Can it be true? Can the vile body-snatcher who orchestrated the replacement of so many nice nanas and agreeable grampies with angry, sputtering, screechy FoxBots have been shoved out of the Murdoch dirigible with a hefty cash cushion? Maybe! From the Beastly Beast:
Several outlets reported Tuesday that beleagured chairman and CEO Roger Ailes will depart the cable news network following sexual harassment claims by former anchor Gretchen Carlson. According to a document obtained by the Drudge Report, Ailes will receive at least a $40 million buyout from the network. The news comes hours after New York Magazine reporter Gabe Sherman wrote that Fox News star Megyn Kelly told investigators hired by 21st Century Fox that Ailes had sexually harassed her ten years ago.
Fox initially confirmed Drudge’s report to The Daily Beast, and subsequently walked back that confirmation. Additionally, Drudge replaced a headline touting the buyout with a new one on “Fox News Drama,” including a statement from the network: “Roger Ailes has never sexually harassed Megyn Kelly. In fact, he has spent much of the last decade promoting and helping her to achieve the stardom she earned, for which she has repeatedly and publicly thanked him.”
Yeah, women who’ve been sexually harassed never have to make nice with the powerful fucks who demean and humiliate them. Anita Hill can tell you all about that.
Anyhoo, true or not, this is a wonderful time to be alive, comrades, what with the Trump convention imploding like a barrel of rancid haggis and now the possibility of the obliteration of the Fox Death Star. Yub-yub, motherfuckers!
Cacti
I guess we know now why Kelly didn’t hop on the “defend Roger” bandwagon when Carlson filed her suit.
rikyrah
Once Megan Kelly said he harassed her – that was the rope the Murdoch kids needed…
Ailes is DONE.
rikyrah
FROM LUVVIE:
BWA HA HA HA HA HA H AH HA HA HA
Day 1 of Republican National Convention Was An Assemblage of Supreme Fuckshit
Cacti
Ailes was about as close to bullet proof in his job as a person possibly can be.
That Fox internal investigation must have been B-A-D.
JPL
Ailes’ attorneys are still discussing the terms of his contract. He only has one foot out of the door.
Cermet
Just because he’s as fat as a death star doesn’t mean he is as important nor do other objects orbit his stellar class mass – of course, its all the shit he stores despite requiring everyone he hired to spew shit out of their mouths.
Just when I thought the day couldn’t get better, somehow, it has as the ecispling pile of shit called Ailes will no longer block out the Sun.
Villago Delenda Est
Let’s hope the purge is more thorough. For example, the cretinous twat Doocy needs to be unemployed.
Tripod
The vast right wing conspiracy is crossing the event horizon.
rikyrah
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@HillaryClinton
2,016 and counting: We’re reading thousands of lawsuits involving @realDonaldTrump live on Facebook
rikyrah
There is a book and HBO movie called
“The Fall of Roger Ailes” out there waiting to be written.
Ken Auletta, where are you?
gogol's wife
look around, look around, how lucky we are to be alive right now
rikyrah
ABC NewsVerified account
@ABC
ON @ABCWorldNews: Donald Trump Jr. says apology to FLOTUS not necessary for speech likeness.
Mustang Bobby
i will believe Roger Ailes is out when they nail the door shut behind him.
And speaking of nailing the door shut, that ending of “Return of the Jedi” should have been the end of the whole Star Wars thing.
Ridnik Chrome
Ailes’ departure will be the end of Fox News as we know it.
Trollhattan
@gogol’s wife:
Was just thinking if we can make it through the day w/o a spree killing or coup, this one’s for the books.
Mustang Bobby
@rikyrah: Of course not. They’re expecting her to apologize for leaving that speech lying there where anyone could have picked it up.
Villago Delenda Est
@rikyrah: Donald Trump Jr. is as much a douchecanoe as his worthless sire.
Mike J
Trollhattan
@Ridnik Chrome:
Do you think so? My assumption is his DNA’s baked into the place (and several couches, ewwww) and unless they bring in some reformer type with strict marching orders to run a complete reboot, nothing changes.
dmsilev
@rikyrah: Don’t these idiots understand the First Law Of Holes? (“When caught in a hole, stop digging”).
Really inspires confidence in how President Trump would handle an actual crisis.
Steve in the ATL
This has to be good news for the other Roger Ailes, the liberal blogger
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
Ridnik Chrome
@Trollhattan: Much of the in-your-face nastiness, the dirty-trickster-ism and open contempt for the truth came directly from Ailes. Supposedly it’s a big part of why Murdoch’s kids don’t like him. Once Ailes is gone, I think there will be a general housecleaning at Fox.
AliceBlue
“imploding like a barrel of rancid haggis”.
You do have a way with words, Mrs. Cracker!
catclub
@gogol’s wife: It is kind of like Fitzmas.
1)I will wait for more definite confirmation.
2)It will not change FOX News noticeably for months.
Corner Stone
@Ridnik Chrome:
And then what will FoxNews be?
catclub
@David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch: I thought the conclusion was “Good News for John McCain”?
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
Pretty hilarious. The person most responsible for today’s republican party isn’t a think tank, or a political or economic principal, or an elected leader, or grassroots forces – no, the person most responsible for the currently state of the GOP is the former producer of a mediocre day time talk show from the early 70s (Ailes).
This just exposes how bankrupt they are on policy and ideas.
Schlemazel Khan
GAWD how I wish I was the lawyer for these women! “Mr. Murdoch, you gave the serial sexual harasser $40 million dollars to go away. So let’s get serious about how much you are going to pay each of the women you let that slime ball harass”
GregB
When does Murdoch make the announcement that Alex Jones had taken over the news division?
Ridnik Chrome
@Corner Stone: Not all that different from CNN and MSNBC. Still in the tank for the one percent, but subtler about it. And maybe a bit less inclined to insist, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that up is down and black is white. Which is about the best we can hope for, frankly.
Brachiator
Fox News is a Murdoch property, and if Roger Ailes is a low rent Darth Vader, Murdoch is the freaking Emperor Palpatine.
The fall of Ailes don’t mean squat. Can you say Rebekah Brooks? She was forced out in disgrace at News of the World. What happened to her? Oh, yeah.
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
Let’s run the country like a business!
Let’s put a businessman in charge!
GregB
@Corner Stone:
Murdoch will also announce the Recep Tayyip Erdogan is heading-up the Fox Purge.
Schlemazel Khan
@Trollhattan:
I have always assumed Ailes did what Murdoch wanted done. I expect no real change. Although this would be the perfect point to pirouette on and try to calm the Drumpfenstein monster they helped create, it will not be easy work but they could dial the crazy down to 5 or 6 in hopes of keeping the morans tethered to reality enough to not scare normal people but still voting GOP.
Ruviana
@Villago Delenda Est: Please don’t use that other slang term for ladies’ cooters to describe the fulminating excrescence that is Doocy!
Corner Stone
Can *not* wait to see the Chris Christie speech tonight.
OzarkHillbilly
@Corner Stone: I can wait, until Hell freezes over at least.
The Ancient Randonneur
I’m old enough to remember when conservatives said sexual harrassment was a non-existent problem in the workplace
Corner Stone
@Ridnik Chrome: I don’t see how this makes sense. Ailes is a long term dirty trickster but Murdoch has spread evil across at least three countries now. Was that all due to Ailes’ influence? If FoxNews moderates itself then it evaporates.
Ridnik Chrome
@Schlemazel Khan: Murdoch is eighty five years old. How much longer do you think he’ll be the one giving orders at Fox?
Mary G
I have C-SPAN on, partly because the babble on the so-called news commentary is so aggravating and partly that the delegates can be so amusing. They are the worst dancers ever. 95% of them have no rhythm. At all. You can can tell some of the are cringing inside but feel they must pretend to be having fun.
And again, the Cleveland cop who leads in the color guard has a huge axe. I can see firemen doing that, but the cops? I will consult Professor Google.
@gogol’s wife: I know! I’ve been humming that for days. Fifty years of watching wingnut winning has been so depressing. I am so glad I lived to see the Republican party implode so dramatically.
Corner Stone
Confederate General Jeff Sessions reporting for floor duty, sir!
dmsilev
@Corner Stone: Do you think he’ll continue to try to audition for the VP slot? That’d be fun.
Corner Stone
The posturing and the showboats to end? Does Sessions even know who the fuck the GOP’s candidate is?
gogol's wife
@rikyrah:
Hilarious!
Mike J
@Mary G:
I think it’s a party of Lincoln thing.The rail splitter.
rikyrah
From POU:
Corner Stone
@dmsilev: No, but I can’t see him praising Caesar…urrmm Trump, either.
But at this point he can’t do a Romney 2012 convention redux either. The “Me Me Me” standard can not be topped again this time, at least by Christie.
Corner Stone
Holy Shit! I think the GOP is nominating Gentleman Superman, if you listen to Sessions.
Mike J
@Mike J: That’s the original Lincoln axe. The handle has been replaced three times and the head only once.
the Conster, la Citoyenne
Obama beat the Clinton machine, the Bush Establishment, and now gets to watch the GOP implode and Fox blow itself up, all because he was successful presidentin’ while black, and in spite of everything they threw at him. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Well played, Barack, well played.
Ridnik Chrome
@Corner Stone: See my response to Schlemazel Khan. Murdoch’s kids are behind this. They don’t share the old man’s political beliefs, and they expect to be running things soon.
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
Fox “News” was launched in 1996.
Since then the gop has lost the popular vote 4 of 5 times, and after this fall, 5 of 6 times in presidential elections
Results are what they are. Fox is not helping.
Dubya is right to be concerned he’s the last republican president.
The white vote is shrinking, the minority vote is ascendant, and the gop can not win without minorities who they demonize.
Imagine if the gop passed immigration reform. It would have denied Trump his opening issue (mexicans are rapist/build the wall).
cutting off their white noses to spite the browns isn’t working.
Mike J
Trollhattan
@Ridnik Chrome:
If so, hooray. Pressure will be off the other “news” networks to be “more like Fox.”
SoupCatcher
@dmsilev:
Two men enter. One man leaves.
– Melania Trump
Mary G
@Mike J: Thanks! It was driving me crazy.
Corner Stone
@SoupCatcher:
At this point you do kind of have to give it to Melania. Because if you’re going steal from black women, you must steal from the fucking best – Michelle O, Marva Collins, and now Tina Turner in The Thunderdome.
West of the Rockies (been a while)
OT… Just saw Jeff Sessions speak for the first time. What a simpleton! Comes across like a rheumy-eyed half-wit.
Corner Stone
Why does Chris Collins from NY sound like he’s the bastard child of Marsha Blackburn and Jeff Sessions?
ETA, my bad. While I was snarking they snuck an LTG from South Carolina on stage.
Explains it.
dmsilev
@SoupCatcher: I was so disappointed that Trump didn’t turn his Veepstakes into a short-season Apprentice. He could have started with a short list of a half dozen or so, assigned humiliating tasks, and then fired one each day for almost a week.
Nelle
OT – Kansas City, KS police captain (and field commander) killed (possibly drive-by shooting) this afternoon.
West of the Rockies (been a while)
@David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch:
Is Fox helping or hurting? Are they exposing the GOP for what it truly is? Are more people voting Republican because of the Fox message or voting against the party? Wish I knew….
dmsilev
@Corner Stone:At least she had the good sense not to steal from Oprah.
Nobody steals from Oprah and lives to tell the story.
Mike in NC
Does anybody know what role — if any — Roger Ailes played in crafting Nixon’s noxious Southern Strategy? I have a copy of “Nixonland” somewhere around here.
rikyrah
Leslie Jones’ Twitter abuse is a deliberate campaign of hate
This isn’t a harmless prank, this isn’t about hurt feelings or even the sting of a racist comment. This is an attempt to keep us off the internet
Tuesday 19 July 2016 14.53 EDT
Many on the internet were shocked and appalled when Leslie Jones, star of the recent blockbuster Ghostbusters, started retweeting some of the racist and misogynistic abuse she has been receiving in recent days. But just as there were articles and tweets going out standing in solidarity with Jones and expressing outrage at the abuse, there were those who quickly wrote it off.
Some said the tweets were just mean pranks by kids, others said they were “to be expected” for the internet, even more criticized Jones for supposedly “encouraging” trolls by not ignoring them.
But many other women of color – especially black women – on the internet face the same abuse that Jones is now facing, and we will tell you that this isn’t a harmless prank, this isn’t about hurt feelings or even the sting of a racist comment. This is a deliberate campaign of abuse perpetrated on us to keep us off of the internet, and it needs to be taken seriously.
I remember the first time I noticed coordinated attacks against me. One day, a few years ago, I started suddenly receiving a large amount of hate-filled tweets from people who appeared to be neo-Nazis. Dozens of tweets from people with swastikas in their profile pictures were comparing me to gorillas, calling me a welfare queen, showing pictures of hanged black men and women, calling me every racial slur out there and some that may have just been invented that day for those very tweets.
Yes, I had received racist tweets in the past – at least a few each day, but this was different. This was a sea of hate doing its best to engulf me. Finally, one of my followers sent me a link that explained what was happening– somebody had created a thread about me on a neo-Nazi site. I had some tweets about race that had been picked up by national press, and this neo-Nazi group had decided that this was too much legitimacy for a black woman to have, so they fired up their troops with screenshots of my tweets and information about where to find me on social media. Their goal was to harass me off of the internet because my voice was considered a threat.
Randy P
@Ridnik Chrome: I suppose it would be nice to start having political arguments where both sides are talking about the same planet, but at this point I don’t really have any hope that will happen. There’s no Republican left with even the slightest mooring in reality.
Amir Khalid
21st Century Fox has stated that Roger Ailes was still at his desk as of Tuesday afternoon. So he hasn’t been fired … yet.
debbie
@rikyrah:
I dare any of those jerks to say what they Tweeted to Leslie Jones’s face.
OzarkHillbilly
@Mike J:
Ummm, an axe has 2 parts: 1 head, 1 handle. If both head and handle have been replaced, it is no longer “original”. It’s a replacement.
Corner Stone
ROOOOOLLLL CAAAALLLLL!!!
M. Bouffant
I dunno about Murdoch, but his spawn must realize that the FOXNews demographic is on its last legs & the network can’t continue as is much longer. But short term, it won’t look good for what is bound to become the Hillary-Hatin’ Network to be helmed by a well-known sexual harasser.
rikyrah
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@thinkprogress
Federal judge strikes a critical blow against Wisconsin’s voter suppression law
Mike in NC
@David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch:
But therefore his autographs will be more valuable and collectable!
scottinnj
this fox news story may be a gift that keeps on giving. remember the law of cockroaches: There is never just one cockroach.
OzarkHillbilly
@rikyrah: If you can’t get a picture ID, you get to vote anyway by signing a statement saying you could not get a picture ID. NOT a provisional ballot either, the real deal.
germy shoemangler
@OzarkHillbilly: Theseus’ paradox
Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
@Mike in NC: And his paintings!
debbie
@the Conster, la Citoyenne:
But will they blame him for the norovirus?
GregB
@Amir Khalid:
He had one final meeting with Han Solo. Haa…haaa..haaa.
germy shoemangler
@Schlemazel Khan: Will the network be more dangerous when someone new and more subtle than Roger takes over? Right now they’re so over the top that people like Samantha Bee and (previously) Jon Stewart could get laughs just by showing unedited clips.
With someone more “careful” running the network, will the propaganda be more subliminal?
sigaba
Look quick in the Jedi credits for David Fincher. He was an ILM cameraman on a bunch of stuff in the early 80s.
Corner Stone
@GregB: Actually it was Princess Leia…Goddess Megyn, that may have done him in. As expected.
Patricia Kayden
@rikyrah: Love Luvvie’s writeup.
From Luvvie:
One question though. How is it that a sitting Republican Representative went on live television and said that American “sub groups” haven’t contributed as much to society as White people and there is absolutely no reaction from Republican leadership? I’m talking about absolute silence from Republicans in power, who would have called him out and forced him to retract or clarify his statement, if they weren’t all racist White Supremacists just like him.
It’s shocking.
Trollhattan
@rikyrah:
Activist judge!
More, please.
OGLiberal
Like otheRd said above, I think the Murdoch spawn have long disliked Ailes but he was too powerful to remove. I don’t think Rupert would have stopped them if they tried but he also wouldn’t have thrown his full support behind it. These allegations give them the perfect opportunity to get rid of them, even giving dad/grandpa a reason he can support. Plus, I think Rupert has pretty much checked out of the business side – he spending his time hitting the party/event circuit with Jerry.
Aleta
Is it too late to buy billboard space for a photo of the Trump boys posing with murdered elephants? (not linking)
The Other Chuck
@OzarkHillbilly:
thats-the-joke.jpg
germy shoemangler
@Aleta: They killed some beautiful big cats as well.
sons of a trust fund sociopath.
OzarkHillbilly
@germy shoemangler: Yeah, never understood why that is a paradox.
A ship, that has had all it’s components replaced, is still a ship, but it is most definitely NOT the same ship, in the same way that 2 separate yet identical ships are not the same ship. Just another example of extremely intelligent people overthinking themselves to an absurd conclusion.
Patricia Kayden
@Villago Delenda Est: LOL!! Why though? They’re all cretinous at Fox News so why are you singling him out? You have me chuckling. From what I hear, Doocy is pretty stupid but I doubt he’s any worse than any other Fox News “journalist/reporter” (or whatever the hell they call themselves over there).
Corner Stone
@Patricia Kayden: Anyone mention Algebra, or the concept of zero to him?
I watched it so I know they didn’t. I spent about .07 seconds coming up with things to rebut this fool, but alas.
Steeplejack (phone)
@OzarkHillbilly:
Perhaps adjust your snark meter.
Patricia Kayden
@rikyrah: Amen!! Good to hear. Thank goodness for civil rights groups which oppose Republican-legislated voter suppression laws. They are saving our democracy.
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
No doubt he’s directed his personal legal staff to engage in vigorous, um, intercourse.
chopper
@OzarkHillbilly:
human cells are constantly replacing themselves. does that mean you are not fundamentally the same human being you were say a year ago?
i guess that’s what makes the paradox truly interesting.
OzarkHillbilly
@Patricia Kayden:
The American south, circa 16__ to 1865 (or more accurately until after Jim Crow)
Trollhattan
@Patricia Kayden:
Dunno, Doocy (and li’l Doocy) seems especially thick in that Dumb and Dummer way. It’s as though they crafted a news-host using Jerry Hubbard as the model. Gretchen doubtless will have a few things to say.
Patricia Kayden
@Corner Stone: Chris Hayes regrets not challenging King’s statement and letting it go without comment. He should invite King back on his show and actually go toe to toe with him about his overall racism (which includes flying a Confederate flag in his Congressional office). This is the idiot who is trying to stop the placement of Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Someone needs to challenge his racism since Republicans leaders are fine with it.
OzarkHillbilly
@Steeplejack (phone): I’ve heard Republicans repeat this lie for decades. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.
hovercraft
@Corner Stone:
Did you hear what they did with rules? In order to avoid chaos they have basically made all the states winner take all, regardless of what numbers the delegates say, the number recorded by the secretary are the numbers that are recorded. That;s some bullshit.
germy shoemangler
@Patricia Kayden: I thought Chris Hayes response to King was disgusting. Basically wriggled out of any reaction to it (we’re not here to debate western civilization) and then heartily shaking his hand after the hatespeech.
And now he’s expressing regret?
OzarkHillbilly
@chopper: In the case of humans, it is my memories that make me who I am (my father had alzheimers, I’ll stand by that statement) not my cells.
ETA: but it’s a good point, one I had not thought of.
Emma
@Ridnik Chrome: I doubt it. Look at Brexit. It was the business of Murdoch’s papers to sell it. He’ll bring over one of his Brit ratfvckers and it might even get worse.
Quinerly
@hovercraft:
DC delegates very unhappy. DC went for Rubio and Kasich in the primary. All their delegate votes were given to Trump tonight.
Mary G
They found a few people of color to put in front of the camera; I saw very few yesterday. They are so sloppy – there is a woman running the roll call, but it took them til Idaho to stop saying Mr. Chairman and changing it to Madame Secretary.
OzarkHillbilly
@chopper: Oh and not to mention the fact that, as I remind my wife repeatedly, “I’m not the man I used to be.”
Steeplejack (phone)
@OzarkHillbilly:
The snark was Mike J’s. “Only once” was the tip-off.
You’re on your own with the Republicans.
Mary G
@hovercraft: The crowd isn’t happy about that, either. There’s been a lot of turning off microphones and drowning out booing with lackluster chants of Trump.
OzarkHillbilly
@Steeplejack (phone): Sigh…. You’d think I’d learn. Than again, considering who I am….
Tom
@Villago Delenda Est: Villago – while I’m in accord with your feelings about Steve Doocey I’m on a crusade to stop using slang for lady parts in a negative context, and humbly invite you to join me.
hovercraft
@Quinerly:
They explained it as basically reince prius set it up so that they are manipulating the rules so they can override the voters. I guess drump is part of the establishment who is now rigging the system in his favor.
Aleta
@germy shoemangler: yeah, I saw an unbearable photo.
hovercraft
Matt Scully who was hired to write the speech for Melania has released the original speech to show it had none of the Michelle portions when it was delivered to the campaign. So the plagiarizing happened inside Trump Tower.
Corner Stone
@hovercraft: I hope that poor SOB got paid in full before last night.
hovercraft
@Mary G:
Yesterday one of the networks counted, there were 14 black people.
Edit: delegates
Corner Stone
And now, to watch another showing of Terminator 3: Rise of the Trumpians
dmsilev
@Corner Stone: He chose to work for Trump.
The scorpion will sting you as you carry it across the river; that’s its nature.
debbie
@hovercraft:
Just wow.
Quinerly
@hovercraft:
Yep. I caught the explanation. In direct contrast to what the Dems do, I believe. I think HRC’s name was actually placed in nomination in 2008, even though she had conceded and endorsed. I’m assuming BS’s name will also be placed in nomination next week. Obviously he doesn’t have the votes.
cynthia ackerman
@Patricia Kayden: here is an interesting story about an Oregon RWNJ relevant to your line of inquiry
Quinerly
@OzarkHillbilly:
“I’m not the man I used to be.” Didn’t Melania Trump say that first?? #famousmelaniaquotes
West of the Rockies (been a while)
@hovercraft:
Interesting! And, yet, the Trumpenheimers blame the next president of the United States, Hillary Clinton.
BTW, FU Oregon delegates.
chopper
@OzarkHillbilly:
i’d imagine if i cut your head off and stuck it on an eight-legged robot you’d argue that you’re not fundamentally the same person you were before, memories aside.
man, i wish technology could keep up with the stuff i want to do.
West of the Rockies (been a while)
Will the Democratic roll call be this dreadful? I hope not…
chopper
@hovercraft:
BWAHAHAHA this just keeps gettin’ better.
OzarkHillbilly
@Quinerly: blush… shhhhh, don’t tell Donald…..
OzarkHillbilly
@chopper: I’d imagine I’d be dead.
chopper
@OzarkHillbilly:
you haven’t seen my research, octo-boy.
Corner Stone
I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.
Oh, wait. T:3 has Sparkle Pony in it, and not the Big Bad Biker.
OzarkHillbilly
@chopper: Do I get to be Doc Oc? Sign me up for some of that bad ass sh!t.
Aleta
Speaking of heads, DJ’s twitter feed has a new, poorly made banner up top. Head shots of him and Pence placed so they look like a polycephalic ogre. Five stars like a hotwired hotel rating, ending on his ring finger like he’s married to Satan’s jewel crown.
(by Melodia Trump with Emmy Lou Harris)
BruceFromOhio
@SoupCatcher: lololol this could go on for months
Patricia Kayden
@cynthia ackerman: So all they’re going to do is politely ask him to withdraw from the race? They’re not going to do anything to force him out, right? After all, what’s the big deal about drawing a noose around the neck of your President when he’s an N word, right?
Splitting Image
@OzarkHillbilly:
Corporate law hinges on the notion that the axe with all of its parts replaced is the same axe that you had when it was originally made. More specifically, if the axe owns title to a piece of property, such as a patent, the axe retains ownership even if the piece of the axe that filed the patent (on behalf of the entire axe) has been replaced.
dogwood
@Patricia Kayden:
I read the article and it doesn’t sound like the Republicans are “politely” asking him to withdraw. But political parties don’t have the power to remove people from a ballot or force someone to withdraw. It appears that the seat he is running for is essentially democratic. When decent candidates don’t want to spend the time and money being sacrificial lambs, the kooks jump in feet first.
hovercraft
Alaska is challenging the votes that were recorded.
Quinerly
@hovercraft:
Sarah isn’t there to keep them in line.
Quinerly
@hovercraft:
Let’s hope more states follow Alaska. Timeline will be fucked for the speakers. Hopefully that ass Donnie, Jr. will speak at 2AM.
sukabi
@hovercraft: which supports my ;
“Fuck it” theory….
Omnes Omnibus
@rikyrah: @OzarkHillbilly: Adelman is the judge who originally found the the WI law to be unconstitutional. He is good people.
Calming Influence
“rancid haggis”: it’s a feature, not a bug.
cynthia ackerman
@Patricia Kayden: I think it’s notable that this state’s legislature is calling BS on a vile creature.
cynthia ackerman
@cynthia ackerman: PS — on the same day that the national GOP seems to have expired.
dww44
@Corner Stone:I so agree with this. Ailes’ departure doesn’t necessarily result in Fox News becoming a more objectively journalistic media outlet, not given Murdoch’s track record at other outlets, print and otherwise. He may be 85, but he probably still calls the shots.