New From Seth Meyers: Trump Threatens Iran on Twitter
Seth takes a closer look at the president threatening Iran on Twitter as the people around him push for a conflict.
Seth takes a closer look at the president threatening Iran on Twitter as the people around him push for a conflict.
Walking over to the protest, several people protesting Ilhan Omar screamed in my face that I was Arab, that I followed sharia law, that I believed my husband should beat me. Disgusting off the hook racism.
— Molly Crabapple (@mollycrabapple) May 20, 2019
Man in a military uniform raises his fist in the air as a statement but noted shaygetz Ted Cruz is read pretending to care about antisemitism
— Molly Crabapple (@mollycrabapple) May 20, 2019
Proud to stand against fascism, whoever is carrying it out pic.twitter.com/0LpiYEMnUy
— Molly Crabapple (@mollycrabapple) May 20, 2019
There’s something so sad about these elderly people whipped up by hucksters’ false claims of antisemitism, to the point they are genuinely frightened and reliving trauma, which they act out by saying truly hateful things
— Molly Crabapple (@mollycrabapple) May 20, 2019
Subtle Godwin
Sliwa is half Polish and half Italian. If you need to identify who is or is not a Jew, the Poles and Italians have some experience in the matter.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 21, 2019
Rep. Mark Meadows, a close ally of Trump’s and chairman of House Freedom Caucus, said Amash would have a hard time getting support for re-election.
“Anytime that you come out against the president of your own party makes it very difficult to support in any primary challenge.”— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 20, 2019
How very Dr. Strangelove. “Gentlemen, you can’t express a negative opinion of the president in here! This is the FREEDOM Caucus!” https://t.co/MlqN41HEzV
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) May 20, 2019
The first named storm of the season has formed in the Atlantic. Subtropical storm Andrea arose hundreds of miles southwest of Bermuda. https://t.co/yEpsXY2W1V
— AP South U.S. Region (@APSouthRegion) May 21, 2019
Game of Thrones for Programmers (via https://t.co/bKxsQQjmDV) #GameOfThrones # #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/Y3pw6FSUev
— Joe Ingeno (@JoeIngeno) May 21, 2019
Sorting through keyboards trying to find what still works, and this pops up.
Yep
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) May 21, 2019
This is scary to watch. https://t.co/dV4E11WKlB
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) May 21, 2019
re: #12 gocart mozart
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Tell me once again how impeachment is not called for. He’s not going to stop until someone forces his hand.
Says the lawyer who is mentioned by name in the Mueller report engaging in clearly unethical & possibly criminal behavior. 👌 https://t.co/a0VtPCm7mL
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) May 21, 2019
Another float plane crash in SE Alaska this afternoon. Two fatalities. Near Metlakatla, about 50 miles out of Ketchikan. Early reports are that it’s a plane from the same company involved in last weeks mid-air collision which killed 6 people.
I have a theory that people don’t become far-right extremists because they heard a pundit tell a fib. https://t.co/BApF8hNutV
— Matt Bors (@MattBors) May 21, 2019
I used to be left of center but when Ben Shapiro called AOC a poopyhead, I felt I had no choice but to join the Khmer Rouge.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 21, 2019
re: #15 Cheechako
Another float plane crash in SE Alaska this afternoon. Two fatalities. Near Metlakatla, about 50 miles out of Ketchikan. Early reports are that it’s a plane from the same company involved in last weeks mid-air collision which killed 6 people.
More info:
*groan*
Dad-Joke Alert….
If the Chicago Bears moved to Detroit Michigan, then Detroit would field the Lions, the Tigers, and the Bears. Oh MI !— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 21, 2019
re: #16 gocart mozart
Wanna find #fakenews? Just look at mainstream media reporting on abortion. https://t.co/hZMYFKMkyX
— PEG (@pegobry) May 20, 2019
Maybe PEG should meet a few people outside his regular Federalist/4chan circle.
GOP:
“Laws will stop people from smoking cigarettes.”
“Laws will stop people from having abortions.”
“Laws will stop people from burning flags.”
ALSO GOP:
“Laws are USELESS at stopping people from killing other Americans with guns!!!” https://t.co/QDKcUoP2Kg— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) May 20, 2019
John Waters is a National Treasure. What a great interview! ‘Filth Elder’ John Waters Says There Are Still ‘Plenty Of Rules’ Left To Break https://t.co/KLuyYxkyCV
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 21, 2019
The left needs better OpSec. No way this should have gotten out. https://t.co/7SdJcyR461
— Charles Я. Davis (@charliearchy) May 21, 2019
Trump said:
“You know this. You have some of these socialist wackos they want to double and triple your taxes, and that won’t come close to paying for. They want to knock down all buildings in Manhatten and rebuild them without windows. You know that. Let’s rebuild them. Glass is no good. We don’t want windows. I used to love the view, but I think we’ll all be forced to close up windows. It’s crazy what they’re saying.”
YOU KNOW THAT.
“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it” https://t.co/c07rknXK2h
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 21, 2019
re: #21 teleskiguy
He mentions this song in the interview and how it informed his sexuality… in a really weird way.
#NowPlaying Clarence “Frogman” Henry > Ain’t Got No Home https://t.co/2ZcoZ7llKo
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 21, 2019
re: #24 gocart mozart
Thread:
People who say there were no underlying crimes and therefore the president could not have intended to illegally obstruct the investigation—and therefore cannot be impeached—are resting their argument on several falsehoods:
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 20, 2019
In fact, “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 20, 2019
re: #23 jaunte
Trump said:
YOU KNOW THAT.
What’s funny is that Ayn Rand would want to knock down most of the buildings and replace them with some having smaller windows.
re: #28 teleskiguy
“They say I’ve learned all the verbal manipulation techniques and I’m going to use them on you right in the open: YOU KNOW THIS. They’re all saying it, and you know it’s true.”
Audience: “Hooray! We know something and he noticed!”
The only books besides his own that Fuckface Von Clownstick kept in his gold-plated living quarters is a collection of speeches by Hitler.
re: #24 gocart mozart
There. Are. Four. Lights.
Michael Schmidt is explaining how it’s the Democrats fault that the entire executive branch is acting like a mob family.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 21, 2019
The RNC is paying a company called Got Junk a lot of money. What for?
re: #15 Cheechako
Another float plane crash in SE Alaska this afternoon. Two fatalities. Near Metlakatla, about 50 miles out of Ketchikan. Early reports are that it’s a plane from the same company involved in last weeks mid-air collision which killed 6 people.
Two dead in Taquan Air crash in Metlakatla Harbor, borough says
N67667 at the Ray Lusson Collection
Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: “Manufactured as a L-20A (redesignated U-6A in 1962), with s/n 58-1986 it was delivered to the US Army on February 17, 1959. It went on the civil register as N67044 on May 6, 1975. That registration was cancelled on June 1, 1979, whereafter it appeared on the Canadian Register as C-GWPF. In August 1989 it was stricken from the Canadian register and became N450DB on the US Register. On December 6, 2004 it was re-registered as N67667.”
re: #35 retired cynic
The RNC is paying a company called Got Junk a lot of money. What for?
re: #36 jaunte
Shredding?
No, there’s other more established companies for that, like Iron Mountain, Shred-It, and other records archiving companies. Got Junk is a pickup service for big stuff, like furniture and other bulky items, but apparently they do computer disposal/data destruction services too, so maybe the RNC is trying to disappear some evidence.
re: #39 TedStriker
No, there’s other more established companies for that, like Iron Mountain, Shred-It, and other records archiving companies. Got Junk is a pickup service for big stuff, like furniture and other bulky items.
Did you know that 1-800-Got-Junk will come to your office and pick up computers that you want to get rid of? They do - and they provide another very important service:
If you have sensitive data on your hard drive that you would like destroyed, you can ask us for a certificate of destruction.
That would be very helpful if you have to respond to multiple subpoenas.
Did this one get posted?
Guess the judge who will hear Trump’s appeal on his taxes vs. The House?
Wait for it.
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Merrick Fucking Garland— YS (@NYinLA2121) May 21, 2019
Game of Thrones was not aired in China last night. Because of the trade war. Not even joking.https://t.co/n23jkVj1IY
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 20, 2019
Yikes!
Gratuitous hippie-punching and now “Democratic plantation” rhetoric. Sad.
Gus’s twitter meltdown continues.
Full text of the can of whoop ass Jeff Daniels opened up on MSNBC this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/PRHiRTpcvF
— Charlotte Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) May 20, 2019
re: #12 gocart mozart
I show this kind of shit to people and they tell me I’m being a worry wart. It’s beyond upsetting. People really don’t give a shit about this unless Trump is personally in their living room setting crap on fire.
Just fucking amazing that an American President is openly accusing the FBI of treason, and most Americans are like “Eh, that’s just crazy Grandpa talk. He’ll never follow up on it.”
When Michael Cohen talks about Trump not going quietly if he somehow loses next year, I take it seriously. I will not be surprised to see armed soldiers demanding to know how you’re going to vote at polling sites next year.
re: #44 jaunte
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They just showed a truncated version of this on Brian Williams’ 11th Hour show. This version is weapons-grade “DAYUMMM, SON!”
re: #43 A Three Hour Tour
He’s had dozens of Twitter meltdowns.
re: #43 A Three Hour Tour
I unfollowed him. Looks like I will have to block now.
re: #49 GlutenFreeJesus
The last thing I said to him on Twitter before he blocked me was “Fuck you very much. Have a nice life.”
That was last year.
LEFTWING DOXXING: hey, we ID’d this person as a member of a hate group, and he’s a cop…. in a school… so that’s probably bad
RIGHTWING DOXXING: here’s a feminist’s home address, someone should go literally murder her over a YouTube video
CENTRIST: these are the same— AntiFash Gordon (@AntiFashGordon) May 21, 2019
Same “Centrists” that believed Black Lives Matter are the same as the Ku Klux Klan.
Currently on an express train to Kyoto. We spent the last couple of days at Hagi, a small, out of the way town on the Sea of Japan. It’s famous for its pottery; there are 300 kilns in town. I’ve taken lots of pictures and will share when I get back early next week.
ETA I also figured out that I was dog tired this morning because I hadn’t had any coffee or tea for breakfast. Thank God for Japan’s ubiquitous vending machines!
Three-time Formula One champion Niki Lauda, who recovered from a near-fatal accident to become one of motor racing’s greatest drivers, has died https://t.co/rIzQoNgbBD
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 21, 2019
No, we just don’t want windows to consist of a SINGLE PANE of glass, or an air-sandwich double pane, because they basically pass heat like there was nothing there at all (which is bad whenever there’s a massive temp differential.) Double or triple-pane inert-gas sandwiches plz.😇
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 21, 2019
Weather is miserable. Cold and rainy. My tomato plants need some sunshine, dammit!
re: #52 DodgerFan1988
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Same “Centrists” that believed Black Lives Matter are the same as the Ku Klux Klan.
and that tossing a milkshake is the same as shooting up a church full of people
re: #58 teleskiguy
Weather is miserable. Cold and rainy. My tomato plants need some sunshine, dammit!
same here on the otherwise sunny and balmy Rhine
The new McCabe testimony was part of a batch of transcripts released publicly by @RepDougCollins tonight: https://t.co/SEXvd07F2v
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 21, 2019
They released the McCabe testimony too.
We were expecting a landslide from the Müller report, all it did was loosen a few boulders…the rumble is growing…
re: #62 Teukka
Watching episode 3 of chernobyl.
Watching episode 3, “Open Wide, O Earth”. A damn tough episode, as it among other things describes Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS). And yes, with what I know about the subject, it can be that bad, and it can be even worse.
I think I can officially say that Craig Mazin and Co have done a good job with this series. No nerfing, in your face truth.
Prime nightmare fuel.
🤢
re: #10 jaunte
Joust was the bestest game.
Just got back from the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo. There were three massive trucks circling the grounds. The first had the Imperial symbol and said: “Emperor, please save the world—a global revolution is coming.” The second had the American flag and said “President Trump will help save the world; he is part of the global revolution.” And, surprisingly, the third one had the Russian flag and said “President Putin will help save the world; he is part of the global revolution.” Ultra-rightists constantly drive around in trucks with loud speakers, but I had never seen this. And just the other day an ultra-conservative member of the Diet said that a war with Russia may be necessary to reclaim northern islands lost to USSR after WWII. He was roundly criticized due to the Constitutional article (9) that prohibits Japan from engaging in offensive war measures.
re: #67 Barefoot Grin
The far-right in Japan really love their loudspeakers.
re: #68 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The far-right in Japan really love their loudspeakers.
Indeed. OG trolls.
Putin is impressive in that he appeals to the Far Right with his authoritarianism and yet at the same time to the Putinverstehers of the Far Left with his ostensibly anti-capitalist stance, although these people do not recognize that his form of crony capitalism is what our Western capitalists aspire to.
re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Putin is impressive in that he appeals to the Far Right with his authoritarianism and yet at the same time to the Putinverstehers of the Far Left with his ostensibly anti-capitalist stance, although these people do not recognize that his form of crony capitalism is what our Western capitalists aspire to.
In Michael Cohen’s transcripts it came out that he had joked with Sater about getting the apartment below Putin’s in the imagined Trump Tower Moscow project so that he could sell it to an oligarch for billions. We’re here.
re: #8 jaunte
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Sorting through keyboards trying to find what still works, and this pops up.
I’m recycling/scrapping a few cheap keyboards because one of the cats chewed through the USB cables of them. Took one apart to see what the chances were of doing a splice or other fix and realized that the USB cable is split and soldered directly to the circuit board in the keyboard. Everything else is mechanical and works fine of course.
(A more complex repair would not be cost effective given the cost of getting a replacement from a store - or a thrift shop given the one I grabbed the day after the cat chewed up a cable.)
re: #43 A Three Hour Tour
Did y’all see that SOMEBODY liked that bullshit tweet?
GUESS WHO IT WAS!
D_F
re: #74 Sufficient unto the day…
Did y’all see that SOMEBODY liked that bullshit tweet?
GUESS WHO IT WAS!
D_F
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Oy…
Just because he puts babies in cages doesn’t mean he should be forced to fly commercial. https://t.co/XwsEnofOJR
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 21, 2019
I totally did nazi this coming from you.
I would totally not have been surprised for it to have come from the one dickhead that liked this tweet so far…— jay (@random__name) May 21, 2019
re: #74 Sufficient unto the day…
Did y’all see that SOMEBODY liked that bullshit tweet?
GUESS WHO IT WAS!
D_F
Not surprised. That prick can go to hell for what he said about my son.
re: #59 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and that tossing a milkshake is the same as shooting up a church full of people
Yeah, I’ve seen it being referred to as “political violence”.
No. Throwing a brick or rocks at someone….that’s political violence. Tossing rotten eggs or rotten tomatoes or rotten vegetables at politicians is as old as the hills. Throwing milkshakes is just a more updated variant of that venerable, time-honored tradition.
re: #81 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I’ve seen it being referred to as “political violence”.
No. Throwing a brick or rocks at someone….that’s political violence. Tossing rotten eggs or rotten tomatoes or rotten vegetables at politicians is as old as the hills. Throwing milkshakes is just a more updated variant of that venerable, time-honored tradition.
Call it harassment, intimidation even, but calling it violence is really just an attempt to equate it with other acts that truly result in injury or death.
re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Call it harassment, intimidation even, but violence is really just an attempt to equate it with other acts that truly result in injury or death.
That’s exactly what they’re trying to do, and frankly, it’s a ridiculous argument.
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
That’s exactly what they’re trying to do, and frankly, it’s a ridiculous argument.
Remember them getting the vapors over Maxine Waters call to “push back” against Republicans?
re: #81 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I’ve seen it being referred to as “political violence”.
No. Throwing a brick or rocks at someone….that’s political violence. Tossing rotten eggs or rotten tomatoes or rotten vegetables at politicians is as old as the hills. Throwing milkshakes is just a more updated variant of that venerable, time-honored tradition.
So it’s OK if a proud boy dumps a milkshake on AOC? Are you seeing the problem here?
re: #84 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Remember them getting the vapors over Maxine Waters call to “push back” against Republicans?
Like how she dropped several anvils on Michael Tracey’s head?
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re: #85 Decatur Deb
So it’s OK if a proud boy dumps a milkshake on AOC? Are you seeing the problem here?
It is not okay, it is still harassment or intimidation.
But yes, expect something like that to happen so they can drag this discussion down a rhetorical rat hole.
re: #85 Decatur Deb
It’s not OK. That being said, it’s not violence as violence implies bodily harm, injury or death.
re: #87 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is not okay, it is still harassment or intimidation.
But yes, expect something like that to happen so they can drag this discussion down a rhetorical rat hole.
Rhetorical use of dairy products is pretty much rat-hole politics.
re: #86 SteelPH
I thought she suplexed him off the top of the steel cage?
Also, when they come to execute me, my final request will be to be allowed to read the Maxine vs Tracey tweets until they cease to be funny…
…thus ensuring my lifespan will outlive the universe.
I caught on TV that Alabama has blocked the Arthur episode with the gay wedding: al.com
re: #91 Belafon
I caught on TV that Alabama has blocked the Arthur episode with the gay wedding: al.com
Yeah, I saw that story earlier today. Then again, I’m pretty sure that that famous kiss between Kirk and Uhura probably wasn’t aired in Alabama back in the day, either (though I admit, I could be mistaken, but IIRC, that episode wasn’t broadcast in many parts of the South).
re: #88 Dr Lizardo
It’s not OK. That being said, it’s not violence as violence implies bodily harm, injury or death.
In my family we do not throw milkshakes on nazis, we do not punch nazis. We have dropped a shitload of high explosive on nazis.
re: #94 Decatur Deb
In my family we do not throw milkshakes on nazis, we do not punch nazis. We have dropped a shitload of high explosive on nazis.
Hopefully, this time, milk shakes will be sufficient.
re: #95 Belafon
Hopefully, this time, milk shakes will be sufficient.
If it only were…
We really have to make it abundantly clear that Fascism and White Supremacism are not acceptable viewpoints along the political spectrum. They are anathema to everything this nation stands for and require us to push back using all means necessary.
re: #56 Chrysicat
Trump doesn’t care that there are facts involved, like that windows are awful insulators and that reducing glass exposure on buildings can help improve the building’s efficiency. You can use other materials and/or higher efficiency glass to make structures that are far more efficient.
In other words, it’s akin to pushing towards LEED platinum standards that should be the goal for every building.
Before Trump started trade wars with everyone, there weren’t tariffs on those goods from Mexico or Canada thanks to NAFTA.
Trump created a problem and then got us back to where we we’re before he took office. That’s not a win.
That’s Trump getting lucky his base doesn’t care.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 21, 2019
re: #99 lawhawk
Trump created a problem and then got us back to where we we’re before he took office. That’s not a win.
That’s Trump getting lucky his base doesn’t care.
They are also too uninformed (or misinformed) to know the difference
Can we say that Alabama is our nation’s experiment in Theocracy?
re: #101 Dave In Austin
Can we say that Alabama is our nation’s experiment in Theocracy?
Dereconstructivist politics
re: #101 Dave In Austin
Can we say that Alabama is our nation’s experiment in Theocracy?
If they show a gay wedding, the next thing you know they’ll be required to show a mixed race wedding.
re: #101 Dave In Austin
Can we say that Alabama is our nation’s experiment in Theocracy?
You misspelled Utah. We’re actually too religiously diverse for that. Our county has 1 Jewish temple, 1 Catholic church, 1 each Hindu and Muslim congregations, 1 known Quaker adherent, and 150+ Protestant churches.
Alabama’s problems are mostly the historical sludge left over from slavery.
re: #104 Decatur Deb
You misspelled Utah. We’re actually too religiously diverse for that. Our county has 1 Jewish temple, 1 Catholic church, 1 each Hindu and Muslim congregations, 1 known Quaker adherent, and 150+ Protestant churches.
Alabama’s problems are mostly the historical sludge left over from slavery.
Iran has both Jews and Christians living within its borders. But you are correct that the problems in Alabama are race related.
re: #105 Belafon
Iran has both Jews and Christians living within its borders. But you are correct that the problems in Alabama are race related.
And they never abandoned a patriarchal view of society in which women are chattel.
re: #104 Decatur Deb
You misspelled Utah. We’re actually too religiously diverse for that. Our county has 1 Jewish temple, 1 Catholic church, 1 each Hindu and Muslim congregations, 1 known Quaker adherent, and 150+ Protestant churches.
Alabama’s problems are mostly the historical sludge left over from slavery.
It’s mostly snark. I think it’s safe to say it won’t change anytime soon. I still want to know why Southern white men continue to use a bowl when getting a haircut?
re: #107 Dave In Austin
It’s mostly snark. I think it’s safe to say it won’t change anytime soon. I still want to know why Southern white men continue to use a bowl when getting a haircut?
It’s all momma gots in her cupboard
re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And they never abandoned a patriarchal view of society in which women are chattel.
Hard to find a geographic boundary for that.
re: #105 Belafon
Iran has both Jews and Christians living within its borders. But you are correct that the problems in Alabama are race related.
The slavery hangover very quickly morphed into economic dysfunction. Reconstruction sharecropping and 19th Cent anti-labor ideology really solidified things. (h/t Bernie).
Under it all is the sick psychology of the Lost Cause.
re: #109 Decatur Deb
Hard to find a geographic boundary for that.
The the slavery hangover very quickly morphed into economic dysfunction. Reconstruction sharecropping and 19th Cent anti-labor ideology really solidified things. (h/t Bernie).
Under it all is the sick psychology of the Lost Cause.
Andrew F’n Johnson
spit.
Oh, good morning!
re: #108 Eventual Carrion
No….. Those are the Lawyers, Drs., and Men of the Good Book. The Southern Gentry if you will. That haircuts been there since I was stationed there in the mid 70’s. The Waylon Cut
re: #111 Dave In Austin
No….. Those are the Lawyers, Drs., and Men of the Good Book. The Southern Gentry if you will. That haircuts been there since I was stationed there in the mid 70’s. The Waylon Cut
I’ve burned through just about every Guns ‘N Ammo barbershop in town. It’s impolite not to talk in the chair, and I’m not talking politics with a guy holding a straight razor.
What time is McGahn’s hearing supposed to start?
re: #113 makeitstop
10AM… so basically now.
re: #109 Decatur Deb
Hard to find a geographic boundary for that.
The the slavery hangover very quickly morphed into economic dysfunction. Reconstruction sharecropping and 19th Cent anti-labor ideology really solidified things. (h/t Bernie).
Under it all is the sick psychology of the Lost Cause.
comment reminded me of this.
Boy….. We just got an inch of rain on about 2 minutes. Then the power went out. My house is rebooting.
Wow .@DLoesch, you’ve really let yourself go.
— Tree Trunks (@efuseakay) May 21, 2019
Patience. It’s what’s for breakfast.
the opinion (via cnn)
- Judge basically said no to all their arguments.
- and cummings (presumably in anticipation) did absolutely everything right down the line from the start
(ianal)
re: #118 GlutenFreeJesus
“The idea that some bureaucrat or some editorial board in Los Angeles thinks that they know how best 100 million Americans should store their firearms is just beyond ridiculous.
“The phrase ‘well-regulated militia’ being beyond my limited powers of comprehension, I believe that Americans should have unlimited rights to acquire firearms without any governmental restrictions on how to store or handle them safely.”
re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I heard recently that “well-regulated” back then doesn’t mean what it means today.
re: #110 lizardofid
Andrew F’n Johnson
spit.
Oh, good morning!
Woodrow F’n Wilson for making it academically acceptable while at Princeton & segregating Washington.
He’s one of the few reasons to hope hell is real.
re: #122 GlutenFreeJesus
I heard recently that “well-regulated” back then doesn’t mean what it means today.
It means they all poo at around the same time every day?
“Sure, this procedure isn’t done and doctors are telling me I’m super wrong - but maybe that just means I’m a genius ahead of my time”
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) May 21, 2019
re: #118 GlutenFreeJesus
“The idea that some bureaucrat or some editorial board in Los Angeles thinks that they know how best 100 million Americans should store their firearms is just beyond ridiculous
if you lose control of your firearm, including how you ‘stored’ it, you should lose your freedom, your finances and your future.
- jail
- fines and civil liability
- lose your 2A rights
NO second chances or do overs
if you dont want to be ‘told’ what to do, then take fucking responsibility
re: #115 Dave In Austin
Collins Whining
Trump pulling the string in its back again and it whines like a Chatty Cathy doll…
re: #127 Joe Bacon 🌹
Doug Collins the minority’s leader in the house.
re: #127 Joe Bacon 🌹
Wrong Collins - this is the House Judiciary.
Got my new eyeglasses and
HOLY CRAP!
I have never been able to see this well.
wow
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
Got my new eyeglasses and
HOLY CRAP!
I have never been able to see this well.
wow
Democrats in disarray…or something. Via politico:
House Democratic leaders sparred internally on Monday over whether to begin an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her allies rejecting the call to move forward for now, according to multiple sources.
Reps. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Joe Neguse of Colorado — all members of Democratic leadership — pushed to begin impeachment proceedings during a leadership meeting in Pelosi’s office, said the sources. Pelosi and Reps. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Hakeem Jeffries of New York and Cheri Bustos of Illinois — some of her key allies — rejected their calls, saying Democrats’ message is being drowned out by the fight over possibly impeaching Trump.
Raskin — a former law professor — said he wasn’t advocating impeaching Trump but suggested that opening an impeachment inquiry would strengthen their legal position while allowing Democrats to move forward with their legislative agenda.
Pelosi dismissed this argument, asking Raskin whether he wanted to shut down the other five committees working on Trump investigations in favor of the Judiciary Committee.
“You want to tell Elijah Cummings to go home?” Pelosi quipped, referring to the chairman of the Oversight and Reform Committee.
And in a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee meeting, Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee stood up and demanded Trump’s impeachment. Pelosi then countered, “This is not about politics, it’s about what’s best for the American people,” said a member who attended the meeting.
While Pelosi and her top Democrats argue that a majority of House Democrats don’t want to impeach Trump, she is under growing pressure from some of her most hard-line members to move more forcefully against the president.
re: #44 jaunte
That show was amazing. John Heilemann had an epic rant comparing Justin Amash’s call for impeachment to Nancy Pelosi’s (and the rest of the Congressional Democrats) cowardice. “every Democrat believes Trump committed crimes. Everyone of them.” Yet, they will not commit to their constitutional duty to protect the republic from a rogue president. They are all calculating the perfect political moment to go forward while they fritter away any momentum they had. They are not just losing Independents, They are losing Democrats.
re: #134 qubit2020
I am gonna trust Nancy’s judgement on how to go forward on this. Politics is not just rhetoric and Internet exchanges, it is about choosing the right moment to make the right move.
.@RepDougCollins just said the Mueller report concluded there was no collusion and no obstruction. The report did not conclude either thing. This is a lie. A brazen lie. A lie that relies on ignorance. A lie that shows he does not give a damn about honest gov’t or nat. security.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 21, 2019
re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am gonna trust Nancy’s judgement on how to go forward on this. Politics is not just rhetoric and Internet exchanges, it is about choosing the right moment to make the right move.
I’m trying, but she’s losing me more and more. I feel like NOW is the right time to act. We just can’t continually leave Trump with the impression that he (or any future President) can get away with this. There MUST be consequences.
President Who Employed Undocumented Workers Now Says Undocumented Labor Might Be OK Sometimes - especially when he’s the one breaking federal law (because he wants to avoid prosecution for crimes) https://t.co/84v4nkwVjy
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 21, 2019
re: #139 lawhawk
I’m actually kind of surprised he just didn’t pick a hiring manager to throw under the bus for this and claim he had “no idea this was happening”.
re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am gonna trust Nancy’s judgement on how to go forward on this. Politics is not just rhetoric and Internet exchanges, it is about choosing the right moment to make the right move.
She’s trying to balance the competing interests of the caucus, retaining the House, trying to take the Senate, and the WH.
That’s a lot to balance compared with the overall sheer volume of crimes committed by Trumpworld and Trump personally. Given the way Trumpworld continues to obstruct justice and refuse to follow subpoenas or court orders, she’s appearing to be dragging her feet towards impeachment, when these are the actions that are themselves impeachable offenses.
My guess is that impeachment will get underway over the summer because that seems to be following the timeline of Watergate. The refusal to submit to questions and withholding key information is a sign that Trumpworld knows that this information would be highly damaging to Trump, and that it isn’t protected by privilege.
re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I appreciate where you’re coming from, however, I disagree. The more political calculation is is made vs a moral imperative the less persuasive (I think) your case becomes. This issue has a shelf life. Most people have not/will not read the entire Mueller report. Trump and his enablers keep shouting “no collusion/no obstruction” while stonewalling Congress. Sure, the courts may rule against them… someday. However, if your play is simply run out the clock before the elections, many people will have moved on. Democrats may be in for a rude surprise when some folks simply give up on them - and the entire process.
re: #133 Eclectic Cyborg
Democrats in disarray…or something. Via politico:
House Democratic leaders sparred internally on Monday over whether to begin an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her allies rejecting the call to move forward for now, according to multiple sources.
…
politico of course with it’s daily DID story
as if everyone should agree on everything all the time publicly and privately. no need to ever discuss, debate, consider alternatives.
re: #142 qubit2020
I appreciate where you’re coming from, however, I disagree. The more political calculation is is made vs a moral imperative the less persuasive (I think) your case becomes. This issue has a shelf life.
We expected the Mueller Report to be a bombshell. Indeed, it seems that the GOP has defused it, but it has started a trickle that I believe will grow into a flood.
And Nancy understands the mechanics of Washington better than any of us, and certainly better than Donald Trump.
Which is why, although I want to see these goons brought to justice as soon as possible, will just have to continue to be patient and accept that things still have to get worse before they can start getting better
re: #144 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But what if this is a miscalculation and in reality they are just improving Trumps re-election chances?
Nancy may well be overestimating the political intelligence of the average American.
So, got done watching the third episode of Chernobyl.
Again, exceedingly well done, well-written, well-directed and of course, well-acted. And I have to add, the people behind the VFX deserve an award - their work on recreating ARS injuries is absolute, undiluted nightmare fuel.
re: #137 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m trying, but she’s losing me more and more. I feel like NOW is the right time to act. We just can’t continually leave Trump with the impression that he (or any future President) can get away with this. There MUST be consequences.
i mostly discount the ‘news’
they are still lining up the ducks (imo)
the judge’s opinion, upthread is a good example.
as far as i can tell he left them no daylight
as electoral-vote.com wrote:
he shredded the argument being made by the President and his lawyers. That opinion is now available to judges who are considering similar cases, for them to review and to use as a potential template. That includes the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court, both of which may or may not agree to hear an appeal of Mehta’s ruling. If they do agree, it’s going to be hard to drag the process out for very long, given how carefully the Judge laid everything out.
re: #138 Eclectic Cyborg
“The report did not include either thing”
It did if you’re a Republican.
or if you didnt read it
re: #145 Eclectic Cyborg
But what if this is a miscalculation and in reality they are just improving Trumps re-election chances?
Nancy may well be overestimating the political intelligence of the average American.
It could be a miscalculation. It might be the perfect path. No one knows. I do know that Pelosi’s guess is probably way better than mine. She has a lot of experience and nerves of steel.
re: #145 Eclectic Cyborg
But what if this is a miscalculation and in reality they are just improving Trumps re-election chances?
Nancy may well be overestimating the political intelligence of the average American.
On the other hand, what if it’s not a miscalculation, they’re tanking DT’s re-election chances, and she’s not overestimating the political intelligence of the average American?
re: #150 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
On the other hand, what if it’s not a miscalculation, they’re tanking DT’s re-election chances, and she’s not overestimating the political intelligence of the average American?
and what if the GOP wants her to overreact and to do so immediately?
re: #146 Dr Lizardo
So, got done watching the third episode of Chernobyl.
Again, exceedingly well done, well-written, well-directed and of course, well-acted. And I have to add, the people behind the VFX deserve an award - their work on recreating ARS injuries is absolute, undiluted nightmare fuel.
It makes it excruciatingly hard to watch.
The interesting thing was how the miners actually were requisitioned to do the work and how their leader tried to do right by his people.
In the end, they never had to implement the cooling system, because the reactor never melted all the way down - they filled in the tunnel built with concrete and called it a day.
But at the time, they didn’t know that.
To the great people of Kentucky, please go out and vote for Matt Bevin today. Very important. He has done a fantastic job for you and America! #MAGA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2019
NOPE
(already voted this morning, come home to the phone ringing…and that whiney orange voice…*SPIT*)
re: #137 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m trying, but she’s losing me more and more. I feel like NOW is the right time to act. We just can’t continually leave Trump with the impression that he (or any future President) can get away with this. There MUST be consequences.
I’m pretty much here. Shit seems to be spiraling out far faster than this slow burn toward impeachment strategy she’s banking on seems to allow. Trump is quickly building a bulwark against any sort of accountability and has the DoJ ready to sweep up anyone failing the loyalty test. They need to act NOW, and decisively so.
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
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NOPE
(already voted this morning, come home to the phone ringing…and that whiney orange voice…*SPIT*)
Eeeeew. I’m grateful that I don’t have to register as anything but a Democrat, and thus don’t risk hearing that voice when I pick up the phone.
re: #140 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m actually kind of surprised he just didn’t pick a hiring manager to throw under the bus for this and claim he had “no idea this was happening”.
as i said when this broke the first time in the first place:
either this ‘policy’ was orchestrated high in the trump org, or every hiring manager at every site he owned independently and simultaneously decided to do this themselves
re: #145 Eclectic Cyborg
But what if this is a miscalculation and in reality they are just improving Trumps re-election chances?
Nancy may well be overestimating the political intelligence of the average American.
If she is, then impeachment will never be an option. Right now, most of the public does not want impeachment. We’re sitting at about the same levels we were when the Saturday Night Massacre occurred. Congress began investigations and that number climbed over the summer to the point that impeachment of Nixon became popular.
If I were in Pelosi’s shoes, I would be privately telling everyone who wants impeachment to keep yelling about it, but don’t get frustrated if it doesn’t happen immediately, because the yelling will keep it alive.
Gym those Ohio State wrestlers will never be free from the sexual nightmares you caused them. pic.twitter.com/R2RESZFdpl
— Slem (@slem63) May 21, 2019
“An investigation is not the same thing as an impeachment vote, but it would allow Democrats to accomplish their first objective, which is to gather all of the facts and present them to the American people.” https://t.co/noSHzCabxg
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) May 21, 2019
re: #159 Dave In Austin
It’s about what Emmet Flood said: if the intel community can target the President for political reasons, imagine what they can do to any one of us.
His lawyer, campaign manager and campaign adviser are all in jail.
That is not political targeting, that is investigating high crimes and misdemeanors
re: #152 lawhawk
It makes it excruciatingly hard to watch.
The interesting thing was how the miners actually were requisitioned to do the work and how their leader tried to do right by his people.
In the end, they never had to implement the cooling system, because the reactor never melted all the way down - they filled in the tunnel built with concrete and called it a day.
But at the time, they didn’t know that.
At the end of the episode, where they were burying the firefighters who’d died of ARS - in zinc coffins, then all the coffins sealed in concrete…..damn, that was hard to watch.
re: #159 Dave In Austin
The intel community, prior to Trump, operated independently specifically so it would not be used for political purposes.
re: #118 GlutenFreeJesus
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The idea that some bureaucrat thinks he knows better than 100 million Americans regarding how to safely drive a vehicle is beyond ridiculous.
Nancy’s strategy is “I don’t want to impeach, don’t MAKE me do it!”
She is giving Trump enough rope that he will think he is bulletproof and do more and more crimes openly until she goes “LOOK AT WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!”
It’s been over 24 hours. No more spoiler alerts. Here’s why @AOC and I are officially on #TeamSansa now. pic.twitter.com/WKKHDbFz1M
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) May 21, 2019
re: #144 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We expected the Mueller Report to be a bombshell. Indeed, it seems that the GOP has defused it, but it has started a trickle that I believe will grow into a flood.
And Nancy understands the mechanics of Washington better than any of us, and certainly better than Donald Trump.
Which is why, although I want to see these goons brought to justice as soon as possible, will just have to continue to be patient and accept that things still have to get worse before they can start getting better
In any sane timeline, the Mueller report was a bombshell.
re: #167 Mike Lamb
In any sane timeline, the Mueller report was a bombshell.
If the GOP were a sane political party, the GOP leadership would’ve gone to the White House and demanded Trump’s immediate resignation.
re: #165 The Vicious Babushka
Nancy’s strategy is “I don’t want to impeach, don’t MAKE me do it!”
She is giving Trump enough rope that he will think he is bulletproof and do more and more crimes openly until she goes “LOOK AT WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!”
I was reading a quote somewhere that said her one concern right now is that one committe wants to start impeachment while about a dozen other ongoing investigations aren’t ready.
re: #171 Belafon
I was reading a quote somewhere that said her one concern right now is that one committe wants to start impeachment while about a dozen other ongoing investigations aren’t ready.
This. All your chambers better be loaded when you start this battle.
guess he’s gonna declare war on Mexico now, too…
…Mexico’s attitude is that people from other countries, including Mexico, should have the right to flow into the U.S. & that U.S. taxpayers should be responsible for the tremendous costs associated w/this illegal migration. Mexico is wrong and I will soon be giving a response!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2019
re: #173 Eric The Fruit Bat
Good Lord: New Coke is coming back….
I saw that LOL. Though I believe this is just a limited time crossover promo with Stranger Things.
re: #175 Eclectic Cyborg
I saw that LOL. Though I believe this is just a limited time crossover promo with Stranger Things.
That makes some sense, actually; New Coke was definitely a thing in the ’80s.
Not a good thing, mind you - but a thing.
re: #163 Belafon
The intel community, prior to Trump, operated independently specifically so it would not be used for political purposes.
The orange shit-goblin’s administration is trying to pretend that Obama’s administration did it first, therefore ‘not our fault and we’ll keep doing it.’
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
guess he’s gonna declare war on Mexico now, too…
Mexico is wrong and I will soon be giving a response!
Uh, oh, he’s gonna tweet again.
re: #180 Sir John Barron
Probably another cheap PR stunt trip to the border.
Are you ready El Paso?
/
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
guess he’s gonna declare war on Mexico now, too…
Mexico needs a wall.
The little-noticed surge across the US-Mexico border: Americans heading south
“Despite the fact that Donald Trump insults my country every day, here we receive the entire international community, beginning with Americans, with open arms and hearts,” Villareal said.
Mexican authorities say that many of the Americans are probably undocumented - typically, they’ve overstayed their six-month visas. But the government has shown little concern.
re: #178 Dr Lizardo
That makes some sense, actually; New Coke was definitely a thing in the ’80s.
Not a good thing, mind you - but a thing.
I remember my first taste of New Coke back then and said “congratulations, you just re-invented Pepsi”
Taking a little vacation to Canada next week. I already bought Z’s medical emergency insurance.
re: #185 The Vicious Babushka
Taking a little vacation to Canada next week. I already bought Z’s medical emergency insurance.
Avoiding the Troll Bridge?
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
Your wall is a metaphor for your penis. Nobody wants to see it and you can’t get it up.
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) May 21, 2019
re: #157 Belafon
If she is, then impeachment will never be an option. Right now, most of the public does not want impeachment. We’re sitting at about the same levels we were when the Saturday Night Massacre occurred. Congress began investigations and that number climbed over the summer to the point that impeachment of Nixon became popular.
Support for impeaching Nixon climbed slowly, slowly, slowly as the hearings went on, slowly, slowly…
Until the tapes came out. Then SPIKE!! overnight, and enough R senators got on board.
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
I remember my first taste of New Coke back then and said “congratulations, you just re-invented Pepsi”
Yeah, that was pretty much my reaction too.
re: #186 Decatur Deb
Avoiding the Troll Bridge?
We always enter Canada from Port Huron and return through the Windsor Tunnel. No need to use the Troll Bridge. Once the new Gordie Howe Bridge opens the Troll is fucked.
A Florida elementary school teacher was arrested for having weapons on school grounds, including a loaded handgun. Asked why she brought weapons to school she answered, “Ask DeSantis.” DeSantis just signed a law allowing teachers to be armed. #flapol https://t.co/e4c3A5rJ0d
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 21, 2019
re: #167 Mike Lamb
In any sane timeline, the Mueller report was a bombshell.
it would help if we were able to, you know, read it all, with the supporting dox
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
And who DIDN’T see this coming?
re: #169 Dr Lizardo
If the GOP were a sane political party, the GOP leadership would’ve gone to the White House and demanded Trump’s immediate resignation.
post election, they could have reined him in the first week
of course if the party was sane they never would have voted for him
Another major American retailer bites the dust.
Dressbarn is closing all of its stores.
The women’s retailer announced Monday “plans to commence a wind-down of its retail operations, including the eventual closure of its approximately 650 stores.”
Stores remain open along with the Dressbarn website, the company said in a statement.
“For more than 50 years, Dressbarn has served women’s fashion needs, and we thank all of our dedicated associates for their commitment to Dressbarn and our valued customers,” said Steven Taylor, Dressbarn chief financial officer, in a statement. “This decision was difficult, but necessary, as the Dressbarn chain has not been operating at an acceptable level of profitability in today’s retail environment.”
This year has been a tough year for retailers with more store closings announced than in all of 2018. With Dressbarn closures, there are more than 7,000 closings announced for 2019.
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
Uh, then why was she arrested? The governor should be ok with this.
re: #194 DangerMan
post election, they could have reined him in the first week
of course if the party was sane they never would have voted for him
Precisely - he never would’ve made it to the primaries.
“A Black man did something good for an entire college class at a historically Black college, where’s my cut? He’s discriminating against me!” whines the MAGAt who supports the man who shits on a golden toilet and has given not a thing to anyone.
— azteclady (@HerHandsMyHands) May 21, 2019
Why is the President of the US, any President, borrowing 5 million dollars while in Office? Now triple that concern for an alleged billionaire.
— Eric Segall (@espinsegall) May 21, 2019
re: #195 Dr Lizardo
“This year has been a tough year for retailers with more store closings announced than in all of 2018. With Dressbarn closures, there are more than 7,000 closings announced for 2019.”
WINNING! MAGA!
re: #196 Amory Blaine
Uh, then why was she arrested? The governor should be ok with this.
I could hazard a guess why….
But I suppose it’s possible the law isn’t officially in force yet.
re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg
I could hazard a guess why….
But I suppose it’s possible the law isn’t officially in force yet.
It will also have to dovetail with Fed law. Probably some level of training and deputization to make that work.
Today at the Van Nuys courthouse there will be a protest against the new anti abortion anti Roe V Wade law. I’m working but my wife, once known as Dragonlady around here will be there.
MY Congressperson!
MY Body
MY Rights
MY Freedoms#StopTheBans ❌https://t.co/YdkZfDebBg— Brenda Lawrence (@RepLawrence) May 21, 2019
re: #199 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
This is exactly the system you wanted set up, isn’t it, where people get to choose who they want to succeed? Oh, I see, it wasn’t supposed to work for black people.
re: #205 Rightwingconspirator
Today at the Van Nuys courthouse there will be a protest against the new
anti abortionanti Roe V Wade law. I’m working but my wife, once known as Dragonlady around here will be there.
It’s been a bad week for dragon ladies.
re: #203 Amory Blaine
A photo basically guaranteed to make even the staunchest pro-Second Amendment NRA Life Member instantly soil themselves.
re: #204 Decatur Deb
It will also have to dovetail with Fed law. Probably some level of training and deputization to make that work.
Narrator: It will never work.
re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg
It looks like the law is in force, but the law also requires that each school district approve of the measure, and that teachers must get training.
There are stipulations: School districts must approve the measure, teachers must volunteer for the program, and all participants are required to undergo a background check and psychiatric evaluation.
Armed teachers must also attend a gun-safety training course with a sheriff’s office.
She failed on those counts.
I’m sure the training is to be done by the governors racist pals, with a nice juicy payday from uncle sugar.
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
According to the school distrcit, Soto will not return to Starkey Elementary this year.
She’ll need to wait until next year to reapply for her job…
re: #162 Dr Lizardo
At the end of the episode, where they were burying the firefighters who’d died of ARS - in zinc coffins, then all the coffins sealed in concrete…..damn, that was hard to watch.
I wasn’t paying a lot of attention at the time, but I remember hundreds of American surgeons traveling to Kiev, calls here for everybody of Eastern European descent to donate bone marrow for transplants, to save as many as could be saved. And that letting those American doctors come in to do that was a big-deal opening to the Soviet people seeing the US in a new light, starting the process towards the collapse of the USSR.
Also, Wall Street had jokes. Lots of jokes.
What has feathers and glows in the dark? Chicken Kiev.
re: #199 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Britton George:
Libertarian, Alex Jones radio, comicbooks, movies, history, pizza, coffee, Ron Paul, MacGyver, James Bond #MAGA, @ThePunisher
Not sure how libertarian fits in with the ‘gimme me shit’ —- oh wait, yes I do.
These ring-necked snakes from #SouthDakota are definitely worthy of #SnakeCuteOff!! #snakes #HERper pic.twitter.com/zlJeSOkjhm
— Jillian Farkas (@jfarkas14) May 21, 2019
re: #216 wrenchwench
Ooooo, I see some glass art there…
re: #217 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Ooooo, I see some glass art there…
Even better as little critters outside. Why not both? (Now I wonder whether the threat to beautiful creatures was significantly reduced by photography…)
re: #215 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Libertarian, Alex Jones radio, comicbooks, movies, history, pizza, coffee, Ron Paul, MacGyver, James Bond#MAGA, @ThePunisher
Is this an adult person?
/
re: #219 Sir John Barron
Sounds more like some 14-year old wannabe edgelord.
re: #221 DangerMan
You cra-cra. My wife has an ultra-marathoner friend. She wack, too.
re: #221 DangerMan
Damn man, takes all I got to get out of bed some days. Congratulations.
re: #199 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
What about the white folk who are just as deserving? These black colleges are reverse racists, complete jokes: cnn.it
- get your own billionaire
- i thought the whole point was let individuals support the causes and charities they want, not the government
besides, wouldnt this be socializing private donations?
re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg
I could hazard a guess why….
But I suppose it’s possible the law isn’t officially in force yet.
She’s not trained authorized certified etc
Libertarians and Never Trump Republicans court Justin Amash to run for president #ReasonRoundup https://t.co/bJOYc6Ibzm via @reason
— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) May 21, 2019
re: #222 Colère Tueur de Lapin
You cra-cra. My wife has an ultra-marathoner friend. She wack, too.
It’s definitely a disorder if some kind
re: #166 Stanley Sea
Elizabeth Warren
✔
@SenWarren
It’s been over 24 hours. No more spoiler alerts. Here’s why @AOC and I are officially on #TeamSansa now.6,603
10:55 AM - May 21, 2019
Does this signal that AOC is on TeamWarren now?
SO
MY HUSBAND.
MR. NO MORE CATS EVER
MR. I AM TIRED OF CATS
MR. U CAN’T RESCUE EVERY CAT
THAT MAN. JUST WALKED IN AND SAID
“their names are Jigglypuff and Clefairy” pic.twitter.com/sdPUjZIgUc— 🌻Elle 🐈 Gato🌻 (they/them) (@ellle_em) May 20, 2019
re: #194 DangerMan
post election, they could have reined him in the first week
of course if the party was sane they never would have voted for him
It wasn’t the party establishment that nominated him, it was the voters in the Republican primaries. The fault lies with the American public — not the elites who run the political parties. Yes — Mitch violated his oath of office when he refused to sign on with Obama on Russian interference. But I suspect, given “her emails” and Comey’s arrogance, that would have had little effect on the outcome of the election. Trump supporters never cared about Putin.
re: #227 makeitstop
Please play Teddy Roosevelt, Amash.
re: #232 Belafon
Please play Teddy Roosevelt, Amash.
Not possible. After all, Teddy was a successful progressive President with national name recognition and support. If it had been Teddy vs Wilson alone, Teddy would have won.
Well, come on, you can’t expect the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to know anything about housing. https://t.co/V5fShLiMEQ
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 21, 2019
President is expected to tap former Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli for top DHS role on immigration https://t.co/Nh1Lrnppwe pic.twitter.com/BreJTeIra6
— WCPO (@WCPO) May 21, 2019
-Dress Barn closing 650 stores
-Ford laying off 7000 workers
-Payless & Office Depot & Party City closing down
-tariff war already hurting farmers & the US economy.
Which means Trump will take credit for bringing back New Coke.— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) May 21, 2019
The Secret Service is already over-extended so badly that dozens of Agents will run up against mandatory limits on overtime earning again this year as has happened for several years now without Trump’s stupid border fetish. https://t.co/YfA36Po9EB
— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) May 21, 2019
medieval-inspired fantasy: ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL. ONE RING TO FIND THEM. ONE RING TO BRING THEM ALL, AND IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM
actual medieval shit: hi my name is ring https://t.co/b6ePCg6pOs— iris🌹 (@iris__ks) May 21, 2019
“If leading officials are willing to break the law and mislead the public about things as minor as interior decorating, and meet with few consequences, why would they hesitate to break the law and mislead on bigger issues?”https://t.co/DlcRTNKXv7
— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) May 20, 2019
Once again, GOP leaders show they are beholden to foreign powers. All this talk about MAGA is to fool the rubes.
House Minority Leader McCarthy blocked a bipartisan bill to prevent Chinese companies from winning federal contracts despite nat sec concerns. The bill would have impacted BYD Motors, which has a plant in his district and is run by campaign contributor. https://t.co/vE296l4atI
— Damian Paletta (@damianpaletta) May 21, 2019
re: #231 Hecuba’s daughter
It wasn’t the party establishment that nominated him, it was the voters in the Republican primaries. The fault lies with the American public — not the elites who run the political parties. Yes — Mitch violated his oath of office when he refused to sign on with Obama on Russian interference. But I suspect, given “her emails” and Comey’s arrogance, that would have had little effect on the outcome of the election. Trump supporters never cared about Putin.
You’re right
Pre election the populus
Post election the senate..and house for 2 years, thought the populus could have piped up
re: #240 Hecuba’s daughter
Once again, GOP leaders show they are beholden to foreign powers. All this talk about MAGA is to fool the rubes.
I missed when the House Minority leader between 2010 and 2018 could block stuff.
re: #240 Hecuba’s daughter
Once again, GOP leaders show they are beholden to foreign powers. All this talk about MAGA is to fool the rubes.
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re: #234 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
one thing I think about when I see these clips of Katie Porter playing “stump the chump” w/ Carson et al. is that a formative moment in her political/intellectual development was getting cold-called by her law school professor, Elizabeth Warren https://t.co/L5HgMMVdU6
— Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy) May 21, 2019
Looking through catalogues for the greatest dishwasher in the history of the world.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 21, 2019
re: #231 Hecuba’s daughter
It wasn’t the party establishment that nominated him, it was the voters in the Republican primaries. The fault lies with the American public — not the elites who run the political parties. Yes — Mitch violated his oath of office when he refused to sign on with Obama on Russian interference. But I suspect, given “her emails” and Comey’s arrogance, that would have had little effect on the outcome of the election. Trump supporters never cared about Putin.
Shorter: “We have met the enemy and he is us”.
re: #245 gocart mozart
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I asked @SecretaryCarson about REOs - a basic term related to foreclosure - at a hearing today. He thought I was referring to a chocolate sandwich cookie. No, really. pic.twitter.com/cYekJAkRag
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) May 21, 2019
He sounds perpetually stoned. https://t.co/0bFqyMXbtb
— Patti M Piatt (@PiattPatti) May 21, 2019
Taiwan. Want a guaranteed way to piss off China? Put an inflatable Chinese tank, complete with inflatable person to run over, to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre pic.twitter.com/GrGyHBiZxZ
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 21, 2019
It’s unclear what caused the website to crash or if it is election-related. https://t.co/BCodfXV8QP
— Janet Patton (@janetpattonhl) May 21, 2019
Fayette County’s website has crashed.
That’s Lexington
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
I also like how the reporter is assuming that Bevin will win the primary today.
Narrator’s Voice: only if he cheats
also in Kentucky today:
TRI-STATE TIES TO TRAGEDY
I investigated White Separatist Matthew Heimbach for years. Now, he’s named in a federal lawsuit filed by one of the victims run over in Charlottesville, VA.
AND the victim and the driver that hit him are both from Boone County.@Local12 pic.twitter.com/y8Wdx9HVet— Duane Pohlman (@DUANELOCAL12) May 21, 2019
re: #239 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
“If leading officials are willing to break the law and mislead the public about things as minor as interior decorating, and meet with few consequences, why would they hesitate to break the law and mislead on bigger issues?”
as long as the senate is letting ‘em, they won’t hesitate
re: #234 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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i knew what REO meant when i was 15, and not the Speedwagon
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Fayette County’s website has crashed.
That’s Lexington
I call shenanigans.
re: #196 Amory Blaine
Uh, then why was she arrested? The governor should be ok with this.
The Law requires local school board approval and the teachers need to go through a weapons training course before they are eligible. Most school boards have not approved it, and since the bill was signed a week ago, I doubt anyone has gone through the training course yet.
re: #152 lawhawk
It makes it excruciatingly hard to watch.
The interesting thing was how the miners actually were requisitioned to do the work and how their leader tried to do right by his people.
In the end, they never had to implement the cooling system, because the reactor never melted all the way down - they filled in the tunnel built with concrete and called it a day.
But at the time, they didn’t know that.
My favorite character in this increasingly hard-to-watch series is the head of the miners. His taunt: “You don’t have enough bullets to shoot us all and the survivors will beat the living shit out of you” struck home for me; I worked in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, etc., and that guy was the epitome of the “hard as a coffin nail” blue-collar Ūdarniki I came to know.
They’re not afraid of a goddam thing. They won’t back down if you point the entire Red Army at them, because that’s their daily life.
All of them patting the mining apparatchik on his delicate robins-egg blue suit to muss it up was perfect.
We need more of this attitude in the modern Democratic party. My grampa sure as fuck had it, after the Depression spent slaving in the lumber camps for the WPA.