopelessly corrupt Republicans will let them loot the nation.
re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg
Let me guess: said construction sites were Trump properties.
And I bet Eric wasn’t in any union either.
They deleted the tweet and changed the headline.
— fearfuldogs (@fearfuldogs) August 10, 2022
re: #40 Charles Johnson
The Hatfields and McCoys: how the simmering conflict between the Department of Justice and former President Trump over classified material he allegedly stole rates compared to America’s most famous feud.
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) August 10, 2022
The right has always done this, but Donald Trump gave them license to reach new levels of violent incitement. https://t.co/8KEem3WcIf
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2022
re: #25 jaunte
Someone in the thread is claiming the park expected 250 and 500 showed, but the solution for that is not to deny entrance to ANY of the group.
The manager (?) said she felt uncomfortable. In no way does that speak to violation of the contract — don’t advertise on social media.
The right-wing threats of violence against the judge who authorized the Mar-a-Lago search has me thinking about this alarming exchange with @RachelKleinfeld, who says we’re “pretty far along” on a “trajectory” towards worsening political violence:https://t.co/nkFilmeHNY pic.twitter.com/aJQGpl62CX
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 10, 2022
re: #52 No Malarkey!
In 1888, Jack the Ripper killed at least five women and mutilated their bodies, 125 years later Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post. https://t.co/OQ3uKi9141
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) August 10, 2022
re: #375 aatharuv
Isn’t threatening to murder government officials a court-martiable offense?
it should get you a twitter time out
The right has always done this, but Donald Trump gave them license to reach new levels of violent incitement. https://t.co/8KEem3WcIf
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2022
The judge who signed off on the Mar-a-lago warrant is now asking the DOJ to unseal it. DOJ has no obligation to do this, and could easily respond that doing so would violate Trump’s constitutional rights and presumption of innocence. @TheJusticeDept has 5 days to respond. pic.twitter.com/CqmSDBnnSE
— Andrew Wortman 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 (@AmoneyResists) August 10, 2022
Just stuck some short ribs in the oven to simmer in red wine and stuff. House already smells good.
Oh, and it looks like there’s some new military tech.
Propably most of them are like these. pic.twitter.com/UFESkO6kMx
— Timo Kolllin (@Darksniper911) August 10, 2022
re: #28 No Malarkey!
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re: #60 darthstar
Just stuck some short ribs in the oven to simmer in red wine and stuff. House already smells good.
Oh, and it looks like there’s some new military tech.
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Oh, shit…now I want one.
Oh ffs, you can buy them on Alibaba 😂😂 this is great shit pic.twitter.com/HqMfQz6xae
— Simeon Koch (@SimeonKoch) August 10, 2022
Health stuff below the cut.
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re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I just tried calling the FBI to ask them why they confiscated a sitting Member of Congress’s personal cellphone.
It rang twice and went to voicemail. pic.twitter.com/pb0nA3lTIC— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) August 10, 2022
Regarding the authoritarian and barbarian meltdown about the Mar-A-Lago raid:
isn’t one of the central theses of their ideology, “If you’ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about?”
re: #65 Romantic Heretic
Regarding the authoritarian and barbarian meltdown about the Mar-A-Lago raid:
isn’t one of the central theses of their ideology, “If you’ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about?”
Was.
re: #59 jaunte
The DOJ should announce that they will release it if Trump gives them permission.
Wasn’t the judge that signed the warrant appointed by orange lard ass?
Okay - first satellite pics of Sakiy Airbase in Crimea are in … and yes, there are destroyed planes.
#Ukraine: The first satellite pics of the aftermath of the Russian airbase in Novofedorivka, #Crimea have arrived: they show massive destruction.
We count approx. 5x Su-30SM multirole fighters & 6x Su-24M/MR strike/reconnaissance aircraft that were destroyed. 4 more is possible. pic.twitter.com/wOF4iWcXqN— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) August 10, 2022
re: #63 A Three Hour Tour
Glad things are going well.
re: #68 Ace Rothstein
Wasn’t the judge that signed the warrant appointed by orange lard ass?
From what people keep saying, they were put in that position by other judges. Now, where they originally came from, I don’t know.
re: #47 Dr Lizardo
Big bada boom… bada boom… bada boom.
re: #17 Jay C
Why is his name blocked out?
re: #50 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And I bet Eric wasn’t in any union either.
i bet eric didnt do any of that
who lets an 11 y.o. do that on a construction site?
re: #65 Romantic Heretic
Regarding the authoritarian and barbarian meltdown about the Mar-A-Lago raid:
isn’t one of the central theses of their ideology, “If you’re one of US, and you’ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about?”
re: #73 Patricia Kayden
Why is his name blocked out?
I don’t know: I just C/P’d from the original Twitter link.
re: #75 Dangerman
who lets an 11 y.o. do that on a construction site?
Donald was too cheap to pay a babysitter, so he dumped Eric at the construction site.
re: #53 Charles Johnson
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mandatory ‘protections’ will stay in place for a certain 6 of 9
re: #75 Dangerman
i bet eric didnt do any of that
who lets an 11 y.o. do that on a construction site?
No one. The liability would be through the roof.
re: #28 No Malarkey!
Only two months. Alrighty then.
re: #78 jaunte
Donald was too cheap to pay a babysitter, so he dumped Eric at the construction site.
‘watch my kid. he’s 11’
‘ok boss.’
(do they put him in the office / trailer with some lunch and a book to read? no)
kid, move that CAT D-9
re: #64 Dangerman
what did you call? fbi ‘headquarters’?
ffs
She says she’s phoned the FBI, but the screenshot is what you would see on an iPhone if you phoned someone called “Scott Perry”. Maybe the reason it went to voicemail is that she doesn’t know how to use her phone.
re: #83 Alephnaught
She says she’s phoned the FBI, but the screenshot is what you would see on an iPhone if you phoned someone called “Scott Perry”. Maybe the reason it went to voicemail is that she doesn’t know how to use her phone.
She’s trying to say she called Rep. Perry’s phone in order to connect with an FBI agent, because it was in the FBI’s possession. It’s a dumb piece of performative outrage, don’t worry about it.
re: #83 Alephnaught
She says she’s phoned the FBI, but the screenshot is what you would see on an iPhone if you phoned someone called “Scott Perry”. Maybe the reason it went to voicemail is that she doesn’t know how to use her phone.
Scott Perry is the Congressman whose phone the FBI supposedly confiscated a couple of days ago.
re: #77 Jay C
My question wasn’t to you specifically. I’m just tired of thugs being protected. That idiot needs to be tracked down and prosecuted for making death threats and inciting violence.
You can’t choose your family, and sometimes telling a problem family member to stay the fuck away doesn’t even work.
A funeral meant to celebrate the life of an elderly woman in Northern California turned into comical mayhem after an uninvited family member stormed the service, ran over guests with a car, tipped over the casket, and struck a water main.
The extraordinary sendoff happened at the Contra Costa County cemetery inside Richmond’s Rolling Hills Memorial Park on Saturday, but was not, apparently, entirely unanticipated.
“A family member brought a stun gun to the services because of longstanding family issues,” Sgt. Aaron Pomeroy of the Richmond Police Department, told reporters after things calmed down.
Uninvited Family Member at Mom’s Funeral Mows Down Sister, Tips Casket, and Floods Grave Site (The Daily Beast)
re: #85 JC1
Scott Perry is the Congressman whose phone the FBI supposedly confiscated a couple of days ago.
Marge thinks she’s being cute again.
re: #87 Crush White Nationalism
That’s some serious Jerry Springer shit.
When I write something like “the right has always done this,” my inner grammar enforcement officer always yells at me that it should be “the right HAVE always done this,” but I just yell back “STFU that sounds like ass.”
Then we have a fist fight.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2022
re: #61 Dangerman
if part of going to jail is supposed to be a deterrent effect, every one of these sentences has been woefully inadequate
I think the seven year sentence was adequate. A lot of these J6 terrorists are middle aged fairly prosperous white people who have never experienced real hardship in their lives, so I think years in a prison is going to be a real eye opener for them.
re: #89 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s some serious Jerry Springer shit.
Your family problems have to be pretty bad to rise to the level of being in the news.
re: #65 Romantic Heretic
Regarding the authoritarian and barbarian meltdown about the Mar-A-Lago raid:
isn’t one of the central theses of their ideology, “If you’ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about?”
A collary of their ideology is that the in-group is incapable of doing anything wrong, and so they have nothing to worry about. Consequences is for those other people.
Speaking of dumb performance outrage, documentary “STAR” (I hate it when they call criminal subjects of documentaries stars) Joe Exotic—
Joe Exotic, the disgraced animal handler and incarcerated “Tiger King” star, is trying to turn a newfound friendship with “90 Day Fiancé” alum Jesse Meester into a presidential pardon.
Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, made that baffling claim of political reach Monday in an Instagram post that included a shirtless photo of the reality TV star.
Yeah, I’m sure the President will get right on it guys.
re: #84 Dopamine Fish
She’s trying to say she called Rep. Perry’s phone in order to connect with an FBI agent, because it was in the FBI’s possession. It’s a dumb piece of performative outrage, don’t worry about it.
then that is 10 kinds of asinine
re: #94 BeachDem
Joseph Maldonado-Passage, which sounds even more like a made up name than the one he uses.
re: #91 No Malarkey!
I think the seven year sentence was adequate. A lot of these J6 terrorists are middle aged fairly prosperous white people who have never experience real hardship in their lives, so I think years in a prison is going to be a real eye opener for them.
They might all be released by a criminal President in a little over 2 years, but even that will be an eye-opener for some of them. Many are so narcissistic that they’ll still consider themselves and corrupt Donald Trump to be victims.
re: #95 Dangerman
then that is 10 kinds of asinine
It’s Margarine Tater-Greens, exactly what did you expect?
re: #91 No Malarkey!
I think the seven year sentence was adequate. A lot of these J6 terrorists are middle aged fairly prosperous white people who have never experience real hardship in their lives, so I think years in a prison is going to be a real eye opener for them.
they’re gonna wear a 2 month jail sentence as a badge
and they will not think twice about doing it again
and a mere maybe two months definitely encourages others
re: #100 Dangerman
they’re gonna wear a 2 month jail sentence as a badge
and they will not think twice about doing it again
and a mere maybe two months definitely encourages others
Why am I reminded of the high status ‘veterans’ of the Beer Hall Putsch had among their fellow Nazis?
re: #97 Crush White Nationalism
They might all be released by a criminal President in a little over 2 years, but even that will be an eye-opener for some of them. Many are so narcissistic that they’ll still consider themselves and corrupt Donald Trump to be victims.
I had to go in a prison for an administrative hearing once, and that creeped the Hell out of me as a fairly prosperous middle aged white guy who had never experienced real hardship. Can’t imagine the effect it would have to face the prospect of being stuck in one for years to come.
re: #100 Dangerman
they’re gonna wear a 2 month jail sentence as a badge
and they will not think twice about doing it again
and a mere maybe two months definitely encourages others
Of course the ones getting only two months mostly just walked through and didn’t physically engage the police or damage property. The people who actually lead the mob are going to do some hard time, based on Reffitt’s 7 year sentence.
re: #99 Dopamine Fish
It’s Margarine Tater-Greens, exactly what did you expect?
“Empty G”, you mean?
re: #90 Charles Johnson
We don’t say “Everyone have done this.”
re: #102 No Malarkey!
I had to go in a prison for an administrative hearing once, and that creeped the Hell out of me as a fairly prosperous middle aged white guy who had never experienced real hardship. Can’t imagine the effect it would have to face the prospect of being stuck in one for years to come.
I’ve seen some of a large jail when bailing a friend out, but never a prison. I hope to keep it that way, since my work would not involve me with prisons.
re: #103 No Malarkey!
Of course the ones getting only two months mostly just walked through and didn’t physically engage the police or damage property. The people who actually lead the mob are going to do some hard time, based on Reffitt’s 7 year sentence.
i know im being a pain
it takes a lot of people to create a mob
a lot of people willing to go along and not do anything in particular
just be in the way and make things more difficult and unmanageable
so the core crazies can carry out whatever it is they came to do
the masses dont even have to be in on it
that’s pretty much how J6 was ‘organized’ -
a core, and a mass of willfully manipulated stupids
re: #105 Belafon
But then the next part of the sentence is “Trump gave THEM license,” so it’s clearly referring to a plural group at that point. It doesn’t work to use “gave it license,” because you’re referring to people, so if “them” is correct it seems like the beginning should be “the right have always…” That’s what my IGEO always says. I try to ignore them. I mean, it.
Biden’s Approval Bounces Back
politicalwire.com
August 10, 2022 By Taegan Goddard
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds President Biden’s approval rate rose this week to 40% — its highest level since early June following a string of legislative victories.
Key takeaway: 78% of respondents who identified as Democrats approved of Biden, up from 69% a month earlier. Only 12% of Republicans approved of Biden this week, a figure that has remained largely steady in recent weeks.
UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) - Less than half of all local Uvalde peace officers had completed active shooter training when the Robb Elementary School mass shooting occurred on May 24, a KXAN investigation found.Months later, these officers and “hundreds of responders from numerous law enforcement agencies — many of whom were better trained and better equipped than the school district police,” continue to face scrutiny regarding the actions taken over the course of 73 minutes from the time officers arrived on scene to when the shooter was neutralized, as detailed in the Texas House of Representatives Investigative Committee report on the Robb Elementary Shooting.
Majority of Uvalde law enforcement officers never had active shooter training (KXAN)
A member of our well regulated militia, armed to walk his dog, shoots his neighbor’s 4 month old puppy, Frijole. He keeps walking; the puppy runs home and dies in the yard in front of his owner. Video footage shows the puppy did not behave aggressively. https://t.co/xAyDgfGBSd
— WellRegulatedMilitia (@Well_Regulated_) August 10, 2022
Trump knows by the HOURS of question @NewYorkStateAG asked. She has ALL of it. Money laundering, bank fraud, two sets of books. all of it. pic.twitter.com/sVNtXJnB2T
— Sandi Bachom (@sandibachom) August 10, 2022
re: #108 Charles Johnson
But then the next part of the sentence is “Trump gave THEM license,” so it’s clearly referring to a plural group at that point. It doesn’t work to use “gave it license,” because you’re referring to people, so if “them” is correct it seems like the beginning should be “the right have always…” That’s what my IGEO always says. I try to ignore them. I mean, it.
“My family has a favorite restaurant, and we went there last night. While they followed the waitress to the table, I went to the restroom.”
Edited because I realized I didn’t include enough.
re: #113 Belafon
“My family and I went to the restaurant. While they followed the waitress to the table, I went to the restroom.”
“It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out.”
re: #90 Charles Johnson
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re: #111 jaunte
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pure evil
loss of freedom - jail
finances - fines and civil suit
future 2a rights
this bozo cannot control his weapon or himself
re: #113 Belafon
“My family and I went to the restaurant. While they followed the waitress to the table, I went to the restroom.”
re: #113 Belafon
“My family has a favorite restaurant, and we went there last night. While they followed the waitress to the table, I went to the restroom.”
Edited because I realized I didn’t include enough.
Reload
re: #108 Charles Johnson
But then the next part of the sentence is “Trump gave THEM license,” so it’s clearly referring to a plural group at that point. It doesn’t work to use “gave it license,” because you’re referring to people, so if “them” is correct it seems like the beginning should be “the right have always…” That’s what my IGEO always says. I try to ignore them. I mean, it.
In American English, collective nouns are singular: the army is, the government is, etc.
In British English, collective nouns are plural: the army are, the government are.
re: #113 Belafon
“My family and I went to the restaurant. While they followed the waitress to the table, I went to the restroom.”
why didnt you think of that before you left home?
re: #116 steve_davis
In American English, collective nouns are singular. The team has flown to San Francisco. The Right has always done this. You’re fine.
Especially those involving people.
re: #118 Dangerman
One more example of the danger of unpermitted, untrained open carry laws.
The slightest annoyance results in a shooting.
eejit
At a minimum, Garland must resign or be impeached. The search warrant must be published. Christoper Wray must be removed. And the FBI reformed top to bottom.
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) August 9, 2022
re: #114 Mattand
“It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out.”
one of my favs: Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest
Since 1982 the Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest has challenged participants to write an atrocious opening sentence to the worst novel never written. The whimsical literary competition honors Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, whose 1830 novel Paul Clifford begins with “It was a dark and stormy night.”
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
Senator Terrorist-Fistpump Running-Chicken says what, now?
re: #108 Charles Johnson
But then the next part of the sentence is “Trump gave THEM license,” so it’s clearly referring to a plural group at that point. It doesn’t work to use “gave it license,” because you’re referring to people, so if “them” is correct it seems like the beginning should be “the right have always…” That’s what my IGEO always says. I try to ignore them. I mean, it.
That’s because in the first sentence, you’re talking about a collective group, and in the next, you’re talking about individuals. “The team has gone to Texas. Members of the team are very much wishing to shop at B.J. Dalton’s during the 7th inning stretch.” “Members of the right have always done this.” BUT, “the Right has always done this.”
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
eejit
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clearly, josh hasnt been reading the news or he’d know a few things….
No matter what it is, it will pale in comparison to what will happen to America if he isn’t and they take power. https://t.co/AuAG71Xw9L
— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) August 10, 2022
re: #126 Dangerman
one of my favs: Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest
And because I’m not much of a grammar person, I’ve never really understood why that’s a bad opening. It’s sets the scene pretty quickly. It’s the opposite of a clear night with full moon, which can be pretty bright.
re: #112 jaunte
Trump is done. Drove by in the limo he wasn’t smiling he was sweaty he knows by the questions that Tish James asked him that it’s over she has his taxes, Cushman Wakefield records she has everything Cy Vance had. He was the last piece she has testimony from all trump org officers pic.twitter.com/cVtudfeCK3
— Sandi Bachom (@sandibachom) August 10, 2022
re: #128 A Three Hour Tour
Senator Terrorist-Fistpump Running-Chicken says what, now?
He’s just pandering to the mob.
re: #121 A Three Hour Tour
In American English, collective nouns are singular: the army is, the government is, etc.
In British English, collective nouns are plural: the army are, the government are.
Exactly - my IGEO always seems to think the Brits may be right about this.
re: #127 Dangerman
Mine was, for sure.
Mine tried to hit me with a bike lock and chain once. Fortunately, I was old enough to be able to take it away from her and send her back to her apartment in the basement of our house.
My father was extremely cool to let my mother’s mean mother stay with us even after my mom left him, because he knew she had nowhere else to go.
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
eejit
At a minimum, Garland must resign or be impeached. The search warrant must be published. Christoper Wray must be removed. And the FBI reformed top to bottom.
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) August 9, 2022
Why does Josh Hawley hate TRUMP APPOINTEE Christopher Wray? Obviously, he is one of those RINO’s… *sarc
re: #59 jaunte
Judicial Watch is a RW promoter of lies; why can’t they just ask Trump to release the warrant? Doesn’t he have the authority to do so?
re: #136 Crush White Nationalism
Mine tried to hit me with a bike lock and chain once. Fortunately, I was old enough to be able to take it away from her and send her back to her apartment in the basement of our house.
My father was extremely cool to let my mother’s mean mother stay with us even after my mom left him, because he knew she had nowhere else to go.
sorry
i was just playing on words
man, i was so lucky in so many ways growing up (and now, still)
mine were both aok
Starlink can’t count on a flood of government subsidies to help expand its satellite internet service. The FCC has rejected the SpaceX unit’s bid to receive $885.5 million in aid through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The broadband provider “failed to demonstrate” that it could deliver the claimed service, according to a statement.FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel said Starlink had “real promise,” but suggested her agency couldn’t justify 10 years of subsidies for “developing technology” that requires a $600 satellite dish. She added that the FCC needed to make the most of “scarce” funding for broadband expansion.
FCC rejects Starlink request for nearly $900 million in broadband subsidies (Engaget)
re: #140 Dangerman
sorry
i was just playing on words
man, i was so lucky in so many ways growing up (and now, still)
mine were both aok
I was lucky as well. I had a pretty good family until high school, and after that, my dad took good care of us.
People point out that the judge who signed the search warrant for Mar-A-Lago was appointed by Trump, because it takes away the excuse that it was politically motivated. But really — enforcing the law without regard to politics is what *all* judges are supposed to do.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2022
re: #139 Hecuba’s daughter
This is probably a piece of theater on the part of Judicial Watch, promoting the idea that something is being withheld by DoJ for nefarious reasons.
“…Trump’s attorneys have publicly stated that they were able to review the search warrant and that it indicated the seizures were based on potential offenses involving classified documents and the Presidential Records Act. They have not, however, made a copy of the document public or said if they were provided with one by the FBI.”
timesunion.com
re: #59 jaunte
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That isn’t the judge—that’s the nuts at Judicial Watch led by Tom Fitton.
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Wait ‘til Watters finds out that HE IS THE MOLE. Bwa hahahaha. https://t.co/sWhhljIvy9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2022
I don’t know why the FBI would need to put moles inside the Trump organization; he commits most of his crimes right out in the open.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2022
re: #145 jaunte
This is probably a piece of theater on the part of Judicial Watch, promoting the idea that something is being withheld by DoJ for nefarious reasons.
“They have not, however, made a copy of the document public or said if they were provided with one by the FBI.”
this from the last thread implies that he and/or his attorneys have a copy
If they don’t release the warrant soon, it’s gonna leak. Guarans.
re: #148 Charles Johnson
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not a mole
an informer, at least for this
- could have been staff
- a visitor
- could have been an SS agent who saw something and still managed to feel a sense of duty to the country
The current Newsweek story being heralded on Twitter may well be accurate, but I cannot imagine trusting that publication as a source for ANYTHING at this point.
Seriously, it’s not the same magazine that used to sit next to your father’s toilet.
Just hours after winning the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Wisconsin, Tim Michels’ (R) campaign removed “Endorsed by President Trump” from his website bio, the New York Times reports.
;-)
re: #153 Charles Johnson
If they don’t release the warrant soon, it’s gonna leak. Guarans.
Maybe from Trump, but considering how secret the thing was kept in the first place, I don’t know about from the DOJ or FBI.
Such an obvious lie. But what’s one more amid the deluge? https://t.co/BbJ83ph5UU
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2022
re: #124 jaunte
One more example of the danger of unpermitted, untrained open carry laws.
The slightest annoyance results in a shooting.
Sounds like he wasn’t even annoyed.
He just wanted to shoot something, and a helpless puppy was chosen.
Cowardly shit.
The latest on the great Batmobile caper.
re: #156 Dangerman
;-)
Now, we know what the ads targetted towards MAGAts should be.
“Why is Tim Michels hiding Donald Trump’s support? Is he truly one of us, or a Washington insider RINO?”
“Far-right extremists on pro-Donald Trump message boards and social networks are making violent, antisemitic threats against the judge who reportedly signed the warrant that allowed the FBI to search the former president’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida,” Vice News reports.“Multiple members of these toxic online communities are even posting what appears to be Judge Bruce Reinhart’s home address, phone numbers, and names of his family members alongside threats of extreme violence.”
i wonder if the R’s think his family should be protected
re: #153 Charles Johnson
If they don’t release the warrant soon, it’s gonna leak. Guarans.
Let Trump leak it. DOJ has been leak proof since Trump left office.
I just saw my grandmother at her nursing home for what may be the last time (I live over 1000 miles away) She is 95 and has Alzheimer’s.
She kept begging me not to leave. I’m a fucking wreck right now but have zero regrets about doing this.
re: #155 bratwurst
The current Newsweek story being heralded on Twitter may well be accurate, but I cannot imagine trusting that publication as a source for ANYTHING at this point.
Seriously, it’s not the same magazine that used to sit next to your father’s toilet.
newsweek
unless they mean another story
they dont use the word ‘mole’
The raid on Mar-a-Lago was based largely on information from an FBI confidential human source, one who was able to identify what classified documents former President Trump was still hiding and even the location of those documents, two senior government officials told Newsweek.
re: #155 bratwurst
The current Newsweek story being heralded on Twitter may well be accurate, but I cannot imagine trusting that publication as a source for ANYTHING at this point.
Seriously, it’s not the same magazine that used to sit next to your father’s toilet.
I was thinking that myself. To make things even more murky, my understanding is that Newsweek has a quasi-right wing lurch these days.
When I heard Newsweek broke the story, I started gaming out scenarios in which the Newsweek editorial board is actually trying to help Trump by outing a spy in his midst.
It’s moments like that where you start thinking “So that’s how a MAGAt thinks. Everything’s a conspiracy.”
re: #165 Dangerman
newsweek
unless they mean another story
they dont use the word ‘mole’
That is the one I mean.
It makes sense and is quite possibly true…but the source reporting is SO tainted that I cannot imagine spreading it around until someone who HASN’T published Jack Posobeic confirms it.
Here is a good summary of how shitty they really are.
Steve Bannon blames the Trump search warrant on Marc Elias, Ron Klain and Merrick Garland. I’m trying to think of what those three have in common? 🤔 Well, Soros and Zuckerberg are happy they didn’t make it into the cabal today. They were yesterday. pic.twitter.com/UoTGRYSXVO
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) August 10, 2022
re: #151 Charles Johnson
And Trump’s message to his voters will be to vote for him again so he can continue to openly crime his way towards an utterly, totally corrupt dictatorship. The crimes will continue to be out in the open, in full view.
re: #18 William Lewis
Yep, that may be the biggest issue.
My feminism work be intersectional it it will be bullshit.
re: #78 jaunte
Donald was too cheap to pay a babysitter, so he dumped Eric at the construction site.
Goomba care.
re: #166 Mattand
I was thinking that myself. To make things even more murky, my understanding is that Newsweek has a quasi-right wing lurch these days.
When I heard Newsweek broke the story, I started gaming out scenarios in which the Newsweek editorial board is actually trying to help Trump by outing a spy in his midst.
It’s moments like that where start thinking “So that’s how a MAGAt thinks. Everything’s a conspiracy.”
Nothing quasi about it; it’s full right wing. No publication that printed an article by Eastman declaring that Kamala was not a native born American citizen and was thus ineligible to be on the ticket and then spent days supporting the decision to publish it should be considered anything less than a purveyor of RW lies and disinformation.
re: #33 danarchy
I don’t think it has anything to do with male or female, brown or white, it is all about the green and what they think will make it for them.
White men often have a funny idea about where the green is.
re: #172 John Hughes
My feminism work be intersectional it it will be bullshit.
The guy who ran the gym I used to go to wouldn’t watch Captain Marvel because it had a female superhero as the lead. I threatened to tell his other clients, but it was the one of the reasons I decided to stop giving him my money.
re: #121 A Three Hour Tour
In American English, collective nouns are singular: the army is, the government is, etc.
In British English, collective nouns are plural: the army are, the government are.
“The crowd are loving it!”
re: #151 Charles Johnson
It’s been known publicly for months that Trump took documents that he shouldn’t have. Whatever prompted the search warrant was clearly something outside public view, but still.
It’s amazing how many Republicans and Trump camp followers are parroting this utterly mindless talking point that doesn’t say anything like what they evidently think it says. https://t.co/jAAkc4Zn6q
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2022
re: #94 BeachDem
Speaking of dumb performance outrage, documentary “STAR” (I hate it when they call criminal subjects of documentaries stars) Joe Exotic—
Joe Exotic, the disgraced animal handler and incarcerated “Tiger King” star, is trying to turn a newfound friendship with “90 Day Fiancé” alum Jesse Meester into a presidential pardon.Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, made that baffling claim of political reach Monday in an Instagram post that included a shirtless photo of the reality TV star.
Yeah, I’m sure the President will get right on it guys.
I thought it was interesting how the series tiptoed around Mario T who in real life had the more interesting background.
re: #171 Charles Johnson
Maybe it was a naked mole rat?
I don’t want to think about anything naked at MAL.
today i learned how to easily make dulce de leche
basically a sealed can of sweetened condensed milk in water in a slow cooker for 8 hours.
omg it’s wonderful
tonight it goes on the vanilla ice cream thats going on the peach cobbler
If only ‘constitutional lawyer’ experts actually practiced real criminal law, instead of watching it TV and reading it in books. I guess it never occurred to Ted that many informants are already in a position to provide info and reach out to LE, and don’t need to be “sent in.” pic.twitter.com/fNZtPspdul
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) August 10, 2022
Forget the rank and file MAGAs, what would it take for a GOP congressperson to denounce Trump based on whatever was recovered related to the warrant? Let’s say there is evidence he was either selling extremely sensitive information or that he was using it to blackmail foreign leaders. Would that move the meter?
Where is there a shred of evidence that DOJ labeled Loudoun parents “terrorists?” And attacking the FBI at the same time the entire VA federal delegation and Economic Development office are trying to convince the FBI to move its HQ to Virginia? https://t.co/EWUfNqOV1s
— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) August 10, 2022
re: #189 Mike Lamb
Forget the rank and file MAGAs, what would it take for a GOP congressperson to denounce Trump based on whatever was recovered related to the warrant? Let’s say there is evidence he was either selling extremely sensitive information or that he was using it to blackmail foreign leaders. Would that move the meter?
Probably not. There are two kinds of Republicans in Congress — MAGAt true believers, and those who owe their jobs to MAGAt true believers.
Just discovered VS Code’s excellent Command-D (Control-D on Windows) keyboard shortcut. If you select some text, every time you type Command-D another cursor is inserted at the next appearance of that text. So you can quickly change multiple occurrences of a certain word or phrase or variable name etc. This is awesome.
Trump does kind of resemble a naked mole rat, TBH.
re: #181 Charles Johnson
Kim thinks that we’re all criminals like Trump is. She’s telling us that she’s lawless and imagines that we’re as terrible as she is. We’re not, and we’re relieved to see that lawless Donald Trump is not above the law. This is still America, despite the efforts of the far-right.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) August 10, 2022
re: #193 Charles Johnson
Trump does kind of resemble a naked mole rat, TBH.
Don’t mess with the naked mole rats. They’re patient, and will wait for you to get cancer, then mock you for being a species that gets cancer when you’re down.
re: #193 Charles Johnson
Trump does kind of resemble a naked mole rat, TBH.
He resembles a drowning victim who immediately washed up.
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
Glenn Youngkin certainly has shown over and over again that he is nothing more than the worst kind of MAGAt.
OT — Over the years I have very rarely received text requests from Republican politicians asking for my support. For the past couple days, I have been deluged by them, especially seeking my help to stop the evil DOJ from doing justice.
re: #193 Charles Johnson
Trump does kind of resemble a naked mole rat, TBH.
And a little more so every time he pokes his head up appears in public.
Haven’t had any Zappa here for a while.
Have a slice.
Later gators.
re: #193 Charles Johnson
Trump does kind of resemble a naked mole rat, TBH.
That’s an insult to Rufus!
I didn’t mind my son watching Kim Possible. Well written fun bit of western animation.
maybe some members of tfg’s secret service detail are finally sick and tired of him and his family
Let’s see:
There’s wind in one video not the other.
The wife actually cares for her husband and not the other.
One was getting back from business while the other was returning from yet another golf trip
One is current president the other lost and you can’t get over it— Chris Reject (@TheChrisReject) August 10, 2022
Is this you sport?https://t.co/PziJv652b5
re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth
maybe some members of tfg’s secret service detail are finally sick and tired of him and his family
And sick of their sycophantic colleagues.
re: #51 Crush White Nationalism
Winston Smith worked for the Times stuffing things in the memory hole. Since the Post was also in Oceania something was probably doing the same thing there.
re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth
maybe some members of tfg’s secret service detail are finally sick and tired of him and his family
i’m giving this a 33% chance
Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) told the New York Times that gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake ran a primary campaign that was “mean, untruthful and untethered to public policy.”Said Brewer: “She went so far to the right that I don’t know if she can recover. And if she can’t, we’ll have a Democratic governor.”
when you’ve lost Brewer…
re: #207 Dangerman
As I always say, Kari Lake is nuttier than a port-a-potty at a week long pecan festival.
Jessica: Couldn’t it be that he actually just did something really bad and he shouldn’t have done it?
Jeanine: He cooperated with them.
Jessica: No he didn’t
Jeanine: He cooperated with them!
Jessica: Yelling it doesn’t make it true pic.twitter.com/Z73MrEdLbD— Acyn (@Acyn) August 10, 2022
re: #107 Dangerman
i know im being a pain
it takes a lot of people to create a mob
a lot of people willing to go along and not do anything in particular
just be in the way and make things more difficult and unmanageable
so the core crazies can carry out whatever it is they came to do
the masses dont even have to be in on itthat’s pretty much how J6 was ‘organized’ -
a core, and a mass of willfully manipulated stupids
rando agrees with me ;-)
Dear DOJ and federal courts: There is an easy way to stop this sh!t. Stop giving Jan 6 insurrectionists a week in jail and a $500 fine. All Jan 6 activities and any threats like these** need to be hit with the absolute maximum that can legally be doled out - and make sure it is well-publicized. This nonsense will stop ASAP.
*threatening the search-warrant judge
LISTEN to this death threat against my children. Since the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Trump, McCarthy, and MAGA Republicans are stoking violent rhetoric against lawmakers and law enforcement. Someone is going to get killed. pic.twitter.com/k9tmmjzhtK
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) August 10, 2022
“AG Letitia James, sat across from Trump as he repeatedly declined to answer questions, invoking his right against self-incrimination during a deposition…”https://t.co/w30x6PxmtG
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) August 10, 2022
3/ “Ms. James did not visibly react, Mr. Fischetti said in an interview.
After that, Mr. Trump repeated the words “same answer” from about 9:30 a.m. to around 3 p.m., with a long break for lunch and several shorter breaks.”— Laffy (@GottaLaff) August 10, 2022
5/ ““I once asked, ‘If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?’” he said in both statements. “Now I know the answer to that question.” He said that he was being targeted by lawyers, prosecutors and the news media, and that left him with “no choice.”
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) August 10, 2022
re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Trump had to be persuaded not to answer the questions substantively.”
Must have been a herculean effort.— Effy Gee (@TheObamaphile) August 10, 2022
And no stories about how her supporters were threatening violence and civil war. Oh, right, that’s because they didn’t.
— The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters 🌻 (@ellbeepea) August 10, 2022
Before I go. I posted this yesterday and it was a live version and the lyrics were hard to pull.
A song of murder and tragedy.
Ryan Adams. My kids turned me on to him a long time ago. They saw him a number of times, and he was very uncomfortable on stage. He walked off a time or two. Hated to be thought of as Bryan Adams.
Under appreciated talent IMHO.
In any case, Carolina Rain studio version.
Later good people.
And the only way he can even live there (after violating his agreement with the city) is to claim he’s an employee of Mar-a-Lago.
— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽🇺🇦 (@PaulaChertok) August 10, 2022
At least three people have died and 39 homes were damaged after an explosion in Evansville, Indiana, authorities say https://t.co/O1Jxp1Wzli
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 10, 2022
Officials say at least three people were killed as a result of a house explosion in Evansville this afternoon. https://t.co/86VR5E0zdi
— WNDU (@WNDU) August 10, 2022
re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s either one hell of a meth lab, or one hell of an infrastructure screwup (gas main or the like).
re: #218 EPR-radar
It’s either one hell of a meth lab, or one hell of an infrastructure screwup (gas main or the like).
Yeah, three or four years ago there was a major gas main blow-up in Lawrence, MA.
“My father never got so much as a speeding ticket in his life,” says Eric Trump, whose father paid $25 million to people he defrauded through Trump University.
— Robert J. DeNault (@robertjdenault) August 9, 2022
hi
I WON THE LOTTO!
$13 on the Pick 3
Seven free tickets on the 2x2
re: #110 Crush White Nationalism
Meaningless distraction.
Did they have a duty to intervene. Apparently under current American law they didn’t.
In that case, what use are they? Why do they take 40% of the budget?
A lawyer for @RepScottPerry tells @NBCNews that DOJ informed them “Perry is not a target of its investigation.”
w/ @dnlbrns https://t.co/N6BXe6LpL6 pic.twitter.com/NT9JDtQmr8— Kyle Stewart (@KyleAlexStewart) August 10, 2022
re: #122 Dangerman
why didnt you think of that before you left home?
My whole fucking childhood. I cannot, to this day, leave my home, office, whatever, without visiting the pisser/toilet/bathroom/restroom before leaving the door.
Sixty three fucking years old. Thanks dad, I love you. (Actually, I do).
can see why https://t.co/b6vr8zcL8Y
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2022
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
This meltdown is all because of a search warrant. Imagine the right wing reaction when Trump is indicted.
Put on trial/Convicted/Imprisoned/Executed.
Okay, GOP, you win: we should arrest whoever appointed FBI Director Christopher Wray.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) August 10, 2022
re: #227 John Hughes
Put on trial/Convicted/Imprisoned/Executed.
He’s probably done far more damage to the security and survival of our nation than the Rosenbergs but no matter what his crimes, he won’t face execution or probably even a prison sentence, at least not one that is lengthy. Though I wonder what would happen if the information was sold (or given) to the Russians or Saudi Arabia.
re: #132 Belafon
And because I’m not much of a grammar person, I’ve never really understood why that’s a bad opening. It’s sets the scene pretty quickly. It’s the opposite of a clear night with full moon, which can be pretty bright.
You have to read the whole thing.
“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of …
what, London is the only place with streets?
re: #164 Eclectic Cyborg
I just saw my grandmother at her nursing home for what may be the last time (I live over 1000 miles away) She is 95 and has Alzheimer’s.
She kept begging me not to leave. I’m a fucking wreck right now but have zero regrets about doing this.
[[[Electric Cyborg]]]
re: #229 Hecuba’s daughter
He’s probably done far more damage to the security and survival of our nation than the Rosenbergs but no matter what his crimes, he won’t face execution or probably even a prison sentence, at least not one that is lengthy. Though I wonder what would happen if the information was sold (or given) to the Russians or Saudi Arabia.
I’d expect prison if he’s caught selling secrets. There’s no chance of execution.
re: #135 Charles Johnson
Exactly - my IGEO always seems to think the Brits may be right about this.
We’re right about everything.
Well, except brexit. Ok that does put a debt in the whole Bond/Kingsman/Blackadder vibe.
re: #164 Eclectic Cyborg
I just saw my grandmother at her nursing home for what may be the last time (I live over 1000 miles away) She is 95 and has Alzheimer’s.
She kept begging me not to leave. I’m a fucking wreck right now but have zero regrets about doing this.
{{{EC}}}
re: #233 John Hughes
We’re right about everything.
Well, except brexit. Ok that does put a debt in the whole Bond/Kingsman/Blackadder vibe.
Bringing Chibnall in to run Doctor Who was also a huge mistake. We can’t just act like that never happened.
re: #166 Mattand
I was thinking that myself. To make things even more murky, my understanding is that Newsweek has a quasi-right wing lurch these days.
When I heard Newsweek broke the story, I started gaming out scenarios in which the Newsweek editorial board is actually trying to help Trump by outing a spy in his midst.
It’s moments like that where you start thinking “So that’s how a MAGAt thinks. Everything’s a conspiracy.”
The story was broken by a local reporter in Palm Beach. A lot of national publications failed to credit the source for their stories. After much dragging on social media, some have acknowledged the actual reporter.
Learning to swim pic.twitter.com/HINv7EqNnQ
— In Otter News…. (@In_Otter_News2) August 8, 2022
Update on the child pornography case against former TPUSA events coordinator, Adam Hageman. Sentencing now scheduled for Sept 15 2022 per Judge Amy Berman Jackson. pic.twitter.com/jqaDyG357w
— mrs panstreppon (@mrspanstreppon) August 10, 2022
Politico’s @joshgerstein on Ruben Verastigui’s sentencing. Note the case against Adam Hageman & that he was a Trump political appointee at Commerce but doesn’t say he was a TPUSA events coordinator when the investigation began…https://t.co/Qt5a9AgmC2
— mrs panstreppon (@mrspanstreppon) April 12, 2022
Brilliant… really good points sandwiched in humor. Thought it was from @TheDailyShow. pic.twitter.com/w3XIUf4MrD
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) August 10, 2022
re: #106 Crush White Nationalism
I’ve seen some of a large jail when bailing a friend out, but never a prison. I hope to keep it that way, since my work would not involve me with prisons.
For several years I was an in house investigator for a criminal defense attorney who had federal defendants being held for bond hearings or trial in jails from Miami - St Louis - Manhattan - Detroit.
Did a lot of visits, prep for trial, and just going to give the client someone to talk to. The hard part was my knowing and them knowing how long some of them faced possible incarceration. The mob guys were connected so they had it relatively easy. The white collar drug or money laundering clients - some being first timers - had a harder time.
If Merrick Garland was a Supreme Court Justice he wouldn’t have been able to authorize the raid. pic.twitter.com/cBtFFid1Xe
— Ups’ndowns (@dustinrwing) August 10, 2022
Do you believe the President is above the law, yes or no?
It’s a simple answer. No gray area. No ambiguity. Yes. Or no.
It’s really just that simple.— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 10, 2022
They just can’t answer the question.
Just can’t fucking do it. Pathologically incapable of it. Left, right, other, doesn’t matter. They just can’t do it. https://t.co/swZjZzG1ta— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 10, 2022
re: #227 John Hughes
Put on trial/Convicted/Imprisoned/Executed.
Sadly, we can’t execute him.
The official, constitutional definition of treason is far narrower than how we use the word in the vernacular.
Tomorrow’s Wordle. I underachieved.
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Nice to see #MadTV is back!! Oh, wait…… #TheReichStuff https://t.co/95KdUMXMr1
— themocollins (@THEMOCOLLINS) August 10, 2022
re: #192 Charles Johnson
Just discovered VS Code’s excellent Command-D (Control-D on Windows) keyboard shortcut. If you select some text, every time you type Command-D another cursor is inserted at the next appearance of that text. So you can quickly change multiple occurrences of a certain word or phrase or variable name etc. This is awesome.
I love the Python debugger support.
For all of you in the mentions talking about civil versus criminal. Hi, yes, I’m a lawyer. I know about adverse inferences.
As Courtney points out, that doesn’t make it smart to decline to take the 5th. And it’s still not an admission of anything.https://t.co/alQ5xO9PwZ— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) August 10, 2022
Trump: I did it!
Fox News: The FBI is attempting to frame Trump!
Trump: I totally did it!
Fox News: They’re planting evidence!
Trump: I did it. I’ll do it again! Also, I buried my ex-wife on a fucking golf course haha I’m a huge turd!
Fox News: Why is Trump so persecuted?!?! https://t.co/CLWboGGr8w— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 10, 2022
re: #233 John Hughes
We’re right about everything.
Well, except brexit. Ok that does put a debt in the whole Bond/Kingsman/Blackadder vibe.
Can we blame you for haggis? Or do you skate on a technicality that it’s only Scotland and the rest of the UK hates it too…
Apparently Perry’s phone seizure is about overturning the 2020 election, not yesterday’s warrant / search
re: #189 Mike Lamb
Forget the rank and file MAGAs, what would it take for a GOP congressperson to denounce Trump based on whatever was recovered related to the warrant? Let’s say there is evidence he was either selling extremely sensitive information or that he was using it to blackmail foreign leaders. Would that move the meter?
Are they up for reelection? That’s the meter.
As Tom Nichols repeats, they DO NOT want to go home.
What time period would that have been, Brit? 2009-2016 maybe?
I can recall a time when if the FBI took a step so drastic as raiding a former president’s home, we could be sure it involved something truly urgent and major. Those days are gone, which is why what the bureau has done is so risky to itself and to this tense and divided nation.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) August 10, 2022
re: #218 EPR-radar
It’s either one hell of a meth lab, or one hell of an infrastructure screwup (gas main or the like).
Targeting error by Ukraine.
re: #226 Charles Johnson
Who’se a good boy. You are, you are.
re: #191 EPR-radar
Probably not. There are two kinds of Republicans in Congress — MAGAt true believers, and those who owe their jobs to MAGAt true believers.
Perhaps at the state level though. In Nebraska, state senator Laura Ebke switched from the Republican to the Libertarian Party after Donald Trump was nominated by the GOP in 2016. (She is now out of office due to term limits but says she will run again after the waiting period.)
State senator John McCallister (R), who more often votes with Democrat Megan Hunt, has loudly called out the neo-Nazis who keep appearing as hires in Pete Ricketts’s administration, and has also loudly condemned Donald Trump and the Big Lie.
re: #181 Charles Johnson
Yeah, they could throw me in jail for criming but I’ve known that since I was about five.
re: #235 Crush White Nationalism
Dr who existed when I was a kid, literally hiding behind the sofa when the theme music came on.
Recent stuff (i.e later than the 1980s) not really my bag.
The Lincoln Project is playing on Trump and the Republicans’ famous paranoia again (1:00)
You really can’t trust anyone, Donald.
pic.twitter.com/vBKzHRxTMz— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 10, 2022
re: #245 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why don’t they simply just call that dating platform what it really is? The white power dating service?
The chances of easily finding misogynists, people with deep deep Daddy issues, and an active hatred of mixed race dating on your search criteria is pretty much 100%.
re: #250 sagehen
Can we blame you for haggis? Or do you skate on a technicality that it’s only Scotland and the rest of the UK hates it too…
I am Scottish (50% by genes).
What is your problem with haggis. Are we going to have to fight? Are you going to disparage my grans fried haggis slices with taties and neeps?
re: #256 John Hughes
Sends that photo into dogrates, dogrates complains that they only rate dogs, not gods. Darth replies that that God is clearly a Dog, Dogrates admits his mistake.
re: #259 Barefoot Grin
Extra treats for doing such a good job.
I just learned there’s a game called Disco Elysium…and people hang out there on purpose.
Doesn’t look like a very pleasant place to have a conversation though…hopefully the music is good. pic.twitter.com/jbzVCREKFr
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) August 10, 2022
re: #168 Jay C
So basically, a rat, not a mole??
Or neither if it was a Secret Service agent doing his duty. Beyond physically protecting the former President he doesn’t have any requirement to support that person (or his staff) carrying out crimes.
re: #47 Dr Lizardo
Looks like sat images of yesterday’s strike against the Russian airbase at Novofedorovka have emerged:
That’s a bunch of dead Fulcrums and Fencers.
Die mad Russkies, die mad.
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