Seth takes a closer look at the president arguing in court that Congress can’t investigate him as Republicans wage a war on reproductive rights.
Your whole family hates you.
Because they know you’re full of sssshhhhaaaavvvviiiiinnngggg cream!— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) May 17, 2019
re: #1 Joe Bacon 🌹
Imagine having your family make an attack ad against you. He must be absolutely insufferable.
re: #1 Joe Bacon 🌹
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It’s such a pathetically stupid attack especially given that he supports the guy who you know is an admirer of the guy who you know worked for the KGB. Gosar is such a loser if he thinks this is a winning issue.
These bills aren’t just being passed “by design” they are being passed according to over 30 years of planning and propaganda designed to undermine America as a secular democracy and to rebuild the stronghold of white Christian (mostly male) supremacy.
— Jason (@jasonthinks) May 16, 2019
It’s important to realize they will not stop at overturning Roe. Because they have not just been talking about **this exact moment in history** all this time, but they’ve also been saying what they really think about non-Christians of all types in private… and its scary.
— Jason (@jasonthinks) May 16, 2019
Brit, how many times would you say you were dropped on your head as a child? Ballpark it for us.https://t.co/9nDw4AhXN2
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) May 17, 2019
It’s going to be Nunes. https://t.co/d7ATHj3eRB
— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) May 17, 2019
re: #6 jaunte
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Brit, do you ever shut the fuck up about things you know shit little about? It’s reproductive rights because it’s your choice about what to do. But I wouldn’t expect a right wing hack with nary an original thought to get that.
re: #7 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
And I don’t think anyone would be surprised in the slightest if it was Nunes.
It’s going to be Nunes. https://t.co/d7ATHj3eRB
— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) May 17, 2019
The more evidence that comes out about Obstruction of Justice, the more stupid @TheJusticeDept Barr looks.
Maybe stupid is not the right word. Perhaps “ridiculously partisan, fringe, intellectually dishonest, devious, unpatriotic and immoral” captures the sentiment better. https://t.co/gTJ54rJauP— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 16, 2019
re: #10 Dr Lizardo
And I don’t think anyone would be surprised in the slightest if it was Nunes.
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Nunes is my bet but Jordan would not surprise either or Meadows. A lot of these Congressional R’s definitely seek to be on message with the Trump WH.
re: #11 jaunte
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re: #1 Joe Bacon 🌹
The name Gosar seemed familiar. It took a few minutes — I was originally thinking Ghostbusters — and then remembered the Congressman whose opponent ran that wonderful commercial featuring Gosar’s family.
I will be attacked by fellow conservatives for saying this but so be it, this Alabama abortion ban is too restrictive. It doesn’t save life, it simply forces women into more dangerous methods, other states or countries. You don’t encourage life via blanket government mandate!
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) May 16, 2019
You know the saying, “A liberal is a conservative whose been mugged”? Well, a liberal is a conservative whose teen daughter got knocked-up and needs an abortion.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 17, 2019
re: #15 Ace-o-aces
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She’s always described herself as pro choice but at the same time, she’s never supported pro choice candidates either. She’s going to see how the right is to ideological heretics tho.
re: #15 Ace-o-aces
Did Tomi really have two abortions?
Ali Velshi shuts down Hugh Hewitt…
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi cuts off Hugh Hewitt: “Hugh, just stop, for heaven’s sake!” pic.twitter.com/DtHheSyVJC
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) May 16, 2019
re: #18 Joe Bacon 🌹
Ali Velshi shuts down Hugh Hewitt…
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There is NO difference between Hugh Hewitt today and Vlad Posner of the USSR in the 70s.
re: #19 Joe Bacon 🌹
There is NO difference between Hugh Hewitt today and Vlad Posner of the USSR in the 70s.
What? Why are you insulting Vlad Posner? It’s been a long time but I don’t recall his ever spewing the same nonsense as Hugh Hewitt.
re: #20 Hecuba’s daughter
What? Why are you insulting Vlad Posner? It’s been a long time but I don’t recall his ever spewing the same nonsense as Hugh Hewitt.
Just as Posner repeated anything that the Soviet Communist Party decreed Hewitt does the exact same thing for the Republican Party!
re: #21 Joe Bacon 🌹
Just as Posner repeated anything that the Soviet Communist Party decreed Hewitt does the exact same thing for the Republican Party!
Vlad was a Russian spokesman — so you’d expect that of him but he is far more charming than Hewitt and apparently he has since repented of his service as a propagandist for the Soviet Union.
Once the Flynn tape is investigated, the conspiracy to obstruct justice will begin. Whoever talked to him him is going to prison. Whoever asked *that* guy to make the call is going to prison, etc.
If Nunes, for instance, was the caller, is he going to happily go to the gray bar motel for Drumpf, not revealing whoever asked him to do the “favor”? Is the guy who asked him to do it going to fall on his sword? Once you start drilling down, you’ll eventually get to the Tangerine Shitgibbon.
Flynn knew he was fucked, and accepted his guilt in affecting the election.
This should be the headline. The Drumpf Campaign affirmatively accepted the aid of a hostile foreign power to influence the 2016 election. Full stop.
re: #25 plansbandc
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2) Who the HELL has got that much hair on their thumb joint and the back of their hand? I’m just sayin’. It’s entirely possible that aliens are living among us and growing mutant ‘taters.
Will Menaker of the Chapo Trap House assholes caught a very deserved temporary Twitter ban and his friends are taking it extremely well.
That was an incredibly stupid image to tweet at someone and “unbowed, unbent, unbroken” is just embarrassing, hacky ass shit writing
— A Bit Snitty (@goddamnedfrank) May 17, 2019
Can someone please tell me why the next Batman, from an NYC analogue, pretty much HAS to be English, from the early casting calls?
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 17, 2019
re: #27 goddamnedfrank
THEY WANT TO USE THE WHITE HOUSE’S SOCIAL MEDIA BIAS WEB PAGE FOR THIS.
Yeah, because the White House will not deceptively edit any of that for purely political purposes or out/harass anyone with a dissenting opinion…
— jay (@random__name) May 17, 2019
re: #27 goddamnedfrank
Trenchant commentary from Katherine
that episode of Game of Thrones showed what it would’ve been like to live in the middle east under a Hillary Clinton presidency
— Katherine Krueger (@kath_krueger) May 14, 2019
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 17, 2019
The Guardian pushes for war against Iran.
re: #31 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
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That makes absolutely no sense! They aren’t just liberal, they’re pretty much leftist! Why are they carrying the Fanta Menace’s water?
More of this please!
The legendary Don Rickles slams Robert De Niro’s Method Acting on the set of CASINO.
(source: https://t.co/3p0RRvG3eo) pic.twitter.com/38u5p8s2Xx— Cinephilia & Beyond (@LaFamiliaFilm) May 16, 2019
Y’all seen this shit?
Tennessee, United States. 2019. https://t.co/BW6nthqP2N
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 17, 2019
A lot lower than you being a Stormtrumper.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 17, 2019
re: #1 Joe Bacon 🌹
The entire GOP is under Putin’s thumb so why are they pretending to be alarmed by communism? McConnell won’t even allow bills to be brought up which would strengthen and protect our election system from outside interference. Please!
re: #36 Patricia Kayden
The entire GOP is under Putin’s thumb so why are they pretending to be alarmed by communism? McConnell won’t even allow bills to be brought up which would strengthen and protect our election system from outside interference. Please!
Pretty ancient diversionary tactic, appear to be very afraid of what you’re secretly supporting.
re: #6 jaunte
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re: #38 Targetpractice
Perhaps Brit would like to explain why, if the case for bans is so strong, do proponents insist upon emotional appeals with words like “babies,” “murder,” and “genocide”? Is it because the objective arguments for such bans are so weak, the only means of gaining support is emotionally blackmailing voters?
It’s all about
abortion = killing babies
Roe v Wade = The Wannsee Conference
“They wrap the baby up, then they decide whether to murder it”
In Brexit madness news, talks between the Tories and Labour have collapsed, with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn withdrawing from further discussions.
re: #40 Dr Lizardo
I assume there is no one there willing to stop this entire process, because it would mean working against his/her own party.
re: #41 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I assume there is no one there willing to stop this entire process, because it would mean working against his/her own party.
Pretty much.
Seems to me that the crew of the H.M.S. United Kingdom has decided they’re going down with the ship and they’re taking them passengers with them.
re: #42 Dr Lizardo
Pretty much.
Seems to me that the crew of the H.M.S. United Kingdom has decided they’re going down with the ship and they’re taking them passengers with them.
I have a feeling the Queen wishes she still had veto power over Parliament.
re: #43 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I think she wants to play the Game with them…you know, the one whether you win or you die…
re: #44 Sufficient unto the day…
I think she wants to play the Game with them…you know, the one whether you win or you die…
Parliament will lose its influence on European politics and international policy. Who’s going to listen to a country that once belonged to the European Union and decided to leave it, because some idiots think they can recreate 19th century Great Britain?
re: #45 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Parliament will lose its influence on European politics and international policy. Who’s going to listen to a country that once belonged to the European Union and decided to leave it, because some idiots think they can recreate 19th century Great Britain?
Not only that, but if the worst comes to pass and the UK finds itself in a position where it has to re-join the EU, they’re certainly not going to get the various exemptions and outs they currently enjoy.
They’ll have to start using the Euro and sign up to the Schengen Zone. It’d be a massive humiliation for the Brits.
re: #46 Dr Lizardo
Not only that, but if the worst comes to pass and the UK finds itself in a position where it has to re-join the EU, they’re certainly not going to get the various exemptions and outs they currently enjoy.
They’ll have to start using the Euro and sign up to the Schengen Zone. It’d be a massive humiliation for the Brits.
I never thought I would live to see the day when the UK and USA both separate themselves from the rest of the world’s foreign affairs.
Grumpy Cat (real name Tardar Sauce) has gone to the great kitty litter box in the sky.
re: #31 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
LOL! Prepare for proxy war? What do you think they have been doing for 40 years?!
It’s still early but we already have a nominee for jackass of the day:
Mass. teacher accused of planting live ammo at school, then calling police
A Southbridge teacher is accused of leaving ammunition in a school stairwell Thursday morning before calling police to report it.
Southbridge police said high school biology teacher Alfred Purcell III, 57, of Woodstock, Connecticut, reported to staff that he had just found one live round of 9 mm ammunition in the rear stairwell. The school was placed on lock down.
During the lockdown, police and Southbridge High School staff reviewed video footage and saw Purcell removing the live round of ammunition from his pocket, dropping it on the floor and quickly leaving the area, police said.
About 10 minutes later, the video shows Purcell standing over the ammunition and taking a picture of it with a cellphone, police said.
Propaganda:
I´ve often wondered what it would´ve been like if Twitter was around for the concentration camps back in the day. Thanks for this live action demonstration.
— Green New Deal All Day (@PfefferleTim) May 16, 2019
Seems someone is having a difficult shit this morning:
My Campaign for President was conclusively spied on. Nothing like this has ever happened in American Politics. A really bad situation. TREASON means long jail sentences, and this was TREASON!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019
re: #54 Targetpractice
My Campaign for President was conclusively spied on. Nothing like this has ever happened in American Politics. A really bad situation. TREASON means long jail sentences, and this was TREASON!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019
Yeah - sounds like he’s constipated. He could probably use some Metamucil or something.
Something from Fox News?
re: #56 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Something from Fox News?
Probably that story that broke about Flynn.
re: #60 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Aha. Trump sounds worried now.
Increasingly so.
This gif explains Trump’s problems pretty well.
re: #23 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
Ha ha ha.
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“If we were doing it, then the Democrats must have been doing it too.”
re: #59 Dave In Austin
Meme
…DISAPPOINTMENT…..
Nothing but crumbs! I’m so giving this place a 1 star review on Yelp.
Gatlinburg SkyBridge, the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in North America, opens today. It’s nearly 700-feet-long and 150-feet-high. There are glass panels in the floor. Would you cross it?
📹 @bpaciorka @_BrennaMcD pic.twitter.com/MIjVYomzlm— Cheryl Vari (@cherylvari) May 17, 2019
moron
The Democrats now realize that there is a National Emergency at the Border and that, if we work together, it can be immediately fixed. We need Democrat votes and all will be well!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019
Border Patrol is apprehending record numbers of people at the Southern Border. The bad “hombres,” of which there are many, are being detained & will be sent home. Those which we release under the ridiculous Catch & Telease loophole, are being registered and will be removed later!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019
All people that are illegally coming into the United States now will be removed from our Country at a later date as we build up our removal forces and as the laws are changed. Please do not make yourselves too comfortable, you will be leaving soon!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019
Will the Democrats give our Country a badly needed immigration win before the election? Good chance!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019
re: #66 HappyWarrior
I think so. He’s cracking.
Slowly but surely, the walls are closing in. Little wonder he’s becoming increasingly, desperately unhinged.
I know it’s a minor thing, but why does he keep referring to BleachBit as “acid washed”? I mean, bleach is a base. https://t.co/OscRTygbyG
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 17, 2019
It’s just annoying.
Is this your way of telling Melania you want a divorce?
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 17, 2019
re: #68 Dr Lizardo
Slowly but surely, the walls are closing in. Little wonder he’s becoming increasingly, desperately unhinged.
He hasn’t had a lot of good news in a long time.
re: #69 Ace-o-aces
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It’s just annoying.
Because he has no idea what he’s talking about. This is a guy who calls cyber warfare “Cyber” and insists his adolescent son is an expert hacker.
goodbye grumpy cat pic.twitter.com/2LmoYXM1Rr
— shitty watercolour (@SWatercolour) May 17, 2019
re: #72 HappyWarrior
Not just calling it “Cyber”, but saying “the Cyber”…I am almost legitimately triggered by that.
re: #74 Sufficient unto the day…
Not just calling it “Cyber”, but saying “the Cyber”…I am almost legitimately triggered by that.
Yeah that’s right. I cringe when he talks because there isn’t an important issue he thinks he knows a lot about that he knows squat.
Now Fate is just screwing with my emotions, here:
Roy Moore weighs AL Senate re-run despite GOP opposition
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This Flynn story is quite interesting.
If he’s a fully signed-on, cooperating witness, Trump can’t stop him from providing information to investigators, right?
The House should issue a subpoena for him to appear. Like right now.
re: #7 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Nunes acts as if he can get away with obstructing justice so it will be interesting to see if he will suffer any consequences now.
re: #78 makeitstop
This Flynn story is quite interesting.
If he’s a fully signed-on, cooperating witness, Trump can’t stop him from providing information to investigators, right?
The House should issue a subpoena for him to appear. Like right now.
Can’t see why he would. Flynn unlike McGahn wouldn’t have a client-lawyer relationship and he’s no longer NS Adviser. Flynn could really blow the whole roof.
re: #70 Ace-o-aces
If these people are asylum seekers, they have a right to be here until their cases can be assessed by judges. Trump doesn’t have a say in that. Or he shouldn’t.
More voters say they are “extremely” interested in the 2020 presidential election TODAY than said the same about the 2016 election on the DAY BEFORE the 2016 election! This level of attention to politics is nuts! pic.twitter.com/XmyjqYt7HM
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) May 16, 2019
2020 will see the turnout storm of a century…participation levels not seen in more than 100 years https://t.co/xu1abDL0y0
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) May 16, 2019
Stuck at 41%. Looks like some soft Repubs or indies move from Biden to Trump. Only diffs from there is candidates in order of name recognition don’t consolidate the Biden then Sanders vote, but no voters move to Trump. https://t.co/bqWTkiF91v
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) May 16, 2019
Trump talks about Warren like he buried her in a ditch somewhere, and he’s putting up 41% against her https://t.co/r41RhlKq83
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 16, 2019
In other words, Biden and Sanders are still riding name recognition.
re: #82 Belafon
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Not good numbers for an incumbent. A lot can change between now and next November but we may have the opportunity for a big win.
re: #11 jaunte
You know, the more evidence that comes out showing that Trumpworld and GOPers in Congress obstructed justice on behalf of Trump (and perhaps at his explicit direction), the solution in the hands of the House is apparent:
Impeachment.
Impeach the fucker and refer the matter to the Senate to remove him from office. The evidence is clearly showing Trump engaged in widespread obstruction of justice and interfered in the ongoing investigations. Everything he’s spewing this morning on Twitter is because he knows something worse is about to drop.
His pattern is to tweet endlessly when bad news drops, because that’s how he thinks to deflect, deny, and obfuscate to take attention away from the additional bad news.
Let’s not forget, just hours ago we learned that Flynn was contacted by multiple people in Trumpworld and Congress to try and interfere with the investigation, and there’s at least one voice mail to that effect.
NAME the NAMES.
Let’s know who got caught obstructing justice on behalf of Trump and begin the process of indicting the fucker. None of these people should be above the law, despite Trump and Barr doing everything they can to do precisely that.
re: #22 Hecuba’s daughter
Vlad was a Russian spokesman — so you’d expect that of him but he is far more charming than Hewitt and apparently he has since repented of his service as a propagandist for the Soviet Union.
Seeing this late, but nope. He’s reverted. Although now he’s in service to Putin instead of the Politburo.
As the WWII generation dies, we will forget why Nazis need to be stopped dead.
As people like this lady die, we forget how hard they fought, and how far they moved us.
Unita Blackwell, civil rights pillar and first black woman mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86
Blackwell was an important pillar in the civil rights movement in the South. She served as a project director and field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), helping organize voter drives for African Americans across Mississippi. Those efforts landed her in jail at least 70 times, she said, for trying to register black Mississippians to vote.
This is utter insanity. Barr is a complete puppet for Trump - he’s doing what even Sessions wouldn’t do. These judges were appointed by Republicans! Seems like he is setting a narrative before the redacted parts are made public! https://t.co/8pAN5bjrIg
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 17, 2019
Barr still selling the Trump line of “Holy shit, gov’t spied on me and only me, and is totally in the tank for the CLintons!!!” and is willing to tear up the entire foundation of governance and law to Trump can be exalted.
We’re never getting out of this alive.
re: #82 Belafon
Do those folks know that there are elections this year? Are they registered to vote for this year? There are important local and state elections this year.
Every election matters. All elections matter, not just the presidential year ones.
The GOP needs to be thwarted and defeated at every level, precisely to stop the kind of misogynistic batcrap insane fuckery they’re engaging in at the state level in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, and elsewhere with the express intent to overturn Roe and knowing full well that these laws they just enacted would be unconstitutional as per Roe or Casey. Heck, they’ve even admitted that the laws they just enacted are unenforceable because there’s no way to do what they proposed.
That’s how insane the situation is, because they know that if somehow these laws get to the Supreme Court, they’ve got a stacked right wing extremist bench that will give them the holy grail of overturning Roe/Casey, and it wont be long before other civil rights and voting rights are directly attacked.
We’re already seeing the voting rights across multiple states under attack because Roberts overturned key provisions of the VRA despite the factual evidence showing that there’s still need for enforcement actions. The GOP controlled Congress refused to act to restore the VRA and provide new guidance, so we are watching the states where Democrats can be poised to gain seats in Congress or retake legislatures enacting new provisions to thwart voting access. Voter suppression methods are what the GOP is doing to make their changes permanent (coupled with the loading the courts with right wing extremists).
re: #88 lawhawk
Do those folks know that there are elections this year? Are they registered to vote for this year? There are important local and state elections this year.
Every election matters. All elections matter, not just the presidential year ones.
The GOP needs to be thwarted and defeated at every level, precisely to stop the kind of misogynistic batcrap insane fuckery they’re engaging in at the state level in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, and elsewhere with the express intent to overturn Roe and knowing full well that these laws they just enacted would be unconstitutional as per Roe or Casey. Heck, they’ve even admitted that the laws they just enacted are unenforceable because there’s no way to do what they proposed.
That’s how insane the situation is, because they know that if somehow these laws get to the Supreme Court, they’ve got a stacked right wing extremist bench that will give them the holy grail of overturning Roe/Casey, and it wont be long before other civil rights and voting rights are directly attacked.
We’re already seeing the voting rights across multiple states under attack because Roberts overturned key provisions of the VRA despite the factual evidence showing that there’s still need for enforcement actions. The GOP controlled Congress refused to act to restore the VRA and provide new guidance, so we are watching the states where Democrats can be poised to gain seats in Congress or retake legislatures enacting new provisions to thwart voting access. Voter suppression methods are what the GOP is doing to make their changes permanent (coupled with the loading the courts with right wing extremists).
We have our state senate and house of delegates up here. And a Sheriff’s election.
re: #88 lawhawk
States with significant statewide or Congressional races:
Governor: Louisiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi.
Legislatures: Louisiana, Mississippi, the Virginia General Assembly, and New Jersey Assembly.
A handful of open Congressional seats: PA-12, NC-3, NC-9.
Plus all the local municipal elections that are too numerous to mention.
re: #90 lawhawk
States with significant statewide or Congressional races:
Governor: Louisiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi.
Legislatures: Louisiana, Mississippi, the Virginia General Assembly, and New Jersey Assembly.A handful of open Congressional seats: PA-12, NC-3, NC-9.
Plus all the local municipal elections that are too numerous to mention.
Yep exactly. I met the guy who is running for my State Senate seat and he basically said that the Comstock defeat here was huge since she was a huge fundraiser for other Republicans in the district and state. These elections all matter. I’m going to be really disappointed if we do end up doing well this year and next but then 2021/2022 is disappointing because of amnesia and general apathy.
Felt like poking the cow a little bit this morning.
@DevinNunes You’re the guy Flynn ratted out, aren’t you? MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
— Tree Trunks (@efuseakay) May 17, 2019
Iowa AG Tom Miller introducing @GovernorBullock in Des Moines: “He’s a progressive. He’s liberal. He’s right in the middle of our party.”
whooosh goes the Overton Window pic.twitter.com/zNmn1oIvXn— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 17, 2019
Bullock: “Look, I guess I’m the 37th candidate. Walking in, I met this wonderful woman who sad, ‘you sound great, but what took you so long?’”
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 17, 2019
The fact that Democrats running for president have to claim to be progressive is a good thing.
And this will be the quick end to someone’s career:
For those keeping score, de Blasio’s 2020 announcement appears to have been scooped by a high school journalist & the Iowa group hosting his visit spelled his name wrong https://t.co/0QoP6ley9Y
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) May 15, 2019
A former top aide for De Blasio told me this is exactly right: He is utterly bored and hates being mayor. He doesn’t expect to win but he just wants to get out of NYC. It’s… pathetic. https://t.co/hFdhMcMVv7
— Jesse Eisinger (@eisingerj) May 16, 2019
Many more like him in this tweet thread.
Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce @Larry_Stutts, State Senator from Alabama who loves it when girls who have been raped by a family member are further tortured by being forced to carry their rapists baby. Hi Larry. We see you. #AbortionIsAWomansRight pic.twitter.com/apukHZ21R4
— Heather Whaley (@HeatherWhaley) May 16, 2019
re: #94 Belafon
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I really wanted to give him a chance when he first ran for NYC’s mayor since he was the progressive minded mayor the city had elected since Dinkins but the New Yorkers I’ve talked to aren’t impressed at all by him.
head of GOP goes on national TV to push idea Dems are in favor of aborting babies “on the day of the birth” https://t.co/I5Uzt1nrz0
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 17, 2019
re: #97 jaunte
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That’s not a thing you lying witch. And your party supports the death penalty so no you’re not the party of life. Fuck off.
Programmable puppet Ronna McDaniel will say whatever she’s told to.
“Your name no longer includes Romney; your name is Reek.”
re: #97 jaunte
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‘Broad tent.’
Right. ‘You can join our party if you want to have a baby, or if we have to make you have one.’
Ronna’s own aunt died to strict abortion laws. Typical Romney just like her uncle.
re: #96 HappyWarrior
I really wanted to give him a chance when he first ran for NYC’s mayor since he was the progressive minded mayor the city had elected since Dinkins but the New Yorkers I’ve talked to aren’t impressed at all by him.
He’s been meh… universal pre-k is a big feather in his cap, but he’s been awful most everywhere else. There’s a huge housing scandal at NYCHA that culminated with the feds getting involved (yeah, it was that bad). They lied about lead abatement/testing, and kids were found to have high lead levels.
There’s also his failures on Vision Zero (reduce pedestrian fatalities) by not prioritizing mass transit sufficiently. Mass transit is actually controlled by Gov. Cuomo, and the two have been at odds every step of the way. But DeBlasio hasn’t done enough within his control to improve things, like prioritizing buses/mass transit on streets over cars, and his fights with Cuomo subvert everything else he might be doing.
[The] new debate criteria set by the Democratic National Committee was also factor. Not only was the stage opened to 20 candidates, but the qualifying standards were set extremely low: Candidates had to reach either a very low polling threshold or get 65,000 unique donors, metrics that are both objective and largely out of the hands of party actors. Usually, winnowing happens early on when candidates try and fail to win encouragement from party actors. This time, however, candidates can simply focus on reaching a qualifying goal rather than assessing the reaction they got from party officials or key politicians.
Wouldn’t it be great if Sanders’ changes caused the demise of his unique white guy status?
re: #94 Belafon
He ran for reelection as mayor. That makes no sense.
There’s nothing about being mayor that would be boring; every day is a challenge and there’s so much to do.
This sounds so much like a left wing version of Trump.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 17, 2019
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
ridiculous Catch & Telease
Sounds like a great policy, this Catch and Telease.
re: #103 lawhawk
He’s been meh… universal pre-k is a big feather in his cap, but he’s been awful most everywhere else. There’s a huge housing scandal at NYCHA that culminated with the feds getting involved (yeah, it was that bad). They lied about lead abatement/testing, and kids were found to have high lead levels.
There’s also his failures on Vision Zero (reduce pedestrian fatalities) by not prioritizing mass transit sufficiently. Mass transit is actually controlled by Gov. Cuomo, and the two have been at odds every step of the way. But DeBlasio hasn’t done enough within his control to improve things, like prioritizing buses/mass transit on streets over cars, and his fights with Cuomo subvert everything else he might be doing.
Gotcha. I’m not a huge Cuomo fan tbh but at least he gets crap done. DeBlasio just seems uninterested in governing and I really distrust politicians like that.
re: #104 Belafon
Wouldn’t it be great if Sanders’ changes caused the demise of his unique white guy status?
I’m enjoying seeing Warren overtake him.
He’s worried about this. The tweet is absurd. And remember, Trump was advised by the FBI that Russia was trying to subvert the election & still didn’t report contacts & offers of help from Russia to the campaign to law enforcement & lied about them to the American people. https://t.co/ShefBKr3IY
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 17, 2019
re: #109 jaunte
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Didn’t be brush Obama aside when Obama warned him about Flynn? And Flynn’s affinity for Russia and Putin was public knowledge. No one forced Trump to make Flynn an adviser, vet him for VP, and then to make him his National Security Adviser. And remember when Flynn was revealed to have lied to investigators, Trump kept on talking about how Flynn was being wronged. Trump is upset now because Flynn may be playing the role of Joe Valachi in this farce.
“The White House should be pressed to explain how defending our political system isn’t a legitimate legislative purpose.”
“Trump World’s position is basically that the attack never happened [snip] even though Trump’s own intelligence officials are waving red flags about it.” https://t.co/oxNTTIhuc6— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) May 17, 2019
Mr. I only hire the best people is mad because the experts the same ones he dismissed didn’t warn him that Flynn was under investigation. I guarantee if they had said something, he’d claimed that they were persecuting Flynn.
re: #107 HappyWarrior
Going in, I thought Cuomo would be good, but he’s been awful. He thinks he’s the next Robert Moses - complete with making all of the same Robert Moses mistakes, including refusing to build out mass transit when doing various bridge projects, and he’s basically screwed the MTA at every opportunity, all while blaming everyone else when the MTA screws up (he’s ultimately the only one responsible for the MTA by law).
re: #114 lawhawk
Going in, I thought Cuomo would be good, but he’s been awful. He thinks he’s the next Robert Moses - complete with making all of the same Robert Moses mistakes, including refusing to build out mass transit when doing various bridge projects, and he’s basically screwed the MTA at every opportunity, all while blaming everyone else when the MTA screws up (he’s ultimately the only one responsible for the MTA by law).
It just sucks that the choice was between him and Nixon and then a Republican.
INTERACTIVE MAP: See Your Texas School District’s Vaccination Rate
In 72 school districts across Texas, less than 90% of kindergartners have the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, according to data provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services and analyzed by News 88.7.
The data includes coverage levels for a variety of required vaccines, such as polio, chickenpox and whooping cough (pertussis). Coverage levels represent the percentage of students who have received each required vaccine for the 2018-19 school year.
The rates here in my home district (Palo Pinto ISD) are a disaster waiting to happen, with an average of all the recommended immunizations of 66% for kindergartners. I have to confess that I haven’t paid much attention to local public health advocates, but it is time to start.
Pence was warned, too, by @RepCummings in November 2016. https://t.co/ylLuYFsX2e https://t.co/7BGbOwy26e
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) May 17, 2019
re: #118 jaunte
Pence was warned, too, by @RepCummings in November 2016. businessinsider.com …
The constant crimes of “witch hunt” are meant to drown out the fact that so many people close to Trump have been convicted of serious crimes.
re: #118 jaunte
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They didn’t want to listen. Remember Trump considered Flynn for VP.
re: #116 jeffreyw
You are NOT going to like his Yelp review.
re: #110 HappyWarrior
Didn’t be brush Obama aside when Obama warned him about Flynn? And Flynn’s affinity for Russia and Putin was public knowledge. No one forced Trump to make Flynn an adviser, vet him for VP, and then to make him his National Security Adviser. And remember when Flynn was revealed to have lied to investigators, Trump kept on talking about how Flynn was being wronged. Trump is upset now because Flynn may be playing the role of Joe Valachi in this farce.
This. trump is admitting that he is not very good at vetting.
re: #121 Wah Gwaan?!
You are NOT going to like his Yelp review.
Bad Yelp review? Say hello to my leetle fren!
*snickers*
Sally Yates- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.
Barack Obama- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.
James Comey- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.
The cashier at Target- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.
Donald Trump- WHY DIDN’T ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT FLYNN?!?!— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) May 17, 2019
re: #122 I Would Prefer Not To
This. trump is admitting that he is not very good at vetting.
Yeah. He also made Manafort his Campaign Manager Even if NO COLLUSION. Trump has pretty much admitted he’s a shitty judge of character and talent.
It would have been “impossible for [Trump] to know this” - except that OBAMA WARNED HIM SPECIFICALLY, IN PERSON, NOT TO HIRE FLYNN. It’s lies like this that jackhammer the brains of his cult into pulp. https://t.co/XxQTvwxoWC https://t.co/5dPCd6N03D
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) May 17, 2019
re: #127 jaunte
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re: #126 HappyWarrior
Yeah. He also made Manafort his VP. Even if NO COLLUSION. Trump has pretty much admitted he’s a shitty judge of character and talent.
not sure if you meant to say he made pence his vp or he made manafort his campaign manager, either way it shows pretty shitty judgement
Not sure if anyone here saw this. It is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Holy shit Family Guy went after Sean Hannity lmao pic.twitter.com/yOIqpmS386
— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) May 14, 2019
re: #130 danarchy
not sure if you meant to say he made pence his vp or he made manafort his campaign manager, either way it shows pretty shitty judgement
Yes I meant CM. And Pence was Manafort’s idea too.
re: #133 HappyWarrior
Yes I meant CM. And Pence was Manafort’s idea too.
Hmm… So… Does this mean there is a potential “Tsar Bomba” that could blow Pence’s reputation to smithereens?
re: #134 Teukka
Hmm… So… Does this mean there is a potential “Tsar Bomba” that could blow Pence’s reputation to smithereens?
I dunno tbh.
What you do have are examples after examples of shitty judgment by a man who claims he’s the best at finding talent. And people involved in criminal activity. I just can’t see Trump winning this battle.
Have to go for a bit. Check this out. Charles may have featured him.
Pink Floyd Songs Played Splendidly on a Harp Guitar: “Comfortably Numb,” “Wish You Were Here” & More
This from last year is being retweeted a lot this morning… https://t.co/7rAEQ1ItCC
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) May 17, 2019
My guess is that Nunes is the one directly implicated in obstruction of justice re: Flynn.
Nunes was on the Trump campaign team too, so that’s a two-fer.
re: #138 lawhawk
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My guess is that Nunes is the one directly implicated in obstruction of justice re: Flynn.
Nunes was on the Trump campaign team too, so that’s a two-fer.
Nunes is a good bet.
So our AG is basically an infowars style conspiracy theorist? https://t.co/RqCPCe4Z2H
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 17, 2019
re: #140 The Vicious Babushka
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I don’t think Barr actually believes that but it’s what he’s going to use to protect Trump at all costs and that’s scary.
Mitch McConnell: Grim Reaper of democracy. #DitchMitch pic.twitter.com/ko2a4EFE2E
— iVote (@iVoteFund) May 16, 2019
re: #141 HappyWarrior
I don’t think Barr actually believes that but it’s what he’s going to use to protect Trump at all costs and that’s scary.
His statement goes to obstruction of justice - itself a crime.
He’s pushing this Infowars style bulkshit precisely to try and deflect/dodge from Mueller’s report, which explicitly addresses Trumpworld criminality and misconduct that would result in indictments but for DOJ policy.
Barr’s acting as Trump’s personal lawyer, not the top law enforcement officer of the nation, and now thinks conspiracy theories is the way to go to solve Trump’s legal woes.
I have a better solution. Democrats should impeach, and then let Trump try and spew this conspiracy bulkshit all while Democrats show how everyone in Trumpworld and the GOP was complicit in the criminal misconduct from Trump on down, including now Barr and others that actively sought to interfere in the Flynn case.
I re: #143 lawhawk
His statement goes to obstruction of justice - itself a crime.
He’s pushing this Infowars style bulkshit precisely to try and deflect/dodge from Mueller’s report, which explicitly addresses Trumpworld criminality and misconduct that would result in indictments but for DOJ policy.
Barr’s acting as Trump’s personal lawyer, not the top law enforcement officer of the nation, and now thinks conspiracy theories is the way to go to solve Trump’s legal woes.
I have a better solution. Democrats should impeach, and then let Trump try and spew this conspiracy bulkshit all while Democrats show how everyone in Trumpworld and the GOP was complicit in the criminal misconduct from Trump on down, including now Barr and others that actively sought to interfere in the Flynn case.
Agreed.
So Bill Barr is being Lavrenti Beria for Trump’s Stalin. #TheResistance #Resist https://t.co/AptsF6EGVY
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 17, 2019
re: #145 The Vicious Babushka
He’s the Beria of the “Death of Stalin” version - everyone in Trumpworld is a scheming bumbling fucknut, including Khrushchev and Beria.
May they all get what they deserve - prison and be thrown on the ash heap of history.
re: #146 lawhawk
He’s the Beria of the “Death of Stalin” version - everyone in Trumpworld is a scheming bumbling fucknut, including Khrushchev and Beria.
May they all get what they deserve - prison and be thrown on the ash heap of history.
I really enjoyed that one. But yep they’re all a bunch of bumbling crooks.
re: #145 The Vicious Babushka
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— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 17, 2019
All people that are illegally coming into the United States now will be removed from our Country at a later date as we build up our removal forces and as the laws are changed. Please do not make yourselves too comfortable, you will be leaving soon!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019
“…as we build up our Removal Forces”?
Surely I can’t be the only one who thinks this sounds kind of ominous?
re: #149 Eclectic Cyborg
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“Removal Forces”?
Surely I can’t be the only one who thinks this sounds kind of ominous?
Bullying chode.
re: #149 Eclectic Cyborg
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“…as we build up our Removal Forces”?
Surely I can’t be the only one who thinks this sounds kind of ominous?
It’s supposed to sound threatening.
Enough dancing around the issue @tedlieu and @SpeakerPelosi. We need more than just tweets.
Begin impeachment against Trump. That’s what it will take to restore the nation’s faith in the institutions the GOP are systematically attacking and damaging to further their party goals.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 17, 2019
Someone tried to burn down a Chabad house (a Hasidic Jewish home that is also used as a synagogue) in Needham, Massachusetts while the family was sleeping in it last night.
Please don’t let this go unnoticed. This is part of an ever-increasing rise of antisemitism in the US. pic.twitter.com/kVc2AwOvpq— Elad Nehorai (@PopChassid) May 17, 2019
Wisconsin’s farmers, who overwhelmingly voted for Trump, are finding out that maybe his trade policies aren’t so good for them after all:
The Milwaukee Journal, even though it’s a shadow of its former self under the whip hand of Gannett, is still trying to cover what is happening in America’s Dairyland…
Again, if you move further right because someone on Twitter said something you don’t like, you were always going to move further right.
— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) May 11, 2018
I’m sorry, but that’s not the point and never was. It’s not about any particular article or publication. It’s about a tendency to label people as alt-right, fascist, etc who simply are not. That has serious repercussions.
— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) May 11, 2018
I’m talking here about an emotional response. What happens to you when you are called deplorable? Is the response to say to the accuser: Actually, hey, you’re right! I hadn’t realized that about myself. Or is it to maybe consider voting for Trump?
— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) May 11, 2018
“Amoral Pudding” is the name of my libertarian death metal band.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 17, 2019
Why does this never work for the other side?
“Conservatives call me a communist because I support the Green New Deal. This gives me no choice but to join the Khmer Rouge.”— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 17, 2019
Meanwhile, in Silly News that unexpectedly gives you a pang in the heart, Grumpy Cat has died at the age of 7.
Tributes have flooded in for Grumpy Cat, the beloved pet that spawned a thousand memes https://t.co/VKcrIltqJY pic.twitter.com/Lo9Q7bfKMm
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 17, 2019
This is young for a kitty. She apparently had all kinds of health problems, but her fame at least allowed for the best treatment possible.
re: #155 gocart mozart
Using the words “chattering class” is one weird trick when one’s entire career is built on saying stuff.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 17, 2019
And the 5th hasn’t returned the phone call yet.
— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) May 17, 2019
“…I’m talking here about an emotional response. What happens to you when you are called deplorable?”
Vengeful victimhood, breakfast of losers.
re: #155 gocart mozart
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Mac Donald has always been a nightmare https://t.co/J35ftqfxiD
— Roy Edroso (@edroso) May 17, 2019
re: #157 jaunte
Using the words “chattering class” is one weird trick when one’s entire career is built on saying stuff.
Doesn’t using that term kind of make you part of the chattering class?
I don’t think everyone right of me is a bigot but I do think bigotry easily lends itself to right wing ideology.
re: #155 gocart mozart
Simple reality: Calling oneself “Classical Liberal” or 90% of the time “Libertarian” is simply camouflage for the reality of being alt-right or a flat out Nazi. The reason they get so mad about being called out is that, deep down in their soul, they know they are advocating for evil and don’t want it to be known by family and friends. Hence the camouflage.
Call them out. Every time. Make them understand that we know what they are and that they can not hide their Anti-American evil behind that camouflage.
re: #164 HappyWarrior
I don’t think everyone right of me is a bigot but I do think bigotry easily lends itself to right wing ideology.
bigotry lends itself to extreme ideologies, because most extreme ideologies are emotionally exploitative.
This is hilarious. Make sure to turn the sound on. https://t.co/XNs3K8SCBK
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 17, 2019
re: #166 KGxvi
bigotry lends itself to extreme ideologies, because most extreme ideologies are emotionally exploitative.
Absolutely. The problem though imo is the right grows more extreme. For all the talk of the Dems moving far to the left, it really isn’t the case.
re: #161 gocart mozart
Just sitting in here in awe of the terribleness of this graf in Heath Mac Donald’s obit of George Kelling:
Police cannot be expected to be able bust a guy for selling illegal cigarettes without killing him.
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re: #149 Eclectic Cyborg
“…as we build up our Removal Forces”?
Surely I can’t be the only one who thinks this sounds kind of ominous?
How can we build up our removal forces when we need so many forces to remove all the anti-conservative bias and censorship on social media?
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re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Police cannot be expected to be able bust a black guy for selling illegal cigarettes without killing him.
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FTFY
re: #161 gocart mozart
And this year’s display at a Manhattan stationer’s did not disappoint. In the small section devoted to Hallmark’s “African-American” line (of course there is one; it is called “Mahogany”), two card pockets advertised “For mother on Father’s Day” options…
With 70 percent of black children born out of wedlock, with marriage a moribund custom in inner cities, Father’s Day does pose a problem. Hallmark has solved it with aplomb.
Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s drive thru
re: #167 gocart mozart
Things like this are why the Internet exists.
And probably the best use of “Yakety Sax” ever.
Once again, the problem is the people screaming about their rights being taken away, not the fact that their rights are being taken away …
Can we stop using the misogynist “calm down” about women’s rights already? https://t.co/x7jlw2bK9X
— Summer Brennan 🌈👠 (@summerbrennan) May 17, 2019
re: #174 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Once again, the problem is the people screaming about their rights being taken away, not the fact that their rights are being taken away …
But don’t tread on me, etc.
re: #174 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Once again, the problem is the people screaming about their rights being taken away, not the fact that their rights are being taken away …
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re: #174 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
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I’m just wondering where the protests are.
re: #177 Belafon
I’m just wondering where the protests are.
How much of is not that protests aren’t happening, but aren’t being covered unless they can be used as a bludgeon against the protestors and their cause? The “Tree Falls In The Forest” problem. Protests rely on visibility after all, and the media have become the masters of downplaying and ignoring protests and the validity of those protests.
Here they come again…
What a freaking idiot this guy is. It would be funny if he wasn’t egotistically toying with starting a war.
This is what foreign policy looks like when a moron does it.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 17, 2019
*YOU’RE pic.twitter.com/dPUv45r4eM
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 17, 2019
AMURICA FUCK YEAH! pic.twitter.com/UvOITYtvjS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 17, 2019
THE BEES https://t.co/VyxNnS76Z8
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 17, 2019
re: #168 HappyWarrior
Absolutely. The problem though imo is the right grows more extreme. For all the talk of the Dems moving far to the left, it really isn’t the case.
Of course the Dems are moving left - the complainers are at the center of the universe so any movement has to be towards or away from them since all motion is relative to their own (unchanging since it is always right) position.
re: #176 HappyWarrior
No way of knowing that. Sigh.
Apparently there’s a provision in the law (or perhaps it was the governor’s signing statement - I only saw it in passing) that recognized that the law is “currently unenforceable.” Which leads to the very honest question of:
WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU PASS A BILL THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IS UNENFORCEABLE?
re: #181 Feline Fearless Leader
Of course the Dems are moving left - the complainers are at the center of the universe so any movement has to be towards or away from them since all motion is relative to their own (unchanging since it is always right) position.
The Dems are moving left but it’s different than the GOPs move to the far right.
— Dolly Langa (@ya_dolly) May 17, 2019
re: #184 HappyWarrior
The Dems are moving left but it’s different than the GOPs move to the far right.
People who want to help other people will react to a large group of people motivated by the idea of hurting others.
re: #155 gocart mozart
Bari Weiss called Eli Valley “anti-Semitic” so did he go out and become anti-Semitic? No. See how that works?
It’s official, per a joint Canada-US statement issued the Canadian government: the tariffs will be gone within 48 hours.
The countries have agreed that there can be tariffs imposed on *individual products* if there is a meaningful “surge” of imports of those products. pic.twitter.com/gWUYx7pICM— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 17, 2019
Trump’s administration had insisted that any deal to lift the tariffs would have to include new quotas. But Canada and Mexico objected, and this deal does not include quotas.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 17, 2019
re: #183 KGxvi
Apparently there’s a provision in the law (or perhaps it was the governor’s signing statement - I only saw it in passing) that recognized that the law is “currently unenforceable.” Which leads to the very honest question of:
WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU PASS A BILL THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IS UNENFORCEABLE?
“Because we love symbols and making statements but not taking any real responsibility why is everyone so upset?”
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Shorter Federalist: “Daddy drinks because you cry.” https://t.co/wzO4TnttRH
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) May 17, 2019
re: #183 KGxvi
Apparently there’s a provision in the law (or perhaps it was the governor’s signing statement - I only saw it in passing) that recognized that the law is “currently unenforceable.” Which leads to the very honest question of:
WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU PASS A BILL THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IS UNENFORCEABLE?
Because they don’t care - the point is to try and get courts to say it’s valid and overturn Roe.
But here’s the rub. They are admitting that the law is unenforceable, which means that they’ve stirred the shit and rallied their base, even though everyone knows the law will never be effective as the courts should strike it down on it’s face.
They’re hoping to get enough of these enacted that all it takes is one version to get through the gauntlet to the Supreme Court. With enough right wing extremists entering the bench thanks to Trump/McConnell, the odds increase that they’ll ignore the facts and move to overturn Roe anyway.
re: #189 jaunte
We can’t mess around with trade tariffs when we have to raise so much more removal forces.
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re: #189 jaunte
So, a return to the status quo. All of Trump’s shit stirring resulted in no action, damaged our reputation, and caused economic harms due to uncertainty.
Oh, and the Trump USMCA is just NAFTA 2.0 and that’s gone nowhere since Congress hasn’t taken it up to ratify.
The great national security threat from Canadian and Mexican aluminum imports is no more. Sleep soundly tonight, America. And say a prayer of thanks to the gods of tricks, buffoonery & nonsense. https://t.co/mlqjfj9d83
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) May 17, 2019
An old white male Alabama politician who is not an asshole:
“We need to call this bill what it is. We need to call it what Pat Roberston said it is - extreme. It is the most extreme abortion ban in the country, and it is in my view a product of what happens when you so gerrymander political districts that people don’t have to be accountable to extreme sides of an issue,” the senator said. “This bill uses rape victims and victims of incest of all ages, even minors, as political pawns.”
al.com
They exist, y’all.
Humorous update in the Flynn case: the government is unable to file the public version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the court docket because the file is too large. Instead, they will deliver a hard copy to chambers today. pic.twitter.com/mGAI6RoueY
— Britain Eakin (@BritainEakin) May 17, 2019
Infrastructure Week!
re: #198 jaunte
Infrastructure Week!
We’re gonna have to rebuild the roads to handle all of documentation of his corruption.
re: #197 Decatur Deb
An old white male Alabama politician who is not an asshole:
“We need to call this bill what it is. We need to call it what Pat Roberston said it is - extreme. It is the most extreme abortion ban in the country, and it is in my view a product of what happens when you so gerrymander political districts that people don’t have to be accountable to extreme sides of an issue,” the senator said. “This bill uses rape victims and victims of incest of all ages, even minors, as political pawns.”
al.comThey exist, y’all.
Yes, they do. I gotta say how objectionable I’m finding this repeated argument however. (Not directed at you DD or even this senator, just in general.) I understand why the OMG-more-torture-for-rape-and-incest-victims is being made to up the horror factor because it does emphasize the point. My objection is that this is THE argument, the seeming heart of it, which makes me ask the question:
Why is it that women are only deserving of bodily autonomy and agency AFTER we’ve been used and abused by men?
I hadn’t been paying a whole lot of attention to the Flynn stuff, including who was source:
Last night Robert Mueller’s prosecutorial team - which apparently still exists on some level - made a court filing in the Michael Flynn case, despite the fact that it wasn’t under obligation to do so, and it wasn’t even close to being up against any deadline. The filing revealed that Flynn witnessed Trump and his underlings commit several crimes. This in turn prompted the judge in the case to order that far more evidence of these crimes be publicly released soon. This, of course, wasn’t coincidence.
With his filing yesterday, Mueller is essentially unredacting the most important pieces of his own report by force, in a way that Attorney General William Barr can’t stop. If Mueller had publicly testified on the 15th as originally planned, would he have been legally able to discuss the Trump crimes that Flynn witnessed? But now that Mueller has found a way to force the Flynn stuff into the public purview, there’s nothing that Trump and Barr can even try to do to stop Mueller from testifying about the Flynn stuff
Current mood. pic.twitter.com/k00OnxAfK7
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 17, 2019
Putin says Russia will supply soy beans, poultry meat to China https://t.co/CiU9llXvBh
— Thomas Kaine (@thomaskaine5) May 17, 2019
“President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would supply soy beans and poultry meat to China and that the United States had effectively given up on that market.”
And farmers will continue to vote for Trump even as they go bankrupt.
re: #202 Belafon
I hadn’t been paying a whole lot of attention to the Flynn stuff, including who was source:
The deep revelations coming from Flynn is going to be hard to deflect; dress him up in his Army uniform during testimony, and you’ll see the GOP congressmen who routinely scream & yell at witnesses who dare to tell the truth about Trump, suddenly become meek and scared.
Because the optics to the knuckledragging GOP base of yelling at SOLDIERS!!1!! are the one red line they can’t bring themselves to cross in service of Dear Leader.
re: #155 gocart mozart
Thanks for tacitly admitting that at the root of modern conservatism lies a reflexive, obstinate tendency towards angry & emotional lashing out. It undermines the mythology that conservatives build around yourselves of being more objective and logically motivated than liberals.
— A Bit Snitty (@goddamnedfrank) May 17, 2019
re: #201 allegro
Yes, they do. I gotta say how objectionable I’m finding this repeated argument however. (Not directed at you DD or even this senator, just in general.) I understand why the OMG-more-torture-for-rape-and-incest-victims is being made to up the horror factor because it does emphasize the point. My objection is that this is THE argument, the seeming heart of it, which makes me ask the question:
Why is it that women are only deserving of bodily autonomy and agency AFTER we’ve been used and abused by men?
Not sure I’m seeing an argument in those terms. As a generalization, a social or political response won’t occur until after an outrageous abuse of any sort is dramatically aired.
re: #205 jaunte
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as they go bankruptwhen they and their families are living in a Kenmore refrigerator box.
FTFY.
re: #207 goddamnedfrank
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Modern conservatism is nothing more than a case of oppositional defiance disorder writ large.
re: #192 jaunte
Tell kids they’re white supremacists for questioning leftism and they’ll become desensitized—so desensitized that they’ll listen to the Nazi sales pitch.
I am very careful and sparing in calling anyone a racist or white supremacist, but I do not hesitate to call people out when they dogwhistle, give Nazi salutes or blatantly shout out “Jews will not replace us!”
Well, looks like a quid pro quo scandal seems to be brewing in Austria.
The leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party has been filmed offering to trade public contracts for campaign support, German media reported Friday.
The revelations could bring Austria’s government to breaking point amid growing tensions between the far-right party and its coalition partner, the Austrian People’s Party of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
The secretly recorded footage of Heinz-Christian Strache, Austria’s vice chancellor and leader of the Freedom Party (FPÖ), was taken on the Spanish island of Ibiza before the Austrian election in 2017, according to Der Spiegel and Süddeutsche Zeitung, which obtained the video from an unnamed source.
It shows Strache, alongside fellow FPÖ politician Johann Gudenus, speaking to a woman claiming to be a wealthy Russian citizen who said she wanted to invest in Austria, apparently with money of dubious origin.
The encounter, which lasted six hours, appeared to be a trap for Strache, according to Der Spiegel and Süddeutsche.
The woman offered to buy a 50 percent stake in Austria’s Kronen-Zeitung newspaper and switch it to a pro-FPÖ line. In turn, Strache said he could award her public contracts.
re: #202 Belafon
I hadn’t been paying a whole lot of attention to the Flynn stuff, including who was source:
I was pretty surprised to read that it was Mueller’s team who let that revelation drop - and that they did it fully within the law.
Throughout the investigation, people had been saying that if Trump tried to obstruct the release of the report, Mueller would have a way around it. It’s looking now like his team gamed this out, expecting that Cult 45 would go to the wall to keep the report from going public.
I expect more information to be released in this manner. Mueller does have a few cooperating witnesses who were in Trump’s inner circle, and the release of further information like this will not only make Trump and his co-conspirators look bad, but also those who have tried to keep his findings from the public.
Barr, Graham, Nunes, Jordan. We see all of you.
re: #213 makeitstop
Is there a source for the analysis and implications of this other than the Palmer Report? I haven’t caught up.
re: #192 jaunte
Like so much else, it all amounts to a lot of projection, but like so much else, the projection works. They convinced the discourse as a whole that the problem is them not being treated gently as humanly possible, and our discourse responds in like, treating the GOP like their walk on sacred ground and their opinions are perfect crystallized democracy, and that the only solution to everything is“PUNCH MORE FUCKING HIPPIES!!!”
And as it ever was, they get treated like perfect little princes just for breathing, complete with assumed Divine Right of Rule.
re: #208 Decatur Deb
Not sure I’m seeing an argument in those terms. As a generalization, a social or political response won’t occur until after an outrageous abuse of any sort is dramatically aired.
It’s because the loudest outcry on this law has been focused on the fact that it does not have exemptions for rape and incest, not that it is in itself a denial of all women’s civil right to full agency, implying that the whole of it isn’t so much a problem. By putting the bulk of the argument on the lack of exemptions, doesn’t that ultimately weaken the argument by just continuing the slut shaming?
Pete Buttigieg gets a lot of things right. But he’s making a huge mistake letting people like Hugh Hewitt and Fox News use him.
I know they won’t, but Democratic candidates should put up a united front that they won’t tolerate Fox News’s malevolent agenda any longer.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 17, 2019
re: #217 Charles Johnson
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Any Dems that don’t get eliminated from my potential primary vote list. No exceptions.
re: #216 allegro
It’s because the loudest outcry on this law has been focused on the fact that it does not have exemptions for rape and incest, not that it is in itself a denial of all women’s civil right to full agency, implying that the whole of it isn’t so much a problem. By putting the bulk of the argument on the lack of exemptions, doesn’t that ultimately weaken the argument by just continuing the slut shaming?
You use the sharpest weapon at hand. Here is Susan B Anthony List calling the hounds on Sen Jones:
SBA List: Doug Jones Proves He’s a Pro-Abortion Extremist
sba-list.org
He has very little chance of winning re-election in 2020, and keeping the faith out loud, as he long has, is going to cost him.
“Jamal’s killing was a violation of the most basic, universal human right: the right to live.”
LIVE: Hatice Cengiz, fiancé of murdered Saudi journalist, is addressing the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “Dangers of Reporting on Human Rights”. https://t.co/Z6if1kB5GS— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) May 16, 2019
“As a man who was once a baby” is the best thing since “In my experience, women don’t enjoy sex.” pic.twitter.com/OIkLSGmWkn
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 17, 2019
re: #219 Decatur Deb
You use the sharpest weapon at hand. Here is Susan B Anthony List calling the hounds on Sen Jones:
SBA List: Doug Jones Proves He’s a Pro-Abortion Extremist
sba-list.orgHe has very little chance of winning re-election in 2020, and keeping the faith out loud, as he long has, is going to cost him.
Because no good deed ever goes unpunished and the worst of us are all that get to succeed in this country. Jim Jordan will continue to be a Congressman, and an influential ‘trusted’ one at that, while everything burns around us, GOPers blame us for the fire, and lefter-than-thous simply sage nod and wait for the perfect house to just spring up in the ashes afterwards.
re: #222 Citizen K
Because no good deed ever goes unpunished and the worst of us are all that get to succeed in this country. Jim Jordan will continue to be a Congressman, and an influential ‘trusted’ one at that, while everything burns around us, GOPers blame us for the fire, and lefter-than-thous simply sage nod and wait for the perfect house to just spring up in the ashes afterwards.
Alabama Republicans are just barely stupid enough to run Roy Moore again. In case they do, I’ve signed up for Jones’ volunteer list.
Oklahoma Lawmaker: Men Must Approve Abortion; Women Are ‘Hosts’
Oklahoma state legislator Rep. Justin Humphrey is sponsoring a draconian bill, HB 1441, that would require a woman to get written permission from her sexual partner if she wants to have an abortion.
Attempting to justify the despicable legislation Rep. Humphrey told The Intercept that women have no right to bodily autonomy once they are pregnant because they are merely “hosts”:
I understand that they feel like that is their body. I feel like it is a separate — what I call them is, is you’re a ‘host.’ And you know when you enter into a relationship you’re going to be that host and so, you know, if you pre-know that then take all precautions and don’t get pregnant.
re: #224 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Oklahoma Lawmaker: Men Must Approve Abortion; Women Are ‘Hosts’
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My grandmother would beat this pissant’s ass for wearing a hat indoors.
Uh huh.
re: #224 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Oklahoma Lawmaker: Men Must Approve Abortion; Women Are ‘Hosts’
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My grandmother would beat this pissant’s ass for wearing a hat indoors.
Not even hiding it anymore because they know they don’t have to. They can be as vile as they can be publicly and be rewarded even more than before for that openness, because everything fucking sucks.
.@SarahforHD134 & @ChrisGTurner are talking about the incompetence of anti-choice Heidi Group that was forced to give up state money for failing to meet its goals. Background: https://t.co/man3XWePRO #txlege #SB22
— Mary Tuma (@TumaTime) May 17, 2019
“…The Round Rock-based group is headed by Carol Everett, a longtime anti-choice activist and author who led a network of crisis pregnancy centers, non-medical faux clinics tasked with persuading women against abortion care. It’s not the first time Everett’s group has seen taxpayer funds; their CPCs have won thousands from the state under the Alternatives to Abortion program. The Heidi Group has since been rebranded as a group that offers minimum health services. Last year, Everett told the Chronicle some of the state funds would indeed flow to CPCs.
Making her an even less qualified recipient, Everett has a curious understanding of basic health facts: During a state hearing on an anti-abortion rule, Everett claimed that humans can contract STDs and HIV through the water system.”
Scammers and loons, parasitic on an ignorant State legislature.
re: #224 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
So if women are “hosts” as this tool is suggesting, does that mean they’re hosting a parasitic lifeform inside them? You know, like a good many sci-fi/horror flicks.
Just curious.
re: #203 I Would Prefer Not To
Bleeding John Bolton Stumbles Into Capitol Building Claiming That Iran Shot Him
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So why did the bullet come from Steven Miller’s gun?
re: #227 Citizen K
Not even hiding it anymore because they know they don’t have to. They can be as vile as they can be publicly and be rewarded even more than before for that openness, because everything fucking sucks.
That article is not from the present.
re: #231 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
That article is not from the present.
Ugh, goddammit. It’s so fucking hard to tell at these points now.
re: #232 Citizen K
I very nearly forwarded it to my network before I caught that.
It’s not as bad as when I informed people that someone is still dead.
re: #214 Sir John Barron
Is there a source for the analysis and implications of this other than the Palmer Report? I haven’t caught up.
I haven’t seen any. And I tend to take Palmer with a grain of salt.
But the Mueller team’s filing speaks for itself. It was done through the courts, so that cuts off Team Treason from screaming about a leak. It directly refutes one of the main talking points that Trump has been harping on for literally years. And it makes Barr look like the partisan hack he’s always been.
Smart play. And I don’t think this is the last move like this we’ll see.
re: #224 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I understand that they feel like that is their body. I feel like it is a separate — what I call them is, is you’re a ‘host.’ And you know when you enter into a relationship you’re going to be that host and so, you know, if you pre-know that then take all precautions and don’t get pregnant.
And if that relationship is that of rapist/victim?
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