Seth Meyers: Trump Freaks Out in Argentina [VIDEO]
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump freaking out about the Russia investigation after returning from a very awkward international summit.
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump freaking out about the Russia investigation after returning from a very awkward international summit.
Protest has begun, as a sea of demonstrators stretches out in the freezing Wisconsin night in front of the Capitol. @NicholsUprising kicks us off. “They are trying to undo democracy!” pic.twitter.com/62ELTWbc5R
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) December 3, 2018
I’d be tweeting more from this awesome rally if my thumb weren’t an icicle pic.twitter.com/ooJobQsnM9
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) December 4, 2018
Wisconsinites are revolting; they’re rising up, too. //
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China has agreed to reduce and remove tariffs on cars coming into China from the U.S. Currently the tariff is 40%.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018
China has not agreed to it.
This has been another episode of How to Read a Trump Comment.™ https://t.co/HNIp41Jt3d— Anomynous Tweeter-1, LLC™ (@KagroX) December 4, 2018
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Oh wow!!! Thank you so much. <3
Again? I am profoundly gladdened by this. Thank you, again, my anonymous friend.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
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re: #2 Charles Johnson
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Eric Trump tweets outrage over George Conway’s “utter disrespect” towards his “wife, her career, place of work”
Right. pic.twitter.com/hIUEMSkqyR— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) December 4, 2018
re: #6 The Vicious Babushka
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So. The “A Block” of Maddow is all about how it looks like Mueller has closed off the Obstruction Of Justice investigation to all possible new evidence.
And if this is the case … well, the indictments should start rolling out pretty damn soon.
It’s instructive also that the NY State criminal cases are kicking into a higher gear right now.
Cases that cannot be disposed of by a Presidential Pardon.
Everyone knows that if Trump is convicted of anything, he’s just going to ignore it. Right?
re: #9 Charles Johnson
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If these two assumptions are correct: 1) that Mueller has Don, Don Jr., Ivanka and Jared nailed to the fricking wall and
2) that they’ve planned ahead by sharing the evidence with NY State prosecutors, so they can build cases that DO NOT fall under Trump’s pardon power …
Then yeah, it makes sense for the Orange Fuckface Von Clownstick to be spinning and freaking like goddam Tasmanian Devil
re: #12 GlutenFreeJesus
Yeah, well… QUIT YELLING AT ME.
re: #14 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
If these two assumptions are correct: 1) that Mueller has Don, Don Jr., Ivanka and Jared nailed to the fricking wall and
2) that they’ve planned ahead by sharing the evidence with NY State prosecutors, so they can build cases that DO NOT fall under Trump’s pardon power …
Then yeah, it makes sense for the Orange Fuckface Von Clownstick to be spinning and freaking like goddam Tasmanian Devil
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It’ll be hilarious if the kids flipped on him.
re: #12 GlutenFreeJesus
Everyone knows that if Trump is convicted of anything, he’s just going to ignore it. Right?
It’s not him we are going to talk to. It’s Congress. And, if they do impeach him, he’s no longer president, but a squatter to be removed.
But it’s also up to us in 2020.
re: #14 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
If these two assumptions are correct: 1) that Mueller has Don, Don Jr., Ivanka and Jared nailed to the fricking wall and
2) that they’ve planned ahead by sharing the evidence with NY State prosecutors, so they can build cases that DO NOT fall under Trump’s pardon power …
Then yeah, it makes sense for the Orange Fuckface Von Clownstick to be spinning and freaking like goddam Tasmanian Devil
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And Mueller hasn’t tried any of them, so it doesn’t fall under any definition of double jeopardy if the state does.
If Chrissie Hynde and Geddy Lee had a daughter who started a band it would be Deep Sea Diver
It’s late. I’ve spent most of the afternoon and evening sad but I wanted to thank everyone for the kind words. Marley was a terrific dog. When you decide to buy a dog, you know that this will eventually come but it’s always worth it to make that decision because the journey you spend with your dog is the best. And maybe that’s the silver lining in dogs not living as long as we do that we get to know more dogs that way. That said I would have loved for Brady, my childhood dog and Marley to have met. And honestly I hate to turn a doggie story political but I think about Trump who has used dog as an insult for people and who is the only President in ages not to have one and I just think that there’s just something wrong with a man who doesn’t enjoy the company of animals especially a dog. They truly do become members of the family and we mourn them all the same.
New on @TheTerminal: Chuck Grassley refusing Blumenthal’s request to have committee re-interview Don Jr., says “there is nothing inconsistent” about his statement to the committee that he was aware “peripherally” of the Trump Tower Moscow proposal…
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) December 3, 2018
Besides Trump Tower Moscow, Don Jr. lied to the Senate when he denied that any foreign entities offered or provided assistance to the Trump campaign. We now know there were offers of assistance from Russia, Saudi Arabia, & UAE.
Chuck Grassley is complicit in a cover-up. https://t.co/xmiAvtrIEp— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) December 4, 2018
re: #21 Single-handed sailor
Grassley knew he was lying, and therefore there’s nothing inconsistent with what he knew.
re: #19 BigPapa
If Chrissie Hynde and Geddy Lee had a daughter who started a band it would be Deep Sea Diver
who liked PJ Harvey a lot in her formative years
re: #22 HappyWarrior
I’m looking forward to a lot of ruined reputations, but I don’t want to get my hopes up too high.
re: #25 jaunte
I’m looking forward to a lot of ruined reputations, but I don’t want to get my hopes up too high.
Yeah I’m not either. So frustrating how they’re blatantly covering it up though.
re: #26 HappyWarrior
Yeah I’m not either. So frustrating how they’re blatantly covering it up though.
It doesn’t appear they are covering it up. At this point all they are trying to do is maintain their grip on power.
Of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect George Conway shows toward his wife, her career, place of work, and everything she has fought SO hard to achieve, might top them all. @KellyannePolls is great person and frankly his actions are horrible.
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) December 4, 2018
You think that’s bad? I once heard of a guy who cheated on his wife w a porn star and playboy playmate while she was at home nursing their newborn son….
And another time? Same dude took his other mistress on a ski vacay w his children’s mom! The wife found out😳
True story! https://t.co/di9mjOXUVc— ᎠᏌNᎬᎷYᎢᎻᎪNᏩ™️ (@Kris_Sacrebleu) December 4, 2018
re: #27 Anymouse 🌹
It doesn’t appear they are covering it up. At this point all they are trying to do is maintain their grip on power.
Covering it up, obstructing the investigation. Same difference.
re: #28 jaunte
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re: #13 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #33 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
It’s hard to see how those two could stay married when they don’t even share the same reality.
Some karmic justice
Ruth Buffalo, who is the first Native American Democratic woman elected to the North Dakota legislature, took her oath of office today. She unseated the ND Rep who sponsored the voter law that disenfranchised Native voters in that state. pic.twitter.com/2iwDca2WIm
— Ruth H. Hopkins (@RuthHHopkins) December 3, 2018
Yeah…sure….whatever.
How about blow it out ur arse Sheryl. Ya lied, trust has evaporated, and ur lame ass report?..roflmfao…sure…now bcuz ur caught? Resign.
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg pledges to release update on civil rights audit https://t.co/ROKnNWbSeP via @usatoday— Bimmerella🌊 (@bimmerella) December 3, 2018
re: #35 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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You know that’s another thing that gets on me when people try to act like we shouldn’t focus on “identity politics.” Rep-elect Buffalo comes from a group so historically marginalized in our political system. And that is some nice karma. Happy to see what she, Sharice Davids, Deb Haaland, and other Native Americans can do in our legislatures because they really are a group whose voice has been neglected.
ICE mistook Peter Brown’s identity and wanted to deport him to Jamaica — and this Florida sheriff illegally jailed him to help ICE out.
Peter repeatedly told the jail that he’s a US citizen, but no one listened. Now he’s suing. pic.twitter.com/IixjZviWUi— ACLU (@ACLU) December 4, 2018
TFW pettiness and schadenfreude do the nasty and have a baby
sweet fancy jeebus pic.twitter.com/89EXzK1k6F
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 4, 2018
re: #12 GlutenFreeJesus
Everyone knows that if Trump is convicted of anything, he’s just going to ignore it. Right?
That’s why the Framers envisioned a criminally minded president being impeached before being tried.
re: #38 Anymouse 🌹
He should own the county and most all of the federal land in Florida when that case is done
Yeesh, if I hear one more cable news pundit talk about how honorable and decent George W. Bush was I’m going to sell a shitload of TOW and Hawk missiles to Iran.
“Rampage” is a really stupid movie, but kind of fun in a really stupid “giant monsters laying waste to Chicago” way. Just turn it off before the last 10 minutes because that’s when it gets REALLY stupid.
Heather Heyer’s murderer is on trial. That bastard is actually claiming self-defense. What bullshit is that?https://t.co/RkzwNxOlby
— Karoli (@Karoli) December 4, 2018
re: #41 KGxvi
He should own the county and most all of the federal land in Florida when that case is done
Someone suggested to the ACLU that he should sue for the entirety of the ICE budget.
re: #42 De Kolta Chair
Overcompensation by Team Balance as a direct result of Trump being so horrible an example of what right wing politics leads to.
re: #45 Anymouse 🌹
Someone suggested to the ACLU that he should sue for the entirety of the ICE budget.
He can sue for that — but unfortunately, it’s highly unlikely he will get a sufficiently large sum to deter the next police department that tries this nonsense.
re: #47 Hecuba’s daughter
He can sue for that — but unfortunately, it’s highly unlikely he will get a sufficiently large sum to deter the next police department that tries this nonsense.
That goes back to the argument that when police or federal agents wilfully violate a person’s rights, the first payments should come out of those police or federal agents’ own funds. When they are bankrupt, go after the agency next.
Bush’s service dog Sully is one beautiful beast.
re: #43 Charles Johnson
“Rampage” is a really stupid movie, but kind of fun in a really stupid “giant monsters laying waste to Chicago” way. Just turn it off before the last 10 minutes because that’s when it gets REALLY stupid.
Movies based on video games are rarely good. But that was a great arcade game back in the day
Has the message of anti-racism become as harmful a force in American life as racism itself?https://t.co/fD2DELPqIr
— reason (@reason) December 1, 2018
libertarianism, folks https://t.co/FTtNsgCHXX
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 4, 2018
They always do this. Sound reasonable about an issue for 10 minutes, then just as you’re thinking they may not be as bad as you thought, it’s right off the rails into Batshit-Land. https://t.co/2qzJ0IYNRy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 4, 2018
re: #43 Charles Johnson
“Rampage” is a really stupid movie, but kind of fun in a really stupid “giant monsters laying waste to Chicago” way. Just turn it off before the last 10 minutes because that’s when it gets REALLY stupid.
Well, it’s based on a video game so I never had high hopes for it.
Dude, they’re called Reason. There must be some, right?
Right?
re: #51 Charles Johnson
As a libertarian sort, allow me to answer:
No. No, it has not. Thank you for attending my TED Talk
re: #43 Charles Johnson
For some silly bored reason I watched it last night and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it, for exactly the schlocky guilty pleasure purposes I was hoping for.
Sure, Jean Renoir would’ve brought out the humanity of the premise, but his lack of giant apes in La Bête Humaine showed that he was not up to the task.
Oh snap!
Dan Quayle refuses to apologize for calling President Donald Trump “this weird droopy bitch over here” at George H.W. Bush’s memorial service. “I spoke from the heart,” Quayle told me.
— David Roth (@david_j_roth) December 4, 2018
.@TwitterSupport Here’s the context. pic.twitter.com/ygF3qPWArI
— Kibblesmith ☃️ (@kibblesmith) December 4, 2018
Some important context here.
David Sirota is Bernie Sanders’ former spokesman.
He has been a de facto Bernie surrogate since 2015.
For some reason, he’s spreading disinformation about… Beto.
1/ pic.twitter.com/cWfLtZ3cZl— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 4, 2018
Bernie’s surrogates are already trying to ratfuck the 2020 presidential election. Thread. https://t.co/rcp8v3zvgJ
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 4, 2018
My deepest condolences to ibob. The day my mother leaves this earthly coil will be the worst day of my life.
And to HappyWarrior as well. Sometimes I think we as a species don’t deserve dogs, they’re too good to us.
The problem is not that Beto takes campaign donations from industries in his area.
All elected officials do this.
The problem is that as a society we have strong dissonance over what an election should be, in regards to how they are funded.
It’s easy to label the oil&gas industry as evil, but in reality we all participate in that business.
In my mind the real need is to make all campaign donations public over a small amount (say $100), and especially to PACs.
However, I wonder how many voters really care? I bet less than 1% of voters make up their minds based on who are funding this or that candidate.
re: #64 freetoken
Reading that twitter thread, he doesn’t take the big bugs from the industry, but from many, many small individual donors who work in that field. Since he is from Texas, and that was the Senatorial campaign. If I am understanding things correctly.
People are missing a point here: folks in the oil and gas industry in Texas were donating to a Democrat, giving up on the Republican candidate they would normally support. This isn’t a scandal. It’s Texas slowly turning blue. I think it’s GREAT Beto received this support!
— Mr Burlesk (@mrburlesk) December 4, 2018
re: #64 freetoken
Beto is listed second here:
It’s an artifact of him raising so much money. Beto received 6x more money from the ‘Education lobby’, 3x more from health professionals, etc. Oil & Gas is 17th on Beto’s list by contribution, but his fund raising haul was so huge that the absolute numbers look high.
Sirota is being misleading and trying to stir up FUD.
re: #67 retired cynic
Yup.
However, to me it does not make a big difference if a candidate gets $50 from an oil field worker, or $5k from the company executive. Both donors are participating willingly in the same endeavor.
The real problem is that Sirota and his ilk are too puritanical, not willing to accept the real world of politics.
Any politician in Texas will need to get voters from those who are connected to the oil and gas industries, because those are large industries in Texas.
And I’d almost completely forgotten about David Sirota.
re: #70 freetoken
Isn’t the limit $2700 individually?
re: #69 JC1
and I wonder how many dark money PAC’s that have their foundational funding with Russian Oligarchs have contributed to the Sanders Campaign……
re: #74 freetoken
I lose track of these things. Possibly.
That’s what it said in the thread, actually. And it sounded right. But I lost track of these things, too!
re: #66 freetoken
The problem is not that Beto takes campaign donations from industries in his area.
All elected officials do this.
The problem is that as a society we have strong dissonance over what an election should be, in regards to how they are funded.
It’s easy to label the oil&gas industry as evil, but in reality we all participate in that business.
In my mind the real need is to make all campaign donations public over a small amount (say $100), and especially to PACs.
However, I wonder how many voters really care? I bet less than 1% of voters make up their minds based on who are funding this or that candidate.
As noted at the Open Secrets page for Beto O’Rourke, he did not take any PAC money at all for his Senate run. It was all individual donations. He took no money from businesses.
re: #64 freetoken
Beto is listed second here:
The link to that page is somewhat misleading, as it just shows the total from each industry and its workers.
This link breaks it down by individual donations and PACs. Oil and gas PAC (and every other PAC except the Democratic Party) are all $0.
It is unsurprising that Beto O’Rourke would get a large amount of donations from oil and gas workers, considering that oil and gas is a large employment sector in Texas.
Wait, it is surprising. That’s Texas and he damn near knocked of Ted Cruz in the election, for a seat which should have been a cakewalk for an R.
Jeez, been a rough day for Lizards. My condolences to Rightwingconspirator.
re: #75 piratedan
and I wonder how many dark money PAC’s that have their foundational funding with Russian Oligarchs have contributed to the Sanders Campaign……
I’d be very surprised if the Russians aren’t working both ends against the middle. It would explain a lot. The Mueller results may very well include some lefties as collateral damage.
And Bulworth, who lost a feline overlord. Y’all have my deepest sympathies.
re: #79 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I’d be very surprised if the Russians aren’t working both ends against the middle. It would explain a lot. The Mueller results may very well include some lefties as collateral damage.
Hopefully, Mueller will serve both Tad Devine and Jill Stein with their just comeuppance.
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Movie tough guy-turned-statesman Arnold Schwarzenegger tells #AFP the US is committed to a greener future despite President Trump reneging on the Paris agreement https://t.co/PgNkIb0RLN pic.twitter.com/zBQ7ygnf4B
— AFP news agency (@AFP) December 4, 2018
Dude, that dye job on your hair is hideous. Age gracefully, let it get white!
re: #61 teleskiguy
As @Patrickesque points out: Bernie Sanders—using the exact same standards as @davidsirota used to claim that Beto was the “second largest recipient of oil & gas industry money after Ted Cruz”—is the second largest recipient of Defense industry money…after Ted Cruz. pic.twitter.com/nVsfY5ExbL
— Jeff Yang (@originalspin) December 4, 2018
re: #77 Anymouse 🌹
As noted at the Open Secrets page for Beto O’Rourke, he did not take any PAC money at all for his Senate run. It was all individual donations. He took no money from businesses.
The link to that page is somewhat misleading, as it just shows the total from each industry and its workers.
This link breaks it down by individual donations and PACs. Oil and gas PAC (and every other PAC except the Democratic Party) are all $0.
It is unsurprising that Beto O’Rourke would get a large amount of donations from oil and gas workers, considering that oil and gas is a large employment sector in Texas.
Wait, it is surprising. That’s Texas and he damn near knocked of Ted Cruz in the election, for a seat which should have been a cakewalk for an R.
In any case, in the Senate race, Ted Cruz still received about $75,000 more than Beto from the individual workers working for oil and gas employers. Is it possible to determine the total expended for Ted vs Beto or is there no way to identify the real amount of dark money and PAC money spent on the campaigns?
re: #82 teleskiguy
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re: #83 teleskiguy
Dude, that dye job on your hair is hideous. Age gracefully, let it get white!
Hey, he’s no Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris or Jean-Claude Van Damme (
re: #87 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Hey, he’s no Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris or Jean-Claude Van Damme (
Heh.
Why does Steven Seagal look like a day-walking vampire that colored his hair and beard with shoe polish after getting shellfish poisoning at an all you can eat strip club buffet? pic.twitter.com/3V14Rq9MfW
— Very Legal & Very Cool Frank (@goddamnedfrank) August 6, 2018
re: #51 Charles Johnson
Are libertarians all secretly 12-year-olds (and particularly dickish 12-year-olds at that)? Yes.
— Matthew A. Sears (@matthewasears) December 3, 2018
Is anti-snark just as bad as snark?
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 4, 2018
re: #89 Ace-o-aces
Has the message of anti-matricide become as harmful a force in American life as matricide itself? Tune in tomorrow to hear our exclusive coverage!
Even New Zealand Children are Laughing at Us (Goes to Juanita Jean’s, the World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, with video of the commercial, 3:00):
New Zealand Air’s new Christmas commercial is cute and depressing all at the same time. It has the Santa’s naughty list theme, where a kid in New Zealand accidentally receives an email showing him on the naughty list. He decides to convene a worldwide summit of naughty kids to resolve to get on the nice list. Of course, the kid from the US is a narcissistic little shit in a MAGA cap who, using Trump’s own words makes a laughingstock of himself, which fits perfectly into our global image courtesy of His Orangeness. It’s pretty humiliating, so here you go:
Frank Zappa died 25 years ago. I paged the 20th anniversary of his death. Where does the time go?
Is he completely devoid of any decorum or common sense?
WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING?!
I can’t even deal…pic.twitter.com/HWmX00wwUK— 🇺🇸 DeeJ 🏳️🌈 (@PassTheSalty) December 4, 2018
Also, I found it inappropriate for Trump to salute HW as finished “paying his respects” by the casket.
The first one in this thread to weigh in on the “you’re being disrespectful to your wife” is Cassandra Fairbanks.
George Conway being “disrespectful to his wife” seems like it will be the wingnut talking point du jour tomorrow.
“I will never testify against Trump.” This statement was recently made by Roger Stone, essentially stating that he will not be forced by a rogue and out of control prosecutor to make up lies and stories about “President Trump.” Nice to know that some people still have “guts!”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018
File under “18 U.S.C. §§ 1503, 1512” https://t.co/e4ZGVn1kJi
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 3, 2018
re: #93 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Is he completely devoid of any decorum or common sense?
Also, I found it inappropriate for Trump to salute HW as finished “paying his respects” by the casket.
He looks like he’s singing the National Anthem.
And yes, it was inappropriate for him to salute.
Ronald Reagan started the salute thing when the Armed Forces salute the president, and I found it inappropriate then as well. The Commander-in-Chief is being saluted as a mark of respect for the civilian government by the military. The CinC should not be saluting back. If the CinC wishes to acknowledge a salute, he can thank the person, &c.
Not a chance, LL, but I may watch one ep to see how bad the show is.
This is how you run a club in Mykonos! 😉 #LindsayLohansBeachClub premieres Tuesday, January 8th at 8/7c only on @MTV! 💋 pic.twitter.com/XmRQ66hxep
— Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club (@MTVBeachClub) December 3, 2018
Goodnight to all; thinking of the fellow lizards struggling tonight with grief for losses sudden, unexpected, anticipated; recent and past; of family, friends, fur babies. It has an extra edge in this darkest month of the year, when sunlight is in short supply but the parti-colored dazzle and insistent jollity of the holidays are unavoidable. Sympathies to you, with whatever small light a cyber hug can lend.
re: #95 Anymouse 🌹
He looks like he’s singing the National Anthem.
And yes, it was inappropriate for him to salute.
Ronald Reagan started the salute thing when the Armed Forces salute the president, and I found it inappropriate then as well. The Commander-in-Chief is being saluted as a mark of respect for the civilian government by the military. The CinC should not be saluting back. If the CinC wishes to acknowledge a salute, he can thank the person, &c.
I figured he was singing the Anthem, but he really gets into it, like he’s at the ball park. As for the salute, Trump was never in the military, so he should keep that salutin’ hand down where it belongs.
re: #93 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Is he completely devoid of any decorum or common sense?
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Also, I found it inappropriate for Trump to salute HW as finished “paying his respects” by the casket.
Maybe those who diagnose dementia are correct.
Take with grain of salt. Dworkin is not always reliable.
BREAKING: A Flynn sentencing memo will be submitted by Mueller tomorrow, and memos on Manafort and Cohen will be submitted by Mueller on Friday. These memos should expose details on how much they’ve cooperated, and could reveal crimes and storylines that haven’t been made public.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) December 3, 2018
Merry Christmas kiddos! pic.twitter.com/WSGnz32uqf
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 3, 2018
If you’ve got a spare $500, pick one up to me, OK? Size L. //
re: #93 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
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Also, I found it inappropriate for Trump to salute HW as finished “paying his respects” by the casket.
Isn’t that from Memorial Day 2017?
Trump is the first honey badger president. He doesn’t give a shit.
re: #105 Single-handed sailor
Trump is the first honey badger president. He doesn’t give a shit.
I think you could probably say the same about Andrew Jackson.
Navy warned it may miss recruiting goals due to holds on green card applicants: report https://t.co/uuY6n2qZSx pic.twitter.com/yvVf2rKnqD
— The Hill (@thehill) December 4, 2018
Doing the jobs Americans won’t do.
re: #68 freetoken
David Sirota published hit pieces on the Clinton Foundation months after the 2016 primary was over.
Before the 2012 election David Sirota co-hosted a radio show on Clear Channel with Michael “Heck of a Job , Brownie” Brown, owned at the time by Mitt Romney’s Bain Capitol, where he spent much effort attacking Obama from the left as Brown attacked Obama from the right.
At one point, David Sirota had an article in the Huffington Post dishonestly attacking a candidate for school board; her opponent happened to be married to David Sirota.
I’m not a fan.
re: #12 GlutenFreeJesus
Everyone knows that if Trump is convicted of anything, he’s just going to ignore it. Right?
They are already establishing the myth of the Deep State and the DOJ that is out to hunt Republicans and ignore Democrats. Trump’s convictions will just be their crowning argument in that scenario.
re: #107 Single-handed sailor
Doing the jobs Americans won’t do.
When I was a Navy recruiter in the run-up to the Persian Gulf War, recruiting wasn’t an issue. In the time since then, it still wasn’t an issue either when Republican or Democratic presidents were in charge.
As far as I can see, there’s only one change, and orange doesn’t come out of tropical whites very easily.
re: #109 freetoken
Time to buy a bunch of carrots for the trumpet player!
re: #107 Single-handed sailor
Doing the jobs Americans won’t do.
There is a nasty Holocaust denier in the recent comments on that article (I flagged him for targeted harassment against a group).
There is also a ton of conservaderp in that thread.
re: #61 teleskiguy
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It’s actually the same tactic used to attack other Dems who have gotten “Wall Street money” when they’ve actually gotten money from people merely employed by WS. Sirota is distorting shit for Bernie. Fucker.
Four tweets (and a long thread of comments):
This is a 28-¶ story on Manafort in Ecuador.
Can you point me to any one of those ¶s that explains (who what where when how) whether Assange was going to be brought to this country to face charges or retire at Mar-a-Lago? https://t.co/1Ub83AW1gD— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 4, 2018
re: #108 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
David Sirota published hit pieces on the Clinton Foundation months after the 2016 primary was over.
Before the 2012 election David Sirota co-hosted a radio show on Clear Channel with Michael “Heck of a Job , Brownie” Brown, owned at the time by Mitt Romney’s Bain Capitol, where he spent much effort attacking Obama from the left as Brown attacked Obama from the right.
At one point, David Sirota had an article in the Huffington Post dishonestly attacking a candidate for school board; her opponent happened to be married to David Sirota.I’m not a fan.
He’s just an all around hack and I guarantee the Bros I know will start distorting this immediately. As hoarse said, people in industries we dislike get a say. This is why I hope people pounce on the fact Bernie’s immigration record once received praise from Steve King and while he loves to talk about corporate responsibility- a legit thing- he hasn’t always been that consistent when it comes to the firearms industry. He’s also never met any racism that he doesn’t attempt to rationalize. Sirota wants to play hardball give it to him.
re: #51 Charles Johnson
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I believe that take is the most white privileged one you could have. Even if you want to argue that anti racism can be overzealous which I imagine is what this lame take is, it’s nothing compared to actual racism and this crap is exactly why libertarianism remains whiter and maler than ever. Libertarians have some good ideas but they are so zealously stupid sometimes trying to prove hyperbolic points that have no meat to them. There’s no difference between what the SPLC does- anti racism and actual racism I.e. what happens everyday to PoC.
The EU is offering PM May and the Tories an escape route. Will they admit defeat and Remain?
Britain can legally cancel Brexit. That’s EU advice – but will parliament agree? | Jolyon Maugham https://t.co/TxbnXTZIB5
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 4, 2018
Really awkward watching Eric Trump hit on Kellyanne Conway on Twitter where we can all see it.
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) December 4, 2018
re: #118 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
The EU is offering PM May and the Tories an escape route. Will they admit defeat and Remain?
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It is tough because the voters did vote yes on it but it’s also very clear that not did many average voters not know what it meant, neither did its elected proponents. Britain is in a mess of its own creation. Both May and Corbyn are nuts in their own ways. Feel awful since my cousins’ children are coming of age there.
Channel 9 uncovers similarities between absentee ballots in U.S. House District 9 race (WSOC, with video)
The television station discovered a pattern of people signing dozens of absentee ballots in NC-9’s House district election.
One of the ballot collectors was paid to turn over the ballots to a Republican politician, apparently not aware what she was told to do was illegal.
re: #120 HappyWarrior
It is tough because the voters did vote yes on it but it’s also very clear that not did many average voters not know what it meant, neither did its elected proponents. Britain is in a mess of its own creation. Both May and Corbyn are nuts in their own ways. Feel awful since my cousins’ children are coming of age there.
If Putin really is behind all this chaos, I have to begrudgingly admit he is a master at manipulation.
re: #122 Anymouse 🌹
Each witness has to include their address when they sign. Five people listed the same address on Pecan St in the Village Oak Apartments. The landlord told me only one of the five people is a tenant. Also of note, the place the five claimed to live at is a one bedroom apartment pic.twitter.com/AeNwbdHOXg
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) December 3, 2018
re: #123 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
If Putin really is behind all this chaos, I have to begrudgingly admit he is a master at manipulation.
TBH I actually think we’re in better shape for the Dems versus Labour situation.
Beto has a strong record on environmental issues btw. Checked. God this shit pisses me off. Sirota again showing why the far left like right will outright lie for their agenda.
The telephone company is sending me a new modem (allegedly will arrive today, but UPS doesn’t do Next Day to this area) … they say mine is obsolete.
If it actually does arrive today, I’ll be tangled up in my spaghetti lab hooking it up.
re: #126 HappyWarrior
TBH I actually think we’re in better shape for the Dems versus Labour situation.
Agreed. We may actually recover from the Trump era. The prospects for the UK to escape Brexit without serious harm don’t look good. I wish I was a fly on the wall of Her Majesty’s office when she meets with PM May, to see if she has any regal matronly advice for the Government.
More on NC-9:
Ah, yes, and let’s toss in one more AMAZING COINCIDENCE: Several of the witnesses are related to a gent named Leslie McCrae Dowless, a charming fellow hired by the Harris campaign as a contractor, according to affidavits. If Harris won, said one, Dowless would get $40,000 cash. He insisted on cash. Dowless was convicted in 1992 of felony fraud against an insurance company, not to mention a number of misdemeanor grifts over the years like kiting checks and failure to pay taxes. Public Radio aficionados may remember him from a segment on This American Life about absentee vote frauding in 2016:
He had some people working for him, getting out the vote— volunteers, McCrae calls them. The volunteers, though, were allegedly getting paid for each ballot they turned in. That is illegal. One of the voters who signed an affidavit said that Get Out the Vote workers came by and had her family request absentee ballots. But then they never received their absentee ballots in the mail like they were supposed to. Then, when the family went to vote on election day, they were told they’d already voted. In essence, McCrae’s getting accused of paying people to obtain absentee ballots, fill them out, and cast their votes on someone else’s behalf. That, for sure, is illegal. McCrae says he didn’t do anything wrong.
North Carolina Election F*ckery Just Got F*ckier
Thank heavens we stocked up on asterisks! (more)
re: #84 teleskiguy
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It’s posts like these that are why the purity pony crowd continually fail to get taken seriously:
In your entirely made up scenario you work for a company actively killing the planet so yeah, either you don’t care, or you have managed to put it out of your mind so you can do your job. Either way you’re the enemy, and I don’t care about what you want.
— nick (@WashburnNick) December 4, 2018
This is the sort of shit that scares voters away, when you don’t simply say “I’m opposed to your industry and want to get you a cleaner job,” but instead “I think of you as my enemy and want neither your vote or your money unless you switch jobs to an industry I approve of.”
And reload my 129 since I flubbed a word in the original comment.
re: #132 Targetpractice
It’s posts like these that are why the purity pony crowd continually fail to get taken seriously:
This is the sort of shit that scares voters away, when you don’t simply say “I’m opposed to your industry and want to get you a cleaner job,” but instead “I think of you as my enemy and want neither your vote or your money unless you switch jobs to an industry I approve of.”
Yup.
In the ideal world, we could shut off the valves to petroleum plants and close every coal mine today. In the real world, that would be a disaster—that has to be replaced with something.
Blocking comrade “Nick,” whose computer apparently runs on unicorn farts and not electricity.
— Dave Quast (@davequast) December 4, 2018
This has been an interesting story to follow. A young poet, Annie O’Toole, recent got nominated for some kind of national award. One of her poems was (in her words) inspired by a poem by Rachel McKibbens, while McKibbens and most other observers say it was plagiarized from McKibbens’ poem. Then another poet, after reviewing O’Toole’s work, found her poetry had also been “inspiring” to O’Toole. And then another. And another. The count is up to 14.
current number of people who’ve had work stolen by AO is 8.
— Rachel McKibbens (@RachelMcKibbens) December 3, 2018
current number of people who’ve had work stolen by AO is 9. https://t.co/uquXGlcbE2
— Rachel McKibbens (@RachelMcKibbens) December 3, 2018
current number of people who’ve had work stolen by AO is 11. https://t.co/VzrPCYBKZP
— Rachel McKibbens (@RachelMcKibbens) December 3, 2018
— Rachel McKibbens (@RachelMcKibbens) December 3, 2018
It looks like Scott Dworkin was not just blowing smoke in his tweet earlier today. We may have a helluva Friday news dump.
Endgame: Mueller’s prosecutors are telling defense lawyers they are “tying up loose ends” in the Russia probe as they prepare to file 3 crucial memos this week on their most high profile defendants: Flynn, Manafort and Cohen. https://t.co/dDQhgDJlh3
— Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff) December 3, 2018
re: #134 Anymouse 🌹
Yup.
In the ideal world, we could shut off the valves to petroleum plants and close every coal mine today. In the real world, that would be a disaster—that has to be replaced with something.
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We all love that image of the idealized future where commercial fusion plants work together with renewable energy sources to provide us zero emission electricity to power our green homes, our electric cars that get thousands of miles per charge, and ultramodern industries that produce goods in an environmentally-friendly fashion.
Meanwhile, in the real world, polluting forms of power, industry, and transportation continue to be the norm because generations of purity ponies decided that the perfect must be the enemy of the good.
re: #32 Charles Johnson
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I just wanted to hand out a giant bunch of hugs 🤗 to everyone dealing with a loss and all the sadness that brings. This year is almost over, and I don’t think many of us will be sad to see it go. Let’s work and love and hope and work and love some more that 2019 isn’t a fucking dumpster fire from Hell. Sending hugs and love and warm cookies 🍪…..love you all.
Family of deceased has to promise prick they absolutely loath that attendees of their loved one’s funeral will avoid “insulting” said prick:
Bush family promised Trump that funeral would avoid anti-Trump messaging: report https://t.co/uAhA9fG3Xm pic.twitter.com/SdX12m6tiU
— The Hill (@thehill) December 4, 2018
In other words, we can expect another round of “HOW DARE THEY SAY THAT ABOUT TRUMP!!!!” from the wingnut media over every…single…eulogy.
Question-and-answer website Quora warned late Monday that hackers gained access to the personal data of as many as 100 million of its users https://t.co/OrxXGd3vvi
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) December 4, 2018
Yesterday I reached my third year here, and reached 123,000 karma points a couple minutes ago.
Thanks for all y’all having me here.
I’m off to bed for now … trip into town awaits later today.
Good morning? Where are the peanuts you promised? Hey!
re: #143 jeffreyw
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He’ll go get the crew and scream at you thru the window until you relent.
One of the final acts of the Republicans in the House and Senate will be to allow the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to expire in two weeks before their recess.
Roll Call noted the expiration date that would necessitate a Congressional reauthorization. It was already given an extension until Dec. 7 when it was up Sept. 30. It’s now been extended until the 21st. Republicans decided not to use the opportunity to reauthorize it ahead of the 2018 midterm election. (more)
Lie O’ the day.
“I’m doing fine and bringing in $40k US a month.” Milo
Yiannopoulos told the Guardian in an email the documents referred to “company debts, not personal”.
re: #145 Anymouse 🌹
One of the final acts of the Republicans in the House and Senate will be to allow the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to expire in two weeks before their recess.
Roll Call noted the expiration date that would necessitate a Congressional reauthorization. It was already given an extension until Dec. 7 when it was up Sept. 30. It’s now been extended until the 21st. Republicans decided not to use the opportunity to reauthorize it ahead of the 2018 midterm election. (more)
This is what happens when a party genuinely believes that the problem is they’re just not telling women to stay in the kitchen in the right way.
If you live in Georgia, today is the runoff election for Secretary of State. This is the chance to fix conservative election-fixing.
Morning!
Woke to the news that Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer is retiring after the Rose Bowl.
That is going to depress the local Columbus crowd and other Ohio State fans.
I guess his brain cyst is a bigger problem for him than most thought…added in with the stuff that happened with his assistant coach earlier, etc. and it is time to hang it up.
Also a lot of talk that he supposedly did not like the way he was hung out to dry at first when the domestic abuse issues happened in the late summer. I guess there was friction between the president of the university and him.
re: #120 HappyWarrior
It is tough because the voters did vote yes on it but it’s also very clear that not did many average voters not know what it meant, neither did its elected proponents. Britain is in a mess of its own creation. Both May and Corbyn are nuts in their own ways. Feel awful since my cousins’ children are coming of age there.
It was not a binding vote, it was a request to Parliament to initiate Aricle 50 proceedings, which it duly followed.
They are under no legal constraints to follow through on it.
It will just mean an awful loss of face.
re: #140 Targetpractice
Family of deceased has to promise prick they absolutely loath that attendees of their loved one’s funeral will avoid “insulting” said prick:
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In other words, we can expect another round of “HOW DARE THEY SAY THAT ABOUT TRUMP!!!!” from the wingnut media over every…single…eulogy.
I guess praising HW as a father will trigger them too.
re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It was not a binding vote, it was a request to Parliament to initiate Aricle 50 proceedings, which it duly followed.
They are under no legal constraints to follow through on it.
It will just mean an awful loss of face.
Wasn’t aware of that detail tbh.
re: #1 Single-handed sailor
Wisconsinites are revolting; they’re rising up, too. //
Is this about Wisconsin R’s and their very principled stance after having one of their own as governor for eight years to now roll back the governor’s power as a Dem governor prepares to take over after having been dually elected? Such principle very power.
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re: #140 Targetpractice
Family of deceased has to promise prick they absolutely loath that attendees of their loved one’s funeral will avoid “insulting” said prick:
In other words, we can expect another round of “HOW DARE THEY SAY THAT ABOUT TRUMP!!!!” from the wingnut media over every…single…eulogy.
President Lock Her Up is such a Snowflake—maybe he’ll insist on vetting all the funeral speeches because if it’s one thing DJT hates its when people are critical of each other in speeches or on social media.
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Via Metafilter: A four-part series on how to wash your puma. Our cat Trixie watched very intently.
Russians are fucking crazy. Beautiful animal, though.
Today has got to be a better day.
Right?
re: #118 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
The EU is offering PM May and the Tories an escape route. Will they admit defeat and Remain?
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No. They’re British (and Tories). Like I said earlier, they’ll go down with the ship, in full-dress uniform, singing “Rule Britannia”.
re: #130 Anymouse 🌹
More on NC-9:
Ah, yes, and let’s toss in one more AMAZING COINCIDENCE: Several of the witnesses are related to a gent named Leslie McCrae Dowless, a charming fellow hired by the Harris campaign as a contractor, according to affidavits. If Harris won, said one, Dowless would get $40,000 cash. He insisted on cash. Dowless was convicted in 1992 of felony fraud against an insurance company, not to mention a number of misdemeanor grifts over the years like kiting checks and failure to pay taxes. Public Radio aficionados may remember him from a segment on This American Life about absentee vote frauding in 2016:
He had some people working for him, getting out the vote— volunteers, McCrae calls them. The volunteers, though, were allegedly getting paid for each ballot they turned in. That is illegal. One of the voters who signed an affidavit said that Get Out the Vote workers came by and had her family request absentee ballots. But then they never received their absentee ballots in the mail like they were supposed to. Then, when the family went to vote on election day, they were told they’d already voted. In essence, McCrae’s getting accused of paying people to obtain absentee ballots, fill them out, and cast their votes on someone else’s behalf. That, for sure, is illegal. McCrae says he didn’t do anything wrong.
North Carolina Election F*ckery Just Got F*ckier
Thank heavens we stocked up on asterisks! (more)
But, but Bill Mitchell said that all the vote Fraud was Dems that make their new House majority illegal!
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re: #136 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
It looks like Scott Dworkin was not just blowing smoke in his tweet earlier today. We may have a helluva Friday news dump.
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As I’ve learned, Dworkin is to be taken with a big grain of salt, but in this instance, he might be onto something.
Historic: The chairs of the DGA, DSCC, DCCC and DLCC are all women now. It’s a fitting coda to the Year of the Woman. I interviewed them this weekend for the Daily 202: https://t.co/ZyC8EOC2sJ
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) December 3, 2018
How many more white men will leave the party?
re: #51 Charles Johnson
Has the message of anti-racism become as harmful a force in American life as racism itself?
— reason
HEY WERE JUST ASKING QUESTIONS HERE
I hate David Sirota.
And it is not just because he is a Bernie tool.
He is a tool in general.
re: #28 jaunte
Of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect George Conway shows toward his wife, her career, place of work, and everything she has fought SO hard to achieve, might top them all. @KellyannePolls is great person and frankly his actions are horrible.
— Eric Trump
Whenever I want a principled stance on politics I always turn to Eric.
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re: #132 Targetpractice
It’s posts like these that are why the purity pony crowd continually fail to get taken seriously:
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This is the sort of shit that scares voters away, when you don’t simply say “I’m opposed to your industry and want to get you a cleaner job,” but instead “I think of you as my enemy and want neither your vote or your money unless you switch jobs to an industry I approve of.”
It’s easier to denounce and demagogue than to find solutions
re: #152 HappyWarrior
Wasn’t aware of that detail tbh.
Lots of people are unaware that the Brexit referendum was not binding, it was just a request, as the were of a lot of other details connected to this fiasco
re: #138 A Mom Anon
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Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area.
My condolences to Unshaken on the passing of your mentor, friend, and words can’t begin to express how difficult this must be for you and yours. We’re here for you as best as we can under the circumstances.
Be well, and take care of yourself and be comforted by the memories and happy times you shared with him.
re: #152 HappyWarrior
Wasn’t aware of that detail tbh.
Most people (here or in Britain) aren’t/weren’t. The Brexit referendum wasn’t legally binding, but a disgracefullly large segment of their political establishment decided to treat it that way in order to try to exploit the Leave sentiments (mainly greed, exploitation and racist xenophobia, IMO: dressed up in “nationalism” as an excuse) for political advantage.
And we can see how that’s worked out…
re: #171 Jay C
Most people (here or in Britain) aren’t/weren’t. The Brexit referendum wasn’t legally binding, but a disgracefullly large segment of their political establishment decided to treat it that way in order to try to exploit the Leave sentiments (mainly greed, exploitation and racist xenophobia, IMO: dressed up in “nationalism” as an excuse) for political advantage.
And we can see how that’s worked out…
They use the argument that backing out of it would somehow “damage democracy”.
re: #161 Dr Lizardo
As I’ve learned, Dworkin is to be taken with a big grain of salt, but in this instance, he might be onto something.
I’ve seen this reported elsewhere this am
re: #170 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area.
My condolences to Unshaken on the passing of your mentor, friend, and words can’t begin to express how difficult this must be for you and yours. We’re here for you as best as we can under the circumstances.
Be well, and take care of yourself and be comforted by the memories and happy times you shared with him.
Thank you my friend. I must admit my adopted nic is hard to live up to today. I am shaken to the core. The resolve of the family and crew to do right by him is inspiring and heartening.
re: #166 dangerman
This has always been a fave
Funny thing is, that tune has been playing in my mind lately for no apparent reason. Maybe it’s the wintry weather here.
re: #172 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They use the argument that backing out of it would somehow “damage democracy”.
By which they mean if they backed out of it, their asses would be gone in the next general election.
re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Lots of people are unaware that the Brexit referendum was not binding, it was just a request, as the were of a lot of other details connected to this fiasco
I’ve noticed that the only people aware of the non-binding nature of the Brexit referendum are the “remainers”. Interestingly, I’ve seen the Brexiteers blatantly retcon reality itself and insist that the referendum was, in fact, legally binding (which it wasn’t, and when that’s pointed out, they straight-up say it’s “fake news”)
‘Tis bedtime for me here. Busy day awaits me tomorrow. See you all later!
re: #38 Anymouse 🌹
Ike’s Operation Wetback rounded up US citizens and deported them as well.
re: #123 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
If Putin really is behind all this chaos, I have to begrudgingly admit he is a master at manipulation.
They don’t just teach home ec. at KGB prep school.
re: #43 Charles Johnson
“Rampage” is a really stupid movie, but kind of fun in a really stupid “giant monsters laying waste to Chicago” way. Just turn it off before the last 10 minutes because that’s when it gets REALLY stupid.
You have to imagine playing the arcade game, which was a lot of fun.
re: #56 KGxvi
As a libertarian sort, allow me to answer:
No. No, it has not. Thank you for attending my TED Talk
You put up with us here. You’re not a real libertarian.
re: #70 freetoken
Yup.
However, to me it does not make a big difference if a candidate gets $50 from an oil field worker, or $5k from the company executive. Both donors are participating willingly in the same endeavor.
The real problem is that Sirota and his ilk are too puritanical, not willing to accept the real world of politics.
Any politician in Texas will need to get voters from those who are connected to the oil and gas industries, because those are large industries in Texas.
That first statement is pretty severe. Do you consider the guy who goes into a coal mine to be equivalent to a coal executive?
re: #93 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Is he completely devoid of any decorum or common sense?
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Also, I found it inappropriate for Trump to salute HW as finished “paying his respects” by the casket.
That video is from Memorial Day, 2017, not that it was any less inappropriate then either.
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re: #171 Jay C
Most people (here or in Britain) aren’t/weren’t. The Brexit referendum wasn’t legally binding, but a disgracefullly large segment of their political establishment decided to treat it that way in order to try to exploit the Leave sentiments (mainly greed, exploitation and racist xenophobia, IMO: dressed up in “nationalism” as an excuse) for political advantage.
And we can see how that’s worked out…
From what I was reading, it seems that Poles and other Slavic groups are the favorite punching bag of the British nationalists like Hispanics are ours. Makes it all the more fucked up for me to see people with Slavic surnames engaging in that shit here. I say that as someone who has Slavic immigrant cousins as well as ancestors. Was very relieved to see one of my cousins I met this summer in Slovakia can’t stand Trump. He posted the story about how the Germans kicked out Trump’s grandfather and my response was that Germany’s gain became our loss, he agreed.
re: #162 Belafon
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How many more white men will leave the party?
I can ignore the 216th begging email from a chairwoman as easily as one from a chairman.
re: #184 Belafon
That first statement is pretty severe. Do you consider the guy who goes into a coal mine to be equivalent to a coal executive?
It’s just such a dishonest tactic by Sirota who it seems has done this for other things too like attacking a school board candidate without disclosing that individual happened to be running against Mrs. Sirota. In a way, I appreciate guys like Sirota because they do show me that our side has its own problems and we’re not immune from them but holy cow what a dick move. The hardcore Berners are definitely afraid of Beto stealing Bernie’s thunder especially with young people.
re: #179 Belafon
Ike’s Operation Wetback rounded up US citizens and deported them as well.
Definitely an event that has me thinking less of Ike than I did before and I bet many of those included men who served under him in the Army.
I would see Sirota’s stuff at Daily Kos during Obama’s years and quickly grew to dislike him.
re: #186 HappyWarrior
From what I was reading, it seems that Poles and other Slavic groups are the favorite punching bag of the British nationalists like Hispanics are ours. Makes it all the more fucked up for me to see people with Slavic surnames engaging in that shit here. I say that as someone who has Slavic immigrant cousins as well as ancestors. Was very relieved to see one of my cousins I met this summer in Slovakia can’t stand Trump. He posted the story about how the Germans kicked out Trump’s grandfather and my response was that Germany’s gain became our loss, he agreed.
Something I remember noticing in the runup to the Brexit vote in 2016 was a good deal of anti-Slavic bigotry being openly expressed in the comments sections of the UK tabloids - the bulk of it was aimed at Poles and to a lesser extent, Czechs and Slovaks. It was pretty vicious, to put it mildly.
This clip has aged EXTREMELY badly.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 4, 2018
re: #191 Dr Lizardo
Something I remember noticing in the runup to the Brexit vote in 2016 was a good deal of anti-Slavic bigotry being openly expressed in the comments sections of the UK tabloids - the bulk of it was aimed at Poles and to a lesser extent, Czechs and Slovaks. It was pretty vicious, to put it mildly.
Ocean City, Maryland where I usually make a yearly trip to the beach since the surf is pretty good there and I have a cousin who lives there who I always see often has seasonable workers from out of country. When I was little, it was frequently Irish kids but now it’s more Eastern European kids. I always like talking to them and finding out where they’re from and I think they do appreciate an American who not only knows Slovakia isn’t remotely the same as Russia but wants to know more. It really says a lot about Trump that he doesn’t see the harm nationalism has done to Europe especially. And it has and could get worse here too if we continue to let illegals be treated like hardened criminals.
re: #192 Ace-o-aces
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re: #190 Belafon
I would see Sirota’s stuff at Daily Kos during Obama’s years and quickly grew to dislike him.
I remembered the name vaguely in the Bush years but then I think he was just another lefty trying to get his voice heard. i don’t have a problem with him being critical of Beto. No one is above criticism but what he did here was dishonest and he knows it. And as I said, if Bernie runs and I am convinced more than ever he in fact will, let him have it from the left. Let him know that he loves to talk about corporate responsibility but doesn’t extend that same to the firearms industry. Let him know that he’s a jerk on immigration in both word and deed. Let him know that his excusing racism isn’t acceptable just because his beloved white working class engage in it.
….I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It will always be the best way to max out our economic power. We are right now taking in $billions in Tariffs. MAKE AMERICA RICH AGAIN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018
Tariff Man. Worst superhero ever. https://t.co/ssbuYi1TIP
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 4, 2018
We would have taken away his car keys if Donnie was our parent or a grandparent.
A Ramirez cartoon that actually makes sense!
He just likes the tights. pic.twitter.com/zYynjLp4FL
— Patrick Sanders (@1patricksanders) December 4, 2018
re: #196 The Vicious Babushka
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Tarriff Man and his sidekick Reparative Therapy Boy!
From the “You Don’t Say!” file:
“It doesn’t seem like anything was actually agreed to at the dinner and White House officials are contorting themselves into pretzels to reconcile Trump’s tweets (which seem if not completely fabricated then grossly exaggerated) with reality.” - JPM trading note
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) December 4, 2018
re: #200 Targetpractice
From the “You Don’t Say!” file:
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Yeah this is how a normal presidency operates.
THREAD: There are indications that the “Yellow Vest Movement” in France is the pointy end of a Russian active-measures campaign against Emmanuel Macron.
It’s important to draw on French-language sources here, so warm up your favorite auto-translator. /1https://t.co/0QCcEyMFNa— PropOrNot ID Service 🇺🇸 (@propornot) December 3, 2018
Some good news, even if it’s years late.
JUST IN: Flint mayor Karen Weaver says more than 18,000 of Flint’s tainted service lines have been replaced ahead of schedule. pic.twitter.com/l34Hdpcl1K
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) December 4, 2018
I’m gonna take a guess that the only “agreement” made between Donny and Xi was the 90 day “ceasefire” while negotiations continued. And everything else we’ve been told has been the fanciful dreams of a conman trying to convince his marks that he didn’t get taken for everything but his shirt.
re: #83 teleskiguy
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Dude, that dye job on your hair is hideous. Age gracefully, let it get white!
Arnold a “statesman”?
Worst Governor California ever had.
Took Jerry Brown 8 years to undo the damage that Governor Red Ink Junky did.
re: #200 Targetpractice
From the “You Don’t Say!” file:
Trump thinks he can make it reality by saying it out loud.
re: #205 Joe Bacon 🌹
Arnold a “statesman”?
Worst Governor California ever had.
Took Jerry Brown 8 years to undo the damage that Governor Red Ink Junky did.
Worse than Pete Wilson?
re: #207 Belafon
Trump thinks he can make it reality by saying it out loud.
Yeah, surprise, a businessman decides to govern like he ran his companies: Telling his underlings to make whatever he desires happen and berating them if they can’t do it as he demanded.
re: #130 Anymouse 🌹
Never ceases to amaze me that what little of the voter fraud that actually occurs in this country is usually perpetrated by Republicans.
re: #166 dangerman
Always a favorite. So beautiful.
re: #212 Mattand
Never ceases to amaze me that what little of the voter fraud that actually occurs in this country is usually perpetrated by Republicans.
You can bet if Republicans are accusing Democrats of something, they’re actually doing it which makes me wonder about the people who promoted Pizzagate.
re: #212 Mattand
Never ceases to amaze me that what little of the voter fraud that actually occurs in this country is usually perpetrated by Republicans.
To the total silence of the “ZOMG!!! DEMS STEALIN’ ELECTIONS THROUGH VOTER FRAUD!!!” Faux News crowd.
The negotiations with China have already started. Unless extended, they will end 90 days from the date of our wonderful and very warm dinner with President Xi in Argentina. Bob Lighthizer will be working closely with Steve Mnuchin, Larry Kudlow, Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018
…and don’t forget Scott Free.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 4, 2018
re: #216 Ace-o-aces
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Frederick Douglass vouches for Scott Free. Great guy. You’re gonna love him.
Thats what trials are for.
— marguerite m dorn (@mmdornconsult) December 3, 2018
re: #219 Ace-o-aces
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Never saw this argument made when it was someone being investigated that Alan didn’t like. And yes that’s why we have trials.
Manafort’s wife could be booted from million dollar Florida mansion after her husband lied to Mueller https://t.co/s7tk5Rm5hn
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 4, 2018
Try as I might, I could not find a single fuck to give.
I’d welcome a trial tbh Mueller actually has a clue where Rudy has not a damn.
re: #222 Targetpractice
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Try as I might, I could not find a single fuck to give.
This is just like the Holocaust!//
I would’ve gone with Black Sabbath’s Iron Man…
….I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It will always be the best way to max out our economic power. We are right now taking in $billions in Tariffs. MAKE AMERICA RICH AGAIN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018
“i a-a-m-m-m
a Ta-a-riff Ma- a-an…”
(to the tune of Billy Joel’s Innocent Man) https://t.co/FPX596xl6T— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 4, 2018
re: #219 Ace-o-aces
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That’s right, Alan, keep sucking his cock and maybe Donny will finally nominate you for AG.
re: #205 Joe Bacon 🌹
Arnold a “statesman”?
Worst Governor California ever had.
Took Jerry Brown 8 years to undo the damage that Governor Red Ink Junky did.
No, that would be Ronald Reagan.
re: #225 Barefoot Grin
I would’ve gone with Black Sabbath’s Iron Man…
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Sing us another song, you’re the tariff man.
Well we’re all waiting for a rage filled tweet at 3 am Eastern Standard time.
re: #228 Dr. Matt
Always. Every day and in every way.
re: #227 Scottish Dragon
No, that would be Ronald Reagan.
Pruneface was bad, Wilson was racist but Arnold was fucking incompetent.
Son of a bitch - that bastard Epstein has settled again, and once again his victims do not get to testify.
A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit involving pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls.
I have no doubt the deal includes a settlement with that apology but no news outlet has confirmed it yet…stay tuned. https://t.co/OrVhX2QX6D— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) December 4, 2018
re: #184 Belafon
That first statement is pretty severe. Do you consider the guy who goes into a coal mine to be equivalent to a coal executive?
its asinine
- people need work. they need to eat, feed families, have a roof, healthcare etc
- everyone cannot simply find another job - there arent that many - in fact if there were, many might have
- everyone cannot simply move to find a new job - there are hundreds of complicated reasons why that’s just not reality (cost, family ties, schools, jobs of others in the family)
re: #225 Barefoot Grin
I would’ve gone with Black Sabbath’s Iron Man…
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I am the very model of a modern US President,
My brains corroded from snotting too much Pepsodent…
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re: #232 makeitstop
Son of a bitch - that bastard Epstein has settled again, and once again his victims do not get to testify.
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And Asshole Alan Dershowitz breathes another sigh of relief…
jeebus the rest of his tweets are delusional
The negotiations with China have already started. Unless extended, they will end 90 days from the date of our wonderful and very warm dinner with President Xi in Argentina. Bob Lighthizer will be working closely with Steve Mnuchin, Larry Kudlow, Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018
……on seeing whether or not a REAL deal with China is actually possible. If it is, we will get it done. China is supposed to start buying Agricultural product and more immediately. President Xi and I want this deal to happen, and it probably will. But if not remember,……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018
….I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It will always be the best way to max out our economic power. We are right now taking in $billions in Tariffs. MAKE AMERICA RICH AGAIN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018
…..But if a fair deal is able to be made with China, one that does all of the many things we know must be finally done, I will happily sign. Let the negotiations begin. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018
re: #235 Joe Bacon 🌹
And Asshole Alan Dershowitz breathes another sigh of relief…
Don’t him and Trump share Epstein? Might that be his reason for being such a vigorous Orange enabler?
re: #196 The Vicious Babushka
….I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It will always be the best way to max out our economic power. We are right now taking in $billions in Tariffs. MAKE AMERICA RICH AGAIN
- ‘foreign’ companies selling goods to us is “raiding”
- we are not taking in “billions” - and who the hell is ‘we’?
if you wanted foreign companies to ‘pay for the privilege’, you tax them (or try to) (no i am not an advocate)
and this is just disgusting
Looking forward to being with the wonderful Bush family at Blair House today. The former First Lady will be coming over to the White House this morning to be given a tour of the Christmas decorations by Melania. The elegance & precision of the last two days have been remarkable!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018
Last night, while these parents gathered in Manhattan to raucously protest a plan to get more black/Latino students into NYC’s elite PUBLIC high schools, I was in BK with @Teens_Tk_Charge, a group of blk/brown students demanding educational equality and integration. https://t.co/pQpfOsHwGg
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) December 4, 2018
re: #222 Targetpractice
Try as I might, I could not find a single fuck to give.
I think we’re supposed to point and laugh.
re: #231 Joe Bacon 🌹
Pruneface was bad, Wilson was racist but Arnold was fucking incompetent.
So, you’d take racist over incompetent? Not much of a choice, I agree.
There’s a neo-Nazi troll who isn’t nearly as clever as he thinks he is tweeting HH at Jews and being like “What? It’s just short for Happy Hanukkah”. *eyeroll*
— Rabbi Ruti Regan 🏳️🌈♀🇺🇸 (@RutiRegan) December 4, 2018
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
Further proof that racism has nothing to do with economics, nor the South. It’s just more obvious down here.
re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth
and this is just disgusting
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They’re not looking forward to seeing you. Stop making their loss about you. You don’t care about their loss.
So, here’s your laughably bad movie of the week - The Crater Lake Monster:
And despite the title, it’s not connected to Crater Lake, OR.
Wooden acting, a claymation monster that looks like it was made in Mrs. Johnson’s sixth-grade arts class and a production budget of about $1.98.
Yep…..it’s got it all.
re: #237 HappyWarrior
Don’t him and Trump share Epstein? Might that be his reason for being such a vigorous Orange enabler?
Trump and Dersh are all tangled up in this story. One of the girls who got taken in by Epstein was working at Mar-A-Lago when she was recruited.
You gotta wonder how much money Epstein threw at this case to make it go away yet again.
Yeah re: #248 makeitstop
Trump and Dersh are all tangled up in this story. One of the girls who got taken in by Epstein was working at Mar-A-Lago when she was recruited.
You gotta wonder how much money Epstein threw at this case to make it go away yet again.
Ah ok. Knew there was an intersection
This is so pathetic:
Could somebody please explain to the Democrats (we need their votes) that our Country losses 250 Billion Dollars a year on illegal immigration, not including the terrible drug flow. Top Border Security, including a Wall, is $25 Billion. Pays for itself in two months. Get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
We can explain it to Trump, but it’s like talking to a goddamned wall.
A potted plant has more comprehension and understanding.
It doesn’t cost Americans $250 billion a year. That’s a bulkshit made up figure.
Even other right wing extremists peg the cost at over $100 billion, which doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
And removing illegals would mean lower productivity and lower output, as they’re doing a lot of jobs Americans wouldn’t do - like agriculture, service industries, construction, etc.
The wall is a known boondoggle that won’t stop illegals (by Trump’s own admission, they can use ladders and ropes, and then later admitted that he wants it see-thru so you can’t throw stuff over and hit someone on the head with it - aka a fence).
Drugs aren’t streaming across the border either as CBP admits - the bulk of drugs coming into the US are via package deliveries these days, including from China in amounts under 3 ounces - fentanyl is worth more than most other opiates due to its strength and cutting it can mean that 3 ounces is worth more than kilos of other opiates.
Border crossings are at multi year lows, a trend starting before Trump took office. But Trump’s feeding the private prison sector by sending those captured to these private facilities on the taxpayer dime.
You went after George H.W. Bush’s oldest kid pretty hard as I remember. The kids should be off limits, Roy.
— The Monkey’s Paw (@TheEdMix) December 4, 2018
Like clockwork, stocks are down after gains the day before, after the world realizes that Trump’s word of a new “trade agreement” with China was total bullshit. He does this every time. Promises that there’s a yuge deal/breakthrough, the media reports it, stocks gain, then a day later the truth comes out. I swear, he’s shorting the market.
The Russian side revealed more details of the G20 meet between Putin and Trump. Putin’s presidential aide said the meet lasted 10-15 minutes and that Trump approached Putin. pic.twitter.com/gVhkfpfFZy
— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) December 4, 2018
Rely on the Russians to keep the minutes of Trumps meetings with Putin. They’re showing us he can’t be trusted and their people that he is a vassal. https://t.co/6DnyaQJWmR
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) December 4, 2018
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
This is so pathetic:
Could somebody please explain to the Democrats (we need their votes) that our Country losses 250 Billion Dollars a year on illegal immigration, not including the terrible drug flow. Top Border Security, including a Wall, is $25 Billion. Pays for itself in two months. Get it done!
some ‘negotiator’ - apparently you can’t
oh, and
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
JFC, moron tweets a wingnut, again…
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re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
These series of tweets provide direct confirmation that there are no policy boundaries Trump can cross in direct violation to traditional Republican /Libertarian ideals that his supporters will instead either ignore or applaud.
Here we have Trump crowing about perceived Tariff receipts that are fed to the Federal Government instead of being realized as business revenues. This is in direct conflict with well-worn policy bedrocks of Republicanism. Instead of condemnation from Republicans, we have silence at best. We see this pattern on behavior over and over again from the cult of Trump. There is literally no policy Trump can violate that they will ignore all in the name of keeping White Power as an institution.
…except one policy. If Trump were to even suggest enabling black or brown skinned people to garner more power in the Trumpland’s zero-sum game world, they would turn on him in an instant.
This is a stunning admission in the #NC09 election controversy by @wsoctv’s @JoeBrunoWSOC9 on what one of the “harvesters” did with the absentee by mail ballots she picked up: #ncpol pic.twitter.com/NtcmJOVnpE
— Michael Bitzer (@BowTiePolitics) December 3, 2018
re: #254 gocart mozart
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After Huckleberry lied about what she said but stay classy third rate wingnut paper founded by a cult leader.
re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that Trump approached Putin at the #G20Summit2018, their conversation lasted for about 10-15 minutes, #Ukraine and the #KerchStrait incident were discussed. Ushakov added that “he cannot disclose everything” about the Putin-Trump talks. #Russia pic.twitter.com/Wi2hsFF0ku
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 4, 2018
re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is a stunning admission in the #NC09 election controversy by @wsoctv’s @JoeBrunoWSOC9 on what one of the “harvesters” did with the absentee by mail ballots she picked up: #ncpol
jail, fines, loss of 2A rights… oh wait, that’s a different discussion
how about this then:
- JAIL
- AND A NEW GODDAMNED ELECTION
re: #245 HappyWarrior
They’re not looking forward to seeing you. Stop making their loss about you. You don’t care about their loss.
He cares about their loss. He is probably looking at the whole ceremony as a way to make himself look good by acting ‘presidential’, a chance to make a pivot.
A way to get the media and his base behind him as he knows the Mueller Report is coming out soon.
The Don needs to start building his defense any way he can.
re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth
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You’re a liar and everything you state is unsupported by fact or reality.
No one can identify $250 billion in losses for illegal immigration./
No one can even identify $100 billion. You make this up.https://t.co/pjJ9BuyIe5— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 4, 2018
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
Pretty sure that “we want tr*mp” is not being chanted anywhere, let alone the streets of Paris.
re: #269 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Pretty sure that “we want tr*mp” is not being chanted anywhere, let alone the streets of Paris.
Maybe in Russian. But I’ve yet to meet a European who likes Trump and I know more than Trump does via my family, research, & travels.
re: #269 Colère Tueur de Lapin
well, there has been reporting that the “yellow vests” doing the protests are Russia-backed, so they could very well be chanting that
re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth
Russian media is reporting that the US isn’t behind the French riots (go figure). They’re too busy projecting like IMAX too. Russian manipulation of media and entities across Europe and here in the US via Trump continues piling up.
Ha! perfect
— Brendan Karet 🚮 (@bad_takes) December 3, 2018
— The Monkey’s Paw (@TheEdMix) December 4, 2018
re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth
well, there has been reporting that the “yellow vests” doing the protests are Russia-backed, so they could very well be chanting that
Maybe some day our media and many of the wingnuts will figure out the Russians are using very common tactics against us (the west) with their help.
Two and a half years later and they are still swallowing the Russian’s big fat shiny lures.
If Putin knows one thing it is how to poke at our thoughts, trends, media, fashions, talking points, etc.
re: #274 ObserverArt
This is a good thread on who is behind the ‘yellow jacket’ movement.
THREAD: There are indications that the “Yellow Vest Movement” in France is the pointy end of a Russian active-measures campaign against Emmanuel Macron.
It’s important to draw on French-language sources here, so warm up your favorite auto-translator. /1https://t.co/0QCcEyMFNa— PropOrNot ID Service 🇺🇸 (@propornot) December 3, 2018
Thread https://t.co/S9sVcSPy85
— The Monkey’s Paw (@TheEdMix) December 4, 2018
heh
Please see my statement below regarding 2020. pic.twitter.com/ztCfZUY6hA
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) December 4, 2018
Trevor visits his Grandma Koko in Soweto, South Africa, to talk about his childhood, her life under apartheid, and what exactly he needs to do to get her to watch The Daily Show. pic.twitter.com/cwDloUxVis
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 4, 2018
More pathetic than sad IMO
this is both extremely sad and amazing at the same time (h/t @MollyJongFast) pic.twitter.com/rStvAy1R4f
— dell cameron (@dellcam) December 4, 2018
Of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect George Conway shows toward his wife, her career, place of work, and everything she has fought SO hard to achieve, might top them all. @KellyannePolls is great person and frankly his actions are horrible.
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) December 4, 2018
Wait. Did I miss something? Did George Conway pay money to have sex with a porn star right after his wife gave birth? https://t.co/c8J9CyUZSG
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) December 4, 2018
Between Trump and Epstein, we’re some ham-shaped testicles away from a Denver Omelette.
— FollowTheGrift (@NeotericLefty) December 4, 2018
You win. https://t.co/HvQ046qa0E
— Lincoln’s Bible (@LincolnsBible) December 4, 2018
re: #272 lawhawk
Russian media is reporting that the US isn’t behind the French riots (go figure). They’re too busy projecting like IMAX too. Russian manipulation of media and entities across Europe and here in the US via Trump continues piling up.
It sounds more like a case of a grassroots sentiment that they simply helped catalyze into a movement, like our Tea Party or the Jade Helm protests.
re: #277 gocart mozart
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The subtitles on the broadcast called her Grandma Cocoa.
He asked if she watches his show; she said no, because there’s no electricity.
re: #278 gocart mozart
More pathetic than sad IMO
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Is that really Jr’s account? Isn’t more likely a parody account? No check mark.
Looks like Putin had to top off the kompromat bins…
BREAKING: House GOP campaign arm @NRCC suffered major hack during heat of 2018 midterm election. w/@BresPolitico https://t.co/HceWShPwmu
— Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) December 4, 2018
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
This is so pathetic:
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It is, because it’s a complete fabrication.
re: #285 makeitstop
Looks like Putin had to top off the kompromat bins…
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those fuckers should have been aware how vulnerable their systems can be
With due respect to Billy Joel…
Don was a millionaire businessman,
Who never had time for his wife.
But he’ll turn twenty colors, when he finds out Mueller,
Is locking his friends up for life.
Send us a tweet, you’re the Tariff Man,
Rambling on about things you can’t grasp.
If you can’t tell we’re all making fun of you,
Because you’re such a pompous, orange ass.
re: #287 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
those fuckers should have been aware how vulnerable their systems can be
I’m also seeing that the info security team that they used was….
Yeah, I’m not kidding.
re: #276 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) December 4, 2018
re: #285 makeitstop
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Heh, that is Ohio House Rep Steve Stivers (D 15) gig as he is the NRCC chair since 2017.
I hope those emails expose him for the fraud he is. Why a fraud? Because he paints himself as some kind of bipartisan willing to work with both sides and cried about all the split politics in the USA. Then he goes and votes straight Republican and backs Trump.
He got in a bit of a jam this past election for some of the political commercials he ran that were all kinds of partisan bullshit. He often used Soros the scary Jewish money man in the commercials.
re: #266 ObserverArt
He cares about their loss. He is probably looking at the whole ceremony as a way to make himself look good by acting ‘presidential’, a chance to make a pivot.
A way to get the media and his base behind him as he knows the Mueller Report is coming out soon.
The Don needs to start building his defense any way he can.
i do not believe he’s thinking anything like this
you are right, he ought to be
time will tell
Trump’s “Tariffs Man” tweet sent the stock market into a tailspin pic.twitter.com/HwDcSDRWHO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 4, 2018
Is Tariff Man’s sidekick Scott Free?
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) December 4, 2018
Truly a sad day for the White Women Who Want to Fuck Michael Avenatti Committee.
— Very Legal & Very Cool Frank (@goddamnedfrank) December 4, 2018
Comparing our mass shootings to war torn nations.
Congrats. In reality you’re aiding and abetting mass shootings and ignore when nonwhite gun owners are gunned down by cops for no legit reason.
You are an entity furthering white nationalist agenda and compromised by Russia.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 4, 2018
The goddamned NRA (Russia branch) decides that mass shootings aren’t a problem in the US because we, as a population of 300 million plus, don’t have the same per-capita mass shootings as other places, like say: Yemen or Afghanistan or Pakistan or parts of Africa - many of which are war-torn regions, suffering from civil war etc.
So, instead of identifying why mass shootings are unique to the US in sheer volume, the NRA instead trots out a stat that obfuscates the matter.
“I am a gaffe machine, but my God what a wonderful thing compared to a guy who can’t tell the truth.”
— Joe Biden, quoted by CNN.
what a brilliantly grand statement
re: #293 dangerman
i do not believe he’s thinking anything like this
you are right, he ought to betime will tell
I’m pretty sure his handlers are thinking like I commented.
re: #282 sagehen
Apparently Gogo is a nickname for grandma in S Africa.
So, which is more likely: NRCC hack blamed on DNC or held up as “proof” that the Russians wanted the DNC to win the midterms?
re: #302 Targetpractice
So, which is more likely: NRCC hack blamed on DNC or held up as “proof” that the Russians wanted the DNC to win the midterms?
Can’t it be both but I suggest the latter will be the FNC and Trump talking points.
Sen. Corker, emerging from Khashoggi briefing, said that if MBS was in a courtroom it would take 30 minutes for jurors to unanimously convict. “No question” MBS responsible
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) December 4, 2018
re: #304 goddamnedfrank
Trump: No one can know for sure..
Corker: Jury would unanimously convict in 30 minutes.
Yeah, we can’t take Trump at his word -ever
We know #VaccinesWork. And yet, very troubling news from Italy: https://t.co/Vj0RrmjCg8
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) December 4, 2018
re: #304 goddamnedfrank
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Oh so what are you going to do after you tuck tail and make smiles with your lunatic successor.
“no one can see tariff man. no one can see tariff man. no one can see tariff man” pic.twitter.com/Y81ELp8gFP
— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) December 4, 2018
re: #305 lawhawk
Trump: No one can know for sure..
Corker: Jury would unanimously convict in 30 minutes.
Yeah, we can’t take Trump at his word -ever
And that is as far as Corker’s admittance will go…a statement to the media.
He will not stand up to his party or the leader of that party Donald Trump.
Piss off Corker, you are a pissant in your party. Slink away by retiring, that is the move of a wimp that knows he is beaten by his own.
derek and his ilk are morons
It is unjust for Congress to budget a living wage for ourselves, yet rely on unpaid interns & underpaid overworked staff just bc Republicans want to make a statement about “fiscal responsibility.”
If that’s the case, they can cut down on staff to pay them well. Or raise the MRA.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 3, 2018
Couldn’t she redistribute her own salary?
— Michelle Moore (@harleemama) December 4, 2018
If all her posts you have responded to were instead posted by a white man in his 50’s associating as a Republican, you wouldn’t have responded at all.
— Jonathan Fuzie (@JonFuzie) December 4, 2018
Unlike robber barons, I have no problem paying taxes & contributing to society. I’m a 1st gen kid that @ 29 w no kids will make more than my parents did.
I SHOULD pay more if it means giving the waitress-me a break. I’m GLAD my taxed income can mean better Bronx public schools. https://t.co/tm3knYvHsy— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 4, 2018
re: #302 Targetpractice
So, which is more likely: NRCC hack blamed on DNC or held up as “proof” that the Russians wanted the DNC to win the midterms?
Oh, RNC hacked, then this is very serious business. If Dems were hacked, it was their own fault.
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re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth
derek and his ilk are morons
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I imagine there are strict rules about what a Congressperson can do with her staff’s pay budget. And I agree completely with Alexandria. The usual out of touch douchebags who have never had to know what it’s like to make ends meet attack her.
So, all the talk about how @BarackObama was harsh on Israel and got tough with Israel was…. just talk? Not actually backed up by the facts? Or was this an oversight in furtherance of a hagiography of GHWB?
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 4, 2018
re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Between climate issues and anti-vax people, humans are bound to be eliminated from this planet by conservative “thinking.”
Actually the two, heat and disease might work together to do the job.Nature can cook up stuff we don’t even comprehend yet that can wipe us out.
It is an oncoming disaster and the conservative mind is the same as the joke about God saving them from a flood disaster. “I sent your brainy scientists and fantastic medical brains and you ignored them.”
.@LindseyGrahamSC on Khashoggi: “0 chance that this happened in such an organized fashion without Crown Prince [being involved]…I have great respect for Pompeo & Mattis [but] If they were in a Dem administration, I would be all over them for being in the pocket of Saudi Arabia” pic.twitter.com/mFZagAnkMd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 4, 2018
re: #316 The Vicious Babushka
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But since it is a repub admin nothing more will be said?
re: #316 The Vicious Babushka
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They had their briefing, they’ve made their press statements, on with the court-packing!
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US Postal Service says mail deliveries will be suspended Wednesday in honor of George H.W. Bush https://t.co/hLsdgm6kWg #KMOV pic.twitter.com/R6afIcpeQp
— KMOV (@KMOV) December 3, 2018
Lot of people criticizing this, but in fairness, the best way to honor a Republican is to deny Americans a vital government service they rely on https://t.co/K3UPHTfecZ
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) December 4, 2018
re: #316 The Vicious Babushka
I have great respect for Pompeo & Mattis [but] If they were in a Dem administration, I would be all over them for being in the pocket of Saudi Arabia
‘But since they’re in a Republican administration, it’s very cool and very legal.’
Party over the Rule of Law, as usual.
re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth
derek and his ilk are morons
And that’s where she, and we, are different than the GOP. Why does the waitress deserve a break, they ask?
re: #297 Sufficient unto the day…
It’s time for Some More News.
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The point he made about many “law-abiding” people with guns really want the opportunity to actually use them struck home with me. When my RW brother lived in Florida, he often talked about offering to help a neighbor who held an official post when he was investigating criminal activity. And it’s not as though my brother had any military or other relevant experience: he is just an NRA member with too many guns and no where to go.