John Oliver Digs Deep Into a Topic on Everyone’s Mind: Impeachment [VIDEO]
With a national conversation underway about the possibility of impeachment, John Oliver discusses whether the benefits outweigh the potential risks.
With a national conversation underway about the possibility of impeachment, John Oliver discusses whether the benefits outweigh the potential risks.
Later can’t mean never.
Trump gets away with abrogating the rule of law until someone stands up to him. Impeachment might not work out as you hope it will, but it’s still worth doing. No one is above the law.
Trump might not get removed from office, but those in the GOP will be held accountable. This matters.
So…it looks like ABC released the video before Trump could deny that he kicked Mulvaney out of the oval office for coughing during his 30 hour interview.
Rule number 1 when entering a room with Trump: Roll cameras.
Here’s Trump kicking Mick Mulvaney out of the Oval Office for coughing. pic.twitter.com/QHCrnF6lnR
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) June 17, 2019
We need a stronger word than asshole to describe Trump.
Also, why did he even agree to that interview when it was clear he was just going to whine and bitch about it anyway?
If that happens, @jack and his @Twitter outfit will at least find me running an adblocker to deny revenue, if not losing me as a customer altogether. If they act arbitrarily against you, I won’t feel safe on this platform.
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 17, 2019
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
Why did Trump even agree to that interview when it was clear he was just going to whine and bitch about it anyway?
(morning all)
he probably doesnt like or want to do these interviews.
my guess is the polls
they know they have to reach a wider audience than just fox
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
Why did Trump even agree to that interview when it was clear he was just going to whine and bitch about it anyway?
Because he forgets that not every station will flatter him like Fox, and he complains about everything.
From downstairs:
re: #189 goddamnedfrank
Disagree in principle because my fear is that Gorsuch only joined this ruling to tee up a rationale for ruling against the US House in their lawsuit over Trump’s emergency border funding power grab. Also remember that the Courts had no problem with standing in US House v Azar. So think individual chambers still need to be able to sue over actions that by totally bypass their authority and ability to act as a check on the executive. Otherwise we end up codifying a situation where one chamber can totally prevent judicial review by refusing to sign off on a lawsuit.
I could certainly see Gorsuch wishing to offer such an argument, but the situations are in no way similar. The original lawsuit was brought by a private citizen against the commonwealth, arguing that the district map had created 12 racially-biased districts. The lower courts ruled that the VA GOP’s excuse that they’d done that due to the VRA requirements was sound and the case was appealed to SCOTUS where they busted it back down on instructions to use narrower guidelines. The lower courts ruled in ‘17 that the districts were racially-biased and the whole map needed to be redrawn, which led to Ralph Northam failing to get an agreement with the VA DNC to accept a “modified” version of the map. Cue last year, when the GOP-majority in the House of Delegates decided to appeal the lower court ruling after AG Herring refused on cost grounds, claiming that they had standing not because of any violation of separation of powers…but because their jobs were at risk if the new map was accepted.
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
We need a stronger word than asshole to describe Trump.
Narcissistic. Neurotic. Delusional. Addled. Mentally challenged. Ignorant. Proudly uninformed.
re: #4 Teukka
Why is she worried about getting kicked off? The guy who got ban hammered for the anti-nazi book cover?
re: #7 Targetpractice
From downstairs:
I could certainly see Gorsuch wishing to offer such an argument, but the situations are in no way similar. The original lawsuit was brought by a private citizen against the commonwealth, arguing that the district map had created 12 racially-biased districts. The lower courts ruled that the VA GOP’s excuse that they’d done that due to the VRA requirements was sound and the case was appealed to SCOTUS where they busted it back down on instructions to use narrower guidelines. The lower courts ruled in ‘17 that the districts were racially-biased and the whole map needed to be redrawn, which led to Ralph Northam failing to get an agreement with the VA DNC to accept a “modified” version of the map. Cue last year, when the GOP-majority in the House of Delegates decided to appeal the lower court ruling after AG Herring refused on cost grounds, claiming that they had standing not because of any violation of separation of powers…but because their jobs were at risk if the new map was accepted.
Additionally, Gorsuch has surprised me with several of his rulings.
Kav the perv, OTOH, has been consistently shown as being bought and paid for.
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
Why is she worried about getting kicked off?
Because David Neiwert is still suspended because he wrote a book and it had Nazi images on the cover.
The guy has been writing about Eliminationism for years.
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
Why is she worried about getting kicked off? The guy who got ban hammered for the anti-nazi book cover?
I suspect so.
re: #8 MsJ
Narcissistic. Neurotic. Delusional. Addled. Mentally challenged. Ignorant. Proudly uninformed.
a wealthy, spoiled, racist, narcissist playing the rubes.
(ok that’s more than ‘a word’)
re: #1 lawhawk
Later can’t mean never.
Trump gets away with abrogating the rule of law until someone stands up to him. Impeachment might not work out as you hope it will, but it’s still worth doing. No one is above the law.
Trump might not get removed from office, but those in the GOP will be held accountable. This matters.
This is really the core issue at the moment, this idea of pushing it off to a hypothetical “later” when the polls are so deeply in favor that Chuck can somehow secure a solid 67 votes to remove Trump. Why? Because it’s viewed as a major political liability for the party if they move to impeach and he’s “exonerated” by his own party. With the constant refrain that “Clinton benefited from being impeached” when the evidence to support that conclusion is murky at best.
re: #14 Targetpractice
This is really the core issue at the moment, this idea of pushing it off to a hypothetical “later” when the polls are so deeply in favor that Chuck can somehow secure a solid 67 votes to remove Trump. Why? Because it’s viewed as a major political liability for the party if they move to impeach and he’s “exonerated” by his own party. With the constant refrain that “Clinton benefited from being impeached” when the evidence to support that conclusion is murky at best.
this is why lawrence tribe’s proposal works for me
investigate the hell out of it, publicly and loudly
when appropriate, prepare articles for all to see
unless the tide has turned, don’t vote on them
even citing that the senate cannot be relied upon to try the case fairly and objectively (mcconnell already said as much)
I posted this downstairs but really, y’all need to read this. It’s about corruption in Brazil, Greenwald and the Intercept. Did you know Greenwald’s partner is an elected official…after the guy whose seat he took got a mega payoff?
This thread is long and shockingly amazing.
A Brazilian hacker, codenamed “mysterious peacock” has just exposed confidential documents on Twitter claiming to have traced Bitcoin deposits on the sum of 300k USD paid from The Intercept to Evgenyi Bogachev, FBI’s most wanted black-hat hacker.
— Felipe Bayan (@felipebayan) June 16, 2019
re: #14 Targetpractice
This is really the core issue at the moment, this idea of pushing it off to a hypothetical “later” when the polls are so deeply in favor that Chuck can somehow secure a solid 67 votes to remove Trump. Why? Because it’s viewed as a major political liability for the party if they move to impeach and he’s “exonerated” by his own party. With the constant refrain that “Clinton benefited from being impeached” when the evidence to support that conclusion is murky at best.
> 80% of Americans support comprehensive gun control. That got us where?
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
Why is she worried about getting kicked off? The guy who got ban hammered for the anti-nazi book cover?
If you get mass-reported by a nazi bot swarm, Twitter’s algorithms make it appear that you are the harasser.
“Commemorate” the massacre, @JoeBiden, not “Celebrate”. Anyone want t bet that that clip will be circulated for months by the very people who actually WOULD like to celebrate the Charleston shooting?
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) June 17, 2019
“The interview’s ratings were a sharp drop from Celebrity Family Feud, which premiered in the time slot last week, and pulled in 6.1 million viewers.” That’s gonna leave a mark. https://t.co/gSJh9WgqY7
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) June 17, 2019
re: #10 MsJ
Gorsuch support for Native peoples has been a complete but pleasant surprise for me.
re: #17 Belafon
> 80% of Americans support comprehensive gun control. That got us where?
A Dem House majority that ran on (among other things) addressing gun violence.
If you’re opposed to impeachment period, then please just say so. Because you’re gonna put your back out moving the goalposts. I’m not gonna listen to “the majority being for impeachment doesn’t mean anything” after weeks of “impeachment is unpopular so we shouldn’t be discussing it.”
re: #23 Targetpractice
A Dem House majority that ran on (among other things) addressing gun violence.
If you’re opposed to impeachment period, then please just say so. Because you’re gonna put your back out moving the goalposts. I’m not gonna listen to “the majority being for impeachment doesn’t mean anything” after weeks of “impeachment is unpopular so we shouldn’t be discussing it.”
You stated that the polls indicate that Schumer could get 67 votes in the Senate for impeachment. I pointed out that high level support among the public for something has done almost nothing to move Republicans in the Senate.
If this is the best that Cheeto Mussolini can do in a Fox News poll, the real numbers are much, much worse for him:
Shock Fox News Poll: 50 Percent of American Voters Want Trump Impeached https://t.co/J2N9j8hl3B
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) June 17, 2019
re: #24 Belafon
You stated that the polls indicate that Schumer could get 67 votes in the Senate for impeachment. I pointed out that high level support among the public for something has done almost nothing to move Republicans in the Senate.
Well no, my argument was that we’re told impeachment is only an option if the odds are so in our favor (high majority in polls, 67 votes for removal) that it’s a certified win. And so “later” has really translated to “never,” which is a political liability when you’re trying to build a coalition upon more than just the “mushy middle” who just wants to know that the stores will be open on Monday.
Impeachment is important.
Impeachment is critical to preserving the rule of law.
Impeachment is a process that starts in the House and ultimately ends in the Senate with a vote to remove if 2/3 support that outcome. With the Senate in GOP control and McConnell saying he’s already put his thumbs on the scales of justice, we know the Senate is unlikely to ever see a trial/vote on the outcome of what the House does.
That doesn’t mean impeachment can’t or wont serve a purpose.
Begin impeachment and hold hearings that will cast Trumpworld and the GOP in the worst possible light.
Show their complicity and criminal misconduct. Show how the GOP covers for Trump who has lied every step of the way and broken countless federal laws. Show how Mueller couldn’t indict because of DOJ policies. Heck, have Mueller come in to read chapter and verse of his report.
We know that far too many people don’t know what the report said, and that you can shift public opinion by detailing just how corrupt Trumpworld is and how Trump obstructed justice and conspired with those around him to break the law in significant and meaningful ways.
Hold McConnell accountable. Hold the Senate GOP accountable. Make this an anchor around their collective necks.
If the rule of law means anything, then you have to do what is necessary to protect the Constitution and impeach the motherfucker.
If Trump thinks that he is above the law, then he must be disabused of that notion. His actions are those of a conman/grifter who thinks he can do whatever he wants. He’s doing what he’s always done - acted as though he was above the law in NY and in his business dealings.
Highlight all of this. Show how nepotism has undermined the nation’s security. Show how refusing to name people to Defense and DHS undermines our national security. Show how he’s manipulated the government to personally profit from every action, especially when he goes and golfs. Emoluments matter.
All of this matters.
When you don’t impeach, you signal that there’s nothing to do or can be done and that you’re assuming that elections will take care of the problem. That’s part of how we got into this mess in the first place (both parties are the same, Clinton = Trump, both are crooks, so we picked the know nothing outsider, etc.,) all while ignoring that a GOP controlled Senate would enable packing the courts with right wing ideologues and those who lack the character, judgment, or basic qualifications to be on the bench or in any federal agency (except maybe corrections where they should be spending significant time incarcerated).
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
We need a stronger word than asshole to describe Trump.
Also, why did he even agree to that interview when it was clear he was just going to whine and bitch about it anyway?
I think we need to make the word Trump a pejorative. “Stop being so Trump.” “Dude, you’re being a Trump, knock that shit off.” “Go Trump yourself.”
As for why he did it:
a. he still has terrible political instincts
b. he’s a narcissist
c. he can’t help himself
d. all of the above
re: #27 Targetpractice
Well no, my argument was that we’re told impeachment is only an option if the odds are so in our favor (high majority in polls, 67 votes for removal) that it’s a certified win. And so “later” has really translated to “never,” which is a political liability when you’re trying to build a coalition upon more than just the “mushy middle” who just wants to know that the stores will be open on Monday.
Then I misead that part.
re: #18 The Vicious Babushka
If you get mass-reported by a nazi bot swarm, Twitter’s algorithms make it appear that you are the harasser.
Right, but this case is actually worse because Twitter did this intentionally and is standing by it.
Twitter tells journalist and author @DavidNeiwert, essentially, that his suspension was not some algorithmic mistake but an intentional move that the company is standing by. https://t.co/CSeVYVuq5P pic.twitter.com/uTIfnQ49op
— Nick Martin (@nickmartin) June 14, 2019
re: #26 Lidane
If this is the best that Cheeto Mussolini can do in a Fox News poll, the real numbers are much, much worse for him:
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Fox News has its poll conducted by a bipartisan research team, and neither of them is Rasmussen.
Talking to myself, again. I am interested in the response, so bringing this forward:
re: #186 danarchy
As long as their population was counted towards that states congressional representation it would give them exactly as much representation as any other city.
Then the District of Columbia would become part of the state of MD; It is not. I am leaving VA out of this because they already took their land back. The state of MD doesn’t need nor want to take the land back. Nor would the city want to lose autonomy, which it would by force of annexation. You can’t dissociate the representation from the block of land; i.e., you can’t give the representation to MD (both house and senate) and give the city the autonomy that it deserves.
re: #197 Belafon
Would Virgina or Maryland be allowed to vote on the issue of unrepaired streets in the city, or the need to update the sewage system?
DC needs to be autonomous entity, giving it back to MD (VA has already taken its land back) would remove that autonomy. And having MD take on the burden of the issues in DC is nothing that we (MD’ers) would ever agree to.
re: #33 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Talking to myself, again. I am interested in the response, so bringing this forward:
Then the District of Columbia would become part of the state of MD; It is not. I am leaving VA out of this because they already took their land back. The state of MD doesn’t need nor want to take the land back. Nor would the city want to lose autonomy, which it would by force of annexation. You can’t dissociate the representation from the block of land; i.e., you can’t give the representation to MD (both house and senate) and give the city the autonomy that it deserves.
DC needs to be autonomous entity, giving it back to MD (VA has already taken its land back) would remove that autonomy. And having MD take on the burden of the issues in DC is nothing that we (MD’ers) would ever agree to.
We need DC as its own state to help counterbalance the extreme over-representation of whites in the US Senate. In the 19th century, the GOP created a lot of small population states to keep control of the Senate. It split Dakota territory into 2 states, and made Nevada a state when it only had 21k people.
re: #31 Charles Johnson
IOW. Jack is saying, “Yes, I am a Nazi and Twitter is for pro-Nazi propaganda.”
Yet another reason i am glad I never got sucked into it.
re: #23 Targetpractice
A Dem House majority that ran on (among other things) addressing gun violence.
If you’re opposed to impeachment period, then please just say so. Because you’re gonna put your back out moving the goalposts. I’m not gonna listen to “the majority being for impeachment doesn’t mean anything” after weeks of “impeachment is unpopular so we shouldn’t be discussing it.”
Besides
Gun control is about legislating
Impeachment is about rule of law and enforcement …at least in this case
DMN staff photographer @TomFoxPhoto captured this image shortly before a gunman opened fire on the Earle Cabell Federal Building Monday morning in downtown Dallas. Fox was waiting to enter the building to cover a trial when the attack took place. https://t.co/y8fWYYuKjs pic.twitter.com/fE1kFlEy9j
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) June 17, 2019
Carried over from last thread:
re: #198 Belafon
Except the Constitution does give the House authority in the areas you describe.
The Constitution also doesn’t give the House any explicit power of inherent contempt, but the courts have inferred that it exists, stemming from their investigative authority and is deemed necessary to preserve a chamber’s efficacy as part of a coequal branch of government. Same rationale applies here.
re: #28 lawhawk
Impeachment is important.
Impeachment is critical to preserving the rule of law.Impeachment is a process that starts in the House and ultimately ends in the Senate with a vote to remove if 2/3 support that outcome. With the Senate in GOP control and McConnell saying he’s already put his thumbs on the scales of justice, we know the Senate is unlikely to ever see a trial/vote on the outcome of what the House does.
That doesn’t mean impeachment can’t or wont serve a purpose.
Begin impeachment and hold hearings that will cast Trumpworld and the GOP in the worst possible light.
Show their complicity and criminal misconduct. Show how the GOP covers for Trump who has lied every step of the way and broken countless federal laws. Show how Mueller couldn’t indict because of DOJ policies. Heck, have Mueller come in to read chapter and verse of his report.
We know that far too many people don’t know what the report said, and that you can shift public opinion by detailing just how corrupt Trumpworld is and how Trump obstructed justice and conspired with those around him to break the law in significant and meaningful ways.
Hold McConnell accountable. Hold the Senate GOP accountable. Make this an anchor around their collective necks.
If the rule of law means anything, then you have to do what is necessary to protect the Constitution and impeach the motherfucker.
If Trump thinks that he is above the law, then he must be disabused of that notion. His actions are those of a conman/grifter who thinks he can do whatever he wants. He’s doing what he’s always done - acted as though he was above the law in NY and in his business dealings.
Highlight all of this. Show how nepotism has undermined the nation’s security. Show how refusing to name people to Defense and DHS undermines our national security. Show how he’s manipulated the government to personally profit from every action, especially when he goes and golfs. Emoluments matter.
All of this matters.
When you don’t impeach, you signal that there’s nothing to do or can be done and that you’re assuming that elections will take care of the problem. That’s part of how we got into this mess in the first place (both parties are the same, Clinton = Trump, both are crooks, so we picked the know nothing outsider, etc.,) all while ignoring that a GOP controlled Senate would enable packing the courts with right wing ideologues and those who lack the character, judgment, or basic qualifications to be on the bench or in any federal agency (except maybe corrections where they should be spending significant time incarcerated).
Spot on
We have to also educate the public that “impeachment” is a process with multiple steps
Often people are only talking about the senate vote outcome
Not even the senate trial phase..remember Roberts controls that
Let alone what the . house impeachment articles might actually say..ie what crimes
And how well they’d be documented with evidence
Twitter is showing that it won’t even try to distinguish hate speech from the efforts to oppose it https://t.co/XMLj6pdkLM
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) June 17, 2019
This Daily Mail Hate Chart is the Venn Diagram of the Day.https://t.co/kJdZptSghb pic.twitter.com/RP7JyR0wSk
— The Poke (@ThePoke) June 17, 2019
So here is some non-scientific data I noticed.
I love following real estate in several markets, one being southern California. Almost every notification I am seeing lately involves price reductions. Mind you, they are still well over $1mm bucks, but this is a new trend. Some a couple of months ago, now almost daily.
The media still doesn’t get it.
Trump doesn’t have policies. He has only empty platitudes and slogans.
All of that is designed to deflect from uncomfortable facts/logic/reality.
Trump doesn’t have a policy about anything or anyone other than self preservation and gaslighting to stay in power. He has no substantive policies and uses empty platitudes and slogans, just as he did in 2016.
Anything he says is to deflect from impeachment.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 17, 2019
The media and pundits continue to try and find reason to talk about Trump policy as though it actually exists. There’s no health care policy. He doesn’t want to talk about health care policy. He wants to use an empty slogan to deflect from impeachment.
Warren, Harris, and other Democrats have policies re: health care (and everything else).
Trump doesn’t get any deeper than repeal Obamacare and *shrug*. That’s also the position taken by the former wonk known as Paul Ryan (R-fuck you I got mine). The GOP had a decade to come up with health care policy and alternatives to Obamacare, and the only thing the GOP could identify is repeal Obamacare and fuck the rest. They never had any plan beyond sabotaging Obamacare and hiking costs to millions of Americans. None of that has changed. So stop even attempting to claim a policy exists knowing that there isn’t one.
The Dallas shooter was another white man radicalized by extremist internet communities. I’m reading Neal Stephenson’s new novel “Fall” in which he predicts the US will be split between the reality based blue communities, and the rural heartland no longer capable of rational thought he calls “Ameristan.”
nbcnews.com
“How to Make a Problem Much Worse” by Donald Trump.
(It’s a deliberate strategy.) https://t.co/zrqo6dUbVo— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 17, 2019
In DC, @JoyReid asks @JoeBiden how he’ll get his agenda past Mitch McConnell.
“I know you’re one of the ones who thinks it’s naive to say we have to work together,” Biden tells her, before pitching his powers of persuasion.
“You can shame people to do things the right way.”— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 17, 2019
It’s easier for Reid to snark at Biden for wanting to be bipartisan than it is to drum up noise on why McConnell needs to be voted out of office. Have you ever seen her spends her time outlining why these Republicans should be voted out of office, that should be the focus
— Allwftopic (@Alllwftopic) June 17, 2019
Yeah, outlining how terrible he is easy, does she ever say he needs to be voted out of office?
— Allwftopic (@Alllwftopic) June 17, 2019
I’m honestly not sure how serious this person even is right now.
Apparently Trump has replaced all State Department spokespeople with Fox News Stepford Wives.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 17, 2019
re: #49 Citizen K
I’m honestly not sure how serious this person even is right now.
I do think people need to spend way more time on the fact that McConnell and the GOP won’t let things get done.
re: #51 Belafon
I do think people need to spend way more time on the fact that McConnell and the GOP won’t let things get done.
That’s a totally valid point that needs to be addressed, but at the same time seems to be different than what this person seems to be getting at, which seems to be ‘So other than highlighting McConnell’s cancerous effect on the body politic, what reasons should we be voting against him, why can’t you make that case?’. Which is almost to the point of ‘if that isn’t the case itself, we have a problem.’
womp womp
Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland shooting survivor who’s built a conservative following, apologized for using “abhorrent racial slurs” in digital messages almost two years ago and blasted Harvard for rescinding his admission https://t.co/weovPS4FAd
— CNN (@CNN) June 17, 2019
re: #46 lawhawk
The media still doesn’t get it.
Trump doesn’t have policies. He has only empty platitudes and slogans.
All of that is designed to deflect from uncomfortable facts/logic/reality.
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The media and pundits continue to try and find reason to talk about Trump policy as though it actually exists. There’s no health care policy. He doesn’t want to talk about health care policy. He wants to use an empty slogan to deflect from impeachment.
Warren, Harris, and other Democrats have policies re: health care (and everything else).
Trump doesn’t get any deeper than repeal Obamacare and *shrug*. That’s also the position taken by the former wonk known as Paul Ryan (R-fuck you I got mine). The GOP had a decade to come up with health care policy and alternatives to Obamacare, and the only thing the GOP could identify is repeal Obamacare and fuck the rest. They never had any plan beyond sabotaging Obamacare and hiking costs to millions of Americans. None of that has changed. So stop even attempting to claim a policy exists knowing that there isn’t one.
a comment i read elsewhere:
Trump can survive being ignorant, outrageous, dishonest, racist, sexist, xenophobic and just plain dickish. He CANNOT survive being boring, and this schtick of his has got to be wearing thin with all but the true believers.
he is not a normal president
he is not ‘presidenting’.
ANYTHING he does is about image / ‘ratings’ and attention. (and lining his pockets).
nothing more.
So, I’m checking twitter, and saw a tweet flash past - a gofundme for the family of Simon Maloy. He passed away from colon cancer? Seriously? WTF.
re: #48 Charles Johnson
“How to Make a Problem Much Worse” by Donald Trump.
(It’s a deliberate strategy.)
and when campaign season heats up it’s gonna backfire.
“only he can fix it and he didnt fix anything”
“immigration, border crossings / protection, detentions, etc have all gotten worse since he became president”
re: #54 The Vicious Babushka
womp womp
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I’m not sure why, but apparently some far right loons led the charge to get his acceptance to Harvard rescinded.
Also… I feel like people are forgetting where a lot of the pressure on him (and the school) came from… pic.twitter.com/b4l1fep2n2
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) June 17, 2019
re: #53 Citizen K
That’s a totally valid point that needs to be addressed, but at the same time seems to be different than what this person seems to be getting at, which seems to be ‘So other than highlighting McConnell’s cancerous effect on the body politic, what reasons should we be voting against him, why can’t you make that case?’. Which is almost to the point of ‘if that isn’t the case itself, we have a problem.’
It’s definitely one more thing added to my list of reasons not to support Biden in the primaries.
re: #41 DangerMan
Spot on
We have to also educate the public that “impeachment” is a process with multiple stepsOften people are only talking about the senate vote outcome
Not even the senate trial phase..remember Roberts controls that
Let alone what the . house impeachment articles might actually say..ie what crimes
And how well they’d be documented with evidence
That’s sort of the problem as demonstrated in John Oliver’s video, Nancy’s out there arguing that those of us who are pushing for impeachment are the ignorant ones. That we think impeachment means he’s gone for good, instead of being the start of the process to do just that. If she’s got a plan, it’s not to make a case for impeachment, else we’d be seeing that effort to educate the public about the process.
re: #49 Citizen K
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I’m honestly not sure how serious this person even is right now.
people of kentucky should be wondering what mitch stands for and what all his antics in the senate have done for them
it’s virtually nothing.
mitch is about his personal power. nothing for the people of his state
re: #58 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I’m not sure why, but apparently some far right loons led the charge to get his acceptance to Harvard rescinded.
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So it was fratricide?
BRB, making popcorn.
re: #56 lawhawk
So, I’m checking twitter, and saw a tweet flash past - a gofundme for the family of Simon Maloy. He passed away from colon cancer? Seriously? WTF.
After googling, it was colon cancer. That sucks.
Edit: And I can’t read.
BREAKING: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones sent child pornography to the lawyers for the families of the Sandy Hook shooting. The lawyers contacted the FBI after discovering child porn in electronic files Jones turned over as a result of their lawsuit. https://t.co/vygByf9Ce4
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 17, 2019
And just saw that Dave Mustaine of Megadeth was diagnosed with throat cancer.
Fuck…. not a good day here.
Getting harder to do political humor:
The Onion from last month. pic.twitter.com/yJhGJOP9hP— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) June 17, 2019
Trump reminds me of Al Pacino playing the role of “Big Boy Caprice” in that dog of a movie “Dick Tracy”.
re: #54 The Vicious Babushka
womp womp
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Having something horrible happen to you does not automatically absolve you from abhorrent behavior. Sorry, pal.
re: #56 lawhawk
So, I’m checking twitter, and saw a tweet flash past - a gofundme for the family of Simon Maloy. He passed away from colon cancer? Seriously? WTF.
Yeah. Last week. :(
re: #64 DodgerFan1988
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Please let this mean Jones is going to prison!
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) June 17, 2019
Sandsnake! We don’t get many calls to relocate these, despite being quite common out there. They’re not, apparently, as adaptable to new semi-urban situations as Groundsnakes, which they are often mistaken for. pic.twitter.com/gwwcKES31B
— Bryan D. Hughes (@rattlesnakeguy) June 17, 2019
re: #64 DodgerFan1988
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So you’re already up to your neck in shit from lawsuits after years of stupid decision, you decide to double down by accusing the other side’s lawyers of making false claims and making threats towards them.
Perhaps his lawyers decided that if he gets involuntarily committed, he won’t have to pay anything to the families.
re: #61 DangerMan
people of kentucky should be wondering what mitch stands for and what all his antics in the senate have done for them
it’s virtually nothing.
mitch is about his personal power. nothing for the people of his state
Didn’t Sen. McTurtle take credit for getting that Russian aluminum plant (or whatever) located in KY?
(After, ISTR, voting to ease sanctions on the oligarch-in-charge? Or was that another issue?)
re: #61 DangerMan
people of kentucky should be wondering what mitch stands for and what all his antics in the senate have done for them
it’s virtually nothing.
mitch is about his personal power. nothing for the people of his state
Relevancy:
Possible he just misspoke but there is a really pernicious and widespread view on the right that conservatism is the only legitimate voice of “real America” and everything else is illegitimate, or doesn’t count. (“Well, if you don’t count black voters/California, then” etc etc)
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 17, 2019
re: #64 DodgerFan1988
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To be fair — and I really don’t like being fair to Alex Jones — the article does say that the child porn was in email sent TO Alex Jones, not by him.
“The FBI advised counsel that its review located numerous additional illegal images, which had apparently been sent to InfoWars email addresses,” they stated.
re: #70 NO SMOCKING GUN!
According to the article:
“The FBI advised counsel that its review located numerous additional illegal images, which had apparently been sent to InfoWars email addresses,” they stated.
Discovery meant turning over emails/documents on Jones’ servers. If someone sent child porn to Jones, that means that the discovery would have turned those up as well.
Jones may be in legal jeopardy here, but so too are all those who sent him those illegal images/files.
re: #76 Charles Johnson
To be fair — and I really don’t like being fair to Alex Jones — the article does say that the child porn was in email sent TO Alex Jones, not by him.
I don’t think that is a 100% true depiction of what is in that article. But truth be told, the article does not match what the tweet said. And there is, per Jones usual schtick, a lot of crazy in it.
re: #52 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Pulitzer prize nominee.
Not a nominee. It’s the winner, easily.
Jones turned over his servers to the lawyers for Sandy Hook families, apparently with all files stored on them. I’ve been sent all kinds of weird shit over the years, and I have spam filters that send most garbage email to a “Spam” folder, so I never even see it.
My point is, Jones is a bad guy, we all know that, but that article is kind of click-baity. It only mentions that the porn is in email sent to Infowars addresses at the very end, and much of it before that seems deliberately written to infer that Jones knew about it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if more info comes out to show he did know about it, but until it does I’m giving this article the side eye.
re: #79 Ace Rothstein
Not a nominee. It’s the winner, easily.
There was a great photo of terrified kids holding each other after a recent school shooting that is a worthy contender.
A huge sleeping doggo complements any interior design scheme. https://t.co/MZZve5xSQi
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 17, 2019
re: #80 Charles Johnson
Jones turned over his servers to the lawyers for Sandy Hook families, apparently with all files stored on them. I’ve been sent all kinds of weird shit over the years, and I have spam filters that send most garbage email to a “Spam” folder, so I never even see it.
My point is, Jones is a bad guy, we all know that, but that article is kind of click-baity. It only mentions that the porn is in email sent to Infowars addresses at the very end, and much of it before that seems deliberately written to infer that Jones knew about it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if more info comes out to show he did know about it, but until it does I’m giving this article the side eye.
Oh well. It wouldn’t have surprised me if Jones was into child porn.
Toronto I believe
We wondered what was causing the running… pic.twitter.com/D2DyG7yooS
— LeMule (@TimLeMule) June 17, 2019
More running a block east, and then out of the building across from old city hall on Bay. Sirens coming.
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) June 17, 2019
re: #84 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Toronto I believe
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Actually, I think this may be a cow.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 17, 2019
re: #64 DodgerFan1988
This was just filed
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR REVIEW OF BROADCAST BY ALEX JONES THREATENING PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL
On June 14, 2019 (this past Friday), defendant Alex Jones broadcast two segments of The Alex Jones Show identifying Attorney Chris Mattei by name and showing a picture of him, falsely claiming that Attorney Mattei tried to frame Jones by planting child pornography in
discovery materials produced by Jones, distorting what actually occurred in the discovery process in this case, and threatening Attorney Mattei and the Koskoff firm. This Court has an obligation to protect the attorneys, parties, and the judicial process.
Here, threats against counsel have been made on air to a very large audience. The plaintiffs therefore request that the Court review the video in advance of tomorrow’s hearing. Plaintiffs intend to move to seek specific relief on an expedited basis, but this is an issue that the Court should be fully aware of at the earliest possible moment. We estimate review of these segments of the show will take approximately thirty minutes. The video can be found at this link:
infowars.com.
The segment discussing the case begins at 2:12. At approximately 2:19 is the first mention of the child pornography issue. At 2:30, the discussion intensifies and shortly afterward Jones names Attorney Mattei. This all takes place with defense counsel present. I. Background Concerning Metadata Production and Discovery of Child Pornography
These segments concern the fact that the Jones Defendants produced numerous images of illegal child pornography to the plaintiffs in their metadata production.1As the Court will recall, the Jones Defendants failed to produce email metadata, a necessary part of these documents, in their original production. The plaintiffs requested that the Jones Defendants be ordered to do so. In the April 30 hearing, counsel for the Jones Defendants agreed to make that production. The Jones Defendants produced metadata on May 21. They produced a massive volume of documents, indicating that many were non-responsive, but they said that they did not have time to cull the non-responsive documents.
The plaintiffs’ Electronically Stored Information (ESI) consultants began loading files into a document review database in an effort to make them reviewable by counsel as quickly as possible. During that process, the consultants identified an image that appeared to be child
pornography. They immediately contacted counsel, who immediately contacted the FBI. The FBI directed counsel to give control of the entire document production to the FBI, which was done. The FBI advised counsel that its review located numerous additional illegal images, which had apparently been sent to Infowars email addresses. When the FBI indicated it had completed its review, plaintiffs’ counsel advised Attorney Pattis of the matter and arranged a joint telephone
call with the United States Attorney’s Office.
It is worth noting that if the Jones Defendants had engaged in even minimal due diligence and actually reviewed the materials before production, they would have found the images themselves. Because the Jones Defendants did not do that, they transmitted images to the
plaintiffs that if they were knowingly possessed is a serious federal crime. The Jones Defendants put plaintiffs’ counsel and ESI consultants in the appalling position of discovering the first
image. Plaintiffs’ ESI consultants then acted exactly as they were compelled to under federal law once they discovered the contraband images; so did plaintiffs’ counsel. But this appears not to
have been good enough for Jones.
II. Content of Video/Tuesday Hearing Rather than summarize the content of the video, we simply ask the Court to watch it.
Here is one example of the video’s content. At 2:34:08, Jones shouts:
You think when you call up, “Oh we’ll protect you. We found the child porn.”2 I like women with big giant tits and big asses. I don’t like kids like you goddamn rapists. Eff-heads. In fact, delete this: You fucks are going to get it. You fucking child molesters. I’ll fucking get you in the end. You fucks. No, we’re done right there. You know what, I should have deleted it on radio. Probably still went out. I don’t care. You’re trying to set me up with child porn, I’ll get your ass. One million dollars, you little gang members. One million dollars to put your head on a pike. One million dollars, bitch.3 I’m going to get your ass, you understand me now? You’re not going to ever defeat Texas, you sacks of shit, so you get ready for that.
At 2:37:20, Jones names Attorney Mattei, pounds on a picture of his face, and threatens him: And then now magically they want metadata out of hundreds of thousands of emails they got, and they know just where to go. What a nice group of Democrats. How surprising. What nice people. Chris Mattei. Chris Mattei. Let’s zoom in on Chris Mattei. Oh, nice little—[pounds picture of Attorney Mattei’s face with fist]—Chris Mattei. What a good American. What a good boy. You think you’ll put on me, what—[under his breath] I’m gonna kill … [growls]. Anyway, I’m done! Total war! You want it, you got it! I’m not into kids like your Democratic party, you cocksuckers! So get ready!
At the Tuesday hearing, the plaintiffs will request an expedited briefing schedule concerning what orders must issue in connection with Mr. Jones’ on-air statements and Attorney Pattis’ participation in this broadcast. In addition, the plaintiffs may seek interim relief, to span
the time during which the briefs are being filed.
2 This statement apparently refers to (and distorts) the call that Attorney Mattei made to Attorney Pattis to inform Attorney Pattis that child pornography had been discovered in the Jones Defendants’ production.
3 At various points throughout the segment, Jones refers to Attorney Mattei as “bitch.” He also refers to Attorney Mattei as “pimp,” “white-shoe boy,” and “white-shoe boy jerkoff.” civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov
re: #54 The Vicious Babushka
womp womp
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He wasn’t singled out.
Harvard has a Facebook group for incoming freshmen to meet each other before getting there, so they won’t be among strangers on Day 1. A bunch of people on that group had a racist/misogynist meme contest to identify those who’d be eligible to join a smaller incoming freshmen shitposter group…
Ten of them had their admissions rescinded. He’s the only one who had enough Twitter followers to make a public issue out of it.
Harvard also did the same thing last year; it was covered extensively in the school paper. EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT IT, and they chose to post such stuff anyway.
Reminder: In 2017, Harvard rescinded the admission of *at least ten* prospective students for sharing racist jokes in a private Facebook group: https://t.co/AvFeYveAjL
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) June 17, 2019
re: #39 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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Judging by his FB page, the late Captain Batshit here was an ancient weapons enthusiast. A Roman gladius (short sword) was prominently featured. He was reportedly carrying it along with his modern tacticool props during the incident this morning.
Jones could still get into serious trouble for putting a hit contract out on plaintiff attorneys.
In response, Jones said on his show: “I pray for divine intervention against the powers of Satan. I literally would never have sex with children. I don’t like having sex with children. I would never have sex with children, I am not a Democrat, I am not a liberal.”
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 17, 2019
Um…
Reminds me of when Matt Drudge said “I do not love sex with men.”
Toronto Police says it is investigating reports that a woman was shot at Nathan Phillip’s Square; witness videos show some people running away from the scene at the nearby Raptors NBA championship celebration: “Police/EMS are on scene.” https://t.co/OjKqQ46FO6
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) June 17, 2019
re: #75 Citizen K
How is granting statehood to two territories any kind of socialism?
re: #91 teleskiguy
“I don’t like having sex with children” is beyond weird, to me at least.
It’s like saying, well sure, I tried it, but I don’t like it.
re: #80 Charles Johnson
Jones turned over his servers to the lawyers for Sandy Hook families, apparently with all files stored on them. I’ve been sent all kinds of weird shit over the years, and I have spam filters that send most garbage email to a “Spam” folder, so I never even see it.
My point is, Jones is a bad guy, we all know that, but that article is kind of click-baity. It only mentions that the porn is in email sent to Infowars addresses at the very end, and much of it before that seems deliberately written to infer that Jones knew about it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if more info comes out to show he did know about it, but until it does I’m giving this article the side eye.
The article certainly seems to be working to portray him as the source of the photos, but what’s likely to get him on the judge’s shitlist is responding to such not by leaving it to his lawyers or issuing a standard “We’ll wait for the results of the investigation,” but instead going on his show to issue threats of retaliation. His lawyers might be able to argue to the judge that those words were uttered in a fit of pique over a misunderstanding, but I doubt that’s going to save his ass.
The Toronto thing seems to have passed. Read @Devin_Heroux tweets. He is the CBC dude who covers sports.
The program on the stage is back on again.
Nick Nurse just spoke. Now Kyle Lowry up to the microphone.— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) June 17, 2019
re: #91 teleskiguy
I literally would never have sex with children. I don’t like having sex with children. I would never have sex with children, I am not a Democrat, I am not a liberal.
How do you know you don’t like having sex with children? Isn’t the only way to know you don’t like having sex with children is if you’ve experienced it?
re: #94 KGxvi
How is granting statehood to two territories any kind of socialism?
It just is, alright? Don’t you get it? Anything that makes it harder for the god given true rulers stewards of this nation to rule govern as they see fit is socialisms.
Thread and follow. https://t.co/jFiBCBU51o
— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) June 17, 2019
re: #94 KGxvi
How is granting statehood to two territories any kind of socialism?
Everything a conservative dislikes or opposes is socialism.
Everything a liberal dislikes or opposes is fascism.
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re: #101 sagehen
Everything a conservative dislikes or opposes is socialism.
Everything a liberal dislikes or opposes is fascism.//
I know it’s mostly a joke, but at the same time, it feels very real… and a good reason to say “fuck it all” and try and buy an island in a semi-tropic locale.
re: #94 KGxvi
How is granting statehood to two territories any kind of socialism?
They are majority non-white./
re: #100 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Ben Shapiro: killing a 12 year old for carrying a pellet gun is justified.
Also Ben Shapiro: not admitting someone into an exclusive university because they used a racist slurs is a crime against humanity. pic.twitter.com/sjb2Hkg1LH— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) June 17, 2019
re: #102 KGxvi
I know it’s mostly a joke, but at the same time, it feels very real… and a good reason to say “fuck it all” and try and buy an island in a semi-tropic locale.
Make sure it’s really tall.
I’m reading @BenHowe’s new book, ‘The Immoral Majority,’ and he includes this excerpt from George W. Bush’s 2001 inaugural. (I knew the GOP had changed, but—wow—this is starker than even I remembered!) pic.twitter.com/n6ihSgoGEf
— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) June 16, 2019
It’s easy to say that Bush, his Administration, and the GOP at the time didn’t believe a whit of this shit, and you’d be right to say that. But they at the very least paid lip service to that kind of shit. Today’s GOP doesn’t even care about keeping up appearances. They can take the mask off, put on the white hood openly, and flaunt their disdain and hate for the brown folks and immigrants in general, and get away with it because of how debased the entire discourse is, helped along by hyper-credulous media giving the GOP every benefit of the doubt ever.
jeebus
One size doesn’t fit all - I support West Virginia Schools. Keep up the great work, @WVGovernor Big Jim Justice - I am with you! https://t.co/EomFLcBjlz
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 17, 2019
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
“One size doesn’t fit all” - Are we talking about Charter schools?
re: #103 NO SMOCKING GUN!
They are majority non-white./
The funny thing is, there’s really no way of telling how Puerto Rico politics would break once the statehood question is answered. The three major political parties in Puerto Rico are all based on the statehood/commonwealth/independence issue. Only about 129k people voted in the 2016 presidential primaries, while the general election had nearly 1.6m people voting.
re: #106 Citizen K
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It’s easy to say that Bush, his Administration, and the GOP at the time didn’t believe a whit of this shit, and you’d be right to say that. But they at the very least paid lip service to that kind of shit. Today’s GOP doesn’t even care about keeping up appearances. They can take the mask off, put on the white hood openly, and flaunt their disdain and hate for the brown folks and immigrants in general, and get away with it because of how debased the entire discourse is, helped along by hyper-credulous media giving the GOP every benefit of the doubt ever.
I think Bush believed it. It’s why he supported immigration reform. And I think there was, at the time, a critical mass of Republicans who believed it as well. But in the subsequent two decades, many were chased out of the party or left of their own volition.
I was much more likely to vote for Republicans back then; today, there’s just no way I could justify it.
re: #104 NO SMOCKING GUN!
It’s very possible to hold them simultaneously while being consistent. But that possibility usually comes with the inherent racism that reconciles those two opinions.
— “Pro-Life” is Anti-Woman, K? (@Citizen_Kryptik) June 17, 2019
Republicans pretty much lost me from the Iraq war forward.
“We have canceled upcoming campaign events so that Mayor Pete can be with the South Bend community after the officer-involved shooting,” the spokesman said.
The campaign also planned a policy rollout in CA. That, too, has been scrapped. https://t.co/pz2tDTDB3B— Dan Merica (@merica) June 17, 2019
Background
Grieving family wants answers in officer-involved shooting death in South Bend
This will make the lives of so many people even more untenable. Just utter cruelty. https://t.co/fXdCXJnWwL
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) June 17, 2019
re: #104 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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re: #114 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
So they want more immigrants coming to the US.
re: #48 Charles Johnson
If they could afford to stem the flow of migrants, they’d have done it long ago. The point of giving them aid is to help them to do so. Idiots.
re: #94 KGxvi
How is granting statehood to two territories any kind of socialism?
Everything Conservatives don’t like is socialism. They are so dumb that it hurts.
re: #112 Eclectic Cyborg
Republicans pretty much lost me from the Iraq war forward.
Republicans lost me with the fraudulent Reaganomics.
re: #116 Belafon
So they want more immigrants coming to the US.
Yep, then they’ll go crazy about the invasion of caravans again.
re: #110 KGxvi
I think Bush believed it. It’s why he supported immigration reform. And I think there was, at the time, a critical mass of Republicans who believed it as well. But in the subsequent two decades, many were chased out of the party or left of their own volition.
I was much more likely to vote for Republicans back then; today, there’s just no way I could justify it.
I disagree, I don’t think Bush’s “immigration reform” initiative really was planned to go anywhere: it always seemed to me to be pretty much designed to run right up against both sides’ maximalist objections (shorthanded as “amnesty” vs. “enforcement-only”) in order to maintain the status quo: i.e. keeping a certain mass of cheap, exploitable labor in the country, while maintaining a level of enforcement just enough to keep civil-libertarians quiet, and allowing politicians to inveigh against “illegals” while keeping their donor class happy enough to not complain about their actually doing anything about it.
Of course, that was America pre-Great Recession, pre-Trump: so irrelevant history now…..
About halfway through season 3 of Jessica Jones and it’s really good so far. Such a shame it won’t continue in this form.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 17, 2019
re: #120 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Of course they do. And they want to build up more outrage until enough Americans agree that it’s an invasion. Then they will be able to herd them into their private prisons with near zero blow back. Soon all those jobs formerly filled by “illegals” will be filled by slave labor. Hell, they’re going to have to build even more prisons. It’s Randian Republican Utopia!
Barefoot Grin - if you’re here, your LGF subscription has been renewed thanks to a contribution from another member, so you should be all ad-free again for another year.
re: #121 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Amazing shot by Dallas Morning News photog of the White male totally not a terrorist shot dead at the Fed Courthouse today
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re: #125 Charles Johnson
Barefoot Grin - if you’re here, your LGF subscription has been renewed thanks to a contribution from another member, so you should be all ad-free again for another year.
Thank you kind lizard! This has been a sanity oasis.
re: #126 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Only 22 and just dropped dead? Seems a bit unusual. I mean I know it happens sometimes, but…
re: #126 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I am struck by the fact that those US Marshals are providing first aid to the gunman so quickly.
As someone who makes a lot of Korean food, this is the best method for getting garlic peeled!
👌 pic.twitter.com/14GGJDQhRj— 𝖛𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖆 ✣ 𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖉 🌑 (@VPestilenZ) June 17, 2019
re: #122 Jay C
I disagree, I don’t think Bush’s “immigration reform” initiative really was planned to go anywhere: it always seemed to me to be pretty much designed to run right up against both sides’ maximalist objections (shorthanded as “amnesty” vs. “enforcement-only”) in order to maintain the status quo: i.e. keeping a certain mass of cheap, exploitable labor in the country, while maintaining a level of enforcement just enough to keep civil-libertarians quiet, and allowing politicians to inveigh against “illegals” while keeping their donor class happy enough to not complain about their actually doing anything about it.
Of course, that was America pre-Great Recession, pre-Trump: so irrelevant history now…..
As much as I didn’t care for Bush (and he was my governor before he became president), he did understand the issue of relations with Latinos and how the GOP needed to embrace them.
re: #129 Eclectic Cyborg
Only 22 and just dropped dead? Seems a bit unusual. I mean I know it happens sometimes, but…
Especially after he’s been shot.
re: #133 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Especially after he’s been shot.
Whoops. Missed that part. Yeah, okay. Makes sense now. lol
great bodega OR GREATEST BODEGA https://t.co/r5wPgawThq
— darth™ (@darth) June 17, 2019
re: #130 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I am struck by the fact that those US Marshals are providing first aid to the gunman so quickly.
It’s not like he tried to take a doll from the Dollar Store.
re: #127 jaunte
So, what brand of cough drops are the White House staff recommending to each other?
Bourbon.
re: #129 Eclectic Cyborg
Only 22 and just dropped dead? Seems a bit unusual. I mean I know it happens sometimes, but…
Looks like he popped a cap into his own head. And then proceeded to piss himself. Show that to all these incel wanna-be patriots. That’s their fate if they keep this terrorism shit up.
re: #141 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
He decided to seek help in committing suicide at a Federal Courthouse. There is rarely little question in the leanings of his type.
He was white and did not survive, but that was not the police’s fault…
re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth
Liqueur, ice cream, and a proud German Shepard to pet.
Now, that place is a party— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) June 17, 2019
it’s a little bit disturbing that he’s a couple of years younger than my oldest. Shooters are crossing into the age of my children.
re: #143 Dave In Austin
It’s the one I use. I’ll try the other to avoid another bowl to clean.
I prefer cleaning another bowl to having garlic fingers.
re: #145 Belafon
it’s a little bit disturbing that he’s a couple of years younger than my oldest. Shooters are crossing into the age of my children.
egad, my oldest daughter turns 21 this year…
re: #94 KGxvi
How is granting statehood to two territories any kind of socialism?
socialism = evil
qed
it’s the only word they know
This is disturbing.
Racking my brain trying to come up with other times a secretary of state has visited CENTCOM HQ and not coming up with many. Perhaps it’s because the secretary of state isn’t in the chain of command https://t.co/pFe81Zm3kQ
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) June 17, 2019
Meanwhile: “The bombing will be massive but will be limited to a specific target,” said a Western diplomat. https://t.co/YY2JlcJ7UG
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) June 17, 2019
The Guardian editors go all in:
The Guardian view on a Brexit election: the unicorns are back
The frontrunner in the race to be the next prime minister is trading in Trumpian fantasy and his peers are following his lead. When their words catch up with them, the nation will pay.
The UK is already paying, but the downside will accelerate as the Tories play to the whims of atavists.
Technically, I’m “allowed” to use the N-word.
But I choose NOT to. Why?
Because it’s a word tinged with hatred, oppression, and pain. And I prefer to lead by example. And I have OTHER words…plenty of them.
But I didn’t go to Harvard.
Neither will Kyle Kashuv.
Good. pic.twitter.com/qsDPmGB1vy— BrooklynDad_Defiant! #HappyFathersDay (@mmpadellan) June 17, 2019
re: #151 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The Guardian editors go all in:
The Guardian view on a Brexit election: the unicorns are back
The UK is already paying, but the downside will accelerate as the Tories play to the whims of atavists.
and this is happening already:
Need a hip or knee replaced to keep you mobile? Cataracts sorted to save your sight?
Paid your taxes, so relieved NHS is there for you when you need it?
Err, not if you’re in Warrington or Halton & coming to your hometown soon:
Hip £7,050; Knee £7,179; Cataracts £1,624 #GTTO pic.twitter.com/E7mhekhxjj— Mark Cockerton (@CockertonMark) June 16, 2019
One of those idiot engineers that make me skeptical of a lot of American’s understing how things work, including the government (and impeachment) made the following statement: “I hear people complaining about global warming but I don’t see them giving up their cars.” Beyond the problems with getting around the US without one, I’m just wondering he would know if someone had given it up? Would he expect to see them driving down the road floating in the air as if the car should have been there?
re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth
I check many “news” outlets in the UK, check the science outlets, look for UK TV shows, etc.
As an outsider, it strikes me that the UK society’s dynamics has really drifted from its political structure.
And I am quite disappointed in the academia/intelligentsia, as they strike me over and over as belly gazing and caught up in rigid paradigms.
I first started to get agitated with “climategate” and how poorly the UK institutions handled public relations and the overall inability of academics to suss out the real issue (which had nothing to do with climatology and everything to do with politics.)
Because of all the jobs they have. https://t.co/f5GmugqhiX
— David Waldman-1, LLC™ (@KagroX) June 17, 2019
re: #130 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I am struck by the fact that those US Marshals are providing first aid to the gunman so quickly.
IME the Marshal Service is the finest group of LEA out there.
re: #158 William Lewis
IME the Marshal Service is the finest group of LEA out there.
The marshals are agents of the courts, though, so “law enforcement”, while generally descriptive, sort of misses the key element, that marshals are the enforcers for judges.
The federal US Marshals are part of the Dept. of Justice, so they are technically part of the executive branch, though they serve the US Courts.
These days, it’s unfortunate that they are under the rogue AG…
re: #2 darthstar
So…it looks like ABC released the video before Trump could deny that he kicked Mulvaney out of the oval office for coughing during his 30 hour interview.
Rule number 1 when entering a room with Trump: Roll cameras.
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mulvaney should have said, “I’m sorry sir. That wasn’t a cough of sickness. I was just saying, ‘(cough, cough) bullshit (cough, cough)’.”
Two and a half years does not a successful enlistment make.
Also, it takes a certain kind of fucked up grunt to leave the service as a PFC.
Hmmm…Aug 2015-Feb 2017?
That seems a tad shortened.— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) June 17, 2019
re: #161 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Even worse: ONE-and-a-half years!
re: #161 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Two and a half years does not a successful enlistment make.
Also, it takes a certain kind of fucked up grunt to leave the service as a PFC.
I think that’s 1.5 years.
re: #14 Targetpractice
This is really the core issue at the moment, this idea of pushing it off to a hypothetical “later” when the polls are so deeply in favor that Chuck can somehow secure a solid 67 votes to remove Trump. Why? Because it’s viewed as a major political liability for the party if they move to impeach and he’s “exonerated” by his own party. With the constant refrain that “Clinton benefited from being impeached” when the evidence to support that conclusion is murky at best.
clinton had an economy that was in full boner during the impeachment attempt.
Somehow I missed the news of this death:
Gay Hell, Mi has everything. A library, a place to lock your love in Gay Hell, and even a WEDDING CHAPEL TO GET GAY MARRIED IN HELL! pic.twitter.com/mt2RzgraEx
— elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) June 17, 2019
re: #28 lawhawk
Impeachment is important.
Impeachment is critical to preserving the rule of law.Impeachment is a process that starts in the House and ultimately ends in the Senate with a vote to remove if 2/3 support that outcome. With the Senate in GOP control and McConnell saying he’s already put his thumbs on the scales of justice, we know the Senate is unlikely to ever see a trial/vote on the outcome of what the House does.
That doesn’t mean impeachment can’t or wont serve a purpose.
Begin impeachment and hold hearings that will cast Trumpworld and the GOP in the worst possible light.
Show their complicity and criminal misconduct. Show how the GOP covers for Trump who has lied every step of the way and broken countless federal laws. Show how Mueller couldn’t indict because of DOJ policies. Heck, have Mueller come in to read chapter and verse of his report.
We know that far too many people don’t know what the report said, and that you can shift public opinion by detailing just how corrupt Trumpworld is and how Trump obstructed justice and conspired with those around him to break the law in significant and meaningful ways.
Hold McConnell accountable. Hold the Senate GOP accountable. Make this an anchor around their collective necks.
If the rule of law means anything, then you have to do what is necessary to protect the Constitution and impeach the motherfucker.
If Trump thinks that he is above the law, then he must be disabused of that notion. His actions are those of a conman/grifter who thinks he can do whatever he wants. He’s doing what he’s always done - acted as though he was above the law in NY and in his business dealings.
Highlight all of this. Show how nepotism has undermined the nation’s security. Show how refusing to name people to Defense and DHS undermines our national security. Show how he’s manipulated the government to personally profit from every action, especially when he goes and golfs. Emoluments matter.
All of this matters.
When you don’t impeach, you signal that there’s nothing to do or can be done and that you’re assuming that elections will take care of the problem. That’s part of how we got into this mess in the first place (both parties are the same, Clinton = Trump, both are crooks, so we picked the know nothing outsider, etc.,) all while ignoring that a GOP controlled Senate would enable packing the courts with right wing ideologues and those who lack the character, judgment, or basic qualifications to be on the bench or in any federal agency (except maybe corrections where they should be spending significant time incarcerated).
mitch mcconnell doesn’t have any say about whether or not there is a trial in the senate. If the House votes to impeach, there will be a trial in the senate, whether he likes it or not.
ICYMI: YouTube’s algorithm is breaking America. So please enjoy this on Twitter! pic.twitter.com/NnvURL1cqT
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) June 17, 2019
re: #163 Belafon
I think that’s 1.5 years.
Looks like the army has a program that matches that time frame:
The Short Answer: Two Years With a Catch
Two years is the shortest amount of time a new enlistee can sign up for active duty, however, there is a catch. You actually have an eight-year commitment but you can perform this commitment as an active duty member, a Reservist, or Individual Ready Reservist (IRR).This is a program but limited in scope compared to the majority of enlistments into the military:
The National Call to Service - All of the services also participate in the Congressional - mandated National Call to Service Program. Under this program, following basic training and an advanced training school, a member spends 15 months on active duty (full time), followed by a minimum of 2 years in the active (drilling) Guard or Reserves, with the remainder of the total eight-year commitment in the IRR.However, all the services (except the Army) strictly limit the number of folks who can enlist under this program each year.
FFS!
“Beatings will continue until morale improves.”
NEW: The State Department announced Monday afternoon that it is cutting off any further aid to Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador until they take “concrete actions to reduce the number of illegal migrants coming to the U.S. border.” https://t.co/FIQ2ncIYjG
— Axios (@axios) June 17, 2019
Who is the biggest shitsquib or fuckmook on the House Judiciary Committee?
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) June 10, 2019
re: #164 steve_davis
clinton had an economy that was in full boner during the impeachment attempt.
The society was also in a very different place when it came to that sort of extramarital affair; not to mention women in the workforce generally. The president skeezing on an intern (regardless of consent) today wouldn’t go over well.
re: #170 danarchy
Looks like the army has a program that matches that time frame:
All initial Army contracts are 8 years, been that way since around the late 80s. Was 6 years prior to that.
During the 80s it wan’t uncommon to get a few IRR recalls doing several weeks of service. Was mostly volunteers. Meant to exercise the recall system. They were generally more trouble than they were worth.
Toronto police say 2 people shot and wounded at rally for NBA champion Raptors; 2 people arrested. https://t.co/OxyaxtZ8AV
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 17, 2019
This is the foreign policy equivalent of “the beatings will continue until morale improves.” https://t.co/GcDRigjJH3
— Mieke Eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) June 17, 2019
#TrumpConcentrationCamps are expanding: US opens new mass facility in Texas for migrant children https://t.co/nfM2uvAd5y
— Pedro Nicolaci da Costa (@pdacosta) June 17, 2019
Night and day with the winters in the Rocky Mountains.
It’s amazing the difference a year can make. The top photo was taken just last week and the bottom one was taken one year ago. Check out Scott’s blog for information about what’s going on up here!#MonarchMountain #KeepingItRealSince1939 #80YearsOfSkiinghttps://t.co/2nnWgJhDiX pic.twitter.com/MK8YtIEYtt
— Monarch Mountain (@MonarchMountain) June 17, 2019
If you thought kookaburras were insufferable braggarts before…
— FC (@FraserDColeman) June 17, 2019
If Kyle Kashuv’s middle name is not Keith, he needs to change it stat. It would be very on brand.
… It turns out our pet pooches have evolved human-like eyebrow muscles, which let them make the sad faces that melt our hearts, according to a new study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). …The researchers found two muscles around the eye were routinely present and well formed in the domestic dogs, but not the wolves, and only dogs produced high-intensity eyebrow movements as they gazed at the human.
“It makes the eye look larger, which is similar to human infants,” Professor Anne Burrows of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, who was one of the co-authors, told AFP. “It triggers a nurturing response in people.”
Since the muscles were robust in the dogs but not wolves, “that tells us that that muscle and its function are selected,” she added. …
It builds on past work, including a notable 2015 paper by a group of researchers in Japan that demonstrated that gaze exchange between humans and their pet dogs led to a mutual spike in the so-called love hormone oxytocin, similar to an effect seen between human mothers and their babies. …
Source: Raw Story
Study Exhibit #1 (aka Teddy)
I’m thinking I really have to put this behind the ‘clicky’
lol
Trump. The polls he doesn’t like. https://t.co/uMvDpEvX5u pic.twitter.com/nGqWP9vuUL
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 17, 2019
re: #174 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
All initial Army contracts are 8 years, been that way since around the late 80s. Was 6 years prior to that.
During the 80s it wan’t uncommon to get a few IRR recalls doing several weeks of service. Was mostly volunteers. Meant to exercise the recall system. They were generally more trouble than they were worth.
My enlistment in the Navy in the 90s was an eight year enlistment, where the first part was active and the rest in the inactive reserves. Since my enlistment committment was six years, I only had two years where I needed to worry about getting called back rather than the four others would have to wait.
Canned Ass gets own3d by a teenager.
Canned Ass is the Tomi Lahren of Dinesh D’Souzas.
Candace- I surrender. You’re right. Statues celebrating people who led an army defending the right to own and sell black people as property should stay up. What a hero you are! #TheDemocratsAreTheRealRacists
— Cameron Kasky (@cameron_kasky) June 17, 2019
Apparently Florida Man has been upset by the recent trend in media coverage of ‘Other State Man’
— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) June 17, 2019
From today’s AJC!#TheResistance #Resist pic.twitter.com/r2ZnbBx5zo
— MikenAtlanta (@MikeGib1953) June 17, 2019
re: #187 The Vicious Babushka
Canned Ass gets own3d by a teenager.
Canned Ass is the Tomi Lahren of Dinesh D’Souzas.
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During both the Maryland (1862) and Gettysburg (1863) campaigns, Lee’s officers kidnapped free blacks and sold them into slavery. ‘
Hell of an “ally” there Candice.
CANNED ASS: All the Confederates & Slave Owners were Democrats!
ALSO CANNED ASS: Statues to Slave Owners Don’t Hurt Black Folks!
ALSO CANNED ASS: Malcolm X was a Republican!!!!
Let’s see if he’ll answer this. You’re the wrong kind of black to @cameron_kasky. You’re asking him to talk about real issues— which he doesn’t care about.
To liberals, we are pets they show off for attention. Malcolm X warned us!— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) June 17, 2019
I obviously have no inside info on the deliberations into why the school rescinded. Kyle posted his letter and theirs so we have that. But I’ll state perhaps why I think Harvard rescinded. And hopefully my thoughts can show how someone might repent and redeem on this issue 2/
— Matthew Boedy (@MatthewBoedy) June 17, 2019
This is what American terrorism looks like. https://t.co/PgH1fJWUy5
— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) June 17, 2019
National Review has stupidest take on Kyle Kashuv: In “Christian America” you could use the N-word and still get into America’s pickiest school, Harvard.
Just say the magic words “Jesus silently forgave me!” and avoid ALL punishment for being a racist!https://t.co/P8BVOTj4v2— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) June 17, 2019
after that, obama should have kyle kashuv over to his house with his future african american studies professor henry louis “skip” gates for a cold one https://t.co/J4NfARYW8t
— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) June 17, 2019
re: #187 The Vicious Babushka
Canned Ass gets own3d by a teenager.
Canned Ass is the Tomi Lahren of Dinesh D’Souzas.
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Please stop telling black people how to feel. White liberals don’t own us anymore.
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) June 17, 2019
— Good doggos (@DoggoDating) June 17, 2019
Not getting accepted to Harvard = OMG LIFE IS DESTROYED!!
Not getting confirmed to the SCOTUS = OMG LIFE IS DESTROYED!!
but
Separated from parents forever = meh #TheResistance #Resist https://t.co/W8vV4gVTCI— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) June 17, 2019
Free enterprise as in for profit prisons and detention centers funded by policies that fill them? Go home Mitch, you’re done.#DitchMitch https://t.co/VMpWXV5i9y
— Patti M Piatt (@PiattPatti) June 17, 2019
re: #196 Belafon
Please stop telling black people how to feel. White liberals don’t own us anymore.
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) June 17, 2019
CJ thinks the 1860’s Democrats were “white Liberals” because Dipshit D’Stupid & Canned Ass told him.
re: #199 MsJ
Read that again. This kid is team Candace all the way.
I got distracted. I meant to comment that we’ve got people with reading comprehension problems supporting Candace.
I agree with @IAmJohnOliver: No president is above the law. Congress should do its job and begin impeachment proceedings. https://t.co/1bj6v4OLZy
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 17, 2019
re: #198 The Vicious Babushka
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Oh yes, another young white guy whose life has been “destroyed” because…oh, right, people are holding him responsible for his actions.
“Party of Personal Responsibility,” my lily-white ass.
re: #204 Targetpractice
Oh yes, another young white guy whose life has been “destroyed” because…oh, right, people are holding him responsible for his actions.
“Party of Personal Responsibility,” my lily-white ass.
There’s still Florida State.
I’m still heartsick for the lives we lost that day. In a Warren administration, we will use the Justice Department to end the rise of white supremacy. https://t.co/GwthGgsinZ
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 17, 2019
A good thread on assholes like Kavanaugh pulling it out of their asses.
In today’s 5-4 SCOTUS ruling that a private company administering a public access channel in NYC is not a state actor subject to the First Amendment, Justice Kavanaugh writes for the majority: “It is sometimes said that the bigger the government, the smaller the individual.” 1/
— Dorf on Law (@dorfonlaw) June 17, 2019
We are a civilian led military, it is my constitutional duty to question the military. Just this year I saw the Pentagon lie about what happened with the Niger ambush and try to blame lower ranking officers. https://t.co/aGfXsBZJaQ
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) June 17, 2019
Democrats will need to do some teaching about impeachment:
32% correctly identified impeachment as an indictment by the House, causing a trial in the Senate.
5% said it means the House censures an official
13% said the official is censured and removed from office
7% said criminal proceedings against a person start once they are impeached
28% didn’t know
6% said none of them apply.
54% of people said they either generally knew or thoroughly understood the concept.
I got through the first day of my new job as a Cat Herder in Training at the evil too big to fail bank. Not much happened since I don’t have access to some of the major tools used by this group. But I did shadow a channel manager (that’s really what I’m now going to be doing) today on a low level call. Not that I haven’t done that before in my previous position, but I’m paying more attention to the nuts and bolts of it all.
This, by the way, is one of the greatest commercials of all time. And yeah, it’s what I’m gonna be doing. Cat herding technicians, app managers, middleware, mainframe, lines of business, you name it, to solve problems.
JUST IN: Manafort is not going to Rikers after unusual Justice Dept intervention. https://t.co/zZzlSmvLJ7 https://t.co/zZzlSmvLJ7
— Clifford Levy (@cliffordlevy) June 17, 2019
re: #210 Belafon
32% correctly…
…really isn’t too bad. In the 60s there were teach-ins. We have a lot of teachers in 32%.
This right wing outrage session over Kyle Kashuv certainly demonstrates at least one thing — conservatives REALLY miss being able to say the n-word without consequences.
That’s what MAGA is all about.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 17, 2019
re: #211 mmmirele
I got through the first day of my new job as a Cat Herder in Training at the evil too big to fail bank. Not much happened since I don’t have access to some of the major tools used by this group. But I did shadow a channel manager (<
This, by the way, is one of the greatest commercials of all time. And yeah, it’s what I’m gonna be doing. Cat herding technicians, app managers, middleware, mainframe, lines of business, you name it, to solve problems.
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LOL I worked for EDS when GM owned them back in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s.
re: #106 Citizen K
And in many recent discussions with white men (who comprise about 30% of the total population) the abject lack of any sense of awareness or fairness towards minorities and women is dominant.
If they do not experience the reality that 65% of the country does, the problem really does not exist. The notion of “I’ve got mine…fuck you” defines modern white male culture. It really is all about getting mine and nothing else.
BTW, I am a white male.
Latest example. A 65-ish white male working class guy I struck up a conversation with the other day started off suggesting he didn’t like Southerners for their presumed intolerance. A little later he said he supported Trump. He liked the current economy. Go figure. Only an economic downturn will possibly turn any significant white men away from Trump.
re: #214 teleskiguy
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I’m in the Upper Colorado River Basin, almost 2,000% of average snow water equivalent (a measure of the water in the snow on the ground, not necessarily how deep the snow is). The Gunnison basin comes up as unavailable because their percentage is wacky off the charts, estimated at over 50,000%.
Does that mean things are looking better for that big reservoir behind Hoover Dam?
Hey Mitch-those of us in DC who pay our taxes, send our children to the military to defend our nation, obey the law, want representation in Congress like all other American citizens.That’s not socialism.That’s called equal representation-America was born in fight for this concept https://t.co/yfnjwFf8Wc
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) June 17, 2019
I never used the N-word in high school, but can I honestly say that I never used any kind of racist slur? Because I do remember my classmates (White & Black) making jokes about a certain European nationality.
Yay, I log in just as the weather radio pops up a tornado warning.
Hi, everyone. I might not be here very long.
President Butthurt doin’ some Presidentin’
.@FoxNews Polls are always bad for me. They were against Crooked Hillary also. Something weird going on at Fox. Our polls show us leading in all 17 Swing States. For the record, I didn’t spend 30 hours with @abcnews, but rather a tiny fraction of that. More Fake News @BretBaier
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 17, 2019
re: #125 Charles Johnson
Barefoot Grin - if you’re here, your LGF subscription has been renewed thanks to a contribution from another member, so you should be all ad-free again for another year.
Kewl, Barefoot Grin is a very thoughtful and astute contributor to the site. That was a worthwhile thing to do.
My family moved away from New York to Hawaii when I was 10, but horrific racism was pretty commonplace in NY then. Somehow I managed to not acquire it, probably because my mom was pretty level-headed.
Trump is now suggesting Fox News polls are rigged against him and that’s he’s actually winning in every single swing state. And people still think he’ll accept the results of next year’s election if he loses? https://t.co/dRLFv8L8dp
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 18, 2019
Give it a rest for one damned night, can’t you? https://t.co/dZo14rir4P
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 18, 2019
re: #225 The Vicious Babushka
No wonder that the 102nd Chairborne likes him. It is because DT is one of them.
The president says only he understands tariffs … in a passage in which he shows he has no idea how tariffs work pic.twitter.com/YnCxtvTdEM
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) June 17, 2019
re: #218 wrenchwench
Does that mean things are looking better for that big reservoir behind Hoover Dam?
I saw something last week from (I want to say) Lake Powell, telling people not to camp within 300 feet of the shoreline because the water has been steadily rising and they might get flooded out. From last week:
Snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains has been pouring into Lake Powell since weather began to warm up. The lake is rising six to 15 inches each day, and according to Greg Smith, senior hydrologist at Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, this is an immense improvement from 2018.
“So if you look at 2018, the volume of water that came into Lake Powell during the April dry period was 2.6 million acre feet. And this year, we’re forecasting 10.1 million acre feet. So you can see I mean, it’s it’s it’s quite a, you know, huge increase from what we saw last year,” Smith said.
“Trump unilaterally reneges on Iran nuclear deal out of unhinged jealousy for President Obama’s legacy.”
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 17, 2019
“Majority of human beings agree that World War III is no bueno.”
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 17, 2019
NOW HERE’S SOMETHING YOU DON’T SEE EVERYDAY….
A street sign caught on #fire 🔥 after #lightning ⚡️ struck a natural gas line in the southern suburbs of #Denver! #COwx pic.twitter.com/2RPYx82Ygk— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) June 18, 2019
HBO leaves another coffee cup in plain view. Are they even trying anymore? pic.twitter.com/W2CeuY6uMg
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) June 18, 2019
re: #229 mmmirele
I saw something last week from (I want to say) Lake Powell, telling people not to camp within 300 feet of the shoreline because the water has been steadily rising and they might get flooded out. From last week:
Same is going on in Wyoming.
Downstream from Wyoming, here in western Nebraska the North Platte River is out of it’s banks in several places.
Further downstream, the Platte River is usually dry or nearly dry this time of year (that is normal), but is near its banks.
Coming home this afternoon and crossing the North Platte outside of the village, the river is out of its banks here. (We’re safe since our town is on the upslope of the Nebraska Sandhills. For our town to flood, there would have to be such a massive amount of water in the valley that Noah’s Flood would be a pipsqueak.)
OT Today at work I was sitting on a bench outside a supermarket. Next to me was a senior citizen. She had a bunch of Google cards in her lap and was trying to pay “amazon” with them. Not only did the manager of the supermarket tell her she was being taken by this fake “amazon” but all of those around her including me. I gave her the 888 number I have for amazon and told her to go to her bank to get the whole mess straightened out. I only hope it does get straightened out for her sake.
What could possibly go wrong?
The federal government could allow the Mountain Valley Pipeline to cross the Appalachian Trail in exchange for property that Mountain Valley owns next to the Jefferson National Forest. https://t.co/6BzPD5I1Fy
— WHSVnews (@WHSVnews) June 18, 2019
re: #195 gocart mozart
That’s the whitest thing I’ve ever read in my life. So President Obama needs to rescue a racist kid from the consequences of his racism? Really dude?
I heard about new podcast featuring interviews by Shirley Manson called “The Jump” on Marc Maron’s podcast. Looking forward to downloading (and obviously acting as an ‘unwitting’ transmitter of a new podcast through an influencer pushing content).
First is Courtney Love. Not on iTunes as far as i can tell.
re: #212 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Calling this highly unusual doesn’t even begin to capture how strange it is for the no. 2 official at DOJ to intervene in a state custody issue. https://t.co/oX8gXwPVs4
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) June 17, 2019
Speaking of Courtney Love, she covered one of my high school friend’s bands’ songs “Left In the Dark” (The Vertebrats). But it wasn’t released because they just couldn’t get it right. (The Replacements covered it a couple of times live too).
re: #225 The Vicious Babushka
Do we care whether or not he accepts a loss in the presidential elections? That’s not something we can control. When he loses, he’ll go just like every other losing President.
So cool Jack Nicholson is on my timeline. pic.twitter.com/4w74aPP6e3
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 17, 2019
You’re fucking killing me, man. Fucking killing me. https://t.co/piHu6I1B9x
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 18, 2019
This is Frank. He sneezed during his new bow tie photo shoot. Still handsome as h*ck. 12/10 bless you sir pic.twitter.com/T7bT4eWNcx
— WeRateDogs™ 🏳️🌈 (@dog_rates) June 17, 2019
One should be required to obtain a license to hold one of these.
VIDEO: A Rio Arriba County deputy tased a Rio Arriba County jail guard in the groin. The jail guard has suffered serious injuries: https://t.co/PHM8BoiKmb
— KOB 4 (@KOB4) June 18, 2019
re: #243 Ace Rothstein
Oh. Really?
Yes. So he’s going to throw a fit and refuse to leave the White House until he’s escorted out by the police? Do you really believe that the Democratic President who wins is going to cater to Trump’s nonsense?
re: #245 Backwoods_Sleuth
A wiener dog named Frank. OMG. I is ded now. I want to cuddle with him. (Why yes, I am ready for another doggo I think. It’s been 9 months since my Abby died of cancer, I really need a buddy again. Can’t afford it, so pics will have to do for now)
Oh please. Not this horseshit again. pic.twitter.com/efKcxz2vq6
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 18, 2019
re: #242 Patricia Kayden
Do we care whether or not he accepts a loss in the presidential elections? That’s not something we can control. When he loses, he’ll go just like every other losing President.
Wanna bet?
I’m shocked to report that an overgrown rich kid whose only experience is bankrupting companies he inherited and no foreign policy experience is getting us into a senseless war in the Middle East. https://t.co/a6ld5HnsaY
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 18, 2019
re: #248 A Mom Anon
A wiener dog named Frank. OMG. I is ded now. I want to cuddle with him. (Why yes, I am ready for another doggo I think. It’s been 9 months since my Abby died of cancer, I really need a buddy again. Can’t afford it, so pics will have to do for now)
here…have another one:
This is Honey. He will support your online shopping habits as long as he gets to hold the box when something arrives. 13/10 a superb deal pic.twitter.com/Trp9BP2nWX
— WeRateDogs™ 🏳️🌈 (@dog_rates) June 18, 2019
Fetch, day 2 pic.twitter.com/JK4SVFGT7k
— ppyajunebug, phd (@ppyajunebug) June 18, 2019
re: #247 Patricia Kayden
If he leaves (A HUGE IF) it will be with gunfire and violence in the streets, and I’m not bullshitting.
re: #250 Skip Intro
I’d bet that he will have to leave if he loses. I don’t see how he gets to stay in the White House if he loses an election.
heh
I gotta say, “Harvard used to admit slaveowners so they should admit me too” might not be the compelling case you think it is pic.twitter.com/V2fCy1otOG
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) June 17, 2019
re: #255 Patricia Kayden
We’re not dealing with a rational actor here. We’re dealing with the prince of fucking darkness.
re: #255 Patricia Kayden
I’d bet that he will have to leave if he loses. I don’t see how he gets to stay in the White House if he loses an election.
He’ll deny losing. He’ll claim his polling shows him winning in a landslide. His lawyers will turn the election in a dozen Floridas by contesting every single vote against him.
A somewhat spiky juvenile Holothurian (Pearsonothuria graeffei) is thought to mimic the nudibranch, Phyllidia varicosa. Both photos taken at Lizard Island by Barbara Banks.https://t.co/zVEehj4YOs pic.twitter.com/bscb7OYvVj
— LIRRF (@lirrf) June 18, 2019
re: #242 Patricia Kayden
Do we care whether or not he accepts a loss in the presidential elections? That’s not something we can control. When he loses, he’ll go just like every other losing President.
I don’t think any other departing U.S. President was ever removed from the White House on a handcart in a straitjacket and mouth muzzle.
Finally got to use this in a work email
I win pic.twitter.com/Zfqoca2el8— dolly (@loather) June 18, 2019
re: #249 Charles Johnson
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Hey @DineshDSouza, here are four more Republican slaveowners.
That’s *nine* delegates to the 1860 Republican convention who were registered as slaveowners in 1860 too. (And that’s just from quick looks at MO and KY; there are surely more.)
Take it back.https://t.co/4SAVFS9P4e— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 9, 2019
Here are four Kentucky slaveowners in 1860 who were delegates to the 1860 Republican convention: https://t.co/XkyoV3Tto1
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 9, 2019
And here are five slaveowners from Missouri who were delegates to the 1860 Republican convention: https://t.co/Z2uAH6dPta
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 9, 2019
Yes, your answer *would* surprise anyone who listens to real historians, because we’ve shown that your answer is an easily refuted lie.
Here are ten examples of Republican slaveowners from 1860. You promised you’d take it back, so take it back. https://t.co/LtHVSogXkR— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 10, 2019
If Fuckface Von Clownstick loses in 2020 (Ullr willing), he’ll declare the election illegitimate and declare martial law.
re: #95 MsJ
“I don’t like having sex with children” is beyond weird, to me at least.
It’s like saying, well sure, I tried it, but I don’t like it.
“Again, I don’t like having sex with children, I like having sex on top of them.”
@HaggardHawks is on a roll today. https://t.co/5rNJ0ihtGW
— JohnWBuaas (@AnonScone) June 17, 2019
Conservative ideology is quickly just collapsing into “we should be allowed to use slurs.”
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) June 18, 2019
#BREAKING: SCOTUS just sent back our case on behalf of a same-sex couple denied a wedding cake to Oregon courts to check for anti-religion bias, in light of Masterpiece Cakeshop.
Disappointing, but this fight is NOT over.— Lambda Legal (@LambdaLegal) June 17, 2019
Plenty of conservatives and libertarians caterwauling “they could go somewhere else.”
It isn’t just the LGBT+ community of course. I see my atheist butt following shortly in these religious discrimination cases.
I’ve used this example before, if the local store refuses me service on religious grounds. The next nearest stores are sixteen miles away, and they all know me too. If they also refuse me, the next nearest stores are sixty miles away.
Sheesh, I’ve got some real winners coming at me tonight on Twitter.
These are very smart people. pic.twitter.com/4C2fq6BUJc
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 18, 2019
Last known survivor of Sobibor death camp uprising dies at age 96. Rosenfeld was captured by the Germans while serving in the Soviet Army and sent to the camp in Nazi-occupied Poland because he was Jewish. In October 1943, he managed to escape. https://t.co/jzYAO5w21O pic.twitter.com/c1pKvvYoHO
— McKay Smith (@McKayMSmith) June 17, 2019
I’d like to cordially invite you to fuck right off with this bullshit. pic.twitter.com/C1BYaciUE2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 18, 2019
re: #263 teleskiguy
If Fuckface Von Clownstick loses in 2020 (Ullr willing), he’ll declare the election illegitimate and declare martial law.
Tell him he accidentally declared Marital Law, through some spelling accident, and he’ll turn and run. Away, not for office.
re: #117 Patricia Kayden
If they could afford to stem the flow of migrants, they’d have done it long ago. The point of giving them aid is to help them to do so. Idiots.
Yes but the conservatives believe only in negative conditioning. Punishment.
A local tale about banking.
When I was in Sidney today for my VA appointment, I stopped in at the branch of my bank to withdraw some cash. I have never been in that branch before.
I write a cheque for $300 and present it to the teller. She checks our account balance and decides we’re good for the money, and hands across $300 in twenties and twos.
I asked if she wanted to see some ID or something, and she said “no.” She pointed out that tellers across the Panhandle have talked about the weird guy with the long hair, trilby hat, Smart car, who always gets $2 bills when he cashes a cheque.
re: #274 Anymouse 🌹
A local tale about banking.
When I was in Sidney today for my VA appointment, I stopped in at the branch of my bank to withdraw some cash. I have never been in that branch before.
I write a cheque for $300 and present it to the teller. She checks our account balance and decides we’re good for the money, and hands across $300 in twenties and twos.
I asked if she wanted to see some ID or something, and she said “no.” She pointed out that tellers across the Panhandle have talked about the weird guy with the long hair, trilby hat, Smart car, who always gets $2 bills when he cashes a cheque.
You are a Rock Star
The county seat of the county to our west (Banner) is about to get hit with a tornadic thunderstorm.
In the meantime, storms are still building in my county. Hiding in my house is not really an option. (We are in the county north of Sidney on the map, in the SE corner.)
Four years ago, a white supremacist shooter murdered nine people who were gathered in prayer in Charleston. Since then, we haven’t done nearly enough to make our places of worship, schools, and neighborhoods safer. With each tragic anniversary, our inaction grows more painful.
— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) June 17, 2019
re: #266 teleskiguy
And “it’s worse to call out racists than to be a racist”.
And “Democrats were slave masters but we need to protect Confederate statues.”
re: #278 Patricia Kayden
And “it’s worse to call out racists than to be a racist”.
And “Democrats were slave masters but we need to protect Confederate statues.”
See Candace Owens’s stupefying Twitter feed today.
Wingnut Welfare must be really good.
If I was only totally amoral and unethical, I could be doing pretty well. So many FOX pundits are college dropouts, I have them beat having never been.
re: #267 Anymouse 🌹
So if the religion is anti-gay, society as a whole has to respect that? Is this the direction in which SCOTUS is moving this country?
Hannity right now pic.twitter.com/82M4mEeODZ
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 18, 2019
re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wieners and Chiweenies are my thing. Frank is adorable. My sister had a wiener named Frankie, but I called him the Red Menace because he was very very naughty.
re: #274 Anymouse 🌹
A local tale about banking.
When I was in Sidney today for my VA appointment, I stopped in at the branch of my bank to withdraw some cash. I have never been in that branch before.
I write a cheque for $300 and present it to the teller. She checks our account balance and decides we’re good for the money, and hands across $300 in twenties and twos.
I asked if she wanted to see some ID or something, and she said “no.” She pointed out that tellers across the Panhandle have talked about the weird guy with the long hair, trilby hat, Smart car, who always gets $2 bills when he cashes a cheque.
I’d believe you were a fictional character if I hadn’t met you and bought you dinner!
re: #280 Patricia Kayden
So if the religion is anti-gay, society as a whole has to respect that? Is this the direction in which SCOTUS is moving this country?
The court sent the case back to see if discrimination against religion was at issue.
In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the court found that Colorado applied its non-discrimination law in a discriminatory manner. They are saying in this case that the Masterpiece case applies, to ensure that the current case did not violate the state’s statutes.
What it looks like is happening with this case (but not the Masterpiece case) is that religion is getting special privilege (if it’s the right religion) not afforded to others.
re: #274 Anymouse 🌹
A local tale about banking.
When I was in Sidney today for my VA appointment, I stopped in at the branch of my bank to withdraw some cash. I have never been in that branch before.
I write a cheque for $300 and present it to the teller. She checks our account balance and decides we’re good for the money, and hands across $300 in twenties and twos.
I asked if she wanted to see some ID or something, and she said “no.” She pointed out that tellers across the Panhandle have talked about the weird guy with the long hair, trilby hat, Smart car, who always gets $2 bills when he cashes a cheque.
You’re famous!!
re: #274 Anymouse 🌹
A local tale about banking.
When I was in Sidney today for my VA appointment, I stopped in at the branch of my bank to withdraw some cash. I have never been in that branch before.
I write a cheque for $300 and present it to the teller. She checks our account balance and decides we’re good for the money, and hands across $300 in twenties and twos.
I asked if she wanted to see some ID or something, and she said “no.” She pointed out that tellers across the Panhandle have talked about the weird guy with the long hair, trilby hat, Smart car, who always gets $2 bills when he cashes a cheque.
So, you’re the guy who clogs up cash register tills with $2 bills.
re: #285 MsJ
You’re famous!!
Well, they gossip about me at any rate.
I use $2 bills frequently in my purchases. I like $2 bills. Pretty much every merchant in the area knows who I am because of that if no other reason.
re: #284 Anymouse 🌹
Okay. Thanks for the explainer. It feels as if SCOTUS wants to sanction discrimination if it’s based on religion.
re: #286 Cheechako
So, you’re the guy who clogs up cash register tills with $2 bills.
I made a point of using a bunch when we were in Juneau.
Right? I mean seriously, he wants Obama to come to the rescue of this guy? GTFOHWTBS https://t.co/CF8dBiuPxP
— ✊🏻 LilMzResistanista ✊🏻 (@bruntofitall) June 18, 2019
JFC roller blading on a barbed wire tightrope over Mt. Doom!
….long before they get to our Southern Border. Guatemala is getting ready to sign a Safe-Third Agreement. The only ones who won’t do anything are the Democrats in Congress. They must vote to get rid of the loopholes, and fix asylum! If so, Border Crisis will end quickly!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2019
What is seen can never be unseen
Why does this dude’s tongue come out of his mouth when he says “jail”? pic.twitter.com/EYOxmAhpSZ
— Brooks Wheelan (@brookswheelan) June 17, 2019
Sorry, not sorry
lol
re: #289 Anymouse 🌹
I made a point of using a bunch when we were in Juneau.
Locals probably thought they were Canadian bills.
re: #279 Anymouse 🌹
See Candace Owens’s stupefying Twitter feed today.
Wingnut Welfare must be really good.
If I was only totally amoral and unethical, I could be doing pretty well. So many FOX pundits are college dropouts, I have them beat having never been.
Amoral and unethical are necessary but not sufficient qualifications. You also have to be under 35, grew up in a liberal enclave, and look like an Abercrombie & Fitch model.
He’s preparing to launch the pogroms, folks.
Or he could be boasting and lying again about something that exists only in his fevered brain.
Either way we’re in dangerous territory. https://t.co/SuKN6VzDHU— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 18, 2019
She fucking warned y’all
The idea of tracking down and deporting 11 million people is absurd, inhumane, and un-American. No, Trump. -H https://t.co/uZyqAWXUdh
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 11, 2015
re: #291 The Vicious Babushka
Blocked about a hundred from that thread alone. Very fertile blocking grounds.
re: #296 The Vicious Babushka
She fucking warned y’all
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Yes and they won’t stop with rounding up so-called illegals…
re: #298 Joe Bacon 🌹
Yes and they won’t stop with rounding up so-called illegals…
Nope, but the Republicans won’t realize this until it’s too late and some of their own are getting shipped out. Willful ignorance has a steep price.
Hmmm wonder what D’Souza and Malkin will do when ICE comes for them…
Does someone have an IMAX projector?
The Left doesn’t want your apology. They want your life ruined and only the most pleasant ones stop short of wanting your life ended. They think you’re evil. NEVER apologize. Ever. The Right will never prevail until we acknowledge the true nature of the Left.
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) June 17, 2019
re: #302 Anymouse 🌹
Does someone have an IMAX projector?
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Why does his picture say “I’m with stupid?”
Let me assure you that these roundups and concentration camps by an racist authoritarian seeking permanent unchecked power are totally different the roundups and concentration camps used by previous racist authoritarians seeking permanent unchecked power.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 18, 2019
If I only lived for money I’d sell out for that sweet sweet wing nut welfare cash from The Mercer’s!
re: #295 Charles Johnson
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He’s just trying to save face about his secret Mexican agreement.
All the conservative white men defending the little racist twerp that got his Harvard acceptance rescinded & saying,” But he was just a kid.” Are the same men that think twelve-year-old Black children are ”adults” when they get gunned down by the cops. They can get bent.
— Kali Hecate™ (@KaliHecate) June 17, 2019
re: #302 Anymouse 🌹
Does someone have an IMAX projector?
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White racists can use the n word all they want. They’ll just have to suffer the consequences for doing so. That’s about it.
We have some severe wind shear here.
There is a line of thunderstorms lined up along the Colorado-Nebraska state line moving north.
Further north where I live, we have thunderstorms moving southeast toward that line.
In the county to our west, a tornadic thunderstorm just passed over the county seat.
In the meantime, our local warnings have expired.
Could be an interesting night.
Today started when I got on the Purple Line and a fool decided to milkshake a cop.
It went downhill from there!
Everyone loathes Donald Trump,
Including the Ladies he Humps.
I predict you will see,
He’ll begin World War III,
By Tweeting while taking a Dump.— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) June 15, 2019
re: #309 Anymouse 🌹
The SPC showed, for your part of the world, a thin lie at the top of the “T”, the region of threats today:
The radar seems to imply that the line of thunderstorms is rather thin and mostly moving east, as predicted by the SPC.
re: #312 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Thanks for the chart.
I’m going to bow out for now … catch y’all later.
Uh, OK.
Am I supposed to know what this batshit tweet means?
Never mind, I’d rather not. pic.twitter.com/HfRgE63wz8— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 18, 2019
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Today I wanted to speak directly to the people of CA-45. There’s been a lot of noise in D.C. and in the press about impeachment, so I wanted to share my thoughts with you. pic.twitter.com/ceri6lHwbY
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) June 18, 2019
re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re. the burning street sign: wow, that’s right near a friend of mine! I’d better be in touch!
And here is Kevin M. Kruse doing HISTORICAL RESEARCH on a stupid Trump meme.
First of all, it’s important to remember this lie originated when Michael Cohen posted this image back in October 2016 — somehow managing to get the year, the organization *and* the focus of the awards all entirely wrong. https://t.co/Ux5PHtk9zi
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 15, 2018
This whole audience is on a cob! #TheDeciders
— Hand & Leg Washer (@goddamnedfrank) June 18, 2019
My own personal horror, climate change.
It’ll never snow up high again. #SixWordHorror
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 17, 2019
re: #320 teleskiguy
My own personal horror, climate change.
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Trump makes himself President for life #SixWordHorror
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) June 18, 2019
re: #267 Anymouse 🌹
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Plenty of conservatives and libertarians caterwauling “they could go somewhere else.”
It isn’t just the LGBT+ community of course. I see my atheist butt following shortly in these religious discrimination cases.
I’ve used this example before, if the local store refuses me service on religious grounds. The next nearest stores are sixteen miles away, and they all know me too. If they also refuse me, the next nearest stores are sixty miles away.
It’s going to take something like an Evangelical cake baker refusing to make a cake for a heterosexual couple getting married in a Mormon temple. Because the Evangelical thinks the Mormons are a cult and doesn’t want to encourage it. Before you say, “that’s weird, of course that wouldn’t happen,” Evangelicals do consider Mormons a cult.
#PsychoTrump was so visibly distracted by Mick Mulvaney’s cough in the middle of George S’s ABC interview that you’d have thought Mulvaney was a well-done steak with a pair of fake boobs.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) June 18, 2019
This is disgusting pic.twitter.com/4b2RlPrNfL
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 17, 2019
GOP: “Tamir Rice was old enough to know better than to play with a TOY gun in a PARK where kids like HIMSELF played. He got himself killed.”
Also GOP: “Kyle Kashuv was only 16! That’s too young to even know what racism is! You’re destroying his life, Harvard! LET HIM LIVE!!” https://t.co/H9d3lf2Vdy— Wonkette (@Wonkette) June 17, 2019
re: #250 Skip Intro
Wanna bet?
I’m buying tickets to the after-party, when we all get to watch him being dragged out for being an illegal occupant of the White House. And they’d better play the B-52s.
re: #325 The Vicious Babushka
President Pence pardons former president Trump #SixWordHorror
— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) June 18, 2019
re: #315 Anymouse 🌹
I am pleasantly surprised by the responses to that tweet.
re: #287 Anymouse 🌹
Well, they gossip about me at any rate.
I use $2 bills frequently in my purchases. I like $2 bills. Pretty much every merchant in the area knows who I am because of that if no other reason.
You’re the entire reason Trump is wanting to put Harriet Tubman on the $2. //
John Cusack digs himself a deeper hole. Ilhan Omar should slap him.
“Follow the money of international war inc” is just as antisemitic as what you first tweeted.
Just wow. https://t.co/WttGXROpVi— Elad Nehorai (@PopChassid) June 18, 2019
This photo of sled dogs walking through water shows the reality of Greenland’s melting ice sheet https://t.co/36q2KSh3jf pic.twitter.com/JFFEoVyOKl
— CNN (@CNN) June 18, 2019
re: #215 Charles Johnson
Amen, Charles. And isn’t being admitted into Harvard, a privilege anyway? It’s not a State school with any obligation to admit him due to residency. People get rejected from there all the time for pretty arbitrary reasons.
And a good reason is Harvard’s good name. Don’t want someone using their Harvard degree to become head of the Klan.
Kavanaugh, the kid from Covington, and now Kashuv. They want the power not only to be young dicks, but immunity from even simple consequences of being such.